Seniors
Race report: Club Champs 10 Miles
A cool but breezy Saturday morning was the backdrop for our runners stepping up to the line for the 10 mile club champs in Vicky park today. Fantastic to speak with recent club members joining us for the first time. A warm welcome back to our visiting alumni Paul Mee and Gary Bagnall. Post race […]
Season report: Metropolitan XC league 2022/23
Another fantastic season over for the toughest league of them all. The final of the five gruelling fixtures ended at Trent Park with team and individual competitions still to be determined. The club has shown true strength and depth with consistent participation across all our teams and the final results truly reflect that. Every point […]
Race report: Armagh International 5k
*NEW CLUB RECORD* Last night, at the Armagh International, Alex Lawrence, broke/smashed Paul Martelletti’s near 10 year old club road 5k record of 14.47, with a cracking run of 14.20. By Steve hobbs He was in fine company in an unbelievable field in which 15.01 was only good enough for 136th place, with Adam Millbery […]
Race report: Chingford League, Race 6, Victoria Park 5M
We welcomed nearly 500 runners across the junior and senior races at the 60th hosting of the Victoria Park 5 miler for the Chingford league. Thank you to our club members who made themselves available before, during and after the event to support the league organisers to put on such a well run event. Kudos […]
Announcement: Southern Athletics League (“SAL”) 2023 season
Our club members are becoming more familiar with the cadence of the fixtures across the full calendar year. Road racing and XC often occupies the autumn and winter months, leading to the marque spring marathon season. VPH&THAC has a long and proud track and field heritage with strong junior teams and a current objective to […]
Race report: Annual EM and VPH mob match (87th edition)
What a mob match! the 87th edition brought together 134 runners from our two wonderful clubs. A fantastic turnout for this marque fixture and the buzz in the clubhouse started long before the gun at 7:45pm. A strong lead was stretched out by the 2 EM frontrunners. Congratulations to Robert Wilson (14:26) and Sean Renfer […]
Race report: Essex XC Champs
Firstly a thank you to Paul Mee for helping the club field a hardy team out on the Essex. Notable individual performances from James Hotham (8th overall in 40:25) and Laura Thompson (7th lady in 34:39). Congratulations to the strong women’s team performance coming in 6th overall in a competitive field! Links to official results […]
Race report: Serpentine NYD 10k
A longstanding tradition for those that either had an early night after watching the fireworks or decided to arrive directly at the race from the party far far away… a smiley group of VPH runners valiantly made their way around the picturesque Hyde Park course. Aaron McGrady, a recent alumni visiting from Manchester finished in […]
Race report: 5 mile XC club championships
After casually laying out the course markers across the nooks and crannies of Woodford Green Golf Course, we welcomed 19 runners to the beautiful winter wonderland. Hugh Murdoch gave Joe Dale a run for his money early on the first lap, but inevitably pulled away and skimming the snow covered trails to take the win […]
Race report: 3.5 mile club championships
Results of the club 3.5 Mile champs are ready! Well done to the 21 runners who made the trip to Vicky Park on the super frosty morning. Well represented by our Vets this time round. The race started at a frantic pace. Congrats to Zak Knill breaking the tape in 18:34. Jade Dos Santos first […]