Race report: The Big Half 2023
On Sunday 3 September, a sea of jade and blue took over the Big Half! Although on the first day of this summer’s heatwave we have had far from ideal running weather conditions, we have seen an impressive number of 108 athletes starting the race under the club name. We have seen amazing efforts, many […]
Introducing the Club Championships & Boswall League
Boswall League 2023/24 started again with the Club Flowers Mile Championships. This league is all about race participation – you don’t have to be the fastest to win and you could end up with your name on a cup or earn yourself an engraved medal! For anyone new to the club or unaware, this VPH&THAC […]
Race report: Club Champs Flowers Mile
Well done to those who ran the Flowers Mile, on Thursday 31 August 2023. We had a total of 41 finishers (including 9 juniors) to kick off the 2023/34 club championship season! This is part of the Boswall League, which is open to all club members and rewards consistency of racing through the year and […]
Race Report: Midland Counties 10,000m Champs – Podiums for Adam Millbery
On Friday 25 August 2023, our VPH&THAC athlete Adam Millbery came away with two podium results at the Worcestershire 10,000m Championships, held at the Abbey Stadium in Redditch as part of the Edgar Nicholls 10,000m and the Midland 10,000m Championships. A superbly paced race, crossing the line in 31.25.90 (splits of 15:43/15:43). Congratulations Adam!
Announcement: Congratulations to our U13 athletes selected to compete in Middlesex County vests
Congratulations to five of our club Under-13 athletes who we awarded individual Middlesex County vests by being selected to compete at the Southern InterCounties track and field match at Walton over the weekend. VPH&THAC athletes: All young athletes had personal bests in various events and are coached by Kelvin Richards and Alf Vickers. We are […]
Event Report: VPH&THAC Summer Relays & BBQ
Words by James Hirst: It was a glorious evening in Victoria Park as the summer relays came calling once again to mark the end of school term. It was great to see a huge turnout of 48 runners across twelve teams with strong showings from both the adult and junior members. It was also great […]
Announcement: New Men’s Captaincy appointments
We are excited to announce two new appointments to the Men’s captaincy, a Race Captain and a Club Captain. Our club continues to expand, with over 500 members we have a pool of abilities, with athletes who are competing at the top end of national competitions through to competitive club runners and those who see […]
Announcement: Urgent volunteer roles to be filled
As the membership has expanded quickly in recent years, we plan to keep this as an iterative process and grow the list of roles for volunteers based on upcoming club requirements and also feedback from the membership. Please see below for current club role vacancies that are open to applicants and need to be filled […]
Race report: VPH&THAC at the European U23 Championships, Finland
A very eventful 30 days for one of our athletes Luca Minale. On the 17 June, at the England Athletics U20 & U23 Open Championships at Chelmsford, he achieved the European U23 qualifying standard for the 3000m Steeple Chase in a time of 08:54:02 (bib number 423 in the race photo below). Reaching a significant […]
Race report: VPH&THAC at the UK Athletics Championships, Manchester
Yusuf Bizimana was representing VPH&THAC in the 800m in Manchester this weekend for the two day event on Saturday 8 – Sunday 9 July.