Barely a month after setting a new Club record of 2:11:41 in the Seville marathon, Alex Milne (above centre) won the World 50km Championships in New Delhi today (14 March), leading the Novuna Great Britain and Northern Ireland team to victory, and setting a new European record of 2:46:09 (subject to ratification) in the process in the warm ((21°C)) and humid conditions.
Read MoreU15 Theo Creed (left) won a second Inter-County cross country title at Wollaton Park, Nottingham, on 7 March, the same venue at which he took the U13 title in 2024. In doing so he led the Surrey team, which included HW club-mate James Fraser in 27th, to the silver medals.
Read MoreAt the British Masters Indoor Championships at Lee Valley over the weekend of 21/22 February Anna Garnier, W70 ,won triple golds in the 800m (in 2:59.61); 1500m (6:07.78) and 400m (1:19.08) to add to the 3000m title she took in Cardiff in January.
Peter Giles, M80, completed the double, winning the 800m in 3:07.24 and the 1500m in 6:13.78 (both were new British indoor records). Lisa Thomas, W60, took the silver in both the 800m in 2:37.77; and the 400m in 1:06.61.
Read MoreCongratulations to U15 Theo Creed on becoming National Cross Country Champion and leading teammates James Fraser (22nd), Anas Briki (27th) and Dylan Gilbert (47th) to team gold in Sedgefield, County Durham today. Theo was impressive from the start, moving directly to the front of the 300+ field, then gradually winding it up and stretching out his lead to take the win comfortably.
Read MoreAlex Milne shattered Club Chairman Dave Clarke’s 37 year old Marathon Club record today in Seville over the fast flat course through the beautiful city, clocking 2:11:41 to finish in 30th in a race won in 2:03:59 by Ethiopian Tola Shura Kitata in a dramatic photofinish.
Read MoreThe Club’s young athletes won four medals at the England U15-U20 Indoor Championships in Sheffield over the weekend of 7/8 February.
Read MoreAt the Southern (SEAA) U20 and Senior Championships at Lee Valley on 31 January/1 February there were gold medals for Maia Heward-Mills in the 60m (in a PB of 7.47) and Adam Ofeimun in the 200m in 21.90.
Read MoreThis is the picture we have waited 56 years to see! Having finished in the silver medal position for the last two years the Club’s Senior Men were finally crowned Southern Cross Country Champions yesterday in Beckenham Place Park - the first win since the legends team of 1970 clinched the title. It was a day that started and ended with medals, as the U15 Boys kicked off proceedings with a silver team medal and an individual silver for Theo Creed. Full report to follow.
Read MoreAt the Southern (SEAA) U13-U17 Indoor Championships at Lee Valley over the weekend (10/11 January) Thomas Whorton won the gold medal in the U17M 800m to add to his 1500m gold at the SEAA Indoor Middle Distance Championships on 13 December.
Read MoreThe irrepressible Theo Creed opened his 2026 racing account in emphatic fashion, taking the U15 Boys title at the Surrey Cross Country Championships at Denbies Vineyard on 4 January, and leading his regular team mates, James Fraser, Thomas Hennigan and Max Harrison (in ninth, 10th and 11th), to team gold.
Read MoreJust three weeks after his eighteenth birthday Pancho Panchev found himself lining up in front of the cameras on the start line of the U20 race at the European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa, Portugal on 14 December.
Read MoreU15 Theo Creed added yet another accolade to his remarkable young career when he won the Liverpool Cross Challenge in Sefton Park on 22 November by 11 seconds, covering the (approx) 3Km course in 9:33.
Read MoreRuby Carter and Andrew Penney won silver medals in the SEAA London Championships on Parliament Hill on Saturday (8 November). Niamh Thompson in 20th, Claire Grima in 32nd and Rebecca Schofield in 54th brought the women’s team home in an excellent fifth, while Claire’s performance was good enough to win the individual W40 gold.
Read MoreBetween them Lisa Thomas (W60) and Anna Garnier (W70) brought home nine medals from the European Masters Championships in Madeira, contributing to the record-breaking, table-topping Great Britain team which finished with an amazing 132 gold medals, 102 silver medals and 77 bronze medals.
Read MoreThe trio of Theo Creed, Max Harrison and James Fraser added yet another set of gold medals to their collection with a win at the Southern Cross Country Relays at Wormwood Scrubs on 18 October. Representing the increasingly competitive U20 Men’s squad (over the 3km course) Thomas Homes (8:53), Alexander McGuigan (8:27) and Pancho Panchev (8:28) secured the silver medals.
Read MoreRuby Carter (U23) made Hercules Wimbledon history on Saturday 11 October as she became the Club’s first Senior Woman to win a race in the hugely competitive Surrey Cross Country League.
Read MoreThe U15 Boys combo of James Fraser, Max Harrison and Theo Creed strike again, taking the bronze medals on a blustery Saturday at the National Road Relay Championships in Sutton Coldfield.
Full report to follow.
Read MoreThe Club turned out in force for the Surrey Cross Country Relays at Nonsuch Park on 27 September, pocketing four team golds, two silvers and a bronze, backed up by a host of excellent performances outside the medals.
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