Ted Whitehead
Hillingdon AC are sad to report the death of Ted Whitehead on Thursday 22 December 2011, aged 81. He joined Finchley Harriers, now Hillingdon Athletic Club, in July 1949 and was a very promising endurance runner, making the senior Middlesex cross country team. He was first scorer for Finchley in the 1955 National, becoming cross […]
Christmas Morning Road race results, Ruislip
Rob Thompson (leading in photo) won a well contested race. Results here. A video kindly recorded and produced by the Ingram family here.
2012 London marathon club places
Following a new procedure this year which required Club members to formally apply for one of the four Club places for the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 22 April 2012, a panel of three senior Club officials met recently to discuss the merits of each applicant and allocate the Club places accordingly. What quickly became […]
Athlete of the Year nominations
Congratulations to Jack Kirby, winner of the Hillingddon AC athlete of the year. The nominations were Julia Bleasdale, Matt Fayers and Jack Kirby who were selected by the HAC membership. This year, in a change of format, an independent judge decided who won. Click on “read more” to read the full nominations.
Bumper Met League turn out
A record turnout of 44 Hillingdon athletes in the men’s race saw the A team finish fifth on the day behind Woodford Green, Serpentine, Highgate and London Heathside. As a result, the A team have now slipped to fifth in Division 1 overall, just 50 points behind London Heathside in fourth. The ladies had 10 […]
SIMPLY THE BEST
On behalf of Hillingdon AC, Gavin Collett would like to thank everyone who helped make the London City Runner Metropolitan League fixture at Ruislip on Saturday such a success. The week leading up to the race had been fairly traumatic with the ramifications of a coroner’s report being released from a fatal accident at another […]
Bedford Half Marathon & Lee Valley Indoor Meeting 11th December 2011
5 Hillingdon men travelled out to rural Wootton, near Bedford on Sunday to compete in the Bedford half marathon reports Martin Bateman. The forecast was for cold, wind and rain, but thankfully the latter never materialised to dampen the spirits of the 1500+ finishers. Ultra distance runner, Sam Blanshard (SM) made use of his recent […]
SEAA Masters & Inter-Counties Cross Country, Lloyd Park, Croydon – Sat. 10 December 2011
Hillingdon Golden Oldies in the medals again On a crisp sunny morning at Croydon, our M50 vets went one better than last year, coming 2nd to South London in the M50 team race. Richard Jenkin (38:18) again came 11th, with Simon Claridge (39:17) 16th and David Newman (40:27) 25th. Our other finishers were John Bignell […]
Spar European Cross Country Championships, Velenje, SLO – Sat. 11 Dec. 2011
Congratulations to Julia Bleasdale who came 13th in the Senior Women’s event, and was 3rd finisher in the winning Great Britain and NI team. Julia’s time for the 8.17 Km course was 26.58. The other Brittish scorers were 3 Gemma Steel (26:04), 12 Freya Murray (26:51) and 14 Elle Baker (26:59). The non-scorer was 18 […]
Fraternity & Sorority Cups, Trent Park, 03 December 2011
Hillingdon AC’s men team finished third at the Fraternity Cup at Cockfosters behind Barnet & District and Ealing, Southall & Middlesex thanks to the return of Carl Yates, Dan Rowe and Andy Miles to competitive action.