BUPA Westminster Mile Races, Sat. 23rd May 2014.

Three Hillingdon athletes competed in these races around St. James’s Park, starting in The Mall and finishing in front of Buckingham Palace reports Doug Milsom. In the elite women’s race, the Senior British Athletics 1 Mile Road Championships won by Alison Leonard of Blackburn in 4:33, Julia Bleasdale just missed out on the medals, coming […]

Hillingdon member makes top 50 UK 5km rankings

We should all be very proud of Rob Thompson who now stands 40th in the Power of Ten UK rankings for the 5km. Rob ran a personal best of 14 minutes 37:74 recently at the BMC Watford meeting. Congratulations should also go to his coach Gerry Archer. Whilst not many of us will ever achieve […]

Southern Athletics League, Braintree, 17th May 2014

Hillingdon AC’s senior athletes were just 14 points short of Barnet & District/Shaftesbury & Barnet Harriers; finishing runner up in the second fixture of 2014’s Southern Athletics League reports James Manley & Lesley Conway. With a team ravaged by exam commitments – along with the close proximity of the Youth Development League – our available […]

Famous Five at the Marlow 5

Only five Hillingdon AC athletes turned out for this usually popular flat, fast 5 miler that Rob Thompson managed to win last year. Many were saving themselves for the first of the Veterans track meeting at Battersea the following evening. Those that did parade the white and red of Hillingdon were James Manley finishing 11th […]

5k Training Race 8th May 2014

Congratulations to James Laing who took the honours with a winning time of 16.16 mins in this months training race. Next month the race incorporates the Gosunder Handicap Trophy which basically means the slowest start first with x amount of head start. Results here. The September race will be the 100th running and we want […]

Brian Feldman 85 Miles on the Thames Towpath

The dreaming spires of Oxford were a mirage in the distance as we set off to run 100 miles along the Thames Towpath from Richmond, and for me they remained a mirage because I was unable to complete the race.  The course embraces much of English History with significant landmarks along the way, which added […]

Juniors Jubilation

On Saturday 3rd May our juniors competed in the first match of the lower age Youth Development Athletics League  at Uxbridge reports Diane Gibbons. It was very successful with us winning by a mere 4 points. We saw some amazing performances resulting in over 30 personal bests – a great team effort. Thanks must go […]

Calling all veterans…!

The first match of the SCVAC league starts on Monday 12th May at Battersea, starting at 6.30pm.   This is a friendly event with great team spirit and camaraderie and plenty of refreshments afterwards! All club members 35+ can compete.  Contact Alan Butler on 07715 449352 for further information. Should anyone require a lift there is […]