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Thames Valley Harriers 125 Years. 1887-2012

Thames Valley Harriers is an athletics club which caters for every standard, from beginners to Olympic Champions, and also offers a full coaching programme.

Rob and Bob are able to announce a new session to the TVH offering! The group does intervals on Tuesdays and Wednesdays,...
13/10/2026

Rob and Bob are able to announce a new session to the TVH offering!

The group does intervals on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, with the same session both evenings. Tuesday 7.15pm for those who are already comfortable with structured training on track and want a more performance-focused workout. Wednesday 6.30pm is well suited to runners who are newer to structured sessions or to training on track. If you are not sure which to choose, Wednesday is a great place to start; or contact either Rob/ Bob and they can suggest which might suit you best. There is also a NEW tempo session on Thursdays 6:30pm; the tempo sessions are particularly appropriate for athletes training for distances 10 mile to marathon. We meet at Linford Christie Stadium just to the right of the stadium as you look at the track. All sessions start punctually with a group warm-up.

Come get involved! Rob/Bob's contact details are under the training page on the club website!

First Metropolitan League of the cross country season was held at Claybury Park and the conditions were beautiful with g...
13/10/2026

First Metropolitan League of the cross country season was held at Claybury Park and the conditions were beautiful with glorious sun and very non-October temperatures.

The senior teams had strong starts, both placing 6th with power couple Ella Burfitt and Will Perkin taking the honours of first Valley vest home in 3rd and 6th respectively.

In the junior women race (U18 and U16), Cali Fenton and Myriam Keen worked well together to take 18th and 22nd.

Ege Cetin showed the results of a good start to winter training and some stellar genes in the U18 mens race where he placed 31st.

In the U16 boys, Luis Da Silva and Tiago Buerk tackled the gruelling hill well to take 17th and 53rd.

Oscar Lunn stormed to an impressive 12th in the U14 boys and Madeline Mole-Manoncourt placed 43rd in the U14 girls as third in her family to don the TVH blue!

Well done to all who raced and hopefully they have inspired a few more people to join  us next time at Trent Park on Nov 14th!

Thanks to hosts Woodford Green AC!

Thames Valley Harriers fielded some strong teams for National Autumn Road Relays on the 3rd October 2026. 🌟The 6 stage m...
05/10/2026

Thames Valley Harriers fielded some strong teams for National Autumn Road Relays on the 3rd October 2026.

🌟The 6 stage men team (Will Perkin, Louis Moore, Niki Faulkner, Jack McKenna, Conor Kissane-Wood, Sai Bhatia) placed 25th team

🌟Louis Moore was the 10th fastest athlete on second leg

🌟The 4 stage womens team (Charlotte Buckley, Ella Fryer, Lisa Da Silva, Elena Micu) placed 37th team

🌟Charlotte Buckley was 8th fastest athlete on the first leg

🌟U18 men (Adrien Gauthier-Lewis, Jasper Reynaert, Zack Hopkins) placed 63rd team

🌟U18 women (Romane Arbey Safra, Ines Gomez de Membrillera Daly, Calista Fenton) placed 18th team

🌟U16 boys (Luis Da Silva, Elijah Nielsen, Colm Ryan) placed 59th team

🌟U16 girls (Marni Keam-George, Clara Fox, Amelia Glossop) placed 54th team

🌟U14 boys (Leopold Reich, Oliver Ware, Lucas Reynaert) placed 40th team

The men’s success in the league this season has typically been built around steady points contributions from the middle ...
03/10/2026

The men’s success in the league this season has typically been built around steady points contributions from the middle distance and field events keeping us in the hunt, with the sprinters generally then sweeping the board to propel us to the top of the table. In the morning session, however, it was the turn of the
middle distance men to shine. Calum Nicol took a break from preparations for the New York Marathon to drop down to 3000m and pulled away from a strong field in the final lap to win the v35 A string in 9:17.09. Robert Datnow then marked his return to the track with a typically classy 2:18.35 victory in the v50 800m. The performance of the morning on track, though, came from Scott Brewer in the v35 B string 800 , who led from gun to tape in an eyeballs out effort, holding off the fast finishing Nick Arnott of Tonbridge AC down the home straight to close in 2:20.48.

This has been a stand out season for the TVH women’s veterans
team. From a small enthusiastic core group of committed individuals covering huge numbers of
events, the team has grown significantly and this helped us transition from competitors to division
winners this year. Nonetheless, impressive multi disciplinary feats are still required by a number of
athletes to keep the show on the road. So it was that by lunch time each of Gaye Clarke, Sharon
Dooley, Jodie Albrow and Andrea Broughton had completed 3 events , with
Gaye standing out with 2 second places and a first spot in the classic combination of shot , hammer
and high jump. With Lisa da Silva notching 2nd place in the v35 A string 3000m ( 11:09:53 ), former
club chair Andrea Broughton cruising in for 2nd in both the v60 3000m and 800m ( 14:44.78 and 3:34.08) and Anna Critchlow continuing her imperious form this season with victory in the v50 3000m
in 11:52.84.

Read more in our club newsletter and on the website 🏃 🏃🏻‍♀️🩵🖤

Up the valley!

Write up courtesy of !

At the Daegu World Masters Championships 2026....🥈Gavin Johnson Assoon V40 Javelin SILVER medal with a throw of 56.78m🥉G...
29/09/2026

At the Daegu World Masters Championships 2026....

🥈Gavin Johnson Assoon V40 Javelin SILVER medal with a throw of 56.78m

🥉Gaye Clarke W65 Long Jump BRONZE medal with 3.59m, 12th in the weight throw final with 10.18m, 13th in the hammer throw final with 24.45m and 16th in the throws pentathlon with a score of 2407 points

🎉Trevor Wade M70 long jump 9th with 3.90m and M70 discus 22nd with 20.24m

🎉Scott Brewer 7th in his M35 400m heat with 61.15s, 11th in his M35 800m heat in 2:24.62, and 10th in his M35 1500m heat in 5:27.82

We celebrated the grand reopening of the refurbished track for competition on Sunday by hosting the Southern Counties Ve...
29/09/2026

We celebrated the grand reopening of the refurbished track for competition on Sunday by hosting the Southern Counties Veterans Athletic Club Area Final.

Joined by TVH and sprinting legend Linford Christie, he set the day off to a magnificent start giving an inspiring speech about the role of the track in our community and the honour it is to be named after him. Staying to spectate, he shared further words of wisdom and encouragement with athletes of all ages, his kindness and approachable nature sent a buzz around the track.

The new and improved facility will encourage more members, more people to benefit from the physical and mental aspects of sport, encourage sporting excellence and allow the track to continue to serve as a hub for community in West London.

This track holds special significance for supporting the rise of world renowned athletes. We are so fortunate to share it with those of the past and inspire those of the future.
A few of us even got to see Linford’s medal from Barcelona in 1992 for an extra bit of additional motivation ahead of the upcoming competition. 🥇

Thank you to Hammersmith and Fulham Council for their support, and to Deputy Leader Cllr Alex Sanderson and Cllr Bora Kwon for attending the ceremony to unveil the plaque with Linford and Andrew.

Hammersmith & Fulham Council Linford Christie PhD Hons,OBE

Full results and write up from the competition will be shared in our newsletter and on the website.

As ever, up the Valley! 🩵

Photos captured by Christophe Cayssials

Southern road relays showed an epic display of TVH talent with some magical highlights:🌟 Charlotte Buckley's leg was 6th...
29/09/2026

Southern road relays showed an epic display of TVH talent with some magical highlights:

🌟 Charlotte Buckley's leg was 6th fastest senior woman overall
🌟 Senior womens team of Charlotte, Lara Sterritt, Kosana Weir, and Ella Burfitt were 7th overall and the B team were 4th ranked amongst other B teams showing off the strength in depth.
🌟 Senior mens team placed 19th to easily make Nationals qualification with shout outs to Will Perkin for outstanding run on second leg and Sai Bhatia for a wise and mature debut performance on the final leg
🌟 U14 boys placed 18th and U16 boys 32nd showing the future is bright!

27/09/2026

A snippet from Linford’s speech, honouring the role the athletics track plays in the West London community, the spectators the competitions at the track would attract and the honour to have the sports facilities here named after him.

His closing remarks reminded us that “running is for everyone” and we couldn’t agree more 🩵

27/09/2026

The one and only Linford Christie talks to us about what the track here means to him, and what the refurbishment will offer athletes of the future 🩵

Thank you for attending the reopening ceremony today as we celebrate the successes past and present borne from this very athletics track!

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Linford Christie Stadium, Du Cane Road
London
W120DF

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