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About Belgrave Harriers Origins Belgrave Harriers was founded over one hundred years ago in 1887 and in those early days our headquarters actually were in Belgravia. Races were held along the Embankment of the River Thames and over the common lands south of London. Nowadays our track & field athletes train at Battersea Park, Crystal Palace, Kingsmeadow ... while our Clubhouse at Wimbledon, just a few hundred metres from Wimbledon Common, offers changing accommodation and showers for cross country and road runners, and race walkers. The Club House & Gymnasium Our club house in Denmark Road, Wimbledon, just off The Ridgway, is open on Saturday afternoons from about 1:30pm. Enjoy a run or walk on Wimbledon Common and, if you are fit enough, maybe across the Common and into Richmond Park. After your exercise you can enjoy refreshments in the bar/refreshments room. The club house also offers excellent gymnasium facilities that are being taken up in increasing numbers by the local community with running machines, cross trainers, rowing machines exercise bikes, dumb bells, etc. Competition If you like the idea of a little competition then we are sure to have a team to suit you. In Track & Field our senior men and women take part in the Southern Athletics League. Our women's teams also compete in the UK Women's Athletic League. Both men and women compete in the Rosenheim League. The club takes part in a whole range of Cross Country, Road Relay and Road Running events including all the major championships and local leagues for men and women, boys and girls - and veterans. We have a proud tradition of Race Walking and enter teams in a whole variety of events on track and road for both sexes and all ages.
And just recently we have started a
Triathlon Section. It's early days yet but we have affiliated to
the British Triathlon Association abd Cycle Time Trials.
The
Millennium Stadium, Battersea Park. Photo by
Rex Bale.
Where
do we train?
Do
you want to come along and try athletics? You'll be very welcome if
you turn up at one of the following venues.
Road & Cross Country
For
Road Running, Cross Country and Race Walking our headquarters are at
Belgrave
Hall, Denmark Road (off Ridgway), Wimbledon SW19 - Get there at
about 1.30pm on a Saturday ready to start out at 2pm but see
also Charlie's Runners below.
Charlie's Runners
Meet at Battersea on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 6:30pm in the foyer at the Millennium
Stadium, Battersea Park . All standards are catered for from
beginners up. Sessions are of varying duration depending on
experience and may be on the track, road or grass.
On Saturdays meet at
Belgrave
Hall 9am for 10:30am. It's worth
checking on the mail link below to make sure. Saturday
sessions tend to be
at least 7 miles - typically 10 miles - including hills
and strides.
Contact
details:
charlies.runners@googlemail.com
Track sessions
For
Track and Field we'd be pleased to see you at the Millennium
Stadium, Battersea Park, SW11 - Tuesday or
Thursday evenings at 7:00pm for a session with Bob Bridges' sprints
squad or David Lucas's group (Tuesday's only).
Youngsters
We have groups of youngsters aged 11
upwards enjoying their first steps in athletics at the Millennium
Stadium, Battersea Park on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please
Email us for more information.
Coaching of children between the ages of 9
and 11 is undertaken at Battersea Park by the Wandsworth Junior Athletic
Club. For more details contact Vilma Thompson at the Millennium
Arena, Battersea Park, on 020 8871 7537. Cost is around £2 per session.
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