Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club

Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club

Founded	1999
Ground	New River Stadium / Lee Valley Athletics Centre / QEII Stadium, Enfield
Location	London, England
Coordinates	51°36′19″N 0°06′01″W
Website	official website

Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club is an athletics club based in North London, England. The club are based at three venues; New River Stadium, Lee Valley Athletics Centre and the Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (Enfield).

History

Lee Valley Athletics Centre in 2009

New River Stadium in 2010

The QEII Stadium in 2017

The origins of the club began with the creation of three clubs. The Enfield Athletic Club was founded 1920 and the Ponders End Athletic Club was founded in 1922. Another club known as Southgate Harriers, were formed in 1932 by a breakaway group from the Southgate and Wood Green Sports Association.^[1]

In 1965 the Enfield AC and Ponders End AC merged to become the Borough of Enfield Harriers in 1965 and nine years later in 1974, Southgate AC moved from Broomfield Park to White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre and became known as the Haringey & Southgate AC, which was later shortened to Haringey AC.^[1]

In 1999 the Borough of Enfield Harriers and Haringey AC merged to become the name that it used today, that of Enfield and Haringey AC.^[2][1]

In September 2006, Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club won the National Young Athletes League Final. In doing so, stopping the three year stranglehold on the title by Blackheath and Bromley Harriers.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Senior Men:

• British Athletics League
  • First place: 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993
  • Second place: 1981, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992
  • Third place: 1985, 1995
• European Champion Clubs Cup
  • Second place: 1992
  • Third place: 1985, 2008
• National U17 Champions for 8 successive years
• National U20 Champions for 9 successive years
• European U20 Champions in 2003 and finalists for past 7 years.

Notable athletes

Enfield and Haringey AC, and while under its former names, has produced a considerable number of successful athletes.^[3][4]

Olympians

Athlete	Club	Events	Olympics	Medals/ref
Paul Vallé	Enfield AC	200 meters	1948
John Giles	Southgate Harriers	shot put	1948, 1952
Stan Cox	Southgate Harriers	10000 meters & marathon	1948, 1952
John Wrighton	Southgate Harriers	400 meters	1960	[5]
Gerry McIntyre	Ponders End AC	marathon	1960
Ron Jones	Enfield Harriers	100m, 4x100m relay	1964, 1968
Alan Lerwill	Enfield Harriers	long jump	1968, 1972	[6]
Geoff Capes	Enfield Harriers	shot put	1972, 1976, 1980	[7]
Roy Mitchell	Enfield Harriers	long jump	1976	[8]
Paul Dickenson	Enfield Harriers	hammer throw	1976, 1980
Gary Oakes	Haringey AC	400-meter hurdles	1980	[9]
Heather Oakes	Haringey AC	4x100 meter relay	1980, 1984	[10]
Sebastian Coe	Haringey AC	800 meters & 1500 meters	1980, 1984	[11]
Mike McFarlane	Haringey AC	100m, 200m, 4x100 relay	1980, 1984, 1988
Wilbert Greaves	Haringey AC	110m hurdles	1980, 1984
Keith Stock	Haringey AC	pole vault	1984	[12]
Roald Bradstock	Enfield Harriers	javelin throw	1984, 1988
John Herbert	Haringey AC	triple jump	1984, 1988
Matthew Mileham	Haringey AC	hammer throw	1984, 1988
Sue Morley	Enfield Harriers	400m hurdles	1984
Brian Whittle	Haringey AC	400 meters	1988
Clarence Callender	Haringey AC	4x100m relay	1988
Tony Jarrett	Haringey AC	110 meters hurdles	1988, 1992, 2000
Steve Crabb	Enfield Harriers	1500 meters	1988, 1992
Dalton Grant	Haringey AC	high jump	1988, 1992, 1996
Max Robertson	Haringey AC	400m hurdles	1988, 1992
Wendy Jeal	Haringey AC	100m hurdles	1988
Simon Williams	Enfield Harriers	discus throw	1992
Hughie Teape	Enfield Harriers	110m hurdles	1992
Shaun Pickering	Haringey AC	shot put	1996	[13]
Darren Braithwaite	Haringey AC	100m, 4x100m	1996
David Strang	Haringey AC	800m	1996

Other

• Bernard Eeles: 1934 British Empire Games^[14]
• William Land; 1934 British Empire Games
• Graham Eggleton: 1982 Commonwealth Games
• Michelle Campbell Edwards: 1991 World Championships
• Solomon Wariso: 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Leon Baptiste: 2010 Commonwealth Games

References

1. "About Us". Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
2. "New club gets off to a flying start". Cheshunt and Waltham Mercury. 2 April 1999. Retrieved 14 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "The golden years of Haringey AC are officially celebrated". Inside the games. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
4. "Carrying the Torch: Haringey's Olympic History". Haringey Council. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
5. John Wrighton at Power of 10
6. Alan Lerwill at Power of 10
7. Geoff Capes at Power of 10
8. Roy Mitchell at Power of 10
9. Gary Oakes at Power of 10
10. Heather Oakes at Power of 10
11. Seb Coe at Power of 10
12. Keith Stock at Power of 10
13. Shaun Pickering at Power of 10
14. Groom, Graham (2013). The complete book of the common wealth games. Lulu press. ISBN 978-1-291-57638-2.

External links

• Lee Valley Athletics Centre
• New River Stadium
• Queen Elizabeth Stadium