Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club

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Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club is an athletics club based in North London. The club has tracks in two locations; Lee Valley Athletics Centre and New River Stadium.

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History

Enfield and Haringey AC was formed in 1999 with the merger of Borough of Enfield Harriers (BoEH) and Haringey AC. BoEH was created in 1965 by the amalgamation of Enfield AC, founded 1920, and Ponders End AC (1922). Haringey AC was originally Southgate Harriers, a club formed in 1932 by a breakaway group from the Southgate & Wood Green Sports Association. In 1974, Southgate AC moved its HQ from Broomfield Park to White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre and adopted the title Haringey & Southgate AC which was later shortened to Haringey AC. [1]

Honours

Senior Men:

Most recently, National Young Athletes League Final, September 2006. In doing so, stopping the three year strangle hold on the title by Blackheath and Bromley Harriers.

Notable athletes

Enfield and Haringey AC, and while under its former names, has produced a considerable number of successful athletes. [2] [3]

Olympians

AthleteCountryEventsOlympicsMedals
Paul Valle 200 meters 1948
John Giles Flag of the United Kingdom.svg shot put 1948 & 1952
Stan Cox Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 10000 meters & marathon 1948 & 1952
John Wrighton [4] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 400 meters 1960
Gerry McIntyre Flag of Ireland.svg marathon 1960
Alan Lerwill [5] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg long jump 1968 & 1972
Geoff Capes [6] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg shot put 1972, 1976 & 1980
Roy Mitchell [7] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg long jump 1976
Gary Oakes [8] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 400-meter hurdles 1980

Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg

Heather Oakes [9] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 4x100 meter relay 1980 & 1984

Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg

Sebastian Coe [10] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 800 meters & 1500 meters 1980 & 1984 Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Gold medal icon (G initial).svg

Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Silver medal icon (S initial).svg

Keith Stock [11] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg pole vault 1984
Roald Bradstock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg javelin throw 1984 & 1988
John Herbert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg triple jump 1984 & 1988
Matthew Mileham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg hammer throw 1984 & 1988
Mike McFarlane Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 4x100 meters relay 1988

Silver medal icon (S initial).svg

Brian Whittle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 400 meters 1988
Tony Jarrett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 110 meters hurdles 1988, 1992 & 2000
Steve Crabb Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 1500 meters 1988 & 1992
Dalton Grant Flag of the United Kingdom.svg high jump 1988, 1992 & 1996
Simon Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg discus throw 1992
Shaun Pickering [12] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg shot put 1996


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  11. Keith Stock at Power of 10
  12. Shaun Pickering at Power of 10
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