Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club is an
athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
club based in North London.
The club has tracks in two locations;
Lee Valley Athletics Centre
The Lee Valley Athletics Centre is located at the Lee Valley Leisure Complex formerly known as Picketts Lock in Edmonton, London Borough of Enfield. The centre cost £15m to build, and was officially opened on 16 January 2007 by Minister for ...
and
New River Stadium
White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre, also known as the New River Stadium is a rugby league and athletics stadium in Wood Green, Haringey, north London, England that is home to London Skolars rugby league club, Enfield and Haringey Athletic C ...
.
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
White Hart Lane Community Sports Centre, also known as the New River Stadium is a rugby league and athletics stadium in Wood Green, Haringey, north London, England that is home to London Skolars rugby league club, Enfield and Haringey Athletic ...
and adopted the title Haringey & Southgate AC which was later shortened to Haringey AC.
Honours
Senior Men:
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British Athletics League
The British Athletics League is a men-only track and field team competition in the United Kingdom. For women there is the completely separate UK Women's Athletic League.
Launched in 1969, the British Athletics League in 2013 had five different di ...
** 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.
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.
Olympians
Other
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Bernard Eeles:
800 meters
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...
1934 Commonwealth Games, Sydney.
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Leon Baptiste:
200 meters
The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...
2010 Commonwealth Games
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Graham Eggleton:
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Wayne Griffith:
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Bill Land
William Matthew Land (April 10, 1880 – death unknown) was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1900s and 1910s.
A native of Buckhorn, Virginia, Land made his Negro leagues debut in 1906 with the New York Colored Giants. Land then pl ...
:
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Kike Oniwinde:
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Keith Stock:
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Hugh Teape:
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Solomon Wariso:
References
External links
Official Club WebsiteLee Valley Athletics CentreNew River StadiumQueen Elizabeth Stadium
Athletics clubs in England
1999 establishments in England
Running clubs in the United Kingdom
Athletics clubs in London
Sports clubs established in 1999
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