Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets Athletics Club (VPH & TH AC) is an athletics club in

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Tower Hamlets The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough covering much of the traditional East End. It was formed in 1965 from the merger of the former metropolitan boroughs of Stepney, Poplar, and Bethnal Green. 'Tower Hamlets' was originally ...

, East

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Competitions

For competitions, in Track and Field, VPH competes in Division 2 of the Southern Athletics League. In Cross Country, VPH competes in the London Met League. The track used by Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets is the

Mile End Stadium Mile End Stadium, also known as the East London Stadium, is a multi-sports stadium in Mile End and situated in the park of the same name, East London, England. The stadium comprises an athletics stadium and a number of floodlit Astroturf footb ...

Mile End Mile End is a district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the East End of London, England, east-northeast of Charing Cross. Situated on the London-to-Colchester road, it was one of the earliest suburbs of London. It became part of the m ...

while the club's headquarters is in

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History

Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets Athletics Club was founded in 2001, as a merger of Victoria Park Harriers which was founded in 1926, and Tower Hamlets Athletics Clubs, which was founded in 1976. with Victoria Park Harriers mainly being a cross country club and Tower Hamlets Athletics Club mainly being a track and field club. The track used by Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets, Mile End stadium, was the closest athletics club track to the Olympic Stadium during 2012, and it was used by the US Olympic Athletics team for training during the Olympics.

Notable athletes

Perri Shakes-Drayton Peirresha Alexandra Shakes-Drayton (born 21 December 1988) is a British retired track and field athlete. After specialising in the 400 metres hurdles in the early part of her career, a knee injury at the 2013 World Championships forced Shakes-D ...

Rikki Fifton

Kits

The club's kit is a white vest or crop top with a green and blue diagonal line.

References

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Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets Athletics Club Website
Athletics clubs in London Athletics clubs in England