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
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, was formed in 1932 by a breakaway group from the Southgate and Wood Green Sports Association.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Olympians Athlete Club Events Olympics Medals/refPaul Vallé Enfield AC 200 meters 1948John Giles Southgate Harriers shot put 1948, 1952Stan Cox Southgate Harriers 10000 meters & marathon 1948, 1952Peter Higgins Southgate Harriers 400 m, 4 × 400 m 1956 John WrightonSouthgate Harriers 400 meters 1960Gerry McIntyre Ponders End AC marathon 1960Ron Jones Enfield Harriers 100 m, 4 × 100 m relay 1964, 1968 Alan LerwillEnfield Harriers long jump 1968, 1972Geoff Capes Enfield Harriers shot put 1972, 1976, 1980Roy Mitchell Enfield Harriers long jump 1976Paul Dickenson Enfield Harriers hammer throw 1976, 1980Gary Oakes Haringey AC 400-meter hurdles 1980 Heather Oakes Haringey AC 4 × 100 meter relay 1980, 1984 Sebastian Coe Haringey AC 800 meters & 1500 meters 1980, 1984 Mike McFarlane Haringey AC 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 relay 1980, 1984, 1988 Wilbert Greaves Haringey AC 110 m hurdles1980, 1984 Keith Stock Haringey AC pole vault 1984Roald Bradstock Enfield Harriers javelin throw 1984, 1988John Herbert Haringey AC triple jump 1984, 1988Matthew Mileham Haringey AC hammer throw 1984, 1988Sue Morley Enfield Harriers 400 m hurdles 1984Brian Whittle Haringey AC 400 meters 1988Clarence Callender Haringey AC 4 × 100 m relay 1988 Tony Jarrett Haringey AC 110 meters hurdles 1988, 1992, 2000Steve Crabb Enfield Harriers 1500 meters 1988, 1992Dalton Grant Haringey AC high jump 1988, 1992, 1996Max RobertsonHaringey AC 400 m hurdles 1988, 1992 Wendy Jeal Haringey AC 100 m hurdles 1988Simon Williams Enfield Harriers discus throw 1992Hughie TeapeEnfield Harriers 110 m hurdles 1992Shaun Pickering Haringey AC shot put 1996Darren Braithwaite Haringey AC 100 m, 4 × 100 m1996David Strang Haringey AC 800 m 1996
Other Bernard Eeles: 1934 British Empire Games 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
External links Lee Valley Athletics Centre New River Stadium Queen Elizabeth Stadium