Belgrave Harriers

Belgrave Harriers
Type	Athletic club
Founded	October 1887; 137 years ago
Location	Wimbledon, London &; Battersea Park, Wandsworth
Activities	Road running; Cross country running; Track and field; Racewalking
Website	www.belgraveharriers.com

Belgrave Harriers, founded in October 1887, is an athletics club in Britain, with headquarters located in Wimbledon, close to Wimbledon Common. As of February 2013, they had the most successful record in the history of the British Athletics League, with 11 titles.^[1]

In the early days, the clubs's administrative headquarters were at the Kings Arms public house in Belgravia, central London, and races were held along the Embankment of the River Thames and also over the common lands south of London, particularly on Wimbledon Common. These days, Belgrave's home track is located at the Millennium Arena, Battersea Park and club members, known as 'Belgravians', train there on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

Belgrave Harriers compete in track and field, road running, racewalking and cross country events, and have traditionally drawn their members from South London and Surrey, but in recent decades have athletes from all over the United Kingdom and overseas.

Belgrave Harriers' most successful period lasted from the 1920s to the 1950s, but the 21st century saw a resurgence, and they have won 29 national championships in this period on the road, in cross-country and on the track. In 2013, however, they announced their withdrawal from the British Athletics League due to a shortage of necessary volunteer officials.^[1]

The club's membership contains several of Britain's leading athletes, including Olympic silver medallist and World Champion Phillips Idowu, Goldie Sayers, Dwain Chambers, William Sharman and Chicago Marathon winner Paul Evans.

Team honours

Track and field

Men

European Champion Clubs Relays: 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m and 4x800m 1999
British Athletics League Division One (Premier Division): 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
British Athletics League Gold Cup: 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
British Athletics League Golden Jubilee Cup: 2002, 2003

Women

British Athletics League Golden Jubilee Cup: 2002, 2003

Cross Country

Men

National Cross Country Championship: 1935, 1939, 1946, 1948, 2004.
National Cross Country Relay Championship: 2003, 2007

Road racing

Men

AAA National 6-Stage Road Relay: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
AAA National 12-Stage Road Relay (London to Brighton 1924-1965): 1934, 1935, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009
AAA 5 km: 2006
AAA 10 km: 2003
AAA Half-Marathon: 2002, 2004, 2007
AAA Marathon: 1996

Women

AAA 10 km: 2006
AAA Marathon: 2004

Racewalking

Men

RWA 20 miles: 1924, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1938, 1939, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1970
RWA 50 km: 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
RWA 20 km: 1968, 1969, 1973, 1979
RWA 10 miles: 1947, 1948, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1982, 1984

Notable athletes

Olympians

Athlete	Country	Events	Olympics
Tommy Green		50km walk	1932
Harry Churcher		10km walk	1948
Bill Lucas		5000 metres	1948
Étienne Gailly		marathon	1948
Eric Hall		20km walk,50km walk	1956, 1960
John Bicourt		3000 metres steeplechase	1972, 1976
Paul Evans		10000 metres	1992, 1996
Brendan Reilly	,	high jump	1992, 2000
Nick Sweeney		discus throw	1992, 1996, 2000
Paskar Owor		800 metres	2000, 2004
Dwain Chambers		100 metres, 4x100 metres relay	2000, 2012
Phillips Idowu		triple jump	2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
Chris Lambert		200 metres	2004
Goldie Sayers		javelin throw	2004, 2008, 2012
Georgia Bell		1500 metres	2024