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Category Archives: Croydon Harriers
Okoye makes giant comeback with Olympic qualifying mark
Nearly a decade since he stepped into the circle for the discus final at London 2012, and Lawrence Okoye looks set to return to the Olympics in Tokyo next month. Having made an athletics comeback after his misadventures in American … Continue reading
Harriers sprinter switches to snow and ice in Olympic bid
Croydon Harriers sprinter James Dasaolu has switched sports in a bid to compete in his third Olympics – this time amid the snow and ice of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. Dasaolu, 33, made his World Cup bobsleigh debut at … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, James Dasaolu, Sport
Tagged Croydon Harriers, James Dasaolu
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Lloyd Park stages first track and race trial for England Athletics
MATTHEW KIERNAN reports on how local runners tried out the ‘new normal’ on Saturday. Photos: NIGEL BRAMLEY By this time of year usually, the country’s hardened distance runners, fun runners and joggers would be two months into their winter of … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Herne Hill Harriers, Lloyd Park, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Harriers, Lloyd Park
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Shearman is in the running to set Olympic record in Tokyo
The London Marathon takes place on Sunday. It will be 40th running, but entirely different from the previous 39 editions. And because of the special covid staging, a Purley-based sports photographer who has covered the race every year since the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Purley, Sport
Tagged Mark Shearman, Olympic Games, Paul Spalding, Photography, Purley, Tokyo
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Libraries, pool and Arena may not open because of cash crisis
CROYDON IN CRISIS: More embarrassment for Tony Newman as Croydon-owned sports centre in his ward remains closed, while fears have been revived that the Labour-run council could flog off some libraries for housing Several of the borough’s public libraries and … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, GLL - Better, Leisure services, Libraries, Simon Hall, Sport, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Bradmore Green Library, Coulsdon Library, Croydon, Croydon Arena, Croydon Council, Croydon Public Libraries, GLL, Greenwich Leisure, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury Library, Purley Library, Purley Pool, Shirley Library, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Woodside
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League promises to help Croydon’s homeless football club
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Croydon FC kick-off their league season tomorrow with no certainty about when they will be able to start playing home games again at the council-owned Croydon Arena – if at all. Croydon Arena, which is operated on behalf … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Football, Sport
Tagged Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, GLL
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Football club forced to play games away over Arena uncertainty
The borough’s longest-established non-league football club go into the new season forced into a nomadic existence, uncertain of when their home ground at Croydon Arena will be available to stage home games. The council-owned Arena, the home ground of Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Football, GLL - Better, Sport
Tagged Croydon Arena, Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Donna Fraser
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Councillor claims: We can’t afford to reopen Arena stadium
Track where Olympic stars Donna Fraser, Martyn Rooney and Lawrence Okoye began their track and field careers is under threat after covid-19, as senior council figure claims it could cost £200,000 to reopen Oliver Lewis, the council cabinet member, last … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Cycling, Football, Lawrence Okoye, Martyn Rooney, Oliver Lewis, Sport, Tony Newman, Uncategorized, Woodside
Tagged Croydon Arena, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Oliver Lewis, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
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Shut Arena has Croydon trailing in national fitness campaign
With the government launching a £10million health awareness campaign to encourage the public to take more exercise and lead active and fitter lifestyles, it appears Croydon has made a false start. There’s mounting concern among some of the borough’s biggest … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Council, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Cycling, Football, GLL - Better, Leisure services, South Norwood, Sport
Tagged Better, Croydon Arena, Croydon FC, GLL, Greenwich Leisure, South Norwood
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Harriers’ Okoye steps back into the circle at Olympic Stadium
Seven years after competing in the Olympic discus final, Croydon Harrier Lawrence Okoye is set to make his return to the sport in the London Stadium at tomorrow’s Anniversary Games televised international meeting. Okoye quit track and field athletics in … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Lawrence Okoye, Sport
Tagged Croydon Harriers, Lawrence Okoye
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Local runner has Sense of success after his marathon effort
Amish Patel completed his first London Marathon last Sunday, raising money for national charity Sense, having been inspired by his mother, who is registered blind. Patel, 34, from Croydon, a compliance analyst in finance, battled his way around the 26-mile … Continue reading
Whitgift School’s Olympic hero Okoye is arrested in Alabama
Lawrence Okoye, the former Whitgift School pupil and discus finalist at the London Olympics who went to the United States to seek his fortune as an American football player, was arrested in Alabama last week on soliciting prostitution charges, placing … Continue reading
This year’s Croydon 10K road race just got even Better
Greenwich Leisure, the council’s leisure centre managers, under their trading name of Better, have joined the headline sponsors of this Sunday’s Croydon 10K road race. The charity run – one of the most popular road races in south London – … Continue reading
Croydon Arena football pitch savaged as ‘danger’ to players
The borough’s longest established non-league football club is threatening to withhold its hire fees from Croydon Council over the poor state of the pitch at Croydon Arena. Officials from opposition clubs who have played Croydon FC in the opening week … Continue reading
Harriers set date for 2018 Croydon 10km road race
Croydon Harriers have confirmed that the 2018 Croydon 10km road race will be staged on Sunday October 21, with a course that loops around Lloyd Park. The race regularly attracts a field of more than 500 runners and is one … Continue reading
Meningitis charity offers chance to run in The Big Half
National charity Meningitis Research Foundation has a fantastic opportunity for anyone who wants to get a place to run along with Mo Farah and thousands of others on March 4 in The Big Half – a new even from the … Continue reading
South Norwood teen who’s already bolting on the fast track
In Romell Glave, Croydon Harriers look to have another high-class speedster coming off their sprinter production line. The south London club which has helped unearth international talents including Donna Fraser, Martyn Rooney and James Dasaolu, now boasts among its members … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Romell Glave, South Norwood, Sport
Tagged Croydon Arena, Croydon Harriers, Romell Glave
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Medal-winning performances from Youth Games squad
By Matthew Kiernan Croydon’s young athletes kicked off their 2018 London Youth Games campaign with a sixth place overall finish from 33 competing boroughs at the cross-country championships staged at Parliament Hill on Saturday. Croydon’s 60-plus-strong squad brought home two … Continue reading
Harriers stage women’s free running sessions in Lloyd Park
Croydon Harriers is starting its first “Couch to Parkrun” all-female running group. Parkrun is the 5-kilometre (just a little more than 3 miles) timed fun run which is staged at 9am every Saturday; in and around Croydon, there are Parkruns … Continue reading
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Tagged Croydon Harriers, Lloyd Park, ParkRun
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On your marks for Croydon’s biggest annual road race
There are less than two weeks to go until the annual Croydon 10K road race comes to town – one of the most popular road races held in the region. This well-established race usually attracts fields of nearly 500 runners. … Continue reading
Run for the hills! Lloyd Park’s the toughest in all London
Lloyd Park in Croydon has the toughest Parkrun course in the whole of London – and that’s official because the Londonist website says so. Their reporter, Geoff Marshall, has surveyed all 47 courses in Greater London’s parks and open spaces … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Croydon parks, Lloyd Park, Sport, Striders of Croydon
Tagged Lloyd Park, Londonist, ParkRun
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Croydon’s on its marks for 10km road race on Oct 9
The annual Lexus Croydon 10km – one of the most popular road races held in the area – takes place a week on Sunday, October 9, when a field of 500 runners is expected on the start line. The road … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Lloyd Park, Sport
Tagged Croydon 10K, Croydon Harriers, Lloyd Park
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Bittersweet for Rooney as he is declared an Olympic medallist
Croydon Harrier Martyn Rooney is an Olympic medallist, eight years after he’d finished his race. Rooney, along with his team mates from Great Britain’s 4×400 metres relay squad who finished fourth at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, have been promoted to … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Athletics, Croydon Harriers, Martyn Rooney, Sport, Thornton Heath
Tagged Croydon Harriers, Martyn Rooney, Thornton Heath
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Rooney apologises for his performance, on and off the track
Croydon Harrier Martyn Rooney has issued an apology after announcing on national television that he “ran like a dick” at the Rio Olympics. Rooney had just been eliminated at the heats stage of the 400 metres when he gave his … Continue reading
Posted in Athletics, Croydon Harriers, James Dasaolu, Martyn Rooney, Sport
Tagged Croydon Harriers, James Dasaolu, Martyn Rooney, Olympic Games, Rio Olympics, Usain Bolt
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