Thames Valley Harriers

Michael Jordan takes bronze in the Irish Championships in the javelin with a new PB of 61.17m! Congratulations to both him and coach Sam Brewer! 🎉🇮🇪🍀



📸 Perri Williams (OLY)

SAL Match 3 - report by Tash Mundell

The third SAL match of the year was at Little Marlow, famous for its green track in the middle of the countryside.

We had a strong set of athletes, officials and coaches out on the day. This was a big day for the team players stepping up to cover gaps to help maximise points - some shout outs for this to Zaid, Danny, Louisa, Greg, Aharon, Issy amongst many others! This showed our brilliant team spirit which is the key to our success! Also shout out for big PBs to Montana (12.92m TJ) and Kerisha (32.39m HT) as well as a huge throw from Michael despite not feeling 100% (53.96m JT).

However, our MotM and WotM were both athletes who managed to have 100% PB rates in their multiple events to secure big points for the club - rising to the occasion even with the challenging conditions. Our MotM was Joe Johansen for PBs in his A string hammer, shot and discus. Our WotM was Tameka Cunliffe for PBs in the 800 and 400 followed by a strong 4x400 leg.

Despite a tough fight with the other clubs and a mid-race tornado, we managed to secure the win by 52 points continuing our winning streak!

Our final match is on August 8th. This is predicted to be our toughest match of the season so we need all the support we can get, if you’re available and keen to compete please let Tash know. We need to win the final match to bring the title home for another year! Up the Valley!



📸 Brandon - more photos on their way!

Coming up THIS SATURDAY!

Reasons to come along...

🏆Celebrate your friends', family's, and the club's successes
🧁Free food
🩵 Opportunity to socialise with teammates when not sweaty
🎉 Occasion to get involved with the club when injured or haven't been able to come to training/matches recently

Relay magic at the for our U18 and U20 mixed 4x100m teams and Kaya Slater with Team Scotland in the senior 4x100m competition 💎💎💎

Many of the TVH community were in the crowd and enjoyed cheering you on!

English schools: A fantastic group of talented TVH juniors competed at the English Schools Championships on the 10th and 11th of July in the Alexander stadium in Birmingham:

🏆Henrik Willett GOLD Inter Boys 4x100m (his next race is at the European U18 Championships)
🥈Henrik Willett SILVER Inter Boys 100m, with 10.65s, just 2 hundredths separating him and the gold. Henrik ran 10.56 PB to win his heat
🥈Harriet Court SILVER Senior Girls Javelin 47.06m
🥈Owen Keenlyside SILVER medal in the Senior Boys 4x100m
🥉Kerisha Patterson BRONZE Senior Girls shot 12.34m, just 2cm off her PB
🥉Michaela Osuhor BRONZE Inter Girls 4x100m
💫Owen Keenlyside 5th Senior Boys 100m final with 10.76, Owen ran a 10.52 PB to win his heat
💫Louis Moore 5th Senior Boys 3000m with 8:24.41
💫Luis da Silva 5th Junior Boys 1500m in a PB 4:11.24
💫Luke Lo 6th Senior Boys 100m with 10.81, Luke ran 10.59 PB to finish 2nd in his heat
💫Arabella Nichol 8th Senior Girls 3000m Final with 10.10.65
💫Michaela Osuhor 5th Inter Girls Heat 200m Heat with 25.50
💫Zac Lam 7th Senior Boys 110m Hurdles Heat with 16.00
💫Lewis Sorhaindo Senior Boys triple jump

Congratulations to all these athletes, their coaches and their families. We hope the experience was inspiring and motivating to keep training hard!

Exciting times for the endurance group at TVH with new coaches Bob Empson and Rob Ferguson stepping up to take the lead. 💪

We thank Coach JJ for his incredible service to TVH and hope he will stay involved in the TVH family as he moves on to more local endeavours. 🙏

The Endurance Group will be offering two coached sessions each week.  These will take place on Tuesday at 7.15pm and Wednesday at 6.30pm.  Both are open to all runners, and the planned content of the session will be the same. 

🔵Tuesday Session - 7.15pm start
This session is aimed a little more towards runners who are already comfortable with structured training and want a more performance-focused workout. Sessions are designed to support progression across a range of race distances, with a slightly higher general standard and a busier track environment. If you already have some experience of interval training or regular club sessions, this may be the better fit for you.

🔵Wednesday Session - 6.30pm start
This session is a great first step into coached interval training, whether you want to improve your times, build confidence, or develop your general fitness. It is especially well suited to runners who are newer to structured sessions or newer to training on the track, as the track is usually a bit quieter and less intimidating. If you’re not sure which session to choose, Wednesday is a great place to start.

The group is led by Bob Empson and Rob Ferguson. Our sessions focus on preparing runners for events from 5k through to marathon distance, and we cater for a wide range of abilities, from those aiming to compete in track, road relay and cross country teams to runners looking to improve their parkrun times, general fitness, or simply enjoy their running more.🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️

Get to know a little bit more about the coaches more on in their coaching profiles on the training page on the website where you can find their contact details! 🔎

Pop them an email and come join! 🩵

TVH men and women win the Southern Counties Veterans Athletic Club Mid- London Division 🎉

🚨 Shout out also to our new W55 hammer and shot club record holder Lesley Richardson who threw 25.59m and 8.43m respectively in the W50 competition.

We can't wait for the regional final on September 27th at Linford Christie Stadium! To get involved, contact team manager Tamas Joo Joó Tamás 💪

We are incredibly proud to announce that six TVH athletes are representing their country at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. We wish them luck and will be cheering hard for them on both in the stadium and in front of our TVs.

Here what they have to say 📢 ➡️

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Molly Palmer:

“Being selected for the Commonwealth Games is a huge honour and I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to represent my country at such a special championship. It’s something I’ve worked towards for a long time and it means a great deal to me.

This time last year I was recovering from surgery, so to be in this position now makes it even more meaningful. It’s been a year full of ups and downs with plenty of challenges along the way.

Earlier this year I had the opportunity to compete at the World Indoor Championships and alongside training I’ve also been balancing my final year studying Human Biology at Loughborough University.

I’m really grateful to everyone at Thames Valley Harriers for their support throughout my journey. I’m looking forward to making the most of this opportunity and representing my country with pride."

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Emma Nwofor:

“I am thrilled to be representing England in the 100m hurdles. This is my first time representing England as opposed to Great Britain, so I’m ready to do my home nation proud on homeish soil!"

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Kaya Slater:

"Being selected to run at the Commonwealth Games is something I have dreamed of and to actually be going and for Scotland is insane. I’m so grateful to have my first commonwealth be a home games. My grandad is Scottish and so is my dad so not only am I doing this for me and to show myself that I can do this but also carrying on the scottish pride in the family."

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Angela McAuslan-Kelly:

" I am very excited to represent Scotland at my first Commonwealth Games! It is a huge honor to receive this opportunity and I can't wait to compete in front of a home crowd!" 

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Thomas Walley:

"An honour to be representing Cymru at the Commonwealth Games. A dream come true for me and my family, very excited to get out there and show the world what I can do"

🇮🇲Regan Corrin:

"Really excite

TVH approached the second National Athletics League match with excitement, knowing the standard would be extraordinarily high with fierce competition for the title with rivals Harrow. The match was held in the unforgiving heat of home Woodford Athletics club in North London on 11/7/26. The team took home 8 wins in the A string, 15 in the B string and maximum points secured (thus wins in both strings) in 5 different events. The team took home 8 wins in the A string, 15 in the B string and maximum points (thus wins in both strings) in 5 different events. Our officiating team also scored maximum points (Stuart Pugh, Roger Fitzgerald, Alastar Phelan, Annie Fernandez, Helen Pugh, Lorraine Mulvaney and Nanci Sousa).

🟦Male track athlete of the match – Ezekiel Lowe for a dominant 200m win with a time of 21.07 despite a huge headwind and an impressive relay leg in the winning 4x100m relay
⬛️Male field athlete of the match – Jude Bright-Davies for stepping up to do the long jump at late notice and jumping a crazy 6.80m, alongside his usual impressive triple jump performance where he placed second with a distance of 15.43m
🟦Male club athlete of the match - Aharon Graham Mulvaney for stepping up to do the pole vault with 15 minutes notice, alongside a fantastic relay leg in the 4x400 with slightly longer notice
⬛️Female track athlete of the match – Julia Johnson for her win in the B string 400m hurdles and stepping in to cover the short hurdles and a leg of the 4x400 relay
🟦Female field athlete of the match – NAL captain Sophie Mace for the win in the discus in a competitive field with 49.48m, setting the tone for the day
⬛️Female club athlete of the match – Montana Jackson for not only an impressive B string winning triple jump of 12.63m but a surprise but storming 4x400 leg at short notice

Overall, we took home the team win for match 2 by around 30 points (subject to official ratification). This is a step closer to regaining our NAL title and we are so proud of all athletes, coaches, supporters, officials and sports masseurs (Jade Smith-Brown and Laurence Owen) involved that make it happen. See you all at the final NAL on 22nd August at Eton!