# Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club

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, were 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 |
| Paul Vallé | Enfield AC | 200 meters | 1948 |
| John Giles | Haringey AC | shot put | 1948, 1952 |
| Stan Cox | Haringey AC | 10000 meters & marathon | 1948, 1952 |
| John Wrighton | Haringey AC | 400 meters | 1960 |
| Gerry McIntyre | Ponders End AC | marathon | 1960 |
| Ron Jones | Enfield Harriers | 100m, 4x100m relay | 1964, 1968 |
| Alan Lerwill | Enfield Harriers | long jump | 1968, 1972 |
| Geoff Capes | Enfield Harriers | shot put | 1972, 1976, 1980 |
| Roy Mitchell | Enfield Harriers | long jump | 1976 |
| Paul Dickenson | Enfield Harriers | hammer throw | 1976, 1980 |
| Gary Oakes | Haringey AC | 400-meter hurdles | 1980 |
| Heather Oakes | Haringey AC | 4x100 meter relay | 1980, 1984 |
| Sebastian Coe | Haringey AC | 800 meters & 1500 meters | 1980, 1984 |
| Mike McFarlane | Haringey AC | 100m, 200m, 4x100 relay | 1980, 1984, 1988 |
| Wilbert Greaves | Haringey AC | 110m hurdles | 1980, 1984 |
| Keith Stock | Haringey AC | pole vault | 1984 |
| Roald Bradstock | Enfield Harriers | javelin throw | 1984, 1988 |
| John Herbert | Haringey AC | triple jump | 1984, 1988 |
| Matthew Mileham | Haringey AC | hammer throw | 1984, 1988 |
| Sue Morley | Enfield Harriers | 400m hurdles | 1984 |
| Brian Whittle | Haringey AC | 400 meters | 1988 |
| Clarence Callender | Haringey AC | 4x100m relay | 1988 |
| Tony Jarrett | Haringey AC | 110 meters hurdles | 1988, 1992, 2000 |
| Steve Crabb | Enfield Harriers | 1500 meters | 1988, 1992 |
| Dalton Grant | Haringey AC | high jump | 1988, 1992, 1996 |
| Max Robertson | Haringey AC | 400m hurdles | 1988, 1992 |
| Wendy Jeal | Haringey AC | 100m hurdles | 1988 |
| Simon Williams | Enfield Harriers | discus throw | 1992 |
| Hughie Teape | Enfield Harriers | 110m hurdles | 1992 |
| Shaun Pickering | Haringey AC | shot put | 1996 |
| Darren Braithwaite | Haringey AC | 100m, 4x100m | 1996 |
| David Strang | Haringey AC | 800m | 1996 |

### Other

* Bernard Eeles: 1934 British Empire Games
* William Land; 1934 British Empire Games
* Graham Eggleton: 1982 Commonwealth Games
* Solomon Wariso: 1998 Commonwealth Games
* Leon Baptiste: 2010 Commonwealth Games