By Henry Fagan Almost exactly a month after the last athletics meet at Harrow School, the Hampton athletics team travelled to Harrow to compete against the top schools in the … Continue Reading Athletics Team Success at Harrow
By Henry Fagan On 6 May 1954, Sir Roger Bannister broke the four minute mile at the Iffley Road track in Oxford. This was deemed one of the greatest sporting … Continue Reading Records Broken at Achilles’ Relay Track Meet
By Henry Fagan The first Saturday of the summer term saw Hampton athletics team kick off their season with a bang. Mr Mills, Mr Clarke and Mr Chaveneau managed a … Continue Reading Successful Athletics Season Opener
By Henry Fagan Two years ago, on Saturday 14 March 2020 (the date of the last championships), five Hampton athletes competed in the English Schools’ Cross Country Championships in Liverpool. … Continue Reading Strong performance for Hampton athletes at English Schools’ Cross Country Championships
By Henry Fagan Mr David Clarke has taught at Hampton for nearly 40 years but how many Hamptonians know about his illustrious running career? Having competed internationally for Great Britain … Continue Reading Mr Clarke: Running Things
By Henry Fagan On Thursday 27 January, a team of twelve boys from Hampton took part in the annual Middlesex Cross Country Championships at Harrow School, representing the borough of … Continue Reading Hampton lead Team Richmond to victory at Middlesex Cross Country Championship
By Henry Fagan On the last Friday of term, instead of the usual cross country club training, Mr Clarke decided to test the abilities of the cross country athletes by … Continue Reading End of term cross country Christmas handicap race
By Henry Fagan On a Wednesday afternoon in November, 12 Hamptonians made their way to Tiffin School’s playing fields to each compete in a 2.8km race against several other local … Continue Reading Hampton success at Tiffin School’s Judge Cup cross country relay
By Henry Fagan On Thursday 18 November, the cross country team with members from year groups across the School travelled to Richmond Park to compete in the annual Richmond Schools … Continue Reading Cross country team excels at Richmond School Championships
By Henry Fagan The second cross country meet of the term took the ever-growing Hampton cross country team to Guildford to participate in the annual Haskell relays. Each of the … Continue Reading Hampton show grit and enthusiasm at cross country Haskell relay race
By Henry Fagan In early October, seven boys and their coach, Mr David Clarke, travelled to Wimbledon Common to take part in the King’s Trophy Cross Country race, competing against … Continue Reading Hampton show promise at King’s Trophy Cross Country
We’ve reached the end of the group stages. The final moment of Group Eight is here, and it’s Mike Denley OH (1949) and his javelin successes. Vote in our Twitter … Continue Reading Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: Mike Denley breaks British Javelin record
Over the next term, HSC will be attempting to discover the identity of Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moment, with your help. This article looks back on Dave Travis OH (1964) and … Continue Reading Hampton’s Greatest Sporting Moments: Dave Travis wins Commonwealth Gold