{{Short description|British athletics club}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox athletics club | name = Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club | type = | image = 125px | image_border = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | founded = 1999 | ground = New River Stadium / Lee Valley Athletics Centre / QEII Stadium, Enfield | location =London, England | coordinates = {{coord|51|36|19|N|0|06|01|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}} | league(s) = | activities = | affiliations = | website = {{url|https://enfieldandharingeyac.co.uk/ |official website}} }}
'''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 == thumb|right|200px|Lee Valley Athletics Centre in 2009 thumb|right|200px|New River Stadium in 2010 thumb|right|350px|The QEII Stadium in 2017 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, was formed in 1932 by a breakaway group from the Southgate and Wood Green Sports Association.<ref name=AU>{{cite web|url=https://enfieldandharingeyac.co.uk/about-us/ |title=About Us |website=Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club |access-date=14 March 2025 }}</ref>
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.<ref name=AU/>
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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003617/19990402/138/0138 |title=New club gets off to a flying start |work=Cheshunt and Waltham Mercury |date=2 April 1999 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref><ref name=AU/>
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.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}
== 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.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1016302/mike-rowbottom-the-golden-years-of-haringey-ac-are-officially-celebrated| title = The golden years of Haringey AC are officially celebrated| date = 3 October 2013| accessdate = 25 July 2015| publisher = Inside the games}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www.haringey.gov.uk/community-and-leisure/culture-and-entertainment/visiting-haringey/archive-and-local-history/carrying-torch-haringeys-olympic-history#enfield_and_haringey_athletics_club| title = Carrying the Torch: Haringey's Olympic History| accessdate = 25 July 2015| publisher = Haringey Council}}</ref>
=== Olympians === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Athlete !! Club !! Events !! Olympics !! Medals/ref |- |Paul Vallé ||Enfield AC || 200 meters || 1948|| |- |John Giles ||Southgate Harriers || shot put || 1948, 1952|| |- |Stan Cox || Southgate Harriers || 10000 meters & marathon || 1948, 1952|| |- |Peter Higgins|| Southgate Harriers ||400 m, 4 × 400 m || 1956 ||16px |- |John Wrighton||Southgate Harriers ||400 meters || 1960||<ref>{{Power of 10 name|40527|John Wrighton}}</ref> |- |Gerry McIntyre || Ponders End AC || marathon || 1960|| |- |Ron Jones || Enfield Harriers|| 100 m, 4 × 100 m relay ||1964, 1968 || |- |Alan Lerwill||Enfield Harriers || long jump || 1968, 1972||<ref>{{Power of 10 name|39783|Alan Lerwill}}</ref> |- |Geoff Capes|| Enfield Harriers || shot put || 1972, 1976, 1980||<ref>{{Power of 10 name|39186|Geoff Capes}}</ref> |- |Roy Mitchell ||Enfield Harriers || long jump || 1976||<ref>{{Power of 10 name|39926|Roy Mitchell}}</ref> |- |Paul Dickenson ||Enfield Harriers ||hammer throw ||1976, 1980|| |- |Gary Oakes ||Haringey AC || 400-meter hurdles || 1980 || 16px<ref>{{Power of 10 name|39992|Gary Oakes}}</ref> |- |Heather Oakes ||Haringey AC || 4 × 100 meter relay || 1980, 1984 || 16px16px<ref>{{Power of 10 name|41200|Heather Oakes}}</ref> |- |Sebastian Coe|| Haringey AC || 800 meters & 1500 meters || 1980, 1984 || 16px 16px 16px 16px<ref>{{Power of 10 name|1987|Seb Coe}}</ref> |- |Mike McFarlane || Haringey AC || 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 relay || 1980, 1984, 1988 || 16px |- |Wilbert Greaves ||Haringey AC ||110 m hurdles||1980, 1984 || |- |Keith Stock || Haringey AC || pole vault || 1984||<ref>{{Power of 10 name|40286|Keith Stock}}</ref> |- |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 ||400 m hurdles ||1984|| |- |Brian Whittle || Haringey AC || 400 meters || 1988|| |- |Clarence Callender ||Haringey AC ||4 × 100 m 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 ||400 m hurdles || 1988, 1992 || |- |Wendy Jeal || Haringey AC ||100 m hurdles ||1988|| |- |Simon Williams || Enfield Harriers || discus throw || 1992 |- |Hughie Teape||Enfield Harriers || 110 m hurdles ||1992|| |- |Shaun Pickering ||Haringey AC || shot put || 1996||<ref>{{Power of 10 name|40058|Shaun Pickering}}</ref> |- |Darren Braithwaite ||Haringey AC ||100 m, 4 × 100 m||1996|| |- |David Strang ||Haringey AC ||800 m ||1996|| |}
=== Other === *Bernard Eeles: 1934 British Empire Games<ref>{{cite book|last1=Groom|first1=Graham|title=The complete book of the common wealth games|year=2013 |publisher=Lulu press|isbn=978-1-291-57638-2}}</ref> * William Land; 1934 British Empire Games *Graham Eggleton: 1982 Commonwealth Games *Michelle Campbell Edwards: 1991 World Championships *Solomon Wariso: 1998 Commonwealth Games *Leon Baptiste: 2010 Commonwealth Games
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/fe/page.asp?n1=3&n2=7&n3=780 Lee Valley Athletics Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928031731/http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/fe/page.asp?n1=3&n2=7&n3=780 |date=28 September 2006 }} *[http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=london-ha New River Stadium] *[http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=enfield Queen Elizabeth Stadium]
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