Victoria Park Harriers

Founded 1926

Club Trophies, Past and Present

Track and Field
Event
Trophy
Year Instituted
Senior Men 100R. Moore Challenge Cup
1928
Senior Men 400Major Nathan Challenge Cup
1933
Senior Men 800Victoria Cup
1933
Senior Men 800Separate Trophy
undated
Senior Men One MileGarro-Jones Challenge Trophy
1928
Senior Men 3 MilesSquire Yarrow Challenge Cup
1935
Senior Men PentathlonGeorge Hemsworth Challenge Cup
1953
Senior Men Long JumpA.A. Cooper Challenge Cup
1937
Senior Men High JumpL. Binfield Challenge Bowl
1947
Junior Men 200Station Officer Charles Fisher Challenge Trophy
1956
Junior Men 400S.W. Cannell Challenge Trophy
1947
Junior Men 800Charlotte Baker Memorial Trophy
1938
Junior Men One MileArthur Cornish Challenge Cup
1938
Youth 400Arthur Villiers Challenge Cup
1958
Youth 800Harry Peck Trophy
1955
Boys One MileHarry Marshall Challenge Cup
1966
Senior Ladies 100Alf Gillett Trophy
1961
Senior Ladies 200E. Dunn Trophy
1962

Cross Country
Event
Trophy
Year Instituted
Men's 5M X-C MacDonald Memorial Trophy
1928
Men's 7.5M X-C Coronation Cup
1937
Men's 10M X-C Jeffsue Challenge Cup
1951

Road Running
Event
Trophy
Year Instituted
Men's One Mile Flowers Trophy
Men's 3.5M Arthur Coombes Trophy
Men's 5M Victoria Park Harriers' Open Five Shield
Men's 10M Katherine Yarrow Trophy
1949
Men's 20M

5M X-C - Separate Trophy undated

Other trophies we hold include:

  • British Legion Challenge Trophy
  • Abrahams 5M Open Road Team Cup
  • Suresnes-Hackney 1962 Trophy
  • Lady Trefgarne Trophy
  • Newlands Park Road Relay Trophy
  • Annual Trophy Match Senior Section VPH 1957 Trophy

    and, most interesting,

  • Trophy dated 1902 which Harry Peck, VPH Founder, received for winning the 100 yards handicap in the Polytechnic Sports Meeting.

    Championship Trophies No Longer in Our Possession

  • Senior Men 200 (James Brown Memorial Cup) inst. 1950
  • Junior Men 100 (Major Walters Trophy) inst. 1935
  • Junior Men Long Jump (A. Goddard Trophy) inst. 1938
  • Junior Men 5M X-C (Victus Trophy) inst. 1948
  • Youth 1 Mile (E.C. Wiseman Challenge Cup) inst. 1963
  • Sullivan Trophy (awarded for most meritorious performance(s) of the year) inst. 1947
  • Percy Fisher Trophy
  • Sandy Cooper Trophy (awarded for most points scored in Club handicap events) inst. 1947