Birchfield Harriers
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Birchfield Harriers is an athletics club, founded in 1877. Its home is at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium, England.
Their previous home, at nearby Perry Barr, is now Perry Barr Greyhound Stadium. It still carries their badge, a leaping deer, rendered in this case in Art Deco style, carved in 1929 and attributed to William Bloye[1].
As well as welcoming recreational runners they cater for all levels of experience up to and including Olympic athletes whether able-bodied or wheelchair-using athletes.
The Club's motto is Fleet and Free.
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[edit] Athletes at the Club
- Denise Lewis
- Du'aine Ladejo
- Mark Lewis-Francis
- Katharine Merry
- Helen Karagounis
- Bob Weir (athlete)
- Daniel Caines
- Helen Frost
- Ashia Hansen
- Kelly Sotherton
- Jade Surman
[edit] Bibliography
- Fleet and Free — A History of Birchfield Harriers Athletic Club, Gareth Rogers with Wilfred Morgan and Tom McCook, Tempus, (2005) ISBN 0-7524-3523-X
[edit] References
- ^ Public Sculpture of Birmingham, George T. Noszlopy, Liverpool University Press, 1998, ISBN 085323-682-8
