HISTORY OF H.A.C.
Harare Athletics Club, formerly Rhodes Athletics Club, was founded in May 1949 by G H Pentland-Smith. Initially the emphasis was on track and field events, but over the years the club has promoted long distance running where training for the Comrades Marathon has been a major activity. The flagship run of the club is the 20 Miler (Now sponsored by Europcar) which was started in December 1971, had 24 finishers. In it’s heyday, over 750 runners from all over the region competed in the 20 miler. HAC moved to its present base, Old Georgians Sports Club in 1987 where it still operates from today and is active with 200 members and organizes a variety of runs from 4km to Marathon distance.