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It was great to see competitions back in the calender this year including a handful of our league matches– albeit in more localised bubbles- if you can call Norwich local – and without trophies or promotion / relegations to chase and defend in the EYAL and SAL  – at least it gave our athletes the opportunity to put their hard work into practise and produce some great personal achievements – especially when competing on home soil. Obviously, the lack of T & F coaches has hit the club hard, we have seen a dramatic loss in numbers both in coaches with technical knowledge... read more

agreed Draft Minutes for 2021... read more

Colchester Harriers continued their run of success in the Essex County Championship road race series with another strong all round performance in the 10K event at Chelmsford on Sunday.  Colin Ridley (35:37) and William Haining (43:49) led the way, both claiming the gold medals in their respective age groups, whilst Ram Osman ran 34:01 to claim 15th place overall out of a field of nearly 400. Andrew Jobling also ran strongly to finish 25th in a personal best (PB) time of 35:21, and there were also PBs on the day for Jack McGuire (37:15) and James Plant (42:11). James Plant clocked 42m 11s... read more

Details here. Composite letter for Championships - February 2022_ including notes... read more

Colchester Harriers’ athletes continued their run of success in this season’s Essex County Championship series with a show of strength at the 10 mile Remembrance Day race at Stebbing. The women led the way sweeping both gold and silver in the team competition thanks to some stunning individual performances. Heidi Hogan-Steele ran a personal best (PB) at the distance for the second time in 5 weeks to take individual gold in a time of 1:02:24. Hogan-Steele was closely followed home by team captain Tracy English who came in third to take bronze in her own PB of 1:04:50 and Victoria... read more

Thursday 25 November 7.30pm Pegasus Club House A quorum of at least 25 fully paid up members aged over 14 (Parents are encouraged to attend with their athletes) are required to attend the AGM where the new Management Committee will be elected. A notice has been displayed in the club house since Thursday 21 October, which includes a sign up sheet for nominations of Officers / Chairs of Sub Committees. Motions for the AGM must be received by the Secretary in writing at least 14 daysprior to the meeting (11 November). The motion must be proposed and seconded and the proposerand... read more

Colchester Harriers’ athletes continued their run of success in the autumn marathon season with some fine performances in Sunday’s Chelmsford Marathon.  Steve Wilkins led the way on the local course with a superbly paced 3:11:09 to take more than an hour off his previous personal best (PB) time for the distance.  Kev Stevens clocked 3:34:56 finishing just ahead of Tina Southgate who finished third in her age group in a time of 3:35:53.  Chris Stevenson won V60 county bronze as he finished his first ever marathon in 3:36:34, George Hayes clocked 3:47:20 whilst Arthur Whiston took V70... read more

Colchester Harriers’ rising star, Victoria Primmer, continued her recent rapid improvement across all distances with a remarkable run as the autumn marathon season got properly under way with the 47th running of the Berlin Marathon. The 26 year old defied temperatures rising into the mid 20 degrees centigrade to run an excellently paced race, running 1:37:36 for the first half of the race and then gradually accelerating to post 1:34:20 for the second half to record an overall time of 3:11:56. Primmer’s time was more than half an hour faster than her previous best for the distance and... read more

by Steven Shippey Saturday 11th September saw the return of the South of England Inter County U15/U20 Championships at Horspath in Oxford and Colchester Harriers had two athletes selected to represent Essex at this event. First up, was first year U20 Sam Shippey in the 400m who got out quickly and ran a strong final bend to finish in 2nd place with a new PB of 50.47. Next to compete was U15 Wyatt Larkins in the Hammer who finished in first place blowing away his competition by nearly 3m with a throw of 39.48m. And finally, with Essex a man down in the 200m Sam Shippey was asked... read more

The Colchester Harriers Ladies’ team announced their arrival on the county athletics stage with a resounding victory at the Essex Half Marathon Championships, held in Pleshey. On an unexpectedly sultry autumn morning the team swept all before them to take a convincing team gold medal thanks to a stream of fine performances. Heidi Hogan-Steele led the way, finishing 3rd overall to also take individual bronze in a fine time of 1:26:49 in what was her first competitive outing for over 18 months. The Tolleshunt D’Arcy based runner was backed up some excellent, consistent efforts from her... read more