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In order to sustain a level of fitness and motivation in a time in which we are unable to run together, we all agreed to complete a challenge; a simple formula which involved running 5 miles each week over 4 weeks and recording the time. A bottle of wine was the incentive for the fastest boy and fastest girl. 22 of us took part and each week submitted our fastest time and there certainly were some quick times and great overall improvements in terms of speed and time. Lou Yates at 38.02 and Arthur Whiston at 35.55 won, with the quickest time and are owed a bottle of wine each - well... read more

England Athletics are in the process of reviewing their strategy with the aim of launching a new plan to start in 2021. Below outlines our current strategy, challenges and future priorities; to help shape the future strategy and direction of our sport. Current Strategy The current strategy Athletics For Everyone: Forever has been in place since 2017. Successes we have seen during the past three years, include: 7,000 more licensed leaders, 2,000 more licensed coaches and 300 more licensed officials.The number of affiliated athletes and runners has increased by 20,000 to... read more

Athletics in England suspension extended until 31 May 2020 Following the further restrictions on movement put in place by the UK Government last night, UKA and the Home Country Athletics Federations have made the following updates to our previous statement issued on 17 March: 1. Extending the suspension of all athletics activity in England to the 31 May. Initially this had been agreed to the end of April]. This suspension includes all organised athletics activity in the UK, including all competitions, formal club activities, running groups, and all Education activity... read more

The Management Committee has decided that, with the current situation regarding the COVID-19 virus, now is not the right time to ask you to renew your Colchester Harriers memberships. We will continue to closely monitor the situation and when, hopefully in the not too distant future, circumstances return to some form of normality, we will invite you to renew your club membership. You should not worry that your membership will show as expiring at the end of March 2020 on WebCollect. You do not need to do anything at this time. We will keep you updated as and when necessary, via... read more

The club confirmed their position as one of the counties’ leading running clubs with an incredible medal haul at the Essex Road Relays Championships, held on their home turf at Abbey Fields, Colchester. Colchester Harriers finished second in both the men’s and women’s senior competition.  Jennifer Lovelock, Laura Hubbard and Heidi Steele were the successful women’s trio with Steele running 19:22, the fastest anchor leg of the day, to overhaul Southend and clinch silver.  The men’s quartet of Chris Sellens, Ramadan Osman, Dan Widdowson and Dean Williamson pushed Ilford hard all... read more

Following advice given by the government yesterday afternoon regarding the spread of the COVID19 virus, the club's management committee (in consultation with the our coaches), and taking into consideration our responsibility to protect athletes, coaches and other club members, has decided that it has no alternative but to cancel all training at the Garrison track WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. I can assure you that this decision has not been taken lightly. The committee will closely monitor developments over the coming months and will let you know via the club website and other social media... read more

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Colchester Harriers romped to victory in the Eillisons Cross Country League, wrapping up both the senior and junior titles with a barnstorming performance in the final fixture of the season in Hadleigh.  Colchester have dominated the senior competition all season and it was business as usual at Hadleigh with Chris Sellens, Nate Filer, Dan Widdowson, Dan King, Paul Rodgers, Tom Cresswell, Jon Nears and Thomas Palmer finishing in the top 14 for the men and Aiko Hennington, Kat Rigby, Denise Morley and Ellie Mayne all featuring in the top 10 of the women’s race. Alexandra Hennessey backed... read more

On Sunday 1st March, Heather Rose and Paul Mingay represented Colchester Harriers as part of the Eastern Masters Track and Field team at the England Masters Inter Area Indoor Track and Field Challenge. Held at Lee Valley Athletic Centre, Rose achieved a PB in the W35 60m. Despite a poor start which forced her to play catch-up, she gained ground to claim a good third place in a time of 8.35s. Drawn in the inside lane for the 200m, she negotiated the tight bends for another good third place with a season's best time of 27.32s ,which ranks her third in the UK for her category. Later, she... read more

This year’s Essex 20 Mile Road Race Championships saw a string of good performances from Harriers runners on a sunny, if breezy morning in Rochford.  Dean Williamson led the way on his debut over the distance, clocking 1:54:55 to finish eleventh overall and fifth in the Essex standings, combining with Mark McKeown (1:59:06) and Andrew Jobling (2:03:09) to take the bronze team medal.  Nate Filer continued his return to competition with 2:05:10, Paul Rodgers ran 2:12:16 and the evergreen Colin Ridley took silver in the V55 category with his time of 2:13:23.  Matt Davey was... read more