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Colchester Harriers’ athletes have made a strong start to the International Running Challenge in Lanzarote, an annual competition drawing athletes from across Europe.  The Vince Regan 10K, the first of four races in four days, saw Colin Ridley clock 37:56 to win the V55 category by over two minutes and place just outside the top 20 in a field of over 400 athletes.  Simon Ford crossed the line in 41:08 whilst Andrew Conway ran 49:37. Back in the UK, on a quiet weekend for road racing Ian Rattray ran a time of 41:27 to post a Personal Best (PB) at the Olympic Park 10K in... read more

Sunday 17 November saw the Pegasus Clubhouse packed for the annual awards celebration. Club stalwart, Rachel Abbot kindly agreed to be guest of honour to present the awards, with Chris Akehurst acting as host as well as quiz master to provide entertainment. Celebrations included achievements across Cross Country, Park Runs, road running as well as Track and Field where the young green vests had enjoyed one of their best seasons to date having regained the NESS Trophy and placing 10th in the EYAL league. Members were applauded for their contributions to the successes as well as to... read more

The Club were out in force at this year’s Chelmsford 10K, with our athletes making the most of good conditions to post some fast times.  Keith Marley continued his purple patch, leading the club home to clock a Personal Best (PB) of 36:40 and finish first V50.  Kevin Higgins, another runner currently in fine form, was close behind in a PB of 37:09, finishing third V45.  Next to finish was Andrew Lovelock in 38:12, followed by experienced vet Colin Ridley who finished first V55 in 38:40 and Jennifer Lovelock who recorded 40:01 to just miss out on the sub-40 minute time she... read more

Colchester Harriers’ men were among the medals as they enjoyed a successful day at the Stebbing Remembrance Day 10 Road Race, which this year doubled as the Essex County 10 mile championships.  James Wright was first home for the club, recording a Personal Best (PB) of 57:39 to finish 16th overall and take home the silver medal in the 2019 V40 Essex Grand Prix series.  Keith Marley ran 1:00:46 (PB) to win the silver medal in the V50 category, closely followed by the fast-improving Kevin Higgins who took a massive 6 minutes off his PB to finish in a time of 1:01:32.  Simon Miller crossed... read more

Colchester Harriers continued their defence of the Ellisons Cross-country League title with a convincing victory in the second race of the season in Colchester.  Spring-like sunshine at Hilly Fields saw Harriers take the first 3 positions in the Men’s race with Angus Holford first home, closely followed by Ram Osman and Edward Mitchell.  The winning trio were well backed up by Chris Sellens 5th, Andrew Jobling 14th, Cameron Humphries 16th, James Wright 18th and new boy Dan Widdowson who completed the scoring team in 20th place.  The green vests had another eight men finish... read more

Harriers stormed to victory at the Wix 5 mile road race on Sunday, winning the men’s team even with Mark McKeown, recovered from his exertions at the Chicago Marathon, finishing third in 27:38, Andy Jobling fourth in 27:47 and Jason Gunn fifth in 28:16.  The ladies race saw Kate Sandercock win the over 45 trophy in 36:21, whilst Thomas Colsell was first under 18, clocking 30:12. The Ghent Marathon in Belgium saw Richard Millward run 3h 29m, with Graham Langford crossing the line in 4h 04m despite carrying an injury for the second half of the race.  In the 10K event Richard... read more

British Association of Hammer Thrower by Rob Earle Several of Harriers successful throws group attended and competed at the annual Hammer Circle Reunion held in Hull over 12 / 13 October 2019. The weekend was a gathering of some of the finest hammer throwing talent, in many age groups from around the UK, Including world finalist Nick Miller, who was very close to a podium finish in Doha. On a fine Autumn day on the Saturday, Josephine Larkins threw a solid 47.51m for overall second place in the Under 17 age group. This was followed by a Club Record, and PB in the weight throw... read more

Colchester Harriers are attacking both the Senior Essex XC League and the Ellisons Sunday XC League with a view to winning both, and after a good runners up spot at One Tree Hill last week in the Essex League, defending champions Harriers scorched to victory over a muddy Gosfield Woods course in the first Sunday League fixture of the season. Ramadam Osman ran away from the field to win by a big margin as the green vests had all eight scoring men home in 23, while the ladies although struck by injuries and commitments had Sarah Stradling in fourth spot leading the four scoring team home in... read more

The 2019 Annual General Meeting will be held on the evening of Friday 8th November at the Pegasus Clubhouse Circular Road North - Colchester. A buffet will be provided and members will also be requested to sign in. The meeting will commence promptly at 7.30pm. All current members (including Social members) are welcome to attend, however, to be eligible for a vote the member must be over the age of fourteen and fully paid-up member of the Club for at least one month prior to the meeting. The Committee/Officers nominations sheet will be placed on the club noticeboard in the Pegasus Club... read more

Colchester Harriers cross country season got off to a great start with Harriers talisman Adrian Mussett storming to victory over the tough One Tree Hill course at Langdon Hills Country Park. Although nearly 47, Mussett destroyed the much younger field with his normal front running style and helped Harriers to a good runners up position on the day. The green vests are hoping to achieve the double this year and win both the Essex and Ellisons Cross Country Leagues. The veteran men were also in the frame finishing third overall. Mussett was backed up well by Ed Mitchell who was fifth, young... read more