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By Rob Earle Ipswich 14th September At the end of a long season some of the Harriers senior men throwers were to the fore, and heavy points scorers, at the East of England Inter counties championships in Ipswich when competing for Essex. The six - team format saw wins for the Senior men’s team, and the combined male and female team. First off, with a very early start, was Billy Praim Singh who scored an emphatic win in the Hammer with 51.51. In the B competition Rob Earle was able to add another win to take maximum points. To follow this Paul Cooper took a win in the... read more

Colchester Harriers top male and female runners over decades continue to fly the flag for the green vests, Sarah Stradling and Adrian Mussett have won countless races and championship medals and still are good enough to win races as both showed with Mussett smashing the course record at the Dedham 10km at 47 years old in 32m 55s. Sarah Stradling was the first lady home and 11th overall in 39m 19s, just pipping team mate Aiko Hennington 39m 28s. Further good runs came from Ella Jefferies 42m 27s and Jordi Moat 43m 33s. For the men Jason Gunn followed Mussett home in second place in 35m 43s... read more

Fielding an almost full team sheet the young green vests enjoyed an excellent day of track and field action at the EYAL Plate Final on a warm and often breezy Sunday 15 September. Hosted at Bedford International Stadium, two weeks later than the same event last year, all was still to play for as the relays took to the track at the end of the day – with Harriers lying in third place. Excitement built as each squad stepped up to the mark.  Despite all getting around safely the team had to succumb to a final fourth place finish with a provisional point tally of 511. Certainly, the... read more

The Langham 10km boasted a sell out field of more than 500 runners, with many green Colchester Harrier vests taking part. Heidi Steele ran a personal best 37m 47s to come home second lady and 21st overall eleven seconds behind second claim Harrier and Springfield Strider Nikki Woodyard. Madeleine Claydon 47m 25s and Danny Millward 38m 00s both won awards for the first under 18 runners. Tommy Colsell 38m 20s and Charlie Walden 43m 36s filled the minor places. The men were strong with  Mark McKeown third in 34m 34s, Jason Gunn sixth in 35m 05s, new signing Dan Widdowson seventh in 35m... read more

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by Max Simon and Chris Jeggo Saturday 7th September was the date set for the annual South of England Inter county U15 and  U20 Championships held at Horspath in Oxfordshire, a hotly contested match with 16 counties all fielding their best athletes hoping to score points to add to the team tally and win the coveted age group trophies. Colchester had three athletes representing Essex this year, with all three competing early on a very chilly morning. First up was  U20 sprinter Joy Ogunleye who was expecting to be competing in the 100m heats but with many athletes not... read more

ANNUAL UPDATE Since the last AGM your Management Committee has been looking into all aspects of the Club and identifying committed Members willing to take on important tasks. This is a one to two year plan and some matters will be will be ready for our next AGM to be held at The Clubhouse on Friday 8 November 2019.We have chosen this date as the original date was during the School Autumn Half-term and therefore many parents, and members would be unable to attend. The new draft Constitution will be available at our AGM you all will receive an email copy before that date.John Sanders has... read more

The Harriers competed in the Essex Way Relay for the first time in many years and enjoyed the day in what is a great low key ten stage relay race held over 80 miles from Epping to Harwich. The A team finished second overall behind Springfield Striders with Allen Smalls and James Wright winning their legs and Nate Filer second despite veering off course. The ladies were fourth overall, a brilliant result by them after only deciding late to enter. Sarah Stradling and Rachel Rodgers, along with Louise Yates and Mellissa Dowell all ran good legs. The men's B team finished an excellent 14th... read more

The UKA British Championships took place at the Alexander Stadium Birmingham over the Bank Holiday weekend 24/ 25 August 2019. With the Championships also acting as trials for the World Championships in Doha at the end of September, the event drew the top athletes in the country, contesting for the coveted prize of British Champion and team selection. Three Colchester Harriers athletes competed in their respective events. Joy Ogunleye, Rebecca Jeggo and Charlie Dobson, all still being classified as junior athletes, had achieved the qualifying standard to secure an invitation to the... read more

by Max Simon Olivia Simon and Hollie Martin-Whymark were the club's only representatives at the South of England Age Group (u13/U15/U17) Championships held at Ashford this year. Delayed by road closures and subsequent heavy traffic on Saturday 17th August , Martin-Whymark was unable to compete the U13 girls 200m and so just had the 100m to contest. Battling a hearty head wind she was able grab herself a slot in the semi final after her fourth place finish in heat three (14.49s -2.4), however the competition was just too strong on this occassion and her competition ended with an... read more