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Harriers had a great team gathered for the 3rd league match of the season at a breezy Harrow venue, and this was again despite missing some athletes due to exams still taking place. Also in the final days prior to the meet, we were very unfortunate to lose four of our scoring athletes, that were covering nine events between them. This made for some interesting debuts for some of our athletes in events that they had not competed in previously, but were happy to step up to score some much needed points for the team. We were battling with Blackheath all the way through the meet for the... read more

The first running of the Race the Reservoir 10 mile multi terrain event was held at the weekend in glorious weather, giving the runners an opportunity of good times and excellent views across the watery expanse. Colchester Harriers filled the first seven places with Nath Filer running an exceptional time of 1h 01m 03s to set the standard for next year and breeze to victory with team mates Richard Heath 1h 05m 09s and Allen Smalls 1h 06m 15s filling the minor places. Smalls was the first veteran while Jenny Richardson was the first over 50 lady. Other Harriers times were 4th Ian Haw 1h... read more

David died in Colchester Hospital on Sunday 2nd June 2019,  following a very short illness. For several years he had been resident at Mistley Manor Nursing Home. Mistley, Essex. Margaret and I have visited him along with other  members of our Club. David was a Trustee at Hamilton Lodge, Great Bromley, a home for adults with learning difficulties. For many years Colchester Joggers/Harriers supported the home and raised monies towards projects and gifts for residents at Christmas. We also had access to their large gardens and lawned areas for events and a location to start races... read more

On Saturday 8 June, twenty junior athletes from Harriers Athletics Club represented North East Essex at the Essex County Schools 88th Track and Field Championships 2019, held at Chelmsford Athletic Centre. Participants were vying for team selection to compete at the prestigious English Schools Championships in July. One of the earliest competitors to take on the challenge was Sean Emeka-Ugwuadu. A recent transferee, Sean has proved himself invaluable to the EYAL team and regularly scores highly in both Long and High Jump as well as sprints.  For the Championships he could only... read more

Hammer throwers, Billy Pram Singh and James Hamblin produced excellent performances over the weekend of 1st & 2nd June. Competing at the South of England U20 and Senior Championships in Bedford on Sunday 2nd, Billy, contested for the first time since an unfortunate knee injury, and following six weeks of focused rehab, produced one of his best national standard performances to claim a silver medal. He placed second with a best of 54.08 m and a put together a series of throws which indicate that a PB is on the cards in the coming weeks. He also has an England U23 championships top... read more

Colchester Harriers were competing at many events over the last week, Pete Jones got the green vests off to a great start running in the iconic London to Brighton 100km, Jones clocked 13 hours 50 mins over the tough hilly course to finish 53rd out of 800 runners, it was a fine effort by Jones in his first 100km race Experienced distance runner Allen Smalls took the notorious Stour Valley marathon held over the tough terrain of Suffolk in his stride finishing joint third in 3h 38m, with the winner the British 100km Champion who clocked 6h 44m this year over that distance taking first place... read more

On Sunday 2 June, Colchester Harriers Juniors travelled down the A12 to compete their toughest match of the season.  Facing host team Chelmsford as well Basildon and Havering - three of the top clubs in the eastern region - as well as teams from CATS and North Suffolk, points were of the essence.  Provisional results placed the team in a great 4th place finish with 595 points. This maintains the team in 9th position in the league and – all going well over the next two matches - in line for a chance to compete once again in the plate final. Little Lyla Belshaw made history in... read more

SWith many athletes unavailable this weekend due to international competition, GCSE exams and injury's, it was a depleted team that traveled to Eton for our 2nd league match of the season. For those that made the trip, there were some amazing performances and an abundance of support and encouragement. We may have come 4th in the match, but we fought to the end for every point. For the women, many were competing in events for the first time, in the sprints Ella Gray took 3rd in the 100m and 4th in the 200m. In the B string Megan Stevens took 4th in 100m and Jenny Palmer took 4th in the... read more

Barry Frost strode to victory in the Paras 10 held from Abbey Fields and taking in a host of terrains including stream crossings in what is now an established Colchester event. Harriers Alex Sales, Ian Haw and Natasha Rice, were also well to the fore. The Cader Idris Fell race held in Dolgellau in mid Wales is a real test with the summit of the mountain of Idris the half way point of this tough 12 mile event. The three intrepid Harriers Richard Flutter, Debbie Cattermole and Becky Cooke made it to the misty summit and then completed the reverse downward run back to the town. In... read more

Three Colchester Harriers competed at the Loughborough International Athletics meeting on Sunday 19 May 2019. The event included national teams from England, Scotland & Wales, as well as teams from GB Juniors, British Universities and a team from the host club. Fresh from her BUCS’ success Philippa Davenall was the first to compete, representing the British Universities team in the hammer.  She continued her season’s good form launching the hammer to her third best ever distance of 58.04m to take a credible 7th place in the match. Charlie Dobson continued his return to... read more