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Harriers international triathlete Melissa Dowell has returned from north west Spain with a silver medal after racing in the ITU World Long Course Triathlon Championships on 4th May in Pontevedra.  The race was set to comprise of a 3k river swim, 120k bike course and 30k run. Unfortunately, due to the cold water and safety aspects the swim course was reduced to 1.5k and the bike course to 108k, with the run remaining at 30k.  Swim Melissa had a good swim, coping with the difficult water current, exiting the water in 28m 53s; first out of the water for all women over 45... read more

Day 2 Essex Track and Field Championships Sunday 12 May Expectations were tingling for more good performances, as day two of the championships dawned brighter and warmer than twenty-four hours previous. It was great to see a number of our younger middle-distance athletes testing themselves in the County Champs; Daisy Rickwood in the U13 girls 800m ran 3min 00.03s a mere smidgeon off her PB.  U15 girls Emily Henderson and Emily Swan were both delighted with well-deserved PBs, the former knocking an impressive 7 seconds off her previous best time with a 2min 42.21sec run and the... read more

Day one of Essex Track and Field Championships on Saturday 11 May The Hammer cage produced the first two gold medals of the 2019 championships, held as usual at Melbourne Park in Chelmsford. U13 Wyatt Larkins enjoyed a very consistent competition with a best throw of 31m claiming him his first Championship title in the 3k event whilst U15 Olivia Simon once again obliterated the field with a huge 9m lead. Defending her title, Simon’s competition revolved around six throws within the 40 – 41 metre range.  Her best of 41.62m in round 3 regained her championship title.  And... read more

Hammer thrower, Philippa Davenall, enjoyed her biggest success to date at the British University Championships in Bedford over the weekend of Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th May. BUCS Bedford May 4-6th Following a strong block of training, and positive thinking.  Philippa, representing Nottingham Uni, was able to cope well with qualification for the final, and with her first round throw of 55.17m was comfortably through to the following days final. Philippa entered the arena in confident, and buoyant mood the following day. Even a first round foul didn’t faze her, and she threw a... read more

Please be aware that from today access to the track will be via the car park entrance gate for the next few weeks whilst work is carried out on the hockey pitch. Please do not take a short cut across the infield as it may be being used by javelin... read more

H The second EYAL meet saw Harriers take what will be their shortest journey of the year - to Ipswich on Sunday 5 May, for another day of scintillating track and field athletics. Provisional results placed the team in a fabulous third place with an amazing total of 619.5 points, placing the green vests ninth in the league. With the sun making valiant efforts to appear and despite the chilly breeze, Harrier’s Juniors pulled out some great performances as well as showing considerable team spirit and support not just amongst themselves but also to other competitors as more than usual... read more

Here’s the marathon story of an ex Colchester Harrier, Tom Cutts, who competed for the club as a teenager in the noughties.  I’m sure some of you will remember Tom, an excellent javelin thrower with a good turn of speed over 400m. The marathon was on Sunday but why has Tom not posted on Facebook, after all he loves to post. Well it’s been a tough time for Tom the last few days and it will be for a few more! So in Tom’s word here we go... 6:36:07.  If you know me I’m competitive, I had already lowered my target due to my injuries/MS mishaps but this was nearly two... read more

Even by his own standards Colchester Harriers Allen Smalls ran an epic race at the Madeira Island ultra trail run over 115km and 4,700m climb of mountainous terrain with the added problem of a midnight start. With a lot of the worlds best ultra runners on the start line it was a top class affair and Smalls stuck solidly to the task, moving up from 472nd position early on to reach Rosairo roughly the end of the first Marathon in 352nd spot. At 81km roughly two marathons Smalls continued to climb well to Chao Da Lagona and up to 236th, finally reaching the finish at Machico at 115km (71... read more

Colchester Harriers headed off to Norwich for their first match of the season on Saturday. The conditions on the day were more suitable for a winter’s cross country league, despite the cold and blustery conditions, the Harriers put up a good fight for a close fought 3rd position, just behind Chelmsford AC and hosts Norwich. There were some terrific individual performances on the day and some really encouraging debuts from our younger athletes, making the move from Junior to senior athletics. Women Heather Rose ran her first race of the season over 400m and in tough conditions came in... read more

Colchester Harriers turned out at numerous events over the Bank Holiday weekend with the green vests successful everywhere they competed. The Sudbury 5 mile race on Good Friday is a very popular event attracting over 500 runners and the Harriers pack were near the front of the race. Jason Gunn led the Harriers home in fourth spot clocking 28m 16s, then came Mark McKeown sixth in 28m 30s, Tom Cresswell ninth in 29m 02s and James Wright 12th in 29m 19s, the final Harrier to go sub 30 minutes. The next three home for the club we over 50 athletes with Colin Ridley 19th (first in the age... read more