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Colchester Harriers finished in third place at the final Southern Athletics League Meeting at Milton Keynes on Saturday 19 August. Going into the meeting fifth from bottom in Division one, with the bottom four clubs in the league to be relegated, the Harriers had to sit and wait it out to see if they have done enough to secure their place in the top division.  With an extremely depleted team, Colchester performed courageously with many athletes doing more than three or four events.  But by mid-week and with all official results calculated, Harriers were delighted to discover they had... read more

On Thursday 10th August, Pole Vaulter Olivia Simon, travelled down to Canterbury to compete at the Invicta East Kent Open Series.  Competing against seniors she took a solid 4th place with a magnificent PB of 2.60m, breaking her own club record. This new height ranks her 10th in the all time U13 girls list. Simon then went on to win the Shot Put with a throw of 7.99m. Next year she moves up to U15 girls and looks forward to competing her favoured event for Harriers at EYAL... read more

2017 has been a breakthrough season for Harriers U20 sprinter, Charlie Dobson (coached by Stephen Garnham), having medalled at the English Schools and competed for Essex Senior team, this week will see him don the British vest as he takes part in the Manchester International on Wednesday 16 August. Receiving his call  from Leon Baptiste, Dobson was thrilled to accept the offer to compete the 200m in a team made up of 42 Juniors including a host of medal winners from last months European Championships in Italy.  The juniors team will compete against senior teams representing England,... read more

Harriers young athletes travelled to Stevenage for the last EYAL meet of the year and came away with a solid 4th place finish which included some superb stand out performances. August is always a difficult month to get a team out, but although low in numbers, there was a big team feel amongst those who competed in hot conditions. Highlights of the match included an awesome trio of PB’s for U13 Zion Ateba, who kicked the day off in the 70m Hurdles, where after sitting in fourth place with three hurdles to go she drove well to come first in a time of 12.3s. Hopping straight over to the... read more

Colchester Harriers played host for the penultimate EYAL match on Sunday 30 July and succeeded in claiming a good third place ahead of rivals Colchester and Tendring.   Highlights of the day saw young sprinter Graig Anya Joseph up against top European U15 sprint hurdler Joseph Harding from Basildon in the 100m.  Joseph managed to cling on in a thrilling run that rewarded both athletes the same time, 11.1s but it was the green vest who gained top marks and yet another PB breaking his own Club record he set at the English Schools championships.  Training partner Henry Lawes was... read more

Congratulations to Colchester Harriers athlete Caitlin O' Reilly who was selected to represent Ireland in the U18 girls 4 x 100m relay team at the Celtic Games being held at Swansea . Caitlin ran the 4th leg and powered away from the field to bring the Irish team home in 1st place for the gold medal. This was a fantastic experience for Caitlin that will certainly aid her future development as an... read more

Great win for Flutter Colchester Harriers Richard Flutter is in great form and swept to his first ever half marathon victory over a torturous 10 lap course at the Ilford cycle course in terrible conditions and with 10 large hills to take on. Simon Smith ran 13 laps of the Olympic park Velodrome half marathon circuit to finish in 1:30, Becky Cooke did well to finish second lady in her first triathlon held at Great Cornard and Rachel Richardson-Wright raced the Maldon Triathlon which had a 5:45 am start and finished well up in the ladies. Malcolm Statham has recently concluded his 200... read more

On Saturday 29 July, two of Harriers youngest athletes made their Essex County debut at the Derek Crookes Southern Inter County U13 Match in Kingston. Zion Ateba competed as the B string runner in the 70m hurdles and after a good start and a competent run was disappointed to finish 4th in a time of 12.85s.  She then ran 1st leg of the Essex girls relay team which came in 4th. Team mate Georgina Smith jumped into 7th place in the girls Long Jump after her first attempt was a no jump; but showing strength of character, she continued and managed a leap of 4.32m. Smith also competed the... read more

Results of the final Wednesday night trail race - 19 July - Recreation Ground Colchester Long course (7.5 miles) Pos Name Time Club 1 Angus Holford 61:00 Woodford Green AC 2 Gary Abbott 67:00 Mid EC 3 Lyn Higgs 67:00 Mid EC 4 Nick McIntyre 67:00 Unattached 5 Chris Panton 71:00 Col H 6 John Carter 72:00 Mid EC 7 Graham Langford 75:00 Col H 8 Dan Wilkinson 75:00 Col H 9 Richard Millward 75:00 Col H 10 Richard Boden 75:00 Col H 11 Simon Smith 78:00 Col H 12 Malcolm Statham 78:00 Col... read more

Quadruple victories for Harriers at Ekiden Colchester Harriers swept to quadruple victories to have their most successful Ekiden marathon relay ever at Woodbridge, where 200 teams took on the marathon distance over 6 legs. Harriers boosted 15 senior teams and 4 junior teams a record number of green vests competing in one competition. The only title that had eluded the green vests over the years was the overall senior mens race with 5 second places and Harriers put it right this year to romp home ahead of home club Ipswich Jaffa and in 3rd place Colchester Harriers veteran over 40 team.... read more