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Individuals shine on a disappointing day for Harriers Colchester Harriers slumped to a fourth place finish in their latest Southern Athletics League Division One meeting in Chelmsford. Sitting 5th in the 16 team format, Colchester were narrowly beaten by three teams that all sit below them in the league. On another day where key athletes were missing, individual performances out shone that of the team. Paul Clifford, a sub 2-minute 800 metre man finished strongly to knock almost two seconds off his personal best with a gutsy second place in 1.55.5s. Paul was closely followed home... read more

Harriers excel at English Schools Champs Five members of Colchester Harriers were among the 2,000 young athletes who flew the flag for their Schools’ county teams at this year’s prestigious English Schools Track and Field Championships on Friday 7 and Saturday 8 July, bringing home four medals between them. Top young athletes in each County had been selected to represent their County team in a full range of events on both the track and in the field.  Competition is divided into Junior (U15), Inter (U17) and Senior (U19) age groups.  The prestigious event and highlight of the Schools... read more

Darcey shines bright at National Champs On the 1 and 2 July, Colchester Harriers was represented by Darcey Monaghan at the Typhoo National Junior Athletics Championships. Typhoo was delighted to support the event, organised by the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS). Following eight regional qualifiers, the National Championships took place at Warwick Athletics Stadium in Coventry and featured more than 200 junior disabled athletes from across the UK. Darcey enjoyed a hugely successful weekend coming home with a trio of gold medals.  She claimed great PB's in her 100m (22.2s)... read more

Gold for Harriers team Adrian Mussett continues to master the road races although 44 he finished runner up in the tough course at Brentwood in the Essex 10km road Championship, Mussett's second position earned him Essex individual silver, Veteran gold and Team gold. Joining Mussett in the winning team were Andy Jobling 11th and Ged McMillan 12, for Jobling it was his first county medal as he continues to improve. Pete West just missed out finishing 4th veteran over 50, while Ian Haw ran a personal best 37:15, Rebbeca Cooke was not pleased with her time, but extended her lead at the top of... read more

The third summer Wednesday trail race from the recreation ground café (28th June) raised roughly £240 for Homeless Breakfasts in Colchester and a £60 donation for Colchester Harriers Results for the 5.5mile route Pos Name Club Time 1 Adam Sawyer Colchester H 0:43 Angus Holford Colchester H 0:43 3 Nikki Brockbank Springfield Striders 0:47 4 Simon Smith Colchester H 0:48 5 Rachel Taylor Colchester H 0:49 6 Chris Taylor unattached 0:49 7 Richard Boden Colchester H 0:51 8 Graham Langford Colchester H 0:51 9 Dan... read more

Colin is double Champion Colchester Harriers Colin Ridley had a sparkling double over the weekend winning two titles at the Birmingham track to become a double British Masters over 55 Champion. Ridley won the 1500ms in 4:36 on the Saturday and made it a golden pair with a smart win in the 5000m in 17:08 on the Sunday. Race Walking - New PB for Dominic Dominic King set a new Colchester harriers 20km racewalk record in the World trials held at Leeds, King clocked an amazing 1:26:08 knocking 72 seconds off his personal best and eclipsing his twin brother Daniels standard. Dominic was 4th... read more

There was a reduced number of Harriers to previous years at this event, but those attending competed well in blustery conditions, with a number bringing home medals. The busiest athlete was Isabella Minder, who competed in the long jump, 75m hurdles and 200m, achieving a personal best of 31.76s in the 200m & a season’s best in the hurdles. Talented pole vault U13 athlete Olivia Simon took the rare opportunity to take part in competition. Having to compete in the U15W event, she took silver with a jump of 2.10m. She then took gold in the shot putt, improving her previous personal best... read more

Harriers finish third on home soil Colchester Harriers claimed a solid third place in the latest Southern Athletics League Division One meeting at their home track. In extremely hot conditions while missing a number of key athletes, Colchester hung on to a courageous third place which keeps them on pace with the top clubs in the league. Jake Young and Stacey Eyers claimed the Man of the Match awards, Jake for his strong run in the 400 metres of 50.6s and Stacey for her hard fought second place in the women’s 800, crossing the line in 2.20.1s. Both athletes were not finished... read more

A blistering hot weekend brought some blistering speed from the uk's top under 20 and under 23 athletes at the Bedford International Stadium, many of whom were looking for qualifying times for this years European championships. Among those at Bedford, was the recent South of England under 20 Hammer champion, Phillipa Davenall ,unfortunately this time Phillipa had to settle for 8th in final, her best throw being 51.05m. Jordan Rowe put in a good performance in the under 23 men's 1500m, running 3min 54.18secs for 10 place in his heat, while Caitlin O'Reilly continues to improve with her run... read more

Phillipa Davenall, Rebecca Jeggo and Charlie Dobson represented the Harriers at the Southern Outdoor Age Group Championships on Sunday 11 June. Thanks to wide-ranging improvements that have been, and are still being carried out, the championships were able to return to the iconic Crystal Palace. Work continues on repairing and cleaning the track itself, and on much of the infrastructure. The blustery conditions experienced by the younger athletes at Chelmsford the day before had calmed slightly, but still provided enough challenge with readings up to -3.6, reducing the opportunity of... read more