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Shirley breaks Halstead marathon record as Harriers dominate Essex Marathon Colchester Harriers distance squad rattled with medals after leaving the Essex marathon Championships over the very tough Halstead Course. It was Essex Champions for Allen Smalls Senior and Veteran gold, Marie Shirley also senior and Veteran Gold, Steph Horner vet over 45 champion and Clive Thomas veteran over 50 gold medallist. Smalls retained his title in style in 2:43 although finishing 3rd, the first two had no Essex Qualifications, so Smalls was crowned the king again. Smalls not only took the Senior and... read more

On the first day of the 2017 Essex County Championships at Blackshots Athletics Stadium, Thurrock on Monday, Colchester Harriers young all round athlete Madeleine Claydon, finished a fine 13th overall in the under 15 girls pentathlon, in less than ideal conditions. In cool, wet and windy conditions Madeleine, who was competing in her first combined events competition, scored a total of 1,634 points from the five events, to finish ninth of the girls from Essex competing in the County Championship event. In the morning session Madeleine leapt out to 3.83m in the long jump, clocked 15.5s... read more

Cracking wins for Mussett and Smalls Adrian Musset continues to fight back the years winning the high class Grand East Anglia 10km in Kings Lyn at a canter in a solid time of 33:50, Musset also took the veterans prize and is still one of the top veteran and senior runners in the country. Anita Mussett clocked a good 49:49. Allen Smalls won the Heritage half Marathon at Thorpeness a tough off road event along Sizewell Beach and Minsmere Forest in 1:22, this was Smalls 9th victory here which includes a few full marathon victories as well. Mark Harrod was a good runner up in the Heritage... read more

Results from the first trail race held on April 26th. The next race will be at the same venue on May 17th Long 7 Miles Gary Abbott 55:30 Mid Essex Lyn Higgs 55:30 Mid Essex John Carter 56:50 Mid Essex Graeme Langford 58:50 Col H Richard Milllward 58:50 Col H Richard Boden 59:10 Col H Elspeth Bisson 1:00:00 Col H Sarah Stradling 1:00:00 Col H Mark Harrod 1:00:00 Col H Andy Jobling 1:00:00 Col H Simon Morgan 1:00:00 Col H Rachel Taylor 1:01:50 Col H Chris Taylor 1:01:50 Unn Fran... read more

London Marathon Smalls top for Harriers again Allen Smalls magic touch continues even at the tender age of 49 he produces great marathons finishing 249th overall in 2:38:17, Ged Mcmillan ran a personal best 2:43:49, with Mark Harrod also running a best ever time of 2:53:11, Marie Shirley continues to totter on the edge of the magic 3 hours clocking 3:06:24 this time, while a superb and huge personal best came from Laura Shewbridge in 3:08:50. Other Harriers were Paul Rodgers 3:06:13, Jamie Nelson 3:23:18, Craig Mitchell 3:37:39, Jenny Richardson 3:45:24 and Rachel Rodgers 5:44:42. Jerry... read more

The Colchester Harriers produced an outstanding team performance on a warm Easter Saturday to take a second place to one of the country’s top clubs Blackheath & Bromley in the first Southern Athletic League match of the season. It was an accomplished team performance achieving an overall score of 200 points. Athletes stepped up to make certain that events were covered, a full team of officials ensuring the match ran smoothly and a coach renewed his competitive licence to score valuable points in the field. Epitomising this by competing in multiple events were club stalwarts, Matt... read more

Team win for Harriers at Sudbury 5 Colchester Harriers swept to the team prize at the Sudbury Good Friday 5. Allen Smalls led the team home in 4th spot also winning the veteran category in 28:06, 2nd claim James Wright was 5th in 28:09, while the winning team was made up of Colin Ridley 9th 28:44, Paul Rodgers 10th 28:45 and Paul Preston 11th 28:45. Marie Shirley returned to form in runners up spot clocking 31:36. Other Harriers were Wayne Cook 30:19 (Pb), Tom Cresswell 30:24, Drew Olley 31:30, Simon Smith 32:37 and Rachel Rodgers 46:54. Park Run It was double victory for Harriers at the... read more

Personal best from Rodgers in hot conditions Paul Rodgers led a good turn out of Harriers at the Bromley 10km, which was run in hot conditions over a very flat course and well staged by Harwich Road runners. Rodgers finished 6th overall in a personal best time of 35:36, a superb effort over the hot roads and was also first veteran over 40. Young Danny Millward was 12th in another personal best of 37:26, with Keith Marley not far behind in 37:40 for 14th. Another youngster max Caulfield was 19th in 38:00 dead, then came experienced Andy Raynor 38:08 and teenager Fergus Crouch 27th 38:38. Good... read more

Another gold for Ridley Colchester Harriers Colin Ridley kept up is amazing spell of form with a gold medal in the Essex 5 mile road Championships held from Gt Leighs racecourse an excellent venue. Ridley took the over 50 gold in 28:30 not bad considering he has now reached 55 years. Fran Norris took silver in the over 55s ladies with a fine performance clocking 37:45 and Pete West 30:06 showed that he is on the comeback trail with a bronze in the over 50 mens category. Other times were Ged McMillan 28:36, Crsig Mitchell 30:25, Keith Marley 30:25, Tom Cresswell 30:55, David Wright 31:40,... read more

Smalls continues his great from Colchester Harriers Allen Smalls has been on top form this year winning numerous off Road Marathons. For a change Smalls went to the Lake District to take part in the famous Coniston 14 a hilly road race. Smalls was pleased with his time of 1.22 for 5th place, as he continues his warm up for the Northumbrian 100 mile race in May. Fay Smalls also competed and ran a good 2:17. Thurston 10km At the Thurston 10km Paul Preston was 12th in 36:45 with Tom Cresswell 18th in 37:42. Malcolm Statham ran his 193rd Marathon at the Daffodil Dawdle in 4:10. Park... read more