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Seniors Colchester Harriers had strong results at the 2nd Essex Cross Country league fixture held at Hylands park Chelmsford. The ladies were again in good form finishing third on the day to maintain their push to win the league title they submitted last year. Sarah Stradling may be 41 but is still a class act and her third position, not only gave the Harriers team a great team result, but also earned her an Essex Inter Counties vest on the day. Backing Stradling up was Denise Morley 18th, Stacey Eyres 20th and final scorer Ella Neale 25th. The Harriers also secured a Veteran Ladies team... read more

Ramadam surges through windy Wix to victory Colchester Harriers Ramadam Osman swept to victory at the Wix 5 in a time of 26:27 in very windy conditions. Danny Millward ran a superb time of 28:45 to finish an impressive 8th in the field of 306. Richard Boden was 2nd veteran over 50 in 31:34 (24th) with team mates David Wright 31:39 (25th) and Dan Foster 31:47(26th) chasing Boden home. Joseph Boden ran a fast 32:29, with Mark Baker 34:04, Andrea James 35:17, Dave Gayer 36:17 and Sara Wallace 37:30. Other Results Simon Smith found it hot and hilly in the Palma half in Spain and passed the... read more

Men and Ladies have great results Colchester harriers were involved in numerous competitions at the weekend with plenty of success. With the Essex Cross Country league having its opening fixture and the Essex 10 mile Championships at Tiptree also occurring the strain is already on for the winter. There were also other races with Sarah Stradling decided on doing the Great Eastern half Marathon at Peterborough and the 41 year old produced a fabulous run clocking 1:19:05 to finish 7th and 1st veteran in a very high quality affair. Elsewhere Laura Shewbridge smashed her personal best by 1 minute... read more

The distance runners of Colchester Harriers had some great results as the road season starts to ebb away and the winter chill of Cross countries begins. Allen Smalls and Sean Ketterridge got the green vests off to a flyer with a joint win at the Saltmarsh 75 mile race clocking 11 hours and one minute as they finished well clear of the field. The Mablethorpe Marathon was held in extreme winds on the Lincolnshire Coast but the green vests battled away to become team champions, Chris Manby stuck strongly to the task and deserved his top 10 placing in 3:12, with the team completed by Jamie... read more

Melissa Dowell travelled to Oklahoma to race in the ITU World Long Distance triathlon Age Group Championships. She was part of a 30-strong representation of athletes from Great Britain. The GB age group team returned with 5 medals, 2 Golds, 1 silver and 2 Bronzes, with Melissa taking Gold in the female 50:54 age category . The race comprised of 4km swim /120km bike / 30 km run with the hot, humid and windy conditions set to make it a gruelling race . The 4km swim was based in Lake Hefler, usually pan flat but had been whipped up by 20mph winds making a choppy course . The swim was also... read more

Thanks to everyone who supported Run for Wildlife on Sunday. We raised £274-00 for Essex Wildlife Trust. There was a small ladies black top left behind. Please contact 01206 735256 Results for the two races can be viewed here 14 mile results 4.5 mile... read more

3 sets of medals in big Colchester Harriers turn out The Winter Cross Country season kicked off at a very hilly Hockley course for the Essex Cross Country relay championships which gave more than 50 Harriers a tough test, especially as the weather was bordering on hot. Although Harriers were weakened in the senior men’s race due to injuries, the ladies and mixed teams as well as the under 15 boys all came up with team medals. Sarah Stradling was again in superb form and led the ladies to silver team medals. Stradling took the lead for the ladies on the second leg after a good first... read more

Cameron produces a classic ultra Colchester Harriers Cameron Humphries has come a long way in a short time and produced a superb run at the Tooting Bec classic track 24 hour run. Humphries who warmed up for the event by running hundreds of miles between the European Championship football stadiums in France saw all his hard work come good with a superb 3rd place at Tooting Bec. Humphries went past the 100 mile mark in 17 hours and 23 minutes, continued to 112 miles at 20 hours and went on to cover just over 137 miles in the 24 hours! That’s 553 laps of the track an incredible display of... read more

Great runs by Harriers Angus Holford and Chris Sellens were late callups for the Essex team in the Eastern inter-counties match at Peterborough, but both enjoyed superb runs. Holford ran a personal best 5000m on the track in 15:28 to finish runner up in a tight race which was just lost in the last lap, although Holford ran it in 65 seconds. Sellens was also runner up in the B string 5000m in a good time of 16:26. Stacey Eyres won the 800m and is getting back to her best. Langham 10k It was a full house of 800 runners at the Langham 10km plus a further 200 in the 5km. The Harriers ladies... read more

National Platform for young Harriers Track Athletes Five young athletes represented Colchester Harriers at the prestigious National Championships held at Bedford International Stadium on the weekend of 27th & 28 August. To qualify, each athlete must attain the required England Athletics entry standard time or distance during the competition year. Saturday 27th saw first year U17 men’s sprinter Mufaro Shava compete in the opening heat of the 100m. Despite a performance which saw him race against some of the fastest lads in the country, and running into a testing head wind, Shava... read more