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Colchester Harriers travelled to Tonbridge on Saturday for the final Southern Athletic League match of the season knowing that a win against the teams from Basingstoke and Mid Hants, Thames Valley Harriers and Tonbridge AC would keep them in the top division next season.  The athletes fought hard for every point and had to wait until the result of the final field event, the men’s discus, to secure the win by just 2.5 points. On the track there were rich pickings for the Harriers in the various 400m events.  There were wins for Connor Oliver and Ross Livingstone in the men’s races,... read more

A big thank you to all the athletes, officials and coaches who have been part of this year's SAL campaign.  The result yesterday was very close resulting in a win by 2 points, which shows how vital everybody's contribution is, and subject to confirmation, Colchester Harriers will compete in Division 1 again next season.  There has been great team spirit with everybody supporting and encouraging each other. Also thank you to family and friends for their help and... read more

Ultra men looking good as Smalls close to victory Colchester Harriers ultra distance men Allen Smalls and Cameron Humphries are in great form. Essex marathon champion Allen Smalls continued his superb year with a runners-up spot over the 100km (62 miles) Stour Valley Way race from Newmarket to Catteswade. In a close run affair Smalls and Ian Hammett of Bedford and County were always only a couple of minutes apart until the last 15 miles where Hammett, who is much younger than 48 year old Smalls, finally got away, Smalls came in tired but happy with his time, over this tough off-road event,... read more

Three Colchester Harriers athletes competed in the Southern Counties Championship at Ashford on Saturday. Jake Young was first up in the U17 men 800m where he returned to somewhere near his best gaining himself a very well deserved silver medal in a time of 1:57.83. Rebecca Jeggo continued her good run of form, winning the bronze medal in the U17 women’s 200m. First year U17 Callum McKay went in a very strong 100m field where he qualified for the final in 2nd place in a time 11.2s. In the final Callum pulled up near the end of the race with a minor hamstring injury, still managing... read more

Superb times by Harriers in top class race The Ipswich Twilight run on a fast course around Ipswich town centre produced some extremely fast times with a top class field of 120 trying to break their personal bests. Indeed the fastest time in the UK this year was run by Katrina Wooten of Coventry Godiva who clocked an astonishing 15:51, all of the first 8 ladies were under 17 minutes, while for the men International athlete Chris Thompson of Aldershot led the way home in 14:05, with Adam Hickey Southend runner up in 14:18 and Jake Shelley Shaftsbury Barnet third in 14:21. The Colchester... read more

Chris Sellens has great run at Snowdonia trail Chris Sellens and Allen Smalls took on the severe climbs of the Snowdonia Trail Marathon held from Llanberis at the weekend. Smalls who was runner up in the Welsh Trail marathon at Coed Brennan the month previous, found this even tougher clocking 4:12:16 for 6th place overall and first veteran over 45. For once Smalls was beaten by a Harrier, with team mate Chris Sellens running like a lion to clip Smalls wings finishing in 5th spot in 4:09:26, only the winner, Victoria Park Harriers Sam Humpfreys bust 4 hours in 3:58:01. Fay smalls ran superbly... read more

Fantastic results from Harriers On a hot day 180 teams lined up for the Ekiden Marathon relay held at Woodbridge school on a grassed 2.5km circuit. Colchester Harriers were aiming to battle for all the titles against tough opposition. 60 Harriers competed in this popular event which see 6 in a team running legs of 7.2km, 5km, 10km, 5km, 10km and 5km. As expected the senior men's race was close with Harriers having to settle for 2nd place a couple of minutes behind winners and rivals Ipswich Jaffa. The men clocked a superb time of 2:26:07. Ramadam Osman was the fastest 5km leg on the day... read more

Two Colchester Harriers’ athletes were selected to represent Essex County Athletics‎ Association in the Eight Counties competition at Bromley on Sunday. Rebecca Jeggo had a busy afternoon in what was a strong field containing some of the UK’s top ranked sprinters. She was third in the 100m in a time 12.35s. In the 200m Rebecca went one better with a time of 24.97s, which was a legal personal best. She also ran the second leg in the 4 x 100m relay with Essex taking second place. Hannah Watson ran in the 3000m. In the middle of a hot and humid day she ran well to record a B string... read more

Team Result. Pos Team Points 1 Colchester Harriers 198.5 2 Marshall Milton Keynes 187 3 Bedford & County 172 4 Walton AC 165.5   Colchester Harriers senior team, were transformed from their previous SAL encounter at Battersea Park which saw them finish last. On this occasion they romped to victory at Milton Keynes to see off high flying Bedford and County AC, along with the hosts Marshall Milton Keynes and Walton AC. Multi talented, and vastly experienced, Nicola Martell – Smith was the star of the show for the strengthened Harriers... read more

This years English Schools Athletics national championships were held in Gateshead's International stadium at the weekend. Three young Colchester Harriers athletes were in action, one representing Suffolk and two helping the Essex team to overall victory. Essex were crowned champions of the event and were helped by some exceptional performances, one being a Bronze medal winning performance from Philippa Davenhall in the senior girls Hammer. Philippa qualified for the final comfortably on Friday and went into the event with the leading distance thrown in qualifying, giving her a great... read more