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Smalls has a Welsh Adventure Colchester Harriers had a team of runners in Mid Wales for one of the toughest races on the calendar, the Welsh Trail Marathon help in Coed Brennan Forest including technical Mountain Bike trails and extreme climbs. Yet again Harriers Allen Smalls showed the way. The 48 year old cruised through the Field of experienced fell runners on the second half of the Marathon to finish runner up in 3:22:06 with only race winner Alastair Murray of Horwich ahead of him in 3:11:40. Colchester Harriers packed well and ended with all 4 runners in the top 50. Chris Manby, who... read more

There were a number of Harriers competing on Saturday with many success stories, personal bests achieved, medals won and championship records broken. In the senior women Stacey Eyers won gold in the 800m with a time of 2:20.3. In the under 20 age group Connor Oliver won 100m gold with a PB of 11:04. Philippa Davenall added to her medal collection with gold in the Hammer with a winning throw of 53.28, breaking the championship record by 3.67m. Tom Mitchell took silver in the javelin and Courtney Bland won bronze in the long jump, also with a PB of 4.49m In the U17’s Rebecca Jeggo... read more

Harriers latest fixture saw them compete in Battersea Park with a somewhat depleted team, and several athletes covering many events, but sadly there were not enough, and despite some excellent personal results, and with much frustration for team managers: Helen Holdsworth and Linda Garnham, too many events were left unsupported. Club all rounder, Matt Rose led the challenge by covering nine events. His results included a win in the Triple Jump with personal best of 12.37metres. Followed by 2nd places in the Pole Vault [3.60] B string Discus and 110 metre hurdles, the latter saw him pitched... read more

Colchester Harriers seventeen year old hammer thrower, Philippa Davenall, was in outstanding form at the weekend competing at the national under 20 championships in Bedford. Taking part in a competition where she was ranked 6th she far exceeded expectations to finish 2nd and therefore receiving a hard earned silver medal. In addition to her placing she also set a new under 20 and senior club record with a personal best of 54.86 metres. In addition to this, her training partner Billy Praim-Singh, who is supported by Colchester Harriers, achieved a personal best of 60.58m when finishing... read more

Yeovil Marathon Rodgers gets his qualifying time Colchester Harriers Paul Rodgers achieved his qualifying time for the 2017 London Marathon with a good finishing time of 3:07 at the Yeovil marathon. Rodgers was one of the many casualties in the blazing heat of the Halstead marathon so is pleased to have put the record straight at the Yeovil event. Park Runs Angus Holford was another Halstead non finisher but the powerful runner swept to victory at The latest Colchester Park run and also the Maldon Promenade 5km. Holford clocked 16:40 at the Colchester race which was held at the Rugby Club... read more

The young Harriers were out in force in the County Schools Championships at Chelmsford with fifteen athletes representing the North East Essex District, many achieving personal best times and distances The most successful event was the intermediate men’s 800M where Jake Young took gold ,1:59.6, and Oscar Dawson silver, 2:01.8, confirming their dominance in the event within the county. The club’s sprinters remain particularly strong and this was evident with 5 medals being won. Rebecca Jeggo continued her recent good form in winning the intermediate women’s 200m, crossing the... read more

Scorching heat raises the standards Summer arrived at last for the third round of the EYAL meet held at Garon Park in Southend on Sunday 5 June. Over 50 Colchester Harriers youngsters held their heads high to take third place against fierce competition, inching ahead of the host Club. The scorching temperatures brought with it a bundle of Personal Best performances including a pair of National Standards for two of Harrier’s top sprinters and a top ten national relay time. Full points were awarded to Rebecca Jeggo who achieved yet another win and a PB in her U17 Women’s 200m... read more

Smalls third marathon victory in four weeks Colchester Harriers Allen Smallls continued his amazing run of victories with yet another marathon win. This time over the extremely tough Stour Valley course from Nayland, Smalls clocked 3:13 over the 27 miles course and was well clear of the second placed runner. Smalls won the Essex marathon at Halstead and the Howgill race in the lake district and then followed this up with a fine 6th place at the Keswick 25km Mountain race, before charging to victory again at the Stour Valley event. Also doing well at Stour Valley was Craig Mitchell 4:10 who... read more

Carwyn runs personal best at London 10km The London 10km saw a huge personal best from Colchester Harriers Carwyn Jones who clocked a superb 32:40 at this iconic race finishing close to Buckingham Palace. Martyn Clarke ran the Luton park run in 19:11 for third spot then travelled to Buxton where he was placed 32nd in a very tough half marathon in 1:31:50. It was first overall for Mark Harrod at the Great Notley Park Run clocking 17:47, while Hannah Watson was first lady at the Maldon event in 20:08 (Pb), Arthur Whiston was 16th overall in 20:30. Laura Shewbridge was also a winner... read more

Colchester Harriers senior team travelled to Chelmsford for the second Southern Athletic League division 1 match of the season on Sunday.  They were competing against the host club who were joint top of the league and strong teams from both Crawley and Norwich. The Harriers took several A string wins on the track with fine performances from Rebecca Jeggo 25.5s in the 200m, Stacey Eyres 2m 19.7s in the 800m, Sarah Stradling 17m 59.8s in the 5,000m and Heather Rose 67.3s in the 400m hurdles.  The men won the 400m, 800m and 3,000m A string races with fine performances from Connor Oliver... read more