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Maldon 5k Series Millward victorious at Maldon Park The Maldon Summer Promenade Evening Handicap 5km series got under way with a good crowd of 124 runners, 31 were Colchester Harriers. Young Danny Millward led the Colchester Harriers charge with superb personal best time of 17:11 to beat team mate Mark Harrod 17:12 ( Pb) by one second in a sprint finish and take the fastest time on the night. Millward is a great talent and still only 14 years old! 8 Harriers runners finished in the top ten, behind Millward and Harrod, they were Jon Nears 5th 17:21, Paul Rodgers 6th 17:42, Paul Preston 7th... read more

Harrier’s Haul of Honours at Essex Champs With Rio just around the corner, 14 & 15 May was a major date on the British Amateur Athletic calendar as athletes aged from 12 years old competed in their areas across the country to claim the title of County Champion. Essex prestigious Track and Field Championships were once again held at Melbourne Athletic Centre in Chelmsford. For one youngster – his dreams of being the next Usain Bolt, may well come true. Harrier’s latest rising star, Graig Anya-Joseph is not a typical 12 year old. Standing shoulders above his peers, this gifted... read more

Howgill Mountain Marathon Smalls wins again Only a week after sweeping to victory in the Halstead Essex Marathon, Allen Smalls won the Howgill Mountain Marathon, in the Yorkshire borders of the Lake District, in style. Smalls took the lead at 21 miles and finally came home with 7 minutes to spare on his nearest rival. This was an extremely tough event with large climbs, which as normal Smalls took in his stride. Fay Smalls completed the half Marathon in 3 hours 23 minutes. Bury to Clare 18 mile multi Terrain race Cooke is surprise package Rebecca Cooke surprised everyone winning her... read more

Smalls defies all the odds Colchester Harrier's Allen Smalls has won many marathons in his time, has captained Great Britain in 100km racing, and last year was one of the pace makers who brought Paula Ratcliffe home in 2:36 at the London Marathon, but Smalls thought his chances of winning the County Championship again were over at 47 years old. With a good field of class runners on the line it looked, at the best, top 10 for Smalls. But the extreme hot weather brought huge twists and turns in the race with long time leader and second claim Harrier Angus Holford coming to a halt at 18 miles... read more

Millward is flying The first summer Harwich handicap 5km had perfect conditions and some great times were ran by Colchester Harriers. 14 year old Danny Millward ran an astonishing 17:43, while Wayne Cook went through the line in a personal best time of 18:57. Paul Preston was also on top form in 17:57. Others to run were Dan Foster 18:52, Richard Boden 19:03, Simon Smith 19:06, Richard Millward 19:27, Ady Frost 19:49, John Wheatley 23:21 and Steve Clarke 22:50. At Colchester Castle Park run 341 runners ran in the heat, with Carwyn Jones 1st home in 16:30. David Wright was 4th in 19:25,... read more

Mussett again champion Colchester Harrier's Adrian Mussett retained his Colchester Garrison 10km title in style clocking 32:31in severe heat, beating up and coming youngster Ramadan Osman of Colchester and Tendring into second place in 33:51. Mark Harrod was 6th in 36:20 in the field of 600 runners. Chris Manby is really back to form 17th 38:54, and Simon Smith was 18th in 39:03. Then came 19th Craig Mitchell 39:10, 20 David Wright 39:16, 21 Andy Lovelock 39:24, 22 Martyn Clarke 39:07, 25 Keith Marley 39:58, 30 Ian Haw 40:29, 31 Richard Boden 40:29, 35 Dan mark 41:31, 48 Ady Frost 42:32, 50... read more

The Essex 5 miles was held for the first time at Witham on Mayday and a very good event was staged by Witham Roadrunners. Colchester Harriers took silver medals in the men's team race and bronzes in the ladies, with the men also winning the team of 4 in the open race. Chris Sellens, only a week after running 2:32 at the London Marathon, was 6th in 27:40, Colin Ridley was 10th in 28:00 and also won the gold over 50 medal, and the final Essex team medallist was Mark Harrod 12th in a personal best 28:24,Harrod also took the individual Bronze medal over 40. Making up the open team of 4 was Jon... read more

Musset kicks off Great weekend for Harriers Great results all round for Colchester harriers at the weekend. Adrian Mussett was first out of the blocks running an astounding 31:52 at the top class Kings Lynn 10km to finish runner up and take the veterans prize. Sarah Stradling was also first veteran clocking an excellent 36:12 for 4th place overall. Anita Mussett also ran well in... read more

At the Heritage multi terrain half marathon, at Thorpeness, Ellie Mayne swept to victory in warm conditions. It was top ten finishes in the men for Martyn Clarke 8th, and Chris Manby 10th, Simon Smith just missed out finishing 11th, Cathy beard and Les Dunham also finished. In the Marathon the going was tough but Malcolm Statham and David Wright kept to the job and finished 5th and 6th in 3:41 and 3:42. Martyn Clarke then ran another half marathon at Milton Keynes clocking 1:29:30. And 19:34 at the Bedgebury park run in Kent finshing 4th. Clarke won the first over 50 prize. The... read more

Two under 15 girls, Lauren Strutt and Rachel Hoddell, braved the cold and windy conditions at Thurrock to compete in the Essex Pentathlon championships In far from ideal conditions both girls struggled in the long jump as the cold wind blew directly into their faces for the first event. Both were disappointed with their jumps, which were well off their best, but remained in good spirits ready for the challenges that lie ahead. Next up was the 75m hurdles race, where again the girls had to run into a strong head wind, but fared better. Lauren took 0.1 seconds off of her PB to run 15.4... read more