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Colchester Harriers veteran athletes dusted down their spikes to taste success at this year’s Essex Cross Country Vets Championships in Writtle University College. Leading the way, Adrian Mussett showed the field a clean pair of heels in the first race of the day, for men aged 50 upwards, coming home in first place by more than two minutes and in the process winning the MV50 individual gold medal.  Team-mate Colin Ridley also ran a strong race to finish 16th overall and win the MV60 gold medal and with Chris Stevenson (34th), Will Haining (84th) and supervet Arthur Whiston (121st)... read more

Colchester Harriers enjoyed a successful weekend as the winter’s cross-country season got into full swing. The Essex League fixture at Writtle on Saturday saw the women’s team strengthen their grip on top spot with an excellent all-round team performance.  Lydia Callan celebrated her recent call up for Essex with a superb fourth place in what was a highly competitive field, and she was well backed up by excellent performances from cross-country stalwart Emma Burgess (13th), season debutant Heidi Hogan-Steele (17th) and supervet Margaret Deasy (18th and 1st V55) as the green vests... read more

Colchester Harriers women continued their recent series of team victories with a winning performance at the Hadleigh 5 in Suffolk.  Ella Jeffries ran 37:01 to finish second female overall and she was backed up by fine runs from Fran Norris (38:32 – 1st FV60), Kate Gibson (38:48 – 3rd FV50) and Louise Yates (42:09) as Colchester beat home team Hadleigh Hares into second place by over 4 minutes. For the men, John Scaife crossed the finishing line in 28:38 to finish fourth overall and first MV45, whilst Lee Holohan ran 35:40. Harriers winners at Hadleigh. There were also some... read more

Colchester Harriers continued their bright start to the cross-country season with another fine all-round performance in the second event of the Essex League season at Epping Forest.  The women were again on great form, finishing in second place on the day to retain their position at the top of the league table with Lydia Callan finishing in an excellent eighth position well backed up by teammates Emma Burgess (16th), Jennifer Lovelock (19th) and Ellie Cumner (32nd).  It was Andy Jobling who was first home for the men in 28th position, Cameron Humphries was 34th, Jon Nears 51st,... read more

British Hammer Circle Reunion Harriers Wyatt Larkins had a blistering autumnal weekend at the Costello Stadium in Hull over the 15th-16th of October to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the reunion. Wyatt was placed third overall in both the under Seventeen Hammer and Weight throw, achieving PB's in each discipline. In Larkins first Hammer competition, he produced a distance of 46.38m, which represented an increase from 45.61m. Later in the afternoon he produced a weight throw distance of 16.45m, again, another PB and under Club record for the age category. Following on from some... read more

It was another successful weekend for Colchester Harriers’ athletes, following up their cross-country triumph the previous week with strong performances at the two big road races to take place in the region. Laura Shewbridge was first woman home at the Larking Gowen Ipswich Half Marathon, clocking 1:29:15 to go under 90 minutes for the first time in five years as she finished more than two minutes clear of her closest rival.  Jay Waite ran a personal best (PB) 1:21:33 to finish ninth overall and first V50, Wayne Cook was second V50 in 1:23:59, Jake Darkins ran 1:24:46 (PB) on his debut... read more

Colchester Harriers kicked of the Essex League cross-country season is style with a superb all round team effort on a challenging course at One Tree Hill, Basildon. The senior women lead the way thanks to all six of their runners featuring in the top twenty-five.  Victoria Primmer, fresh from success at the London Marathon led the way to finish eighth and was well backed up by Emma Burgess (14th), Tracy English (15th), Margaret Deasy (19th, 1st V55), Ellie Cumner (24th) and Denise Morley (25th – 1st V50) as the team saw off Havering, Southend and Thurrock to finish the day sitting on... read more

Colchester Harriers enjoyed a successful day at the Tiptree 10 mile road race, winning the women’s team trophy as well as posting a number of impressive individual performances. The green vests secured the women’s title with 3 finishers in the top 5 led by Lydia Callan, who took a superb third place on her 10 mile debut, clocking 1:07:41 after a fast finish up the final hill.  Callan was closely followed home by Justine Sheekey who finished fourth in 1:08:26 and Laura Shewbridge who crossed the line in 1:08:46 to take the FV40 trophy and fifth place overall.  Other... read more

Colchester Harriers athletes had a good day at this year’s TCS London Marathon, with the women in particular putting in some fine performances.  In form Victoria Primmer led the way, running a superbly paced Personal Best (PB) 3:02:08 in what was only her third marathon to cross the line just outside the top 100 women finishers on the day.  Clubmate Heidi Hogan-Steele, also running her third 26.2 miler, was not far behind, coming home in 3:08:50 despite fading slightly in the second half of the race.  Tina Southgate, coming back from illness and injury, ran an encouraging 4:05:42 whilst... read more

Colchester Harriers crack Under 15 Girls team lead the way at the Essex County Cross Country Relay Championships, storming home at the season’s first major cross-country meeting to take the gold medal by a margin of over a minute. Lyla Belshaw got the trio off to a flying start, running 12:08 for her leg, Lily Tyler then extended the team’s lead with her run of 13:21 before Isla Widdowson saw the team home with a fast finishing 12:40. It was a performance which capped off a good day all round for the green vests junior section which, fielding a team in all of the categories also managed... read more