WHAT a Bank Holiday weekend that was! Innovation Multisport (IMS) were super busy at events! Sunday saw RideLondon event happen for the 2nd year going through Essex. Over 25,000 cyclists tackling the 100 mile route. Members Josh Selton cycled in at 5:07:01 Leanne Stepney &…

FINALLY, after waiting nine months of Friday events, the sun shone down on everyone at the Rounders Finals at the Harlow Town CC. Thirteen teams of eager athletes converged to take part in the school sport with arguably the most complex set of rules. The…

FORTY professional golfers from the East of England will be competing for a winner’s purse of £1,000 and a total prize fund of over £5,000.  120 amateur golfers will be joining the professionals and competing in a team event.  This is the first of several…

FOR many years, horse-riding enthusiasts have enjoyed using a trail in the south-west corner of the town. The trail is off Parsloe Road and follows a path into Risden Woods and by the side of Parndon Wood Nature Reserve. It is particularly enjoyed by children…

HARLOW Running and Tri Club had 78 runners competing at the Hatfield Broad Oak 10k race on Bank Holiday Monday morning. This included one category 1st place, several personal best performances for the distance and many debuts at the distance.  Rob Lowe led the way…

THE Paula Radcliffe Stadium, in Loughborough, played host to its now annual International Week for athletics. The week began last weekend with the senior home international and continued through to this weekend with a series of events for age group athletes. Harlow AC was delighted…

A LEADING Women’s Rights Network (WRN) has written to the organisers of Parkrun to express their concerns over the policy of “gender” self identification which permits men to say they are women. There are over 1,100 parkruns all over the country. The 5k runs set…

AT the mid innings break on Saturday Harlow skipper, Tom Garner, would have been reflecting on a job superbly done. His bowling attack had dispatched visitors Newham to a mere 125 all out on a good batting wicket reports Andy Yeats. A much changed bowling…

SAINT Nicholas School has achieved the School Games Gold Mark Award for the 2022/23 academic year. The School Games Mark is a Government-led award scheme launched in 2012, facilitated by the Youth Sport Trust to reward schools for their commitment to the development of competition…

TV star and fitness guru Joe Wicks visited Cooks Spinney Primary Academy on Friday morning. Over 25,000 schools applied to be a host to the YouTube sensations fitness roadshow. Just twelve were successful. On a beautiful Friday morning, the man who had helped so many…

HARLOW Town are delighted to confirm that The Hawks are getting ready to play competitive football. Chief Executive Tim Sewell said: “Our application for a return to competitive football next season has been accepted by the FA and whilst we have appealed the decision with…

THE contrast of a wet and cold Thurrock, surrounded by blocks of flats, and the sunshine in the shadow of St Albans Abbey could not have been starker as Harlow AC embarked upon their second EYAL fixture. And yet despite the more conducive weather, the…

HARLOW’S first victory at a Southern Athletics League match since 2016 came in a fixture that epitomises the state of athletics right now: huge commitment from its devotees, too few officials, a venue that required running repairs and ingenuity to keep events on and yet,…

WHEN we get the weekly running reports from Harlow Running and Tri Club, we try and look out for a variety of achievements. We have noticed that the times for Jason Fox have kept improving over a range of distances. The 51-year-old recently produced a…