Athletics
ANYONE who has followed the progress of Harlow athlete Lee Wood over the past two years will testify that he is getting better and better and better. There was more evidence of this as the 33-year-old athlete came ninth in the Hackney Half Marathon in…
FORMER Stewards Academy athlete Danny Raymond won a bronze medal in his debut race for England. Danny was representing England in a Home International competition in Derby. Danny was third in the 800 metres in a time of 1.54.24, just a second behind the winner,…
HARLOW Running Club claimed two gold medals from the Essex Half Marathon Championships held at Pleshey on Sunday morning. Sandi Rust won the Female Vet 50 Gold Medal when finishing 111th out of 249 finishers in an excellent 1hr 45min 36sec. Colin Moody won the…
MEMBERS of the newly formed Innovation Multisport club were out in force this weekend swimming the Serpentine and running at Stevenage 10k. Easy to spot in their fabulous pink/blue kit, they took to the open water to swim two miles in Hyde Park, earning an…
HARLOW Running Club had 14 runners at the Takeley 10k, a hilly trail race around the Essex village. First home was Rob Scott in 26th place out of 351 finishers in 45min 12sec. He was followed by Vicky Steadman 57th in 48.08, Paul Dixon 62nd…
HARLOW’S season ended at Basildon in a low-key match. All teams were hit by withdrawals and absences and numbers were significantly down. The ever-present Paxman twins, Glen and Carl, Dave Bauer and James Malyon covered as much as they could to bolster the men’s efforts.…
HARLOW Running Club produced four personal best times and a podium finish from seven runners at the St. Clare Hospice 10k at Hastingwood on Sunday morning. They also helped raise much needed funds for the local charity. First home was Catherine Ridge in 14th place…
CHLOE Slasberg plans to take on all 26 miles and 385 yards of the London Marathon but around her garden. Abbotsweld resident Chloe has had a number of health issues over the last few years which have prevented her from taking her place on the…
HARLOW Running Club member Sean Flynn completed the London Spitfire 10K at RAF London Museum, North London, finishing in 52nd place out of 292 finishers in 50min 37sec. Meanwhile, there were a total of 64 runners at various parkrun events on Saturday morning including 45…
HARLOW wheelchair racer Richard Chiassaro is into the final of the Men’s T54 400 metres at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Richard produced a season’s best of 47.88 to qualify comfortably for the final. The final will be at 12.20pm on Sunday afternoon https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/paralympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-men-s-400m-t54-rnd1-000200-.htm
THIRTY-six young athletes from Essex including three from Harlow have been selected to compete at the 2021 School Games National Finals – a major multi-sport event for talented young athletes across the UK, taking place at Loughborough University from the 2nd to the 5th of…
HARLOW Running Club were represented at the Vitality Big Half, a mass participation race over the classic half marathon distance, starting at the iconic setting of Tower Bridge and finishing in Greenwich. Kevin Smith was first home for HRC finishing in 1117th place out of…
IT’S time to get ready for the second St Clare 10k of 2021. Our April event is so popular we’ve decided to host it twice every year from now on! It will be taking place here at the Hospice on Sunday 5th September 2021, with…
Bebe Jackson with Northern Ireland’s Eve Walsh-Dann THERE was mixed news for Harlow athletes at the Manchester International on Wednesday. Shemar Boldiszar was part of the senior 4 x 100m team that disappointingly was again disqualified from a competition. Once more it was the final…
HARLOW Running Club member Jack Shury finished in an excellent 6th place out of 225 finishers at the Lee Valley Half Marathon, in his debut at the distance, in a superb 1hr 22min 31sec. He was followed by Martin Westley in 15th place in 1.29.17…
THE CHIEF Operating Officer of parkrun was full of praise for Harlow Junior event. Tom Williams visited the Harlow Junior Parkrun on Sunday morning. Tom has been involved with parkrun since 2007 and has worked full time for the operation since 2011. Tom and his…
