Athletics
HARLOW Running Club competed in the third round of the East Herts / West Essex Mid Week Road Race League on a 10k course at Welwyn Garden City. The men’s and women’s teams both finished in 4th place out of 6 teams and remain in…
RECENTLY, member so the Harlow Wheelchair Racers (WCR) had great success at an international meeting in Switzerland. Top of the list was Paralympian, Richard Chiassaro, who broke the T54 World Record for 800 metres. YH went down to training on a warm June evening to…
HARLOW Running Club member Craig Segal finished the Southend Half Marathon in 25th place out of 2053 finishers in an excellent personal best time for the distance (PB) of 1hr 23min 12sec. He was followed by Carinne Jay 265th and 3rd Female Vet 45 in…
HARLOW parkrun is set to celebrate the NHS’ 70th birthday. Parkruns all over the country are recognising the contribution of the NHS to the health of the nation. The 5k run starts at 9am on Saturday from Harlow Town Park. It is not a race,…
Basildon EYAL 3 June HARLOW enjoyed their most successful Youth League match for many years at Basildon on Sunday. They were up against five much larger clubs and yet managed to claim fifth place. The points tally of 405.5 points was the best return in…
SUPER Harlow wheelchair athlete Richard Chiasarro has smashed the world T54 800 metre record. In a stunning performance, the Harlow athlete led from gun to tape in a time of 1.30.35. He was taking part in the European Champs in Norway. I just broke the…
HARLOW’S Richard Chiassaro has been in fine form as he has broken the European record for the T54 not once but twice. Wheelchair athlete, Richard reduced the record to 44.39, one of the fastest of all-time in Nottwill. A film of his feat is below.…
HARLOW Running Club had a fantastic turnout for the first race of four of the East Herts / West Essex Mid Week Road Race League Division 2 with a total of 59 runners. The race was on a hilly multi-terrain course of 10K hosted by…
HARLOW Running Club members Paul and Wendy Schroder competed in Liverpool’s Rock ‘n’ Roll running weekend. On Saturday they ran the 5k race, Paul finishing in 121st place out of 3771 finishers in 21.19 and Wendy was 524th in 25.14. Then on Sunday they ran…
Division 3N SAL Peterborough 19 May HARLOW secured a remarkable third place finish in a six team match at Peterborough in the latest round of the Southern Athletic League. It was remarkable as like many small clubs Harlow relies on Under 17 athletes to fill…
HARLOW Running Club member Rich Hynes completed the Shakespeare Marathon at Stratford-Upon-Avon, finishing in 12th place out of 486 finishers in an excellent 3hrs 04min 57sec and Michael Houlihan was 209th in 4.01.16. Meanwhile at the Greenway Challenge Half Marathon at Letchworth Sean Flynn finished…
Championship Cheer for HAC THE past weekend was the designated County Championship competition weekend right across the country for athletics. Harlow had athletes competing at Peterborough for Cambridgeshire, Watford for Hertfordshire and Chelmsford for Essex. Katie Lee missed out on a place in the U13…
Harlow’s Young Athletes fare well at Ware. WODSON Park, Ware, was the venue for the second round of the Eastern Young Athlete’s League. The team ended the day fifth overall but notched a notable milestone by winning an age group, the first time this has…
HARLOW Running Club members were in action at the Milton Keynes Marathon Weekend. On Sunday Dave Goosetree ran the Milton Keynes 5K Rocket finishing in 544th place out of 1911 finishers in 25.20. On Monday he completed the Keynes Marathon in 1201st place out of…
IN amateur athletics, athletes from small clubs may be selected by larger clubs in events that the smaller club do not participate in. Harlow AC’s Leo Chashchin has come to the attention of Enfield and Haringey and he was selected as ‘second claim’ for their…
HARLOW Running Club had two runners at the Chelmsford Viper 15 Mile Trail Run. Andy Bradley finished in 8th place out of 83 finishers in 2.07.49 and Sean Flynn was 20th in 2.16.13. Meanwhile at the Rock’n’Roll Nashville Half Marathon Andy Kinney finished in 10,519…
