Athletics
HARLOW Running Club member Afewerk Rossom improved his personal best time for the distance (PB) and the HRC Under 20 record at the Hatfield Forest parkrun 5K when he was first finisher out of 243 finishers in 17min 07sec. He was followed home by Amaniel…
HARLOW Running Club member Afewerk Rossom was first finisher at the Harlow parkrun 5K out of 166 finishers in 18min 00sec. He was followed home by Amaniel Tesfay 2nd in 19.03, Craig Segal 6th in 20.36, Jason Haigh 9th in 21.34, Andy Bradley 10th in…
HARLOW’S young athletes’ season concluded with a creditable fifth place finish, in the seven team match at Chelmsford. The result meant that the team finished in nineteenth place overall in the twenty-nine team league; significant progress for one of the league’s smaller teams. The day’s…
Several Harlow Running Club members took part in various 5K parkruns over the weekend. At the Harlow parkrun 17 year olds Afewerk Rosson and Ameniel Tesfay finished in 1st and 2nd place out of 159 finishers in times of 18min 09sec and 19min 02sec respectively.…
HARLOW Running Club members Jamie and Daniel Jephcott completed the arduous multi-terrain Cotswold 24 Hour Race at Cirencester in Gloucestershire. The pair finished as 1st father and son team out of 9 such teams and 4th overall out of 255 individuals and teams. They completed…
IT MAY have been over seventy degrees at the Harlow Town Park on Saturday morning but that did not stop a record 206 runners takin part in the 92nd running of the Harlow parkrun. IT MAY have been over seventy degrees at the Harlow Town…
HARLOW Running Club competed in the Midweek League Road Race Mob Match last Thursday, a race involving runners from both divisions of the league, over a two lap course at Welwyn Garden City. After the race there was a Midweek League presentation ceremony in which…
HARLOW Running Club had 23 runners competing at the Essex 10K Road Championships held at Felsted over a gently undulating course across the Essex countryside. Although there were some good times by the younger runners pride of place goes to husband and wife Peter and…
HARLOW Running Club competed in the last round of the Herts/Essex Mid Week Road Race League Division 2 last week over an undulating 10K course at Royston. The team results on the day reflected the overall results, in that the ladies finished in 3rd place…
HARLOW Running Club were represented at the Giants Head Marathon, a very challenging and hilly but beautiful course running around the famous Cerne Giant, near Dorchester in Dorset. Julia Gardiner finished in 39th place out of 372 finishers and 2nd Female Vet 35 in 4hrs…
HARLOW Running Club hosted the third round of the Herts/Essex Midweek Road Race League Division 2 last week over an undulating and very wet 10K course. Once again the ladies outshone the men by comfortably winning their race, with the men only 3rd out of…
HARLOW Running Club member Afewerk Rossom improved the club Under 20 5K record for the third consecutive week, at the Gunpowder parkrun 5K at Waltham Abbey, finishing in 1st place out of 140 finishers in a personal best time for the distance (PB) of 17min…
HARLOW Running Club members were in action at several parkruns over the weekend. Here in Harlow 17yr old Afewerk Rossom broke the club junior 5K record for the second successive week. Rossom was 1st finisher out of 165 finishers in a personal best time for…
LEE Valley Athletic Centre provided the venue for another strong showing by Harlow Athletic Club’s senior team as they won their second SAL match, to consolidate their lead in Division 3 North. The day began in fine style when Polly Woods broke a long-standing club…
HARLOW Running Club competed in the 2nd round of the Herts/Essex Mid Week Road Race League Division 2 last week over an undulating multi-terrain course at Hitchin. Both mens and ladies teams finished in 4th place out of 11 teams and were 5th overall and…
By Michael Casey Nat Fisher: 1936 to 2016 HARLOW AC’s much loved veteran coach, Nat Fisher has passed away. I would like to pay this personal tribute. Back in 1975, my PE teacher at St Mark’s, Kelvin Evans, sent me down to Harlow AC. He…





