PUPILS at Mark Hall Academy in Harlow, Essex are supporting a former pupil to raise funds for a new custom-fitted racing wheelchair. Paralympic hopeful Richard Chiassaro’s racing wheelchair was destroyed by vandals earlier this month.

Generous pupils at Academy Transformation Trust’s Mark Hall Academy will be…

HARLOW Running Club’s own marathon man Andy Kinney completed two marathons over the weekend, his 9th in 15 days! On Saturday he ran the Waterloo 200th Anniversary Challenge Marathon at Deal in Kent, finishing in 51st place out of 107 finishers in 5hrs 14min 57sec.…

BILLERICAY Strider, Crispian Bloomfield tore apart the course record with a wonderful display of front running at the Harlow parkrun. Crispian ran a time of 16.51 as he made mincemeat of the undulating course. Male placings: Crispian Bloomfield (VM35-39) of Billericay Striders RC, was first…

LAST night (Wednesday) Active Essex announced their 2016 Inspired Athletes at the Active Essex Sports Awards. A total of 25 inspiring athletes from across Essex have been successful in their applications for funding from Active Essex, Essex County Council and Southend-on-Sea Borough Council. This funding…

HARLOW Running Club was presented with the Runners Up Sports Club of the Year Award at last week’s Active Harlow Sports Awards held in the Council Chamber at the Civic Centre. The award was a result of having provided fantastic support, advice and encouragement to…

ON Saturday 28th November 2015 Harlow AC’s (HAC) juniors were out in force at the U13 and U15 Essex County Cross Country Championships held at Abbey Fields in Colchester. Freezing cold conditions with a fast and flat course greeted the athletes. Pride of place went…

HARLOW Running Club had four runners at the Chelmsford 10K on a cold and sunny Sunday, perfect running conditions, and all of them recorded personal best times for the distance (PB). Jared Bethell led the way in 11th place out of 541 finishers in a…

Hockley on the 31st October 2015. In the U13 girls 3k race; Charlotte Pratt was 6th in 13.04, Savanna Sirkett was 7th in 13.05, Ellen Savidge was 21st in 14.52, Grace Malcolm was 25th in 15.00, Mackenzie Cranfield was 27th in 15.05 and Mari Malcolm…

STUDENTS from Burnt Mill Academy, in First Avenue, not only achieve highly at school sport, but some are scooping county, regional and national titles. Year 7 student Emma Nunn, 11, has been a judo fighter for six years and has recently been crowned British national…

HARLOW Running Club member Will Wall had a thoroughly dirty weekend, competing in no less than three cross country races, all with lots of mud and stream crossings, some waist deep. On Saturday morning Wall competed in the Grim Duathlon near Farnborough in Hampshire, consisting…

HARLOW Running Club’s Ben Chitiyo was victorious at the Harlow Parkrun 5K, winning the event out of 113 finishers in an excellent 18min 57sec. He was followed home by Jared Bethell (4th in 20.35) and Terry Ridge (12th in 22.11) both pushing a baby buggie,…

HARLOW Athletic Clubs juniors made the long journey to the City of Portsmouth to compete in the prestigious junior road races at the Morrison’s Great South Run on Saturday 24th October 2015. Blustery and overcast conditions greeted the athletes on the day and the races…

HARLOW Running Club fielded nine runners at the Essex 5 Mile Championships at Wix, near Harwich, and came away with two Essex medals, two HRC records and five personal best times for the distance (PB). Louise Brass finished in 62nd place out of 326 finishers…

Pride of place went to 8 year old Jemima Pratt who won the U11 girls 1.25 mile race despite falling over in the mass stampede start. Young Jemima has been in great form recently and is the current County Schools XC Champion and Great North…