Football

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 Football Association has revealed the 2023-24 National League System club allocations subject to FA Council ratification and any appeals. Harlow Town return after dropping out of the league mid-season due to problems with their artificial pitch. However, they drop from Step 4 to Step…

Essex Schools Under 16 Trophy Passmores Academy 3 v 2 Southend High School HAVING faced heartbreak in the semi finals of last seasons competition, the U16s side at Passmores Academy had a score to settle when the draw was made for this year’s competition. Six…

GOOD luck to Newhall Rangers Under 11’s Girls team as they have reached their first cup final in their first year! This is quite an achievement. An amazing group of girls and brilliant coaches. Stanbridge Group, the teams sponsor said: “We are incredibly proud…

PARINGDON Pirates Walking Football Club were honoured to present an award from the Royal Humane Society to Women’s team captain Gill Pardoe on Monday 24th April. The award of the Royal Humane Society’s Resuscitation Certificate recognised the skill and courage shown by Gill and assisted by…

HARLOW residents have got to know (and love) Harlow Playhouse favourite Fanny Galore over the past few years but many may not know the man behind the mascara. But Craig Whymark has launched a number of fundraising activities on behalf of his father, the former…

ON Sunday the Frontiers were back in action after a month without a game due to all the rain we have had. This saw them host Hutton Reserves. Frontiers made a bright start to the game getting the ball down and playing some good football…

FORMER St Mark’s pupil, Kian Ronan, played two internationals over the weekend for Gibraltar. The side did not disgrace themselves, losing 3-0 to two nations who have formerly won the European Championships. Kian, was on the books at Ipswich Town but now plays for Lincoln…

THE LEADER of Harlow Labour attended the Fair Game conference hosted at Chester FC last week and discussed the importance of the cross party supported white paper on reforms to the governance of football. Chris Vince said: “Let’s be honest, our current system is broken…

SUNDAY would see Frontiers host Stanway Pegasus. The game was a very tight fought contest with both teams looking sharp but it would be the visitors who would get the only goal of the game where their attacker snuck in between defender and keeper to…

LAST Sunday they were back into league action against Beacon Hill after a couple of weeks of cup game. It was a scratchy start but Frontiers looking the most likely to open the scoring with a couple of chances including Shelley Anglin hitting the bar…

ON Sunday they hosted Southminster Ladies in the League Cup quarter-final. Frontiers got off to a flyer with a ball over the top from Kelly Holsworth for Tayla Handscomb to run on to and get wiped out by the on rushing keeper but the resulting…
OUTSTANDING success at the first competition of the year for Harlow Gymnastics Club at Iceni Gymnastics Club in Colchester. Competing against Iceni and Dynamix in an invitational pre grade competition, Aria Franklin triumphed with the gold medal and 1st place overall trophy in the grade…

Government plans to put fans at the heart of football have been backed by local MP, Robert Halfon. These important reforms to the sport’s governance will see fans given a greater say in the running of local teams, as well as the creation of a…

ON SUNDAY, we went down to see the Paringdon Pirates Ladies walking football team in action against Tottenham. Walking football is a great inclusive form of exercise. The first match was a draw 1-1 with Kelly bagging Paringdon’s equaliser. The next game was a victory…

TWO Harlow primary schools now have fantastic new football kits thanks to a kind donation from a local estate agency. Town and Country Estates in Harlow sponsored kits for Potter Street Academy and Purford Green Academy. Directors Lee Venables and Geoff Jukes joined teaching staff…