THE Essex County FA are encouraging local clubs and leagues to review an opportunity to have their say on a Government consultation relating to playing facilities, which is open online until Tuesday 13th January. The Government are currently consulting on changes to the statutory consultee…

THE HARLOW Penguins Swimming Club are set to have an emergency meeting as, by all reports, they face an uncertain future. YH understands that the meeting is set to be called in the New Year (January 4th) and may involve the club being “wound up”.…

Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Colney Heath 2 v 2 Harlow Town ON Saturday afternoon, the Hawks made the short trip to Colney Heath’s Recreation Ground for our first league meeting this season. We did face the side in the Gladwish Challenge Trophy earlier…

THERE is still time to sign up for the 2026 Colchester Half Marathon, taking place on Sunday 8th March 2026 in Colchester, Essex.  The event is owned and organised by The Robin Cancer Trust, the UK’s only testicular, ovarian and germ cell cancer charity, with all…

THERE’S more all-weather action at Chelmsford Racecourse this Thursday evening and this week’s card features eight races; five handicaps and three novice races. Read on for a full preview of the Chelmsford card, courtesy of BOYLE Sports, who provide all the latest horse racing odds.…

ANOTHER Friday, another first for the amazing school staff team of Harlow Primary School’s as Pickleball was added to the plethora of opportunities provided. Utilising some funding from Active Essex, organiser David Stacey and Luke Hammond, joined forces with Brandon Ralph (Pemberley) and the Harlow…

Spartan South Midland League Premier Division Harlow Town 2 v 2 Crawley Green THE Hawks played our final home match before Christmas at the weekend as we welcomed Crawley Green in an attempt to secure our first league double of the season. However, things didn’t…

A FORMER Harlow rugby club player will be running to the club tomorrow as part of an amazing series of marathon runs for charity. Mark Pickett, aged 47, is running for his sister-in-law as she battles bowel cancer. Mark told YH: “As a keen runner…

RACING returns to Chelmsford on Thursday evening with another bumper nine-race card. The night plays host to seven handicap races and a couple of novice contests. Read on for a preview of and tips for the Chelmsford card, courtesy of Betway. Up first is a nursery…

LONDON Stansted was proud to welcome rugby league legend Kevin Sinfield and his support team on Monday (Dec 1) as they travelled through the airport ahead of the next stage of his latest fundraising challenge for the motor neurone disease (MND) community.  Kevin and the…

Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Biggleswade Town 1 v 1 Harlow Town A LAST gasp equaliser denied Harlow Town all three points on Saturday afternoon. Mitch Hahn had opened the scoring in the 63rd minute. However, Vinnie Baker equalised in the 93rd minute. The…

REPRESENTATIVES from Harlow Gymnastics joined Gymfinity Kids for anunforgettable weekend of gymnastics at the Beth Tweddle InvitationalCompetition in New College, Leicester. The six gymnasts performed beautifully in their competitions and hadthe opportunity to meet and be presented with their awards fromTweddle herself. Beth Tweddle retired…

CONGRATULATIONS to the team from Jerounds, who finish top of the group in this year’s basketball finals afternoon. With the 5 top teams returning from the previously qualifying rounds, the standard was always going to be on point in what was a keenly contested finals…

Report courtesy of Brentwood RFC THIS week Brentwood’s tough pre-Christmas run in started with a trip away to Harlow. Having lost both previous fixtures at this venue since Harlow were promoted to the league two seasons ago, Brentwood knew they would need another accurate performance…