THE NET Academies family of schools held a Netball tournament last week. Netballers from Jerounds, Abbotsweld, Latton Green, Longwood and Katherines produced an afternoon of scintillating netball. Jerounds were the winners of what is an inaugural competition which they hope will continue for a long…

ONCE again, the Best Team Football Finals was a well-attended and super event. The 10 teams who had qualified from the previous week’s round, played really well and the standard of football was high. Once the opening group game matches had been completed, the four…

Thurlow Nunn League South Harlow Town 1 v 2 Benfleet By Logan Young IT was yet another game full of frustration for the Hawks, being defeated for the second game in a row – (and now no wins in four in the league) this time…

BUILDING on the success of the Lionesses, congratulations went to the 19 teams of Year 3 and 4 Girls who attended the Girls’ Football Festival at Mark Hall Academy on Friday morning. Throughout the 36 matches, all the teams were well-managed by school staff who…

ANY reporting in respect of Harlow Cricket Club’s 4th XI must be understood in the context of their elevated league status. The success of the side under the likes of Rob Coldwell and Jack Sykes led to their promotion out of 4th XI cricket into…

THE 400TH running of the Harlow parkrun took place on Saturday morning. The first run took place on November 8th, 2014, when 154 runners took part. Since then thousands have run, walked, perambulated the 5k (3.1 mile) journey around the town park. It is a…

HARLOW boss Danny Chapman has decided to add another piece to his current puzzle with the signing of Raheem Gray. Raheem joins them after a very successful spell at Frenford, who play in the Essex Senior League.  Last season, he made 40 appearances for Frenford,…

PARINGDON Pirates Walking Football Over 70s team recently completed a highly successful first season in the Essex Walking Football League. Results in the final match of the season, saw Pirates snatch 2nd place out of 10 teams due to superior goal difference over Leyton Orient. …

LAST weekend was a busy one for Innovation Multisport, a regular London Half Marathon, The Royal Parks saw three members take part. Vicky Steadman completed her personal challenge of 50 half marathons before turning 50. Her Royal Parks Half was 1 second faster than her…

Corinthians 0 v 5 Frontiers Ladies ON Sunday the Ladies headed to the seaside to face Corinthians. On what was a very warm and sunny October afternoon, it didn’t take long for Frontiers to create a couple of half chances but couldn’t get what would…

THE headline has to be one of a positive and successful campaign. Arguably most important was the significant reduction in cancelled matches when compared to recent seasons. The extensive use of young players supported by some experienced hands remained the blue print and served the…

WHILST we were all basking in the autumn heatwave at the weekend, Harlow Running Club’s Laura Prime took on the Glasgow to Edinburgh Ultra Marathon. If running 56 miles wasn’t hard enough, Laura had to endure the most horrendous conditions as the rain fell land…

HARLOW Running and Tri Club members competed at the Tiptree 10 which also doubled as the Essex 10 Mile Championships. Linda Helm-Manley was the star performer on the day by finishing in 185th place out of 457 finishers and 2nd Female Vet 55, to win…

THE Harlow Penguins swimmers started their season with a splash as they triumphed at the first two open meets of the season.  For the first competition in the water the squad were welcomed at the Level 4 Early County Qualifier Meet hosted by Epping &…