The 100 club. The Orion version of the Lottery.

The 100 club. The Orion version of the Lottery.  You get the chance to win a cash prize on a monthly basis while helping fund the clubhouse extension (and much much more). Latest results NOV 28 John Barrett  £40 69 Stuart Colley £25 43 Don Ford £15 DEC 21 Geoff Lunn £40 36 Bryan Arkell £25 66 Dave Cracknell £15 EXTRA DRAW (for all the numbers that haven't been drawn this year) 10 Sally Weston £40 104 Lisa Short £25 73  Alan Dickin £15 In order to join the 100 club, you will need to set up a standing [...]

By |2016-02-22T11:25:49+00:00February 3rd, 2016|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Ben Hall Orion XC champion 2015/16

Congratulations to Ben Hall Orion XC champion 2015/16 – only 34 people have won this in the 93 times it has been run – Brilliant running!!!! Thank you to everybody who helped out today in particular Bob JousiffeMarshall Don Taylor and Alan Godbold Neil Mcgoun  Andy Day Jayne Dayand all the Marshall’s and timekeeping team. ‪#‎kingofthemud‬ ‪#‎orion‬ ‪#‎mercury‬

By |2016-01-27T12:32:47+00:00January 27th, 2016|Uncategorized|0 Comments

SEAA Masters XC champs

On Saturday gone, an "elite" group of Orion vet 40s, the rather good looking bunch of blokes pictured below, went to the SEAA Masters XC champs at Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, where a gritty performance saw Team Orion home in 4th place. At a fantastic championship course next to the Biggleswade aerodrome and with winds of up to 40mph, Kent AC showed their class to get their 3 scorers in the top 11. Back in the race for the silver team medal there was a stupendous battle going on between the Essex gold winning Orion vets, Herne Hill and Brighton AC. Despite [...]

By |2017-01-09T04:10:04+00:00December 14th, 2015|Uncategorized|5 Comments

Essex Vets and Juniors Race Report by Adam Baker

Last weekend, at the Essex Vets Championships, Orion Harriers pulled off a proper 'smash and grab' job to our bitter rivals, Colchester Harriers' on their own back yard. Super Saturday, kicked off with team Gold for the U15 boys in its inaugural year at these championships. Joseph Owens very impressive individual Silver led the team home to glory. Proceeding races saw great runs from Christine Inch to take Bronze in the Women V55 and John Lynch the same colour in the Mens V60. If not for a couple of late, key, withdrawals in the Mens V50, it could have been [...]

By |2017-01-09T04:10:04+00:00December 4th, 2015|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Essex Vets Champs 28th November 2015

We had an excellent day at the Essex County Vets Champs at Hilly Fields, Colchester on Saturday.  Team Gold for Nick Shasha, Barny Foot, Mark Dillon and Adam Baker, with Nick taking Individual Gold too.  2015 Essex Vets M40 Dean Moy just misses M50 medal in 4th place but John Lynch takes M60 Bronze.  2015 Essex Vets M50 In her first race in W55 category Christine Inch takes Bronze Medal.  2015 Essex Vets Women For first time U13 and U15 Junior Champs were held with the Vets Orion U15 Boys Joseph Owen, Jay Shotter, James Wood and Joseph Clark took [...]

By |2017-01-09T04:10:04+00:00November 30th, 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Essex League Race 3 – 14/11/2015 – Report

On the 14th of November, despite the fact that most runners were at the London Youth Games, 16 junior Orion Harriers runners travelled all the way to Cambridge to compete in the third Essex League cross country of the season. In the first race of the day, the under 13 girls, Orion excelled with Rosie Shaw leading the team home 7th, Becci Leddy 9th only 5 seconds later and Eve Smith 31st, earning a solid 5th place in the team competition. In the under 13 boys, Henry Jones was Orion’s only runner but ran strongly for 20th place. Sadly, all [...]

By |2017-01-09T04:10:05+00:00November 16th, 2015|Junior News|0 Comments
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