By Tom Barnes A FORMER professional volleyball player is hoping to get Harlow active by encouraging residents to take part in the sport. Ilia Kalanov, player coach of Harlow Volleyball Club, played volleyball in his native Bulgaria for 10 years, winning two national championships in the process. After the [...] Read more »
Village football to England in three years
Following Team GB’s best ever Olympic performance last year, everyone who is taking on an exercise regime as part of New Year resolutions has a whole host of new idols to draw inspiration from, but nobody will be drawing inspiration from Fran Steele. Michael Jarvis explores why we should. To go from [...] Read more »
Five Star Harlow Sets Sights On Top Four Finish
Harlow Academy 5 Thurrock FC 2 HARLOW Academy boss Steve Blaney believes his team are capable of a late surge up the table after they punished a sloppy Thurrock side on Wednesday. Injury ravaged Harlow, who named only one substitute for the league game, extended their unbeaten streak to three [...] Read more »
Harlow show attacking class to demolish Tottenham Hotspur 9-3
Harlow Academy 9-3 Tottenham Hotspur By Jay Jaffa at Paringdon Sports Club JACK Leachman’s second hat-trick of the season helped Harlow Academy thrash Tottenham Hotspur 9-3 in blustery conditions on Wednesday. The win means manager Steve Blaney’s side bounced back from a 2-0 home defeat last week in emphatic style. [...] Read more »
Harlow succumb to professional performance from Halstead
Harlow Academy 0-2 Halstead Town By Jay Jaffa at Paringdon Sports Club HARLOW Academy lost 2-0 to Halstead Town on Wednesday but had goalkeeper Sam Pavey to thank for keeping the scoreline respectable. Goals for Halstead in either half secured an impressive win over a Harlow side that manager Steve [...] Read more »
Harlow Town Football Club avoid administration devastation
HARLOW Town Football Club escaped going into administration on Monday. Mr Registrar Derret dismissed the HM Revenue and Customs winding-up petition at the High Court after it was confirmed that the club has paid off it’s outstanding tax debts. IanB, a fan of the club, praised the owners. On a fans forum message board, he [...] Read more »
Harlow fight back to earn dramatic draw against Romford
By Matt Abbott HARLOW Academy’s rollercoaster start to the season continued as a last gasp equaliser from midfielder Charlie Curtin spared Harlow’s blushes in a six goal thriller. Off the back of a 7-1 drubbing in their last match, Harlow were looking to make amends as they become accustomed to [...] Read more »
Jack’s hat full of tricks rescues point for Harlow
Wednesday 12th October 2011, 14:00 Football Conference Youth Alliance League – Match Day 3 HARLOW ACADEMY 5-5 TILBURY By James Prentice at Paringdon Sports Club JACK Leachman bagged a deserved hat-trick to rescue a point for Harlow Academy in a ‘10-goal thriller’ at home to Tilbury. In-form Striker Billy Jones was [...] Read more »
Harlow Women Run to the Beat in Half Marathon
Members of Harlow Running Club joined the sea of purple in this year’s London Run To The Beat half marathon. Over 17,000 runners took part in the fourth anniversary of the race which starts and finishes at the O2 Arena. The event featured motivating music and exclusive performances as competitors completed a circuit [...] Read more »
Kenny Sansom: “Whenever I see Ian Wright, he shouts, ‘Oi, Legend!’”
By Alexander Robertson BEFORE Ashley Cole, there was Kenny Sansom. Football fans of a younger generation may struggle to think of any left-back that was as consistent and ever-present as Cole has been for England for the last decade. But for many older fans the position is just as [...] Read more »