Hayley Triumphs In Nationals
HASSENBROOK hurdles champion, Hayley McLean triumphed in the National Championships in Bedford at the weekend. Hayley won the U-17 Girls 300m Hurdles with a time of 43.38.
HASSENBROOK hurdles champion, Hayley McLean triumphed in the National Championships in Bedford at the weekend. Hayley won the U-17 Girls 300m Hurdles with a time of 43.38.
The Millers started on the front foot and could have taken a ninth minute lead when Sean Francis rose highest to head home Andy Howells’ free kick but was judged to be offside in a close call for the officials.
It would have been a travesty of justice had Rovers nicked all the points but they deserve credit for hanging on when the going was tough in the first half. Rocks, on the other hand, can take plenty of encouragement from the first half and if they dominate games like that again, they surely can’t spurn as many chances.
The Project will include a series of taster sessions run by a local Rounders England coach, and will comprise of introductory coaching to batting, bowling and fielding, finishing with small sided games.
Thurrock should have equalised in the 34th minute when a fabulous turn by Bodkin down the right flank found Lee Roache whose shot come cross was inches away from the toe of Cliff Akurang and an open goal but the ball ran wide of the post.
Well-earned draw for Thurrock, Aveley and East Thurrock are the highlights of the first full saturday of the season.
A 15th minute close range bundled in header from Che Stadhart was enough to secure the three points for Harlow at Rookery Hill this afternoon.
With three heats to go Richardson popped out of the gate to defeat Karlsson in thirteen as Shields saw off fellow countryman Proctor, putting the Hammers six points up. Davidsson and Robson then filled the minor placings in the penultimate race as Woffiden took his only win of the night before Richardson completed a resounding full maximum in the final race.
BELHUS CC Cricket Week takes place from August 29th to September 3rd. YourThurrock will be covering events on each and every day. We will be supplying full details of the festival, next week.
The first day of the season for the Ryman League teams. Most eyes will be on Grays Ath to see if they can adapt to the tough old world down at the Ryman Div One North.
“It’s not a great deal of money and won’t put the club in an uncomfortable position. But if you do a job you expect to get paid for it and that’s the bottom line.”
THURROCK Swimming Club celebrate one of their most successful National Age Group Championships ever, after a gruelling week competing against the cream of British age group swimming and top competitors from as far as Dubai, Turkey and the Republic of Ireland.
FORMER Tottenham midfielder Simon Wormull grabbed the winner as Lewes ran out 2-1 winners at home to Thurrock in Blue Square Bet south.
The Lakeside Hammers, in proud association with The Royal Navy, face the 2009 Sky Sports Elite League champions, the Wolverhampton Wolves at the Arena-Essex Raceway this Friday, 20th August.
Having said that, these are the games to try things out and it was clear that the performance in the second half will have lifted the spirits of the whole team and certainly make them excited for the first run out of the season against Harlow Town on Saturday.
AVRAM Grant and George Burley joined a host of interested onlookers as a star-studded West Ham beat Crystal Palace 2-1.
And it did not get much better after the break as Harlow dominated for the majority of the half, something that must be worrying boss Alan Kimble, and after a goalmouth scramble Andy Porter managed to bundle the ball home from close range.
Home striker Ishmail grabbed two first half goals, split by an equaliser from Jimmy Webb. Kris Newby saw his second successive penalty saved before the break and things looked bleak for Rocks when Margate grabbed a third.
A second half performance which destroyed the Saints defence saw the Hammers pull off a fantastic morale boosting win just one week away from the league season.
Loan signing Tal Ben Haim, Fabio Daprela, Kieron Dyer, Junior Stanislas, Freddie Sears, Frank Nouble and Jordan Spence could all figure in Dyer’s squad for the fixture, which will kick-off at Thurrock FC at 2pm.
“I also went to a training camp with Chinese training with them every day. Great experience sharing our different ways of training and lots of sparring in boxing conditions”
Billy Winter struck his third century of his playing career in this extraordinary performance at The Paddock on Sunday. Belhus started off their innings in the worst possible way, losing Joe Joyce and their skipper, Chris Baker, in the first over, to leave the visitors tottering with only seven runs on the board.
The games were in full swing and along the side of the green a number of stalls raising money for the club gave the feel of a real community spirit down at the Cliffs Place club.
