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Athletics: Young Harriers bring home medals at Essex Champs

ANOTHER successful weekend for Thurrock Harriers at the Essex County Championships held in Chelmsford. Along with personal bests, the club came home with the following medalists:

Speedway: Lakeside are the hammers of the Scots

LAKESIDE maintained their immaculate home record with a 54-36 win over Edinburgh.

Speedway: Hammers banking on Mr Reliable

KYLE Newman is content with his part as Mister Reliable as Lakeside's triple-pronged push for silverware continues at home to Edinburgh on Saturday (7.45).

AmD with Cobra Exhausts targets points on the board at Thruxton

THE AmD with Cobra Exhausts team will seek to return to the points scoring positions when the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship heads for Thruxton this weekend for the third round of the year.

Football: Grays Athletic enjoy Presentation Evening

PLAYERS and supporters came together for this year's presentation of trophies.

Cricket: Rain falls on Orsett and Thurrock’s parade

WITH rain in the air O&T skipper Paul Bennett won the toss and decided to have a bowl at Buckhurst Hill in this first Shepherd Neame league fixture of the season.

Swimming: Thurrock swimmers chasing times in Basildon

THIS weekend, swimmers from Thurrock Swimming Club participated in a level 1 meet at Basildon’s 50m pool. Many swimmers were chasing times during this high-level competition to compete in this year’s national championships.

Cricket: Horndon crush Old Southendians

HORNDON'S 1st eleven started the season in style by comfortably beating a strong Old South’s team by 10 wickets. The game was delayed due to rain but after an early tea the overs were reduced and the game was to start at 3.20pm.

Cricket: Ferrets retain indoor title

ORSETT and Thurrock Ferrets retained the Thurrock Sports Council’s women’s indoor cricket title at Gateway Academy. They overcame strong opposition from Belhus Ladies and two further teams from their own club, the Amazons and Valkyries.

Cricket: Orsett and Thurrock 3rds beat Belhus (and the rain)

DESPITE the weather conditions at Orsett on Saturday, this Essex Cricket League local derby proved anything but a damp squib as the "world famous" OAT 3rd XI returned to league action at the start of the 2018 season, writes Eimer Wette.

Prokit UK Essex Olympian League – Saturday 12th May Round-Up

Catholic United celebrate with the Premier Division Title. (Photo by @eofl)   Premier Division Catholic United’s meteoric rise through the Olympian League reached the summit on Saturday...

Thurrock athletes lauded at Jack Petchey Awards

AN incredible 107 young people from youth clubs across Central Essex came together to receive prestigious Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement Awards presented at Civic Theatre in Chelmsford on Thursday 4th May.

Swimming: Personal Bests for Thurrock swimmers at Regionals

SWIMMERS from Thurrock Swimming Club participated at this year’s Regional Youth Championships held in Norwich.

Arena Essex: Cream Team rises to the top

THE Cream Team were awarded the title of the 2018 Team Race Champions at Arena Essex on Bank Holiday Monday, as a bumper crowd enjoyed a packed raceday which celebrated 40 years of racing at the Thurrock venue and the life of the tracks founder Chick Woodroffe.

Tilbury kick-boxers looking for sponsor to get them to world champs

A GROUP of kick-boxers at a Tilbury gym are looking for sponsors to help them get to a major championships.

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