TEAM CoBra promoted in SAL !

Sunday, August 9th, 2026

On Saturday 8th August, Team CoBra – the combined team drawing on senior athletes from Braintree & District AC and Colchester Harriers – won the final Southern Athletics League fixture of the 2026 season and gained promotion from Division 3 East to Division 2.

Congratulations to all athletes, team managers and volunteers who have represented and helped the team during the year.

Kelly Ayitefio preparing for the 100m

The team finished the competition with 358.5 points, ahead of Thurrock with 318, and Basildon 311.5, all some way ahead of the other four teams.

Top performers from Braintree & District AC include:

• August Moldova, our Masters over-40 sprinter who scored 2 B-string victories , a 4.42m life-time best in Long Jump (2nd A-string)), an A-string win in the High Jump with 1.38m. She was also a member of the winning 4x100m relay, racking up 34 points.
• Kelly Ayitefio with a win tin the 400m and 3rd in 3rd in the 100m, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay scored 22 points.
• Fraya Davey 2nd B-string Shot and 3rd B-string Discus scored 11 points.

!st place finishes (7 points per event)

• Kelly Ayitefio- 400m – 53.27
• Joshua Mulley – 800m (B) – 2:07.87
• Augusta Moldovan – 100m (B) – 14.06
• Augusts Moldovan – 200m (B) – 28.94
• Augusta Moldovan – HJ – 1.38m
• Josphine Larkins – Hammer (B) – 37.44m

2nd place finishes (6 points per event)

• August Moldovan – LJ – 4.42m (pb)
• Rebecca Greenslade – Discus (B) – 24.03m
• Fraya Davey – Shot (B) – 6.70m

3rd place finishes (5 points per event)

• Kelly Ayitefio – 100m – 12.10
• Mike Hills – Discus (B) – 13.31m
• 4x100m Men – 47.23
• 4x400m Mixed- 4:20.55
• Natalie Pepper – 100mH – 19.36
• Freya Davey – Javelin (B) – 13.54m

After the final round of the Southern Athletics League is at Thurrock on the 8th August – Team CoBra are promoted. After 4 rounds, the final table for Division 3 East looks like this:

Team Manager, April Reid, said: “TEAM CoBra did well again, and we managed to keep Thurrock in 2nd on their home track, and so clinch promotion. I’m looking forward to developing this team next year in Division 2.”

Final league positions

After 4 rounds, the final table for Division 3 East looks like this:

Individual results for the full team can be found here: https://www.southernathletics.org.uk/assets/files/results/2026/26sal3e4thurrock.htm