Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 31 March 2014

Happy Birthday this week to Dominic Bannister, Thomas Brennan, Richard Goodman, Alfredo Melao, Marie Sato, Yousif Shehabi, Barry Walsh

WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONS – The World Masters Indoor Championships took place in Budapest, Hungary from the 25-30 March. ANTHONY WHITEMAN V40 came away with 2 gold medals and GREG DUNSON V50 won a Gold Medal.

ANTHONY in his first appearance in a World Masters Championships won the Gold Medal in his number 1 event the 800m, he eased through the heats (2:01.42) then won his semi- final (2:03.44) in the final he moved up a gear or two winning the Gold Medal (1:52.60). ANTHONY stepped up to the 3000m and proved too strong for the opposition winning the Gold Medal (SB 8:49.86) finishing 12.82 seconds in front of the runner up, his run ranks him UK No.2 V40 in 2014. GREG DUNSON V50 was competing in his first Indoor Championships after winning 3 Outdoor Hurdles titles. GREG won his heat (8.78) and in the final secured the Gold Medal (8.53). NENGI OSSAI V35 competing in his first Indoor Championships opened his 60m account winning Heat 5 in a personal best (6.99) taking .11 of a second off his V35 time in 2011, which ranks him UK No.3 V35 in 2014. NENGI won his semi-final (7.04), in the Final he finished just outside the medals in 4th place (7.05).

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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Main Weekly Newsletter 10 March 2014

Hi All, Happy Birthday this week to Saleh Al-Minji, Carole Brown, Claire Coomey, Daniel Davies, James Grant, Conrad Holland, Patrick Jacobs, Dita JaJa, Kieran Moreland, Charlton Omorogbe, Jake Shelley, Sophia Taglia

DAVE BEDFORD RECEIVES HIS OBE – Dave received his OBE from the Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace on 4 March. Dave recently stepped aside from his race director role at the London Marathon to focus on assembling the elite field. “But I’m more proud to be part of an incredible event whose fundraising has totalled over half a billion pounds for charitable causes since its inception and attracts the world’s best distance runners to London each year”. Photograph attached

RICHARD GOODMAN WINS INTER COUNTIES – Richard turned the tables on Steve Vernon at Cofton Park in Birmingham last Saturday. Richard who just lost out in the National won this time by 9 seconds (33.54). Other notable performances came from our Under 17 athletes SOPHIA PARVIZI-WAYNE 9th (19.54), GREG COOKE 25th (19.19) and AMY CAMPBELL 21st (29.44) in the Senior Women’s race.

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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Indoor Weekly Newsletter Thursday 10 March 2014

The fixtures shown are just the basic information. For all Information on each fixture (How to enter etc) please refer to the two attached documents. 

Events that have a MARCH closing date – are 13/15 Pentathlon at Lee Valley on Sunday 30 March, Entries close on Wednesday 19 March. Under 13/15 Open at Lee Valley on Sunday 30 March, Entries close on Sunday 23 March.

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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Main Weekly Newsletter Thursday 3 March 2014

Happy Birthday this week to Khalid-Ali Ahmed, Saleh Al-Minji, James Grant, Patrick Jacobs, Dita JaJa, Lianne Langford, Harry Lodovica, Kieran Moreland, Charlton Omorogbe, Ian Rawlinson, Elma Rizvanovic, Sarah Sharnia, Dian Taylor

SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS AT ENGLAND U15/U17/U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS – which place in Sheffield over the week-end, our UK No.1 U20 sprinter OJIE EDOBURUN U20 won the 60m Silver Medal (6.73) just 2 hundredths of a second behind the winner. DYLAN CARLSSON-SMITH U17 who is UK No.3 U17 in 2014 claimed the Pole Vault Bronze Medal (4.00m)

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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Indoor Weekly Newsletter Thursday 3 March 2014

The fixtures shown are just the basic information. For all Information on each fixture (How to enter etc) please refer to the two attached documents. 

Events that have a MARCH closing date – are Birmingham Open Meeting on Saturday 22 March and Sunday 23 March, Closing date paper entries Entries Closed, online entries Saturday 8 March. 13/15 Pentathlon at Lee Valley on Sunday 30 March, Entries close on Wednesday 19 March. Under 13/15 Open at Lee Valley on Sunday 30 March, Entries close on Sunday 23 March.

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