Happy Birthday from this Thursday 12 May to Malachi Amadi, Scott Amir, Sabrina Bakare, Evan Campbell, Dave Bradley, Adrien Chiyenne, Shimaala Elliott, Oliver Graham, Asha Horbacki, Prince Victorius John, Harry Kyriacou, Faith Lamptey, Barnie Malladine, James Musa, Haaris Mwagaza, Joshua Namiech-Oyebola, Bryan Ogbeor, Arthur Phillips, Lily Rachel and Efe Uwaifo

CHANGE OF JULY LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE FIXTURE DATE – The London Inter Club Challenge fixture scheduled to take place on Sunday 24 July, will now take place on Saturday 23 July at StoneX Stadium.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – The next meeting is on Wednesday 18 May
The events are 400m, 800m and Triple Jump. This is the link to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/whatopen04/

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES REVEALS QUEEN’S BATON RELAY ROUTE THROUGH ENGLAND – Birmingham 2022 announces much-anticipated route for the 16^th edition of Queen’s Baton Relay, ahead of this summer’s Commonwealth Games

Host Nation, England, will welcome the Relay this summer with every region involved. Route begins in London on 2 June with five-day celebration coinciding with Platinum Jubilee before travelling the country and concluding at the Opening Ceremony
Journey will visit 180 cities, towns and villages over 29 days. From depths of Nottingham‘s historic cave network, to the heights of Blackpool’s iconic Tower Ballroom, the Relay will take in some of nation’s best-loved landmarks
Travelling via land, air and sea, more than 180 communities in England will experience the Queen’s Baton on a route spanning 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometres). From energetic cities and historic market towns, to rolling countryside and rugged coastline, the Baton will head as far south as Cornwall and as far north as Northumberland.
Free-to-access landmark cultural moments will bring communities together in anticipation for the Games – the largest multi-sport event in the UK since London 2012

RESULTS
MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – Took place at Parliament Hill on 8 May.
Results are provisional, will update with any changes, SBs or PBs, when they are on the PO10.
Team Result – 1st London Heathside (96 points),2nd SBH (79), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (56), 4th Highgate Harriers (54), 5th Harrow (53), 6th Barnet (50), 7th Thames Valley Harriers (40), 8th Enfield & Haringey (24), 9th Ealing Eagles (23), 10th Queens Park Harriers (21), 11th Serpentine (19)
150m – U11B A2 BEN KASPAR U11 4th (24.02 w2.4), B1 AXEL TIRINZONI U11 1st (22.97 w1.5), Non Scoring DENNYS PASCAL U11 1st (22.89 w1.7), TIM BAKARE U11 2nd (23.95 w1.7), TINO KUFAZVINEI U11 3rd (23.97 w1.7), AMARI BARNOR U11 6th (26.02 w1.7)
150m – U11G A2 ANU JAIYEOLA U11 1st (21.16 w0.9), Non Scoring 1 DAMI ADEKUNIE U11 2nd (24.30 w1.2), ISABELLA HEATHCOTE U11 3rd (25.40 w1.2), 2 JUI HAYAKAWA U11 3rd (26.33 w2.3)
200m – U13B A1 LANI JAIYEOLA U13 3rd (27.03 w2.5), B1 DIJANI BARNOR U13 1st (26.27 w1.7), Non Scoring EDDIE PASCAL U13 1st (29.95 w2.8), JIMI ADU U13 2nd (30.34 w2.8), NATHAN HERMANN U13 4th (31.66)
200m – U13G A2 VERA DOUDKO U13 5th (30.50 w1.2), Non Scoring REMI ZAIDAN U13 6th (33.34 w0.8)
200m – U15B A1 NATHAN HOWELL U15 4th (24.77 w1.1), B1 HARRY PINCHERLE U15 3rd (25.25 w2.1)
200m – U15G A1 ANGEL MCLEOD U15 5th (26.01 w0.5), B1 ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U15 3rd (27.60 w2.7), Non Scoring TALYA ROBINSON U15 4th (29.38 w2.4), MORAYO IDRIS U15 7th (30.01 w2.4)
200m – U17M A1 EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (22.91 w0.7), B1 BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 1st (23.71 w1.8), Non Scoring OLIVER LAURENS U17 1st (24.53 w2.1), JADEN AULIS U17 2nd (24.57 w2.1)
200m – U17W A1 NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 2nd (26.09 w1.8), B1 MIA HIGSON U17 2nd (26.61 w1.4)
300m – U15B A1 NATHAN HOWELL U15 3rd (40.26), B1 SAM BORDOLEY U15 4th (49.21)
300m – U15G A1 LYDIA BALL U15 7th (46.29), B1 ANGEL MCLEOD U15 3rd (43.15), PHOEBE MUSIC U15 7th (49.61)
300m – U17W A1 MIA HIGSON U17 2nd (42.38), B1 AZARIA NWANKWO U17 1st (43.61)
400m – U17M A BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 2nd (55.50), B JADEN AULIS U17 2nd (60.35)
600m – U11B A BEN KASPAR U11 2nd (1:53.08), B LEWIS WARD U11 2nd (1:57.98), DENNYS PASCAL U11 3rd (2:03.09), Non Scoring ROAN PARKES U11 1st (1:58.11), PRINCE MOSES JOHN U11 4th (2:07.26)
600m – U11G A ELFIE SHAW U11 10th (2:25.73), B IZZY VOSS U11 7th (2:21.06)
800m – U13B A CALIB HILTON U13 2nd (2:25.10), B LADDIE SHAW U13 1st (2:37.35), Non Scoring XANDER REESE U13 1st (2:39.99), ZAK JOSEPHS U13 3rd (2:42.30), EDDIE PASCAL U13 4th (2:44.54), HENRY RYAN U13 6th (2:46.75)
800m – U13G A JASMYN PERRIN U13 8th (2:56.13)
800m – U15B A EUAN PHILLIPS U15 1st (2:14.96), B ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 1st (2:17.89), SAM BORDOLEY U15 5th (2:25.74), PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN U15 6th (2:30.48)
800m – U15G A PHOEBE MUSIC U15 5th (2:39.57), ERIN GIBLIN U15 11th (2:43.62), MEGAN HAMMOND U15 12th (2:45.89)
800m – U17M A DANIEL BANYARD U17 2nd (2:08.79), B JOSIAH WILLIAMS U17 1st (2:09.99), Non Scoring RAFI GAYER U17 1st (2:14.31), PETER BAVEL ZAYATS U17 6th (2:25.37)
800m – U17W A DINA SILVERMAN U17 6th (2:26.17), B NYAH CAINE U17 4th (2:44.36)
70m Hurdles – U13G A2 VERA DOUDKO U13 1st (13.73 w2.2)
75m Hurdles – U13B A2 JIMI ADU U13 2nd (13.85 w2.2)
75m Hurdles – U15G A1 ANGEL MCLEOD U15 1st (12.35 w2.2), B MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 2nd (12.72 w2.2)
Pole Vault – U15G Non Scoring ABI EDWARDS U15 1st (2.45m)
High Jump – U13B A HENRY RYAN U13 3rd (1.15m)
High Jump – U15B A RIAN SHAH U15 1st (1.55m)
High Jump – U15G A ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U15 3rd (1.35m)
High Jump – U17M A OSCAR RONCARATI U17 4th (1.55m)
High Jump – U17W A ALANA SAMJI U17 3rd (1.35m)
Long Jump – U11B A AXEL TIRINZONI U11 3rd (3.51m nwr)
Long Jump – U11G A ANU JAIYEOLA U11 3rd (3.63m nwr), B JUI HAYAWAKA U11 2nd (2.51m nwr), Non Scoring DAMI ADEKUNIEU11 9th (2.68m nwr)
Long Jump – U13B A LANI JAIYEOLA U13 3rd (4.33m nwr), B JIMI ADU U13 2nd (3.89m nwr)
Long Jump – U13G A JASMYN PERRIN U13 2nd (3.42m nwr), REMI ZAIDAN U13 9th (3.07m nwr), EVIE PINCHERLE U13 10th (3.06m nwr), B VERA DOUDKO U13 2nd (3.20m nwr)
Long Jump – U15B A HARRY PINCHERLE U15 3rd (4.77m nwr), B NATHAN HOWELL U15 2nd (4.43m nwr)
Long Jump – U15G A ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U15 10th (3.80m nwr), B LYDIA BALL U15 5th (3.57m nwr)
Long Jump – U17M A EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (5.67m nwr), B OLIVER LAURENS U17 1st (4.47m nwr)
Long Jump – U17W A KAREN APOLOTU17 8th (3.44m nwr), B NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 4th (3.40m nwr)
Vortex – U11B A BEN KASPAR U11 4th (28.90m), DENNYS PARCAL U11 6th (25.15m), TIM BAKARE U11 7th (22.00m), LEWIS WARD U11 9th (20.80m), B ROHAN PARKES U11 2nd (23.00m),
Vortex – U11G A ANU JAIYEOLA U11 5th (18.35m), JUI HAYAWAKA U11 13th (10.75m), B DAMI ADEKUNIE U11 1st (13.60m)
Discus 1.25kg – U15B A HARRY WEBB U15 1st (24.81m), B RIAN SHAH U15 2nd (15.25m)
Discus 1kg – U15G A MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 5th (12.59m), B ABI EDWARDS U15 2nd (12.56m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A OSCAR RONCARATI U17 2nd (19.26m)
Discus 1kg – U17W A MIA HIGSON U17 1st (17.88m), B ALANA SAMJI U17 1st (16.02m)
Shot 3kg – U13B A DIJANI BARNOR U13 2nd (6.83m), B EDDIE PASCAL U13 2nd (5.65m)
Shot 2.72kg – U13G A REMI ZAIDAN U13 5th (3.17m)
Shot 4kg – U15B A HARRY WEBB U15 1st (7.91m)
Shot 3kg – U15G A MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 5th (6.55m), B TAYLA ROBINSON U15 3rd (4.30m)
Shot 3kg – U17W A NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 4th (5.73m)
Javelin 400g – U13B A DIJANI BARNOR U13 5th (9.24m)
Javelin 400g – U13G A EVIE PINCHERLE U13 3rd (6.29m), JASMYN PERRIN U13 4th (5.88), B MEI HAYAWAKA U11 2nd (3.86m)
Javelin 500g – U15G A ABI EDWARDS U15 5th (4.92m)

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP ROUND 1A  – Took place at Sportscity on 7 May.
The results have been issued provisionaly, but there are incomplete with quite a few names missing. Will publish next week.

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – Took place at Watford on 1 May.
Team Result – 1st SBH (583.5 points), 2nd Dacorum (563), 3rd St Albans (475.5), 4th Herts Phoenix (427), 5th Watford (218), 6th Hawcs/Enfield & Haringey (87)

100m – U13B A LANI JAIYEOLA U13 1st (13.8 nwr), B DJANI BARNOR U13 1st (PB 13.2 nwr) taking .32 of a second off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.7 U13 in 2022, Non Scoring 1 BEN BAMISAIYE U13 2nd (PB 14.2 nwr), JIMI ADU U13 3rd (SB 14.5 nwr)
100m – U13G A FAITH LAMPTEY U13 3rd (PB 14.9 nwr), B ANU JAIYEOLA U11 1st (PB 14.2 nwr) taking .19 of a second off her 16 April time, Non Scoring 1 REMI ZEIDAN U13 4th (PB 16.6 nwr), EVIE PINCHERLE U13 7th (SB 17.7 nwr)
100m – U15B A NATHAN HOWELL U15 2nd (PB 12.6 nwr), B HARRY PINCHERLE U15 2nd (PB 12.9 nwr) taking .30 of a second off his 2021 time, Non Scoring 1 RIAN SHAH U15 1st (PB 13.2 nwr) equalling his 2021 time, SETH RENNIE-REDDY U15 3rd (PB 13.3 nwr) equalling his 2021 time, 2 ASHER ESCOBAR U15 5th (SB 14.5 nwr)
100m – U15G A ANGEL MCLEOD U15 1st (PB 12.6 nwr) taking .28 of a second off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U15 in 2022, B ONYEBUCHIE ODIAKA U15 1st (SB 13.2 nwr) taking .26 of a second off her 16 April time, Non Scoring 1 LYDIA BALL U15 1st (PB 13.7 nwr) equalling her 2021 time, DEANNA KORONTENG-ADDO U15 3rd (SB 14.6 nwr), 2 SHENEL OKRAH U15 3rd (PB 14.2 nwr) taking .20 of a second off her 2021 time, TALYA ROBINSON U15 5th (PB 14.4 nwr)
100m – U17M A EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 3rd (PB 11.4 nwr) taking .10 of a second off his 2021 time, B BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 1st (PB 12.0 nwr) taking .17 of a second off his 24 April time, Non Scoring 1 NIKITA PETROV U17 1st (PB 12.6 nwr) taking .18 of a second off his 2021l time, 2 OLIVER LAURENS U17 1st (SB 12.0 nwr), MATEI FRUNZA U17 3rd (PB 12.4 nwr), JADEN AULIS U17 4th (SB 12.6 nwr)
100m – U17M A ANNA ROSE U17 4th (SB 12.8 nwr) taking .07 of a second off her 24 April time, B NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 1st (SB 12.9 nwr) taking .25 of a second off her 24 April time, Non Scoring 1 WERINIKA KALINSKI U17 1st (14.0 nwr)
200m – U13B A DJANI BARNOR U13 1st (PB 27.3 nwr) taking 1.04 seconds off his 2021 time, B BEN BAMISAIYE U13 1st (29.7 nwr)
200m – U13G A FAITH LAMPTEY U13 4th (PB 31.7 nwr), B ANU JAIYEOLA U11 2nd (PB 30.0 nwr)
200m – U15B A NATHAN HOWELL U15 2nd (PB 25.1 nwr) taking 4.38 seconds off his 2021 time, B HARRY PINCHERLE U15 1st (PB 25.6 nwr) taking .44 of a second off his 19 March time, Non Scoring 2 ASHER ESCOBAR U15 2nd (28.5 nwr)
200m – U15G A ANGEL MCLEOD U15 1st (PB 12.6 nwr) taking .28 of a second off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U15 in 2022, B ONYEBUCHIE ODIAKA U15 1st (SB 13.2 nwr) taking .26 of a second off her 16 April time, Non Scoring LYDIA BALL U15 2nd (PB 28.4 nwr) taking .74 of a second off her 10 April time, TALYA ROBINSON U15 3rd (PB 29.8 nwr), DEANNA KORONTENG-ADDO U15 4th (SB 30.7 nwr)
200m – U17M A ZICO JONES U17 1st (PB 22.6 nwr) taking .29 of a second off his 19 March time, and is ranked UK No.9 U17 in 2022, B EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (PB 22.9 nwr) taking .86 of a second off his 24 April time, Non Scoring OLIVER LAURENS U17 1st (SB 24.8 nwr)
200m – U17M A NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 2nd (SB 26.8 nwr) taking .37 of a second off her 16 January time, B AZARIA NWANKWO U17 1st (PB 27.4 nwr) taking .25 of a second off her 2021 time, Non Scoring LUCY CAMPOS U17 2nd (SB 28.6 nwr) taking .29 of a second off her 16 April time, WERINIKA KALINSKI U17 3rd (29.2 nwr)
300m – U15B A JAKE KESTER U15 4th (46.3)
300m – U15G A MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 2nd (44.5), B DINA SILVERMAN U15 1st (SB 47.3)
300m – U17W A LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U17 1st (44.1), B MIA HIGSON U17 1st (43.4)
400m – U17M A ZICO JONES U17 1st (50.9), B BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 1st (PB 55.0), Non Scoring JADEN AULIS U17 1st (PB 58.8), AIDEN GAFFEY U17 2nd (59.6)
800m – U13B A CALEB HILTON U13 2nd (PB 2:31.5) taking 3.67 seconds off his 16 April time, B JACK REDFORD U13 2nd (SB 2:47.0), Non Scoring EDWARD PASCAL U13 1st (PB 2:47.4)
800m – U13G A HETTIE HOLBROOK U13 2nd (PB 2:47.5), B ELIZABETH OTHULO U13 1st (PB 2:41.0)
800m – U15B A JARRED MORRIS U15 5th (PB 2:28.4) taking 7.28 seconds off his 2021 time, B CHARLIE CUTLER U15 2nd (SB 2:32.9)
800m – U15G A MEGAN HAMMOND U15 5th (SB 2:46.0), B DINA SILVERMAN U15 1st (2:30.3), Non Scoring NYAH CAINE U15 1st (SB 2:48.3)
800m – U17M A JOSHUA WILLIAMS-OLLIVIERRA U17 3rd (2:11.0), B JACOB CLEMENT U17 1st (2:12.0)
800m – U17W A LARISSA WILSON U17 1st (2:23.6), B MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 1st (2:25.9)
1500m – U13B A LADDIE SHAW U13 2nd (PB 5:11.3) taking 14.50 seconds off his 2021 time, B BEN KASPAR U13 2nd (PB 5:17.8), Non Scoring EDWARD PASCAL U13 1st (PB 2:47.4)
800m – U13G A ELIZA LEIBOWITZ U13 4th (PB 6:22.9), B JASMYN PERRIN U13 1st (PB 6:28.7)
1500m – U15B A EUAN PHILLIPS U15 1st (PB 4:47.7) taking 30.90 seconds off his 2021 time, B ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 1st (PB 4:47.8) taking 5.20 seconds off his 2021 time, Non Scoring PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN U15 1st (PB 4:49.5)
1500m – U15G A POSIE SHAW U15 1st (4:59.8), B PHOEBE MUSIC U15 2nd (SB 5:50.7)
1500m – U17M A PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS U17 5th (SB 4:44.0)
70m Hurdles – U15G A ELIZABETH OTHULO U15 3rd (PB 14.1 nwr), B VERA DOUDKO U15 2nd (SB 15.4 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U13B A JIMI ADU U13 1st (PB 13.7 nwr) taking 1.90 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.6 U13 in 2022
75m Hurdles – U15G A SIENNA CORBYN U15 2nd (PB 12.8 nwr), B EVA HIGSON U15 1st (PB 12.6 nwr) taking .40 of a second off her 2021 time
80m Hurdles – U15B A RIAN SHAH U15 2nd (PB 13.3 nwr), B ASHER ESCOBAR U15 2nd (PB 15.0 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U17W A AZARIA NWANKWO U17 1st (12.8 nwr)
4x100m Relay – U13B SBH 1st (SB 55.1) LANI JAIYEOLA, JIMI ADU, BEN BANISAIYE, DIJANI BARNOR, U13G SBH 1st (SB 59.9) HETTIE HOLBROOK, FAITH LAMPTEY, VERA DOUDKO, ANU JAIYEOLA, U15B SBH 2nd (SB 51.3) ASHER ESCOBAR, RIAN SHAH, HARRY PINCHERLE, NATHAN HOWELL, U15G SBH 1st (SB 52.4) MACIE SUTHERLAND, SIENNA CORBYN, BUCHI ODIAKA, ANGEL MCLEOD, U17M SBH 1st (SB 46.8) taking 5.04 seconds off their 24 April time EBUKA NWOKEJI, BRANDON KUFAZVINEI, OLIVER LAURENS, ZICO JONES, U17W SBH 1st (51.2) LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL, NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, MIA HIGSON, ANNA ROSE
High Jump – U13G A ELIZA LEIBOWITZ U13 2nd (PB 1.23m), B FAITH LAMPTEY U13 3rd (PB 1.05m)
High Jump – U15B A RIAN SHAH U15 2nd (SB 1.50m), B JAKE KESTER U15 1st (1.55m)
High Jump – U15GB A MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 4th (SB 1.35m) equalling her 20 March height
High Jump – U17M A OSCAR RONCARATI U17 3rd (PB 1.50m), B MATAI FRUNZA U17 2nd (PB 1.35m)
High Jump – U17W A ALANA SAMJI U17 3rd (PB 1.35m), B MIA HIGSON U17 2nd (PB 1.20m) adding 10cm to her 2021 height
Long Jump – U13B A LANI JAIYEOLA U13 1st (4.30m nwr), B JIMI ADU U13 1st (SB 3.45m nwr), Non Scoring BEN BAMISAIYE U13 2nd (SB 3.52m nwr) adding 2cm to his 26 March jump
Long Jump – U13G A ANU JAIYEOLA U11 4th (SB 3.80m nwr), B VERA DOUDKO U13 1st (3.35m nwr), Non Scoring JASMYN PERRIN U13 3rd (PB 3.25m nwr) adding 3cm to her 2021 jump, REMI ZEIDAN U13 4th (PB 3.18m nwr), EVIE PINCHERLE U13 5th (PB 3.16m nwr) adding 37cm to her 2021 jump
Long Jump – U15B A HARRY PINCHERLE U15 1st (PB 5.08m nwr) adding 75cm to his 2021 jump
Long Jump – U15G A MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 3rd (PB 4.26m nwr) adding 9cm to her 2021 jump, B SIENNA CORBYN U15 2nd (4.22m nwr)
Long Jump – U17M A EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 2nd (PB 5.75m nwr) adding 14cm to his 24 April jump
Long Jump – U17W A LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U17 3rd (PB 4.13m nwr) adding 12cm to her 2019 jump, B ALANA SAMJI U17 1st (PB 3.50m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17W A LUCY CAMPOS U17 2nd (PB 6.68m nwr), B NAOMI OGUNNIYI U17 1st (PB 6.53m nwr)
Shot 2.72kg – U13G A ELIZABETH OTHULO U13 4th (PB 5.10m), B HETTIE HOLBROOK U13 3rd (PB 3.79m)
Shot 3kg – U15B A EDWARD PASCAL U15 4th (PB 4.04m), B BEN KASPAR U15 3rd (PB 3.72m), U15G A SIENNA CORBYN U15 3rd (5.79m), B ANGEL MCLEOD U15 2nd (PB 5.40m) adding 10cm to her 2021 put, U17W A ELENI CAPONI U20 3rd (PB 9.05m), B NAOMI OGUNNIYU U17 3rd (7.64m)
Shot 4kg – U15B A SETH RENNIE-REDDY U15 4th (PB 6.57m)
Shot 5kg – U17M A THOMAS FERNAND U17 2nd (PB 8.47m) adding 53cm to his 24 April put, B MILO GRIGSON U17 2nd (PB 8.45m)
Discus 0.75kg – U13G A HETTIE HOLBROOK U13 3rd (PB 9.92m)
Discus 1kg – U13B A BEN KASPAR U13 3rd (PB 10.59m), B DJANI BARNOR U13 2nd (SB 9.04m), U15G A SHENEL OKRAH U15 3rd (PB 15.32m), B LYDIA BALL U15 3rd (PB 7.78m), U17W A MIA HIGSON U17 3rd (PB 16.82m) adding 1.71m to her 2021 throw, B AZARIA NWANKWO U17 3rd (PB 8.10m)
Hammer 5kg – U17M A THOMAS FERNAND U17 2nd (PB 23.21m) adding 6.55m to his 24 April throw
Javelin 400g – U13G A VERA DOUDKO U13 3rd (PB 10.51m) adding 2.20m to her 2021 throw, B JASMYN PERRIN U13 2nd (PB 8.24m) adding 1.67m to her 2021 throw
Javelin 500g – U15G A EVA HIGSON U15 3rd (PB 18.78m) adding 2.71m to her 2021 throw, B SHENEL OKRAH U15 3rd (PB 9.18m), U17W A NAOMI OGUNNIYI U17 3rd (SB 22.35m) adding 3.32m to her 24 April throw
Javelin 600g – U15B A JAKE KESTER U15 3rd (PB 20.19m)
Javelin 700g – U17M A MILO GRIGSON U17 2nd (PB 37.45m) adding 2,32m to his 24 April throw, B THOMAS FERNAND U17 2nd (PB 36.66m) adding 1.88m to his 24 April throw

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – Took place at Eton on 24 April
Team Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (719 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (629), 3rd Reading (604), 4th SBH (599)

100m – U17M A MALACHI AMADI U17 1st (SB 11.50 w-2.4), B EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 2nd (SB 11.83 w-3.2), Non Scoring SAUGAT PUN U17 1st (SB 12.18 w-1.3), BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 2nd (PB 12.27 w-1.3)
100m – U17W A ANNA ROSE U17 1st (SB 12.87 w-0.6), B NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 1st (SB 13.15 w-2.7)
100m – U20M A EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA U20 1st (SB 10.92 w-2.2) and is ranked UK No.10 in 2022, B JOSEPH PURBRICK U20 1st (11.32 w-2.7), Non Scoring ONAOPE SOGBESAN U20 3rd (SB 12.13 w-0.8), ERNEST BARNES U20 5th (SB 12.34 w-0.8), BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 6th (SB 12.38 w-0.8)
100m – U20W A NIA AKINTOKUN U17 2nd (SB 25.60 w-0.3), B TOSIN JOKOSENUMI U17 5th (SB 13.54 w-1.7)
200m – U17M A MALACHI AMADI U17 2nd (SB 22.91 w-0.7) taking .36 of a second off his 10 April time, B EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 2nd (PB 23.76 w-1.8) taking .06 of a second off his 2022 time
200m – U17W A NIA AKINTOKUN U17 2nd (SB 12.86 w-4.7), B TOSIN JOKOSENUMI U17 3rd (SB 27.98 w-1.7), Non Scoring ANNA ROSE U17 1st (26.71 w-1.7)
200m – U20M A EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA U20 1st (PB 21.95 w-2.8) taking .56 of a second off his 2021 time, B CALVIN SMITH U20 4th (23.21 w-1.6)
200m – U20W A EMILY NEWNHAM U20 1st (SB 24.39 w-1.9), B VANESSA ANSUAA U20 2nd (26.81 w-1.9)
400m – U17M A ZICO JONES U17 2nd (50.95), B JACOB CLEMENT U17 3rd (PB 56.60)
400m – U20M A CALVIN SMITH U20 2nd (SB 49.52), B ERNEST BARNES U20 1st (PB 51.30)
400m – U20W A VANESSA ANSUAA U20 1st (SB 60.54), B OLIVIA LAVA U20 3rd (77.30)
800m – U17M A GIANLEO STUBBS U17 1st (PB 1:59.02) taking .11 of a second off his 20 April time, B JACOB CLEMENT U17 2nd (2:21.96)
800m – U17W A MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 3rd (2:26.80)
800m – U20W A NICOLE MCGOVERN U20 1st (2:15.62), B SYDNEY ALLEN U20 2nd (SB 2:30.57)
800m – U20M A ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN U20 4th (SB 1:59.87), B GILAD NACHSHEN U20 4th (2:12.26)
1500m – U17M A HENRY DOVER U17 1st (PB 4:00.42) taking 2.63 seconds off his 2020 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U17 in 2022, B JOSHUA GOLDSTEIN U17 4th (PB 4:43.19) taking 44.78 of his 2018 time
1500m – U17W A RUBY VINTON U17 2nd (SB 4:49.31)
1500m – U20M A LUCA STUBBS U20 1st (4:04.07), B ABDIRAHIM HAMUD U20 1st (SB 4:09.85)
3000m – U17M A SPIKE BLAKE U17 1st (PB 9:22.48) taking 41.38 seconds off his 2021 time
3000m – U20M A SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U20 2nd (SB 9:21.19), B JOSHUA FISHER U20 1st (PB 9:24.11) taking 19.09 seconds off his 2021 time
80m Hurdles – U17W A NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 2nd (PB 12.90 w0.0)
100m Hurdles – U17M A OSCAR RONCARATI U17 4th (PB 16.26 w-1.4)
110m Hurdles – U20M A RUBEN HEDMAN U20 2nd (SB 15.59 w-4.2) taking .22 of a second off his 10 April time
300m Hurdles – U17W A AZARIA NWANKWO U17 4th (SB 51.66)
400m Hurdles – U20W A EMILY NEWNHAM U20 1st (SB 61.11) and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2022
4x100m Relay – U17M SBH 5th (SB 51.84) BRANDON KUFAZVINEI, EBUKA NWOKEJI, SAUGAT PUN, ZICO JONES, U17W SBH 2nd (SB 49.01) NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, NIAH AKINTOKUN, TOSIN JOKOSENUMI, ANNA ROSE, U20M SBH 3rd (SB 47.49) RUBEN HEDMAN, BRYAN OGBEBOR, OSCAR RONCARATI U17, ERNEST BARNES, U20W SBH 3rd (SB 51.10) LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U17, VANESSA ANSUAA, AMELIA DALEY, MIA HIGSON U17
4x300m Relay – U17W SBH 2nd (PB 3:01.23) and is ranked UK No.5 U17 in 2022, AZARIA NWANKWO, NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, NICOLE MCGOVERN, LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL
4x400m Relay – U17M SBH 2nd (SB 3:41.93) GIANLEO STUBBS, ZICO JONES, BRANDON KUFAZVINEI, JACOB CLEMENT, U20M SBH 3rd (SB 3:40.82) GILAD NACHSHEN, ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN, CALVIN SMITH, OSCAR RONCARATI U17, U20W SBH 2nd (SB 4:11.25) VANESSA ANSUAA, SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD, MIA HIGSON U17, EMILY NEWNHAM
High Jump – U17W A LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U17 4th (SB 1.30m)
High Jump – U20M A KIMANI JACK U20 1st (1.95m)
High Jump – U20W A EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 2nd (1.65m), B REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 1st (SB 1.60m) equalling her 16 April height
Pole Vault – U17M A THOMAS FERNAND U17 4th (PB 2.45m)
Long Jump – U17M A TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 6.60m nwr) adding 23cm to his 2021 jump, and is ranked UK No.2 U17 in 2022, B EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (PB 5.61m nwr) adding 32cm to his 2021 jump
Long Jump – U17W A MIA HIGSON U17 5th (SB 3.67m nwr)
Long Jump – U20W A AMELIA DALEY U20 3rd (SB 5.44m nwr), B KACEY WALTERS U20 1st (PB 5.36m nwr) adding 30cm to her 2019 jump
Triple Jump – U20W A KACEY WALTERS U20 1st (11.63m nwr), B AMELIA DALEY U20 1st (11.29m nwr)
Shot 3kg – U17W A NAOMI OGUNNIYI U20 4th (SB 8.46m)
Shot 4kg – U20W A GRACIE JENVEY U20 (2nd Claim) 4th (PB 7.97m), B HANNAH OGUNNIYI U20 3rd (PB 7.55m)
Shot 5kg – U17M A TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (15.22m), B THOMAS FERNAND U17 1st (PB 8.24m)
Shot 6kg – U20M A JAMES ISAACS U20 2nd (SB 12.64m)
Discus 1kg – U20W A KATIE WEBB U20 5th (SB 34.26m) adding 1.42m to her 16 April throw, B OLIVIA LAVA U20 1st (SB 33.24m) adding 65cm to her 16 April throw
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 2nd (42.66m)
Discus 1.75kg – U20M A PHARRELL HAREWOOD U20 3rd (PB 41.77m) adding 31cm to his 20 April throw, B JAMES ISAACS U20 1st (39.22m)
Hammer 4kg – U20W A JESSICA CHARLIE-BENNETT U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 52.34m) adding 2.39m to her 20 April throw, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2022, B GRACE JENVEY U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 44.22m) and is ranked UK No.10 U20 in 2022, Non Scoring HANNAH OGUNNIYI U20 1st (PB 20.35m)
Hammer 5kg – U17M A THOMAS FERNAND U17 4th (PB 16.66m)
Hammer 6kg – U20M A ONAOPE SOGBESAN U20 2nd (PB 25.12m) adding 31cm to his 9 April throw, B JAMES ISAACS U20 1st (SB 23.62m)
Javelin 600g – U20W A HANNAH OGUNNIYI U20 5th (PB 17.95m)
Javelin 700g – U17M A JACOB AXTELL U17 (2nd Claim) 2nd (51.92m), B MILO GRIGSON U17 2nd (PB 36.13m), Non Scoring THOMAS FERNAND U17 1st (PB 34.78m)
Javelin 800g – U20M A MILAN TRAJKOVIC U20 2nd (PB 57.54m) adding 1.46m to his 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.10 U20 in 2022, B JAMES ISAACS U20 1st (SB 23.62m)

Team Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (719 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (629), 3rd Reading (604), 4th SBH (599)

CARDIFF THROWS MEETING – Took place at Abedare on 10 May
Hammer 4kg – U20W JESSICA-CHARLIE BENNETT U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 54.21) adding 65cm to her 2 May throw, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2022

LIMASSOL INTERNATIONAL – Took place at Limassol, Cyprus on 8 May
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 3rd (PB 64.35m) adding 8cm to his 16 April throw, and is ranked UK No.2 in 2022

JAAA/SDF JUBILEE SERIES – Took place at Kingston, Jamaica on 7 May
200m – SM 4 ZHARNEL HUGHES 1st (SB 20.56 w-0.7) and is ranked UK No.3 in 2022

PORTLAND TWILIGHT – Took place at Portland, Oregon, USA on 7 May
1500m – SW LIZZIE BIRD 3rd (4:21.27)

SCOTTISH ATHLETICS THROWS AND JUMPS GRAND PRIX – Took place at Grangemouth on 7 May
Long Jump – SX A SELINA HENDERSON 1st (5.52m w0.4)

MEETING IBIZA – Took place at Ibiza, Spain on 7 May
1500m – SM ISAAC HIRSHMAN CHANDLER U23 10th (PB 8:21.67) taking 4.04 seconds off his 2021 time

MAAC CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lawrenceville, New Jersey, USA on 7-8 May
1500m – H1 JAMIE DEE (Iona College) 3rd (SB 3:58.90), in the final JAMIE finished 8th (SB 3:56.75) taking 2.15 seconds off his H1 time

IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at New Haven, Conneticut, USA on 7-8 May
5000m – SM LIAM GARRETT U23 (Yales University 2nd Claim) 22nd (15:11,68)
100m Hurdles – SW H1 LILY PARRIS U20 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 4th (SB 14.10 w3.1) taking .03 of a second off her 23 April time, in the Final LILY finished 4th (SB 13.99 w3.5) taking .11 of a second off her H1l time

OREGON TWILIGHT – Took place at Eugene, Oregon, USA on 6 May
1500m – SW 2 LIZZIE BIRD 1st (SB 4:15.02)

SOUND RUNNING TRACK MEETING – Took place at San Juan Capistrano, California, USA on 6-7 May
800m – SM 1 KYLE LANGFORD 3rd (1:47.49) in the next race KYLE finished 3rd (1:49.16)
800m – SW 1 ELLIE BAKER 7th (SB 202.20) taking 3.57 seconds off her 9 April time, and is ranked UK No.6 in 2022, in the next race ELLIE finished 2nd (2:02.30)

USD TWILIGHT – Took place at Vermillion, South Dakota, USA on 6 May
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 6th (4.88m)

NJCAA REGIONAL VI CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Garden City, Kansas, USA on 5-7 May
Long Jump – SM B BRAD DAVIES-PUGHE U20 (Cloud County University) 4th (7.31m w4.0)

SAC CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Anderson, South Carolina, USA on 5-6 May
800m – SM H1 MITCHEL COX (Queens University South Carolina) 2nd (1:55.61) in the next race MITCHEL finished 4th (1:54.73)
1500m – SM H2 MITCHEL COX (Queens University South Carolina) 3rd (3:58.27) in the next race MITCHEL finished 1st (3:52.53)

SOUTHAMPTON INVITATIONAL THROWS MEETING – Took place at Winchester on 1 May
Pole Vault – SX B STACEY GONZALEZ BETENCOURT V45 2nd Equal (2.70m)

BUCS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Chelmsford on 30 April to 2 May
200m – SM H6 ALEX STAPLETON U23 (East Anglian University) 6th (PB 24.20 w-1,0) taking .53 of a second off his 22 January time
200m – SW H3 REBECCA JEGGO U23 (Essex University 2nd Claim) 1st (24.99 w0.4) in Semi-Final 2 REBECCA finished 2nd (24.56 w-0.2), in the Final REBECCA finished 4th (24.44 w0.6)
400m – SM H1 ALEX STAPLETON U23 (East Anglian University) 6th (PB 53.47) taking 2.03 seconds off his 1 April time
400m – SW H1 VANESSA ANSUAA U20 3rd (PB 58.88) taking ,33 of a second off her 2021 time
800m – SM H3 SAM WIGGINS U23 2nd (SB 1:54.14) in Semi-Final 3 SAM finished 3rd (SB 1:54.14) equalling his H3 time
5000m – SM 1 JEREMY DEMPSEY (Cambridge University) 6th (SB 14:22.58) taking .69 of a second off his 20 February time, 2 BEN WINFIELD U23 (Warwick University) 11th (PB 15:09.39) taking 32.41 seconds off his 2021 time, NATHAN GODDARD U23 (Exeter University) 13th (15:36.06)
2000m Steeplechase – SW H2 AMELIA WILLS U23 (2nd Claim) 4th (PB 7:02.31) taking 1.73 seconds off her 16 April time, in the Final AMELIA 8th (PB 6:54.59) taking 7.72 seconds off her H2 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U23 in 2022
100m Hurdles – SW H2 MARLI JESSOP U20 1st (13.81 w0.3) in the Final MARLI won the Bronze Medal (PB 13.64 w1.0) taking .09 of a second off her 27 March time, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2022
400m Hurdles – SM H2 JOSHUA FAULDS U23 (Loughborough Students) 1st (SB 52.78), H3 NIALL CARNEY (Warwick University) 1st (53.84) in Semi-Final 1 JOSHUA finished 1st (SB 51.78) taking .10 of a second off his H2 time, in Semi-Final 2 NIALL finished 2nd (SB 52,82) taking 1.02 seconds off his H3 time, in the Final JOSHUA won the Gold Medal (SB 51.69) taking .10 of a second off his Semi-Final 1 time, and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2022, NIALL finished 4th (SB 52,81) taking .01 of a second off his Semi-Final 2 time
High Jump – SM Q1 EVAN CAMPBELL U23 (Birmingham University) 3rd (1.90m) in the Final EVAN finished 9th (1.90m)
High Jump – SW Q2 CLAIRE MCGARVEY U23 (Glasgow University) 2nd Equal (1.69m), TRINITY O’CONNOR U23 (Birmingham University) 9th Equal (SB 1.55m) in the Final CLAIRE finished 5th (1.74m)
Pole Vault – SW 2 TRINITY O’CONNOR U23 (Birmingham University) 2ndl PB 3.50m) adding 15cm to her 20 February height, and is ranked UK No.10 U23 in 2022
Long Jump – SM Q1 JOSH WOODS U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (14.80m w-1.1) in the Final JOSH finished 10th (6.85m w1.9)
Long Jump – SW Q2 AMELIA DALEY U20 6th (5.28m w1,2)
Triple Jump – SM Q2 JOSH WOODS U23 (Birmingham University) 2nd (6.76m w-2.0) in the Final JOSH won the Silver Medal (14.91m w0.7)
Triple Jump – SW Q2 JAZZ SEARS U23 2nd (11.74m w-0.3), AMELIA DALEY U20 5th (11.32m w-0.6) in the Final JAZZ finished 8th (11.54m w-0.8), AMELIA finished 10th (11.09m w-1.0)
Shot 7.26kg – SM Q1 EVAN CAMPBELL U23 (Birmingham University) 6th (13.33m) in the Final EVAN finished 9th (13.47m)
Discus 2kg – SM Q2 EVAN CAMPBELL U23 (Birmingham University) 11th (SB 38.95m)
Hammer 4kg – SW Q1 PHILIPPA DAVENALL (Nottingham University) 1st (61.08m in the Final PHILIPPA won the Silver Medal (56.73m)
Javelin 800g – SM Q1 DANIEL BAINBRIDGE (Loughborough Students) 1st (68.77m) in the Final DANIEL won the Gold Medal (71.01m)

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Bushey on 7 May.
STUART SINGER V60 134th (21,43) this was his 329th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 156th (22.00) this was his 177th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 7 May.
JAKE KESTER U 27th (24.57) this was his 4th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Fell Foot on 7 May.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 144th (31.57) this was his 222nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gladstone on 7 May.
JULIAN LAMY 3rd (18.56) this was his 35th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 7 May.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 189th (29.05) this was his 244th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 7 May.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 71st (25.26) this was his 115th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 7 May.
LILY PLASETT U15 147th (28.56) this was her 23rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 7 May.
SHONA MICHEL V50 14th (26.56) this was her 61st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Woking on 7 May.
REBEKAH HOUNSELL 16th (PB 19.42) this was her 66th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 12 MAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 9 JUNE – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

MIDDLESEX U13 UP TO SENIOR CENTENARY T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 14 May to Sunday 15 May at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
As a general guide U17, U20 & Seniors will compete on Saturday and U13 & U15 on Sunday.
Link for on-line entries – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/mdx-all/
Entries Close Saturday 30 April

NIGHT OF THE 10000m PBs – Takes place on Saturday 14 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Established in 2013, the 2022 races incorporates the British 10,000m Championships and return as the British Athletics 10,000m time trial race for the World Championships and European 10,000m Cup. Taking place at Parliament Hill Athletics Track, it will also provide a key performance indicator for athletes targeting the European Championships in Munich later in the summer. Free for spectators against a backdrop of music and entertainment, the high-quality open races are sure to be an event for all the family. 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 2 – The second fixture of four takes place on Saturday 21 May at the Finsbury Park Athletics Track, Endymion Road (Satnav N4 1EE).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 18 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 19 May. 

LONDON ANNIVERSARY GAMES –  Takes place on to Saturday 21 May at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
For full information on tickets and how to get there please use this link – http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/

LOUGHBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL – Takes place on Sunday 22 May at the Loughborough University Track, Ashby Road, Loughborough (Satnav LE11 3TU).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Note: There are Guest Entries, but limited, this is the link https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/sports/athletics/loughborough-international-athletics/ 

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 2 – The second fixture of four takes place on Saturday 28 May at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager 

ENGLAND SENIOR & U20 COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 28 May and Sunday 29 May in Birmingham, venue to be confirmed.
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women. For all entry details and full information please use this link
http://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics/english-national-championships
Note: You will have to enter yourselves and pay the appropriate fee.

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 2 – The second of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 4 June at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women. This is the link to the timetable – 2022-NAL-Timetable-OTF-2
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 2  – The second of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 5 June at the Westminster Lodge athletic Track, Holywell Hill, St Albans (Satnav AL1 2DJ).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – http://eyal.org.uk/resource-downloads/ select 2022 6 club matches
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 3 June as the declarations have to be in on Friday 4 June

UPCOMING SOUTHERN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPONSHIPS – Have just been published on the SEAA website, and are as follows;
Under 20 and Senior Championships – Are on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.
Under 15 and 17 3000m Championships – Are on Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.
Under 20 and Senior Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 9 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 28 June. You will be selected by respective county.
Under 15, 17, 20 and Senior Combined Events Championships – Are on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 12 July.
Under 13, 15 and 17 Championships – Are on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 August at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 2 August.
Under 15 and 17 Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 10 September at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 30 August. You will be selected by respective county.

This is the link to the full SEAA prospectus, which gives full details of each championship – 2022 Southern Outdoor Track & Field Prospectus (2)

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

I have run out of time this week, will catch up posts next week.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 5 May to Alvaro Arroyo, Daniel Arroyo, Jane Dixon, Linda Elmore, Seyd Taha Ghafari, Emily Hathaway, Alex Kramer, Tyriq Lafeulle, Scott Lincoln, Jason Nicholson, Trinity O’Connor, Naomi Palmer, Yasmin Palmer, Jenny Poll, Anne Ridley, Freya Stapleton and Larissa Wilson

NEELAM KADERBHOY – 21 SEPTEMBER 1969 – 2 MAY 2022 – It is with great regret that I have to advise you of the death of NEELAM KADERBHOY at the age of 52, after a long illness. Photograph of NEELAM after she was presented with the SBH 2020 Volunteer of the Year Award in December 2020.

NEELAM joined SBH on 23 March 1983 at the age of 13. She competed on a regular basis for the Club. Following her retirement from running she became a coach and a team manager as well as a member of the SBH Council. A very popular member who will be sorely missed by her fellow athletes, her fellow coaches and the many young athletes she coached over the years.

GEOFF MORPHITIS has spoken to ANNA HIGSON, who, like a lot of you, was very close to NEELAM. She has agreed to act as the conduit between the Club and the KADERBHOY family.
She will find out the most appropriate address to which condolence cards should be sent and advise us accordingly. If you have any questions etc please contact her at higsonanna@hotmail.com or modile 07966 785022.

NEELAM’S funeral takes place this Friday 6 May, details below, all are welcome.

We have received so many messages from her many friends at Shaftesbury, ANNA sent me this message – Thanks everyone for your messages; it is so great to read your memories and thoughts about NEELAM. I have also known her since the late 1990s as we both trained at Barnet Copthall (as it was) and we became close again when my daughters joined Shaftesbury a few years ago.

Over the past two years, we formed a WhatsApp group with JACQUI AGYEPONG, SHARON MURPHY, STEPH PAPARIZOS (all Shaftesbury teammates from the 90s) and some of the mums from the group NEELAM used to coach. The main purpose of ‘TEAM NEELAM‘ was to give her hope and friendship in her difficult situation. She was lonely and had to face her situation with little in-person support due to the Covid restrictions. We know that our daily chats and messages helped raise her spirits and loved chatting to her.

Consequently, we chatted every day and used to have weekly Zoom calls with NEELAM until she found this too difficult. Here’s a photo of her last birthday in September – we had a SBH cake made and delivered to her care home and we each had our own cupcake so we could

On a personal note, I have known NEELAM when she was 19, and her love for training and competing was second to none. From the middle of the 1990s to the early 2000s, NEELAM, DEREK SURREY and myself, took part in 5 running challenges at Club La Santa in Lanzarote. This involved 4 races in 4 days – 10K road race, 8K across rocky tracks and up and along an extinct volcano, 5K sandy beach race and lastly 15K race across the island. NEELAM grit enabled her to finish the challenge just outside the top 5. One thing you may or may not be aware of but NEELAM played an excellent game of Pool.

Rest in Peace NEELAM

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

A MESSAGE FROM RAY AND CLARE POWELL – Thank you all so much for giving your time up this weekend at the Vitality 10K on Monday 2 May. After the pandemic, the fact that you can still give up your valuable time to volunteer, means that you are very special folk.
CLARE was very sorry that she was not able to attend, due to her back, i am going to try the good old medieval way of getting her onto the rack.

Photograph of our team, from left to right – Front row TIM MULLINS, SIMON KEENE, JOLYN MULLINS, RUTH KENT, COLIN MOXSOM, REBECCA WOODS, CAROL – Back row DANIEL SECHAN, DENNIS MUNDAY, ROD, RONAN BREEN.

VITALITY 10K RESULT – ROBERT RIGBY V60 392nd (SB 37.35) taking 1.23 minutes off his 1 January time, and is ranked UK No.10 V60 in 2022, DANIEL NICHOLS V35 452nd (SB 38.09)
Robert sent me a photograph of himself and DANIEL after the end of the race.

CHARLES HICKS BETTERED THE BRITISH UNDER 23 10000m RECORD – CHARLES bettered the British under-23 record of DAVE BEDFORD when he ran a European record (27:47.0) on cinders in Portsmouth in 1971. Photograph taken by DAVID HICKS.

CHARLES ran a personal best 10000m (27:37.26) at the Payton Jones Invitational in Stanford, California on 29 April. DILLON MAGGARD won the 10,000m in (27:37.26) ahead of South African ADRIAN WILDSCHUTT’S (27:38.54).

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first of four fixtures takes place this Saturday 7 May at the Sportcity Regional Athletics Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – 2022-NAL-Timetable-OTF-2

UPCOMING SOUTHERN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPONSHIPS – Have just been published on the SEAA website, and are as follows;
Under 20 and Senior Championships – Are on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.
Under 15 and 17 3000m Championships – Are on Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.
Under 20 and Senior Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 9 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 28 June. You will be selected by respective county.
Under 15, 17, 20 and Senior Combined Events Championships – Are on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 12 July.
Under 13, 15 and 17 Championships – Are on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 August at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 2 August.
Under 15 and 17 Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 10 September at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 30 August. You will be selected by respective county.

This is the link to the full SEAA prospectus, which gives full details of each championship – 2022 Southern Outdoor Track & Field Prospectus (2)

RESULTS
Apologies due to another commitment, there are numerous results I have still to type up, for example the BUCS Championships. These results will be published next week.

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – Took place at Watford on 1 May.
Apologies but the results are still to be published, these are the provisional team results.

Team Result – 1st SBH (583.5 points), 2nd Dacorum (563), 3rd St Albans (475.5), 4th Herts Phoenix (427), 5th Watford (218), 6th Hawcs/Enfield & Haringey (87)

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – Took place at Eton on 24 April
100m – U17M A MALACHI AMADI U17 1st (SB 11.50 w-2.4), B EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 2nd (SB 11.83 w-3.2), Non Scoring SAUGAT PUN U17 1st (SB 12.18 w-1.3), BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 2nd (PB 12.27 w-1.3)
100m – U17W A ANNA ROSE U17 1st (SB 12.87 w-0.6), B NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 1st (SB 13.15 w-2.7)
100m – U20M A EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA U20 1st (SB 10.92 w-2.2) and is ranked UK No.10 in 2022, B JOSEPH PURBRICK U20 1st (11.32 w-2.7), Non Scoring ONAOPE SOGBESAN U20 3rd (SB 12.13 w-0.8), ERNEST BARNES U20 5th (SB 12.34 w-0.8), BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 6th (SB 12.38 w-0.8)
100m – U20W A NIA AKINTOKUN U17 2nd (SB 25.60 w-0.3), B TOSIN JOKOSENUMI U17 5th (SB 13.54 w-1.7)
200m – U17M A MALACHI AMADI U17 2nd (SB 22.91 w-0.7) taking .36 of a second off his 10 April time, B EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 2nd (PB 23.76 w-1.8) taking .06 of a second off his 2022 time
200m – U17W A NIA AKINTOKUN U17 2nd (SB 12.86 w-4.7), B TOSIN JOKOSENUMI U17 3rd (SB 27.98 w-1.7), Non Scoring ANNA ROSE U17 1st (26.71 w-1.7)
200m – U20M A EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA U20 1st (PB 21.95 w-2.8) taking .56 of a second off his 2021 time, B CALVIN SMITH U20 4th (23.21 w-1.6)
200m – U20W A EMILY NEWNHAM U20 1st (SB 24.39 w-1.9), B VANESSA ANSUAA U20 2nd (26.81 w-1.9)
400m – U17M A ZICO JONES U17 2nd (50.95), B JACOB CLEMENT U17 3rd (PB 56.60)
400m – U20M A CALVIN SMITH U20 2nd (SB 49.52), B ERNEST BARNES U20 1st (PB 51.30)
400m – U20W A VANESSA ANSUAA U20 1st (SB 60.54), B OLIVIA LAVA U20 3rd (77.30)
800m – U17M A GIANLEO STUBBS U17 1st (PB 1:59.02) taking .11 of a second off his 20 April time, B JACOB CLEMENT U17 2nd (2:21.96)
800m – U17W A MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 3rd (2:26.80)
800m – U20W A NICOLE MCGOVERN U20 1st (2:15.62), B SYDNEY ALLEN U20 2nd (SB 2:30.57)
800m – U20M A ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN U20 4th (SB 1:59.87), B GILAD NACHSHEN U20 4th (2:12.26)
1500m – U17M A HENRY DOVER U17 1st (PB 4:00.42) taking 2.63 seconds off his 2020 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U17 in 2022, B JOSHUA GOLDSTEIN U17 4th (PB 4:43.19) taking 44.78 of his 2018 time
1500m – U17W A RUBY VINTON U17 2nd (SB 4:49.31)
1500m – U20M A LUCA STUBBS U20 1st (4:04.07), B ABDIRAHIM HAMUD U20 1st (SB 4:09.85)
3000m – U17M A SPIKE BLAKE U17 1st (PB 9:22.48) taking 41.38 seconds off his 2021 time
3000m – U20M A SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U20 2nd (SB 9:21.19), B JOSHUA FISHER U20 1st (PB 9:24.11) taking 19.09 seconds off his 2021 time
80m Hurdles – U17W A NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 2nd (PB 12.90 w0.0)
100m Hurdles – U17M A OSCAR RONCARATI U17 4th (PB 16.26 w-1.4)
110m Hurdles – U20M A RUBEN HEDMAN U20 2nd (SB 15.59 w-4.2) taking .22 of a second off his 10 April time
300m Hurdles – U17W A AZARIA NWANKWO U17 4th (SB 51.66)
400m Hurdles – U20W A EMILY NEWNHAM U20 1st (SB 61.11) and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2022
4x100m Relay – U17M SBH 5th (SB 51.84) BRANDON KUFAZVINEI, EBUKA NWOKEJI, SAUGAT PUN, ZICO JONES, U17W SBH 2nd (SB 49.01) NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, NIAH AKINTOKUN, TOSIN JOKOSENUMI, ANNA ROSE, U20M SBH 3rd (SB 47.49) RUBEN HEDMAN, BRYAN OGBEBOR, OSCAR RONCARATI U17, ERNEST BARNES, U20W SBH 3rd (SB 51.10) LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U17, VANESSA ANSUAA, AMELIA DALEY, MIA HIGSON U17
4x300m Relay – U17W SBH 2nd (PB 3:01.23) and is ranked UK No.5 U17 in 2022, AZARIA NWANKWO, NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, NICOLE MCGOVERN, LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL
4x400m Relay – U17M SBH 2nd (SB 3:41.93) GIANLEO STUBBS (), ZICO JONES (), BRANDON KUFAZVINEI (), JACOB CLEMENT (), U20M SBH 3rd (SB 3:40.82) GILAD NACHSHEN (), ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG (), CALVIN SMITH (), OSCAR RONCARATI U17 (), U20W SBH 2nd (SB 4:11.25) VANESSA ANSUAA (), SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD (), MIA HIGSON U17 (), EMILY NEWNHAM ()
High Jump – U17W A LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U17 4th (SB 1.30m)
High Jump – U20M A KIMANI JACK U20 1st (1.95m)
High Jump – U20W A EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 2nd (1.65m), B REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 1st (SB 1.60m) equalling her 16 April height
Pole Vault – U17M A THOMAS FERNAND U17 4th (PB 2.45m)
Long Jump – U17M A TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 6.60m nwr) adding 23cm to his 2021 jump, and is ranked UK No.2 U17 in 2022, B EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (PB 5.61m nwr) adding 32cm to his 2021 jump
Long Jump – U17W A MIA HIGSON U17 5th (SB 3.67m nwr)
Long Jump – U20W A AMELIA DALEY U20 3rd (SB 5.44m nwr), B KACEY WALTERS U20 1st (PB 5.36m nwr) adding 30cm to her 2019 jump
Triple Jump – U20W A KACEY WALTERS U20 1st (11.63m nwr), B AMELIA DALEY U20 1st (11.29m nwr)
Shot 3kg – U17W A NAOMI OGUNNIYI U20 4th (SB 8.46m)
Shot 4kg – U20W A GRACIE JENVEY U20 (2nd Claim) 4th (PB 7.97m), B HANNAH OGUNNIYI U20 3rd (PB 7.55m)
Shot 5kg – U17M A TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (15.22m), B THOMAS FERNAND U17 1st (PB 8.24m)
Shot 6kg – U20M A JAMES ISAACS U20 2nd (SB 12.64m)
Discus 1kg – U20W A KATIE WEBB U20 5th (SB 34.26m) adding 1.42m to her 16 April throw, B OLIVIA LAVA U20 1st (SB 33.24m) adding 65cm to her 16 April throw
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 2nd (42.66m)
Discus 1.75kg – U20M A PHARRELL HAREWOOD U20 3rd (PB 41.77m) adding 31cm to his 20 April throw, B JAMES ISAACS U20 1st (39.22m)
Hammer 4kg – U20W A JESSICA CHARLIE-BENNETT U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 52.34m) adding 2.39m to her 20 April throw, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2022, B GRACE JENVEY U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 44.22m) and is ranked UK No.10 U20 in 2022, Non Scoring HANNAH OGUNNIYI U20 1st (PB 20.35m)
Hammer 5kg – U17M A THOMAS FERNAND U17 4th (PB 16.66m)
Hammer 6kg – U20M A ONAOPE SOGBESAN U20 2nd (PB 25.12m) adding 31cm to his 9 April throw, B JAMES ISAACS U20 1st (SB 23.62m)
Javelin 600g – U20W A HANNAH OGUNNIYI U20 5th (PB 17.95m)
Javelin 700g – U17M A JACOB AXTELL U17 (2nd Claim) 2nd (51.92m), B MILO GRIGSON U17 2nd (PB 36.13m), Non Scoring THOMAS FERNAND U17 1st (PB 34.78m)
Javelin 800g – U20M A MILAN TRAJKOVIC U20 2nd (PB 57.54m) adding 1.46m to his 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.10 U20 in 2022, B JAMES ISAACS U20 1st (SB 23.62m)

Team Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (719 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (629), 3rd Reading (604), 4th SBH (599)

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 4 May
1500m – SX 2 LADDIE SHAW U13 1st (PB 5:09.25) taking 9.55 seconds off his 2021 time, 3 EUAN PHILLIPS U15 1st (PB 4:46.16) taking 32.45 seconds off his 2021 time, 6 SCARLETT KENT U23 4th (PB 4:52.34) taking 5.23 seconds off her 27 April time, POSIE SHAW U15 6th (PB 4:52.86) taking 1.93 seconds off her 2021 time, 7 ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 11th (PB 4:50.98) taking 2.02 seconds off his 2021 time, 8 RAPHAEL AARON U20 7th (PB 4:43.98) taking 2.49 seconds off his 2021 time, 9 SPIKE BLAKE U17 1st (PB 4:23.37) taking 18.63 seconds off his 2021 time, 11 MAX WINFIELD U20 6th (PB 4:20.59) taking 6.41 seconds off his 2021 time, THOMAS CADWALLADER U15 7th (PB 4:22.41) taking 3.66 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.9 U15 in 2022, JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 9th (4:24.83), 12 JONAH MARKS U17 12th (4:18.05), 13 JOSHUA FISHER U17 11th (4:11.80), 14 THOMAS PATRICK 4th (3:55,07), HENRY DOVER U17 5th (PB 3:55.44) taking 4.98 seconds off his 24 April time, and is ranked UK No.2 U17 in 2022
3000m – SX 1 RUBY VINTON U17 17th (10:20.56)

TRAFFORD GRAND PRIX – Took place at Stretford on 3 May
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 1st (60.54m)

SOUTHAMPTON INVITATIONAL THROWS MEETING – Took place at Southampton on 1 May
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 2nd (61.94m)
Hammer 4kg – SX A JESSICA CHARLIE-BENNETT U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (50.49m

BE FIT TODAY OUTDOOR MEETING – Took place at Dagenham on 1 May
100m – SM 1.14 JOHN OTUGADE 6th (SB 10.66 w2.5), 2.10 JOHN finished 7th (SB 10.56 w1.9) taking .10 of a second off his 1.14 time
100m – SW 1.6 ALANNA FASHANU U23 1st (PB 11.70 w1.8) taking .14 of a second off her 27 March time, 1.7 EVE WRIGHT U23 1st (PB 11.60 w1.3) taking .02 of a second off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2022, 2.1 ALANNA finished 2nd (PB 11.57 w2.7) taking .13 of a second off her 1.6 time, EVE finished 3rd (11.62 w2.7)
150m – SM 6 ALEXANDER EVELEIGH 5th (PB 16.74 w1.9) taking .53 of a second off his 2015 time
200m – SM 8 ALEXANDER EVELEIGH 2nd (SB 22.65 w1.3) taking .53 of a second off his 2015 time
200m – SW 6 ALANNA FASHANU U23 1st (PB 23.79 w0.6) taking 1.03 seconds off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2022
300m – SW 2 HANNAH FOSTER U23 5th (SB 39.24) and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2022 

ROCK CHALK CLASSIC MEETING – Took place at Lawrence, Kansas, USA on 30 April
Shot 7.26kg – SM B GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 4th (16.05m)
Discus 2kg – SM B GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 1st (54.74m)

SOUTH LONDON ATHLETICS OPEN MEETING – Took place at Coulsdon on 30 April
400m Hurdles – SW 1 HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (SB 57.28) taking .15 of a second off her 16 April time, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2022 

STANFORD BIG MEETING – Took place at Stanford, California, USA on 30 April
1500m – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 3rd (SB 3:52.88)

CHARLOTTE INVITATIONAL – Took place at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA on 29-30 April
1500m – SM 1 MITCHEL COX (Queens University North Carolina) 2nd (PB 3:45.89) taking 2.22 seconds of his 2021 time

FRESNO STATE INVITATIONAL – Took place at Clovis, California, USA on 29-30 April
100m – SM 4 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 5th (11.18 w1.0)
Long Jump – SM A JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 6th (6.75m w1.0)
Shot 7.26kg – SM A JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 11th (PB 13.03m) adding 13cm to his 13 April put

UNF INVITATIONAL – Took place at Jacksonville, Florida, USA on 29-30 April
400m Hurdles – SW 1 LINA NIELSEN 1st (PB 54.65) taking .62 of a second off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022

PAYTON JORDAN INVITATIONAL – Took place at Stanford, California, USA on 29 April
200m – SM MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (21.84 w-0.3)
400m – SM MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (SB 48.11) taking .71 of a second off his 1 April time
1500m – SW ELLIE BAKER 2nd (SB 4:10.92) and is ranked UK No.5 in 2022
10000m – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 3rd (SB 27:40.16) taking 7.47 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2022

PENN RELAYS – Took place at Philadelphia, Pensilvania, USA on 28-30 April
800m – SM OD KYLE LANGFORD 1st (SB 1:46.11) taking .41 of a second off his 6 February time, and is ranked UK No.4 in 2022

HARROW AC OPEN MEETING – Took place at Harrow on 28 April
800m – SX 6 DANIEL BANYARD U17 4th (2:12.32)

DRAKE RELAYS – Took place at Des Moines, Iowa, USA on 27-30 April
Pole Vault – SM I GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 16th (4.86m)

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Wormwood Scrubs on 27 April
800m – Men B ABDIRAHIM HAMUD U20 1st (PB 1:58.36) taking 1.86 seconds off his 2021 time, Mixed C NICOLE MCGOVERN U17 2nd (SB 2:12.63) taking 2.99 seconds off her 24 April time, and is ranked UK No.4 U17 in 2022

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 30 April.
TIM UNDERHILL V50 8th (22.03) this was his 93rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Brighton & Hove on 30 April.
DANIEL NICHOLS V35 9th (18.47) this was his 28th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 30 April.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 244th (32.06) this was his 243rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 30 April.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 112th (25.47) this was his 114th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 30 April.
STUART SINGER V60 37th (22.11) this was his 328th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 44th (23.08) this was his 176th Parkrun, LILY PLASETT U15 173rd (29.16) this was her 22nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 30 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 228th (37.47) this was his 221st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 30 April.
SHONA MICHEL V50 14th (27.35) this was her 60th Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 15th (27.36) this was his 76th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Tetbury Goods Shed on 30 April.
MATT GRANT V35 2nd (18.31) this was his 43rd Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 5 MAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 2 JUNE – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 8 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 5 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 6 May.

MIDDLESEX U13 UP TO SENIOR CENTENARY T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 14 May to Sunday 15 May at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
As a general guide U17, U20 & Seniors will compete on Saturday and U13 & U15 on Sunday.
Link for on-line entries – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/mdx-all/
Entries Close Saturday 30 April

NIGHT OF THE 10000m PBs – Takes place on Saturday 14 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Established in 2013, the 2022 races incorporates the British 10,000m Championships and return as the British Athletics 10,000m time trial race for the World Championships and European 10,000m Cup. Taking place at Parliament Hill Athletics Track, it will also provide a key performance indicator for athletes targeting the European Championships in Munich later in the summer. Free for spectators against a backdrop of music and entertainment, the high-quality open races are sure to be an event for all the family. 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 2 – The second fixture of four takes place on Saturday 21 May at the Finsbury Park Athletics Track, Endymion Road (Satnav N4 1EE).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 18 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 19 May. 

LONDON ANNIVERSARY GAMES –  Takes place on to Saturday 21 May at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
For full information on tickets and how to get there please use this link – http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/

COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALS REVEALED – Photographs of the medals and how they were developed.

ONE SUMMER, THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph of DINA ASHER-SMITH by MARK SHEARMAN

After a delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Athletics Championships take place from July 15-24. Oregon in the USA will be hosting the event. For British athletes the delay has created a situation where 2022 is going to be their busiest year ever. It’s not just a case of competing in the 2022 World Athletics Championships, far from it. There’s also the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from July 28-August 8. Just a week after that the European Championships take place in Munich, Germany from August 15-21.

Just how will athletes handle such a schedule as this? Can they compete in all three or will they opt to take part in just two of them?  Before the World Championship, athletes have a busy schedule of Diamond League meetings. Those can be very lucrative financially so aren’t just an opportunity to warm up for the Worlds. There will be two British athletes defending world titles in Oregon. KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON won the heptathlon title in Doha three years ago. The other British gold medal success came from DINA ASHER-SMITH, who won the 200m title. That followed up the 100m silver medal that she’d already won. Sometimes in sport, injuries happen at just the worst possible time. That was the case for ASHER-SMITH when suffering a hamstring injury at the Tokyo Olympics. A relay bronze was won but that was way short of her expectations going into the championships. Back fully fit, what can we expect from her in Oregon in July? The pressure will be on the Orpington athlete. One world title to defend and the hope will be that May and June will see her put in some impressive performances during the Diamond League. If she is to peak this season, then surely it must be in Oregon.

Then will come the decision whether to compete at the Commonwealth Games. Any English athlete will want to be able to compete in their home games. That’s even more the case when there’s an excellent chance of winning a medal. With the European Championships just around the corner, it will be interesting to see how many British athletes opt to take part in the Commonwealth Games. Those who don’t fare too well in Oregon may well decide to take part in the other two games. If having a great World Championships though, perhaps just one of the two will be competed at. Whatever happens, it’s going to be a hectic period for the sport of athletics. The schedule is most likely a one-off though. It’s just a relief that we did manage to get the Tokyo Olympics completed last year, rather than those being moved to 2022 as well!

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

There are some posts this week, I will add them next week.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 28 April to Kachi Akpakwu, Nadav Bond,  Christopher Castro-Neto, Antonio Conradie, Louise Lockwood, Henry McLuckie, Naomi Ogunniyi, Tim Saunders-Mullins, Mark Taylor and Gregory Thompson

RECENT NEW MEMBERS –We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to RAFAEL GAYER and SETH RENNIE-RODDY

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

UPCOMING SOUTHERN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPONSHIPS – Have just been published on the SEAA website, and are as follows;
Under 20 and Senior Championships – Are on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.

Under 15 and 17 3000m Championships – Are on Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.

Under 20 and Senior Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 9 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 28 June. You will be selected by respective county.

Under 15, 17, 20 and Senior Combined Events Championships – Are on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 12 July.

Under 13, 15 and 17 Championships – Are on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 August at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 2 August.

Under 15 and 17 Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 10 September at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 30 August. You will be selected by respective county.

This is the link to the full SEAA prospectus, which gives full details of each championship – 2022 Southern Outdoor Track & Field Prospectus (2)

RESULTS
UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – Took place at Eton on 24 April
Apologies, but the results are still to be published.

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Wormwood Scrubs on 27 April
800m – Men B ABDIRAHIM HAMUD U20  1st (PB 1:58.36) taking 1.86 seconds off his 2021 time, Mixed C NICOLE MCGOVERN U17  2nd (SB 2:12.63) and is ranked UK No.4 U17 in 2022

THROWS DEVELOPMENT INVITATION MEETING – Took place at Colchester on 24 April
Discus 1kg – SX PHILIPPA DAVENALL 1st (PB 37.45m) adding 3.11m to her 2015 throw
Hammer 4kg – SW PHILIPPA DAVENALL 1st (60.42m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM JAMES HAMBLIN (HCA) 1st (SB 60.71m) adding 2m to his 18 April throw, OLIVER GRAHAM U23 2nd (60.00m)

SCOTTISH JOINT LEAGUE MEETING – Took place at Grangemouth on 24 April
Long Jump – SW SELINA HENDERSON 2nd (PB 5.65m w3.9)
Shot 7.26kg – SM ANGUS MCINROY V35 1st (14.27m)
Discus 2kg – SM ANGUS MCINROY V35 1st (SB 47.20m) and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2022

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE SOUTHERN 2A – Took place at Perivale on 24 April
Long Jump – U20W A RUTH-ANN OTARUOH U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 5.09m nwr)

HARTNELL LAST CHANCE OPEN MEETING – Took place at Salinas, California, USA on 23 April
Discus 1kg – SW A SHADINE DUQUEMIN 1st (SB 56.12m) adding 99cm to her 7 April throw, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2022, B SHADINE finished 2nd (55.03m)

MARK YOUNG INVITATIONAL – Took place at New Haven, Connecticut, USA on 23 April
100m – SW 2 LARISSA GILES U20 (Yale University) 4th (SB 12.58 w2.3) taking .22 of a second off her 9 April time
800m – SM 2 LIAM GARRETT U23 (Yale University 2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 1:56.10) taking 10.70 seconds off his 2019 time
1500m – SM 1 LIAM GARRETT U23 (Yale University 2nd Claim) 2nd (PB 3:52.27) taking 8.83 seconds off his 2019 time

PURE ATHLETICS SPRING INVITATIONAL – Took place at Clermont, Florida, USA on 23 April
100m – SM H2 OJIE EDOBURUN 1st (10.25 w3.1), 1 OJIE finished 3rd (SB 10.02 w4.7) taking .05 of a second of his 9 April time
200m – SM 1 CHARLIE DOBSON (HCA) 1st (PB 19.99 w3.6) taking .20 of a second off his 15 April time

LOUGHBOROUGH OPEN MEETING – Took place at Loughborough on 23 April
1500m – SM SAM WIGGINS U23 3rd (PB 3:57.63) taking 41.17 seconds off his 2017 time
Discus 1kg – SW ALEXANDRA BALTAZAR-HALL U20 1st (PB 45.86m) adding 47cm to her 20 April throw, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2022
Javelin 800g – SM DANIEL BAINBRIDGE 1st (71.91m)

SCOTTISH STUDENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Grangemouth on 23 April
High Jump – SW CLAIRE MCGARVEY U23 won the Gold Medal (1.75m)

MAGALUF 10K – Took place at Magaluf, Spain on 23 April
JONAH MARKS U17 4th (PB 34.02) although it was classified as short

ARIZONA STATE TWILIGHT MEETING – Took place at Tempe, Arizona, USA on 22-23 April
200m – SW 2 LILY BECKFORD 6th (SB 24.47 nwr)
400m – SW 2 LILY BECKFORD 2nd (SB 52.83) taking 1.81 seconds off her 26 February time, and is ranked UK No.9 in 2022

DEWY DONAT OPEN MEETING – Took place at Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA on 22-23 April
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 1st (4.98m)

MICHAEL JOHNSON INVITATIONAL – Took place at Waco, Texas, USA on 22-23 April
Discus 2kg – SM B GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 8th (52.74m)

UW-WSU DUEL MEETING – Took place at Pulman, Washington, USA on 22 April
110m Hurdles – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 3rd (14.84 w1.1)
Long Jump – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 2nd (6.84m w3.4)

MITIN SANTA CRUZ DE TENEFIFE – Took place at Santa Cruz, Tenerife on 22 April
100m Hurdles – SW JESSICA HUNTER 1st (13.81 w-0.4)

VIRGINIA CHALLENGE – Took place at Charlottesville, Virginia, USA on 21-23 April
5000m – SM 2 JAMIE DEE (Iona College) 24th (14:13.24)
100m Hurdles – 1 2 LILY PARRIS U20 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 1st (SB 14.13 w2.5) taking .28 of a second off her 16 April time

CHARNWOOD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Loughborough on 20 April
Discus 1kg – SX ALEXANDRA BALTAZAR-HALL U20 1st (45.39m)
Discus 1.75kg – U20M PHARRELL HAREWOOD U20 1st (PB 41.46m)

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 20 April
Shows all athletes that achieved either a SB’s or PB’s.
800m – SX 3 LADDIE SHAW U13 7th (PB 2:39.10) taking .03 of a second off his 2021 time, 9 SCARLETT KENT U23 7th (SB 2:22.87), MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 7th (SB 2:24.52), 10 POSIE SHAW U15 9th (SB 2:23.45), 11 EUAN PHILLIPS U15 3rd (PB 2:16.83) taking 7.98 seconds off his 2021 time, ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 8th (PB 2:20.18) taking 4.40 seconds off his 2021 time, LOUIS PELTA U17 10th (SB 2:23.92), 12 THOMAS CADWALLADER U15 3rd (PB 2:09.58) taking 8.39 seconds off his 2021 time, 13 JACOB CLEMENT U17 2nd (SB 2:09.99), 15 JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 6th (SB 2:05.86), 17 GILAD NACHSHEN U20 4th (SB 1:58.17), GIANLEO STUBBS U20 5th (PB 1:59.13) taking 2.05 seconds off his 2021 time, 18 LUCA STUBBS U20 2nd (PB 1:54.53) taking 2.27 seconds off his 2021 time

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Avondale Forest on 23 April.
EUAN PHILLIPS U13 2nd (20.44) this was his 33rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Du Bois De Boulogne, Paris on 23 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 71st (38.32) this was his 220th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gladstone on 23 April.
ANDREW HOLMES V50 197th (28.28) this was his 36th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 23 April.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 160th (31.35) this was his 242nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 23 April.
STUART SINGER V60 35th (22.24) this was his 327th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 45th (22.57) this was his 175th Parkrun, LILY PLASETT U15 160th (29.40) this was her 21st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Victoria Dock on 23 April.
DAVID BOWERS 1st (16.08) this was his 2nd Parkrun, GLEN WATTS V35 2nd (16.09) this was his 13th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 28 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 26 MAY – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 1 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav Wd25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 28 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 29 April

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 7 May at the Sportcity Regional Athletics Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – 2022-NAL-Timetable-OTF-2
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 8 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 5 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 6 May.

MIDDLESEX U13 UP TO SENIOR CENTENARY T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 14 May to Sunday 15 May at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
As a general guide U17, U20 & Seniors will compete on Saturday and U13 & U15 on Sunday.
Link for on-line entries – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/mdx-all/
Entries Close Saturday 30 April

NIGHT OF THE 10000m PBs – Takes place on Saturday 14 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Established in 2013, the 2022 races incorporates the British 10,000m Championships and return as the British Athletics 10,000m time trial race for the World Championships and European 10,000m Cup. Taking place at Parliament Hill Athletics Track, it will also provide a key performance indicator for athletes targeting the European Championships in Munich later in the summer. Free for spectators against a backdrop of music and entertainment, the high-quality open races are sure to be an event for all the family. 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 2 – The second fixture of four takes place on Saturday 21 May at the Finsbury Park Athletics Track, Endymion Road (Satnav N4 1EE).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 18 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 19 May. 

LONDON ANNIVERSARY GAMES –  Takes place on to Saturday 21 May at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
For full information on tickets and how to get there please use this link – http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/

EAMONN COUGHLAN’S GREATEST RACE – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph by MARK SHEARMAN.

After suffering disappointment at successive Olympics, the middle-distance runner wrote a redemption story that has gone down in Irish folklore. I was living between Dublin and New York after I graduated from Villanova University but, after the 1980 Olympics, when I finished fourth for the second time, my coach told me to go back full-time to America and train for the first ever World Championships which had just been announced for 1983. And he says: “Go and break the sub (3:50) indoor mile because that achievement will be like JOHN WALKER or ROGER BANNISTER in terms of a milestone. And you’re an indoor guy and you love indoors.”  Disappointingly, I ran (3:50.6) (still breaking his world record by two seconds) and then, in 1982, I was injured all year with Achilles tendon problems and with stress fractures in my shin bone. Miraculously, I got cured in West Germany, thanks to THOMAS WESSINGHAGE, my great rival and friend, so from September 1982 I just devoted that following year to chasing sub (3:50) miles and the World Championships. I made sure I didn’t overtrain. I just kept an average weekly mileage of 80 and if I got that for 20-30 weeks a year, that was fine. [The focus was] definitely don’t go much over that and stay healthy. And that’s what I did. I trained in New York up in the Rockefeller estates in Westchester. I had my training partners there and off I went to pursue that goal.

No doubt about it, there was an excitement about the first ever World Championships. It was perhaps seen at a political level as a breakaway from the Olympic movement … ‘The IAAF are now holding their World championships – how dare they!’ But in terms of the athletes and the coaches, the championships was going to be one for all the nations who participate in athletics to be there with no boycotts, so this was going to be a standout event. There was a good vibe about Helsinki all that year.  My confidence level was on a high, because I had run the (3:49) indoor mile. That was goal number one. But number two, my dad passed away, my coach in America passed away and my coach in Ireland passed away – all during that period when I was injured. So, going in there, I was highly motivated to try and do what those guys always believed I could do, which was win the Olympic Games. But, instead, we’d be competing at a World Championships, which was going to be even bigger. The times that were coming back in my workouts were all showing really well and I was injury-free and fresh, but there were going to be heats, semi-finals and the final all within a five-day period. I had that in the back of my head: “Will these other guys be able to maintain three 5000m races in the Championships?”

I was very fortunate that was the perhaps the greatest era of athletics in Ireland at world level, both indoors and outdoors. Just before me, there was FRANK MURPHY and RONNIE DELANY and so forth. And then there were all the guys that went to Villanova, JOHN HARTNETT and TOM GREGAN. We were all very competitive. And then RAY FLYNN and JOHN TREACY came on the scene at a young age in college. JOHN was out to kick my ass. I always had to kick his ass. RAY was able to kick my ass. I was able to kick RAY’S. We all had a very good friendship and a strong rivalry that really helped us. That was certainly a major part of getting to a world-class level. Going into the World Championships, I needed it to be completely the opposite of the tactics which I applied in the heat and semi-finals in the 1976 Olympics, which I learned from. I’d kicked ass in the heats and the semi and then I came out in the final, took the lead after 400m and completely stuffed it up.  The tactics in Helsinki were just to barely qualify for the semi-final without using too much energy. In the semis, it was awful rain. I just focused on staying out of trouble. I told myself: “Don’t show any cards”. In the final, my plan was to not show any cards, stay in the middle to the rear of the field for the first eight laps and then, after that, it’s a miler’s race. With about three laps to go, DIMITRIY DMITRIYEV took off. I stepped behind THOMAS WESSINGHAGE, having moved up. No-one was going anywhere and then, with 500m to go, I decided to pursue DIMITRIY gradually. When I caught him with about 300m to go, I knew I was going blow him away because I was so fresh and so strong and sharp. My tactics played out perfectly. One move and one move only. I raised my fists and my arms in a gesture that was “Thank God, I got it for you guys.” That’s what went through my mind when I knew I was going to win. I was gesturing a prayer almost. Some people took that as me being a really cocky son of a bitch. But they didn’t finish fourth in the Olympics twice before that. I was going to win. This was my moment of redemption. I put my arms up again, kind of in disbelief, coming up the straight. There was relief in there, as well. The podium was a real celebration. It was about my whole life of training in athletics, racing in athletics, being mentored and coached. The memories of the people who had been around me all came flooding back. This was the greatest feeling, to have achieved something that I was told I could always do.

THE ART OF MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNING – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

ANDY YOUNG, coach to Olympic silver medallist LAURA MUIR and Olympian JEMMA REEKIE, outlines what is involved in tackling disciplines from 800m to 3000m. Middle-distance running is a balance of several different elements. These include three types of running – endurance, speed and speed endurance – plus strength and conditioning and technique. That is universal. Everyone at every level can learn to improve their performance by improving each of the different elements.  

Anyone can run – In essence, everyone can become a distance runner of some sort and improve substantially by training, but the level reached will be mainly determined by natural ability. Distance running is perhaps more welcoming than, say, sprinting which relies more on whether you have fast-twitch muscle fibres.
You don’t have to be super skinny to be a distance runner. If you are going to be the very best in the world – that top 0.001 per cent – then the power to weight ratio is going to have to be on target but generally in middle-distance running there’s more scope for different types of body shape.
It’s a myth that skinny is always faster and will always produce a better power to weight ratio. That’s because of the need to ensure that the body is properly fuelled and not breaking down. For elite runners it’s a real challenge to find the balance which allows you to glide over the ground but without losing the power that you need to move yourself and also to provide enough fuel for the body to sustain the training that is required. 

It’s tough – Middle-distance running is not the most fun or the easiest discipline – it’s probably one of the hardest out there. It involves learning to work in that red zone when you’re really tired, your muscles are hurting and you have to learn to keep going. In time the body gets more used to it and adapts. Some people talk about training hard so that you can race more easily because training is where the really hard work is done.Jemma Reekie (FIDAL/Colombo) 

Developing speed – Speed can’t be developed in the same way that endurance can. It’s a lot easier to take someone who can sprint and add endurance than it is to take someone with endurance and add raw speed.
However, there is scope for every runner to get faster. I don’t mean that you can become as fast as DINA ASHER-SMITH over 100m, but through repeated work on technique and speed drills, week in week out – and this is something which is often ignored – over time your technique will improve and make you faster.
If you can run 400m in 50 seconds then doing a lap in 60 seconds is not going to feel that quick, but if you can only run 400m in 59 seconds then 60 seconds is going to feel pretty close to your limits. So you should try to improve your speed and your running economy because having a sprint finish or change of pace really helps a distance runner.   

Technique – Developing a good technique is important but it is not easy and it is not something that changes overnight. It’s about practicing repeatedly, trying to do something the right way, working on drills week in, week out. That can help the technique and help the muscle memory.
If you do things right repeatedly, over a long period of time your technique will get better. It’s incremental, seeing slight improvements followed by more slight improvements.
Old habits can still easily creep back in. To most people’s eye Laura Muir would have really good technique but she still has to work very hard to keep it at that high level.
Even as one of the best in the world at 28 years old with an Olympic medal, there’s still room for improvement. I still find myself pestering Laura about aspects of her technique. There’s no magical way of just walking in and saying “adjust this, change that” but it’s something you’ll be working on throughout your career.ra Muir wins in Monaco (Diamond League AG) 

Mileage – There is no right and wrong answer. One way is to approach it from a slower, endurance-based format with more volume, while the other way is more speed-based – faster but lower volume. I’ve seen both move towards similar results in the end. While those are quite different approaches in terms of total mileage, they both go back to the key elements.
If you approach it from the true distance side – having speed endurance and some speed – it’s going to help, while having endurance is still an important element of taking the approach of the faster but shorter mileage, especially as you get older.
You can’t say it has to be this, that or the other.
I tend to take the approach that everything is done slightly faster without a massive mileage. 

Gym work – For most of her career, Laura has done one gym session a week but I’ve recently put a second one in. I have put weights in for the first time. The session would be some kind of strength work, basically circuits, once a week throughout the year and we don’t necessarily shut it down in the track season. It’s always been a key element of the programme.
If you look at JEMMA [REEKIE] and LAURA you can see that they’ve got strong, toned body types and that’s from week in, week out doing the strength training. We haven’t worked on creating a lot of bulk but what you do see are well-toned athletes.   

Recovery – I always give my athletes one rest day per week. We train hard and we train intensely for six days and, having challenged the body that much, it’s important to give it time to recover. Also, if you’ve got any niggles or muscular issues then giving the body a day off gives it a chance to recover.
Recovery is something that I’ve always taken quite seriously. I might face an uprising if I tried to take away that day off! If I needed to put in extra work, I would prefer to do more in the six-day period and keep the recovery day rather than losing the day off.Andy Young with Laura Muir (Mark Shearman) 

Learning to race – There’s no simple answer to this but a vital thing is just racing. Take LAURA and JEMMA. When I met them, they were completely different athletes in terms of their ability to race.
I started working with LAURA when she was 18 and she was not in any way an experienced racer. It was almost a case of teaching her how to do it from scratch.
She hadn’t done a lot of racing and what she had done had not been in a particularly competitive environment so, when she was put in a track race with 10 other good girls, it wasn’t something she was particularly comfortable with or particularly knowledgeable about.
JEMMA had come through the club age groups and had done a lot more racing so she was a much more natural runner and racer in that environment. She was much more comfortable in it, so I had less of those elements to teach her.
A key element is just getting out there and seeing what works and what doesn’t. I am a great fan of the British Milers’ Club races, but there is also a lot that you can learn just running in club races which aren’t paced – learning to position yourself, making mistakes and learning from them.
It’s great if you can start at a young age, where it’s a lot more fun, anlearn where to be in a race, watch and improve. Sometimes it’s easier to watch a different race and point out mistakes rather than always going back and critiquing your own races.
When they are younger and at a slightly lower level I encourage people to race lots – indoors, outdoors, cross country, whatever. After all, racing is what you train for.  

Advice for young runners – In the training I have described so far I am primarily talking about what is suitable for adults. I would make quite a distinction between this and what I would advise for a younger athlete. It would be very easy for me to take a good 14-year-old and develop aspects of their running and make them appear like a potential star very quickly, but it would not necessarily be good for their long-term development.
I prefer a more balanced approach, waiting until the athlete has left school before letting them join my group when they are at least 18. Hopefully by then the body will have developed more before letting them train like an adult.
As youngsters it’s a good idea to be improving all the key elements – endurance, speed and speed endurance – and as an athlete gets older it may be an idea to introduce a bit of strength and conditioning through circuits.
However, it is of key importance not to try cram everything in at once and overdo the training as a younger athlete. At this age these various elements may be spread out over the year, with different focus at different times.
I’d rather see a well-rounded athlete at 18 who is not overtrained when they join my group, than one who has pushed their body too hard or too specifically too early.
What I’d like to see more focus on with younger athletes is working on technique and improving it. If you have worked on technique as a teenager then you are more likely to be better when you get older and increase the training. If you’ve already got better technique and better running economy, you are in a stronger place.
In the early years the way the body responds can be a bit different from that of an adult when exposed to training. Youngsters down at the track might do something that looks a bit more speed-based or less specific with longer recoveries, but even when doing this they may continue to see their overall aerobic and anaerobic capacity improve – even though they weren’t particularly working on that. Just going and doing a workout, doing a mix of things which don’t seem specific for distance running, can bring good secondary benefits.
However, by also doing the speed stuff and having more recoveries, younger athletes are also improving those elements of their running and that’s key for when they get to about 18 years old and are beginning to take it more seriously and becoming more specific in their training. By then they will have developed a wide range of skills and abilities.

DINA ASHER-SMITH – This is the photograph taken at last week’s LICC meeting at Lee Valley. DINA following her outstanding 300m race, to pose with 5 of our young athletes, from left to right MIA HIGSON, LUCY CAMPOS, SEAN SUTHERLAND, MACIE SUTHERLAND, DINA ASHER-SMITH, DAISY HARVEY-DEW and ALANA SAMJI.

UPDATE ON VOLUNTEERS – RAY POWELL has now advised me that the response for The Westminster Mile has been disappointing, and RAY has now advised London Marathon that the club cannot fulfil our commitment.
Regarding the Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, RAY now has the 10 volunteers required, many thanks to you all, and enjoy your day in Green Park.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

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BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 21 April to Andrew Millett, Joe Purbrick, Leo Roncarati, Mekhi Spence-Forde, Jamal Rhoden-Stevens, Lucy Taylor, Odera Umeugoji, Tariq Wild and Ben Winfield

RECENT NEW MEMBERS–We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to ALANA SAMJI and LARISSA WILSON

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETICS OFFICIATING – Good afternoon all. It has been discussed recently, we need to build up the number of officials we have available to help us promote athletics meetings both at the StoneX Stadium and at other local venues.

Can you please help by checking with the parents of athletes in your groups or perhaps even some of your athletes whether they are interested in officiating at athletics events and whether they could attend the introductory sessions at the StoneX Stadium. Any support would be greatly appreciated. There’s a real risk following the Covid outbreaks and the number of officials that have recently retired, that some inter-club athletics meetings will have to be cancelled.
The dates and times for the final session are; Tuesday 26 April from 18.30 to 20.00. The tutor is TAMSIN JAMES, who is an excellent official and who regularly supports our meetings.
Can you please confirm availability and details of any of your introductions who can attend ASAP. You too would be welcome. Thanks, and take care.

GEOFFREY MORPHITIS Telephone: 020 8447 1066, Mobile: 07976 994 302, E-mail: geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com

RESULTS
LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES – Took place at Lee Valley on 16 April
100m – SX 4 HANNAH FOSTER U23 1st (SB 11.99 w-0.9) and is ranked UK No.6 U23 in 2022, 5 ALEX BEECHEY (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 10.79 w0.9), GERALD MATTHEW 7th (SB 10.88 w0.9), 7 EDSON GOMES 1st (PB 11.03 w-1.8) taking .03 of a second off his 2021 time, DITA JAJA U23 7th (SB 12.41 w-1.8), 8 CALVIN SMITH U20 6th (SB 11.71 w-2.6), 10 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 5th (SB 12.46 w-0.3) and is ranked UK No.3 V50 in 2022, 11 JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY U15 1st (PB 11.91 w-0.6) taking .14 of a second off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.9 U15 in 2022, EUGENE RIZA 4th (SB 12.83 w-0.6), 13 TRISTAN LEE U15 2nd (PB 12.99 w-0.9) taking .23 of a second off his 2022 time, 14 LANI JAIYEOLA U13 1st (PB 13.14 w0.9) taking .30 of a second off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U13 in 2022, ONYEBUCHA ODIAKA U15 4th (SB 13.46 w0.9), MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 5th (PB 13.48 w0.9) taking .04 of a second off her 2021 time, 15 MIA HIGSON U17 2nd (PB 13.38 w-0.7) taking .16 of a second off her 2021 time, ARIANA GOMES U20 5th (PB 14.07 w-0.7) taking .44 of a second off her 10 April time, 16 LUCY CAMPOS U17 2nd (PB 13.66 w2.1) taking .13 of a second off her 2021 time, ANU JAIYEOLA U11 5th (PB 14.39 w2.1) taking .79 of a second off her 2021 time
200m – SX 4 HANNAH FOSTER U23 1st (SB 24.10 w-1.1) and is ranked UK No.8 U23 in 2022, EVE WRIGHT U23 2nd (PB 24.41 w-1.1) taking .67 of a second off her 2021 time, HAYLEY MCLEAN 4th (PB 24.81 w-1.1) taking .12 of a second off her 2021 time, LUCY WOODWARD U23 5th (26.43 w-1.1), 5 ALEX BEECHEY (2nd Claim) 4th (SB 21.57 w0.3), 6 COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 1st (SB 22.05 w0.5) and is ranked UK No.1 T20 in 2022, EDSON GOMES 2nd (SB 22.15 w0.5), CALVIN SMITH U20 6th (SB 22.55 w0.5), 8 JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY U15 4th (PB 22.64 w0.8) taking .69 of a second off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U15 in 2022, DITA JAJA U23 7th (25.60 w0.8), 9 MATTHEW OHIOZE U23 3rd (SB 25.01 w0.2), 11 TRISTAN LEE U15 1st (PB 26.38 w-1.1), 12 LANI JAIYEOLA U13 4th (PB 26.99 w1.0) taking 1.25 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.3 U13 in 2022, ONYEBUCHA ODIAKA U15 5th (PB 27.57 w1.0) taking .34 of a second off his 2021 time, 13 EUGENE RIZA 1st (PB 27.47 w0.0), LUCY CAMPOS U17 3rd (SB 28.89 w0.0), ALANA SAMJI U17 4th (PB 29.22 w0.0), DAISY HARVEY-DEW U17 7th (SB 30.96 w0.0)
300m – SX 2 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (PB 41.95) and is ranked UK No.2 V50 in 2022, 3 JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V50 1st (PB 41.46) and is ranked UK No.1 V50 in 2022, MIA HIGSON U17 3rd (PB 43.37) taking 1.03 seconds off her 2021 time, MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 4th (PB 43.86) taking 1.04 seconds off her 2021 time, AZARIA NWANKWO U17 5th (SB 44.57), OLIVE HARVEY-DEW U17 7th (SB 45.04)
400m – SX 2 GERALD MATTHEW 5th (SB 51.10)
800m – SX 2 LIA RADUS U23 4th (2:47.39), 4 JOSIAH WILLIAMS-OLLIVIERRE U17 1st (PB 2:10.98) taking 7.73 seconds off his 2021 time, 6 CALEB HILTON U13 2nd (PB 2:35.17), LISA WEBB V55 5th (SB 2:38.75) and is ranked UK No.3 V55 in 2022, PHOEBE MUSIC U15 6th (SB 2:58.18)
80m Hurdles – U17W AZARIA NWANKWO U17 2nd (PB 12.40 w-0.1) taking .29 of a second off her 2021 time, HOPE BAKER U17 6th (SB 12.95 w-0.1)
110m Hurdles – SM GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 14.43 w-0.1) taking .31 of a second off his 10 April time, and is ranked UK No.1 V50 in 2022
400m Hurdles – SW HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (SB 57.43) and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022
High Jump – SX REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 2nd (SB 1.60m) equalling her 19 March height, HOPE BAKER U17 6th (SB 1.50m) adding 2cm to her 27 March height
Pole Vault – SX TOLU AYO-OJO U23 6th (SB 3.60m), STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 16th (2.60m)
Long Jump – SX A EBENEZER JOSEPH (2nd Claim) 5th (5.65m nwr), B LANI JAIYEOLA U13 8th (PB 4.43m nwr) adding 58cm to his 2021 jump
Discus 1kg – SX B KATIE WEBB U20 2nd (SB 32.84m), OLIVIA LAVA U20 3rd (SB 32.59m)
Shot 4kg – SX B ELENI KAPONI 3rd (PB 7.11m)
Hammer 4kg – SX AMY CLEMENS 1st (SB 49.02m) adding 3,54m to her 14 April throw
Hammer 7.26kg – SM OLIVER GRAHAM U23 1st (SB 60.26m) adding 59cm to his 20 March throw, and is ranked UK No.7 in 2022
Javelin 600g – SX A LUCY WOODWARD U23 1st (SB 30.58m), HELENA AGHOLOR 5th (PB 21.50m) adding 1.70m to her 19 March throw
Javelin 800m – SM B MILAN TRAJKOVIC U20 2nd (SB 53.71m) adding 64cm to his 1o April throw, MICHAEL GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 6th (36.12m)

WOODFORD GREEN WITH ESSEX LADIES OPEN MEETING – Took place at Woodford on 18 April
Hammer 7.26kg – SM OLIVER GRAHAM U23 1st (SB 61.05m) adding 79cm to his 16 April throw, and is ranked UK No.5 U23 in 2022, JAMES HAMBLIN (2nd Claim) 2nd (58.71m)

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 16 April
Will add any SB’s or PB’s next week, when the results will be on the PO10.
800m – SX 3 LADDIE SHAW U13 7th (2:39.10), 6 LARISSA WILSON U17 1st (2:26.09),  9 SCARLETT KENT U23 7th (2:22.87), MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 7th (2:24.52), 10 POSIE SHAW U15 9th (2:23.45), 11 EUAN PHILLIPS U15 3rd (2:16.83), ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 8th (2:20.18), LOUIS PELTA U17 10th (2:23.92), 12 THOMAS CADWALLADER U15 3rd (2:09.58), 13 JACOB CLEMENT U17 2nd (2:09.99), JOSIAH WILLIAMS-OLLIVERRE U17 4th (2:11.11), 15 JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 6th (2:05.86), 17 GILAD NACHSHEN U20 4th (1:58.17), GIANLEO STUBBS U20 5th (1:59.13), 18 LUCA STUBBS U20 2nd (1:54.53)

SOUTHAMPTON OPEN MEETING – Took place at Southampton on 16 April
Long Jump – U20X TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (6.19m nwr)
Shot 5kg – U17M TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 15.66m) adding 1.08m to his 3 April put, and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2022
Discus 1.5kg – SM TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (44.05m)
Hammer 4kg – SX JESSICA-CHARLIE BENNETT U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (47.75m)

BILL WHISTLECROFT OPEN MEETING – Took place at Yeovil on 16 April
2000m Steeplechase – SW AMELIA WILLS U23 (2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 7:04.04) and is ranked UK No.5 in 2022

KENNESAW STATE INVITATIONAL – Took place at Kennesaw, Georgia, USA on 15-16 April
100m – SM 1 OJIE EDOBURUN 2nd (10.42 w-0.1)

SOONER INVITATIONAL – Took place at Norman, Oklahoma, USA on 15-16 April
Long Jump – SM B BRAD DAVIES-PUGHE U20 (Cloud County) 1st (SB 7.53m w1.4) adding 28cm to his 9 April jump, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2022

LARRY ELLIS INVITATIONAL – Took place at Princeton, New Jersey, USA on 15-16 April
200m – SW 5 LILY PARRIS U20 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 4th (SB 25.68 w1.9) taking 1.12 seconds off her 5 February time
100m Hurdles – SW H4 LILY PARRIS U20 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 3rd (SB 14.42 w0.7) taking .40 of a second off her 9 April time, SW LILY finished 4th (SB 14.41 w0.7) taking .01 of a second off her H4 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2022

COMEBACK 5000m OPEN MEETING – Took place at Battersea Park on 15 April
5000m – SX 5 KOJO KYEREME V45 3rd (SB 14:51.68) and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2022, 6 TOM BUTLER 7th (SB 14:48.30), 7 JEREMY DEMPSEY 9th (SB 14:23.27), ALEXANDER LEPRETRE (2nd Claim) 11th (SB 14:29.84), 8 GEORGIA BELL 3rd (PB 16:08.42)

RUN JUMP THROW SERIES – Took place at Sheffield on 15 April
300m – SX 1 ROBERT SHIPLEY U13 (2nd Claim) 2nd (SB 35.04)

ST ALBANS 10K – Took place at St Albans on 15 April
PAUL LEWIS V50 46th (PB 39.55)

PACIFIC COAST INTERCOLLEGIATE – Took place at Long Beach, California, USA on 14 April
Discus 2kg – SM E NICK PERCY 1st (SB 62.54m) adding 19cm to his 9 April throw, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022

BOSTON MARATHON – Took place at Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 18 April
DANIEL WATTS 1231st (2:48.55)

TOM JONES MEMORIAL MEETING – Took place at Gainesville, Florida, USA on 15-16 April
200m – SM OD2 CHARLIE DOBSON (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 20.19 w0.9) taking .34 of a second off his 2019 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022
200m – SW OD1 LINA NIELSEN 5th (PB 23.11 w0.6) taking .02 of a second off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022
400m – SW OD LINA NIELSEN 3rd (PB 51.54) taking 1.02 seconds off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022 

HARROW OPEN MEETING – Took place at Harrow on 14 April
Discus 1.75kg – U20M JAMES ISAACS U20 1st (SB 40.39m) and is ranked UK No.7 U20 in 2022
Discus 2kg – SM NEVILLE THOMPSON V65 3rd (SB 40.08m) and is ranked UK No.1 V65 in 2022
Hammer 4kg – SX AMY CLEMENS 2nd (SB 45.48m)

ML SAC RELAYS – Took place at Walnut, California, USA on 13-16 April
100m – SM D2 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 3rd (SB 11.11 w1.9)
200m – SM E MICHAEL OHIOZE 6th (SB 20.91 w1.6) taking .12 of a second off his 2 April time, and is ranked UK No.6 in 2022
400m – SM D1 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 6th (51.91)
800m – SM E KYLE LANGFORD 9th (1:51.90)
1500m – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 9th (PB 4:39.72) taking 16.29 seconds off his 2019 time
110m Hurdles – SM D3 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 4th (14.85 w0.8)
High Jump – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 12th (1.86m)
Pole Vault – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 11th (PB 4.40) adding 20cm to his 26 February height
Long Jump – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 10th (6.83m w1.0)
Shot 7.26kg – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 11th (PB 12.90m) adding 15cm to his 25 February put
Discus 1kg – SW E JADE LALLY 4th (59.22m), SHADINE DUQUEMIN 8th (54.37m)
Discus 2kg – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 12th (36.36m), E NICK PERCY 1st (PB 63.47m) adding 23cm to his 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022
Javelin 800g – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 10th (PB 49.96m) adding 3.82m to his 2020 throw

Decathlon – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 11th (PB 7139 points)

RED RAIDER OPEN MEETING – Took place at Orange City, Iowa, USA on 13-14 April
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 1st (4.90m)

BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL – Took place at Azusa, California, USA on 13-14 April
400m – SM 12 JAMAL RHODEN-STEVENS 1st (47.17)

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 16 April.
LOUIS PELTA U17 10th (22.16) this was his 53rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Chevin Forest on 16 April.
ARTHUR PHILLIPS U13 6th (20.10) this was his 56th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Clapham Common on 16 April.
DAVID BOWERS 1st (16.47) this was his 1st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Colchester Castle on 16 April.
JULIAN LAMY 1st (17.52) this was his 34th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Fell Foot on 16 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 253rd (35.32) this was his 219th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Finsbury on 16 April.
BRADLEY SINGER 85th (24.15) this was his 174th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gunpowder on 16 April.
SCARLETT KENT U20 17th (PB 19.57) this was her 45th Parkrun, RUFUS KENT U23 18th (19.59) this was his 44th Parkrun, JO KENT V55 (2nd Claim) 22nd (20.01) this was her 83rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Llanerchaeron on 16 April.
EMILY NIELAN V35 42nd (23.39) this was her 17th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lymington Woodside on 16 April.
REBEKAH HOUNSELL 13th (PB 19.48) this was her 65th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 16 April.
STUART SINGER V60 37th (22.26) this was his 326th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Upton House on 16 April.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 223rd (34.37) this was his 171st Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 21 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 19 MAY – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 24 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 1 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav Wd25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 28 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 29 April

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 7 May at the Sportcity Regional Athletics Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – 2022-NAL-Timetable-OTF-2
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 8 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 5 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 6 May.

MIDDLESEX U13 UP TO SENIOR CENTENARY T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 14 May to Sunday 15 May at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
As a general guide U17, U20 & Seniors will compete on Saturday and U13 & U15 on Sunday.
Link for on-line entries – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/mdx-all/
Entries Close Saturday 30 April

NIGHT OF THE 10000m PBs – Takes place on Saturday 14 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Established in 2013, the 2022 races incorporates the British 10,000m Championships and return as the British Athletics 10,000m time trial race for the World Championships and European 10,000m Cup. Taking place at Parliament Hill Athletics Track, it will also provide a key performance indicator for athletes targeting the European Championships in Munich later in the summer. Free for spectators against a backdrop of music and entertainment, the high-quality open races are sure to be an event for all the family..

JAN PEARSON HER FIRST DAY TIMEKEEPING – JAN who recently joined us, sent me this note following her timekeeping experience at last Saturday’s LICC meeting.

Did my first ever stint as a volunteer athletics timekeeper today. Full on 8 hour day but at a venue only 10 minutes from home. Luckily the sun was shining. A top official trusted me with her expensive stopwatch – I’ll have to buy my own to carry on. A mix of events and age groups. A surprise entrant was the delightful Team GB golden girl DINA ASHER-SMITH who ran in the unfamiliar 300m and of course left everyone in her wake. She took a long time to recover but still spent time with her adoring public (the other athletes). Her parents were there supporting her.

There’s a lot of concentration involved in timekeeping. I was just given 1st place to take and then to compare my time with the chief timekeeper. She and the other two also recorded 2nd and 3rd and usually all the rest in the longer races. You have to focus on the starter who is positioned in different places depending on the event (we have a good vantage point from our timekeeper’s stand) and know when to click start when he fires his starting pistol and then to click stop at the right time on the line. Hard to see the winner in a close 100m. It all happens so fast. Apparently, I did well for a first time. Luckily there was also electronic timekeeping and photo finish so I could check how close I was to the actual time. I was never spot on but got very close sometimes. For the 4x 400m relay I had a bit extra to do – pressing a different button to record the 4 individual runners’ lap times too. There was a junior female from Taunton attempting to qualify for the European Champs and Commonwealth Games in the 5000m Walk. Not sure if she made the time. Hope she did – she looked good.
I did enjoy it so I’ve got a few more days lined up this year – mostly at StoneX Stadium, aka Copthall, home of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (who were there before Saracens arrived to share the space!)

Congratulations JAN on your debut, it sounds that you had an exciting and fulfilling day at Lee Valley, photograph of JAN during the day.

Photograph of a timekeeper’s watch, I think I would need a 2 day course to use it.

In fact, DINA ASHER-SMITH ran (36.41) in winning her 300m race, ranking her UK No.1, earlier this year Shaftesbury’s LINA NIELSEN ran (37.35) albeit Indoors, ranking her UK No.3.

A LOOK INSIDE THE CALL ROOM – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Before stepping out into an arena to compete, the final stage athletes have to negotiate is the Call Room. VERITY OCKENDEN writes about a space which can either make – or break – your performance.

Log your 10,000 hours, eat well, sleep well, break the bank for the shoes if you must, but come “squeaky bum” time all can be won or lost in the final quarter of an hour before the gun fires. The last frontier, the space in which the only variables left are entirely down to you and your competitors and how you react to the situation you find yourselves in, is the often-dreaded Call Room. The mere crackle of peeling paper as hip numbers are slapped on to sweating skin charges the room with an unavoidable electricity – whether you choose to catch a gaze or avoid it, to crack a joke or to remain aloof. This is a place within which the closest of bonds and the fiercest of rivalries between athletes are forged, and you never quite know what you’ll be faced with until you cross that threshold.  To begin with the bare bones of the beast, one must smoothly navigate the plethora of logistical formalities involved in the differing Call Room procedures of each event throughout the season. Although certain rules and norms exist, these can vary from country to country and depend on the facilities available and the level of the competition itself. Understandably, it helps if you understand the language spoken at the meet in which you’re competing. Timings for entry to and exit from the Call Room are precise, and protocols within them are strict so planning your warm-up accordingly is the first step to success here. There’s a very fine line to be trodden between the achieving the optimum timing of your last set of drills or stride-outs and missing the last call. Once you’re inside, there’s really no going back so you must be ready to race both physically and psychologically.

Personally, I’ll never forget once of my first experiences of a no-nonsense Call Room back when the British Universities Championships were the biggest date on my calendar and I was a naive young 1500m runner. GEMMA KERSEY was the favourite to win by some margin and her confident pre-race chatter baffled me, even if I couldn’t help but laugh along nervously. I couldn’t fathom how somebody so serious about the sport could so blithely be pondering the best ice cream shop to visit that afternoon a mere 15 minutes before such a decisive event in her career was due to begin. That, coupled with the old-school attitudes of our officials who merrily stereotyped us as we begged for one last chaperoned trip to the bathrooms with an “all right, I suppose you girls all need to fix your hair again don’t you?” was enough to sow subtle seeds of doubt in my malleable mind that day. Somehow, since then, I’ve graduated to coping well and even thriving in these kind of scenarios with many a sickening stomach-lurch and many a laugh along the way. At the 2020 European Indoor Championships in Poland for example, when mask-wearing was mandatory even in the Call Room and for the first time in my life, my entrance on to the track was choreographed for the camera beforehand, it was fun and I felt a power in the absorption of the atmosphere of the Call Room.

Arriving at this point can feel like a consciously performative process at first, but as Olympians such as ALEXI PAPPAS and MOLLY SEIDEL have recently advocated after receiving public critique for their smiles and waves mid-marathon efforts, there shouldn’t have to be a divide between pursuing excellence seriously and enjoying oneself while doing so.  Evidently, experience is a valuable asset in developing the kind of confidence required to walk into such an environment as the Call Room and come out of it the other side unshaken in your attitude. However, while the Call Room can be an unpleasantly anxious place if you let it, it is possible even to enjoy it if you cultivate a good mindset. You’ll know that perhaps you’ll have your attire questioned and covered in duct tape by an overzealous and intimidating official, perhaps you’ll be assigned a starstruck kid with whom to bump fists as they carry your discarded belongings into the arena for you. You’ll know that all eyes might shift to you when the pacemaker double-checks the splits requested, or perhaps contrarily you’ll find yourself the underdog nobody is watching. Perhaps you’re the only entrant without another team-mate present, an outsider to the camaraderie of their conversation. All of these things you anticipate and you find a tried and tested method that suits you and helps you to remain who you need to be on reaching the start line. Of course, you’ll make mistakes and learn from them along the way but isn’t that all part of the game?

AIMING HIGH IN THE POLE VAULT – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Former Olympic champion and Spire Institute Academy coach TIM MACK gives his top tips to the next generation of pole vaulters. You want to be a pole vaulter – and who can blame you? True glory is to be found in flinging yourself over a bar with a fiberglass pole. The truth is, the pole vault is not only one of the most fun events in track and field but, in my opinion, it is also the most rewarding.  There’s a lot more to it than a random fling over a pole. There are many different qualities that one must possess, including a little speed, strength, gymnastic ability, flexibility, mental toughness, a hard work ethic, patience, competitiveness and the willingness to try something new and exciting. It helps to excel at any one of these attributes, but it’s not required. You can be great at some of the elements and not so good at others but, ultimately, you must have the willingness to work hard to get just a little bit better. The true beauty of the sport is that there are limitless ways to get better. I am going to identify some elements that will help a young vaulter enjoy a long, safe and healthy future in the sport.   

Step One – Find your coach and mentor Before you even start this journey, it’s important to find a pole vault coach. This person may be at your school or a private sports club in your area, but he or she could also be a private individual that offers lessons.  

Step Two – Learn to run properly As a pole vaulter, you should run upright, extending your legs fully into the ground while maintaining a high heel recovery and lifting your thighs very high. Remember not to lean forward. We have a pole that is trying to pull us forward and the only way to counter that is to be sure to run tall. Make sure to take all the running drills very seriously. Understand the hows and whys for each drill. Eliminate talking while performing drills; talking takes your focus off the task and slows down your progress. Really try to feel what your muscles are doing and become “in tune” with your body. As a young athlete, you may not initially feel any connection with your muscle groups. Give it time and patience and you will.

Step Three – Maintain your flexibility and co-ordination Although you will work on developing flexibility and co-ordination in your regular workout routine, commit to an additional 10 or 15 minutes each morning to focus exclusively on these aspects. In pole vaulting, your body must be able to move in strange and different positions. If I ask an athlete to perform an action and they aren’t able to do it, I want to be sure it isn’t an issue with their flexibility. I call this a “sticking point”.  To remove these “sticking points”, I have a series of pole vault-related exercises and drills that we perform four days a week. These exercises are related to running mechanics, hip and shoulder flexibility, abdominal and shoulder strength and flexibility. I also add many pole vault-specific skills to these morning sessions. These may include walking drills with a pole, swinging on rings or a rope or whatever the focus is for that time of the year. I do these to further create layers of pole vault technical patterns, literally programming the pole vaulter’s body. We do these exercises at SPIRE Institute & Academy (IA) before 8:30 am. Early morning is when it’s calmest. Quiet sessions, without any stressors or distractions, provide the optimal atmosphere to learn. These early morning repetitions, done over the span of a year, can lead to thousands and thousands of repetitions more than the average pole vaulting competitor will achieve.

Step Four – Learn to run with the pole and drop it properly You must become on with the pole! The width of your grip should be as wide as if you jumped up to hang on a high bar. Don’t grip too wide or too narrow. I teach every vaulter to count their left steps quietly under their breath. This is because there are certain “checkpoints” that I use to determine if the pole is falling at the proper pace. I teach them to count down high to low, from the first time their left foot hits the ground until they jump off the ground. At the vaulter’s sixth step out from take-off, I like the pole angle to be 50 degrees from the ground. Then, at the vaulter’s third step out from the box, the pole angle should be approximately five degrees. Finally, at the vaulter’s take-off position, the pole should be completely extended with the vaulter ready to jump off the ground. I made up many drills, if not all, on my own to mimic these positions. I had fun with it. I was just being an actor, acting out what the best pole vaulters in the world were doing. 

Step Five – Use your Imagination Use your imagination while practicing, when creating your own drills, and when motivating yourself each day. I used my imagination when I looked at myself in the mirror and told myself, “you are the greatest pole vaulter to ever live,” even when I didn’t necessarily believe it. I used my imagination to build a running sled to help my running posture and when I tore apart my running spikes, I rebuilt them and glued them back together to make me taller. I used my imagination to see myself walking out to the Olympic Stadium every day. Use your imagination to visualise your goals each and every day. You are the next generation of pole vaulters; learn from those who came before you, as I did. When you’ve succeeded, I hope to hear that they helped you achieve your dreams.

UPDATE ON VOLUNTEERS – RAY POWELL has now advised me that the response for The Westminster Mile has been disappointing, and RAY has now advised London Marathon that the club cannot fulfil our commitment.
Regarding the Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, RAY now has the 10 volunteers required, many thanks to you all, and enjoy your day in Green Park.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

All the following photographs feature our many athletes that competed in the Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on 19-20 March.

The following are photographs from the LICC meeting at Lee Valley on 16 April

DINA ASHER-SMITH WITH SBH ATHLETES – Taken with her following her 300m win, from left to right MIA HIGSON, LUCY CAMPOS, SEAN SUTHERLAND, MACIE SUTHERLAND, DINA ASHER-SMITH, DAISY HARVEY-DEW and ALANA SAMJI.

200m ENTERING THE STRAIT – From left to right is HAYLEY MCLEAN who finished 4th with a personal best (24.81 w-1.1), then GWENDOLINE DALEY of Woodford Green who finished 3rd, EVE WRIGHT who finished 2nd with a personal best (24.41 w-1.1), finally HANNAH FOSTER who won the race in a season’s best (24.10 w-1.1) which ranks her UK No.8 U23 in 2022.

OUR UNDER 20 DISCUS THROWERS – Celebrating after their afternoon efforts are KATIE WEBB who won the Discus with a season’s best (32.84m), and OLIVIA LAVA also with a season’s best (32.59m)

TWO OF OUR SPRINTERS AFTER THEIR DAYS WORK – SEAN SUTHERLAND who ran the 100m (12.45 w-0.3) then won the 300m with a personal best (41.95) which ranks him UK No.2 V50 in 2022, then EUGENE RIZA who ran a season’s best in the 100m (12.83 w-0.6) and a personal best in the 200m (27.47 w0.0).

NICK PERCY – Photograph celebrating his outstanding Discus personal best of (63.47m) adding 23cm to his 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022. The competition was the ML SAC Relays at Walnut, California, USA on 16 April.

VIDEO OF TOM BUTLER – Taken at the Comeback 5000m Meeting at Battersea Park on 15 April,
TOM finished 7th in a season’s best (14:48.30).

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 14 April to Louis Cross, Victoria Godfrey, Yann Janssen, Scarlett Kent, Eljone Kruger, Lauren Maltz, Kelly Mavididi, Lola McCann-Ezekiel, Dylan Michel, Tristan Procida, Robert Rigby, Sean Sutherland, Seth Taylor and Alan Weller

RECENT NEW MEMBERS –We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to MAKSIE OLOLI, LANRE PRATT and LEWIS WARD

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES – The first of four LICC/LUCA fixtures takes place this Saturday 16 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Link to timetable – LICC LUCA Lee Valley 16-04-22 (4)
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closed

UPDATE ON VOLUNTEERS – RAY POWELL has now advised me that the response for The Westminster Mile has been disappointing, and RAY has now advised London Marathon that the club cannot fulfil our commitment.
Regarding the Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, RAY now has the 10 volunteers required, many thanks to you all, and enjoy your day in Green Park.

INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETICS OFFICIATING – Good afternoon all. It has been discussed recently, we need to build up the number of officials we have available to help us promote athletics meetings both at the StoneX Stadium and at other local venues.

Can you please help by checking with the parents of athletes in your groups or perhaps even some of your athletes whether they are interested in officiating at athletics events and whether they could attend the introductory sessions at the StoneX Stadium. Any support would be greatly appreciated. There’s a real risk following the Covid outbreaks and the number of officials that have recently retired, that some inter-club athletics meetings will have to be cancelled.
The dates and times for the 2 sessions are; Tuesday 19 April from 18.30 to 20.00 and Tuesday 26 April from 18.30 to 20.00. The tutor is TAMSIN JAMES, who is an excellent official and who regularly supports our meetings.
Can you please confirm availability and details of any of your introductions who can attend ASAP. You too would be welcome. Thanks, and take care.

GEOFFREY MORPHITIS Telephone: 020 8447 1066, Mobile: 07976 994 302, E-mail: geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com

RESULTS
LEE VALLEY APRIL OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 10 April
100m – SW 3 VANESSA ANSUAA U20 2nd (SB 13.02 w-2.0), 7 LYDIA BALL U15 4th (SB 14.28 w-2.8), ARIANA GOMES 5th (PB 14.51 w-2.8) taking .13 of a second off her 2021 time, 10 WERONIKA KALINSKI U17 1st (PB 13.78 w-1.3) taking .26 of a second off her 2021 time
200m – SM 2 MALACHI AMADI U17 4th (SB 23.27 w-2.6)
200m – SW 2 VANESSA ANSUAA U20 5th (26.90 w-2.9), 6 ARIANA GOMES 7th (SB 30.75 w-2.6), 7 LYDIA BALL U15 3rd (PB 29.14 w-3.3) taking .16 of a second off her 2021 time, 8 WERONIKA KALINSKI U17 1st (29.09 w-2.0)
400m – SW HAYLEY MCLEAN 2nd (54.90)
100m Hurdles – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 14.74 w-2.2) and is ranked UK No.1 V50 in 2022
110m Hurdles – U20M RUBEN HEDMAN U20 4th (SB 15.81 w-3.1) and is ranked UK No.9 U20 in 2022
Javelin 800g – SM MILAN TRAJKOVIC U20 1st (SB 53.07m) and is ranked UK No.8 U20 in 2022, MIGUEL GONZALEZ-BETANCOURT V45 2nd (PB 37.08m) adding 3.19m to his 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.3 V45 in 2022

MAISTONE AND MEDWAY OPEN MEETING – Took place at Gillingham on 10 April
300m – SX 1 ALEX BEECHEY (2nd Claim) 2nd (PB 34.17) taking .48 of a second off his 2017 time

NUNEATON OPEN MEETING – Took place at Nuneaton on 10 April
400m – SX 1 DITA JAJA U23 3rd (PB 60.62), 7 CALVIN SMITH U20 6th (50.16)
100m Hurdles – SW JESSICA HUNTER 1st (SB 13.76 w1.2) and is ranked UK No.6 in 2022

NATIONAL MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS – Took place at Sutton Park on 9 April
Men’s 12 Stage – 1st Tonbridge (4:13.11), 2nd Highgate Harriers (4:13.24), 3rd Bedford & County (4:14.25) 53 teams finished
Fastest Long Leg – Nick Goolab of Belgrave Harriers (25.23), Fastest Short Leg – Thomas Keen of Cambridge & Coleridge (15.10)
Women’s 6 Stage – 1st Salford (2:14.27), 2nd Highgate Harriers (2:18.12), 3rd Basingstoke & Mid Hants (2:18.55) 25 teams finished
Fastest Long Leg – Eleanor Bolton of Salford Harriers (29.20), Fastest Short Leg – Gemma Steel of Charnwood (17.17)

NATIONAL U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Sutton Park on 9 April
Under 15 Boys – The winner was Jacob Nugent of Mansfield (16.44) 7 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Mansfield (10 points) 1 team finished
Under 15 Girls – The winner was Milly Dunger of Bedford & County (17.59) 4 runners finished
No Team Completed
Under 17 Men – The winner was Joshua Blevins of Gateshead (15.31) 14 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Wirral “A” (11 points), 2nd Wirral “A” (27) 2 teams finished
Under 17 Women – The winner was Emilia Platt of East Cheshire & Tameside (17.59) 10 runners finished
Team Result – 1st East Cheshire & Tameside (11 points), 2nd Tipton Harriers (18) 2 teams finished

BERMUDA GAMES – Took place at Hamilton, Bermuda on 9 April
800m – SW ELLIE BAKER 5th (PB 2:05.87)
1500m – SM KYLE LANGFORD 6th (SB 3:47.89)

ATLANTA TRACK CLUB GRAND PRIX – Took place at Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 9 April
100m – SM H1 OJIE EDOBURUN 3rd (SB 10.38 nwr), 1 OJIE finished 3rd (SB 10.07 w-1.3) taking .31 of a second off his H1 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022

HARVARD v YALE – Took place at New Haven, Connecticut, USA on 9 April
100m – SW LARISSA GILES U20 (Yale University) 5th (SB 12.80 w0.1) taking .09 of a second off her 2 April time
5000m – SM LIAM GARRETT U23 (2nd Claim) 9th (PB 14:43.64) taking 23.63 seconds off his 2018 time, and is ranked UK No.8 U23 in 2022

HAVERING SPRING OPEN MEETING – Took place at Hornchuch on 9 April
Long Jump – SX B OGO ANOCHIRIONYE (2nd Claim) 1st (6.84m nwr)

SOUTHAMPTON INVITATIONAL THROWS MEETING – Took place at Southampton on 9 April
Shot 5kg – U17M TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (14.52m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (42.15m)
Hammer 4kg – SX JESSICA-CHARLIE BENNETT U20 (2nd Claim) 2nd (PB 49.95m) adding 55cm to her 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2022

SURREY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS/KINGSTON & PH OPEN THROWS MEETING – Took place at Kingston on 9 April
Discus 1.5kg – SM C MICHAEL NICHOLLS F44 1st (44.68m)

FLAMES INVITATIONAL – Took place at Cleveland, Tennessee, USA on 9 April
1500m – SM 7 MITCHEL COX (Queens University North Carolina) 11th (SB 3:52.59)

BRUTUS HAMILTON INVITATIONAL – Took place at Berkeley, California, USA on 9 April
100m – SW 2 MICHAEL OHIOZE 2nd (SB 10.89 w0.5)
200m – SM 2 MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (21.90 w-1.0)

SUN ANGEL CLASSIC – Took place at Tempe, Arizona, USA on 9 April
100m – SW 5 JAMAL RHODEN-STEVENS 6th (10.60 w0.5)
200m – SW 6 JAMAL RHODEN-STEVENS 4th (21.11 w1.2)
Shot 7.26kg – SM B GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 12th (16.01m)
Discus 2kg – SM B GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 4th (SB 59.52m) adding 5.81m to his 26 March throw, and is ranked UK No.4 in 2022

HURRICANE ALUMINI INVITATIONAL – Took place at Coral Gables, Florida, USA on 8-9 April
100m Hurdles – SW 1 LILY PARRIS U20 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 5th (SB 14.82 w-1.0) and is ranked UK No.6 U20 in 2020

JO MEAKER CLASSIC – Took place at Canyon, Texas, USA on 8-9 April
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 1st (4.70m)

TRITON INVITATIONAL – Took place at La Jolla, California, USA on 8-9 April
Discus 1kg – SW JADE LALLY V35 4th (57.99m), SHADINE DUQUEMIN 7th (54.45m)
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 6th (SB 62.35m) adding 2.46m to his 7 April throw, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022

CVEATC ELITE DISCUS INVITATIONAL – Took place at Chula Vista, California, USA on 7 April
Discus 1kg – SW JADE LALLY V35 2nd (60.47m), SHADINE DUQUEMIN 6th (SS 55.13m) and is ranked UK No.3 in 2022
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 7th (SB 59.89m) adding 10cm to his 27 February throw, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2022

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 9 April.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 102nd (25.03) this was his 241st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 9 April.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 93rd (25.45) this was his 113th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 9 April.
BRADLEY SINGER 39th (23.52) this was his 173rd Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 40th (24.02) this was his 325th Parkrun, LILY PLASETT U 112th (28.32) this was her 20th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 9 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 148th (32.37) this was his 218th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 9 April.
JO KENT V55 13th (PB 19.53) this was her 82nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 9 April.
DYLAN MICHEL U 2nd (18.19) this was his 46th Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 8th (21.53) this was his 75th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 21st (27.05) this was her 59th Parkrun, PENNY HARPER-WILKINSON V60 27th (29.43) this was her 8th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 14 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 12 MAY – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

HIGHGATE HARRIERS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 20 April at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath (SatNav NW5 1QR), nearest station is Gospel Oak.
Start Times – 6.30pm Discus, 6.45pm 100m and High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m, 7.40pm 300m, 7.45pm Shot Put, 8.00pm 5000m.
Track Events – 100m and 1500m all age-groups excluding Under 11s, 300m U15/U17/U20/Seniors, 5000m U20/Seniors.
Entry fee £8 per event. The total number of entries for each event will be limited. You are strongly advised to enter as soon as possible using the link below. Entries will close when event is full or otherwise at midnight on Sunday 17 April.
Link to On-Line entry and payment only – No entries on the night – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/high1879/
Link to HH Flyer – Advert of HH Open Meeting April 2022
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 24 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 1 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav Wd25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 28 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 29 April

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 7 May at the Sportcity Regional Athletics Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – 2022-NAL-Timetable-OTF-2
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 8 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable –
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 5 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 6 May.

AUSTRALIA STATE VICTORIA TO HOST 2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

The Australian state of Victoria has been selected to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. It will be the second time that the state has held the Games after Melbourne in 2006. However, the events in four years time will be spread across the entire Victoria region and not just in one city. The fact that no other countries apart from Australia bid for the 2026 Games meant that Victoria was granted an exclusive negotiating period to secure its bid to host the events back in February. Melbourne will host the opening ceremony at the 100,000 capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground but there will be four regional capitals: Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Gippsland. Each will have their own athletes village and the athletics will take place at Ballarat. It’s unknown what stadium will host the athletics but the largest venue in Ballarat is the 11,000 capacity Mars Stadium. The likelihood is that it will be renovated in a similar fashion to Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium or a new stadium will be built in Victoria’s third largest city.

CGF President Dame LOUISE MARTIN said: “The Commonwealth Games Federation is absolutely delighted to award the 2026 Commonwealth Games to Victoria. “Commonwealth Games Australia and the Victorian Government have set out a bold and innovative vision for hosting our major multi-sport event. “In Victoria, we believe we have found the perfect partner for the next stage of our journey. “This a very special moment for the Commonwealth Sport Family and on behalf of the entire Movement, I would like to congratulate Commonwealth Games Australia and Victoria on their successful Games submission. We now look forward to a bright future as we work together to stage a Commonwealth Games like no other.”

Australia has already hosted the Commonwealth Games five times, the first being in Sydney in 1938 and the last one just four years ago at Gold Coast. It also hosted the Olympics in 1956 and 2000 and just a couple of months ago Brisbane won the 2032 bid uncontested.

WHY THE EMSLEY CARR MILE DESERVES A GOOD HOME – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Iconic race boasts an amazing history and will be staged during the Night of the 10,000m PBs in London on 14 May. With a history dating back to 1953 and a list of winners that reads like a who’s who of middle-distance running greats, the Emsley Carr Mile is one of the most iconic races in athletics. One thing is has never quite had, though, is a regular home. After being held in the White City in London for the first 16 years, it has subsequently moved around the nation. From Crystal Palace and Cwmbran to Sheffield and Swansea, in more recent years it has been held during Diamond League meetings at the Olympic Stadium in London, Alexander Stadium in Birmingham or, last year, Gateshead International Stadium. Next month, though, it will be held as part of the Night of the 10,000m PBs on Hampstead Heath in north London on Saturday 14 May. After losing the European 10,000m Cup element of the meeting, it is a coup for the organisers and it will be interesting to see how such an historic race is weaved into the vibrant modern meeting that Highgate Harriers have created. One thing that is crucial is that the fields are strong. The reputation of the Emsley Carr Mile has been built on the impressive quality of the line-ups and let’s hope the 2022 event does not let us down. The standard was set in 1953 when the inaugural Emsley Carr Mile was won by GORDON PIRIE. Better known as a cross-country and long distance track runner, PIRIE also had a good turn of speed and cult appeal among the country’s endurance running fraternity. The name of PIRIE, I would guess, probably won’t even mean much to many current athletes in their teens or 20s. But such was his popularity in 1955 he was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year and in 1965 he finished top of an AW readers’ poll to decide “the greatest British athlete in history”. After PIRIE came the mercurial KEN WOOD. Google his name now and all you will find are links about Britain’s leading manufacturer of food mixing devices. Yet in the 1950s and early 1960s he was one of the world’s top milers who possessed such an explosive sprint finish that it helped him win a record four Emsley Carr Mile titles between 1954 and 1961. In an interview published in AW in 2004, WOOD told me an amazing (and slightly unbelievable) story about how he ran the world’s first sub-four-minute one month before ROGER BANNISTER’S famous feat. However, whereas BANNISTER’S run at Oxford’s Iffley Road was in an official race with timekeepers holding stopwatches, Wood’s apparent sub-four was during a ‘training race’ in Sheffield with barely any witnesses.

Still, his four Emsley Carr Mile wins were no accident and as the years rolled on and the event moved from London to Scotland to Wales and elsewhere, the winners included legends such as KIP KEINO of Kenya, JIM RYUN of the United States, SAID AOUITA of Morocco, HAILE GEBRSELASSIE of Ethiopia, HICHAM EL GUERROUJ of Morocco, plus Brits like SEB COE, STEVE OVETT, DAVE MOORCROFT and PETER ELLIOTT. Not surprisingly it was recognised in 2019 by World Athletics and awarded a Heritage plaque for its historical importance. Among other things, part of its charm is that all winners must sign a large Emsley Carr Mile book moments after their victory. The latest signature was written by ELLIOT GILES, who took victory in Gateshead last year at a meeting that also saw the women’s equivalent, the MILLICENT FAWCETT Mile, won by KATE GRACE of the United States. A more recent creation with a four-year history, the MILLICENT FAWCETT Mile will also be part of the Night of the 10,000m PBs event on 14 May.

About 15 years ago the Emsley Carr Mile struggled to find a place in the spotlight. The 2006 race at Alexander Stadium was an extraordinarily slow tactical affair won in a pedestrian (4:10.02), whereas the following year, in 2007, the event was held at a British Milers’ Club event at Stretford track in Manchester and therefore not televised. As this classic race continues its peripatetic existence, hopefully the Night of the 10,000m PBs will turn into a relatively long-term host venue. After all, an event of such stature and history surely deserves a good home.

Emsley Carr Mile winners
1953 Gordon Pirie (GBR) 4:06.80 White City
1954 Ken Wood (GBR) 4:04.80 White City
1955 Ken Wood (GBR) 4:05.40 White City
1956 Derek Ibbotson (GBR) 3:59.40 White City
1957 Ken Wood (GBR) 4:02.00 White City
1958 Murray Halberg (NZL) 4:06.50 White City
1959 Derek Ibbotson (GBR) 4:03.10 White City
1960 László Tábori (USA) 4:00.30 White City
1961 Ken Wood (GBR) 4:08.40 White City
1962 Jim Beatty (USA) 3:56.52 White City
1963 Bill Crothers (CAN) 4:06.50 White City
1964 Witold Baran (POL) 3:56.04 White City
1965 Alan Simpson (GBR) 4:04.11 White City
1966 Kip Keino (KEN) 3:53.42 White City
1967 Jim Ryun (USA) 3:56.02 White City
1968 John Whetton (GBR) 3:58.56 White City
1969 Francesco Arese (ITA) 3:57.80 Crystal Palace
1970 Ian Stewart (GBR) 3:57.40 Meadowbank
1971 Peter Stewart (GBR) 4:00.40 Meadowbank
1972 Peter Stewart (GBR) 3:55.30 Crystal Palace
1973 Frank Clement (GBR) 4:01.81 Crystal Palace
1974 Frank Clement (GBR) 3:57.44 Crystal Palace
1975 Filbert Bayi (TAN) 3:55.50 Crystal Palace
1976 David Moorcroft (GBR) 3:57.06 Crystal Palace
1977 Sebastian Coe (GBR) 3:57.67 Crystal Palace
1978 John Robson (GBR) 3:55.83 Crystal Palace
1979 Steve Ovett (GBR) 3:56.58 Gateshead Stadium
1980 Colin Reitz (GBR) 4:00.60 Meadowbank
1981 Geoff Smith (GBR) 3:55.80 Cwmbran
1982 David Moorcroft (GBR) 3:57.84 Crystal Palace
1983 Sebastian Coe (GBR) 4:03.37 Alexander Stadium
1984 Peter Elliott (GBR) 3:55.71 Gateshead
1985 Mark Rowland (GBR) 4:01.70 Swansea
1986 Neil Horsfield (GBR) 3:57.03 Swansea
1987 John Walker (NZL) 3:58.75 Gateshead
1988 Chris McGeorge (GBR) 4:07.07 Crystal Palace
1989 Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:51.97 Gateshead
1990 Peter Elliott (GBR) 3:55.51 Gateshead
1991 Peter Elliott (GBR) 3:52.10 Sheffield
1992 Steve Crabb (GBR) 3:58.76 Sheffield
1993 Philemon Hanneck (ZIM) 3:57.06 Portsmouth
1994 Kevin McKay (GBR) 3:58.72 Gateshead
1995 Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI) 3:49.80 Crystal Palace
1996 William Tanui (KEN) 3:54.57 Sheffield
1997 Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI) 3:53.28 Sheffield
1998 Laban Rotich (KEN) 3:51.74 Sheffield
1999 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 3:52.39 Gateshead
2000 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:45.96 Crystal Palace
2001 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:49.41 Crystal Palace
2002 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:50.86 Crystal Palace
2003 Paul Korir (KEN) 3:48.17 Crystal Palace
2004 Paul Korir (KEN) 3:49.84 Crystal Palace
2005 Michael East (GBR) 3:52.50 Sheffield
2006 Gabe Jennings (USA) 4:10.02 Alexander Stadium
2007 Jon Rankin (USA) 3:54.24 Stretford
2008 Shedrack Kibet Korir (KEN) 3:54.68 Crystal Palace
2009 Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:52.71 Crystal Palace
2010 Augustine Choge (KEN) 3:50.14 Crystal Palace
2011 Leonel Manzano (USA) 3:51.21 Crystal Palace
2012 Silas Kiplagat (KEN) 3:52.44 Crystal Palace
2013 Augustine Choge (KEN) 3:50.01 London Stadium
2014 Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:51.89 Alexander Stadium
2015 Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:54.87 London Stadium
2016 Silas Kiplagat (KEN) 3:53.04 London Stadium
2017 Jake Wightman (GBR) 3:54.92 Alexander Stadium
2018 Stewart McSweyn (AUS) 3:54.60 Alexander Stadiumart McSweyn with the Emsley Carr Mile 2019 Samuel Tefera (ETH) 3:49.45 London Stadium
2020 Cancelled due to Covid pandemic
2021 Elliot Giles (GBR) 3:52.49 Gateshead

Millicent Fawcett Mile
2018 Sifan Hassan (NLD) 4:14:71 London Stadium
2019 Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER) 4:21:11 Birmingham
2021 Kate Grace (USA) 4:27:20 Gateshead

IS ATHLETICS WINNING THE FIGHT AGAINST DOPING – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

It’s now five years since the creation of the Athletics Integrity Unit, so how much progress has been in that time when it comes to the war on drugs? We discover a changed landscape. “We are in a good place and our trajectories are going in the right way for the first time in a long time,” declares BRETT CLOTHIER, the head of the Athletics Integrity Unit. The Australian, recruited last summer to front World Athletics’ independent spin-off, acknowledges there’s a but. “I don’t want to kid anyone,” he adds. “There’s still a long way to go in the fight against doping.” The scale of that battle in the UK alone appears vast on mere tests conducted. According to the most recent report from UK Anti-Doping, samples were collected on 12,971 occasions within a year from across 49 sports and in 36 countries in the year headed into the originally-scheduled Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Throw in a supplementary process of investigation, intelligence and regulation to bring 25 published decisions – at a bill of £3million per annum. It feeds into the AIU, established in 2017 and designed to operate freely of the vested interests and corruption that has a tendency to infiltrate sports, as the old IAAF and Russia (still suspended) have demonstrated.

It has proven effective in policing track and field as a counter-weight to any flaws in each nation’s own system. Straightforward was the case of CHRISTIAN COLEMAN, suspended until later this year following his three missed drugs tests. More esoteric was WILSON KIPSANG, who deployed a fake photo of an overturned lorry to justify missing a test. Or fellow marathoner JEMIMA SUMGONG’S insistence she was injected with EPO by a malevolent imposter. A total of 544 names began the year on the AIU’s global blacklist – although the lone Briton, hammer thrower MARK DRY, has since been removed from it. A rare example, perhaps, where a system sensibly set up to judge in black and white struggles with the occasional shade of grey.

“I hope,” adds CLOTHIER, “that people – the athletics fans and the broader public – can really see athletics is standing out in the crowd from other sports in actually taking the issue of doping seriously. And that, with the right structures in place and the right amount of investment, it’s possible to make an impression, to begin to take the first serious steps to actually getting a better situation that the public can trust in our events, can trust in what they’re seeing out on the field of play.” Fairly, and without discrimination, declares SEBASTIAN COE, the president of World Athletics. Despite DRY’S claims that he was easy prey for an unfair sanction as “low hanging fruit”, there is no doubt that other sports have a more recent history of protecting their wayward stars, or simply not testing thoroughly at all. “If there is transgression – and there is a far greater chance because of the technology and investigative skills that the AIU has now and how it collates its intelligence – there is a far greater chance they will get to the bottom of these things quicker than we have before,” COE said. “And the sanction will be faster and harder. And plenty of people with high reputations have taken a tumble.”

The Tokyo Olympics, notably, saw British sprinter CJ UJAH test positive for a prohibited substance normally utilised for muscle-building. It means the GB team will lose its silver medal at the 2020 Olympics too. Such detection is simpler in a controlled environment such as a Games where there is no hiding place and all must pass through the inspection zone. But, says CLOTHIER: “In high risk environments, the quality of the cases we’ve been able to have is high … and I’ll give you just two examples: one is Kenya and one is Russia.” Notoriously lax in their respective regimes, the net has closed – whether around the natives or those on a visit. Much change on the latter came out of the MCLAREN Report that saw the Russian ecosystem exposed as a sham. Kenya remains imperfect in its diligence but the government has been lent on and brought on board. “In terms of the education work that’s happening on the ground there, steps are being put in to address risk,” confirms CLOTHIER. “And also, quite frankly, the athletes are more afraid of getting caught than they were before. And that has a really big impact on the ground.” The UK is not without stains. Supplement use – and abuse – remains a significant problem at a recreational level, with one study suggesting that steroid users are larger users of needle exchanges in Wales than the drugs addicts they were set up to serve.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

All the following photographs feature our many athletes that competed in the Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on 19-20 March.

SPRINT TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Excellent video of JACQUILENE AGYEPONG girls practising their sprint starts.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 7 April to Enya Akpata, Ben Bellisario, Phillip Crout, Charlie Cutler, Dean De-Andrea, Bradley Goater, Charlotte Johnston, Julian Lamy, Alessa Lewis, Phillipa Lowe, Suneel Mohindra, Phoebe Music, Amelia Onyem and Ray Powell

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to JIMI ADU, TIMI BAKARE, YANN JANSSEN, FAITH LAMPTEY, EBUKA NWOKEJI, BRANDON KUFAZYINEI and DAN WINFIELD

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES – Is the first fixture of the 2022 track and field season. The first of four LICC/LUCA fixtures takes place on Saturday 16 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups. Members of SBH and LUCA qualify for a 50% discount.
Online entries only at  entry4sports.co.uk then put 326 in filter box– no entries on the day.
Link to timetable – LICC LUCA Lee Valley 16-04-22 (4)
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 12 April

INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETICS OFFICIATING – Good afternoon all. It has been discussed recently, we need to build up the number of officials we have available to help us promote athletics meetings both at the StoneX Stadium and at other local venues.

Can you please help by checking with the parents of athletes in your groups or perhaps even some of your athletes whether they are interested in officiating at athletics events and whether they could attend the introductory sessions at the StoneX Stadium. Any support would be greatly appreciated. There’s a real risk following the Covid outbreaks and the number of officials that have recently retired, that some inter-club athletics meetings will have to be cancelled.
The dates and times for the 2 sessions are; Tuesday 19 April from 18.30 to 20.00 and Tuesday 26 April from 18.30 to 20.00. The tutor is TAMSIN JAMES, who is an excellent official and who regularly supports our meetings.
Can you please confirm availability and details of any of your introductions who can attend ASAP. You too would be welcome. Thanks, and take care.

GEOFFREY MORPHITIS Telephone: 020 8447 1066, Mobile: 07976 994 302, E-mail: geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com

MIDDLESEX VETERANS X/C CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to JONNY SHAW, PAUL LEWIS, TIM UNDERHILL and DAVID GREENSTEIN who won were worthy winners of the Middlesex team bronze medals with 40 points, the winners were Highgate Harriers with 15 points, 2nd were Trent Park with 35 points.

SIAB CROSS COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL – I have advised that the results were in fact incorrect, in the Intermediate Boys race HENRY DOVER did not compete.

NATIONAL MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS – Take place this Saturday 9 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham (SatNav B73 6BU).
Start times Men 12.00noon and Women 12.20pm

NATIONAL U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place this Saturday 9 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham (SatNav B73 6BU).
Start times 11.00am U17M, 11.05am U17W, 11.15am U15B, 11.20am U15G

RESULTS
CITY OF PORTMOUTH OPEN MEETING – Took place at Portsmouth on 3 April
Discus 1.5kg – U17M TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (41.91m)
Shot 5kg – U17M B TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 14.58m) adding 2cm to his 13 February put, and is ranked UK No.2 U17 in 2022

MARK CAWTE MEMORIAL OPEN MEETING – Took place at Swindon on 3 April
Long Jump – SX LYDIA ROGERS U17 6th (4.81m)

EDREAMS MITJA MARATO BARCELONA – Took place at Barcelona, Spain on 3 April
RICHARD HORTON 26th (PB 65.25) taking 12 seconds of his 2017 time

SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS AC CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 2 April
60m – M35 4 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (7.94), JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V50 3rd (8.17)
200m – M35 3 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (SB 25.89) taking .39 of a second off his 5 March time, and is ranked UK No.10 V50 in 2022, JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V50 3rd (SB 26.04)
400m – M35 2 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 3rd (60.93)
1500m – W35 2 LISA WEBB V55 2nd (5:22.42)
High Jump – M35 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 2nd (1.50m)
Pole Vault – X35 STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 3rd (PB 2.73m) adding 13cm to her 19 March height, and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2022

VELOCITY FEST 10 – Took place at Kingston, Jamaica on 2 April
100m – SM H5 ZHARNEL HUGHES 1st (10.50 w-4.2), C ZHARNEL finished 2nd (SB 10.10 w-0.4) taking .05 of a second off his 26 March time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022

USD EARLY BIRD MEETING – Took place at Vermilion, South Dakota, USA on 2 April
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 3rd (4.92m)

UCONN DOG FIGHT MEETING – Took place at Storrs, Connecticut, USA on 2 April
1500m – SM 1 LIAM GARRETT U23 (Yale University 2nd Claim) 1st (PB 3:54.98) taking 6.12 seconds off his 2019 time

WINDSOR, SLOUGH, ETON & HOUNSLOW OPEN MEETING – Took place at Eton on 2 April
100m – SX 4 KIERA GILMAN U20 (2nd Claim) 4th (SB 13.25 w-2.0)
200m – SM H2 JUBRIL ADENIRAN U20 2nd (PB 23.20 w-1.4) taking .13 of a second off his 2019 time

ATHLETICS NORFOLK FRIDAY EVENING SERIES – Took place at Norwich on 1 April
400m – SM ALEX STAPLETON U23 1st (PB 55.5) taking 1.7 seconds off his 2017 time
600m – SX 4 CALVIN SMITH U20 1st (PB 1:24.2) taking 3.37 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.6 U20 in 2022

STANFORD INVITATIONAL – Took place at Stanford, California, USA on 1-2 April
200m – SM 5 MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (SB 21.03 w0.4) and is ranked UK No.9 in 2022
400m – SM 1 MICHAEL OHIOZE 8th (SB 48.82)
1500m – SM 3 JEREMY DEMPSEY 9th (SB 3:43.49)
5000m – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 2nd (PB 13:24.58) taking 9.31 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2022

WEST COAST RELAYS – Took place at Clovis, California, USA on 30 March – 1 April
110m Hurdles – SM 2 JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 1st (PB 14.53 w1.4) taking .39 of a second off his 25 March time, and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2022
Long Jump – SM A JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 1st (SB 6.97m w1.5) adding 1cm to his 25 February jump
Discus 2kg – SM A JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 8th (PB 37.37m)

NORTHERN UNIVERSITY CUP – Took place at Stretford on 30 March
100m – SM 1 JULIAN PRIEST U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (SB 11.34 w1.6)
200m – SM 1 JULIAN PRIEST U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (SB 22.89 w2.5)

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 2 April.
BRADLEY SINGER 9th (22.30) this was his 172nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 2 April.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 157th (28.27) this was his 240th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Northala Fields on 2 April.
DANIEL NICHOLS V35 1st (18.16) this was his 27th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 2 April.
STUART SINGER V60 22nd (22.10) this was his 324th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 2 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 154th (32.39) this was his 217th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Shorne Woods on 2 April.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 39th (26.42) this was his 112th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 7 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 5 MAY – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

LONLONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES– Is the first fixture of the 2022 track and field season. The first of four LICC/LUCA fixtures takes place on Saturday 16 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups. Members of SBH and LUCA qualify for a 50% discount.
Online entries only at  entry4sports.co.uk then put 326 in filter box– no entries on the day.
Link to the timetable – LICC LUCA Lee Valley 16-04-22 (4)
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closing Date Tuesday12 April

HIGHGATE HARRIERS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 20 April at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath (SatNav NW5 1QR), nearest station is Gospel Oak.
Start Times – 6.30pm Discus, 6.45pm 100m and High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m, 7.40pm 300m, 7.45pm Shot Put, 8.00pm 5000m.
Track Events – 100m and 1500m all age-groups excluding Under 11s, 300m U15/U17/U20/Seniors, 5000m U20/Seniors.
Entry fee £8 per event. The total number of entries for each event will be limited. You are strongly advised to enter as soon as possible using the link below. Entries will close when event is full or otherwise at midnight on Sunday 17 April.
Link to On-Line entry and payment only – No entries on the night – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/high1879/
Link to HH Flyer – Advert of HH Open Meeting April 2022
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 24 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 1 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav Wd25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 28 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 29 April

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR OUR FIRST TWO FIXTURES OF 2022 – RAY POWELL has now received information of the first two fixtures, that Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers will be providing a team of volunteers.
The Westminster Mile on Sunday 1 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 20 volunteers needed, currently we have 6 volunteers.
Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 10 volunteers needed, currently we have 6 volunteers.
The meeting place is the volunteer hub in Green Park.
Please contact CLARE & RAY at ray571m@btopenworld.com

JACK BUCKNER APPOINTED UKA CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN of JACK BUCKNER winning the 5000m (13:10.15) at the European Championships in Stuttgart in 1986. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

JACK BUCKNER has been described as the “stand-out candidate with his feel for the sport and knowledge as an athlete” by UK Athletics chairman IAN BEATTIE.
Following media speculation earlier in the week, BUCKNER was confirmed at midday on Thursday 31 March by UKA as its new chief executive. He will leave his current role as chief executive of British Swimming to move to the athletics governing body. MARK MUNRO, the interim chief executive, will slide into the role of chief operating officer at UKA.
“I am delighted to announce JACK as our new CEO,” says BEATTIE. “We were impressed with the range and quality of applicants for the role at this exciting time for athletics, but JACK was the stand-out candidate with his feel for the sport and knowledge as an athlete.
“Both the Board and I look forward to working with JACK, starting with this very busy and exciting summer and looking ahead to the fast-approaching Paris Olympics and Paralympics.”
BEATTIE added: “I’d also like to thank MARK MUNRO in his role as interim CEO and his commitment to leading the senior team over the last few months. I’ve no doubt we’ve got some great talent in the senior leadership team and organisation and I’m looking forward to working with them in the coming years.”

Read More: Why JACK BUCKNER is the perfect choice to lead UKA – At British Swimming BUCKNER oversaw a successful Team GB performance at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, with the Olympic team claiming a best-ever haul of eight medals including four golds while the Paralympic team was the most successful sport competing for ParalympicsGB with 26 medals.

SARACENS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY – Today we are proud to share with you the findings of the Saracens Social & Economic Impact Study, which has been produced by Ernst & Young (EY). This independent study has, for the very first time, enabled Saracens to articulate the value of the considerable economic and social impact that the club has within its community.

As you are aware the contribution that Saracens and our group of associated organisations has within the community is extremely important to us and is at the heart of much of what we do. The results of the study are impressive and provide us with a base line from which to build from in future years. We are committed to work with our partners and stakeholders to further increase our social and economic impact and further reduce our impact on the environment in future years.
Please find attached a copy of the Saracens Social & Economic Impact Study and a press release announcing the study’s findings – Saracens Socio-Economic Impact Study – March 2022  Saracens Social & Economic Impact Study – Release 31-03-22 Final

We would like to thank all of our partners, staff, players, coaches, supporters and everyone in the Saracens family for making all of this possible.
Best regards GORDON BANKS Chief Community Officer, Saracens Ltd, Greenlands Lane, Barnet, London, NW4 1RL

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

All the following photographs feature our many athletes that competed in the Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on 19-20 March.

SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS AV CHAMPIONSHIPS – Excellent photograph of SEAN SUTHERLAND plus JOHNSON OGUNNIYI following their outstanding performances.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 31 March to Dominic Bannister, Grant Brown, Abigail Edwards, Richard Goodman, Alexandra Hall, Sharon Jackson, Alfredo Melao, Patrick Pearce, Paul Simons, Claire Spurway, Alon Taylor, Tim Underhill and Amelia Wills

RECENT NEW MEMBER – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to MILO GRIGSON

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES – Is the first fixture of the 2022 track and field season. The first of four LICC/LUCA fixtures takes place on Saturday 16 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups. Members of SBH and LUCA qualify for a 50% discount.
Online entries only at  entry4sports.co.uk then put 326 in filter box– no entries on the day.
Link to timetable – LICC LUCA Lee Valley 16-04-22 (3)
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 12 April

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR OUR FIRST TWO FIXTURES OF 2022 – RAY POWELL has now received information of the first two fixtures, that Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers will be providing a team of volunteers.
The Westminster Mile on Sunday 1 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 20 volunteers needed, currently we have 6 volunteers.
Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 10 volunteers needed, currently we have 6 volunteers.
The meeting place is the volunteer hub in Green Park.
Please contact CLARE & RAY at ray571m@btopenworld.com

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 6 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav Wd25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 100m (Limit 40), 19.15pm Long Jump (Limit 12), 19.20pm 1500m (Limit 200 no times over 5.30 minutes), 20.45pm 3000m (Limit 80 no times over 11.00 minutes)
Link to entries – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/whatopen01/
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS – Took place last Sunday 27 March at Milton Keynes.
On contacting the Men’s team manager TONY JACKSON, he said “With 3 vets in the team and me in the Vets 55 category we were always going to struggle. These relays are a young man’s event and that was a disappointment. Saying that the youngsters who did support us were great”. “It looks as though we were 22nd in the end and qualified for the National on Saturday 9 April at Sutton Park, Birmingham, which is good news”.
The Women produced a solid performance, and finished in 12th place. With three of our girls still Juniors, this will have given them vast experience for the years to come. Well done to you all.

Men’s 12 Stage – SBH 22nd (4:39.24) Leg 1 MARK PEARCE 21st (27.34), Leg 2 SAM WIGGINS U23 3rd Team position 13th (15.02), Leg 3 MICHAEL CALLEGARI 17th Team position 14th (27.42), Leg 4 ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN U20 20th Team position 15th (16.56), Leg 5 NATHAN GODDARD U20 17th Team position 15th (27.39), Leg 6 RAPHAEL AARON U20 36th Team position 18th (18.49), Leg 7 TOM BUTLER 10th Team position 17th (27.17), Leg 8 RICHARD WILLIAMS 27th Team position 18th (17.59), Leg 9 PHILIP CROUT 38th Team position 21st (31.40), Leg 10 TONY JACKSON V55 33rd Team position 21st (18.41), Leg 11 BEN WINFIELD U23 18th Team position 19th (28.36), Leg 12 TIM PARKIN V40 37th Team position 22nd (21.22).
Team Result – 1st Tonbridge (4:10.00), 2nd Highgate Harriers (4:10.52), 3rd Bedford & County (4:11.58), 22nd SBH (4:39.24) 39 teams finished.

Women’s 6 Stage – SBH 12th (2:23.53) Leg 1 INDIRA PATEL U20 3rd (16.56), Leg 2 CHARLENNE JACOBS-CONRADIE V40 22nd Team position 17th (34.11), Leg 3 APRIL HILL U20 7th Team position 11th (18.21), Leg 4 ELANA DIMMER 20th Team position 14th (34.33), Leg 5 HANNAH RIDLEY 18th Team position 14th (20.19), Leg 6 ELENA RONCARATI U20 14th Team position 12th (19.36).
Team Result – 1st Cambridge Harriers (2:08.53), 2nd Belgrave Harriers (2:12.43), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District (2:13.26), 12th SBH (2:23.53) 27 teams finished.

SOUTHERN U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place last Sunday 27 March at Milton Keynes.
Under 15 Boys – The winner was Alex Mulvhill of Highgate Harriers (16.53) 13 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (16 points), 2nd Luton (20) 2 teams finished

Under 15 Girls – The winner was Millie Dunger of Bedford & County (17.33) 11 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (14 points), 2nd South London Harriers (20) 2 teams finished

Under 17 Men – The winner was Isaac Rothwell of Cambridge & Coleridge (15.16) 18 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Cambridge & Coleridge (9 points), 2nd Lewes (28) 2 teams finished

Under 17 Women – The winner was Jemima Ridley of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (17.55) 6 runners finished.
Team Result – No teams finished

RESULTS
BE FIT TODAY TRACK ACADEMY INDOOR SERIES – Took place at Lee Valley on 27 March.
100m – SW 1.12 EVE WRIGHT U23 1st (SB 11.77) and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2022, ALANNAH FASHANU U23 2nd (SB 11.85) and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2022, 2.1 EVE finished 1st (11.82), ALANNAH finished 2nd (PB 11.84) equalling her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2022
200m – SX 5 JESSICA GIBBS U15 3rd (SB 28.54), 11 ZICO JONES U17 1st (23.22)
100m Hurdles – SW 1.2 MARLI JESSOP U20 1st (13.84), 2.1 MARLI JESSOP 1st (PB 13.73) taking .07 of a second off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2022

BOURNEMOUTH OPEN MEETI NG – Took place at Bournemouth on 27 March.
Long Jump – SX D TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 4th (SB 6.10m) adding 2cm to his 13 February jump
Discus 1.5kg – SM A TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 45.14m) adding 5.93m to his 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2022
Shot 1.5kg – SM B TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (13.54m)

HERTFORDSHIRE/MIDDLESEX VETERANS X/C CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Trent Park on 27 March.
Hertfordshire – M40/M50 (9800m) the V40 winner was Paul Adams of St Albans Striders (35.19), V50 winner was Richard Coles of Watford Joggers (36.54) 41 runners finished
Middlesex – M40/M50 (9800m) JONNY SHAW V50 8th (38.58), PAUL LEWIS V50 12th (40.19), TIM UNDERHILL V50 18th (42.29), LENARD MICHEL V50 24th (44.18) the V40 winner was James Arrowsmith of Trent Park (35.56), V50 winner was Sion Parry of Highgate Harriers (35.40) 39 runners finished
Hertfordshire – W All Age-Groups + M60 (6400m) JO KENT W55 (2nd Claim) 10th 1st W55 (28.31) the M60 winner was Paul Reddaway of Ware Joggers (27.54), M70 winner was Desmond Michael of Barnet & District (32.14) 26 runners finished
Middlesex – W All Age-Groups (6400m) the V35 winner was Cyn Cano of Trent Park (27.02), F45 winner was Anna Critchlow of West 4 (28.31), F55 winner was Sabina Russell of Highgate Harriers (29.42), F65 winner was Avril Riddell of Serpentine (36.17) 15 runners finished
Middlesex – M60 + (6400m) the M60 winner was Mark Cursons of Harrow (25.23), M70 winner was Steve Plested of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (32.20) 20 runners finished

SIAB CROSS COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL – Took place on the 26 March at Perrbrey Country Park, South Wales.
England dominated the International event, as they took the six team events and 11 of the 12 available individual medals and all four individual titles on a bright, sunny day in Wales
Intermediate Boys (6000m) – HENRY DOVER U17 (England Schools AA) 8th (21.08) the winner was Robert Price of England Schools AA (20.36), 31 runners finished.

REUNION DE FONDO GRAN PREMIO “CLUTAT DE BURJASSOT” – Took place at Burjassot, Spain on 26 March.
5000m – SM A ISAAC HIRSCHMAN CHANDLER U23 2nd (PB 14:40.17) taking .1 minute 17.22 seconds off his 2019 time.

ORU INVITATIONAL – Took place at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA on 25-26 March
Discus 2kg – SM GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 1st (SB 53.71m) and is ranked UK No.6 in 2022
Shot 7.26kg – SM GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 4th (SB 17.07m) and is ranked UK No.4 in 2022 

RALEIGH RELAYS – Took place at Raleigh, North Carolina, USA on 24-26 March
400m – SM 1 JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 5th (PB 50.73) taking 1.29 seconds off his 19 March time
800m – SM 2 MITCHEL COX (Queens University North Carolina) 2nd (SB 1:53.76) taking .14 of a second off his 29 January time
5000m – SM 10 JAMIE DEE (Iona College) 15th (SB 14:02.24) taking .06 of a second off his 19 February time
110m Hurdles – SM 4 JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 6th (PB 14.92 w3.0) taking 1.29 seconds off his 19 March time
Long Jump – SM B JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 9th (PB 6.96m w5.0) adding 20cm to his 12 February jump

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gunpowder on 26 March.
EUAN PHILLIPS U13 10th (19.04) this was his 32nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 26 March.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 178th (28.10) this was his 239th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 26 March.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 128th (26.35) this was his 111th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Malmo Ribersborg on 26 March.
ELLIOT BURCHER U17 5th (21.21) this was his 7th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 26 March.
STUART SINGER V60 29th (21.49) this was his 323rd Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 35th (22.13) this was his 171st Parkrun, LILY PLASETT U15 137th (29.04) this was her 19th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Stevenage on 26 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 173rd (32.05) this was his 216th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 26 March.
SHONA MICHEL V50 14th (PB 26.41) this was her 58th Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 39th (53.26) this was his 74th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 31 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

NATIONAL MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 9 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham (SatNav B73 6BU).
Start times Men 12.00noon and Women 12.20pm
Men 6 Stages – Women 4 Stages – Long leg are (5.38km), Short Legs are (3.16km)
Entry Close Friday 1 April
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager 

NATIONAL U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 9 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham (SatNav B73 6BU).
Start times 11.00am U17M, 11.05am U17W, 11.15am U15B, 11.20am U15G
Entry Close Friday 1 April
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

LONLONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES– Is the first fixture of the 2022 track and field season. The first of four LICC/LUCA fixtures takes place on Saturday 16 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups. Members of SBH and LUCA qualify for a 50% discount.
Online entries only at  entry4sports.co.uk then put 326 in filter box– no entries on the day.
Link to the timetable – LICC LUCA Lee Valley 16-04-22 (2)
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closing Date Tuesday12 April

HIGHGATE HARRIERS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 20 April at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath (SatNav NW5 1QR), nearest station is Gospel Oak.
Start Times – 6.30pm Discus, 6.45pm 100m and High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m, 7.40pm 300m, 7.45pm Shot Put, 8.00pm 5000m.
Track Events – 100m and 1500m all age-groups excluding Under 11s, 300m U15/U17/U20/Seniors, 5000m U20/Seniors.
Entry fee £8 per event. The total number of entries for each event will be limited. You are strongly advised to enter as soon as possible using the link below. Entries will close when event is full or otherwise at midnight on Sunday 17 April.
Link to On-Line entry and payment only – No entries on the night – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/high1879/
Link to HH Flyer – Advert of HH Open Meeting April 2022
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 24 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

ARE ANY OF YOU OUT THERE ASPRIRING ARTISTS – Do you want to sell your works of art to raise some money? The selected artworks will be for sale at Zari Gallery. Profits will be split with 50% going directly to the Artist, 30% divided equally between the LLOYD COWAN Bursary and the RON PICKERING Memorial Fund and 20% of sales going to the gallery.

The RON PICKERING Memorial Fund and the LLOYD COWAN Bursary are delighted to announce their first fundraising collaboration to showcase the artistic talents of track and field athletes. “The Art of the Athlete” exhibition will be held at the Zari Gallery in London from 2nd to 27th May 2022. It will promote art by current and former track and field athletes and raise money for the two organisations to support athletes and coaches.
The gallery is inviting interested athlete artists from across the globe to submit their work for a chance to take part in the exhibition. They will join ROALD BRADSTOCK, aka The “Olympic Picasso”, and Tokyo 800m silver medallist KEELY HODGKINSON, who are both contributing. KEELY was supported by the RON PICKERING Memorial Fund (RPMF) from the age of 15 and is a keen painter in her spare time.
Olympic 400m Champion CHRISTINE OHURUOGU set up the LLOYD COWAN Bursary (LCB) following the death of her legendary coach from Covid-19 in 2021. She said: “It is fantastic to be launching this exhibition with RPMF. LLOYD and RON were giants of our sport. This is a unique opportunity for athletes and former athletes to showcase their hidden talents and sell their artwork whilst helping us to support the next generation of talent.”

How To Enter:
Artists may submit up to four works of art (2D, 3D, Painting, Photography, Collage, and more), via the portal: https://www.artgalleria.com/portal/b7e34a1

Each submission should include:

• A high-quality digital image in jpeg or pdf format minimum 300dpi.
• Image Details: Title (s) of work, Medium, Size, Price.
• Artist statement and bio, which can be typed in the body of the email or sent as an attachment. 

The deadline for submission is 15th April 2022. If work is accepted, artists will be notified by email on that date and will receive a contract and inventory list.

Link to letter from Zari Gallery – SBH Art of the Athlete Lloyd Cowan Bursary

CYCLE RIDE IN DORSET – Last week, JOHN DRYDEN and JULIAN GOATER had arranged to meet up with HUGH RICHARDS at his home in Poole, Dorset. On the Tuesday, they had arranged to go out for a long bike ride, and after some 40km JOHN inadvertently touched HUGH’S rear wheel, and crashed to the ground. They were on an isolated country road, but were fortunate that not too long after the accident a car approached them and stopped, they managed to get JOHN into the car and took him to the A&E department at Poole Hospital. It turned out that JOHN had broken the top of his femur on his right leg, and they proceeded to reset the bone with a metal plate and screws. After a week in hospital, JOHN finally left the hospital on Tuesday this week, they managed to get JOHN in the back seat of the car, and ANN got him home to Guildford safely. We wish JOHN a very speedy recovery.

Photograph outside HUGH’S house in Poole, just prior to leaving on that unfortunate journey.

There off

50 YEARS PRESENTATION IN 2016 – Last week I published the list of 22 members who have completed 50 years or more with SBH.
HUGH STARKEY reminded me that on Saturday 6 August 2016, at the British Athletic League and UK Women’s Athletic League joint fixture at Allianz Park, JOHN DRYDEN, HUGH RICHARDS, HUGH STARKEY and KEN TOLLADY were invited to a special presentation of an engraved wine glass goblet, engraved with the SBH logo and their name, to celebrate 50 years with SBH.

The photographs were sent by JOHN DRYDEN, and the 1st photograph of left to right, HUGH RICHARDS, KEN TOLLADY, JOHN DRYDEN and DAVE BEFORD who presented the mementos, then HUGH STARKEY.

Outside the SBH clubhouse, with DAVE BEDFORD possibly giving one of his memorable stories to both HUGH’S, with JOYCE and BRYAN SMITH in the background.

This a photograph HUGH RICHARDS sent me, which is the trophy he won in 1967, for winning the SBH points title.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

All the following photographs feature our many athletes that competed in the Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on 19-20 March.

MIDDLE/LONG DISTANCE TRAINING – Excellent photograph of 16 of our athletes, who are members of the  EDDIE KING’S squad, training at StoneX Stadium.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 24 March to Temi Bakare, Douglas Curwen-Reed, James Isaacs, Sharon Jackson, Zanson Plummer, Tayla Robinson, Ben Rochford, Luisa Rojas, Roger Simons, Joe Shepherd, Jeremy Sothcott and Neville Thompson

RECENT NEW MEMBER – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to HARRY WEBB

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES – Is the first fixture of the 2022 track and field season. The first of four LICC/LUCA fixtures takes place on Saturday 16 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups. Members of SBH and LUCA qualify for a 50% discount.
Online entries only at  entry4sports.co.uk then put 326 in filter box– no entries on the day.
Link to timetable – LICC LUCA Lee Valley 16-04-22 (3)
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 12 April

SBH MEMBERS WITH 50 YEARS OR OVER WITH THE CLUB – As from the 1 April 2022 there will be 22 current members who have completed 50 years or more with SBH. Of those ROGER SIMONS who will be 80 on the 29 March has completed 66 years with SBH.

This is the full list of those 22 members – PADDY HICKS (73 years), BRENDA ATKINSON (70), BRYAN SMITH, JOYCE SMITH and TONY SUNDERLAND (67), KEN TOLLADY and ROGER SIMONS (66), GERRY ELMORE (62), LINDA ELMORE and PHILLIP RICHARDSON (61), DIAN TAYLOR (60), DAVE BEDFORD and GEOFFREY MORPHITIS (57), MARGARET BEACHAM, JULIAN GOATER, TONY PACKHAM and HUGH RICHARDS (56), DICK BOBER (55), MARTIN GREY (54), CAROL BACKHOUSE (53), SIMON KEENE (51) and JOHN DRYDEN (50)

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR OUR FIRST TWO FIXTURES OF 2022 – RAY POWELL has now received information of the first two fixtures, that Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers will be providing a team of volunteers.
The Westminster Mile on Sunday 1 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 20 volunteers needed, currently we have 6 volunteers.
Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 10 volunteers needed, currently we have 6 volunteers.
The meeting place is the volunteer hub in Green Park.
Please contact CLARE & RAY at ray571m@btopenworld.com

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place in Belgrade, Serbia from 18-20 March.
SCOTT LINCOLN, who started the year off with an indoor Shot personal best of (20.73m) at the BoXX United Manchester World Indoor Tour, only managed (19.65m) and finished 16th out of a possible 17 places, in what was a difficult evening for the six-time British indoor champion.
RYAN CROUSER suffered his first defeat (22.44m) in the shot put in three years as Brazil’s DARLAN ROMANI, who claimed the first major medal of his career, took home a surprise World Indoor gold in a championship record of (22.53m). The last time CROUSER, the reigning Olympic shot put champion and world record-holder both indoors and out, lost an event was way back at the 2019 World Championships in Doha. Such a surprise loss speaks volumes of his recent dominance. The American holds four out of the top five indoor throws in history and was unbeaten in 32 outings heading into Belgrade. The bronze medal was won by TOM WALSH of New Zealand with (22.31m).

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS – Takes place this Sunday 27 March at the Milton Keynes Track, Milton Keynes, Bucks (SatNav MK14 6BN).
Start times Men 12.00noon and Women 1.00pm
Men 6 Stages (4.8km) and 6 Stages (7.2km) – Women 4 Stages (4.8km) and 2 Stages (7.2km)

SOUTHERN U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place this Sunday 27 March at the Milton Keynes Track, Milton Keynes, Bucks (SatNav MK14 6BN).
Start time 11.00am

RESULTS
COLCHESTER THROWS MEETING – Took place at Colchester on 20 March
Discus 2kg – SM OLIVER GRAHAM U23 2nd (SB 33.39m) and is ranked UK No.7 U23 in 2022
Hammer 4kg – SW PHILIPPA DAVENALL 1st (56.84m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM OLIVER GRAHAM U23 1st (SB 59.67m)

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place on the 19 March.
The English Schools Athletics Association may be looking for funding but what it does have is a thriving cross-country championships. Big crowds flocked to the Hop Farm near Paddock Wood in Kent, on a beautiful sunny day and there were six excellent races on the flat fields surrounding the tourist spot for the 61st running of the event.
The majority of Shaftesbury’s athletes are affiliated, either to Hertfordshire or Middlesex. Based on the 5 races the Middlesex and Hertfordshire competed a team, these are the aggregate points of those 5 races – Hertfordshire (3998 points), Middlesex (4252 points).

Junior Boys (4395m) – The winner was Jake Meyburgh of Surrey (13.04), 330 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Sussex (262 points), 2nd Kent (263), 3rd Hampshire (296), 15th Hertfordshire (710), Middlesex (Team Not Complete) 42 teams finished 

Junior Girls (3150m) – POSIE SHAW U13 (Middlesex) 38th (13.10) the winner was Shakira King of Leicestershire & Rutland (12.11), 340 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Surrey (159 points), 2nd Hampshire (270), 3rd Kent (321), 25th Hertfordshire (932), 27th Middlesex (942) 44 teams finished 

Intermediate Boys (5750m) – HENRY DOVER U17 (Suffolk) 8th (19.33), GIANLEO STUBBS U17 (Hertfordshire) 15th (19.53), JONAH MARKS U17 (Hertfordshire) 93rd (21.15) the winner was Brandon Pye of Durham (19.12), 325 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Hampshire (302 points), 2nd Essex (327), 3rd Kent (330), 12th Suffolk (524), 31st Middlesex (1012), 38th Hertfordshire (1343) 42 teams finished 

Intermediate Girls (3875m) – RUBY VINTON U17 (Suffolk) 109th (15.30) the winner was Jess Bailey of Cumbria (13.12), 331 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Buckinghamshire (248 points), 2nd Greater Manchester (254), 3rd Devon (341), 8th Hertfordshire (495), 11th Middlesex (522), 39th Suffolk (1320) 44 teams finished 

Senior Boys (6995m) – LUCA STUBBS U20 (Hertfordshire) 73rd (25.17), SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U20 (Hertfordshire) 82nd (25.23), MAX WINFIELD U20 (Hertfordshire) 158th (26.25), BENEDICT WHITTLE U20 (Hertfordshire) 266th (28.29) the winner was Louis Small of Kent (23.12), 291 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Kent (143 points), 2nd Surrey (261), 3rd Merseyside (307), 15th Hertfordshire (729), 18th Middlesex (789) 34 teams finished 

Senior Girls (4395m) – APRIL HILL U20 (Suffolk) 64th (15.47), AMY GODDARD U20 (Suffolk) 187th (17.20), NATASHA TANNER U20 (Middlesex) 201st (17.30) the winner was Louise Hackett of Staffordshire (14.06), 278 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Surrey (289 points), 2nd West Yorkshire (317), 3rd Greater Manchester (352), 10th Hertfordshire (499), 25th Middlesex (987), 27th Suffolk (998) 31 teams finished 

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 19-20 March.
An outstanding championship from our tri-county athletes, with no less than 24 medals. Our county champions were as follows – Hertfordshire JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY U15 (200m), MIA HIGSON U17 (400m), EVA HIGSON U15 (60m Hurdles) and REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 (High Jump) – Middlesex ANGEL MCLEOD U15 (60m), ZICO JONES U17 (60m and 200m), LIA RADUS U23 (800m), NICOLE MCGOVERN U17 (1500m), SIENNA CORBYN U15 (60m Hurdles), MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 (High Jump), KIMANI JACK U20 (High Jump) and KEELAN FARRELL U20 (Long Jump) – Kent KACEY WALTERS U20 (200m)
There were silver medals from – Hertfordshire EVA HIGSON U15 (High Jump) – Middlesex PHOENIX LYON U23 (200m), NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 (60m Hurdles), STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 (Pole Vault) and KENAN STEPHENS U23 (Long Jump)
There were bronze medals from – Middlesex NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 (60m), LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U17 (300m), AZARIA NWANKWO U17 (60m Hurdles) and SIENNA CORBYN U15 (Long Jump)

Hertfordshire Championships
200m – U15B Straight Final JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY U15 won the Gold Medal (SB 24.35) taking .01 of a second off his 30 January time
400m – U17W Straight Final MIA HIGSON U17 won the Gold Medal (PB 61.71)
60m Hurdles – U15G Straight Final EVA HIGSON U15 won the Gold Medal (PB 10.01) taking .08 of a second off her 2021 time
High Jump – U15G Straight Final EVA HIGSON U15 won the Silver Medal (SB 1.30m)
High Jump – U20W Straight Final REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 won the Gold Medal (SB 1.60m)

Middlesex Championships
60m – U15B Heat 3 NATHAN HOWELL U15 3rd (PB 7.84) taking .12 of a second off his 30 January time, in the Final NATHAN finished 5th (PB 7.69) taking .15 of a second off his Heat 3 time
60m – U15G Heat 1 ANGEL MCLEOD U15 1st (7.97), Heat 2 SIENNA CORBYN U15 2nd (8.45), Heat 3 ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U15 2nd (8.46), ANNA-LUCIA HARLEY U15 4th (8.88) in the Final ANGEL won the Gold Medal (7.97), ONYEBUCH finished 4th (PB 8.37) equalling her 30 January time, SIENNA finished 5th (8.49)
60m – U17M Heat 1 VICTOR ODIAKA U17 2nd (PB 7.59) taking .42 of a second off his 2020 time, Heat 2 ZICO JONES U17 1st (7.34), MATEI FRUNZA U17 4th (PB 7.71) taking ..34 of a second off his 2020 time, Heat 3 OLIVER LAURENS U17 3rd (PB 7.48) taking .03 of a second off his 15 January time,  in the Final ZICO won the Gold Medal (7.26), VICTOR finished 7th (PB 7.57) taking .02 of a second off his Heat 1 time
60m – U17W Heat 1 NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 2nd PB 8.03) taking .24 of a second off her 2020 time, Heat 2 TOSIN JOKOSENUMI U17 2nd (8.09), OLIVE HARVEY-DEW U17 4th (PB 8.71) taking .30 of a second off her 2020 time, KATIE HARRIES U17 5th (8.75) in the Final NIA won the Bronze Medal (PB 8.02) ) taking .01 of a second off her Heat 1 time, TOSIN finished 4th (8.07)
60m – U20M Heat 1 BRYAN OGBEOR U20 5th (7.65), Heat 2 KIMANI JACK U20 5th (PB 7.44) taking .01 of a second off his 6 March time
60m – SM Heat 1 JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V50 4th (PB 8.15), Heat 2 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 5th (7.95), EUGENE RIZA 6th (PB 7.97) taking .42 of a second off his 23 January time, Heat 5 PHOENIX LYON U23 1st (7.30) in Semi-Final 1 PHOENIX finished 4th (7.19)
200m – U15B Heat 1 ASHER ESCOBAR U15 6th (28.70), Heat 2 HARRY PINCHERLE U15 4th (PB 26.04) taking 1 second off his 2021 time,  in the Final HARRY finished 5th (26.08)
200m – U15G Heat 1 ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U15 1st (SB 28.31) taking .21 of a second off her 30 January time, Heat 2 SIENNA CORBYN U15 2nd (28.79), ANNA-LUCIA HARLEY U15 3rd (SB 29.19) in the Final ONYEBUCH finished 5th (SB 28.19) taking .12 of a second off her Heat 1 time, SIENNA finished 6th (29.36)
200m – U17M Heat 1 ZICO JONES U17 1st (SB 23.18), Heat 2 OSCAR RONCARATI U17 4th (PB 25.54) taking .66 of a second off his 29 January time, in the Final ZICO won the Gold Medal (SB 22.89) taking .29 of a second off his Heat 1 time
200m – U20M Heat 2 KEELAN FARRELL U20 3rd (SB 23.44)
200m – SM Straight Final PHOENIX LYON U23 won the Silver Medal (SB 22.62) taking .38 of a second off his 22 January time
300m – U17W Straight Final LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U17 won the Bronze Medal (44.00) taking .12 of a second off her 29 January time
800m – SW Straight Final LIA RADUS U23 won the Gold Medal (SB 2:26.87) taking .3.51 seconds off her 18 February time
1500m – U17W Straight Final NICOLE MCGOVERN U17 won the Gold Medal (SB 4:40.89 CBP)
60m Hurdles – U15G Straight Final SIENNA CORBYN U15 won the Gold Medal (9.89)
60m Hurdles – U17W Straight Final NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 won the Silver Medal (9.51), AZARIA NWANKWO U17 won the Bronze Medal (PB 9.71)
Pole Vault – SW Straight Final STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 won the Silver Medal (PB 2.60m) equalling her 2021 height, and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2022
High Jump – U15G Straight Final MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 won the Gold Medal (SB 1.35m)
High Jump – U20M Straight Final KIMANI JACK U20 won the Gold Medal (SB 1.99 CBP) and is ranked UK No.10 U20 in 2022
Long Jump – U15G Straight Final SIENNA CORBYN U15 won the Bronze Medal (4.34m)
Long Jump – U20M Heat 2 KEELAN FARRELL U20 won the Gold Medal (6.40m) adding 5cm to his 2021 jump
Long Jump – SM Straight Final KENAN STEPHENS U23 won the Silver Medal (SB 6.47m) 

Kent Championships
Triple Jump – U20W Straight Final KACEY WALTERS U20 won the Gold Medal (11.72m)

Many thanks to the various parents for the outstanding photographs

ANGEL MCLEOD at the medal ceremony after her 60m win (7.97)

ZICO JONES at the medal ceremony after his 60m win (7.26)

KACEY WALTERS with her gold medal after winning the Triple Jump (11.72m)

ANGEL MCLEOD with her 60m gold medal (7.97) and SIENNA CORBYN with her Long Jump bronze medal (4.34m)

DORIS HERITAGE TRACK FESTIVAL – Took place at Seattle, Washington, USA on 19 March
400m – SM 3 JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 1st (PB 52.02) taking 1.06 seconds off his 2020 time
Shot 7.26kg – SM B JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 5th Equal (12.69m)

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM THROWS AND 5000M OPEN MEETING – Took place at Birmingham on 19 March
5000m – SX 2 BEN WINFIELD U23 2nd (SB 15:59.16), MAYANK MISHRA U23 8th (PB 16:14.86)

VAULT CARDIFF – Took place at Cardiff on 13 March
Pole Vault – SX H MANON BAINES U20 13th (3.31m

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Brighton & Hove on 19 March.
DANIEL NICHOLS V35 9th (19.07) this was his 26th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 19 March.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 168th (28.03) this was his 238th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 19 March.
EUAN PHILLIPS U13 3rd (PB 19.00) this was his 31st Parkrun, ARTHUR PHILLIPS U13 6th (PB 19.22) this was his 55th Parkrun, PHOEBE MUSIC U15 32nd (PB 22.21) this was her 2nd Parkrun, LILY PLASETT U15 156th (29.17) this was her 18th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oaklands on 19 March.
BRADLEY SINGER 13th (22.02) this was his 170th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 19 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 151st (32.02) this was his 215th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at St Albans on 19 March.
DAVID GREENSTEIN V75 31st (20.50) this was his 90th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 24 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

LONLONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES– Is the first fixture of the 2022 track and field season. The first of four LICC/LUCA fixtures takes place on Saturday 16 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups. Members of SBH and LUCA qualify for a 50% discount.
Online entries only at  entry4sports.co.uk then put 326 in filter box– no entries on the day.
Link to timetable – LICC LUCA Lee Valley 16-04-22 (2)
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closing Date Tuesday12 April

HIGHGATE HARRIERS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 20 April at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath (SatNav NW5 1QR), nearest station is Gospel Oak.
Start Times – 6.30pm Discus, 6.45pm 100m and High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m, 7.40pm 300m, 7.45pm Shot Put, 8.00pm 5000m.
Track Events – 100m and 1500m all age-groups excluding Under 11s, 300m U15/U17/U20/Seniors, 5000m U20/Seniors.
Entry fee £8 per event. The total number of entries for each event will be limited. You are strongly advised to enter as soon as possible using the link below. Entries will close when event is full or otherwise at midnight on Sunday 17 April.
Link to On-Line entry and payment only – No entries on the night – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/high1879/
Link to HH Flyer – Advert of HH Open Meeting April 2022
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

REQUEST FROM REBECCA JEGGO – REBECCA joined Shaftesbury in 2017, and is an outstanding sprinter, having represented the club in the UK Youth Development League, UK Women’s League and the National Athletics League. Individually she won the British Indoor and Outdoor 200m bronze medals in 2020, and was also a finalist that year in the Indoor 60m and Outdoor 100m British Finals. In 2021 she won the 4x100m relay gold medal at the Manchester International representing England. This year in the 200m she won the Southern bronze medal, was a finalist in the British Championships, and a silver medallist in the BUCS Championships. REBECCA is currently ranked 200m UK No.7 U23 in 2022. 

I am involved with the University of Essex project for UK track and field athletes (18+ years old) who are competing in the 2022 track season to complete a short online questionnaire which should take approximately 5 minutes before the start of the outdoor season. In addition to this, any athlete that completes the questionnaire will be contacted directly to fill out another 5-minute questionnaire at the mid-point (end of June) and then at the endpoint of the 2022 athletics season (early September) via email provided within the first questionnaire.
The project itself looks into how athlete burnout changes and influences performance across an athletics season. It is anticipated that the findings will provide the first evidence into understanding the extent that the mental health and wellbeing of an athlete may be tied to their performance. Once the study is completed, the findings will be distributed to all the athletes that participated. The results are likely to have direct implications for athlete performance, wellbeing, and career longevity. We anticipate this information will be useful to practitioners, coaches, and athletes when trying to raise awareness of athlete burnout in terms of how it develops and its consequences.
This is the link to the questionnaire study – https://bit.ly/33lZA1q
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, REBECCA JEGGO, School of Sport, Rehabilitation, and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex on 07544 669923.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

All the following photographs feature our many athletes that competed in the Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on 19-20 March.

AZARIA NWANKWO and NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG – Following their bronze and silver medal runs in the U17 Middlesex 60m Hurdles.

EVA HIGSON and SIENNA CORBYN – Following EVA’S gold medal in the U15 Hertfordshire 60m Hurdles, and SIENNA’S gold medal in the U15 Middlesex 60m Hurdles.

NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG – At the presentation of her bronze medal for the U17 Middlesex 60m.

MIA HIGSON – With her gold medal for the U17 Hertfordshire 400m.

LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL – With her bronze medal for the U17 Middlesex 300m.

MACIE SUTHERLAND – With her gold medal for the U15 Middlesex High Jump.

ZICO JONES – With his gold medal for the U17 Middlesex 60m.

FEMALE SPRINTERS – Seen relaxing during the indoor championships.

KACEY WALTERS – With her gold medal for the U20 Kent Triple Jump.

ANGEL MCLEOD – With her gold medal for the U15 Middlesex 60m.

KEENAN STEPHENS – With her gold medal for the SM Middlesex Long Jump

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 17 March to Sydney Allen, Peter Bayvel-Zayats, Djanira Da Costa, Zoe Davis, Antonio Infantino, Abi Jeffrey, Jade Lally, Finn Maccarthy, Oliver Massingham, Emmanuella Owusu-Bempah, William Ryle-Hodges, Sam Scheer and Louis Ubaka

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following regarding subscriptions.
Our new year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £15 – but increase to £16 if your EA renewal date is after 1 April 2022. The total is £65 – but increase to £66 if your EA renewal date is after 1 April 2022, and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. I will still be collecting subscriptions for the year to 30 September 2021 from those members who did not pay. Thanks GEOFF

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Is being broadcast live on television, and the dates/times are as follows – Friday 18 March BBC2 8.15am to 1.15pm, 4.30pm to 7.00pm, Saturday 19 March BBC2 8.15am to 12.00noon, 4.30pm t0 8.45pm, Sunday 20 March BBC2 8.45am to 10.30am, BBC1 10.30am to 12.00noon, BBC2 3.30pm t0 7.05pm.

UPDATE FROM JAKE SHELLEY – I just wanted to let you know that I’m sadly going to have to sit out the road relay season this Spring, from a running and team managing side of things. I’m just too busy, because my PhD is due at the end of April and my new job is quite full on as well. I’ve also had a sore knee since October, so I’m in no state to race. On top of all that, I’m also in the process of moving to Switzerland next month! I will miss being there this year, but hope to get back involved next time.

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Parliament Hill on 28 February
Photograph of DAVID GREENSTEIN, JONNY SHAW and ROBERT RIGBY, looking extremely happy following 12000m of the very tough Parliament Hill course.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five due to take place on Saturday 5 March at Wormwood Scrubs, was cancelled due to a waterlogged course.

HIGHGATE HARRIERS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 20 April at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath (SatNav NW5 1QR), nearest station is Gospel Oak.
Start Times – 6.30pm Discus, 6.45pm 100m and High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m, 7.40pm 300m, 7.45pm Shot Put, 8.00pm 5000m.
Track Events – 100m and 1500m all age-groups excluding Under 11s, 300m U15/U17/U20/Seniors, 5000m U20/Seniors.
Entry fee £8 per event. The total number of entries for each event will be limited. You are strongly advised to enter as soon as possible using the link below. Entries will close when event is full or otherwise at midnight on Sunday 17 April.
Link to On-Line entry and payment only – No entries on the night – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/high1879/
Link to HH Flyer – Advert of HH Open Meeting April 2022
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

CAU INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS (INCLUDING BRITISH ATHLETICS CROSS CHALLENGE) – Took place at Loughborough on 12 March.

There were a smallish group of Shaftesbury runners representing their counties, of those there were top 20 finishes from HENRY DOVER who finished 7th in the Under 17 race, DYLAN EVANS finished 15th in the Senior Men’s race, POSIE SHAW finished 19th in the Under 13 Girls race and NAOMI TASCHIMOWITZ who finished 20th in the Senior Women’s race.

The majority of Shaftesbury’s athletes are affiliated, either to Hertfordshire or Middlesex. Based on the first 6 races, in which both Hertfordshire or Middlesex completed a team, these are the aggregate points of those 6 races – Middlesex (1762 points), Hertfordshire (1932 points).

Under 13 Boys – PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN U13 (Middlesex) 47th (12.32), EUAN PHILLIPS U13 (Middlesex) 55th (12.36), CHARLIE CUTLER U13 (Middlesex) 258th (14.20) the winner was Jake Meyburgh of Surrey (11.16), 290 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Surrey (79 points), 2nd North East (88), 3rd Greater Manchester (95), 6th Hertfordshire (170), 8th Middlesex (179) 40 teams finished 

Under 13 Girls – POSIE SHAW U13 (Middlesex) 19th (13.12) the winner was Katherine Haslip of Sussex (12.32), 301 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Buckinghamshire (36 points), 2nd Surrey (48), 3rd Sussex (123), 8th Middlesex (193), 28th Hertfordshire (495) 40 teams finished 

Under 15 Boys – The winner was Robert Price of Cheshire (13.43), 301 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Essex (62 points), 2nd Surrey (81), 3rd Kent (109), 8th Hertfordshire (210), 26th Middlesex (461) 43 teams finished 

Under 15 Girls – The winner was Evey Powell of Oxfordshire (15.43), 297 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Yorkshire (74 points), 2nd Kent (96), 3rd North East (129), 9th Middlesex (210), 29th Hertfordshire (535) 44 teams finished 

Under 17 Men – HENRY DOVER U17 (Essex) 7th (22.50), MAX WINFIELD U17 (Hertfordshire) 63rd (24.32), SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U17 (Middlesex) 65th (24.33), LEO RONCARATI U17 (Middlesex) 159th (26.20) the winner was Fraser Gilmore of Scotland West (22.19), 256 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Scotland West (77 points), 2nd Kent (87), 3rd North East (114), 9th Essex (210), 14th Hertfordshire (256), 20th Middlesex (399) 36 teams finished

Under 17 Women – The winner was Hannah Ryding of Scotland West (19.46), 256 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Scotland West (54 points), 2nd Yorkshire (67), 3rd Cheshire (82), 12th Hertfordshire (266), 16th Middlesex (320) 39 teams finished 

Under 20 Men – THEO MACHIN-PALEY U20 (Middlesex) 84th (32.21) the winner was Liam Rawlings of Shropshire (28.07), 176 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Kent (38 points), 2nd Lancashire (106), 3rd Derbyshire (117), 8th Middlesex (245), Hertfordshire (Team Not Complete) 20 teams finished

Under 20 Women – NATASHA TANNER U20 (Middlesex) 82nd (31.44) the winner was Pippa Roessler of Surrey (25.31), 135 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Surrey (58 points), 2nd Yorkshire (69), 3rd Merseyside (119), 10th Middlesex (250), Hertfordshire (Team Not Complete) 20 teams finished

Senior Men – DYLAN EVANS (Middlesex) 15th (34.27) the winner was Calum Johnson of North East (33.03), 289 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Surrey (205 points), 2nd Northern Ireland (256), 3rd Lincolnshire (286), 25th Hertfordshire (937), Middlesex (Team Not Complete) 34 teams finished

Senior Women – NAOMI TASCHIMOWITZ (Middlesex) 20th (33.18) the winner was Mhairi MacLennan of Scotland North (30.51), 274 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Surrey (126 points), 2nd Yorkshire (139), 3rd Hampshire (188), 6th Middlesex (306), Hertfordshire (Team Not Complete) 30 teams finished

ENGLAND MASTERS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION INDOOR INTER AREA CHALLENGE – Took place at Lee Valley on 13 March
It turned out to be an emphatic overall win for the Midland Masters team, 2nd was the Eastern Masters with GARY SMITH V50 winning the 60m Hurdles (8.77) and 2nd in the 60m (7.94). In 3rd place was the Veterans Athletic team in which LISA WEBB V55 won the 1500m (2:39.06) ranking her UK No.3. In 4th place was the Southern Counties Veterans Athletic team in which SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 and ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 had a very busy day, SEAN was 3rd in the 200m (26.48), 1st in the 400m (58.12) ranking him UK Equal No.7 and High Jump finishing 2nd (1.55m) ranking him UK Equal No.3. ROSALIND completed 4 events, first the 60m (10.20), followed by 3rd in the High Jump (1.05m) ranking her UK No.7, 4th in the Long Jump (3.43m) ranking her UK No.9 and 3rd in the Shot (6.02m).

60m – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim EMAC) 2nd (SB 7.94) and is ranked UK No.9 V50 in 2022
60m – W60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 (SCVAC) 5th (10.20)
200m – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 (SCVAC) 3rd (26.48)
400m – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 (SCVAC) 1st (SB 58.12) taking .75 of a second off his 6 March time, and is ranked UK 7th Equal V50 in 2022
800m – W50 LISA WEBB V55 (VAC) 1st (SB 2:39.06) and is ranked UK No.3 V55 in 2022
60m Hurdles – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim EMAC) 1st (8.77)
High Jump – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 (SCVAC) 2nd (PB 1.55m) equalling his 5 March height, and is ranked UK No.3 V50 in 2022
High Jump – W60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 (SCVAC) 2nd (SB 1.05m) and is ranked UK No.7 V60 in 2022
Long Jump – W60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 (SCVAC) 4th (SB 3.43m) adding 7cm to her 22 January jump, and is ranked UK No.9 V60 in 2022
Shot 3kg – W60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 (SCVAC) 3rd (SB 6.02m)

Team Result – Men 1st MMAC (236.5 points), 2nd EMAC (217 points), 1st SCVAC (190 points) – Women 1st MMAC (220 points), 2nd VAC (167 points), 3rd EMAC (143 points), 5th SCVAC (140 points) – Combined Men and Women 1st MMAC (456.5 points), 2nd EMAC (360 points), 3rd VAC (335 points), 4th SCVAC (330 points)

EUROPEAN THROWING CUP – Took place at Leiria, Portugal on 12-13 March
Shot 7.26kg – SM A SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 6th (20.09m)
Discus 2kg – SM A NICK PERCY 11th (57.01m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM A CHRIS BENNETT 9th (SB 72.66m) adding 5.62m to his 27 February throw, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022

CHEMIST WAREHOUSE SYDNEY TRACK CLASSIC – Took place at Sydney, Australia on 12 March
Discus 1kg – SW JADE LALLY 1st (59.90m)

NCAA DIV 1 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Birmingham, Alabama, USA on 11-12 March
3000m – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 3rd (8:00.23)

NCAA DIV 2 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Pittsburgh, Kansas, USA on 11-12 March
Mile – SM H2 MITCHEL COX (Queens University North Carolina) 4th (PB 4:05.83) taking .47 of second off his 26 February time, in the Final MITCHEL finished 7th (4:11.92)
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 12th (4.95m)

RESULTS
SUTCLIFFE INDOOR 60s MEETING – Took place at Eltham on 6 March
60m – SX 1.4 JOSEPH PURBRICK U20 1st (PB 7.12) taking .02 of a second off his 2 January time, 1.9 KIMANI JACK U20 2nd (PB 7.45), 1.10 BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 4th (7.64)
60m – SW 1.11 JANIYA GEORGE U20 3rd (PB 9.19) taking .06 of a second off her 16 February time, 2.11 JANIYA GEORGE U20 finished 1st (PB 9.09) taking .10 of a second off her 1.11 time

QUEENSLAND ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Brisbane, Australia on 5-6 March
Discus 1kg – SW JADE LALLY 1st (61.75m)

MANCHESTER INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Took place at Sportcity on 5 March
Pole Vault – SX B ETHAN WALSH 2nd (4.80m)

OPEN TRACK SURREY MEN’S LEAGUE DIVISION 1 – Took place at Lloyd Park on 5 March
8000m – SM DYLAN EVANS 2nd (26.33)

AOC SPORT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 2 March
60m – U20M H1 ONAOPE SOGBESAN U20 6th (7.30), H2 BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 4th (7.61)

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 12 March.
LOUIS PELTA U17 5th (20.46) this was his 52nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cardiff on 12 March.
JULIAN LAMY 1st (PB 16.33) this was his 33rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Great Lines on 12 March.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 62nd (26.42) this was his 110th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 12 March.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 170th (27.49) this was his 237th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Highbury Fields on 12 March.
THOMAS WESLEY BROOKS 23rd (20.26) this was his 22nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Long Eaton on 12 March.
INDIRA PATEL U20 4th (PB 17.45) this was her 35th Parkrun, SCARLETT KENT U20 22nd (20.04) this was her 44th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 12 March.
STUART SINGER V60 21st (22.03) this was his 322nd Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 30th (22.48) this was his 169th Parkrun, LILY PLASETT U15 155th (29.48) this was her 17th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 12 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 143rd (31.38) this was his 214th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Poole on 12 March.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 386th (32.39) this was his 170th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 12 March.
SHONA MICHEL V50 21st (27.31) this was her 57th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 17 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 13 APRIL – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Belgrade, Serbia on Friday 18 March to Sunday 20 March

LEE VALLEY HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 19 March and Sunday 20 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Link to athletes information and events –
Entries Closed

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 19 March at Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent. Age-Groups U15, U17 & U19

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS – Takes place on Sunday 27 March at the Milton Keynes Track, Milton Keynes, Bucks (SatNav MK14 6BN).
Start times Men 12.00noon and Women 1.00pm
Men 6 Stages (4.8km) and 6 Stages (7.2km) – Women 4 Stages (4.8km) and 2 Stages (7.2km)
Entry Close Tuesday 15 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager 

SOUTHERN U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 29 March at the Milton Keynes Track, Milton Keynes, Bucks (SatNav MK14 6BN).
Start time 11.00am
Entry Close Tuesday 15 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

SHAFTESBURY FEATURE IN THE ELITE TOP TEN TEAMS – The following was sent to me by GEOFF MORPHITIS, which was in the March edition of Athletics Weekly. Mind you (tongue in cheek), Arsenal ahead of us! Link for article – SBH – AW much loved athletics clubs

REQUEST FROM REBECCA JEGGO – REBECCA joined Shaftesbury in 2017, and is an outstanding sprinter, having represented the club in the UK Youth Development League, UK Women’s League and the National Athletics League. Individually she won the British Indoor and Outdoor 200m bronze medals in 2020, and was also a finalist that year in the Indoor 60m and Outdoor 100m British Finals. In 2021 she won the 4x100m relay gold medal at the Manchester International representing England. This year in the 200m she won the Southern bronze medal, was a finalist in the British Championships, and a silver medallist in the BUCS Championships. REBECCA is currently ranked 200m UK No.7 U23 in 2022. 

I am involved with the University of Essex project for UK track and field athletes (18+ years old) who are competing in the 2022 track season to complete a short online questionnaire which should take approximately 5 minutes before the start of the outdoor season. In addition to this, any athlete that completes the questionnaire will be contacted directly to fill out another 5-minute questionnaire at the mid-point (end of June) and then at the endpoint of the 2022 athletics season (early September) via email provided within the first questionnaire.
The project itself looks into how athlete burnout changes and influences performance across an athletics season. It is anticipated that the findings will provide the first evidence into understanding the extent that the mental health and wellbeing of an athlete may be tied to their performance. Once the study is completed, the findings will be distributed to all the athletes that participated. The results are likely to have direct implications for athlete performance, wellbeing, and career longevity. We anticipate this information will be useful to practitioners, coaches, and athletes when trying to raise awareness of athlete burnout in terms of how it develops and its consequences.
This is the link to the questionnaire study – https://bit.ly/33lZA1q
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, REBECCA JEGGO, School of Sport, Rehabilitation, and Exercise Sciences, University of Essex on 07544 669923.

RETURNING TO SPORT AFTER INJURY, OR TIME AWAY – Our friends at Finchley Rugby Club are co-hosting the above event with their club sponsor, OneWelbeck, and is being held at Saracens StoneX Stadium on Wednesday 30 March at 7pm.
The event is in the ‘Hundred Club’ room, with its incredible sports memorabilia collection and we have lined up a brilliant panel of speakers to talk about ‘Returning To Sport After Injury Or Time Away’.
The speakers are NATASHA BEACH, Orthopaedic Consultant and Chief Medical Officer for England Athletics, JOE GRAY, Pro player & Premiership winner last season with Harlequins, previously Saracens and England, RICHARD BAMFORD, former Saracens, Harlequins & England Rugby Physio and LLOYD WILLIAMS Orthopaedic Surgeon & former Saracens Doctor.
Tickets are £10 + a small booking fee (£11.37 total) and are available here: https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/finchley/news/returning-to-sport-after-injury–stonex-stadium–expert-panel-event-2687293.html
The organiser is MAMTA, who is a committee member at Finchley Rugby Club representing the women and girls’ teams. She also plays for the senior women and mixed touch rugby teams at the club.

THE QUEEN’S BATON RELAY CELEBRATES COMMONWEALTH DAY IN NEW ZEALAND – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. 

The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay arrived in New Zealand on 12 March and spent four days travelling the nation, coinciding with Commonwealth Day on Monday 14 March. This year, Commonwealth Day was a celebration of “Delivering a Common Future” for all nations and territories in the Commonwealth by innovating, connecting, and transforming.

The Relay began on 7 October 2021 during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, where The Queen placed Her Message to the Commonwealth into the Baton. In total, the Queen’s Baton will spend 294 days travelling to all 72 Commonwealth nations and territories, bringing together communities from across the globe in the run up to Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. During the visit from the Queen’s Baton Relay, each Commonwealth Games Association organises an itinerary of activities, designed to showcase their local heroes and celebrate untold stories. Kicking off on Saturday 12 March, the activities in New Zealand included a sunrise pōwhiri to welcome the Baton at the peak of Kaiti Hill in Gisborne. A pōwhiri is a welcome ceremony that involves speeches, singing, and cultural performances. Continuing the Relay through Gisborne, Batonbearers paddled in a waka, a traditional Kiwi canoe, from Marina Park along the Tūranganui River to the mouth of the river, as members of the local community watched from the banks. Then the Baton was taken to Lawson Field Theatre Riverbank, where athletes MICHELLE RENNIE and MELLISSA LOUISE JONES were eagerly awaiting its arrival. The Baton then travelled south to Hawke’s Bay and visited Napier Basketball Court, where children of the community played basketball with athletes, including weightlifting champion and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, NIGEL AVERY and the most capped international netball player of all time, IRENE VAN DYK. The Baton was also taken to Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre, where the Baton was held in the sky, whilst the birds soared around it.

Exploring more of the country on Sunday 13 March, the Baton travelled to Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It visited the Basin Reserve Cricket Ground to witness the Australia vs New Zealand game, an ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup event, to celebrate the upcoming debut of Women’s T20 Cricket into the Commonwealth Games programme. KYLE PONTIFEX, member of the bronze medal winning hockey team at Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, carried the Baton around the grounds. That same day,The Right Honourable Prime Minister JACINDA ARDERN and The Honourable GRANT ROBERTSON interacted with the Queen’s Baton, learning about the intricate methods that were used to create the Baton in the West Midlands.

The following day, Monday 14 March, the Baton was present for Commonwealth Day celebrations at Wellington College, where athletes, including LEWIS CLAREBURT, SALLY JOHNSTON, and KYLE PONTIFEX took part in a Q&A session for the students. Later that day, the Governor General, Rt Hon DAME CINDY KIRO, hosted a reception to celebrate Commonwealth Day and the Queen’s Baton Relay, guests included, NIGEL AVERY, President of the New Zealand Olympic Committee and former Olympic rower, MIKE STANLEY, as well as former President of the New Zealand Olympic Committee, KEREYN SMITH. The Baton’s final day in New Zealand started in former Commonwealth Games host city, Auckland, with a visit to MURRAY HALBERG Retirement Village, where athletes RICHIE PATTERSON, ALEXIS PRITCHARD, EVE WILLIAMSON, and ETHAN MITCHELL carried the Baton with pride. With anticipation for Birmingham 2022 building, Team New Zealand announced their team selections for para-bowling and weightlifting. The day and Kiwi leg of the journey ended with a visit to Kolmar Recreation Centre, where athletes from around the Pacific Islands had the chance to carry the Baton.

LEWIS CLAREBURT, Batonbearer and swimming champion, said:“I feel honoured and delighted to have been given the opportunity to represent my home city, Wellington, in the Queen’s Baton Relay, and to inspire the students of Wellington College. I’m looking forward to watching the rest of the Relay in the run up to Birmingham 2022.”
MIKE STANLEY, President of New Zealand Olympic Committee, said: “It’s great to have the Queen’s Baton Relay in New Zealand as we build up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. It’s very appropriate that the Relay is here for Commonwealth Day, and we’ve been using this moment to celebrate what the Commonwealth stands for, and the many communities and cultures that connect us. “Hosting the Relay has created a real buzz ahead of the Games, especially amongst our athletes. Excitement is building and the New Zealand Team can’t wait to get to Birmingham and show what we can do.”
LISA HAMPTON, Head of the Queen’s Baton Relay, said: “It has been incredible to experience New Zealand’s culture through the lens of the Queen’s Baton Relay and be able to share special moments, such as the ceremony of the pōwhiri, with communities in every corner of the Commonwealth. It allows so many to be educated on the powerful symbolism of these performances. “The Baton’s visit to New Zealand was made even more unique with Commonwealth Day festivities, to celebrate the communities and cultures within the Commonwealth.”
DAME LOUISE MARTIN, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, said “Commonwealth Day is such a special moment for our 72 nations and territories. It is a chance for us to reflect on our shared objectives and special bond. A wonderful sunrise ceremony at the peak of Kaiti Hill in Gisborne is a fitting moment for the Queen’s Baton Relay, with New Zealand being one of the first time zones to welcome in Commonwealth Day. New Zealand will provide an amazing start to celebrations across the Commonwealth.”

The next destination along the Queen’s Baton Relay is Australia, host of Gold Coast 2018. The Baton will spend four days there before beginning its journey through the Americas with visits to Belize and Guyana.

ATHLETES GET A TASTE OF “REVOLUTIONARY” ALEXANDER STADIUM – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. 

Stars of the past, present and future come together for Commonwealth Day celebrations at the Birmingham 2022 venue which is nearing completion. As proud members of Birchfield Harriers, SARAH MCDONALD and RHIANA BURRELL both know the club’s Alexander Stadium home better than most. They’ve never known it like this, however. To celebrate Commonwealth Day on Monday 14 March, a number of Birchfield’s stars of the past, present and future – as well as a number of local schoolchildren – got their first look inside a venue which has been completely transformed and is nearing completion as it prepares to host the athletics action at the Commonwealth Games in August. The stadium will house up to 30,000 spectators at each Games session, before reverting to a permanent capacity of around 18,000.

For 18-year-old multi-eventer BURRELL, the 2022 Games will come a little too soon. But, having watched the stadium transform before her eyes thanks to regular visits to the British Athletics High Performance Centre which forms part of the complex, she admitted that being able to step back on to the track – her “second home” – was inspirational as she instead sets her sights on selection for 2026.Alexander Stadium is almost complete (Birmingham 2022). “I’ve trained on the track since I was 12 so this means a lot,” said the teenager who was born and brought up in Birmingham and recently finished fifth in the high jump at the UK Indoor Championships. “I basically live on the track – it’s like a second home – so the change in the facilities is going to be revolutionary. “I saw when the [old] Nelson and Knowles Stands got knocked down and I was quite sad about that and, because I’ve been training quite a lot at the High Performance Centre, I’ve seen it only from the outside. But, to get a look inside now… it doesn’t disappoint. “It’s accelerated my drive, I’d say. It makes me want to be better and train harder.”

For MCDONALD, 1500m finalist at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, it was her first visit back to the Alexander Stadium since the British Championships of 2019. “It’s unrecognisable,” said the 28-year-old. “I haven’t seen it in progress at all so it was good to see the before and after. [The Games] still feel a long way away right now but it’s really good to be here and to visualise it.”to R) Sarah McDonald, Rhiana Burrell and former world indoor champion Ashia Being selected for England at Birmingham 2022, as well as securing a place on the British team bound for the World Championships in Eugene, is at the top of MCDONALD’S priority list for the year ahead. Having recently made the move to join the Boston-based New Balance training group under coach MARK COOGAN, and back to full health after injury problems, inspiration is not in short supply for her, either. “There are a lot of really great girls in that group to help me push on and I’m really glad that I made the change,” she said of her new set-up. “I think the Commonwealth Games and the World Championships are huge so they’ll be my priority to try to qualify for and make the team.”

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR OUR FIRST TWO FIXTURES OF 2022 – RAY POWELL has now received information of the first two fixtures, that Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers will be providing a team of volunteers. The fixtures are – The Westminster Mile on Sunday 1 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 20 volunteers needed – Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 10 volunteers needed.
The meeting place is the volunteer hub in Green Park.
Please contact CLARE & RAY at ray571m@btopenworld.com

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

RAINY TRAINING SESSION – Photograph of our very wet sprinters. on an extremely wet training evening this week.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 10 March to Page Fairclough, Hannah Foster, Ashwin Fowkes-Gajan, Amy Goddard, Larissa Giles, Eva Higson, Katie Harris, Cameron Knight, Robert Lightowler, Cecilia Martinez-Nunez, Fellan McGuigan, Naias Morgan, Lina Nielsen, Daniel Nichols, Sophie Rabet and Onaope Sogbesan

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to MATTHEW GILLESPIE and GIULIO SABATINI

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following regarding subscriptions.
Our new year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £15 – but increase to £16 if your EA renewal date is after 1 April 2022. The total is £65 – but increase to £66 if your EA renewal date is after 1 April 2022, and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. I will still be collecting subscriptions for the year to 30 September 2021 from those members who did not pay. Thanks GEOFF

BRITISH MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 5-6 March
There were medals galore, as well as performances which just missed a medal. Top winner was GARY SMITH V50 with 3 medals, firstly he won the 60m Hurdles (8.85), followed by winning the Triple Jump with a personal best (12.11m) ranking him UK No.1, finally a silver medal in the High Jump (1.60m). In 2021 he won the 60m Hurdles, Long Jump and Triple Jump. On becoming a veteran in 2016 GARY competed in the Pentathlon in which he was 2nd in 2016 and 2019, and won the title in 2017. His hurdling has been impressive winning the 60m Hurdles in 2018 and 2019, and 2nd in 2020.
ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 won 2 medals, firstly she won the Pole Vault (2.20m) ranking her UK No.2, then the Triple Jump bronze medal (6.87m). ROSALIND has been a consistent performer since 2014 competing week in, week out. In 2019 ROSALIND tried one of the hardest field events, the Pole Vault, and progressed from (1.50m) in April to (2.20m) in December.
LISA WEBB V55 won the 1500m (5:20.17) ranking her UK No.1, prior to this she had won the 1500m four titles from 2017 to 2020, also winning in 2011 and 2012 as well, from 2013 to 2016 finished 2nd three times and would you believe 4th in 2014.
STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 won the Pole Vault with a seasons best (2.50m) ranking her UK No.1. STACEY joined Shaftesbury in 2021 and this was her first major championships.
NENE HARRISON V40 won the 4kg Shot (10.81m) ranking her UK No.2, she had won the Shot three titles in 2017, 2019 and 2020, also 2nd in 2016 and 2021. On becoming a veteran in 2016 NENE competed in the Heptathlon and won the title in 2016 and 2017, and 2nd in 2018.
SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 won the High Jump bronze medal with a personal best (1.55m) ranking him UK No.4 Equal. SEAN joined Shaftesbury in 2019 and won the silver medal in the 2020 400m (58.61)

60m – W60 H2 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 3rd (10.24), in the Final ROSALIND finished 5th (SB 10.12) taking .05 of a second off her 23 January time, and is ranked UK No.7 V60 in 2022
200m – M50 3 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 finished 6th (SB 26.28) and is ranked UK No.10 V50 in 2022
200m – W60 2 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 finished 5th (SB 36.28) and is ranked UK No.10 V60 in 2022
400m – M50 2 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 finished 4th (SB 58.87) taking .47 of second off his 22 January time, and is ranked UK No.8 V50 in 2022
1500m – W55 Straight Final LISA WEBB V55 won the Gold Medal (SB 5:20.17) and is ranked UK No.1 V55 in 2022
60m Hurdles – M50 Straight Final GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (8.85)
High Jump – M50 Straight Final GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (1.60m), SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 won the Bronze Medal (PB 1.55m) equalling his 2021 height, and is ranked UK No.4 Equal V50 in 2022
Pole Vault – W60 Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 won the Gold Medal (PB 2.20m) equalling her 2019 height, and is ranked UK No.2 V60 in 2022
Long Jump – W60 Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 7th (3.13m)
Triple Jump – M50 Straight Final GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (PB 12.11m) adding 23cm to his 2021 jump, and is ranked UK No.1 V50 in 2022
Triple Jump – W60 Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 won the Bronze Medal (6.87m)
Shot 4kg – W40 Straight Final NENE HARRISON V40 won the Gold Medal (SB 10.81m) and is ranked UK No.2 V40 in 2022

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five takes place on Saturday 5 March at Wormwood Scrubs, This was cancelled due to waterlogged course.

RESULTS
SUTCLIFFE INDOOR 60s MEETING – Took place at Eltham on 6 March
60m – SX 1.4 JOSEPH PURBRICK U20 1st (PB 7.12) taking .02 of a second off his 2 January time, 1.9 KIMANI JACK U20 2nd (PB 7.45), 1.10 BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 4th (7.64)
60m – SW 1.11 JANIYA GEORGE U20 3rd (PB 9.19) taking .06 of a second off her 16 February time, 2.11 JANIYA GEORGE U20 finished 1st (PB 9.09) taking .10 of a second off her 1.11 time

QUEENSLAND ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Brisbane, Australia on 5-6 March
Discus 1kg – SW JADE LALLY 1st (61.75m)

MANCHESTER INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Took place at Sportcity on 5 March
Pole Vault – SX B ETHAN WALSH 2nd (4.80m)

OPEN TRACK SURREY MEN’S LEAGUE DIVISION 1 – Took place at Lloyd Park on 5 March
8000m – SM DYLAN EVANS 2nd (26.33)

AOC SPORT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 2 March
60m – U20M H1 ONAOPE SOGBESAN U20 6th (7.30), H2 BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 4th (7.61)

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 5 March.
JAKE KESTER U15 18th (PB 24.09) this was his 3rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 5 March.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 178th (27.55) this was his 236th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 5 March.
ANDREW HOLMES V50 1061st (30.53) this was his 35th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 5 March.
STUART SINGER V60 34th (22.10) this was his 321st Parkrun, LILY PLASETT U15 179th (30.19) this was her 16th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 5 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 136th (31.44) this was his 213th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pieschener Allee on 5 March.
AMY FRY V35 1st (18.40) this was her 14th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 5 March.
LENARD MICHEL V50 8th (22.11) this was his 73rd Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 56th (59.48) this was her 56th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Wotton on 5 March.
BRADLEY SINGER 8th (23.58) this was his 168th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 10 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 12 March at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough.

ENGLAND U15 & U17 COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 12 March and Sunday 13 March.
Please use this link for entry information – https://www.englandathletics.org/athletics-and-running/england-competitions/national-championships/2022-championships-calendar-and-results/
Entries Closed

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Belgrade, Serbia on Friday 18 March to Sunday 20 March

LEE VALLEY HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 19 March and Sunday 20 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Link to athletes information and events –
Entries Closed

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 19 March at Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent. Age-Groups U15, U17 & U19

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS – Takes place on Sunday 27 March at the Milton Keynes Track, Milton Keynes, Bucks (SatNav MK14 6BN).
Start times Men 12.00noon and Women 1.00pm
Men 6 Stages (4.8km) and 6 Stages (7.2km) – Women 4 Stages (4.8km) and 2 Stages (7.2km)
Entry Close Tuesday 15 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager 

SOUTHERN U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 29 March at the Milton Keynes Track, Milton Keynes, Bucks (SatNav MK14 6BN).
Start time 11.00am
Entry Close Tuesday 15 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

WORLD INDOOR ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022 – Took place this year as a Virtual competition, and took place on 25-26 February. There were many Men & Women categories, and all events were on Concept2 rowing machines.
Shaftesbury featured in the Women’s 500m sprint, in which JADE LALLY currently UK No.1 Discus thrower won the Silver Medal with a time of 1 minute 28.7 seconds. The winner was BIANCE PILOSENO of the USA, in a time of 1 minute 27.3 seconds.
This is the video of the race – https://regatta.time-team.nl/wrich/2022/results/rc62bda20-98fc-44be-ac3a-93003699a786.php

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR OUR FIRST TWO FIXTURES OF 2022 – RAY POWELL has now received information of the first two fixtures, that Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers will be providing a team of volunteers. The fixtures are – The Westminster Mile on Sunday 1 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 20 volunteers needed – Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 10 volunteers needed.
The meeting place is the volunteer hub in Green Park.
Please contact CLARE & RAY at ray571m@btopenworld.com

MONDO DUPLANTIS BREAKS OWN POLE VAULT RECORD – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

MONDO DUPLANTIS finally broke his own pole vault world record after clearing (6.19m) at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting –  a World Indoor Tour silver event – in the same city which hosts the World Indoor Championships in just under a fortnight. The 22-year-old Olympic and European champion set the previous record of (6.18m) at the Müller Indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow two years ago and it wasn’t a surprise to see him better that height in the Serbian capital. “I think I’ve tried (6.19m) 50 times,” Duplantis told World Athletics. “It’s been a long time coming. I’ve never had a height that has given me that much trouble and I’ve been jumping for a very long time. It’s a very good feeling because it’s been really hard fought over these past two years to try and get over that next barrier. “I don’t think this is the highest that I’m ever going to jump. There’s going to be a lot more to come. This [Belgrade] is a really good place to jump for championships and I’m going to try and put something else higher up there. “A height like (6.19m) demands perfection and all the numbers have to be perfect. I just figured it out on that last attempt! I’m buzzing to finally get over it.” For weeks he has threatened to clear (6.19m) but every time the bar agonisingly fell. At ISTAF Indoor Berlin on 4 February, the organisers actually set the pyro off because they thought that DUPLANTIS had broken the world record. Unfortunately, he knocked the bar on the way down and he would have to wait.

DUPLANTIS, who has already become world indoor tour champion for 2022, has had an incredible start to the year and has so far cleared (6.02m, 6.03m, 6.04m, 6.05m and now 6.19m). Only 14 men have cleared (6.00m) indoors and the Swede has now recorded heights of (6.17m, 6.18m and 6.19m). Breaking his own world record was quite frankly more when than if. DUPLANTIS now sets his eyes on becoming world indoor champion in Belgrade later this month and he’ll go into the event as the overwhelming favourite. It’s safe to say the Swede has more chance of breaking his own world record and clearing (6.20m) than failing to strike gold and that just emphasises the impact he has made in pole vault. So make athletics more presentable and fun.”

£100k OF FUNDING NEEDED TO SAVE ENGLISH SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

DALEY THOMPSON is one of the most decorated British athletes in history. He has become Olympic decathlon champion twice, was world champion at Helsinki 1983 and is also a two-time European and three-time Commonwealth champion.
Like so many others before and after him, THOMPSON started out at the English Schools Championships and in 1974 came fourth in the inter boys 200m before going on to win the 200m a year later. This was before he decided to do the decathlon, which is rather remarkable given the then 17-year-old finished 18th in the event at the Montreal Olympics in 1976.
Two weeks ago THOMPSON came out in support of English Schools Athletic Association (ESAA) – given the organisation may not make its centenary year in 2025 due to financial struggles after New Balance chose not to renew their sponsorship agreement – after they set up a crowdfunding page to raise £100k to fund this year’s Track and Field Championships.
He tweeted: “Save the ESAA Track & Field Championships. This is the greatest athletics championship in the world.
“Sorry Olympics but you are a close second. They [ESAA] are only three years off being 100! They are also the first port of call for aspiring Olympians. Your tenner will help.”
Now, in an exclusive interview with AW, the double Olympic decathlon champion reiterates his support for the organisation.

“When I was young and growing up everyone wanted to go to the English Schools and win it,” THOMPSON said. “It was absolutely and utterly the biggest competition in the whole world for us. I think it holds a very special place in people’s hearts.
“I think it would be a huge loss to athletics and to the foundations of sport. It really is, or at least it used to be, the place to go. Anybody in our sport has either gone there or attempted to go there.
“I was looking at the previous winners of English Schools that have gone on to the Olympics and the list was endless so that was really good to note that they’d started their journey at English Schools. It’s the beginning for everybody.”

In total, 135 English Schools athletes have won European Championship medals, 35 of them gold while 278 have collected medals at British Empire or Commonwealth Games, of which 81 have claimed gold.
The ESAA has produced 14 Olympic champions and 77 medallists, with Sir Mo Farah the most recent, as well as 71 World Championship medals, of which 13 were gold, the most recent including DINA ASHER-SMITH and KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON in 2019.
One athlete who helped inspire DALEY THOMPSON in his younger days was European 100m bronze medallist and 60m champion ANDREA LYNCH, who herself won the English Schools 100m title in 1970 and 200m title in 1971.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

SEAN SUTHERLAND – Video of SEAN at the British Masters Championships, clearing (1.55m) in winning the M50 High Jump bronze medal.

GARY SMITH – Video of GARY winning the British Masters Championships M50 60m Hurdles (8.85).

ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 – Photograph taken at the British Masters Championships, crossing the line in the 200m (36.28).

NENE HARRISON V40 – Photograph taken at the British Masters Championships, celebrating her gold medal performance in the 4kg Shot (10.81m).

ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 – Photograph taken at the British Masters Championships, celebrating her gold medal performance in the Pole Vault (2.20m).

250m TRAINING SESSION – Photograph of 3 of our athletes, after a hard session.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 3 March to Beth Anderson, James Davis, Joshua Faulds, Miguel Gonzalez, Fiona Groom, Patrick Jacobs, Ebenezer Josephs, Aurora Kaufmann, Paul Lewis, Keren Michael, Lily Parris, Indira Patel, Louisa Pitsialis, Sarah Shamia, Dian Taylor, Glen Quayle and Ruby Vinton

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to JACOB AXTELL, ANU JAIYEOLA, GRACIE JENVEY, DAVID JOSEPHS, ELENI KAPONI, JAKE KESTER , ELIZA LEIBOWITZ, TALYA ROBINSON and REMI ZEIDEN

SCOTT LINCOLN SELECTED FOR WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to SCOTT who will be competing for GB&NI in the Shot Put, in Belgrade on 18-20 March.

GB&NI TEAM SELECTED FOR EUROPEAN THROWING CUP – Takes place in Leiria, Portugal on 12-13 March. Congratulations to the following Shaftesbury athletes who have been selected – CHRIS BENNETT Hammer (Coach ANDY FROST), NICK PERCY Discus (Coach ZANE DUQUEMIN), GREGORY THOMPSON Discus (Self-Coached), SCOTT LINGOLN Shot Put (Coach PAUL WILSON). ZANE also coaches KIRSTY LAW Discus and AMELIA STRICKLER Shot Put.

TWO NEW CLUB RECORDS – Congratulations to CHARLES HICKS U23 who set a 3000m Indoor Club Record (7:43.84) at Seattle, Washington, USA on 26 February, eclipsing ANTHONY WHITEMAN’S (7:51.43) in Boston, USA on the 31 January 2004.

Congratulations to JAMI SCHLUETER U23 who set a Heptathlon Indoor Club Record (5270 points) at Seattle, Washington, USA on 25-26 February, eclipsing his own Club Record (5026 points) which he set on the 18-19 December 2021. JAMI also holds the Under 20 Heptathlon Indoor Club Record (5026 points) at Lee Valley on 18-19 December 2021.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following regarding subscriptions.
Our new year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £15 – but increase to £16 if your EA renewal date is after 1 April 2022. The total is £65 – but increase to £66 if your EA renewal date is after 1 April 2022, and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. I will still be collecting subscriptions for the year to 30 September 2021 from those members who did not pay. Thanks GEOFF

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR OUR FIRST TWO FIXTURES OF 2022 – RAY POWELL has now received information of the first two fixtures, that Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers will be providing a team of volunteers. The fixtures are – The Westminster Mile on Sunday 1 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 20 volunteers needed – Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 10 volunteers needed.
The meeting place is the volunteer hub in Green Park.
Please contact CLARE & RAY at ray571m@btopenworld.com

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five takes place on Saturday 5 March at Wormwood Scrubs, Linford Christie Stadium, Du Cane Road (SatNav W12 0AE). Enter main car park off Du Cane Road (via Artillery Lane), through 6’6” height/width barrier. Extra parking will be available in the enclosed/fenced hospital parking area. Parking is free in all areas at the week-end.
Please note that Wormwood Scrubbs is located within the Ultra low emission zone which attracts a £12.50 daily charge for certain older and diesel vehicles, please check at https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/ultra-low
Travelling by public transport ?  Nearest station is East Acton on the Central Line travelling westbound.  No platform on the Eastbound side.  If travelling on the eastbound line use White City, apx 10 mins walk. Refreshments will be available on sale  in the TVH clubhouse. Numbers can be collected from my table at The TVH Clubhouse.
Start Times – 12.30pm Under 11s (approximately 2k), 12.45pm Under 13s (approximately 3k), 1.05pm Under 15s (approximately 4k), 1.30pm Under 17s (approximately 5k)
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.

Course Map – NW London YA Wormwood Scrubs 5th March Course Map

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS AND SOUTHERN U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 27 March at the Milton Keynes Track, Milton Keynes, Bucks (SatNav MK14 6BN).
Entry Close Tuesday 15 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager 

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Parliament Hill Fields on 26 February.
While around 50 trees may have perished around Parliament Hill during the storms of the previous week, runners were bathed in sunshine although conditions underfoot were still muddy.

Our outstanding performance of the day was by DAVID STONE, who finished 2nd in the Under 20 race, he seems to excel on Parliament Hill, as in 2017 he won the National Under 17 title. In 2019 he won the Under 20 title and in 2017 was 2nd in the London Youth games. There were top 20 finishes from Under 15 GIANLEO STUBBS 6th, Under 15 POSIE SHAW U13 7th, Under 20 INDIRA PATEL 7th and Senior Men DYLAN EVANS 20th.
Team positions were as follows, Under 13 Boys and Under 20 Men both finished 6th, Under 17 Men and Under 17 Women both finished 7th, Under 15 Boys 25th and Senior Men 74th.

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN U13 43rd (12.50), EUAN PHILLIPS U13 47th (12.51), ARTHUR PHILLIPS U13 57th (12.59), JARED MORRIS U13 94th (13.23), LADDIE SHAW U13 199th (14.14), CHARLIE CUTLER U13 262nd (14.48), ZACK JOSEPHS U13 263rd (14.49), JACK REDFORD U13 380th (17.08), the winner was Jake Meyburgh of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (11.06) 397 runners finished
Team result – 1st Trafford Athletic (143 points), 2nd Brighton & Hove (181), 3rd North Somerset (195), 6th SBH (241), 41 teams finished

Under 13 Girls (3000m) – POSIE SHAW U13 7th (12.56), ELIZABETH OTHULO U13 372nd (18.34), the winner was Katie Webb of Marshall Milton Keynes (12.38) 393 runners finished
Team result – 1st Trafford Athletic (143 points), 2nd Brighton & Hove (181), 3rd North Somerset (195), 41 teams finished

Under 15 Boys (4000m) – GIANLEO STUBBS U15 6th (14.52), TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U15 209th (17.38), PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS U15 231st (17.44), JACOB CLEMENT U15 298th (18.28), SAMUEL BORDOLEY U15 388th (20.17), the winner was Robert Price of Vale Royal (14.15) 412 runners finished
Team result – 1st Chiltern Harriers (157 points), 2nd Tonbridge (225), 3rd Cambridge & Coleridge (243), 25th SBH (744), 42 teams finished

Under 15 Girls (4000m) – PHOEBE MUSIC U15 332nd (24.02), the winner was Isabella Waugh of Rotherham Harriers (16.11) 353 runners finished
Team result – 1st Wreake & Soar Valley (61 points), 2nd Rotherham Harriers (61), 3rd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (215), 43 teams finished

Under 17 Men (6000m) – SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U17 70th (24.06), LEO RONCARATI U17 76th (24.12), SPIKE BLAKE U17 100th (24.35), JOSHUA FISHER U17 112th (24.47), JONAH MARKS U17 177th (25.53), ANTONIO CONRADIE U17 190th (26.06), the winner was Sam Mills of Exeter Harriers (21.14) 304 runners finished
Team result – 1st South London Harriers (127 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (133), 3rd Tonbridge (192), 7th SBH (358), 23 teams finished

Under 17 Women (5000m) – No SBH Runners, the winner was Jess Bailey of Levern Valley (19.20) 274 runners finished
Team result – 1st South London Harriers (127 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (133), 3rd Tonbridge (192), 7th SBH (358), 23 teams finished

Under 20 Men (10000m) – DAVID STONE U20 2nd (33.02), NATHAN GODDARD U20 53rd (36.30), LUCA STUBBS U20 59th (36.46), ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN U20 103rd (38.15), JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 184th (43.37), the winner was Will Barnicoat of Aldershot, Farnham & District (32.51) 211 runners finished
Team result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (100 points), 2nd Chesterfield & District (112), 3rd Tonbridge (145), 6th SBH (217), 15 teams finished

Under 20 Women (6000m) – INDIRA PATEL U20 7th (25.41), APRIL HILL U20 63rd (28.51), NATASHA TANNER U20 111th (32.07), the winner was Alexandra Millard of Invicta East Kent (24.23) 145 runners finished
Team result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (166 points), 2nd Tonbridge (177), 3rd Salford Harriers (187), 6 teams finished 

Senior Men (12000m) – DYLAN EVANS 20th (43.38), KOJO KYEREME V45 262nd (49.05), ROBERT RIGBY V60 918th (58.21), JONNY SHAW 1213th (62.20), MARK COTTLE 1229th (62.35), DAVID GREENSTEIN V55 1422nd (65.49), BARRY HAWS V40 1534th (67.51), TIM UNDERHILL V50 1583rd (68.39), PAUL MACARTHY V55 1597th (68.54), DANNY DIGWEED 1610th (69.04), PAUL LEWIS 1625th (69.24), TIM PARKIN V40 1791st (72.44), the winner was Mahamed Mahamed of Southampton (40.52) 2087 runners finished
Team result – 1st Southampton (209 points), 2nd Leeds City (265), 3rd Cambridge & Coleridge (270), 74th SBH (5053), 132 teams finished

Senior Women (8000m) – NAOMI TASCHIMOWITZ 25th (31.30), CHARLENE JACOB-CONRADIE V40 159th (35.53), ELANA DIMMER 192nd (36.36), the winner was Jessica Gibbon of Reading (29.00) 1010 runners finished
Team result – 1st Leeds City (54 points), 2nd Aldershot, Farnham & District (61), 3rd London Heathside (166), 104 teams finished

SBH WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS, FINAL TOP 3 POSITIONS FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Following the cancellation of the 19 February Start Fitness Metropolitan League, the winners were calculated based on the best 5 results out of the 6 fixtures. The Under 11 Boys and Girls winners were concluded following the cancellation of the 19 February Start Fitness Metropolitan League fixture.

Under 13 Boys – EUAN PHILLIPS and PRINCE-VICTORUS JOHN (37 points) and ARTHUR PHILLIPS (22)– Under 15 Boys – TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE (35 points), THOMAS CADWALLADER (30) and JACOB CLEMENT (24) – Under 17 Men – SPIKE BLAKE (29 points), MAX WINFIELD (24) and  JOSHUA FISHER/SAMUEL GREENSTEIN (23) – Under 20 Men – ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN (36 points), DYLAN MICHEL (27) and NATHAN GODDARD (15) – Senior Men – DANIEL NICHOLS (56 points), MARK COTTLE (53) and DANNY DIGWEED (48) – Masters Men 40-49 –BARRY HAWS (23 points), PAUL LEWIS (13) and TIM PARKIN (13) – Masters Men 50-59 – JONNY SHAW (40 points), TIM UNDERHILL (31) and DAVID GREENSTEIN (24) – Masters Men 60-69 – ROBERT RIGBY (40 points)

Under 13 Girls – POSIE SHAW (40 points), ERIN GIBLIN (21) and NYAH CAMPBELL-CAINE (12) – Under 15 Girls – MYA MAIRS-INGRAM (23 points), PHOEBE MUSIC (22) and ASHANI PERERA (8) – Under 17 Women – ASHA HORBACKI (23 points), LUISA STAAB (16) and RUBY VINTON (8) – Under 20 Women – NATASHA TANNER and ELENA RONCARATI (22 points), APRIL HILL (15) – Senior Women – ELANA DIMMER (30 points), NAOMI TASCHIMOWITZ (16) and HANNAH RIDLEY (6) – Masters Women 40-49 – CHARLENE JACOBS-CONRADIE V40 (40 points)

Link to the final points tables – Mens 2021-2022 Points Tables Updated 26-02-22 Final Issue   Womens 2021-2022 Points Tables Updated 26-02-22 Final Issue

UK ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Birmingham on 26-27 February
Another good day for the club, with many athletes performing well, and reaching their finals. Congratulations to UK title winners DAVID SMITH in the High Jump (2.13m) and SCOTT LINCOLN in the Shot (19.52m). There were Silver Medals in both Pole Vault events, in the Men’s ETHAN WALSH vaulted (SB 5.07m) and in the Women’s JADE IVE vaulted (SB 4.40m)

60m – SM H3 CONFIDENCE LAWSON 4th (6.85), in Semi-Final 1 CONFIDENCE finished 4th (6.78)
60m – SW H2 HANNAH FOSTER U23 5th (7.75), H3 ALANNAH FASHANU U23 3rd (7.54), H6 EVE WRIGHT U23 2nd (7.51), H7 REBECCA JEGGO U23 (2nd Claim) 4th (7.71), in Semi-Final 1 ALANNAH finished 7th (7.58), in Semi-Final 2 EVE finished 3rd (7.45), in the Final EVE finished 8th (7.48)
200m – SM H2 KRISHAWN AIKEN 3rd (21.65), in Semi-Final 2 KRISHAWN finished 3rd (21.92)
200m – SW H1 HANNAH FOSTER U23 3rd (SB 24.14) taking .40 of a second off her 6 February time, and is ranked UK No.8 U23 in 2022, in the Final HANNAH finished 5th (24.51)
400m – SW H1 EMILY NEWNHAM U20 4th (55.40), H3 LINA NIELSEN 1st (54.29), H4 HAYLEY MCLEAN 5th (SB 54.64) taking .08 of a second off her 6 February time, H5 LILY BECKFORD 3rd (SB 54.64), in Semi-Final 1 HAYLEY finished 7th (SB 54.39) taking .25 of a second off her H4 time, in Semi-Final 2 LINA finished 2nd (SB 53.09) taking .20 of a second off her H3 time, and is ranked UK No.8 in 2022, in Semi-Final 3 EMILY finished 4th (55.09)
5000m – SM Straight Final HENRY MCLUCKIE U23 7th (8:05.15)
60m Hurdles – SW H1 MARLI JESSOP U20 2nd (8.38) in the Final MARLI finished 6th (8.32)
High Jump – SM Straight Final DAVID SMITH finishing 1st equal to win the Gold Medal (2.13m), LEWIS MCGUIRE finished 7th (2.09m), AKIN COWARD finished 12th (2.00m)
High Jump – SW Straight Final CLAIRE MCGARVEY U23 finished 4th (PB 1.78m) equalling her 8 January height, and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2022, EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 finished 10th (1.64m)
Pole Vault – SM Straight Final ETHAN WALSH won the Silver Medal (SB 5.07m) adding 13cm to his 5 February height, and is ranked UK No.7 in 2022
Pole Vault – SW Straight Final JADE IVE (HCA) won the Silver Medal (SB 4.40m) adding 5cm to her 13 February height, and is ranked UK No.2 in 2022
Long Jump – SM Straight Final PAUL OGUN (HCA) finished 5th (SB 7.37m) equalling his 12 February jump, EFE UWAIFO (2nd Claim) finished 10th (7.07m)
Triple Jump – SM Straight EFE UWAIFO (2nd Claim) finished 4th (SB 15.81m) adding 8cm to his 16 January jump, and is ranked UK No.4 in 2022, JOSH WOODS U23 finished 9th (15.05m)
Shot 7.26kg – SM Straight Final SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) won the Gold Medal (19.52m)

LEE VALLEY HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 19 March and Sunday 20 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Link to Hertfordshire entry information, you can either enter by post or enter online at http://www.hertscaaa.org.uk/fixtures7.html
Link to Middlesex entries online – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/middxtf/
Link to Kent entries online – http://kcaa.org.uk/onlineregs/newmeeting9.php?MeetID=1
Closing Dates for Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent is Thursday 3 March
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee