Happy Birthday this week to Fayyaz Ahmed, Ben Bellisario, Charlie Brassey, Olive Curran, Fabian Hodge, Carmen Hogg, Charlotte Johnston, Julian Lamy, Dereece O’Callaghan, Michael Potticary, Ray Powell
NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to LIZZIE BIRD U23 (Princeton University) who when competing in the Sam Howell Invitational in Princeton, New Jersey, USA on 3-4 April, won the 3000m Steeplechase in a personal best (10:08.62) taking 4.53 seconds off her 2014 time, also taking .86 of a second of Jo Ankier’s U23 club record (10:09.48) set in 2004. Lizzie’s time now ranks her UK No.1 U23 in 2015. In the same meeting LIAM DEE U20 (Iona College) finished 4th in the 5000m (PB 14:27.26) and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2015.
For the remaining newsletter information and results
JAKE SHELLEY – After a short break from racing Jake (New Mexico University) competed in the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, California, USA on 3 April, running the 5000m he ran a personal best (13:52.94) taking 36.99 seconds off his 2012 time, which ranks him UK No.8 in 2015, also No.8 on the SBH all-time performances.
EASTER WEDDING – Congratulations and best wishes to GEMMA NICOL and RYAN SHARP who were married on Easter Sunday in Bathgate, West Lothian. Wedding photograph attached
SHAFTESBURY TAKE TO THE ICE – AURELIJA IPPOLITO U20, a member of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, came in 3rd place at the 2015 British Long Track Speed Skating Championships held in the Hague, Netherlands in the Ladies 1500m race with a time of 2.53.01. Her brother, MATISS IPPOLITO U17, also a Harrier had 2 personal bests in the 500m with a time of 50.98 and in the 1000m with a time of 1.50.48 . They both started speed skating in October after an induction course in Inzell, Germany and have been training twice a month in the Netherlands. The UK does not currently have a 400m ice rink so training must be done abroad.
LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE ANNOUNCEMENT – The London Inter Club Challenge (LICC) and the newly founded London Colleges Athletics Series (LCAS) have pleasure in announcing that they have agreed to promote their next events jointly at Lee Valley Athletics Centre on SUNDAY 19 APRIL. LICC and LCAS, are both supported by England Athletics, and will be working together to stage this highly innovative meeting which is estimated will attract over 350 athletes.
The competition is graded, has electronic timing on the track and EDM in the field. Registration is now open to London University students to compete in LCAS (www.london-athletics.com/registration) and closes on 12 April. Fees for LICC events are charged at £3 for the first event and £2 for subsequent events and are welcome on the day. Entries for LCAS will not be accepted on the day. More information at www.london-athletics.com and http://londonathletics.org/licc
Commenting on this development, TONY SHIRET, (England Athletics London Region Joint Chairman) “Many organisations throughout the UK have talked about bridging the gap between college sport and the traditional athletics clubs, so we are very proud that here in London we have taken the initiative of actually doing something rather than simply talking about it. We wish the organisers and the athletes the best of luck in a day of Track and Field athletics at one of London’s leading venues.”
Attached is updated timetable for all LICC and LCAS events. Remember Entry Is Free For SBH Members for more information visit http://londonathletics.org/licc
LONDON MARATHON – Many of you will be competing on 26 April for the first time, or aiming to run a personal best. If you are running could you email what your running number is, as this will assist me in finding your finishing time and position.
NATIONAL MEN’S AND WOMEN’S ROAD RELAYS – Takes place this Saturday 11 April in Sutton Park, Birmingham , please use the Town Gate entrance to the park (Satnav B73 6BU).Start times Women 12.20pm, Men 1.00pm.
SOUTHERN ATHLETIC LEAGUE 2015, DIVISION 2 WEST – The track season is almost upon us after a successful 2014, winning promotion from Division 3, we now look forward to competing against new teams at new venues.
Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers are a composite team with Barnet & District, both Men and Women competing as one team, minimum age 15 years … no maximum age!
The secret to success, actually it is not much of a secret, is to fill as many events as possible, there are 38 at each meeting and each club has two athletes per event.
Match 1 – Saturday 25 April at Uxbridge (Satnav UB8 1ES) against Hillingdon, Ealing and Newbury.
Match 2 – Sunday 31 May at Winchester (Satnav SO23 0QA) against Winchester, Oxford and Worthing.
Match 3 – Saturday 20 June at Allianz Park (Satnav NW4 1RL) against Epsom, Harrow and Yeovil.
Match 4 – Saturday 4 July at Abingdon (Satnav OX14 1PU) against Radley, Andover and Wycombe.
Match 5 – Saturday 15 August at Woking (Satnav GU21 5NZ) against Woking, Plymouth and Highgate.
If you are available please contact team manager Richard McCormick at mccormicks5@btinternet.com
WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Regarding the fixture on 17 June, the event at 8.05pm should be 800m not 400m.
HIGHGATE HARRIERS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 15 April at Parliament Hill Fields, on-line entry only – no entries on the night. Entries will close when event is full or otherwise at midnight on 14 April.
ENGLAND ATHLETICS NEWSLETTER – This is the link showing their current information, March Issue 2
RUN! LONDON NEWSLETTER – This is the link showing their current information, which is worth a read as it has many interesting sections. March Issue http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=593e83c3ed041a839b72f1c09&id=0828cb56a5&e=12c253a365
UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS
ON THE TRACK & FIELD FIXTURES YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO THE TIMETABLE – ONCE YOU ACCESS THE TIMETABLE A NOTICE POPS UP, I CAN ASSURE YOU IT IS SAFE TO OPEN THAT FILE
UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE SOUTHERN PREMIER 1 (UNDER 17/20 MEN/WOMEN) – The first of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 18 April at Ridlins Wood Athletic Track, Woodcock Road, Stevenage (Satnav SG2 9QZ). Timetable attached
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager – Colette Hurley or Geoff Morphitis
EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE COMPOSITE TEAM WITH BARNET & DISTRICT (UNDER 13/15/17 MEN/WOMEN) – The first of five fixtures takes place on Sunday 19 April at Thurrock Athletics Stadium, Blackshots Lane, Grays Essex (Satnav RM16 2QT). For parking please use this link
http://www.essexathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/DIRECTIONS-TO-THURROCK-HARRIERS-ATHLETICS-STADIUM1.pdf Timetable attached
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager Joyce Smith or Jeremy Sothcott
LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE (ALL AGE-GROUPS INCLUDING U13s) AND LONDON COLLEGES ATHLETICS SERIES – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 19 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR). Is free to all members of Shaftesbury, Entries from athletes from non-member clubs are welcome on the day and are charged at £3 for the first event and £2 for subsequent events. Registration opens at 10.00am, and closes 30 minutes before the published start time. Attached is the Timetable. All juniors and seniors welcome as U17s, U15s and U13s will be at the EYAL.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and register.
WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 22 April. Entry costs at Wednesday Meetings £4 for one event, £6 for two or more events, entries from 5.30pm, there may be separate desks for different events. Please use this link to the Watford Harriers website http://www.watfordharriers.org.uk/indexnc.htm then select Watford Open Graded Meetings at the top of the page. Once you are in the open meeting section, you can see the full information including any late changes. Also you can print off the ‘On The Day Entry Form’
Timetable – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.30pm 400m no U13s, 8.00pm 800m, 9.00pm 3000m
SOUTHERN LEAGUE DIVISION 2 WEST (UNDER 17/20 AND SENIOR MEN/WOMEN) – The first of five fixtures takes place on Saturday 25 April at Hillingdon Athletics Stadium, Gatting Way, Uxbridge (Satnav UB8 1ES). For timetable please use this link http://www.southernathletics.org.uk/assets/files/SALtimetable.pdf
Note: If you are available and wish to compete please contact team manager Richard McCormick at mccormicks5@btinternet.com
VIRGIN LONDON MARATHON AND MINI MARATHON – Takes place on Sunday 26 April Best wishes to our Marathon runners who start at Greenwich, and our Young Athletes who are competing for the London Borough of Barnet, Brent, Camden and Enfield and starts at Billingsgate.
VETERANS LEAGUE COMPOSITE TEAM WITH BARNET & DISTRICT – The first of four fixtures takes place on Monday 27 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR). Note: If you are available and wish compete please contact team manager Men David Wilcock david.wilcock@virgin.net Women Karen Murphy karenmurphy@ntlworld.com
RESULTS – TRACK AND FIELD OUTDOORS UNLESS STATED
The Active Newham Open Series took place on 5 April
100m – Heat 1 DOMINIC ASHWELL U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 10.94 w-0.7) in the final DOMINIC finished 1st (SB 10.88 w-0.2) taking .06 of a second off his heat time, and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2015
The Florida Relays took place in Gainsville, Florida, USA on 2-4 April
Long Jump – JAMES MCLACHLAN (HCA Loyola University) 1st (SB 7.67m w0.2) adding 5cm to his February jump, and is ranked UK No.6 in 2015
The Victor Lopez Classic took place in Houston, Texas, USA on 2-4 April
800m – HARRY SAGEL U23 (Rice University) 8th (SB 1:53.09)
The Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational took place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA on 4 April
800m – SOPHIE CONNOR U23 (New Mexico University) 1st (2:09.37)
The Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow Open Meeting took place in Eton on 4 April
1500m – Race SX1 JOSH EDWARDS U15 10th (PB 4:37.85) taking 3.99 seconds off his 2014 time
The Danny Mullane Open Meeting took place in Chelmsford on 4 April
Shot 5kg – U17M BILLY PRAIM-SINGH (2nd Claim) 2nd (13.36m)
Hammer 5kg – U17M BILLY PRAIM-SINGH (2nd Claim) 2nd (56.95mm)
The Herts Phoenix Open Meeting took place in Welwyn on 3 April
110m Hurdles – U20M MATTHEW HALL 3rd (SB 15.5 no wind recorded )
RESULTS – I endeavor to publish as many results as possible, as my main source is the power of 10 website. Unfortunately all races do not make the PO10. Therefore feel free to e-mail me the race, date and result if you have it, if not the result there is a good chance I can find it on Google.
PARKRUN RESULTS
4 April – GLADSTONE, BRENT – JULIAN LAMY U20 2nd (New PB 17.57), DAVID LAMY V45 32nd (23.23), ISABELLE LAMY V45 56th (27.10) – GROVELANDS, ENFIELD – JAMES SOTHCOTT U20 3rd (19.37), GABRIELLA KYRIACOU U17 4th (First Time 19.58), LIDIA KYRIACOU U15 8th (First Time 20.33), JEREMY SOTHCOTT V50 22nd (22.40) – OAK HILL, BARNET – SAMUE CAHILL U13 16th (20.47, GEMMA HARPER U13 23rd (21.23), ISABELLA GOODMAN-SPEARS U13 28th (21.36), ROBERT PICK V60 35th (22.20), SAAM KYU SMART U15 38th (22.57) – WATERWORKS, BELFAST – DOMINIC HOLMES U13 163rd (29.22)
PHOTOGRAPH’S– From time to time we have photographs of our members taken at meetings or presentations which we would like to use both on the website or incorporated within our report to our local newspaper. Can you please let me know if you do NOT want your photograph to be used.
ALLIANZ PARK Main Switchboard telephone number is 0203 675 7200, then press 4 for Athletics.
CHARGES FOR USING ALLIANZ PARK – The current charges for using Allianz Park are as follows – Adult Daily entry fee £4.00 – Junior (U18) Daily entry fee £2.00 – Concession (Students and Over 65) Daily entry fee £3.00.
As a member of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers you can apply for a form w58)ch will give you membership of Allianz Park, you can pick up the form from the reception at Allianz Park. Any official coach of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers gains entry free of charge.
Charges for those with a membership form are as follows – Adult Daily entry fee £3.60, Monthly fee £22.00, Annual fee £264.00 – Junior (U18) Daily entry fee £1.80, Monthly fee £11.00, Annual fee £132.00 – Concession (Students and Over 65) Daily entry fee £2.70, Monthly fee £16.50, Annual fee £198.00.
All membership enquiries should be directed towards beckyhall@saracens.net or Jenny Poll who will be at Allianz Park (Tuesday and Thursday Evenings) in the West Stand, you contact her at athletics@allianzpark.com or her direct phone number is 0203 675 7252.
England Athletics London Region and the Saracens Foundation have appointed IAN BANNISTER as the Urban Athletics Activator for the London Borough of Barnet. IAN is based at Allianz Park and can be contacted on 0203 675 7243 or by email on ianbannister@saracens.net
Alan