Happy Birthday this week to Jude Beimers, Boluwatife Coker, Orlando Edwards, Rachel Felton, Ariana Gomes, James Hamblin, Louann Lamy, Kayla Michel, Natalia Pereverzina, Mark Popkov, Eavion Richardson, Seb Rodger, Nadeem Shaikh

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to ZOE BROWN who broke her own Senior Pole Vault Record recording 4.40m in the National League meeting in Athlone, Ireland on 22 June, adding 8cm to her previous mark set three weeks ago. ZOE has now exceeded the European Championships standard by 5cm which is being held in Zurich this August.

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to ROSALIND ZEFFERT V50 who broke the Veteran 50-54 Long Jump Record recording 3.90m at the Southern League meeting on 21 June at Allianz Park. The previous distance was 3.61m which was held by BRENDA FEE recorded at Enfield on 19 May 1997

U20/U23 MEDAL HAUL – We came away with 5 Gold and 5 Silver Medals at the England Athletics U20/U23 Championships which took place in Bedford on 21-22 June. Gold Medalists were KYLE LANGFORD U20 (800m), MELISSA COURTNEY U23 (1500m), ALLAN SMITH U23 (High Jump), NICK PERCY U23 (Discus) and RACHEL HUNTER U23 (Hammer). The Silver Medalists were SABRINA BAKARE U20 (400m), GEORGIA BELL U23 (800m), ADAM CARPENTER U23 (Pole Vault), SHADINE DUQUEMIN U23 (Discus) and LOUISA JAMES U23 (Hammer).

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Happy Birthday this week to Isaac Archer-Bux, Matiss Ippolito, Christopher McDonald, Stefan McNish, Isaac Lee-Own, Sophie Lewis, Megan Lilly, Freddie Shiret

GEORGE HARRISON MBE – Congratulations to GEORGE who received an MBE in the June Honours List for services to Athletics. GEORGE was a very talented endurance runner who very successfully moved into coaching and team management. He is currently Club President as well as the coach to many of our current crop of talented athletes including KYLE LANGFORD, MARK PEARCE and ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER. In the past he has coached current Club Record holders PAUL HERBERT, MARILYN OKORO and MIKE O’REILLY right through from club novice to International level. He also coached for a short period DAME KELLY HOLMES and a certain footballer/actor VINNIE JONES. One of his proudest achievements is when as a member of the Watford Sports Council 26 years ago, was instrumental in starting the Watford Open Graded Meetings. This commitment has continued right through to the present day as he was at this week’s meeting working on the seeding for the 800m races.

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Happy Birthday this week to Rebecca Andreou, Chloe Brassey, Adam Carpenter, Ella Collier, Ugochi Ekpecham, Charlie Etame, Oje Etome, Tony Henry, Dean Oamen, Mariana Toma, Ethan Walsh, Rick Ward, Paul Williamson, Murray Wilson

COMMONWEALTH GAMES TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS – Congratulations to the following Shaftesbury Athletes who have been selected for the following teams – GUERNSEY – KYLIE ROBILLIARD (100m Hurdles), JERSEY – ZANE DUQUEMIN (Discus and Shot) and SHADINE DUQUEMIN (Discus), NORTHERN IRELAND – ZOE BROWN (Pole Vault) and DEMPSEY MCGUIGAN (Hammer), SCOTLAND – BETH POTTER (5000m and 10000m), ALLAN SMITH U23 (High Jump), DAVID SMITH (High Jump), GREGOR MACLEAN (Pole Vault), ANGUS MCINROY (Discus), NICK PERCY U23 (Discus), RACHEL HUNTER U23 (Hammer), CHRIS BENNETT (Hammer), GEMMA NICOL (4 x 400m Relay) and KRIS ROBERTSON (4 x 400m Relay).

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EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to ZANE DUQUEMIN (Shot), YAMILE ALDAMA (Triple Jump) and JADE LALLY (Discus) have been selected to represent Great Britain & Northern Ireland in the European Team Championships which is being held in Braunschweig, Germany on 21-22 June.

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Happy Birthday this week to Sunny Adepegba, Kelly Bramhald, Georgina Emanuel, Oje Etomi, Betty Forde, George Grant, Gemma Harper, Andrew Holmes, Ailis McGovern, Shana Miller, Anna Pachla, Kylie Robilliard, Darryl Stone, Steffi Wilson

KRIS ROBERTSON – Congratulations to KRIS who was a member of the Scotland 4 x 400m Relay squad that achieved the Commonwealth Games qualification standard of 3:04.5 in Belgium.

ZOE BROWN – Congratulations to ZOE who vaulted a personal best 4.32m in the Welsh Championships in Cardiff on 1 June, and broken her own Club Record of 4.30m which she set in Tullamore, Ireland on 22 July 2012. Not jumping the gun but ZOE has achieved the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games standard off 4.20m, so watch this space when the team is announced next week. ZOE competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she finished 12th (4.00m), and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where she finished 7th (3.90m). Prior to this she competed in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a gymnast. Photograph taken at Cardiff attached

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