Happy Birthday this week to Julian Adeniran, Adam Baker, Joseph Brennan, Marion Buggins, Gaia Casciello, Luke Constantinou, Renee Davis, Bridget Hogg, Colette Hurley, Randy Momie, Phil Nicholls, Matthew Stoker, Barbara Nelson, Lia Radus, James Toon, Luke Van Turenhout, Kevin Walden, Sarah Williams

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EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS CLUBS CUP FOR JUNIORS – Took place in Castellon, Spain on Saturday 20 September. The match was a game of 3 thirds, the team were last for the first 2 thirds and facing relegation with 2 nil pointers. The highlights in the first 14 events came from a Hammer win from FELLAN MCGUIGAN and an excellent 3rd place from BEN ROCHFORD with his second fastest time ever – then we came good in the final 6 events, with emphatic victories from KYLE LANGFORD in the 1500m and PHILLIP CROUT in the 3000m, a fine 2nd place in the HJ with a PB from AKIN COWARD, a 4th in the LJ by ADE ADEFOLALU and 3rd place in both relays, which meant the team moved from 8th place to 4th place. Conditions were very good with the temperature in the early 30s. Turkey had a great weekend, with the teams from Fenerbache winning both the men’s and women’s competitions. SBH are representing GB&NI in the 2015 event which is likely to be held in Istanbul.

Team Result 1st Fenerbache Turkey (124 points), 2nd Playas De Castellon Spain (107), 3rd Ad Mass Ljubijana Slovenia (88), 4th SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS (79), 5th Sport Lisboa & Benfica Portugal (79), 6th Ask Slavia Praha Czech Republic (77.5), 7th Fiamme Gialle Simoni Italy (64), 8th Tampereen Pyrinto Finland (56.5)

100m – JOHN OTUGADE (Disqualified), Non Scoring A Final ZANSON PLUMMER 1st (11.07 w0.7 m/s), ALANDO ALFRED 4th (PB 11.68 w0.7 m/s) taking .06 of a second off his 2013 time, B Final NATHANAEL MURRAY 2nd (11.33 w1.5 m/s)

200m – ANDREW AMOAH 4th (PB 22.03 w2.4 m/s) taking .04 of a second off his 2013 time

400m – BILLY KELSEY 7th (SB 52.40) taking .19 of a second off his June time

800m – BEN ROCHFORD 3rd (1:51.91)

1500m – KYLE LANGFORD 1st (SB 3:52.90) taking 7.54 seconds off his 7 September time

3000m – PHILLIP CROUT 1st (8:55.24)

110m Hurdles – JOHNOI JOSEPHS 5th (14.99 w0.1 m/s)

400m Hurdles – MATTHEW HALL 8th (PB 63.58) taking 4.02 seconds off his 2013 time

3000m Steeplechase – DALTON MCGUIGAN 5th (10:03.79)

4 x 100m Relay – 3rd (SB 42.85) NATHANAEL MURRAY, ANDREW AMOAH, ZANSON PLUMMER, JOHN OTUGADE taking .22 of a second of their 7 September time

4 x 400m Relay – 3rd (SB 3:20.30) BILLY KELSEY (52.8), BEN ROCHFORD (50.3), ADAM THORPE (50.7), KYLE LANGFORD (46.5) taking 1.48 seconds off their 7 September time, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 club team in 2014

High Jump – AKIN COWARD 2nd (PB 2.04m) adding 1cm to his July jump

Pole Vault – ETHAN WALSH (No Height)

Long Jump – ADE ADEFOLALU 4th (6.78m)

Triple Jump – DEAN OAMEN 5th (13.85m)

Shot 6kg – JAMES HAMBLIN (2nd Claim) 7th (12.59m)

Discus 1.75kg – MATTHEW HALL 8th (PB 29.67m) adding 1.22m to his 10 September throw

Hammer 6kg – FELLAN MCGUIGAN 1st (64.96m)

Javelin 800g – JAMES HAMBLIN (2nd Claim) 7th (35.16m)

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Happy Birthday this week to Abbas Adejonwo, Graeme Allan, Nikolina Banovic, Martin Bigg, Lauren Daymer, Louis Davis, Zane Duquemin, Lauren Fernandes, Justin Geohagan, Clifford Golding, Mia Groom, Neelam Kaderbhoy, Bob Mallows, Nathanael Murray, Marilyn Okoro, Robert Vessey

WORLD MOUNTAIN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to ORLANDO EDWARDS who ran for the GB & NI team last Sunday, ORLANDO finished in 33rd place (61.08) and was the 4th (60.39) of the 6 GB runners to finish. Considering the quality of the field the GB & NI team finished in a splendid 5th place with 103 points. The winners were Uganda whose runners finished 1st, 2nd & 3rd and totalled 14 points, 2nd Eritrea (27), 3rd Italy (55) and 4th USA (95).

The race was held in Casette di Massa, Italy which is in the Italian region of Tuscany on the amazing backdrop of the Apuan Alps. The 30th edition of these Championships was staged on a “only-up” course which went through a cave of the famous “Bacino di Gioia” in the final section of the course. Here the marble, which gave shape to many masterpieces of Italian art, is extracted. The World Championships featured almost 400 athletes from 40 countries from the five Continents. It’s the eighth time that this event is held in Italy, which boasts a long tradition in this discipline. On Saturday 13th September the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 World Mountain Championships was highlighted by the delivery of a block of marble, from which Italian artist Fabio Viale will carve the statue dedicated to Pietro Mennea which will be located at the Stadio dei Marmi in Rome which is already named after the former 200 metres Olympic champion and World record holder.

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Happy Birthday this week to Josh Avigdor, Emma Babalola, Alex Barrett, Nicole Bowen, Olivia Bowen, Zoe Brown, Dudley Bryant, Amelia Corbo, Gerald Fox, Clyde Gordon, Jamie Harper, Michael Harper, Nene Harrison, Oliver Hocking, Hamza Kadir, Ben Kelly, Dominic James, Gabriella Murray-Panayiotou, Sian Sinclair, Clarice Underwood, Maryam Williams, Gabe Yawitch

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to LIA RADUS who at the Eastern Young Athletes League Plate Final in Ipswich on 7 September broke the Under 13 Girls 1500m record with a time of (4:59.5). This eclipsed the previous time of (5:01.9) set by LAYLA HALL at Copthall on 20 May 1995.

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Happy Birthday this week to Esther Akwaji, Philippa Aukett, Amy Campbell, Nicole Cara, Jonas Chor, Matthew Hall, Finn Harvey, Jessica Hurley, Richard Kurtz, Confidence Lawson, Justin Lee, Kris Robertson, Lucy Short, Erin Visaya-Neville

ENGLAND NATIONAL MEDALS – Congratulations to EAVION RICHARDSON U17 winning the Long Jump Gold Medal (PB 5.91m w1.5 m/s) adding 6cm to her 2013 jump, and is ranked UK No.3 U17 in 2014, and JAMIE DEE U17 won the 1500m Bronze Medal (PB 3:54.57) taking 3.51 seconds off his June time, and is ranked UK No.3 U17 in 2014 in the England Athletics U15/U17 Championships which took place in Bedford on 30-31 August

800m – U15B Heat 1 ADAM SHIRET U15 5th (2:06.71), U15G JESSICA HURLEY U15 10th (2:36.18)

1500m – U17M Straight Final JAMIE DEE U17 won the Bronze Medal (PB 3:54.57) taking 3.51 seconds off his June time, and is ranked UK No.3 U17 in 2014, U15B Heat 1 ELLIOT DEE U15 3rd (4:27.52) in the Final ELLIOT finished in 4th place (4:20.21)

3000m – U15B Straight Final GEORGE GROOM U15 9th (9:32.66)

80m Hurdles – U17W Heat 3 EAVION RICHARDSON U17 2nd (PB 11.69 w1.1 m/s) taking .23 of a second off her June time, and is ranked UK No.10 U17 in 2014, due to an injury in her heat EAVION did not run in the Final

Pole Vault – U17M Straight Final DYLAN CARLSSON-SMITH U17 5th (4.10m)

Long Jump – U17W Straight Final EAVION RICHARDSON U17 won the Gold Medal (PB 5.91m w1.5 m/s) adding 6cm to her 2013 jump, and is ranked UK No.3 U17 in 2014

Shot 3kg – U17W Straight Final EAVION RICHARDSON U17 12th (PB 10.61m) adding 46cm to her June put

Javelin 600g – U15B Straight Final MICHAEL MILLER U15 7th (43.92m)

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