Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 25 August 2016

Happy Birthday this week to Ian Bannister, Luca Cardines, Amber Duverney, Henry Fulton, Rebecca Keating, Janany Krishnakanthan, Olivia Lava, Dempsey McGuigan, Daryll Neita, Donovan Reid, Fatoumata Savadogo, Philip Shelley, James Sothcott

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UK Youth Development League UAG National Final Timetable –    UKYDL National Final UAG 2016 Timetable

Eastern Young Athletes League Top Six Timetable –    EYAL Top Six Final Timetable 2016

OLYMPIC GAMES Took place in Rio de Janeiro from 11-21 August 

Day 7 – 17 August

Hammer 7.26kg – SM Pool B CHRIS BENNETT 11th (71.32m)

Day 8 – 18 August

4 x 100m Relay – SW Heat 1 GB & NI 3rd (41.93) DARRYL NEITA U23 ran on Leg 4

Day 9 – 19 August

4 x 100m Relay – SW Final GB & NI won the Bronze Medal in a new National Record (41.77) DARRYL NEITA U23 brought the team home on Leg 4

RECENT NEW MEMBERS We wish you all a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful 2016 to NIALL CARNEY, ALEXANDER CHARALAMBOUS, KEENAN DIEOBI, OLIVER FORMBY, ZACH NICHOLLS, ANIEKAN OKONO, MATTHEW PAGAN, KENAN STEVENS and DIMITRI YAP 

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE PLEASE NOTE we have just been advised by the League organiser, that the first fixture on 24 September has now been re-arranged for Saturday 1 October and will still be at Horsenden Hill. The reason being was to avoid the Southern Young Athletes Relays on Sunday 25 September.

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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 18 August 2016

Happy Birthday this week to Frank Attoh, Evey Becker, Dave Briant, Melissa Courtney, Molly Hopping, Rachel Hunter, Ashante Little, Emily Murphy, Kemi Olonade, Oyinade Omidiora, Kamal Onyiukah, Kara Onuiri, Roberto Oppong, Stuart Singer, Ellie Spain, Dimitri Yap

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Middlesex Young Athletes League Results –    Middlesex YA Results 14-08-16 Allianz Park

Southern U15/U17 Championship Results –    Southern U15 & U17 Championships – Ashford

OLYMPIC GAMES Takes place in Rio de Janeiro from 11-21 August 

Day 2 – 12 August

100m – SW Heat 8 DARRYL NEITA U23 4th (11.41 w-0.2)

10000m – SW Straight Final BETH POTTER 34th (33:04.34)

Day 5 – 15 August

400m Hurdles – SM Heat 4 SEB RODGER 6th (49.54)

Discus 1kg – SW Pool B JADE LALLY 15th (54.06m)

Day 7 – 17 August

Hammer 7.26kg – SM Pool B CHRIS BENNETT 11th (71.32m)

olympic-village-by-stuart-weir-rio-2016-1250x750LIFE IN THE OLYMPIC VILLAGE The following article by Stuart Weir was published recently on the Athletics Weekly website.

I know that I am blessed to be serving as Olympic attaché for Togo in the Olympic Village. With 207 countries and 11,258 competitors plus 3490 officials, that makes 14,748 (if I have counted right) which comprise the potential residents of the Olympic Village. In reality rowers are often based at the lake, some come late, other leave early. With the athletics programme starting a week after the Opening Ceremony, many athletes were still in training camps on ceremony day, arriving only this week.

So what is the Olympic Village like?  With some 10,000 people it is really a small and quite self-contained town. Teams are housed in about 25 tower blocks, which are traditionally decorated on the outside in the colours of the country.

The dining room is massive, seating about 5000. It is a self-service restaurant offering food 24/7 and catering for people from 207 countries with their different tastes, preferences and dietary requirements. All the food is free to residents. Fast food it is not!

There is a polyclinic, which brings together a range of health professionals and medical services for the residents of the village. All the larger teams will have their own team doctor and physios. There is a fitness centre which, like the restaurant, is open 24/7 and always well used, a tennis court, a recreation area, a bank, post-office, internet café and more. There is a surreal feel to the place. You walk around the village and past the tennis court and there is Novak Djokovic hitting with Boris Becker. The South African golf team is managed by Gary Player who is very visible in the village. As I write this in the open-air restaurant, a group of Kenyan distance runners are putting in the miles round the village roads.

There are buses to take athletes around the village – it can be quite a walk from one end to the other. Some teams have brought their own bicycles to get around. There are other buses to take athletes to training venues and also to competition. It all runs like clockwork. For athletes who are used to competing in single sport IAAF World Championships and competitions such as the Diamond League meetings, to be part of a multi-sport team in such a big event is an exciting experience. To be able to call yourself an Olympian for the rest of your life, a real privilege. Everyone in the village is in team uniform so that you can tell at a glance where anyone is from. Incidentally the largest team is USA with 560 competitors. Tuvalu has only 1!

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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 11 August 2016

Happy Birthday this week to Yamile Aldama, Lily Beckford, Romy Bogaire, Laure Clark, Sylvie Frayne, Daniel Greenstein, Kristen Heath, Richard Hunter, Lidia Kyriacou, Hana McEwan, John Naylor, Zachary Randall, Kayomie Thompson, Ian Tullet, Gerda Vaitkaityte, Edwin Yamoah

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British Athletic League Results –    BAL Match 4 Allianz Park 06-08-16

UK Women’s Athletic League Results –    UKWAL Results 06-08-16 Allianz Park

Eastern Young Athletes League Results –    U13 Boys 07-08-16    U13 Girls 07-08-16    U15 Boys 07-08-16    U15 Girls 07-08-16    U17 Men 07-08-16   U17 Women 07-08-16    Non Scoring 07-08-16

NEW CLUB RECORD Congratulations to LOUISA PITSIALIS who extended her own U17 Hammer record (35.87m) at the Eastern Young Athletes League meeting at Allianz Park on Sunday 7 August.

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE, UPPER AGE GROUP Congratulations to our U17/U20 Team who have qualified for the National Final on Sunday 4 September at Bedford.

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE Congratulations to our composite B&D/SBH U13/U15/U17 Team following their outstanding win at Allianz Park last Sunday,and finished 5th overall in the final league table. The team will now contest the Top 6 Final at Stevenage on Sunday 4 September.

LEAGUE SEASON NOW OVER On behalf of the club we send our thanks and appreciation to all our Team Managers, Officials and helpers, for their contribution and professionalism throughout the season. Also a big thank you to all the Parents who support their sons/daughters week in, week out. 

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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 4 August 2016

Happy Birthday this week to Lucy Adams, Shani Anderson, Mehrdad Azimi, Neil Burnside, Rainer Burchett, Juliette De Freitas Vile, David Greenstein, Zoe Levin, Euan Mackenzie, Final McDowall, Daniel Ojo, Sophia Pitsialis

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London Inter Club Challenge Results –    London Inter Club Challenge – Allianz Park 30-07-16

CAU Inter-County and England Athletics AAA Championship Results –   http://www.englandathletics.org/athletes/english-national-championships/2016-england-athletics-championships

Middlesex Young Athletes League Timetable –    Copy of Middlesex YAL Timetable 2016

RECENT NEW MEMBERS We wish you all a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful 2016 to ADEOLA ADEGBOLA, ADETOLA ADEGBOLA, JOEL ALEXANDER, JACK BLOOM, CHRISTIANN CAVALLI-WARBY, CHRISTIAN DUVERNEY, EMMA FOOTTIT, MONICA FOOTTIT, OLIVER FORMBY, KAI GORDON, OLLIE HART, OLIVE HARVEY-DEW, JANSHER NAIM, ELLA NASH, ANDREW NICOLAOU, NAOMI OGUNNIYI, ADAM O’REILLY, MATTHEW PAGAN, SHARAN RAMKORUN, SOUHUR ROOBLEH, SAM SCHEER, DANIEL WARD 

BRITISH MASTERS HEPTATHLON CHAMPION Congratulations to NENE HARRISON who won the W35 Heptathlon title in Birmingham last Saturday and Sunday, with a personal best 3244 points. and ranks her UK No.1. Results 200m (29.66 w1.3), 800m (3:11.55), 100m Hurdles (PB 18.14 w0.4) taking 1.67 seconds off her 19 June time, High Jump (PB 1.43m) adding 1cm to her 2015 jump, Long Jump (4.05m), Shot 4kg (9.82m), Javelin 600g (PB 22.91m) adding 2.49m to her 2015 throw

2016 BRITISH TRANSPLANT GAMES Congratulations to EDWIN YAMOAH who competed in Liverpool last Sunday 31 July. Winning 3 Gold medals and 2 Silver medals and retaining the Carl Whittaker trophy for the fastest overall 100m time for the fourth year in a row.

100m 1st (PB 11.69) taking .11 of a second off his 2015 time- 200m 2nd (PB 24.69) taking .06 of a second off his 2013 time – 400m 2nd (PB 61.02) and Long jump 1st (PB 4.98m) adding 8cm to his 2013 jump. Mixed Team Relay 1st (59.41).

EDWIN competed for GB&NI in the 2015 World Transplant Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, and the 2013 Games in Durban, South Africa, winning a Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals in the sprints. In Argentina GB&NI came away with 246 medals, of which 122 were Gold, Argentina were second with 144 medals. EDWIN will be looking to qualify for the 2017 World Transplant Games in Malaga, Spain

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