Happy Birthday this week to Emma Anderson, Nikolina Banovic, Lizzie Bird, Christiaan Cavalli-Warby, Tanitoluwa Edu, Colette Hurley, Jon Lennard, Chenna Okoh, Cristina Potter, Lea Reyna-Faria, Bryan Smith, Anthony Soalla-Bell, Kevin Walden and Sheli Yefet 

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SBH 2016-2017 Winter Fixture Card and  Information Sheet, which include Cross Country, Road Relays and Indoor (Lee Valley) fixtures – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

Southern Road Relay Results –    u13-boys    u13-girls    u15-boys    u15-girls    u17-men    u17-women    senior-men    senior-women

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place on Saturday 1 October at Horsenden Hill. The race headquarters is in The Tir Chonaill Gaels Club, Berkeley Avenue (Satnav UB6 0NZ). Turn off Greenford Road (A4127), opposite the entrance to the Glaxo Factory. The playing fields are at the end of Berkeley Avenue, and there is parking in the Clubhouse or in adjacent roads.

The First Race will now commence at 11.30am, and not 1.00pm as previously advised.

Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Will any of our Female athletes please see TONY SMITH who will give you a race number 

SOUTHERN YOUNG ATHLETES ROAD RELAYS – Took place last Sunday at Bedford Autodrome, the course was very flat, but it was very windy.

An exceptional finish to September from our Young Athletes, with the U17 Men becoming Southern Champions and the U13 Boys claiming the Silver Medals. There Under 13 Girls finished 6th only 7 seconds off 3rd place, and the Under 15 Boys finished 7th, the Under 15 Girls were 12th out of 53 teams to finish and finally the Under 17 Women were unable to complete a team.

Many thanks to KENNY GROOM U17 team and LENARD MICHEL U13 team, for sending me these excellent photographs

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Under 17 Men (3 x 3000m) won the Hertfordshire Gold Medal – Jamie Harper (10.00), Rufus Kent (10.29), Thomas Patrick (9.07)

Under 15 Girls (3 x 3000m) won the Hertfordshire Gold Medal – Mia Groom (12.16), Sophia Dempsey (11.38), Scarlett Kent (12.16)

Happy Birthday this week to Julian Adeniran, Graeme Allen, Margaret Beacham, Marion Buggins, Joshua Cohen, Philippa Davenall, Shire Dulberg, Zane Duquemin, Isaac Fahidi, Djennie Gregorio, Olive Harvey-Dew, Dieobi Keenan, Nathan Masters, Randy Momie, Daniel Moruzzi, Liam Mvula, Max Nissim, Marilyn Okoro, Natasha Payravi, Lottie Rachel, Simone Reinders, Ta-Juan Subaran, Luke Van Turenhout, Josef Wetton and Sarah Williams

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European Champion Clubs Cup Results –http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/eccc-track-and-field-junior/history/year=2016/results/index.html

SBH 2016-2017 Winter Fixture Card and  Information Sheet, which include Cross Country, Road Relays and Indoor (Lee Valley) fixtures – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you all a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful 2016 to JUDY AGHOLOR, RACHEL AYODELE, THEO BODEN, LORENA CARUSO, JONATHAN COHEN, TALIA HART, ALVIN LEONG, JOSHUA LIBURD, CHIMA ONUORA, LOUIE SAWA, GIANLEO STUBBS and BEN WINFIELD

SOUTHERN ROAD RELAY DELAYS – If any of you are using the M1 This Sunday, the M1 will be closed for bridge demolition on 24/25 September 2016

The old Houghton Road bridge, a bridge over the M1 near Dunstable, will be demolished over 24/25 September as part of the A5-M1 Link scheme. Contractors will work throughout the weekend on the demolition, which will take place during full closures of the motorway. The demolition follows the construction of new bridges over the M1.

Drivers are advised to allow extra time for their journeys as the M1 between junctions 11 and 12 will be completely closed in both directions during the work. Traffic will be signed to exit at junction 9 and follow the signed diversion to re-join the M1 at junction 14. One lane will be open at junction 9 enabling traffic for Luton Airport and Junction 11 to head to their destinations. Significant delays are expected from 7pm on Saturday 24 September until the afternoon of Sunday 25 September, so drivers are advised to consider alternative routes if possible.

Please note that there are other closures in the vicinity of the A5 works which are not ours. These works are separate to the A5-M1 scheme and details of journey impact and road closures information for these need to be directed to the named contractors.

EUROPEAN CHAMPION CLUB CUP – Took place in Castellon, Spain last Saturday

Report from Team Manager GEOFF MORPHITIS – A young and relatively inexperienced SBH team with only 4 top year juniors arrived in Castellon via Barcelona with no real expectations other than achieving a 3rd place finish on a good day to match the 2015 result. The Turkish and Spanish teams were in buoyant mood boasting strong squads based on having finished in the top 2 in 2014 and 2015.

The morning track session began well with a surprise win from NIALL CARNEY in the 400m H, who ran a conservative race for the first 300m and then stormed down the home straight to beat the much fancied Turkish champion. The 100m saw the first panic of the day. DOMINIC ASHWELL was a very late withdrawal in the 100m with injury. His replacement, DITA JAJA, was on the start line for the guest 100m and fortunately the organisers allowed the change to be registered. DITA lined up in the main race and after a nervous start strode through into 2nd place. The Hammer was a closely matched event with 3 throwers over 60m. BILLY PRAIM-SINGH took second place by just one cm from the Estonian thrower but behind the Turkish favourite. GEORGE EVANS won the Shot by over a metre. So with morning session over, SBH were leading by 5 points from Fenerbahce (30 – 25).

The afternoon session started after the midday break of four hours at 16.00. ALFIE INGHAM returned to something like his early season form with a top 4 finish in the Javelin. We then had the next big surprise when JACOB SPENCE was a convincing winner of the 110m Hurdles with a new PB. Next on the track was the 800m where OMAR PARSONS found himself in a high quality field. However, this talented athlete got his tactics spot on. Leading the field from the gun, he took them through in 58 secs with all the leading runners queuing up behind him. Every time there was challenge, he responded by speeding up and holding off the threat to win. This was OMAR’s best race of the year. The tension increased in the next race where MATTHEW PAGAN lined up in the 400m against solid opposition but he too had saved this as his best race of the year and ran out a clear winner. Every point counts in team events so when ABBAS ADEJONWO jumped a massive PB in the Triple Jump to secure a top 4 finish. It began to feel that this could be SBH’s day. So after 9 events, SBH were 11 points clear of Fenerbahce (64 – 53).

In a day of surprises, GEORGE GROOM supplied yet another one. We knew he could steeplechase, as he had won the England U17 1500m Steeplechase title and we knew he had stamina, having won the U15 National Cross Country title, but how would his debut in the 3000m Steeplechase work out? We need not have worried, GEORGE had devised a race plan and executed to perfection. He sat in behind the various leaders from time to time and eventually the race was down to 2 of them, GEORGE and the Turkish runner. Much to everyone’s surprise, it was GEORGE who set off with 400m to go and promptly destroyed all the competition, winning by over 7 seconds. The good news continued with the next track event, the 200m, where Team Captain, GERALD MATTHEW, completely dominated the race to repeat the victory he achieved in 2015 in Istanbul.

After 4 weeks off with injury, it was not surprising that LEWIS MCGUIRE was a bit rusty in the high jump and yet with first time clearances managed to secure 5th place. Back on the track, our U17s were having a field day. The 1500m featured HAMZA KADIR, the England U17 Champion, and was a typical 1500m championship race. After the 2 opening laps of 75 seconds each and a 3rd lap of 64 seconds, HAMZA took the lead to run 40 seconds for the last 300m sprint only to be just pipped on the line by the Turkish and Spanish runners. The next race was the 3000m and this featured JEREMY DEMPSEY, the English Schools U17 1500m champion, whose top 4 performance was in line with his pre-race ranking. So after 14 events, SBH were now only 4 points clear as Fenerbahce had won the last 3 events (95 – 91).

With just 5 events to go, it was getting very tense. ABBAS ADEJONWO was a late replacement in the Long Jump and after his great performance in the triple jump had the misfortune to get injured in the first round but still managed to get a mark in the 2nd round to secure the point. Up stepped GEORGE EVANS in the Discus to secure his double win. The sprint relay team of JACOB SPENCE, DITA JAJA, JACOB BERKELEY and GERALD MATTHEW produced a safe 5th place. It was now down to the last 2 events. The Pole Vault became the centre of attention and produced another nail biting result from ETHAN WALSH his clearance securing 2nd place, the same as the winner but ahead of Fenerbahce. So after 18 events, SBH were now 1 point behind Fenerbahce (115 – 116). With all the usual drama, the result of the whole meeting was dependent on the 4 x 400m relay. SBH had to win to take the Gold medals (as in the event of a tie in the points, individual wins would be taken into account at which point SBH would have 9 and Fenerbahce would have 6), and likewise, Spain had to beat Portugal to secure the Bronze medals.

The noise was deafening as all the teams and spectators understood the importance of the 19th event. The SBH quartet of JACK FITZPATRICK (51.7), NIALL CARNEY (49.8), OMAR PARSONS (48.5), MATTHEW PAGAN (48.0) ran themselves into the ground to finish in 3.17.92 which was a new SBH U20 Club record and the number 1 UK ranking time by a club. However, they finished 2nd just behind Fenerbahce and we thought all was lost. There was then an inordinate delay in displaying the race result. What was the reason? Then at last it came up on the screen, Fenerbahce had been disqualified and SBH had won the race and the title by 7 points (123 – 116). WOW, what a day and what a night!!!

Team Result – 1st SBH (123 Points), 2nd Fenerbahce Sport Club Turkey (116 Points), 3rd Playas de Castellon Spain (93 Points), 4th Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal (93 Points), 5th Atletica Vicentina Club Italy (86 Points), 6th Nike Klaipeda Lithuania (64 Points), 7th COA Lausanne-Riviera Switzerland (53 Points), 8th Audentes Sports Club Estonia (53 Points)

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Happy Birthday this week to Abbas Adejonwo, Emma Babalola, Martin Bigg, Louis Davis, Jessica Emery, Gerald Fox, Amit Ginsbourg, Justin Geohagan, Clifford Golding, Clyde Gordon, Mia Groom, Jamie Harper, Daniel Hoff, Nikita Joshua, Neelam Kaderbhoy, Bob Mallows, Nathanael Murray, Louis Octave, Ayo-Oluwa Olukotun, Dave Weightman

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Hertfordshire and Middlesex YAs Road Relay Results –    u13-boys-11-09-16    u11-boys-girls-11-09-16    u13-girls-11-09-16    u15-boys-11-09-16    u15-girls-11-09-16    u17-men-11-09-16    u17-women-11-09-16

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE, PLEASE NOTE – There is a change to first fixture which is taking place on Saturday 1 October at Horsenden Hill, The First Race will now commence at 11.30am, and not 1.00pm as previously advised.

HERTFORDSHIRE AND MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES ROAD RELAYS – Took place last Sunday in Hayes.

Hertfordshire Championships – Road Race is approximately 1500m and all Relays are approximately (3 x 3000m)

(Road Race) – Under 11 Boys GIANNI STUBBS 1st (5.21), ARCHIE NASH 2nd (5.24), Under 11 Girls LOTTIE RACHEL 1st (6.53)

(Road Relays) – Under 13 Boys won the Silver Medal (34.28), Leg 1 LUCA STUBBS (10.27 Fastest Leg), Leg 2 NATHAN MASTERS (12.13), Leg 3 DILLON STOLARSKI (11.48) the winning team was Herts Phoenix (34.24). Under 13 Girls incomplete team, Leg 1 ELENA RONCARATI (11.31 Fastest Leg), Leg 2 ELEANOR RACHEL (13.12). Under 15 Boys incomplete team, Leg 1 FREDDIE SHIRET (10.32) the winning team was Herts Phoenix (31.05) and the fastest leg Joe Smith of Herts Phoenix (10.01). Under 15 Girls won the Gold Medal (35.45), Leg 1 MIA GROOM (12.16), Leg 2 SOPHIA DEMPSEY (11.38), Leg 3 SCARLETT KENT (12.16) the fastest leg Freya Stapleton of Herts Phoenix (11.19). Under 17 Men Boys ‘A’ team won the Gold Medal (30.47), Leg 1 JAMIE HARPER (10.00), Leg 2 RUFUS KENT (10.29), Leg 3 THOMAS PATRICK (9.07 Fastest Leg),  B’ team 2nd (33.26), Leg 1 NAJIBE ARBE (11.08), Leg 2 BENHAMIN BLOOM (10.45), Leg 3 JONATHAN BOARDMAN (11.33) the team are all Under 15, incomplete team, Leg 1 HENRY FULTON (10.32). Under 17 Women won the Gold Medal (36.21), Leg 1 LILY RACHEL (12.39), Leg 2 SARAH BUTLER (11.31 Fastest Leg), Leg 3 LIDIA KYRIACOU (12.11)

Under 15 Girls winning Gold Medal team MIA GROOM, SOPHIA DEMPSEY and SCARLETT KENT

Under 17 Mens winning Gold Medal team JAMIE HARPER, RUFUS KENT and THOMAS PATRICK

Middlesex Championships – Road Relays are approximately (3 x 3000m)

(Road Relays) – Under 13 Boys won the Gold Medal (33.02) Leg 1 SAMUEL GREENSTEIN (11.06), Leg 2 GILAD NACHSHEN (10.54 Fastest Leg), Leg 3 DYLAN MICHEL (11.02), incomplete team Leg 1 LEO RONCARATI (13.29), Leg 2 ARON YONA (13.25). Under 13 Girls incomplete team, Leg 1 OLIVIA LAVA (13.24), Leg 2 NATASHA TANNER (13.35) the winning team was Thames Valley Harriers (36.37) and the fastest leg Kate Price of Thames Valley Harriers (11.46). Under 15 Boys ‘A’ team won the Silver Medal (30.47), Leg 1 MATTI HARRIS (10.48), Leg 2 DANIEL GREENSTEIN (10.19), Leg 3 DAVID STONE (9.40),  B’ team 9th (35.36), Leg 1 MITTIO MOHAMMADIAN (10.42), Leg 2 MATTHEW MCATEER (12.15), Leg 3 CONOR O’KEEFE (12.39) the winning team was Hillingdon (30.40) and the fastest leg Mohamed Sharif of Hillingdon (9.34). Under 15 Girls fielded a composite team (38.09), Leg 1 GEMMA HARPER (12.05), Leg 2 CHLOE BRASSEY (12.59), Leg 3 SOPHIE BRASSEY (13.05) the winning team was Thames Valley Harriers (34.07) and the fastest leg Charlotte Buckley of Thames Valley Harriers (10.52). Under 17 Men incomplete team, Leg 1 JACK BLOOM (10.37) the winning team was London Heathside (29.46) and the fastest leg Jem O’Flaherty of London Heathside (9.23). Under 17 Women 4th (36.46) Leg 1 KAYLA MICHEL (12.08), Leg 2 LILE CORNWELL (12.56), Leg 3 JOSEPHINE CHADWICK (11.42)  the winning team was Thames Valley Harriers (35.12) and the fastest leg Phoebe Littler of Highgate Harriers (11.09).

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Happy Birthday this week to Philippa Aukett, Jacob Berkeley, Amelia Corbo, Sebastiano Corbo, Jack Crabtree, Louis Flinn, Matthew Hall, Michael Harper, Nene Harrison, Dylan Hepworth, Oliver Hocking, Ben Kelly, Dominic James, Hamza Kadir, Kris Robertson, Lucy Short, Gabe Yawitch

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UK Youth Development League Upper Age-Group Final Results – http://www.ukydl.org.uk/page6.html

Eastern Youth Athletes League Top Six Final Results –    EYAL Final U13 Boys    EYAL Final U13 Girls    EYAL Final U15 Boys    EYAL Final U15 Girls    EYAL Final U17   Men    EYAL Final U17 Women

HIGHGATE HARRIERS OPEN MEETING – Takes place tonight Thursday 8 September at Parliament Hill Fields. Please use this link to the SBH website – Home Page where you find all information and entry details http://sbharriers.co.uk/

MICHAEL CALLEGARI – Has just moved to the U.S.A, where he is just starting a full scholarship for athletics and a Master’s Degree in Sports Management at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

FSU who are known as the ‘Seminoles’ and were founded in 1851, and currently there are 41,473 students from every Florida county and 140 countries, with 14,367 employees and an operating budget of $1,575,794,473.

On just arriving MICHAEL was confronted by Hurricane Hermine’s, but not to be deterred he ran his first race on 2 September in Boone, North Carolina. It was a 6400m cross country race won by Harry Mulenga of FSU (20:04.44). A trio of transfer graduate students – Michael Callegari, Ibrahim Ahmed and Brandon Shemonia – followed Mulenga to the finish line. A transfer from St. Mary’s University in the UK, Callegari was fourth in (20:15.93). FSU men’s coach Bob Braman said “I thought the three grad students opened well and they all ran in their training flats.

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE UPPER AGE-GROUP FINAL – Took place last Sunday at Bedford

It was a really good day of inter club athletics featuring the top 8 clubs in the UK. We had some fantastic performances and the details are in the results summary below. Let’s try and pick out one or two highlights.

The throws were a good source of points where GEORGE EVANS had a great day winning the U20 Discus in a new PB of 59.05m as well as the U20 Shot consolidating his number one ranking in these events and then went on to win the ‘B’ string Hammer with a new PB. Consistent contributions from BILLY PRAIM-SINGH (Hammer, Shot and Javelin). A surprise win came in the U17 Triple Jump where ABBAS ADEJONWO had a massive PB of 13.99m.

The outstanding athlete in the U20 Women was EAVION RICHARDSON who had a dream day with PBs in the 100m, Long Jump and Triple Jump giving her two 2nd places and a 1st. The women’s team generally suffered from injuries and late withdrawals with illness. Nevertheless, we had ‘A’ string wins from PHILIPPA DAVENALL (U20 Hammer). ISABEL DEACON (U17 Pole Vault) and JESSICA EMERY (U17 Discus) and in the ‘B’ from RACHEL CARTER (U17 80m Hurdles) and FIONA MCQUIRE (U20 Discus). ‘A’ string silver medals were won by ELLIE BAKER (U20 1500m), DIONNE MILNE (U20 Discus) and MEGAN MCINNES (U20 Pole Vault).

On the track, GERALD MATTHEW once more proved himself to be a fantastic club man and an ace competitor. A silver in the 100m, a gold in the 200m as well as anchoring our 4 x 100m team to a season’s best victory. Hard work was the team ethic throughout the afternoon. We had a further surprise win in the U17 100m when DITA JAJA equalled the League Record with 10.76.

Endurance has been the historic centre of much of the Club’s success and this meeting was no different. JEREMY DEMPSEY ran out of age group for the U20s and once showed his excellent racing brain in winning the 3000m and coming 2nd in the ‘B’ string 800m before picking up a bronze in the 4 x 400m. HAMZA KADIR, our recent crowned England 1500m champion was in impressive form, not only winning his speciality event the 1500m but also picking up a silver in the 800m and a bronze in the 4 x 400m. However, the athlete of the day has to be GEORGE GROOM, fresh from his victories in the England Championships and the UK School Games on Friday, he won the silver medal in the 400m Hurdles and then took double gold in the 3000m and in his speciality event, the 1500m Steeplechase.

Overall a brilliant team performance which saw the club secure 3rd place overall with the men winning their match and therefore qualifying for Europe in 2017.

 Match Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (950 points), 2nd Team Edinburgh (839 points), 3rd SBH (768.5 points), 4th Team Glasgow (740.5 points), 5th Reading (717 points), 6th Rugby & Northampton (644 points), 7th Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (636.5 points), 8th Cardiff (580.5 points)

Men’s Result – 1st SBH (463.5 points), 2nd Blackheath & Bromley (417 points), 3rd Team Edinburgh (402 points), 4th Team Glasgow (384 points), 5th Rugby & Northampton (370 points), 6th Reading (345 points), 7th Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (316.5 points), 8th Cardiff (254 points)

Women’s Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (533 points), 2nd Team Edinburgh (437 points), 3rd Reading (372 points), 4th Team Glasgow (356.5 points), 5th Cardiff (326.5 points), 6th Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (320 points), 7th SBH (305 points), 8th Rugby & Northampton (274 points)

100m – U17M A DITA JAJA 1st (PB 10.76 w4.3) taking .14 of a second off his 11 June time, and equals the League Record, B SHINAWAT JAIDEE 4th (11.68 w1.73), U17W A CHINWE IWUNZE 6th (13.02 w2.9), B SOPHIA OBI 5th (12.95 w4.1), U20M A GERALD MATTHEW 2nd (10.63 w4.8) , B DOMINIC ASHWELL 3rd (11.26 w4.9), U20W A EAVION RICHARDSON 2nd (PB 12.18 w3.1) taking .12 of a second off her 26 June time,

200m – U17M A JOSH KUMAR 8th (23.95 w1.5), B SHINAWAT JAIDEE 6th (24.11 w3.5), U17W A BLESSING ADJEI-OKWABI 7th (27.13 w4.1), B SOPHIA OBI 8th (PB 28.78 w2.7), U20M A GERALD MATTHEW 1st (SB 21.76 w1.8), B MATTHEW PAGAN (HCA) 2nd (PB 22.44 w1.8) taking .06 of a second off his 2014 time, U20W A RACHAEL FATUADE 8th (PB 28.70 w1.8) taking .27 of a second off her 2015 time, B REBECCA HURLEY 8th (SB 28.99 w3.1)

300m – U17W A JESSICA HURLEY 5th (43.24), B BLESSING ADJEI-OKWABI 6th (45.08)

400m – U17M A LOUIS OCTAVE 2nd (52.17), B NATHAN TADESSE 6th (63.07), U20M A MATTHEW PAGAN (HCA) (DQ), B OMAR PARSONS 1st (52.08), U20W A ELLIE BAKER 3rd (60.12), B LIANNE LANGFORD 4th (62.52)

Photograph of OMAR PARSONS and RACHEL FATUDE after receiving their awards

800m – U17M A HAMZA KADIR 2nd (1:57.41), B THOMAS PATRICK 4th (2:03.82), U17W A JOSEPHINE CHADWICK 6th (2:27.10), B SOPHIE MADDOCK 2nd (2:25.59), U20M A OMAR PARSONS 2nd (1:56.18), B JEREMY DEMPSEY U17 2nd (2:04.86), U20W A EMILIA ECONOMU 7th (2:34.67)

1500m – U17M A HAMZA KADIR 1st (4:11.93), A THOMAS PATRICK 1st (4:17.30), U17W A LIDIA KYRIACOU 8th (5:32.23), B LILE CORNWELL 7th (5:54.52), U20M A KHALID-ALI AHMED 6th (4:10.1), B THOMAS BUTLER 2nd  (4:18.3), U20W A ELLIE BAKER 2nd (4:47.19), B GABRIELLA KYRIACOU 3rd (5:18.70)

3000m – U17M A GEORGE GROOM 1st (9:20.73), A JOE CHOTT 1st (9:51.00), U20M A JEREMY DEMPSEY U17 1st (9:02.81), B THOMAS BUTLER 5th (9:12.92) U20W A CHARLOTTE JOHNSTON 6th (11:22.0)

80m Hurdles – U17W A SOPHIA OBI 6th (12.40 w1.9), A RACHEL CARTER 1st (PB 12.22 w3.1) taking .16 of asecond off her 14 August time

100m Hurdles – U17M A JAMES DAVIS 5th (PB 15.68 w2.9) taking .22 of a second off his 26 June time, B NATHAN TADESSE 7th (PB 25.32 w2.8), U20W A RACHAEL FATUADE 5th (PB 15.73 w5.3) taking .03 of a second off her 2015 time

110m Hurdles – U20M A JACOB SPENCE 1st (14.39 w2.7), B DYLAN CARLSSON-SMITH 1st (16.18 w2.1)

300m Hurdles – U17W A RACHEL CARTER 5th (49.18)

400m Hurdles – U17M A GEORGE GROOM 2nd (PB 58.53) taking .17 of a second off his 2015 time, B JAMES DAVIS 4th (PB 64.72), U20M A NIALL CARNEY 2nd (55.48), B JACOB SPENCE 1st (60.28), U20W A REBECCA HURLEY 5th (72.23), B RACHAEL FATUADE 3rd (SB 80.02) taking .41 of a second off her6 August time

1500m Steeplechase – U17M A GEORGE GROOM 1st (4:26.37), B NATHAN TADESSE 8th (PB 5:37.79) taking 16.41 seconds off his 24 July time

2000m Steeplechase – U20M A KHALID-ALI AHMED 3rd (PB 6:31.29) taking 4.41 seconds off his 24 July time, B OLIVER FORMBY (2nd Claim) 3rd (7:12.80)

4x100m Relay – U17M 4th (45.42) SHINAWAT JAIDEE, LOUIS OCTAVE, JOSH KUMAR, DITA JAJA, U17W 8th (54.11) JOSEPHINE CHADWICK, SOPHIA OBI, BLESSING ADJEI-OKWABI, JESSICA HURLEY, U20M 1st (SB 43.38) taking .02 of a second off their 29 May time DOMINIC ASHWELL, MATTHEW PAGAN, JACOB BERKEKEY, GERALD MATTHEW, U20W 7th (53.05) LAYLA WALKER-LAWRENCE, RACHAEL FATUADE, MEGAN MCINNES, EAVION RICHARDSON

4x300m Relay – U17W 8th (3:09.94) RACHEL CARTER, JOSEPHINE CHADWICK, JESSICA HURLEY, BLESSING ADJEI-OKWABI

4x400m Relay – U17M 3rd (SB 3:33.86) taking .39 of a second off their 26 June time LOUIS OCTAVE (52.7), THOMAS PATRICK (54.7), JEREMY DEMPSEY (54.0), HAMZA KADIR (52.5), U20M 2nd SB (3:21.64) taking 7.26 seconds off their 1 May time JACK FITZPATRICK (52.3), OMAR PARSONS (50.9), NIALL CARNEY (50.1), MATTHEW PAGAN (48.4)

High Jump – U17M A SHINAWAT JAIDEE 7th (PB 1.50m) adding 10cm to his 30 July time, U17W A ALESSA LEWIS 6th (PB 1.50m) equalling her 3 July jump, U20M A SCOTT WEBSTER 3rd (1.85m), B JAMES DAVIS U17 4th (1.55m), U20W A MEGAN MCINNES 5th (SB 1.45m) equalling her 24 July jump, SOPHIA PITSIALIS 2nd (SB 1.30m)

Pole Vault – U17M A LOUIS PAUL FLINN 5th (3.05m), U17W A ISABEL DEACON (2nd Claim) 1st (3.40m), U20M A ETHAN WALSH 1st (4.60m), U20W A MEGAN MCINNES 2nd (3.05m)

Long Jump – U17M A ABBAS ADEJONWO 5th (SB 6.29m w1.4) adding 11cm to his 1 May jump, U17W A ALESSA LEWIS 4th (5.13m w1.9), U20M A BOLU COKER 5th (SB 6.29m w1.4) adding 11cm to his 1 May jump, B DYLAN CARLSSON-SMITH 1st (5.89m w2.9), U20W A EAVION RICHARDSON 2nd (PB 6.00m w3.2) adding 5cm to her 24 July jump, B RACHAEL FATUADE 2nd (PB 4.80m w2.3) adding 8cm to her 2014 jump

Triple Jump – U17M A ABBAS ADEJONWO 1st (PB 13.99m w3.0) adding 48cm to his 29 May jump, U17W A RACHEL CARTER 5th (PB 9.56m w1.6) adding 9cm to her 7 August jump, U20M A BOLU COKER 4th (12.04m w2.3), B NIALL CARNEY 2nd (11.71m w2.0), U20W A EAVION RICHARDSON 1st (PB 12.35m w2.2) adding 58cm to her 21 August jump, B MEGAN MCINNES 2nd (PB 8.60m w4.1)

Shot 3kg – U17W A LOUISA PITSIALIS 7th (7.54m)

Shot 4kg – U20W A ELLIE HOPPING 5th (8.66m), B FIONA MCQUIRE 3rd (8.58m)

Shot 5kg – U17M A OLIVER HOCKING 7th (10.41m)

Shot 6kg – U20M A GEORGE EVANS 1st (17.25m), B BILLY PRAIM-SINGH (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 13.33m) adding 7cm to his 26 June throw

Discus 1kg – U17W A JESSICA EMERY (2nd  Claim) 1st (38.88m), U20W A DIONNE MILNE 2nd (40.92m), B FIONA MCQUIRE 1st (33.32m)

Discus 1.5kg – U17M A OLIVER HOCKING 5th (36.10m)

Discus 1.75kg – U20M A GEORGE EVANS 1st (PB 59.05m) adding 62cm to his 19 June throw, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2016, B NATHAN THOMAS 1st (39.53m)

Photograph of PHILIPPA DAVENALL after collecting her winners medal

Hammer 4kg – U17W A LOUISA PITSIALIS 7th (34.15m), U20W A PHILIPPA DAVENALL (2nd Claim) 1st (51.18m), B FIONA MCQUIRE 4th (PB 22.32m) adding 5.49m to her 2014 throw

Hammer 5kg – U17M A MICHAEL MILLER 7th (27.66m)

Hammer 6kg – U20M A BILLY PRAIM-SINGH (2nd Claim) 2nd (58.71m), B GEORGE EVANS 1st (PB 48.75m)

Javelin 500g – U17W A LOUISA PITSIALIS 8th (14.56m)

Javelin 600g – U20W A MOLLY HOPPING (2nd Claim) 2nd (21.45m)

Javelin 700g – U17M A MICHAEL MILLER 6th (41.61m)

Javelin 800g – U20M A ALFIE INGHAM 4th (49.39m), B BILLY PRAIM-SINGH (2nd Claim) 2nd (PB 41.42m) adding 12cm to his 14 August throw

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Happy Birthday this week to Adetola Adegbola, Esther Ahwaji, Henry Arah, Adam Cahn, Michael Callegari, Nicole Cara, Gintare Dargeviciute, Amy Fry, Amber Harbi, Finn Harvey, Lewis Herzog, Jessica Hurley, Albie Jackson, Richard Kurtz, Ilona lamy, Confidence Lawson, Justin Lee, Philip Llewellyn, David McKenzie, Scott McKenzie, Mohamed Ismail Mohamed, Jessica Moore, Natanya Popoola, Nathan Thomas, Erin Visaya-Neville

Downloads – The following documents can be viewed, downloaded or printed

London Inter Club Challenge Results –    London Inter Club Challenge – Allianz Park 27-08-16

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to LOUISA PITSIALIS who at our Final LICC meeting increased her own Under 17 Women 3kg Hammer Club Record, with a throw of (37.49m) adding 1.62m to her 7 August throw.

DAVE BEDFORD OBE – We have published many articles on Dave’s career, but I was sent this by John Desmond. It was written by John Walshe who writes athletic articles for a local newspaper in Cork (Ireland) and for Athletics Weekly as well.

The article features videos of Dave’s 10000m European Record in 1971, and World Record in 1973. This is the link to it http://corkrunning.blogspot.ie/2016/08/guest-articlethe-life-and-time-of-dave.html

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – The final meeting takes place on Wednesday 7 September, there will be a Women’s 2000m Steeplechase at 18.45. Please use this link http://www.watfordharriers.org.uk/indexnc.htm to access the entry form.

George Groom with his Gold Medal                           Hamza Kadir with his Gold Medal

ENGLAND ATHLETICS U15/U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place in Bedford last Saturday & Sunday.

Congratulations to our England Champions GEORGE GROOM U17 (1500m Steeplechase) whose time of (4:22.14) puts him at UK No.3 in 2016 and No.4 on the SBH all-time list, and HAMZA KADIR U17 in a tactical race won in a time of (4:01.06) . ELLIOT DEE U17 won the 3000m Silver Medal (8:42.09) which puts him at No.7 on the SBH all-time list. In the U15 age-group ROHAN OYEWOLE in a very competitive Javelin completion produced a personal best (PB 49.35m) moving up to UK No.9, in the past 12 months he has increased his personal best by over 21m.

100m – U15B Heat 2 NICHOLAS SHAW 3rd (11.91 w-1.6), Heat 2 ANDREW NICOLAOU 3rd (11.74 w-0.2), Heat 3 MICAH AGYEPONG 3rd (11.67 w-0.5), TRISTAN PROCIDA 4th (12.12 w-0.5), in the Final ANDREW finished 5th (11.63 w0.0) and MICAH finished 7th (11.71 w0.0), U15G Heat 4 LATIFAH HARRIS-OSMAN 6th (13.04 w-1.2), U17W Heat 4 CHINWE IWUNZE 6th (13.09 w-2.0)

200m – U17M Heat 3 JOSH KUMAR 7th (23.40 w2.0)

300m – U15B Heat 1 MITTIO MOHAMMADIAN 6th (39.17), U17W Heat 3 JESSICA HURLEY 6th (43.55)

1500m – U15B Heat 2 FINN HARVEY 7th (4:26.99), U17M Heat 1 HAMZA KADIR 1st (4:04.87), THOMAS PATRICK 8th (4:14.73), in the Final HAMZA won the Gold Medal (4:01.06)

3000m – U17M Straight Final ELLIOT DEE won the Silver Medal (8:42.09)

80m Hurdles – U15B Heat 2 TED PARKER 6th (12.67 w1.0), U17W Heat 4 SOPHIA OBI 5th (12.14 w2.9)

1500m Steeplechase – U17M Straight Final GEORGE GROOM won the Gold Medal (PB 4:22.14) taking 5.19 seconds off his 1 May time, and is ranked UK No.3 U17 in 2016

Pole Vault – U15B Straight Final ZAMAAN DUDHIA 8th (3.16m), U17W Straight Final ISABEL DEACON (2nd Claim) 5th (3.31m)

Long Jump – U17W Straight Final ALESSA LEWIS 10th (5.05m w1.6)

Triple Jump – U15B Straight Final JEFF HAGAN 6th (11.53m w-2.7), ODERA UMEUGOJI 7th (11.23m w1.5), U17M Straight Final ABBAS ADEJONWO 8th (13.03m nwr)

Javelin 600g – U15B ROHAN OYEWOLE 7th (PB 49.35m) equalling his 9 July throw, and is ranked UK No.9 U15 in 2016

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