Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 22 December 2016

Happy Birthday this week and the following week to Angela Barratt, Dave Bedford, Gemma Bennett, Anastasia Charalambous, Joe Chott, Willem Coertzen, Klaudia Debreczani, Arnold Dikeocha, Thomas Dzurilla, Gareth Edwards, Michael Fox, Guy Handlesman-Leigh, Ori Handlesman-Leigh, Sarah Heath, Glynne Jenkins, Kojo Kyereme, Jerome Lule, Kieran Lyons, Angus McKenzie, Ross McLachlan, Chima Onuora, Abiodun Oyepitan, Tim Parkin, Beth Potter, Samra Richardson, Allan Scott, Rachel Shaw, Ciara Stewart and Constanza Vielma

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

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/ 

Lee Valley Indoor Fixtures lee-valley-indoor-fixtures-2016-2017
Other Indoor Fixtures, Including English & Scottish Championships england-scotland-other-fixtures-2016-2017
Lee Valley EHAC Metaswitch Indoor Fixture Information metaswitch-indoor-games-11-12-16-and-02-01-17
Lee Valley Essex & Eastern Counties Indoor Fixture Information essex-eastern-counties-indoor-championships-04-02-17-05-02-17

Southern Indoor Combined Events Results Under 15 Girls  Under 17 Women  Senior Men

HAPPY CHRISTMAS – On behalf of myself and the club, we wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2017. The next edition of the newsletter will be in 2 weeks’ time on Thursday 5 January.

BOXING DAY BONANZATakes place from the SBH Clubhouse at Allianz Park and starts at 11.00am, you can run in either the 1-lap race (approximately 1 Mile) or the 2-lap race (approximately 2 Miles), £1 entry fee, there will be prizes, raffle and refreshments, and why not come in fancy dress. Over the years we have had various club member’s pets, and in 2014 there were four Jack Russells Patch, Puzzle, Pickle and Poppy escorted their owner KATIE ALCOCK and her twin brother ANDREW.

SOUTH OF ENGLAND INDOOR COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place last Saturday and Sunday at Lee Valley. An excellent week-end for JAMES DAVIS, CRISTINA POTTER, HOLLY TAYLOR and JESSICA NATHAN who all achieved personal best totals, and numerous event personal bests.

Under 20 Men HeptathlonJAMES DAVIS finished in 5th place (PB 3297 points) – 60m (8.06), Long Jump (5.09m), Shot (7.44m), High Jump (PB 1.66m) adding 6cm to his 9 April jump, 60m Hurdles (PB 9.66), Pole Vault (PB 2.70m) adding 40cm to his 5 June vault, 1000m (PB 3:04.90).
Under 17 Women PentathlonCRISTINA POTTER finished in 12th place (PB 2741 points) adding 207 points to her 26 June total – 60m Hurdles (10.03), High Jump (PB 1.45m) equaling her 27 August Jump, Shot (9.29m), Long Jump (4.69m), 800m (2:45.76).
Under 15 Girls PentathlonHOLLY TAYLOR finished in 17th place (PB 2412 points) adding 333 points to her 25 September total – 60m Hurdles (PB 9.76) taking .42 of a second off her 26 November time, High Jump (PB 1.39m) adding 12cm to her 26 June jump, Shot (PB 8.21m) adding 28cm to her 14 August put, Long Jump (4.49m), 800m (2:55.71), JESSICA NATHAN finished in 23rd place (PB 2138 points) adding 262 points to her 25 September total – 60m Hurdles (PB 10.37) taking .19 of a second off her 26 November time, High Jump (PB 1.30m) adding 4cm to her 25 September jump, Shot (PB 7.49m) adding 76cm to her 25 September put, Long Jump (4.05m), 800m (2:56.31)

INDOOR FIXTURES – The following Lee Valley fixtures have a Closing Date (CD) by the 15 January 2017.– EHAC Metaswitch Indoor Games on 2/01 CD Friday 23/12, Southern U15 & U17 Indoor Championships on 7/01 & 8/01 CD Friday 23/12, New Year Open Meeting on 1/01 CD Monday 26/12, Southern U20 & Senior Indoor Championships on 14/01 & 15/01 CD Tuesday 03/01, Essex & Eastern Counties Indoor Championships on 14/02 & 15/02 CD Thursday 12/01, London Indoor Games U17 on 21/01 CD Sunday 15/01 and London Indoor Games UU13 & U15 on 22/01 CD Saturday 14/01. 
Other fixtures – England U20/Senior Combined Events Indoor Championships on 07/01 & 8/01 in Sheffield CD Saturday 16/12, Scottish National Open Indoor Championships on 14/01 in Glasgow CD Tuesday 03/01, Scottish National Senior Indoor Championships on 28/01 in Glasgow CD Sunday 15/01
You can find the entry information in the download section above.

2016 BRITISH MERIT RANKINGS – Were published last week in Athletics Weekly, and are an assessment of form and achievements during the outdoor season. SBH athletes are as follows;
Men – 100m OJIE EDOBURUN U23 7th, 200m ZHARNEL HUGHES U23 6th, 800m KYLE LANGFORD U23 7th, 400m Hurdles SEB RODGER 2nd, High Jump ALLAN SMITH 3rd, DAVID SMITH 6th, Pole Vault GREGOR MACLEAN 11th, Long Jump DAN BRAMBLE 2nd, Triple Jump NATHAN FOX 4th, NONSO OKOLO 5th, Shot NICK PERCY U23 8th, Discus ZANE DUQUEMIN 2nd, NICK PERCY U23 3rd, GREGORY THOMPSON U23 5th, ANGUS MCINROY 9th, Hammer CHRIS BENNETT 1st, NICK PERCY U23 10th, Javelin STEVE TURNOCK 7th.
Women – 100m DARYLL NEITA U23 4th, 800m MELISSA COURTNEY 8th, 5000m BETH POTTER 6th, 10000m BETH POTTER 3rd, Half Marathon BETH POTTER 5th, 3000m Steeplechase LIZZIE BIRD U23 6th, 400m Hurdles PHILIPPA LOWE (HCA) 4th, Triple Jump YAMILE ALDAMA V40 4th, ANGELA BARRETT (2nd Claim) 5th, Discus JADE LALLY 1st, SHADINE DUQUEMIN U23 6th, SARAH PARSONS (HCA) 11th, Hammer RACHEL HUNTER 4th, LOUISA JAMES (HCA) 8th, REBECCA KEATING U20 12th, Javelin JOANNA BLAIR (HCA) 2nd.

2016 UK SEASONS RANKINGS – Were published last week in Athletics Weekly, and show the top 30 based on performance during 2016. SBH athletes are as follows;
Men – 100m ZHARNEL HUGHES U23 (6th 10.10), OJIE EDOBURUN U23 (13th 10.19), ANTONIO INFANTINO (14th 10.24), CONFIDENCE LAWSON (19th 10.33), 200m ANTONIO INFANTINO (7th 20.53), ZHARNEL HUGHES U23 (10th 20.62), CONFIDENCE LAWSON (15th 20.83), TOMMY RAMDHAN U23 (17th 20.84), OJIE EDOBURUN U23 (19th 20.84), 400m SEB RODGER (13th 46.48i), ZHARNEL HUGHES U23 (17th 46.95), 800m KYLE LANGFORD U23 (6th 1:46.73), RICHARD CHARLES U23 (25th 1:49.11i), 1500m LIAM DEE U23 (20th 3:42.86), 1 Mile LIAM DEE U23 (14th 4:00.43i), 3000m LIAM DEE U23 (20th 8:03.70i), 5000m LIAM DEE U23 (25th 14:04.02), PHILLIP CROUT U23 (28th 14:05.59), 10K Road RICHARD HORTON U23 (21st 29.52), Half Marathon KOJO KYEREME V40 (29th 66.13), Marathon KOJO KYEREME V40 (19th 2:21.32), 110m Hurdles JULIAN ADENIRAN (27th 14.62), 400m Hurdles SEB RODGER (3rd 49.29). Shot NICK PERCY U23 (9th 15.85m), GREGORY THOMPSON U23 (11th 15.61m), ZANE DUQUEMIN (18th 15.23m), Discus NICK PERCY U23 (1st 63.38m), ZANE DUQUEMIN (3rd 62.28m), GREGORY THOMPSON U23 (5th 59.22m), ANGUS MCINROY (12th 53.48m), Hammer CHRIS BENNETT (2nd 76.45m), DEMPSEY MCGUIGAN (5th 69.90m), NICK PERCY U23 (9th 67.85m), FELLAN MCGUIGAN U23 (18th 64.47m), JAMES HAMBLIN U23 (2nd Claim) (27th 58.96m), Javelin STEVE TURNOCK (6th 70.78m).
Women – 100m DARYLL NEITA U23 (6th 11.23), 400m PHILIPPA LOWE (HCA) (15th 53.07), LILY BECKFORD U20 (20th 53.50), 800m MARILYN OKORO (13th 2:02.38), 1500m MELISSA COURTNEY (7th 4:07.55), SOPHIE CONNOR (16th 4:13.74), 1 Mile SOPHIE CONNOR (4th 4:37.67i), LIZZIE BIRD U23 (6th 4:39.32i), 3000m BETH POTTER (4th 8:53.94), MELISSA COURTNEY (9th 9:03.63), LIZZIE BIRD U23 (26th 9:18.42i), 5000m BETH POTTER (6th 15:28.32), 10000m BETH POTTER (3rd 32:03.45), 10K Road RACHEL FELTON V35 (10th 33.35), Half Marathon BETH POTTER (3rd 72.07), RACHEL FELTON V35 (14th 74.03), 3000m Steeplechase LIZZIE BIRD U23 (5th 10:10.28), 100m Hurdles GEMMA BENNETT (14th 13.57), 400m Hurdles PHILIPPA LOWE (HCA) (7th 58.03), GEMMA ROUS (HCA) (23rd 60.78), Long Jump ANGELA BARRETT (2nd Claim) (21st 5.96m), EAVION RICHARDSON U20 (22nd 5.95m), Triple Jump YAMILE ALDAMA V40 (2nd 13.74m), ANGELA BARRETT (2nd Claim) (5th 13.19m), YASMIN LAKIN U23 (26th 12.01m), Shot LUCY UNDERDOWN (18th 13.44m), Discus JADE LALLY (1st 65.10m), SHADINE DUQUEMIN U23 (5th 51.55m), LUCY UNDERDOWN (15th 46.18m), SARAH PARSONS (HCA) (17th 45.83m), Hammer RACHEL HUNTER (3rd 65.13m), LOUISA JAMES (HCA) (7th 62.29m), REBECCA KEATING U20 (13th 58.34m), PHILIPPA DAVENHALL U20 (2nd Claim) (23rd 54.86m), Javelin JOANNA BLAIR (HCA) (2nd 57.44m), KELLY BRAMHALD U23 (18th 44.27m), GEORGIE FLOYD U23 (21st 43.95m).

CHRIS BENNETT – Athletics Weekly featured an article on CHRIS this last week. British Hammer champion CHRIS BENNETT is riding high following a season that saw him gain European and Olympic qualification. He tells EILISH McCOLGAN about the training that made it happen.

I played a lot of rugby as a kid. One of my friends invited me along to his athletics club to keep fit over the summer. Initially, I hated it. Then I saw someone training for the hammer so I asked to join in. My first few attempts didn’t go too well and I would end up dizzy, but I stuck at it.
I live 400 miles away from my coach, Mick Jones. It’s an interesting coaching relationship because of the distance between us. I started working with him in 2013, after the death of my previous coach, Chief Inspector Alan Bertram MBE.
In the lead up to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, I decided to become a full-time athlete. I receive financial support from both Scottish Athletics and Sport Scotland which allowed me to take the step.
I also do a little bit of coaching work for the local club Shettleston Harriers and I help with the organisation of elite fields at the Great Run events.
Tough people last, tough times don’t. I had lost both my coach and my dad in the 18 months leading up to the Glasgow Games. The thing I had wanted most in the world was for both of them to see me throw at the Games.
It was a difficult time and I really let it get to me. But in some respects it taught me so much about myself and helps me every day to become a better person and a better athlete.
I enjoy two parts of training; throwing and squatting. When it comes to squatting I love nothing more than getting the music up really loud in the gym and squatting some big weights.
I’m one of the shorter hammer throwers and so I find it easy to lift big. For instance this year I’ve done 220kg for 10 reps and 270kg for three reps.
I get up at least five hours before I’m due to compete. I’m not a morning person, so it usually takes me a good while to feel up and ready. I also tend to train the morning of a competition, just three to four throws. It almost acts as a warm up and makes the afternoon session feel much better and I tend to throw a lot further.
We hammer throwers have to battle against a lack of competitions on the world circuit. We get a lot less coverage than any of the other events in the Diamond League which results in less sponsorship and kit supplies.
All we ask for is equality and inclusion, not some weak excuse that our event isn’t safe for the stadiums and tracks. It’s safe for the major championships, so what difference is there in the Diamond League?

Factfile – Club Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers/Shettleston Harriers, Born 17 December 1989, Coach Mick Jones, PBs Hammer – 76.45m
Achievements (domestic)
2016 British Athletics Championships 1st
2015 Sainsbury’s British Championships 3rd, Scottish Athletics Senior Championships 1st
2014 British Athletics UK Championships (Inc European Trials) 3rd, Scottish Athletics Senior Championships 2nd
2013 Scottish Athletics Senior Championships 3rd, Sainsbury’s British Championships 9th
2012 Aviva Olympic Trials & UK Championships 6th, Scottish Championships 2nd
2011 Aviva U20/U23 Championships (inc European Trials) 1st, Aviva World Trials & UK Championships 6th
2010 Aviva England U23 and U20 World Trials Championships 3rd, Scottish Senior Championships (inc Commonwealth Games Trials) 3rd, Aviva European Trials and UK Championships 10th
Major championships and international highlights
2016 European Championships 3rd qual; Olympic Games 11th qual; Sparkassen Hammerwurfmeeting 1st
2015 Internationales Sparkassen Hammerwurfmeeting 1st, European Cup Winter Throws 8th
2014 Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games 12th

CRYSTAL PALACE LOOKS TO BE BACK IN BUSINESS – Reported this week on the Athletics Weekly website, they highlighted what could turn out to be the greatest comeback of 2017. Crystal Palace is poised to start staging meetings again after a recent and ongoing renovation programme has breathed fresh life into the historic arena, writes Jason Henderson.
Starting with three indoor events on January 4 and 18 followed by February 1, the venue is due to stage the South of England Championships for seniors and juniors on June 10- 11 and under-17 and under-15 athletes on August 19-20. In addition, there will be four open meetings there next summer.
It marks a huge turnaround in fortunes for a run-down venue that was threatened with closure.
“Crystal Palace has a global reputation and is possibly the most iconic track and field venue in Europe,” John Powell, chair of the Crystal Palace Sports Partnership, told AW.
“It will be of interest of many in the sport that these meetings will be returning to Crystal Palace next year and that it will be match-fit for competitive athletics.”
Powell admits it’s been “one heck of a fight” to get to the current situation where considerable improvements to facilities such as the toilets have been made lately, with the Greater London Authority and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan understood to be looking favourably at further options to redevelop the stadium.
“It marks the turning point of a long period of managed decline,” added an optimistic Powell, who has been coaching at the venue since the mid-1970s.
“Through this whole sorry saga and despite being run-down and rotting in places, a large number of athletes have carried on training there due to its reputation, good transport links and large population base in the area.” 

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes.

ENGLAND ATHLETICS EBULLETINPlease click on this link to view the December Issue No.2 
http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=593e83c3ed041a839b72f1c09&id=d42eeff5d5&e=772aad1f54

PHOTOGRAPHSI would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.  

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS (CROSS COUNTRY UNLESS STATED)
Contact details of all Cross Country Team Managers can be found on the SBH website. Please use this link http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/cross-country/team-managers/  

NEW YEAR OPEN INDOOR MEETING – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Sunday 1 January. For all age-groups except under 11s. Entries on the day accepted. For full information and to enter please use this link https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/en/content/cms/outdoors/athletics-centre/competition-entry-forms/lee-valley-open-meeting/
Note: Closing date is Monday 26 December 

EHAC METASWITCH INDOOR GAMES – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Monday 2 January. Timetable 12.30pm to 5.00pm. There are no entries on the day, to download entry form please use this link http://sbharriers.co.uk/news/
Closing date is Friday 23 December 

MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 7 January at Hillingdon House Farm. Race Headquarters is at Hillingdon Athletic Stadium, Gatting Way, Uxbridge (SatNav UB8 1ES). Car parking close to race headquarters (pay to use). Public transport, the nearest underground station is Uxbridge (Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines). Then take 331 bus (towards Ruislip) or ten minutes walk).
Start Times 10.45am U11 Boys (1500m), 10.50am U11 Girls (1500m), 11.00am U13 Boys (3000m), 11.05am U13 Girls (3000m), 11.25am U15 Boys (4000m), 11.30am U15 Girls (4000m), 11.55am U17 and U20 Women (5000m), 12.25pm U17 Men (6000m), 12.55pm U20 Men (8000m), 1.00pm Senior Women (8000m), 1.45pm Senior Men (12000m).
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager 

HERTFORDSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 8 January at Haileybury College, Hertford Heath (Satnav SG13 7NU). For all travel directions by road or rail please use this link https://www.haileybury.com/explore/directions
Start Times 11.00am U11 Girls (1500m), 11.10am U11 Boys (1500m), 11.20am U13 Girls (3000m), 11.30am U13 Boys (3000m), 11.45am U15 Boys & Girls (4500m), 12.05pm U17 Men and Women, U20 Women (6000m), 12.30pm U20 Men & Senior Women (8000m), 1.15pm Senior Men (12000m).
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

ENGLAND U20/SENIOR COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 7 January and Sunday 8 January.
Please use this link for entry information http://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics/english-national-championships. 
Closing date for entries is Saturday 16 December 

SOUTHERN U15 AND U17 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 7 January and Sunday 8 January.
Please note Sunday 8 January includes the 1500m for U20 and Senior Men and Women
For full information and to enter please use this link http://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=67
Note: Closing date is Friday 23 December

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The fourth fixture of five takes place on Saturday 14 January at Trent Park, full details to follow.
Start Times to be confirmed
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.
Please go to Start Fitness Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for information on course maps, directions etc will be available 2 weeks prior to the race.

SCOTTISH NATIONAL OPEN (ALL AGE-GROUPS) INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Emirates Arena, 1000 London Road, Glasgow (Satnav G40 3HG) on Saturday 14 January. Please use this link for entry information http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events?page=3
Closing date for entries is Tuesday 3 January 

SOUTHERN U20 AND SENIOR INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 14 January and Sunday 15 January.
Please note the 1500m for U20 and Senior Men and Women is on Sunday 8 January, entries close Friday 23 December
For full information and to enter please use this link http://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=67
Note: Closing date is Tuesday 3 January

RESULTS – CROSS COUNTRY UNLESS STATED
The Track Academy Sprint Challenge (Indoors) took place in Willesden on 17 December
60m – SX 1.8 SIMONE JONES U20 6th (PB 8.52), SX 1.11 CEAKE MADDIX U20 1st (PB 7.48) taking .19 of a second off his 23 January time, LAURA CLARK U23 4th (SB 7.75) taking .01 of a second off her 27 January time, SX 2.8 SIMONE finished 1st (PB 8.36) taking .16 of a second off her 1.8 time, SX 1.12 JACOB BERKELEY U20 2nd (PB 7.39) taking .21 of a second off his 31 January time, SX 1.14 LOUIS UBAKA U23 4th (SB 7.25), SX 2.11 LAURA finished 4th (7.80), SX 2.12 CEAKE finished 3rd (7.45), SX 2.13 JACOB finished 2nd (PB 7.23) taking .16 of a second off his 1.12 time, SX 2.14 LOUIS finished 4th (7.26)

PARKRUN RESULTS
10 December –MINNIPPI, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA DAVE SWEENEY V55 8th (18.31) 45th parkrun
17 December – ABERYSTWYTH JOHN DRYDEN V65 30th (26.39) 73th parkrun – ALBERT, MIDDLESBOROUGH JAMIE HARPER U17 2nd (18.00) 21st parkrun, GEMMA HARPER U15 27th (New PB 20.44) 11th parkrun – CARIN GLADES, PERTH, AUSTRALIA STUART MOORE V55 66th (28.03) 45th parkrun – CHELMSFORD CENTRAL NICOLA ROGERS 13th (New PB 18.53) 5th parkrun – MAIDSTONE CLIFF GOLDING V60 64th (24.05) 14th parkrun – OAKHILL STUART SINGER V55 4th (20.33) 173rd parkrun – PANSHANGER RICHARD WILLIAMS V35 1st (16.32) 28th parkrun – POOLE HUGH RICHARDS V70 340th (26.57) 54th parkrun – ST ALBANS OLIVER GREENSTEIN U20 5th (First Time 18.21) 19th parkrun, SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U13 10th (18.54) 35th parkrun, REBEKAH GARDINER 23rd (19.40) 21st parkrun – STEVENAGE RUSSELL DEVITT V65 66th (26.57) 67th parkrun – WORCESTER ANTHONY WHITEMAN V45 1st (16.38) 14th parkrun

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.  

SARACENS SPORT FOUNDATION – Little athletics programme is an athletics ‘Multi Skills’ programme for children aged 4-9 years. The programme is designed to teach children fundamental movement skills of athletics – running, jumping and throwing. The sessions are game based and as of September there will be a progression throughout the term.
LAP runs on a Tuesday and Thursday from 4.30-5.30pm – Term time only.  
1st Legacy athletics club is a pathway club for children aged 10-15 years new to athletics. Children are introduced to all the different athletics disciplines and have the opportunity to develop running, jumping and running skills that we hope they will then go onto use as a participant in the formal athletics club structure or in any other sport for activity they choose to progress to. The lead coach is Gintare Dargeviciute who brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the club.
1st Leg AC runs on a Tuesday and Thursday from 5.00–6.00pm – Term time only.
For full and contact details use this link to the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/   

ALLIANZ PARK – Main Switchboard telephone number is 0203 675 7240. 

CHARGES FOR USING ALLIANZ PARK – The current charges for using Allianz Park are as follows – Adult Daily entry fee £4.40 – Junior (U18) Daily entry fee £2.20 – Concession (Students and Over 65) Daily entry fee £3.30.
As a member of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers you can apply for a form which 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 £4.00, Monthly fee £28.00 – Junior (U18) Daily entry fee £2.00, Monthly fee £14.00 – Concession (Students and Over 65) Daily entry fee £3.00, Monthly fee £20.00.
All Allianz Park membership enquiries should be directed towards Isobel Dunnicliffe at athletics@allianzpark.com Her direct phone number is 0203 675 7252 

Alan




Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 15 December 2016

Happy Birthday this week to Helena Agholor, Chris Bennett, Alexander Charalambous, Margaret Cooper, Jeremy Dempsey, Thomas Fulton, Colin Godfrey, Lucy Marcus, Michael Miller, Anna Murphy, Emma Taylor and Ashley Wilson

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

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/ 

Lee Valley Indoor Fixtures lee-valley-indoor-fixtures-2016-2017
Other Indoor Fixtures, Including English & Scottish Championships england-scotland-other-fixtures-2016-2017
Lee Valley EHAC Metaswitch Indoor Fixture Information metaswitch-indoor-games-11-12-16-and-02-01-17
Lee Valley Essex & Eastern Counties Indoor Fixture Information essex-eastern-counties-indoor-championships-04-02-17-05-02-17

South of England Inter County Results southern-inter-county-championships-10-12-16
South of England Masters Results southern-masters-championships-10-12-16

INDOOR FIXTURES – The following Lee Valley fixtures have a Closing Date (CD) by the 15 January 2017.– EHAC Metaswitch Indoor Games on 2/01 CD Friday 23/12, Southern U15 & U17 Indoor Championships on 7/01 & 8/01 CD Friday 23/12, New Year Open Meeting on 1/01 CD Monday 26/12, Southern U20 & Senior Indoor Championships on 14/01 & 15/01 CD Tuesday 03/01, Essex & Eastern Counties Indoor Championships on 14/02 & 15/02 CD Thursday 12/01, London Indoor Games U17 on 21/01 CD Sunday 15/01 and London Indoor Games UU13 & U15 on 22/01 CD Saturday 14/01. 
Other fixtures – England U20/Senior Combined Events Indoor Championships on 07/01 & 8/01 in Sheffield CD Saturday 16/12, Scottish National Open Indoor Championships on 14/01 in Glasgow CD Tuesday 03/01, Scottish National Senior Indoor Championships on 28/01 in Glasgow CD Sunday 15/01
You can find the entry information in the download section above.

WHAT’S ON IN 2017 – Following the Christmas Celebrations we move into 2017, with the most important phase of the Cross Country season. Starting with the County Championships mainly over the 1st w/e of January, following this is the Southern Championships  at Parliament Hill on 28 January then the National Championships in Nottingham on 25 February.

Metropolitan League there are 2 fixtures remaining, 14 January at Trent Park and 11 February at Alexandra Palace. North West London League there are 2 fixtures remaining, 18 February at Parliament Hill and 4 March at Wormwood Scrubs.

Club Championship Races – the remaining age-groups are U13/15 Boys & Girls, U17 Men & Women, U20 Women, Senior Men/Women and Women Masters 40+ which will all be held at the Southern Championships  at Parliament Hill. The U11 Girls is at the Metropolitan League on 14 January at Trent Park and the U11 Boys is at the North West London League on 4 March at Wormwood Scrubs.

Cross Country Points Championship Races – the remaining fixtures for all age-groups except the U11 Boys/Girls, are the 2 remaining Metropolitan League Fixtures plus the Southern and National Championships. The Championship is decided on the best 5 results out of the 7 races available.The U11 Boys/Girls, have 3 races remaining which are the 2 remaining Metropolitan League Fixtures plus either the Hertfordshire or Middlesex County Championships. The Championship is decided on the best 4 results out of the 6 races available.

SOUTH OF ENGLAND INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place last Saturday at Horspath, Oxford. 16 of our runners were representing Hertfordshire, except JOSEPHINE CHADWICK who had the Middlesex colours on.

Under 13 Girls (3000m) – AIMI WEIGHTMAN 15th (12.28), SYDNEY ALLEN 74th (14.44) – 90 runners finished, the winner was Bethany Cook of Bodyworks (11.34). Team result 1st Surrey (25 points), 2nd Kent (49), 3rd Middlesex (55), 9th Hertfordshire (159)

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – LUCA STUBBS 22nd (11.37), DYLAN MICHEL 53rd (12.05), SAMUEL GREENSTEIN 62nd (12.15) – 98 runners finished, the winner was Jaden Kennedy of Herne Hill Harriers (11.01). Team result 1st Surrey (17 points), 2nd Hampshire (36), 3rd Kent (47), 6th Hertfordshire (140)

Under 15 Girls (4000m) SOPHIA DEMPSEY 85th (17.29), MIA GROOM 87th (17.36), SCARLETT KENT 94th (18.01) – 107 runners finished, the winner was Dominique Coraddi of Sutton & District (15.09). Team result 1st Surrey (36 points), 2nd Hampshire (45), 3rd Kent (64), 9th Hertfordshire (130)

Under 15 Boys (4000m) 79 runners finished, the winner was David Dow of Cambridge & Coleridge (13.36). Team result 1st Kent (34 points), 2nd Surrey (68), 3rd Cambridgeshire (74), 11th Hertfordshire (159)

Under 17 Women (5000m) LIDIA KYRIACOU 37th (20.03), JOSEPHINE CHADWICK (Middlesex) 47th (20.19), SARAH BUTLER 62nd (20.49) – 90 runners finished, the winner was Khahisa Mhianda of Essex (17.07). Team result 1st Kent (23 points), 2nd Essex (30), 3rd Surrey (49), 6th Middlesex (125), 12th Hertfordshire (184)

Under 17 Men (5000m) JEREMY DEMPSEY 1st (15.38), GEORGE GROOM 6th (16.06), THOMAS FULTON 14th (16.20), HAMZA KADIR 25th (16.39), BEN WINFIELD 40th (17.03) – 98 runners finished. Team result 1st Hampshire (45 points), 2nd Hertfordshire (61), 3rd Surrey (68)

Under 20 Women (6000m) – GABRIELLA KYRIACOU 29th (25.05) – 58 runners finished, the winner was Jodie Judd of Chelmsford (21.50). Team result 1st Surrey (30 points), 2nd Kent (62), 3rd Hampshire (67)

Senior Women (6000m) – VICTORIA PRITCHARD 5th (21.30) – 62 runners finished, the winner was Faye Fullerton of Havering (21.15). Team result 1st Surrey (36 points), 2nd Sussex (55), 3rd Essex (58), 6th Hertfordshire (106)

SOUTH OF ENGLAND MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place last Saturday at Horspath, Oxford.
V40 Women (6000m) – JO KENT (2nd Claim) won the Bronze Medal (23.21) – 94 runners finished, the winner was Sally Judd of Chelmsford (22.58)

METASWITCH GAMES – Took place last Sunday at Lee Valley
60m – U17M Race 1 SHINAWAT JAIDEE 2nd (PB 7.33), Race 2 SHINAWAT finished 3rd (7.40)
60m – U17W Race 1.1 LATIFAH HARRIS-OSMAN 2nd (PB 7.96) taking .25 of a second off her 20 March time, CHINWE IWUNZE 3rd (8.07), Race 2.1 LATIFAH finished 2nd (8.01), CHINWE finished 3rd (8.28)
60m – U15B Race 1.1 NICHOLAS SHAW 1st (PB 7.43), ANDREW NICOLAOU 2nd (7.51), REMI JOKOSENUMI 3rd (PB 7.59) taking .06 of a second off his 26 November time, Race 1.2 ROHAN BAGAI 1st (PB 7.74) taking .24 of a second off his 13 February time, CHIMA ONUORA 3rd (8.19), Race 2.1 NICHOLAS finished 1st (7.44), ANDREW finished 2nd (7.46), REMI finished 3rd (7.64), ROHAN finished 4th (7.66), Race 2.2 CHIMA finished 2nd (8.15) taking .04 of a second off his 1.2 time
60m – U15G Race 1.3 LEA REYNA-FARIA 4th (PB 8.73) taking .19 of a second off her 13 February time, 1.4 ISSY COLBECK-ROGERS 2nd (PB 8.77), Race 2.3 ISSY finished 2nd (8.79), LEA finished 3rd (8.80)
60m – U13G Race 1.1 TOSIN JOKOSENUMI 1st (PB 8.70) equaling her 10 December time, Race 2.1 TOSIN finished 2nd (8.77)
 
200m – U17M JOSH KUMAR 3rd (24.25), SHINAWAT JAIDEE 5th (24.98)
200m – U15B Race 1 REMI JOKOSENUMI 1st (PB 24.20) equaling his 18 September time, ANDREW NICOLAOU 2nd (24.66), NICHOLAS SHAW 3rd (PB 24.70) taking .76 of a second off his 2 May time, Race 1 ROHAN BAGAI 2nd (26.12)
200m – U15G Race 1.3 LEA REYNA-FARIA 2nd (29.11) ISOBEL PARKER 3rd (29.26)
200m – U13G TOSIN JOKOSENUMI 1st (PB 29.83) taking .67 of a second off her 10 December time
 
800m – SM 1 JOSEPH PEPPIATT U20 3rd (PB 2:00.27) taking .59 of a second off his 10 August time, MITTIO MOHAMMADIAN U17 5th (2:07.59), RUFUS KENT U20 6th (2:09.33), SM 2 NATHAN TADESSE U17 3rd (2:17.31), OLIVER GREENSTEIN U20 6th (2:23.94), SM 3 TIM SIDDIQUE U20 1st (PB 2:23.78)
800m – U17W SCARLETT KENT 3rd (2:27.20)
 
High Jump – SX A WILLAM LEVY U20 7th (1.65m)
 
Long Jump – SX CHIMA ONUORA 6th (PB 4.03m)

LEE VALLEY MINITHON – Took place last Saturday
60m – U13G TOSIN JOKOSENUMI 2nd (PB 8.7) taking .24 of a second of her 26 November time
200m – U13G TOSIN JOKOSENUMI 7th (PB 30.5)
Long Jump – U13G TOSIN JOKOSENUMI 17th (PB 2.89m) adding 18cm to her 11 September jump

MARATHON TRAININGThe following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently – Planning to run a spring marathon? Liz McColgan-Nuttall insists getting some cross country in your legs will have you in shape for 26.2 miles

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As the year starts to wind towards a close, it’s only natural for the mind to start focusing on what’s next and which challenges to set for 2017.
Taking on a spring marathon will be at the top of many runners’ lists – and Liz McColgan-Nuttall is no different. In fact, the former 10,000m world champion and London Marathon winner has begun preparations for the mission she will carry out next May – running the inaugural Stirling Scottish Marathon.
Race day may still be some months off but McColgan-Nuttall insists there really is no time like the present when it comes to getting in shape for a successful run over 26.2 miles.
With that in mind, she doesn’t prescribe logging big mileage on the tarmac. Instead, the Olympic silver medallist and double Commonwealth champion would recommend heading for the nearest cross-country event to ensure the perfect long-term marathon preparation.
“It (cross country) would be a good stepping-stone (to marathon running). Cross country is the backbone of endurance running,” says the Great Marathon Series ambassador. “It gives you the strength in the legs, it gives you the drive that you need and it’s all very akin to the kind of running that you need to be a marathon runner.
“Cross country is the backbone of endurance running”
“Most marathon runners will come from a good cross-country background. Very few distance runners I know that went on to be champions didn’t come from doing the mud running from a young age.
“It uses all the muscles in your feet and your legs – everything that you need to use, it strengthens. That’s why it’s important to do cross country – especially for endurance runners.”
McColgan-Nuttall had her share of success when it came to cross country, but she admits she never purposely trained for the season. That’s largely because staying off the road was permanently at the heart of her training.
“Cross country has always been what endurance running is to me,” she adds. “It made me the runner that I was. I always trained on golf courses – around the Carnoustie and Dundee area (her home town) it’s all golf courses.
“I was always up and down on the grass because that was available to me.
“You’ve got to be careful of the impact (marathon) training will have on your legs and people forget that there are a loads of green areas all over Britain where you could really benefit from doing fartleks, hill running and barefoot running, which I did a lot.
“Cross country has always been what endurance running is to me”
“There are so many elements that you can do other than just getting on a road or getting on a treadmill and running for two hours. Because that’s not what marathon running is. When you do a marathon, you’re running anything from two-and-a-half hours to five hours and you’ve got to prepare your body for that.
“Cross country enables you to do that – with a bit of a safety element involved too because it is on a softer surface.
“It is challenging but it really does develop good strength and the stabilising muscles which help marathon running.
“If you were to sit down and say ‘what do I need to do in a gym to replicate that?’ then the experts would tell you ‘you need to do squats, you need to do lunges…’ well why don’t you just go and run up a hill instead?
“Cross country conditions are different from year to year and season to season, so there’s always something that challenges the body and I always think that, no matter who you are, you always have some sort of weakness that you have got to try and strengthen.
“I’m a big stickler for – anyone that takes up running, strengthen the structure before you run. If you don’t do any strengthening work, you’ll just get injured and you just don’t last. So, for me, cross country ticks that box as well.”

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes only.

LONDON ATHLETICS NEWSLETTERPlease click on this link to view the November Issue
http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=593e83c3ed041a839b72f1c09&id=d42eeff5d5&e=772aad1f54

PHOTOGRAPHSI would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.  

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS (CROSS COUNTRY UNLESS STATED)
Contact details of all Cross Country Team Managers can be found on the SBH website. Please use this link http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/cross-country/team-managers/  

SOUTHERN COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 17 December and Sunday 18 December. Entries closed

BOXING DAY BONANZATakes place at Allianz Park and Starts at 11.00am, £1 entry fee, there will be prizes, raffle and refreshments, and why not come in fancy dress.

NEW YEAR OPEN INDOOR MEETING – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Sunday 1 January. For all age-groups except under 11s. Entries on the day accepted. For full information and to enter please use this link https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/en/content/cms/outdoors/athletics-centre/competition-entry-forms/lee-valley-open-meeting/
Note: Closing date is Monday 26 December 

EHAC METASWITCH INDOOR GAMES – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Monday 2 January. Timetable 12.30pm to 5.00pm. There are no entries on the day, to download entry form please use this link http://sbharriers.co.uk/news/
Closing date is Friday 23 December 

MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 7 January at Hillingdon House Farm. Race Headquarters is at Hillingdon Athletic Stadium, Gatting Way, Uxbridge (SatNav UB8 1ES). Car parking close to race headquarters (pay to use). Public transport, the nearest underground station is Uxbridge (Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines). Then take 331 bus (towards Ruislip) or ten minutes walk).
Start Times 10.45am U11 Boys (1500m), 10.50am U11 Girls (1500m), 11.00am U13 Boys (3000m), 11.05am U13 Girls (3000m), 11.25am U15 Boys (4000m), 11.30am U15 Girls (4000m), 11.55am U17 and U20 Women (5000m), 12.25pm U17 Men (6000m), 12.55pm U20 Men (8000m), 1.00pm Senior Women (8000m), 1.45pm Senior Men (12000m).
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager 

HERTFORDSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 8 January at Haileybury College, Hertford Heath (Satnav SG13 7NU). For all travel directions by road or rail please use this link https://www.haileybury.com/explore/directions
Start Times 11.00am U11 Girls (1500m), 11.10am U11 Boys (1500m), 11.20am U13 Girls (3000m), 11.30am U13 Boys (3000m), 11.45am U15 Boys & Girls (4500m), 12.05pm U17 Men and Women, U20 Women (6000m), 12.30pm U20 Men & Senior Women (8000m), 1.15pm Senior Men (12000m).
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

ENGLAND U20/SENIOR COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 7 January and Sunday 8 January.
Please use this link for entry information http://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics/english-national-championships. 
Closing date for entries is Saturday 16 December 

SOUTHERN U15 AND U17 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 7 January and Sunday 8 January.
Please note Sunday 8 January includes the 1500m for U20 and Senior Men and Women
For full information and to enter please use this link http://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=67
Note: Closing date is Friday 23 December

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The fourth fixture of five takes place on Saturday 14 January at Trent Park, full details to follow.
Start Times to be confirmed
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.
Please go to Start Fitness Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for information on course maps, directions etc will be available 2 weeks prior to the race.

SCOTTISH NATIONAL OPEN (ALL AGE-GROUPS) INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Emirates Arena, 1000 London Road, Glasgow (Satnav G40 3HG) on Saturday 14 January. Please use this link for entry information http://events.scottishathletics.org.uk/events?page=3
Closing date for entries is Tuesday 3 January 

SOUTHERN U20 AND SENIOR INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 14 January and Sunday 15 January.
Please note the 1500m for U20 and Senior Men and Women is on Sunday 8 January, entries close Friday 23 December
For full information and to enter please use this link http://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=67
Note: Closing date is Tuesday 3 January

RESULTS – CROSS COUNTRY UNLESS STATED
The Milton Keynes Half Marathon (Road) took place on 11 December
JO KENT V45 (2nd Claim) 55th (SB 1:23.51) taking 1 minute 30 seconds off her 6 March time, BARRY CHISOLM V55 907th (1:55.20)

The Intra-Squad Meet (Indoors) took place in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA on 9-10 December
Shot 7.26kg NICHOLAS PERCY U23 (Nebraska University) 2nd (PB 16.22m) adding 37cm to his 14 August put, and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2016
WT 15.88kg NICHOLAS PERCY U23 (Nebraska University) 1st (19.56m)

PARKRUN RESULTS
10 December – HACKNEY MARSHES BARRY CHISHOLM V55 53rd (23.26) 68th parkrun – LUTON WARDOWN SOPHIE MADDOCK U17 18th (21.29) 10th parkrun – MAIDSTONE CLIFF GOLDING V60 104th (26.09) 13th parkrun 

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.  

SARACENS SPORT FOUNDATION – Little athletics programme is an athletics ‘Multi Skills’ programme for children aged 4-9 years. The programme is designed to teach children fundamental movement skills of athletics – running, jumping and throwing. The sessions are game based and as of September there will be a progression throughout the term.
LAP runs on a Tuesday and Thursday from 4.30-5.30pm – Term time only.  
1st Legacy athletics club is a pathway club for children aged 10-15 years new to athletics. Children are introduced to all the different athletics disciplines and have the opportunity to develop running, jumping and running skills that we hope they will then go onto use as a participant in the formal athletics club structure or in any other sport for activity they choose to progress to. The lead coach is Gintare Dargeviciute who brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the club.
1st Leg AC runs on a Tuesday and Thursday from 5.00–6.00pm – Term time only.
For full and contact details use this link to the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/   

ALLIANZ PARK – Main Switchboard telephone number is 0203 675 7240. 

CHARGES FOR USING ALLIANZ PARK – The current charges for using Allianz Park are as follows – Adult Daily entry fee £4.40 – Junior (U18) Daily entry fee £2.20 – Concession (Students and Over 65) Daily entry fee £3.30.
As a member of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers you can apply for a form which 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 £4.00, Monthly fee £28.00 – Junior (U18) Daily entry fee £2.00, Monthly fee £14.00 – Concession (Students and Over 65) Daily entry fee £3.00, Monthly fee £20.00.
All Allianz Park membership enquiries should be directed towards Isobel Dunnicliffe at athletics@allianzpark.com Her direct phone number is 0203 675 7252 

Alan




Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 8 December 2016

Happy Birthday this week to Adam Abdiche, Matthew Armstrong, Darcy Bash, Elina Bulman, Gabriel Gayle, George Harrison MBE, John Kelly, Lawrence McIlroy, Shraga Simons, Dan Watts and Glen Watts

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

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/ 

Lee Valley Indoor Fixtures lee-valley-indoor-fixtures-2016-2017
Other Indoor Fixtures, Including English & Scottish Championships england-scotland-other-fixtures-2016-2017
Lee Valley EHAC Metaswitch Indoor Fixture Information metaswitch-indoor-games-11-12-16-and-02-01-17
Lee Valley Essex & Eastern Counties Indoor Fixture Information essex-eastern-counties-indoor-championships-04-02-17-05-02-17

Start Fitness Metropolitan League Results c-wormwood-scrubs-03-12-16-individual-results c-wormwood-scrubs-03-12-16-team-results

INDOOR FIXTURES – The following Lee Valley fixtures have a Closing Date (CD) by the 15 January 2017.– EHAC Metaswitch Indoor Games on 2/01 CD Friday 23/12, Southern U15 & U17 Indoor Championships on 7/01 & 8/01 CD Friday 23/12, New Year Open Meeting on 1/01 CD Monday 26/12, Southern U20 & Senior Indoor Championships on 14/01 & 15/01 CD Tuesday 03/01, Essex & Eastern Counties Indoor Championships on 14/02 & 15/02 CD Thursday 12/01, London Indoor Games U17 on 21/01 CD Sunday 15/01 and London Indoor Games UU13 & U15 on 22/01 CD Saturday 14/01. 
Other fixtures – England U20/Senior Combined Events Indoor Championships on 07/01 & 8/01 in Sheffield CD Saturday 16/12, Scottish National Open Indoor Championships on 14/01 in Glasgow CD Tuesday 03/01, Scottish National Senior Indoor Championships on 28/01 in Glasgow CD Sunday 15/01
You can find the entry information in the download section above.

MEDAL IN WAITING – It looks as though MARILYN OKORO along with CHRISTINE OHURUOGU, KELLY SOTHERTON and NICOLA SAUNDERS will be upgraded to a Bronze Medal from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, in which they were all members of the GB 4x400m relay team which came fifth in 3:22.68. Russia’s silver medallists Anastasia Kapachinskaya and Tatyana Firova, tested positive, as did fourth-placed Belarus’ Sviatlana Usovich, and both teams have been disqualified as a result.

SIMON KEENE – Can you please not that SIMON has a new mobile number, which is 07496 520659 also his email address is simonkeene@btinternet.com

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes only.

BRITISH ATHLETIC CROSS CHALLENGE  which took place in Liverpool RACHEL FELTON V35 finished 13th (27.55) which was her best ever finish (2nd V35 27.55) finishing 44 seconds behind the winner GEMMA STEEL

CALLING ALL HERTFORDSHIRE TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES – I have been requested by the Hertfordshire County AAA to ask if any of our athletes could review the HCAAA current records, this is the link http://hertscaaa.org.uk/records.html. If you believe you have bettered any of those records, either this year or earlier, please contact Frederic Ward at fredric.ward@btinternet.com

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The third fixture took place last Saturday at Wormwood Scrubs

On a dull but not too cold a day, our Under 17’s were in impressive form with HAMZA KADIR winning in a close finish and JAMIE HARPER came home in 3rd place. In the U15/U17 Women’s race SOPHIA STAAB finished 3rd in the U15 division, and in the U17’s LIDIA KYRIACOU and SARAH BUTLER were 5th and 6th respectively. In the Senior Women’s race VICTORIA PRITCHARD after a hard-fought battle finished in 2nd place, in the Men’s race JAKE SHELLEY also finished 2nd finishing only 6 seconds behind the winner Mohamud Aaden, and KHALID-ALI AHMED was 3rd under 20 finisher.

The team results were encouraging, with our Under 11 Girls team of 5 packed well, and finished in 3rd place keeping them in 3rd place overall. The Under 13 Girls team were 1 runner short, but maintained their 2nd place overall after 3 fixtures. Result of the day was achieved by the Under 15/17 Women who overcome the home team of Thames Valley Harriers winning by 3 points, and we now hold a reasonably comfortable lead over TVH after 3 fixtures. The Under 15/17 Men also had a close win, seeing off Hillingdon by 3 points, and moved up to 5th place overall.

The following have now completed 3 consecutive races or more – DAVID GREENSTEIN V50 (7), SARAH BUTLER U17 (5) – the following have completed 4 races MATTHEW GRANT, ANNA MURPHY U13, VICTORIA PRITCHARD and LOTTIE RACHEL U11 – the remaining have completed 3 races JONATHAN BOARDMAN U15, JOSEPHINE CHADWICK U17, PHILIP CUNNINGHAM V50, OLIVER GREENSTEIN U20, LUCY MARCUS U11, MATTHEW MCATEER U15, KAYLA MICHEL U17, CONOR O’KEEFFE U15, JOSEPH PEPPIATT U20 and SOPHIA STAAB U15. 

Under 11 GirlsLAUREN MALTZ 8th (6.24),  EVIE REDPATH 12th (6.34), OLIVE HARVEY-DEW 17th (6.54), ABI JEFFERY 22nd (7.05), LOTTIE RACHEL 26th (7.16), LUCY MARCUS 29th (7.28) – 33 runners finished, the winner was Nicole McGovern of Hillingdon (5.52). Team result 1st Woodford Green with Essex Ladies (199 points), 2nd Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets (187 points), 3rd SBH (144 points), 11th SBH ‘B’ (25 points), 14 teams finished. Team positions after 3 fixtures 1st Woodford Green with Essex Ladies (452 points), 2nd Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets (390 points), 3rd SBH (328 points), 13th SBH ‘B’ (41 points)

Under 11 BoysARCHIE NASH 6th (5.58) – 42 runners finished, the winner was Jimmy Geller of Woodford Green with Essex Ladies (5.33). Team result 1st Woodford Green with Essex Ladies (270 points), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (230 points), 3rd Hillingdon (151 points) 9th SBH (65 points), 17 teams finished. Team positions after 3 fixtures 1st Woodford Green with Essex Ladies ‘A’ (529 points), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (307 points), 3rd Hillingdon (245 points) 10th SBH (126 points)

Under 13 GirlsELEANOR RACHEL 25th (14.54), REBECCA JEFFREY 28th (15.15), SARON RICHARDSON 31st (15.31) – 35 runners finished. Team result 1st Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets (89 points), 2nd Hillingdon (80 points), 3rd St Mary’s Richmond (67 points), 12th SBH (24 points) – 15 teams finished. Team positions after 3 fixtures 1st Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets (367 points), 2nd SBH (323 points), 3rd Cookham (258 points)

Under 13 Boys – 52 runners finished, the winner was Ruairi McGonagle of London Heathside (11.51). Team result 1st St Mary’s Richmond (175 points), 2nd Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets (156 points), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (144 points) 19 teams finished. Team positions after 3 fixtures 1st Herts Phoenix (405 points), 2nd Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets (396 points), 3rd Highgate Harriers (372 points), 12th SBH (139 points)

Under 15 Girls and Under 17 WomenSOPHIA STAAB U15 7th (3rd U15 16.07), LIDIA KYRIACOU U17 8th (5th U16.22), SARAH BUTLER U17 9th (6th U17 16.28), JOSEPHINE CHADWICK U17 15th (9th U17 16.42), GEMMA HARPER U15 18th (9th U15 16.59), SCARLETT KENT U15 23rd (13th U15 17.12), KAYLA MICHEL U17 30th (12th U17 17.36), LILE CORNWELL U17 31st (13th U17 17.40), LILY RACHEL U17 35th (15th U15 18.10) – 55 runners finished, the U15 winner was Grace Malcolm of Woodford Green with Essex Ladies (15.22) and U17 winner was India Weir of Thames Valley Harriers (15.20). Team result 1st SBH (185 points), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (182 points), 3rd Highgate Harriers (172 points), 6th SBH “B” (122 points) – 20 teams finished. Team positions after 3 fixtures 1st SBH (594 points), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (558 points), 3rd Highgate Harriers (528 points), 5th SBH “B” (339 points)15th SBH “C” (134 points) – 24 teams finished.

Under 15 Boys and Under 17 MenHAMZA KADIR U17 1st (1st U17 13.13), JAMIE HARPER U17 4th (3rd U17 13.36), NAJIBE ARBE U15 24th (12th U15 14.56), RUFUS KENT U17 30th (16th U17 15.03), JONATHAN BOARDMAN U15 57th (31st U15 16.02), MATTHEW MCATEER U15 67th (41st U15 16.35), CONOR O’KEEFFE U15 70th (44th U15 16.57), NATHAN TADESSE U17 73nd (28th U17 17.06) – 79 runners finished, the U15 winner was Mohamed Sharifali of Hillingdon (13.21). Team result 1st SBH (247 points), 2nd Hillingdon (244 points), 3rd Herts Phoenix (228 points), 17th SBH “B” (49 points) – 26 teams finished. Team positions after 3 fixtures 1st Hillingdon (803 points), 2nd Herts Phoenix (747 points), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (684 points), 5th SBH (643 points), 20th SBH “B” (154 points) – 31 teams finished. 

Senior WomenVICTORIA PRITCHARD 2nd (22.00), ZOE LEVIN 43rd (25.29) – 199 runners finished, the winner was Tamara Armoush of Herts Phoenix (21.48). Team result 1st London Heathside (279 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (252 points), 3rd Serpentine (232 points), 10th SBH (83 points). Team positions after 3 fixtures 1st London Heathside (791 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (763 points), 3rd Serpentine (650 points), 7th SBH (419 points) 

Senior Men – JAKE SHELLEY  2nd (25.24), KHALID-ALI AHMED U20 27th (3rd U20 27.17), MATTHEW GRANT 31st (27.25), DALTON MCGUIGAN U23 65th (28.37), RAAZ VAID 163rd (31.04), OLIVER GREENSTEIN U20 200th (31.53), JOSEPH PEPPIATT U20 213th (32.25), JAMES TRAPMORE V40 257th (33.28), MARK CUNNINGHAM U20 282nd (34.04), DAVID GREENSTEIN V50 309th (34.52), PHILIP CUNNINGHAM V50 326th (35.35), JOHN KELLY V60 425th (42.22) – 441 runners finished, the winners was Mohamud Aadan of Thames Valley Harriers (25.18). Team result 1st Highgate Harriers (1194 points), 2nd Woodford Green with Essex Ladies (1090 points), 3rd Serpentine (1065 points), 8th SBH (477 points). Veteran Division 2 – 1st Trent Park (294 points), 2nd London Heathside (263 points), 3rd Serpentine (229 points), 6th SBH (104 points). Team positions after 3 fixtures 1st Highgate Harriers (3552 points), 2nd Woodford Green with Essex Ladies (3117 points), 3rd Serpentine (3078 points), 5th SBH (2030 points), Veteran Division 2 – 1st Trent Park (825 points), 2nd London Heathside (798 points), 3rd Serpentine (740 points), 7th SBH (405 points)

HOWARD WILLIAMS TROPHY FOR JUNIORS (U11 To U17 Men & Women) – 1st Victoria Park and Tower Hamlets (91 points), 2nd Hillingdon (87 points), 3rd Woodford Green with Essex Ladies (85 points), 4th SBH (81 points)

HOWARD WILLIAMS TROPHY FOR SENIORS (U20 And Upwards Men & Women) – 1st Highgate Harriers (43 points), 2nd London Heathside (41 points), 3rd Serpentine (40 points), 6th SBH (34 points)

These are the top 3 positions in the Winter Points SeriesUnder 11 Girls 1st Lauren Maltz (23 points), 2nd Lottie Rachel (16), 3rd Evie Redpath (15) – Under 11 Boys 1st Archie Nash (16 points), 2nd Toby Edwards (8 points), 3rd Ori Handelsman-Leigh (7) – Under 13 Girls 1st Eleanor Rachel (19 points), 2nd Elena Roncarati (16), 3rd Eleanor Rachel (13) – Under 13 Boys 1st Dylan Michel (8 points), 2nd Samuel Greenstein (7), 3rd Leo Roncarati (6) – Under 15 Girls 1st Sophia Staab (24 points), Equal 2nd Scarlett Kent and Gemma Harper (13) – Under 15 Boys Equal 1st Matthew McAteer and Jonathan Boardman (16 points), 3rd Dylan Hepworth (15) – Under 17 Women 1st Sarah Butler (23 points), 2nd Josephine Chadwick (20), 3rd Kayla Michel (15) – Under 17 Men 1st Nathan Tadesse (20 points), 2nd Jamie Harper (15), 3rd Rufus Kent (13) – Under 20 Women 1st Charlotte Johnston (8 points) – Under 20 Men 1st Oliver Greenstein (20 points), 2nd Joseph Peppiatt (17), 3rd Mark Cunningham (10) – Senior Women 1st Victoria Pritchard (23 points), 2nd Naomi Taschimowitz (8), Equal 3rd Beth Anderson and Zoe Levin (7) – Senior Men 1st Matthew Grant (28 points) 2nd Richard Goodman (24), Equal 3rd Phillip Crout and Jake Shelley (22) – Masters Men 40-49 Equal 1st Gareth Edwards and James Trapmore (8 points) – Masters Men 50-59 1st David Greenstein (22 points), 2nd Phillip Cunningham (19), 3rd Robert Rigby (16) – Masters Men 60-69 1st John Kelly (16 points), 2nd Russell Devitt (15)

Please use this link to view the up to date Winter Points Series tables http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-points-tables/

ENGLAND ATHLETICS EBULLETINPlease click on this link to view the November Issue No.3
http://www.englandathletics.org/newsletters/newslettertemplate_2014.aspx?sitesectionid=456&nid=456&userId=-1

LONDON ATHLETICS NEWSLETTERPlease click on this link to view the November Issue
http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=593e83c3ed041a839b72f1c09&id=d42eeff5d5&e=772aad1f54

PHOTOGRAPHSI would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.  

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS (CROSS COUNTRY UNLESS STATED)
Contact details of all Cross Country Team Managers can be found on the SBH website. Please use this link http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/cross-country/team-managers/  

SOUTHERN INTER COUNTY AND MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 10 December at Horspath Sports Ground, Oxford (SatNav OX4 2RR). Start Times – 11.00am 50+, 60+ Men (10000m), 11.04am U13 Girls (3000m), 11.20am U13 Boys (3000m), 11.40am U15 Girls (4000m), 11.43am 40+, 50+, 60+ Women, 70+ Men (6000m), 12.25pm U15 Boys (4000m), 12.50pm U17 Men (5000m), 1.15pm U17 Women (5000m), 1.15pm U20 Women (6000m), 1.40pm U23 Women Ind (6000m), 1.40pm Senior Women (6000m), 12.25pm U15 Boys (4000m), 12.50pm U17 Men (5000m), 1.15pm U17 Women (5000m), 1.15pm U20 Women (6000m), 1.40pm U23 Women Ind (6000m), 1.40pm Senior Women (6000m), 2.10pm 40+ Men (10000m)
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your County Team Manager  

EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 11 December at Chia, Italy  

EHAC METASWITCH INDOOR GAMES – Takes place at Lee Valley Athletics Centre are 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Sunday 11 December. All age-groups including U13. Timetable 12.30pm to 16.30pm.
Entries closed

SOUTHERN COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 17 December and Sunday 18 December. Entries closed

BOXING DAY BONANZATakes place at Allianz Park and Starts at 11.00am, £1 entry fee, there will be prizes, raffle and refreshments, and why not come in fancy dress.

NEW YEAR OPEN INDOOR MEETING – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Sunday 1 January. For all age-groups except under 11s. Entries on the day accepted. For full information and to enter please use this link https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/en/content/cms/outdoors/athletics-centre/competition-entry-forms/lee-valley-open-meeting/
Note: Closing date is Monday 26 December 

EHAC METASWITCH INDOOR GAMES – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Monday 2 January. Timetable 12.30pm to 5.00pm. There are no entries on the day, to download entry form please use this link http://sbharriers.co.uk/news/
Closing date is Friday 23 December 

MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 7 January at Hillingdon House Farm. Race Headquarters is at Hillingdon Athletic Stadium, Gatting Way, Uxbridge (SatNav UB8 1ES). Car parking close to race headquarters (pay to use). Public transport, the nearest underground station is Uxbridge (Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines). Then take 331 bus (towards Ruislip) or ten minutes walk).
Start Times 10.45am U11 Boys (1500m), 10.50am U11 Girls (1500m), 11.00am U13 Boys (3000m), 11.05am U13 Girls (3000m), 11.25am U15 Boys (4000m), 11.30am U15 Girls (4000m), 11.55am U17 and U20 Women (5000m), 12.25pm U17 Men (6000m), 12.55pm U20 Men (8000m), 1.00pm Senior Women (8000m), 1.45pm Senior Men (12000m).
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager 

HERTFORDSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 8 January at Haileybury College, Hertford Heath (Satnav SG13 7NU). For all travel directions by road or rail please use this link https://www.haileybury.com/explore/directions
Start Times 11.00am U11 Girls (1500m), 11.10am U11 Boys (1500m), 11.20am U13 Girls (3000m), 11.30am U13 Boys (3000m), 11.45am U15 Boys & Girls (4500m), 12.05pm U17 Men and Women, U20 Women (6000m), 12.30pm U20 Men & Senior Women (8000m), 1.15pm Senior Men (12000m).
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

ENGLAND U20/SENIOR COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 7 January and Sunday 8 January.
Please use this link for entry information http://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics/english-national-championships. 
Closing date for entries is Saturday 16 December 

SOUTHERN U15 AND U17 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 7 January and Sunday 8 January.
Please note Sunday 8 January includes the 1500m for U20 and Senior Men and Women
For full information and to enter please use this link http://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=67
Note: Closing date is Friday 23 December

RESULTS – CROSS COUNTRY UNLESS STATED
The Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow Open Meeting (Indoors) took place in Eton on 4 December
60mSX 1.5 DYLAN CARLSSON-SMITH U20 1st (7.66), SX 2.3 DYLAN finished 4th (7.61)
60m Hurdles – U20M 1.1 DYLAN CARLSSON-SMITH U20 3rd (9.03), 2.1 DYLAN finished 1st (9.14)

The Northern Athletics Open Meeting (Indoors) took place in Sheffield on 3 December
60mSX 22 ENIOLA OYESANYA U23 8th (8.10)

The Birmingham League Division 1 took place in Sandwell Valley on 3 December
10000mRICHARD HORTON U23 (Loughborough) 1st (30.45) – 270 runners finished

The Fordham Season Opener took place in New York, USA on 2 December
600mLIAM DEE U23 (Iona College) 3rd (PB 1:17.46) and is ranked UK No.2 in 2016

PARKRUN RESULTS
26 November – ST ALBANS BEN WINFIELD U17 2nd (PB 16.41) 10th parkrun
3 December – WIMBLEDON COMMON JAMES FITZSIMMONS V40 44th (21.04) 12th parkrun

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.  

SARACENS SPORT FOUNDATION – Little athletics programme is an athletics ‘Multi Skills’ programme for children aged 4-9 years. The programme is designed to teach children fundamental movement skills of athletics – running, jumping and throwing. The sessions are game based and as of September there will be a progression throughout the term.
LAP runs on a Tuesday and Thursday from 4.30-5.30pm – Term time only.  
1st Legacy athletics club is a pathway club for children aged 10-15 years new to athletics. Children are introduced to all the different athletics disciplines and have the opportunity to develop running, jumping and running skills that we hope they will then go onto use as a participant in the formal athletics club structure or in any other sport for activity they choose to progress to. The lead coach is Gintare Dargeviciute who brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the club.
1st Leg AC runs on a Tuesday and Thursday from 5.00–6.00pm – Term time only.
For full and contact details use this link to the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/   

ALLIANZ PARK – Main Switchboard telephone number is 0203 675 7240. 

CHARGES FOR USING ALLIANZ PARK – The current charges for using Allianz Park are as follows – Adult Daily entry fee £4.40 – Junior (U18) Daily entry fee £2.20 – Concession (Students and Over 65) Daily entry fee £3.30.
As a member of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers you can apply for a form which 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 £4.00, Monthly fee £28.00 – Junior (U18) Daily entry fee £2.00, Monthly fee £14.00 – Concession (Students and Over 65) Daily entry fee £3.00, Monthly fee £20.00.
All Allianz Park membership enquiries should be directed towards Isobel Dunnicliffe at athletics@allianzpark.com Her direct phone number is 0203 675 7252 

Alan