Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 25 October 2018

Posted on 22/10/201825/10/2018 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday this week to Fope Allo, Rohan Bagai, Isabella Carson, Sarena Clarke, Gerry Elmore, Benjamin Hocking, Simon Keene, Andrew Lawler, Ben Mcguire, Lewis Mcguire, Nana Nottinson-Nyaaku, Charlotte Ord-Lonsdale, David Pearlman, Evie Redpath, Daniel Rees, Emily Rodriguez, Joyce Smith MBE, Luca Stubbs, Victoria Walker and Callum Woodage

THE FOLLOWING SBH DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION CAN EITHER BE VIEWED, DOWNLOADED OR PRINTED
2018-2019 Winter Fixture Card Updated 06-09-18 – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
2018-2019 Winter Club Cross Country Points Tables Updated 13-10-18 – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-points-tables/
2018-2019 Winter Club Cross Country Club Championship Races To Be Updated 01-12-18
Cross Country Team Managers – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/cross-country/team-managers/
Road Running Team Managers – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/road-running/team-managers/

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF INTEREST CAN BE FOUND ON THE SBH HOME PAGE BY USING THIS LINK, THEN SELECT THE LEFT OR RIGHT ARROW – http://sbharriers.co.uk/
Allianz Park Membership, which gives SBH members 10% discount on entry to the Allianz Park stadium – Membership details and Form can be either printed or downloaded
Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Club Hoody, information on how to purchase one

SBH MIDWEEK JUMPS CLUB AT ALLIANZ PARK FROM 19.00 TO 21.00 – The current arrangements and until further notice are that Pole Vault training is on Monday’s and High Jump training is on Wednesday’s. Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know you’re planning to attend.

LEE VALLEY INDOOR FIXTURES – Link to a PDF which I produced for all fixtures from 2 December to 24 March, once you decide on what fixture you want to enter, there is a link you can select to complete the entry process – L All Indoor Fi xtures Lee Valley December 2018 to March 2019 For Newsletter Updated 20-10-18
The following have a closing date in November or December – 2/12 (25/11), 1/1 (28/12), 5/1 (30/12) and 6/1 (30/12)
Entry Information is still not published for the following – Southern Championships on 16/12, 12/1 and 19/1. Essex & Eastern Counties 2/1. Meatswitch Games 16/1. Masters Fixtures 10/1, 17/2, 24/2 and 9/3. Hertfordshire, Middlesex & Kent Championships 16/3.

OTHER INDOOR FIXTURES – Link to a PDF which I produced for all fixtures from 2 December to 3 March, once you decide on what fixture you want to enter, there is a link you can select to complete the entry process – M All Indoor Fixtures Other Venues December 2018 to March 2019 For Newsletter Updated 20-10-18
Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow fixtures are entries on the day.
Entry Information is still not published for the following – Scottish and English Championships.

SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place on Saturday 20 October at Wormwood Scrubs.
Another excellent day following our recent successes at the National road relays.

On the day we won 2 Southern team titles, firstly our Under 20 Men’s team of BEN WINFIELD, THOMAS PATRICK and GEORGE GROOM won the race by 40 seconds ahead of Reading, with THOMAS recording the fastest time of the race and BEN 6th fastest time of the race. Next saw Under 17 Men’s of LAURANCE EDWARDS, KRISTIAN IMROTH and JUDE MIRANDA winning by some 9 seconds from the City of Norwich. KRISTIAN ran the fastest time of the race, 16 seconds ahead of William Maloney. Finally our Under 13 Boy’s team of ZICO JONES, ISAIAH OCHEJA and GIANLEO STUBBS secured a well-earned Bronze Medal, with GIANLEO recording the 7th fastest time of the race.

Our Under 15 Boy’s finished 6th, Under 15 Girl’s 8th, Under 17 Women 11th and Under 13 Girl’s 8th.

Under 13 Girls (3 Legs of 2000m) – SBH 32nd (28.42) Leg 1 MYA MAIRS-INGRAM (26th 8.20), Leg 2 EVIE REDPATH (22nd 8.48), Leg 3 TALYA FREEDMAN (32nd 11.34)
Team Result – 1st Guildford & Godalming (22.36), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Houndslow (23.03), 3rd Basingstoke & Mid Hants (23.17) 34 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Katie Sakaria of Guildford & Godalming (7.20), 2nd Isabelle Martin of Abingdon (7.28), 3rd Christina Kirby of Guildford & Godalming (7.31)

Under 13 Boys (3 Legs of 2000m) – SBH won the Bronze Medal (22.03) Leg 1 ZICO JONES (8th 7.28), Leg 2 ISAIAH OCHEJA (7th 7.28), Leg 3 GIANLEO STUBBS (3rd 7.07 7th fastest time of the race)
Team Result – 1st Bracknell (20.59), 2nd Herne Hill Harriers (21.11), 3rd SBH (22.03) 27 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st William Rabjohns of Poole (6.35), 2nd Harry Prestcott of Bracknell (6.53), 3rd Christo Chiltern of Herne Hill Harriers (6.55)
Photograph of our Bronze Medalists ISAIAH, ZICO and GIANLEO

Under 15 Girls (3 Legs of 2000m) – SBH 8th (23.18) Leg 1 SYDNEY ALLEN (18th 7.58), Leg 2 JOANNE MIRANDA (7th 7.28), Leg 3 ASHA HORBACKI (8th 7.52), SBH Incomplete Team Leg 1 ELINA BULMAN (36th 8.49), Leg 2 ELEANOR RACHEL (32nd 9.08) apparently on Leg 3 SARON RICHARDSON was misdirected and did not finish
Team Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (21.38), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Houndslow (21.47), 3rd City of Norwich (22.07) 31 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Zakia Mossi of Blackheath & Bromley (7.01), 2nd Naomi Toft of Blackheath & Bromley (7.09), 3rd Eloisa Harris of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Houndslow (7.13)

Under 15 Boys (3 Legs of 2000m) – SBH “A” 6th (20.51) Leg 1 LUCA STUBBS (3rd 6.40 7th fastest time of the race), Leg 2 DYLAN MICHEL (7th 7.10), Leg 3 SAMUEL GREENSTEIN (6th 7.01), SBH “B” 15th (22.02) Leg 1 ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN (26th 7.30), Leg 2 DYLAN HAMMOND (17th 7.07), Leg 3 MAX WINFIELD (15th 7.25), SBH “C” Incomplete Team Leg 1 SAM TRUEMAN (18th 7.06)
Team Result – 1st Bracknell (20.03), 2nd Herne Hill Harriers (20.04), 3rd Walton (20.10) 26 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Edward Enser of Bracknell (6.28), 2nd Danny Adams of City of Norwich (6.35), 3rd Ben Harrison of Herne Hill Harriers (6.35)

Under 17 Women (3 Legs of 2500m) – SBH 11th (26.43) Leg 1 EMILY HATHAWAY (10th 8.38), Leg 2 MIA GROOM (11th 8.52), Leg 3 JESSICA PATRICK (11th 9.13), SBH Incomplete Team Leg 1 NADIA POTTER (26th 9.47)
Team Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (24.43), 2nd Herne Hill Harriers (24.50), 3rd City of Norwich (24.51) 26 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Yasmin Marchini of Herne Hill Harriers (7.57), 2nd Katie Goldsmith of City of Norwich (8.06), 3rd Morgan Squibb of Blackheath & Bromley (8.09)

Under 17 Men (3 Legs of 3000m) – SBH “A” won the Gold Medal (31.40) Leg 1 LAURANCE EDWARDS (5th 10.51), Leg 2 KRISTIAN IMROTH (1st 9.56 fastest time of the race), Leg 3 JUDE MIRANDA (1st 10.53), SBH “B” 18th (36.41) Leg 1 DYLAN HEPWORTH (21st 11.36), Leg 2 BEN OUBRIDGE (22nd 13.15), Leg 3 DANIEL GREENSTEIN (18th 11.50), SBH “C” Incomplete Team Leg 1 BEN KELLY (28th 12.57)
Team Result – 1st SBH (31.40), 2nd City of Norwich (31.49), 3rd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Houndslow (32.06) 20 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Kristian Imroth of SBH (9.56), 2nd William Mahoney of City of Norwich (10.12) 3rd Ben Marks of Walton (10.15)
Photograph of our Gold Medalists JUDE, KRISTIAN and LAURANCE

Under 20 Women (3 Legs of 2500m) – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Bracknell (25.33), 2nd Herne Hill Harriers (25.51), 3rd Blackheath & Bromley (26.13) 7 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Maddie Deadman of Basingstoke & Mid Hants (8.10), 2nd Iyata Santos of Blackheath & Bromley (8.11), 3rd Mollie O’Sullivan of Herne Hill Harriers (8.15)

Under 20 Men (3 Legs of 3000m) – SBH “A” won the Gold Medal (30.54) Leg 1 BEN WINFIELD (3rd 10.29 6th fastest time of the race), Leg 2 THOMAS PATRICK (1st 10.00 fastest time of the race), Leg 3 GEORGE GROOM (1st 10.25 4th fastest time of the race), SBH “B” Incomplete Team Leg 1 HENRY FULTON (6th 12.00)
Team Result – 1st SBH (30.54), 2nd Reading (31.34), 3rd Bracknell (34.02) 3 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Thomas Patrick of SBH (10.00), 2nd Abdiqadir Mohamed of Thames Valley Harriers (10.09), 3rd Eddie Stevini of Reading (10.12)
Photograph of our Gold Medalists BEN, THOMAS and GEORGE

Senior Women (3 Legs of 3000m) – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Wycombe Phoenix Harriers (34.48), 2nd Herne Hill Harriers (35.11), 3rd Belgrave Harriers (35.22) 35 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Katie Snowden of Herne Hill Harriers (10.59), 2nd Pippa Woolven of Wycombe Phoenix Harriers (11.01), 3rd Saron Haileselase of Belgrave Harriers (11.11)

Senior Men (4 Legs of 5000m) – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Highgate Harriers (57.47), 2nd Belgrave Harriers (57.48), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (57.49) 42 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Mohamud Aadan of Thames Valley Harriers (13.26), 2nd Abdishakur Nege Abdulle of Hillingdon (13.42), 3rd Roger Poolman of Highgate Harriers (13.55)

Link to official results – U20 Women U20 Women Fastest Times U20 Men U20 Men Fastest Times U17 Women U17 Women Fastest Times U17 Men U17 Men Fastest Times U15 Girls U15 Girls Fastest Times U15 Boys U15 Boys Fastest Times U13 Girls U13 Girls Fastest Times U13 Boys U13 Boys Fastest Times Senior Women Senior Women Fastest Times Senior Men Senior Men Fastest Times

STROUD HALF MARATHON – Took place on 21 October
RACHEL FELTON V35 16th (77.12 1st Woman)

LEE VALLEY MINITHON – Took place on 20 October
60m – U11G SIENNA CORBYN (SB 10.64)
60m – U13B EBUKA NWOKEJI (PB 8.51), OBINNA NWOKEJI U13 (PB 8.74)
200m – U11G SIENNA CORBYN (PB 33.94) taking 1.18 seconds off her 2017 time
200m – U13G NATALIA CORBYN (PB 33.68) taking .82 of a second off her 22 July time
200m – U13B EBUKA NWOKEJI (28.92), OBINNA NWOKEJI U13 (PB 29.69)
Long Jump – U13G NATALIA CORBYN (PB 2.82m) adding 7cm to her 2017 jump

LONDON UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES LEAGUE – Took place at Parliament Hill Fields on 17 October
XC 8000m – SM THOMAS BUTLER U23 (St Mary’s University) 5th (28.17), GEORGE GROOM U20 (St Mary’s University) 13th (29.45), TED NTIBAZONKIZA U23 (St Mary’s University) 31st (31.35)

PARKRUN 5K RESULTS – 20 OCTOBER – ALLY PALLY– THEO BODEN U15 39th (22.07) 160th parkrun – GREAT LINES MEDWAY – CLIFF GOLDING V60 91st (24.57) 47th parkrun – GUILDFORD – JOHN DRYDEN V70 460th (35.10) 106th parkrun – HACKNEY MARSHES – BARRY CHISHOLM V55 93rd (22.12) 145th parkrun – OAK HILL – STUART SINGER V55 22nd (21.20) 226th parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V45 47th (New PB 23.11) 25th parkrun – PANSHANGER – FREYA STAPLETON U17 4th (18.41) 40th parkrun –RICKMANSWORTH – DAN WATTS 1st (16.21) 5th parkrun – STEVENAGE – RUSSELL DEVITT V65 140th (26.31) 129th parkrun

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 athlet4s. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me, and advise me where and when.

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAMOUS FOSBURY FLOP – On the 50th anniversary of the famous Fosbury flop Olympic high jump clearance at Mexico 1968, STUART WEIR shares great insight from an interview with the technique’s pioneer which was published on the Athletics Weekly website.

DICK FOSBURY won gold at the Olympics in 1968, exactly 50 years ago, and changed the high jump forever.
The anniversary made me recall meeting him at a reception during the 2011 World Championships and hearing how he had pioneered the technique which was to be called ‘the Fosbury flop’.
Initially high jumpers ran straight at the bar. Then the scissors technique became the normal method of clearance, with the jumper throwing one leg and then the other over the bar in a kind of scissors movement. By the 1930s the Western roll technique had become popular, with the inner leg used for the take-off, while the outer leg was thrust up to lead the body sideways over the bar. The straddle technique saw jumpers take off as in the Western roll, but rotating their torso around the bar belly-down.

FOSBURY recalls his introduction to athletics at school: “In track and field our teacher had us try every event so I ran, I threw and I jumped. And he taught me to high jump using the Western roll where the jumper ran at the bar with a straight approach and aimed their arm and leg at the bar to go over belly first and land in the pit – which was the standard technique at the time.
“The other technique that he taught us was the scissors, where you run at the bar and clear the bar with your seat while your legs did a scissor kick over it. For me this was a simple technique. And of course in those days you were landing in sawdust or wood chip, which was a technological advance on sand. So the landing was as important as clearing the bar so that you survived the jump!
“As things improved, wood chip was a good environment for us to land in. All the schools had sawdust pits then the new environment was with foam and that is what really opened it up, because we were jumping into a safer environment.”
“They raised the bar and I knew I had to try something different to get over it”
Now for anyone living in the modern era, it may be hard to grasp and believe that before FOSBURY, no Olympic high jumper went over the bar backwards. But that was how it was.
Then FOSBURY, a frustrated schoolboy obsessed with the high jump, realised that he was never going to improve using traditional methods.
The best high jumper in the world at the time was the Russian VALERY BRUMEL. In the years 1960-63, he took an Olympic silver and broke the world record six times before becoming Olympic champion in Tokyo in 1964. The young FOSBURY studied him.
“I read everything I could about his technique and his training,” he says. “That was where I learned about his speed – his greatest asset.”
FOSBURY was using the scissors technique and felt comfortable with it but his coach explained that the technique was too limiting, so he would have to change in order to progress. Of course, the coach wanted him to change to the classical style.
“I tried the straddle technique and the belly roll technique but had very poor results, so I asked my coach if I could go back to the scissors. He said, ‘don’t quit yet but it is your decision’. So I decided to go back to scissors and at age 16 (in 1963) I jumped a personal best height of 1.65m. Then they raised the bar and I knew I had to try something different to get over it.
“I knew I had to lift my hips up and to do that I needed to get my shoulders back out of the way. And I cleared the bar at the next height, eventually jumping 1.77m so I improved by 15cm that day.
“In that competition I changed my position from sitting on the bar to lying flat and going over on my back – upside down from everyone else. The change made me competitive and I finished fourth in the meet.
“For the next two years I would lead with my shoulders and was going over the bar at a slight angle. All the time I was doing it by feel as there was no model to follow. I was creating it as I went. In my second year (senior year in high school) I had turned my back to the bar and arched over the bar to fall into the pit. And by then by 1965 the flop had arrived.”

It wasn’t until 1968 that the Olympics came into his thoughts. “I had no ambitions because the Olympics seemed so far away and such a high level of competition that I never imagined reaching it,” he says. “I did not have that Olympic dream until 1968 when my training began to produce better results.”
He went to regional trials and USA nationals and was selected for the Mexico City 1968 Olympics. He jumped 2.24m to win the gold medal from team-mate ED CARUTHERS, with Russians third and fourth. Sadly his hero, BRUMEL, had retired following a motorcycle accident.
Having won the gold and broken the American record, FOSBURY asked for the bar to be raised to 2.29m, hoping to break BRUMEL’S five-year-old world record of 2.28m. However, none of his attempts at 2.29m came close.
Contemporary reports say that while coaches were appalled at his unorthodox approach, the crowd was captivated. FOSBURY’S analysis of the 1968 Olympics is that there were better jumpers in the competition but that his technique gave him a definite advantage. With hindsight, he adds: “No one realised what the advantage would be. But, as history has proved, this was a better technique.”
FOSBURY never set out to change the sport. He just found a technique that worked for him.
“I have had the blessing and good fortune to have made a contribution to the sport but I did not set out to do this,” he says. “I was not trying to change the event. I knew that my technique was my path to success. And I had this technique which was mine – mine alone – and I thought that someday someone would use it. But who knew whether it would be two or three high jumpers or 200.
“The criticism of other coaches did not really matter as long as I was meeting the rules and reaching the standards.”
That in the 1972 Olympics, four years later, 28 of the 40 competitors used FOSBURY’S technique vindicated him totally.
FOSBURY is quick to point out that he was not the first to jump backwards as DEBBIE BRILL, and another jumper in Montana, also came up with the approach of jumping backwards. He adds with a twinkle: “I was just blessed to be the first one to discover it and have success with it at this high level. So I got naming rights, something I am very proud of.”
Another unique contribution that FOSBURY made to the high jump was the development of special shoes with ADI DASSLER (of Adidas).

“At that time high jump shoes were leather and on the sole, some kind of grippy surface,” he says. “High jump shoes are very special shoes for our event because they have a build-up on the forefront. After my success in the Olympics I talked with ADI. We had four spikes at the front and also heel spikes for traction and to keep us from slipping on take-off. After the meeting, ADI sent me shoes with a single spike.”
DASSLER was a designer and an inventor of athletics equipment and FOSBURY an engineer. Together they worked through several prototypes to reach a shoe that worked well in high jump.
FOSBURY failed to make the US team for the 1972 Olympics and his career was effectively over. Having proved to the world that his technique worked, he had arguably achieved his goal.
Of course, FOSBURY competed in the amateur era. He said that the flop “brought me gifts – not necessarily monetarily … but I have met presidents and kings, seen the world, shared my life with wonderful people. It opened doors and allowed people to perceive me in a positive light.”

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS
The current Winter Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found here – http://sbharriers.co.uk/ and then select “Athletics”

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS– Takes place on Saturday 3 November at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (SatNav NG18 4JR).
Start Times – 10.45am U20 Women (3 x 2.5K), 10.57am U17 Women (3 x 2.5K), 11.26am U13 Boys (3 x 2K), 11.50pm U13 Girls (3 x 2K), 12.15pm U20 Men (3 x 3K), 12.40pm U17 Men (3 x 3K), 1.06pm U15 Girls (3 x 2K), 1.30pm U15 Boys (3 x 2K), 1.50pm Senior Women (3 x 3K), 2.40pm Senior Men (4 x 5K).
Entries Closed
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NORTH LONDON CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 3 November at Hackney Marshes Centre, off Homerton Road (Satnav E9 5PF).
Start Times – 2.00pm U20, Senior & Veteran Women, 2.45pm U20, Senior & Veteran Men.
Entries Close Saturday 20 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The second fixture of five takes place on Saturday 10 November at Stanborough Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (SatNav AL8 6XF).
Race Headquarters – Adjacent to the building by the playground at the north end of the north car park, close to the Start/Finish, refreshments will be available in this area. Registration will be adjacent to the Start/Finish.
Changing Facilities – There are no showers/changing rooms, as such. Toilets are available in the building by the playground, extra toilets will be provided nearby. There are Toilets located at the Sailing Centre on the south side of the park.
Course Location – North Side Stanborough Park – Course Map Headquarters to course 20 seconds.
Course Description – Start and Finish in grassed field, remainder undulating parkland course suitable for spikes.
Public Transport – Welwyn Garden City Station (Main Line) 1.25 miles.
Directions From Major Roads – Leave the A1(M) at Junction 4, (after the Hatfield Tunnel). At the roundabout take the second exit to A414/A6129. At the next roundabout take the first exit A6129. At the bottom of the dual carriageway take the second exit out of the roundabout. The entrance to the car park on the north side is on your left after around 100m. The entrance to the car park on the south side is more or less opposite but you cannot gain access from the left side of the carriageway.
As early arrivers will undoubtedly fill the car park on the north side, you may be advised to go straight to the one on the south side.
Parking – There is a fairly large car park on the north side of the Park, adjacent to the course.
There is a very large car park on the south side of the Park, 5 minutes walk to the course.
These car parks are ‘Pay & Display’. You must display a ticket or you may incur a fine. We have negotiated a reduced rate of £1.50.
There is a footpath under the road bridge, providing traffic-free access between the south side and the north side of the Park.
Access to both of these car parks is only permitted from the adjacent side of the carriageway. If you cannot find a space on the north side, to get to the south side you must drive to the roundabout at the top of the hill and return on the other side of the carriageway.
YOU MUST OBEY THE TRAFFIC SIGNS
Start Times – 12.40pm U11 (Over 9) Boys (1700m), 12.45pm U11 (Over 9) Girls (1700m), 12.55pm U13 Boys (3000m), 1.00pm U13 Girls (3000m), not before 1.20pm U17 Men and U15 Boys (4200m), not before 1.25pm U17 Women and U15 Girls (4200m), not before 1.55pm U20, Senior and Veteran Women (6000m), not before 2.35pm U20, Senior and Veteran Men (8000m).
Other Information – All clubs should arrive before the start of the meeting (12:40) in order for numbers to be distributed to each club. To be eligible to score, competitors must compete in the correct race for their age group. Competitors in the Under 13 race must be 11 or over on the day of competition.
Safety: Runners are not allowed to wear I Pods/Walkmans when competing.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run
Please collect your race numbers from the respective team managers – JEREMY SOTHCOTT (Boys) and JO KENT (Girls)
Please go to Start Fitness Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for course maps, and any other final information.

LONDON CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 17 November at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath (SatNav NW5 1QR), nearest station is Gospel Oak.
Start Times – 1.15pm U20 and Senior Women, 2.00pm Under 20 and Senior Men.
To Qualify you must have to be (a) born in the Greater London area, (b) has not less than one year’s bona fide residence in the Greater London area, (c) has not less than one year’s continuous full-time employment in the Greater London area, (d) has not less than one year’s full-time attendance at an education establishment in the Greater London area.
Map of Parliament Hill and adjoining roads and stations, start of races close to athletic track – https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5596772,-0.1597202,15z
Entries Close Friday 2 November
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

LONDON YOUTH GAMES – Takes place on Saturday 17 November at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath (SatNav NW5 1QR), nearest station is Gospel Oak.
Races will commence prior to the London Championships.
Map of Parliament Hill and adjoining roads and stations, start of races close to athletic track – https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5596772,-0.1597202,15z
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective London Borough Team Manager

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

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SHAFTESBURY INFORMATION – Currently I notify members (by email) using “MailChimp”. The reason I changed, was in November last year “Gmail” put a limit of 100 addresses that users could send to in a 24-hour period, and currently I send to approximately 850 members each issue.

On seeking technical advice “MailChimp” was recommended as the best way for SBH to go forward. There is one thing you should be aware off is that when you receive an email from me, the footer at the bottom has 4 options, of which one is “Unsubscribe Me From List”. Could I ask you not to select this as if you do you will be automatically removed from my distribution list.

SBH PRIVACY STATEMENT – In becoming a member, SBH will collect certain information about you. Can you please read the attached ‘Privacy Statement’ which contains Information on General Data Protection Regulations – SBH Privacy Statement Final April 2018

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 £4.00 – Junior (U16) Daily entry fee £2.00 – Concession (Students in full time education, unwaged and Over 65) Daily entry fee £2.20.
As a member of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers you can apply for membership of Allianz Park, this is a the link for all information and application form Allianz Park Membership Form 2017 Any official coach of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers gains entry free of charge.
Charges for those with a membership card are as follows – Adult Daily entry fee £3.60, Monthly fee £24.00 – Junior (U16) Daily entry fee £1.80, Monthly fee £12.00 – Concession (Students in full time education, unwaged and Over 60) Daily entry fee £1.80, Monthly fee £12.00.
Please use this link to view all membership details and application form (which you can print) – Allianz Park Membership Form 2017

All Allianz Park membership enquiries should be directed towards Emma Gouge at emmagouge@saracens.net her direct phone number is 0203 675 7252, or Becky Hall at beckyhall@saracens.net her direct phone number is 0203 675 7240

ALAN

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 18 October 2018

Posted on 16/10/201819/10/2018 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday this week to Tasneem Aiteoakrim, Andrew Amoah, Kelvin Aye, Corin Bearpark, Georgia Bell, Charlie Dobson, Freddie Ford, Nathan Fox, Naomi Grant, George Groom, Lloyd Hanley-Byron, Ollie Hart, John Herries, Frankie Johnson, Esther Klein, Omowale Kuye, Megan McInnes, Joshua Merchan-Nicholls, Dionne Milne, Geoffrey Morphitis, Samuel Ojo, Sophia Potter, Hugh Starkey, Adam Thorpe, Ken Tollady, Richard Williams and Jessica Yefet

THE FOLLOWING SBH DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION CAN EITHER BE VIEWED, DOWNLOADED OR PRINTED
2018-2019 Winter Fixture Card Updated 06-09-18 – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
2018-2019 Winter Club Cross Country Points Tables Updated 13-10-18 – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-points-tables/
2018-2019 Winter Club Cross Country Club Championship Races To Be Updated 01-12-18 –
Cross Country Team Managers – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/cross-country/team-managers/
Road Running Team Managers – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/road-running/team-managers/

RECENT NEW MEMBER – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful 2018 to LUCY CAMPOS, LAURA CREGG, NATHAN GODDARD, ADAM HOFF, MOHAMMED KHUNDA, OSCAR LAURENS, TUMI ONADUJA, JORDAN PEARLMAN, JAMES PICKFORD, HARRY PINCHERLE, LUCAS ROSENBLATT and EDDIE WAXMAN

CHRISTOPHER KIRWIN – Congratulations to CHRIS who is now up into the 80s as timekeeper at the Tamar Trails Parkrun which is in Devon, and is hoping to reach 100 early in 2019.
CHRIS recommends our run to any members who are visiting the Tamar Valley (Devon/Cornwall) border over the Christmas period or at other times – they will find it an interesting (but not flat!) run – best time is 16m 03s by Adam Holland, the marathon runner.

CONGRATULATIONS – To RALPH and HAYDEN WILLIAMS who completed their Assistant Coaching qualification on 14 October and are now both qualified UKA Assistant Coaches. A great achievement as they have just turned 16 and are already UKA Field Officials.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The first fixture of five took place on Saturday 13 October at Claybury, Essex.
An excellent start to the season, and is good to see that we fielded full teams in all but 2 of the age-groups. Top honours went to both male and female Under 15/U17 teams with 11 runners finishing.

Our individual success was outstanding (includes top 10 finishers) with a 1-2-3 finish in the Under 15/17 Women’s race, FREYA STAPLETON U17 had a runaway win from GRACE INGLES U17 with SOPHIA STAAB U17 7 seconds behind in 3rd place. The best placed Under 15 was JOANNE MIRANDA finishing 6th and EMILY HATHAWAY 10th.
NAOMI GRANT running her first race since her recent marriage to MATT, started her senior Women’s campaign winning the race by 11 seconds, also SARAH BUTLER ran a solid race to finish 2nd Under 20.
In the Under 11 Boys THOMAS CADWALLADER fresh from his recent track records finished in 4th place, recent new member POSIE SHAW finished 8th in the Under 11 Girls and ZICO JONES moving up to the Under 13 Boys age-group finished in 7th place.

Our team positions are looking healthy with our Under 15/17 Womens team repeating their dominating success of last season, winning on the day some 31 points ahead of Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets. The Senior Womens team started the season looking for promotion, finished 1st with the same points as Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets, but ahead based on NAOMI’S win.
In the youger age-groups our Under 11 Girls finished in 3rd place, Under 13 Boys finished in 4th place and Under 13 Girls and Under 15/17 Men finished 6th. Finally our Under 11 Boys and Senior Men both finished 10th.

Under 11 Boys (1500m) – THOMAS CADWALLADER 4th (5:42) the winner was Benji Bediako of London Heathside (5:31), 42 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (109 points), 2nd London Heathside (96), 3rd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (86), 10th SBH (35), 12 teams finished

Under 11 Girl (1500m) – POSIE SHAW 8th (6:23), LUCY JOHNSON 12th (6:34), PHOEBE MUSIC 15th (6:44), EVA HIGSON 24th (7:11) the winner was Skye Bishop of Thames Valley Harriers (5:48), 34 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (106 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (105), 3rd SBH (76), 14 teams finished

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – ZICO JONES 7th (11:36), JOE O’HARA 24th (12:50), ANDONI AMPHLETT 27th (13:08), TOBY EDWARDS 28th (13:16) the winner was Jimmy Geller of Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (10:40), 46 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies “A” (173 points), 2nd Herts Phoenix (153), 3rd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies “B” (129), 4th SBH (102), 15 teams finished

Under 13 Girls (3000m) – EVIE REDPATH 17th (13:13), LAUREN MALTZ 30th (13:58), OLIVE HARVEY-DEW 32nd (14:08) ABI JEFFERY 35th (14:32) the winner was Abigail Reid of Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (11:38), 49 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies “A” (175 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies “B” (128), 3rd Herts Phoenix (127), 6th SBH (77), 16 teams finished

Under 15 Boys/Under 17 Men (4000m) – JUDE MIRANDA U17 13th (15:08 11th U17), SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U15 18th (15:17 4th U15), DYLAN HEPWORTH U17 28th (15:47 20th U17), JOE HEATHER U17 33rd (15:58 30th U17), DYLAN MICHEL U15 46th (16:27 20th U15), MAX WINFIELD U15 50th (16:40 23rd U15), BEN KELLY U17 64th (17:33 39th U17), MATTHEW MCATEER U17 65th (17:40 40th U17), THEO BODEN U15 74th (18.00 41st U15), JACOB NUSTEDT U15 75th (18:01 42nd U15), CONOR O’KEEFFE U17 82nd (18:50 43rd U17) the Under 15 winner was Daniel Gill of Herts Phoenix (14:47), Under 17 winner was Abdifatah Khalif of Hillingdon (13:43), 47 Under 15 runners and 47 Under 17 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies “A” (328 points), 2nd Herts Phoenix (317), 3rd London Heathside (310), 6th SBH “A” (286), 13th SBH “B” (155), 24th SBH “C” (54), 27 teams finished

Under 15 Girls/Under 17 Women (4000m) – FREYA STAPLETON U17 1st (15:42 1st U17), GRACE INGLES U17 2nd (16:32 2nd U17), SOPHIA STAAB U17 3rd (16:39 3rd U17), JOANNE MIRANDA U15 14th (17:42 6th U15), EMILY HATHAWAY U17 17th (17:50 10th U17), ELENA RONCARATI U15 30th (19:16 19th U15), NATASHA TANNER U15 31st (19:24 20th U15), RACHEL PEARLMAN U15 33rd (19:31 22nd U15), NADIA POTTER U17 36th (19.51 13th U17), REBECCA JEFFERY U15 48th (22:15 31st U15), SARON RICHARDSON U15 50th (22:25 33rd U15) the Under 15 winner was Myla Stiling of Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (16:54), 36 Under 15 runners and 17 Under 17 runners finished
Team Result – 1st SBH “A” (192 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (161), 3rd London Heathside (156), 7th SBH “B” (101), 12th SBH “C” (27), 18 teams finished

Senior Men (8000m) – THOMAS BUTLER U23 20th (27:06), BEN WINFIELD U20 54th (28:56), ORLANDO EDWARDS V40 57th (28:59), MATT GRANT 86th (29:54), PHILIP CUNNINGHAM V55 425th (40:45), RUSSELL DEVITT V65 480th (47:53) the winner was Adam Kirk-Smith of London Heathside (25:20), 486 runners finished
Team Result – Division 1 – 1st Highgate Harriers (1130 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (935), 3rd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (850), 10th SBH (287) 10 teams finished

Senior Women (6000m) – NAOMI GRANT 1st (21:44), VICTORIA WALKER 15th (24:30), ELANA DIMMER 43rd (26:16), SARAH BUTLER U20 58th (27:17 2nd U20), KAYLA MICHEL U20 141st (31:43) 228 runners finished
Team Result – Division 2 – 1st SBH (313 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets “B” (313), 3rd Highgate Harriers “B” (310) 10 teams finished

Link to the current SBH Winter Cross Country Points tables – Mens 2018-2019 Points Tables Updated 13-10-18 With Met League Results Womens 2018-2019 Points Tables Updated 13-10-18 With Met League Results

WISCONSIN PRE NATIONAL – Took place in Madison, Wisconsin, USA on 13 October
XC 6000m –LIZZIE BIRD 87th (21.41)

PENN STATE NATIONALS OPEN – Took place in College, Pennsylvania, USA on 12 October
XC 8369m –LIAM DEE U23 (Iona College) 9th (25.12)

PARKRUN 5K RESULTS – 13 OCTOBER – ELLENBROOK FIELDS – JOSHUA EDWARDS U20 2nd (18.49) 23rd parkrun – HACKNEY MARSHES – BARRY CHISHOLM V55 185th (29.22) 144th parkrun – HAMPSTEAD HEATH – LILY ARCHER U17 347th (New PB 34.35) 2nd parkrun – OAK HILL – ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN U15 4th (19.52) 17th parkrun, STUART SINGER V55 12th (21.18) 225th parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 114th (27.19) 87th parkrun

JOYCE SMITH MBE RECEIVED SPIRIT OF LONDON AWARD – The Spirit of London campaign was launched at City Hall, London to celebrate the unique spirit of the 26.2-mile event and the many extraordinary stories of those who have been involved since its first edition in 1981.

The inaugural winners 37 years ago – joint men’s race champions DICK BEARDSLEY and INGE SIMONSEN and women’s race winner JOYCE SMITH – were among the award recipients, along with marathon world record-holder PAULA RADCLIFFE and wheelchair racing greats DAVID WEIR and TANNI GREY-THOMPSON.

The British Olympian and former 3000m world record-holder won the inaugural London Marathon in 1981 in 2:29:57 at the age of 43.

The Virgin Money London Marathon this year celebrates its 35th anniversary and while one running great – PAULA RADCLIFFE prepares to enjoy what could potentially be a final hurrah over 26.2 miles at the age of 45 next year.

JOYCE SMITH was ahead of her time and was two years older than the now world record-holder and only in her second year of competitive marathon running when she claimed victory in London.
When JOYCE began competitive athletics in the 1950s the longest track race in international competition available to women was 880 yards, so she moved up in distance as the events became available. From being introduced to running at a summer camp when she was 15 to finishing 11th in the 1984 Olympic marathon at the age of 46, the progression of her career is a fascinating tale.
“Obviously right through my athletics career, the events weren’t there,” the 80-year-old told Athletics Weekly at the London Marathon’s recent annual lunch event. “I moved up events as they came in so that’s why my career obviously prolonged.”
“Obviously right through my athletics career, the events weren’t there … I moved up events as they came in”
After success on the country including a full set of world medals and world record-breaking performances on the track, JOYCE smashed the British record when running her first marathon in 1979. She improved that mark three more times before running 2:29:57 to win the inaugural London Marathon in 1981. That was the first time a British woman and any female over the age of 40 had gone sub-2:30.
She returned to London a year later and retained her title, clocking another British record of 2:29:43 and becoming, at the age of 44 years and 195 days, the oldest woman to win the race. It’s a record that still stands today.
“Before I did the marathon I had found that running the 3000m at 41, I was having problems,” said Smith, who had earlier captained the GB women’s team at the 1972 Olympics in Munich where she ran the 1500m. “I tried to make the Europeans in 1978 and was having injuries and goodness knows what, so I knew I couldn’t track train any more. I just wanted to do a marathon like lots of people to say you’ve done one.
“The first one (in Cheshire) went well and within three months I did another two – the Avon International, I won that, and then the Tokyo International, and I won that.
“I just wanted to do a marathon like lots of people to say you’ve done one”
“So it created this new big world. In the first year of my marathons I did six marathons, as I didn’t know how long it was going to last because of my age.”
JOYCE would enjoy another six years of competitive running during which time she finished ninth at the first IAAF World Championships in Helsinki and 11th in the first women’s Olympic marathon in Los Angeles. She helped to take the event to new levels – her 2:29:43 lifetime best set in London in 1982 would have seen her top the UK rankings in both 2014 and 2013 and she believes she could have gone quicker“Looking back I wish I’d been able to do it (the marathon) in my 30s,” she said. “Because, you know, obviously I was reasonable at it and what would I have achieved?”

ENGLAND ATHLETICS REGIONAL VOLUNTEER AWARDS – Congratulations to TONY SMITH who was presented with the London Region Volunteer of the Year award. TONY who has been a Coach and Team Manager at Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers for over 30 years. An incredibly well-respected man in the community, he is a coach mentor for new coaches at the club, has served on the committee for over 30 years, and even sat as president! He shares his love of the sport with athletes and coaches alike and is a fundamental part of the club.

LEE VALLEY INDOOR FIXTURES 2018-2019 – The following fixture information are for those fixtures promoted and run by the Lee Valley Athletic Centre.

Date, Event & Age-Groups Closing Date
Saturday 20 October – Minithon – U9, U11, U13 Entries Closed
Sunday 2 December – Open Meeting – All Age-Groups Inc U13 Sunday 25 November
Saturday 8 December – Minithon – U9, U11, U13 Wednesday 5 December
Tuesday 1 January – New Year’s Open – All Age-Groups Inc U13 Friday 28 December
Saturday 5 January – London Games – U17 Inc U15 Hurdles Sunday 30 December
Sunday 6 January – London Games – U13 & U15 Sunday 30 December
Saturday/Sunday 26/27 January – London Games – U20 & Senior Sunday 20 January
Wednesday 6 February – Falola Dream Mile & 3k Open – U17 & Above Tuesday 5 February
Wednesday 20 February – Middle Distance Open – Sunday 17 February
All Age-Groups Inc U13
Saturday 23 February – Minithon – U9, U11, U13 Wednesday 20 February

Please use this link for all information on above, and at the same time you can enter yourselves as well – https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/go/lee-valley-athletics-centre/#competition-entry-forms

The remaining Lee Valley fixtures I am awaiting the information from the various organisation, SEAA, BMAF etc.

SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 20 October at Wormwood Scrubs, Linford Christie Stadium, Du Cane Road (SatNav W12 0AE). Enter main car park off Du Cane Road (via Artillery Lane), through 6’6” height/width barrier. Extra parking will be available in the enclosed/fenced hospital parking area. Parking is free in all areas at the week-end.
Start Times 11.00am U17 & U20 Women (3 x 2.5km), 11.30am U17 & U20 Men (3 x 3km), 12.10pm U13 Girls (3 x 2km), 12.40pm U13 Boys (3 x 2km), 1.10pm U15 Girls (3 x 2km), 1.35pm U15 Boys (3 x 2km), 2.00pm Senior Women (3 x 3km), 2.30pm Senior Men (4 x 5km).
Entries Closed
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The second fixture of five takes place on Saturday 27 October at Fryent Country Park, Kingsbury. Race headquarters is at the Kingsbury Free Church Hall, Slough Lane, Kingsbury (SatNav NW9 8QG). Please park in nearby roads, but not at church Hall. Toilets available at the Church Hall, no showers and very limited changing facilities.Church Hall will not be available until 11.30am.
Start Times – 12.45pm U11 Girls (1500m), 12.55pm approximately U11 Boys & U13 Girls (2200m), 1.10pm approximately U13 Boys & U15 Girls (3000m), 1.30pm approximately U15 Boys & U17 Women (4000m), 2.00pm approximately U17 Men (5000m) inconjunction with the Senior Women. Numbers will be given out close to the start area.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Will any of our Female athletes please see JEREMY SOTHCOTT who will give you a race number

LIDDIARD TROPHY/NORTH OF THE THAMES CHAMPIONSHIPS– Takes place on Saturday 27 October at Fryent Country Park, Kingsbury. Race headquarters is at the Kingsbury Free Church Hall, Slough Lane, Kingsbury (SatNav NW9 8QG). Please park in nearby roads, but not at church Hall. Toilets available at the Church Hall, no showers and very limited changing facilities.Church Hall will not be available until 11.30am.
Start Times – 2.00pm U20 and Senior Women (3 Miles), 2.30pm U20 and Senior Men (5 Miles).
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NORTH LONDON CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 3 November. The race headquarters is Hackney Marshes Centre, off Homerton Road (Satnav E9 5PF). Directions – turn off Greenford Road (A4127), opposite the entrance to the Glaxo Factory. The start and finish are close to the changing room.
Start Times – 2.00pm U20, Senior & Veteran Women, 2.45pm U20, Senior & Veteran Men.
Entries Close Saturday 20 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

ALAN

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 11 October 2018

Posted on 03/10/201810/10/2018 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday this week to Omar Althaaf, Abi Boyden, Daniel Bramble, Julia Dyminska, Esther Fatuade, Yasmin Lakin, Lee McConnell, Lenard Michel, Jude Miranda, Jo Newall, Kofi Owusu, Ted Parker, Daniel Radley, Elena Roncarati, Nicholas Shaw, Sophia Stockwell, Samuel Travis, Lisa Webb and Rosalind Zeffertt

THE FOLLOWING SBH DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION CAN EITHER BE VIEWED, DOWNLOADED OR PRINTED
2018-2019 Winter Fixture Card Updated 06-09-18 – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
2018-2019 Winter Club Points and Club Championship Races Issued 27-08-18 – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards//
Cross Country Team Managers – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/cross-country/team-managers/
Road Running Team Managers – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/road-running/team-managers/

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to THOMAS CADWALLADER who at the Biggleswade Open Meeting at Sandy on 29 September, broke the Under 11 Boys 600m club record with a time of (1:50.61), the previous record was (1:55.8) set by SAMUEL GREENSTEIN at Watford on 7 June 2015.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place on Saturday 13 October at Claybury, Essex. The club and team managers would like to see a very big turnout of athletes for this fixture. For all details see upcoming fixtures below.

Last season was one of the club’s best years overall, individually GIANLEO STUBBS won the Under 11 Boys title winning 5 out of 5 races, 2nd was new member ZICO JONES (Barnet & District last season) and THOMAS CADWALLADER finished 3rd place. Under 11 Girls EVIE REDPATH finished in 8th place. Under 13 Boys SAMUEL GREENSTEIN finished in 4th place and THEO BODEN finished in 4th place. Under 13 Girls LOUISA STAAB finished just outside the top 10 in 14th place. Under 15 Boys JOE HEATHER finished just outside the top 10 in 12th place. Under 15 Girls winner was another new member to Shaftesbury FREYA STAPLETON (Herts Phoenix last season) with GRACE INGLES finishing in 2nd place and ELENA RONCARATI finishing in 3rd place. Under 17 Men DYLAN HEPWORTH finished in 6th place and BEN KELLY finished in 10th place. Under 17 Women featured 4 in the top 10 SOPHIA STAAB finished in 2nd place, JOSEPHINE CHADWICK finished in 4th place, SARAH BUTLER finished in 6th place and finally LIDIA KYRIACOU finished in 10th place. Senior Men with 4 out of the 5 races to count RICHARD GOODMAN won 3 and 2nd in the other, with PHILLIP CROUT finishing in 8th place. In the Under 20 Men THOMAS BUTLER had a comfortable win with JEREMY DEMPSEY finishing in 9th place. V50 Women JO KENT (2nd Claim) won 5 out of 5 races.

Our individual success as you will see was reflected in the final team positions, also we had an amazing turnout at most fixtures. Whereas teams maybe had 2 or 3 finishers only, this is reflected in the team result, but generally we had 5 or 6 runners which enabled us finish above a lot of teams.

These are the minimum finishers to record the best team result – In the Under 11 to Under 17 Men & Women and Veteran Men & Women it is 4 to score, Senior Women 5 to score and Senior Men 12 to score.

Final team positions – Under 11 Boys finished 2nd to Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets by 1 point. Under 11 Girls finished in 6th place. Under 13 Boys finished in 3rd place. Under 13 Girls finished in 6th place. Under 17/20 Men finished in 3rd place. Under 17/20 Women won by an astonishing record points total, winning by 150 points and the “B” team finished 4th. Senior Men finished in 5th place, to improve we need a minimum of 18-20 runners, with a good proportion in the top 50 to give us a chance of improving. Veteran Men we have a good squad of oldun’s therefore we could challenge for promotion out of Division 3. Senior Women unfortunately due to the lack of numbers the team was relegated, so the challenge is there to regain our place in Division 1. Veteran Women overall we are lacking in numbers.

The first fixture at Claybury is the first fixture to count in the SBH Winter Cross Country Points league.

ONE HUNDRED AND COUNTING – Congratulations to HUGH RICHARDS who at the Blandford Parkrun completed his 100th race

NATIONAL MENS 6 STAGE AND WOMENS 4 STAGE AND YOUNG ATHLETES ROAD RELAYS – Took place last Saturday 6 October in Sutton Park, Birmingham.
Following our excellent performances in the Southern Road Relays 2 weeks ago, we repeated that succes at the home of road running Sutton Park.

Top honours went to our Under 17 Women who won the Silver Medalsfinishing just 14 seconds behind City of Norwich.The team was Leg 1 LIA RADUS followed by FREYA STAPLETON who ran the 7th fastest time of the race) and GRACE INGLES on the final Leg. This was by far their best performance in the past 10 years when they finished 8th in 2013.

Our Under 17 Men finished strongly in winning the Bronze Medals, on Leg 1 was FINN HARVEY followed by DAVID STONE and KRISTIAN IMROTH on the final Leg recording the fastest time of the race. KRISTIAN in his first major championship for the club, brought the team home just 7 and 5 seconds respectively behind Charnwood and Cambridge & Coleridge. Maintaining our record winning in 2013 and 2016 and 2nd in 2011.

Our Senior Men followed up the 6th place in the Southern, excelled again finishing in 7th place which is their best finish for many a year. The team suffered the loss of JACK CRABTREE with a knee injury during the week. The team was THOMAS BUTLER U23, KIERAN CLEMENTS, WILLIAM RYLE-HODGES, JAKE SHELLEY,MARK PEARCE and PHILIP CROUT.

The Under 15 Boys team finished 14th, Under 15 Girls team finished 19th, Under 13 Boys team finished 26th and Senior Women team finished 37th

Under 13 Girls (3 Legs of 3880m) – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Tonbridge (43.09), 2nd Chiltern Harriers (43.37), 3rd Southampton (43.58) 47 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Lily Slack of Tonbridge (Leg 3 13.48), 2nd Phoebe Gill of St Albans Striders (Leg 1 14.05), 3rd Francesca Baxter of Chiltern Harriers (Leg 1 14.09)

Under 13 Boys (3 Legs of 3880m) – SBH 26th (44.38) Leg 1 ZICO JONES (43rd 15.02), Leg 2 GIANLEO STUBBS (12th 13.37), Leg 3 ISAIAH OCHEJA (26th 15.59)
Team Result – 1st Cambridge & Coleridge (41.19), 2nd Chiltern Harriers (41.50), 3rd Herne Hill Harriers (42.03) 64 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Isaac Morris of Cambridge & Coleridge (Leg 1 13.17), 2nd Thomas Redmond of Chiltern Harriers (Leg 2 13.22), 3rd Daniel Vanaardt of Wreake & Soar Valley (Leg 3 13.23)

Under 15 Girls (3 Legs of 3880m) – SBH 19th (45.38) Leg 1 MAAYAN RADUS (24th 14.53), Leg 2 JOANNE MIRANDA (19th 15.20), Leg 3 ELENA RONCARATI (19th 15.25)
Team Result – 1st Vale Royal (42.31), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (42.48), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District (43.04) 59 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Holly Weedall of Vale Royal (Leg 3 13.23), 2nd Indienne King of Wreake & Soar Valley (Leg 1 13.46), 3rd Elsie Robinson of Saffron (Leg 1 13.49)

Under 15 Boys (3 Legs of 3880m) – SBH “A” 14th (40.02) Leg 1 LUCA STUBBS (6th 12.43), Leg 2 SAMUEL GREENSTEIN (6th 13.25), Leg 3 LEO RONCARATI (14th 13.54), SBH “B” 45th (42.42) Leg 1 DYLAN MICHEL (59th 14.17), Leg 2 MAX WINFIELD (53rd 14.34), Leg 3 SAM TRUEMAN (45th 13.51)
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District “A” (37.53), 2nd Aldershot, Farnham & District “B” (38.53), 3rd Bedford & County (39.09) 68 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st James Wardle of Rushcliffe (Leg 1 12.21), 2nd Danny Adams of City of Norwich (Leg 1 12.33), 3rd Sam Hopkins of Salford Harriers (Leg 1 12.35)

Under 17 Women (3 Legs of 3880m) – SBH “A” won the Silver Medal (42.53) Leg 1 LIA RADUS (9th 14.19), Leg 2 FREYA STAPLETON (2nd 14.06 7th fastest time of the race), Leg 3 GRACE INGLES (2nd 14.28), SBH “B” 22nd (47.11) Leg 1 MIA GROOM (29th 15.11), Leg 2 SCARLETT KENT (34th 16.59), Leg 3 EMILY HATHAWAY (22nd 15.01)
Team Result – 1st City of Norwich (42.39), 2nd SBH (42.53), 3rd Salford Harriers (43.14) 41 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Mia Atkinson of Charnwood (Leg 1 13.32), 2nd Tia Wilson of Bedford & County (Leg 1 13.33), 3rd Holly Smith of Vale Royal (Leg 3 13.41)
Photograph of our Silver Medalists FREYA, GRACE and LIA

Under 17 Men (3 Legs of 3880m) – SBH “A” won the Bronze Medal (36.06) Leg 1 FINN HARVEY (15th 12.18), Leg 2 DAVID STONE (3rd 11.59), Leg 3 KRISTIAN IMROTH (3rd 11.49 fastest time of the race), SBH “B” 28th (39.29) Leg 1 LAURANCE EDWARDS (27th 12.47), Leg 2 JUDE MIRANDA (27th 13.17), Leg 3 DANIEL GREENSTEIN (28th 13.25), SBH “C” 48th (42.09) Leg 1 DYLAN HEPWORTH (61st 13.43), Leg 2 JOE HEATHER (57th 14.10), Leg 3 JONATHAN BOARDMAN (48th 14.16)
Team Result – 1st Charnwood (35.59), 2nd Cambridge & Coleridge (36.01), 3rd SBH (36.06) 58 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Kristian Imroth of SBH (Leg 3 11.49), 2nd Equal Mohamed Ali of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (Leg 2 11.50) and Aiden Kileen of Bedford & County (Leg 1 11.50)
Photograph of our Bronze Medalists DAVID, FINN and KRISTIAN

Senior Men (6 Legs of 5848m) – SBH 7th (1:47.47) Leg 1 THOMAS BUTLER U23 (32nd 18.12), Leg 2 KIERAN CLEMENTS (9th 17.13), Leg 3 2 WILLIAM RYLE-HODGES (9th 18.22), Leg 4 JAKE SHELLEY (7th 17.40), Leg 5 MARK PEARCE (7th 17:57), Leg 6 PHILIP CROUT (7th 18.23)
Team Result – 1st Stockport Harriers (1:45.07), 2nd Leeds City (1:45.32), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:45.40) 76 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Aaron Scott of Lincoln Wellington (Leg 3 16.47), 2nd Thomas Keen of Cambridge & Coleridge (Leg 3 16.49), 3rd Ross Millington of Stockport Harriers (Leg 6 16.54)

Senior Women (4 Legs of 4330m) – SBH “A” 37th (1:09.00) Leg 1 VICTORIA WALKER (38th 16.13), Leg 2 GABRIELLA KYRIACOU U20 (34th 16.46), Leg 3 2 SARAH BUTLER U20 (38th 18.15), Leg 4 ELANA DIMMER (37th 17.46), SBH “B” Incomplete Team Leg 1 KAYLA MICHEL U20 (76th 19.26)
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (57.56), 2nd Leeds City (59.29), 3rd Tonbridge (59.56) 67 teams finished
Fastest 3 Legs – 1st Emily Hoskerthornhill of Aldershot, Farnham & District (Leg 1 13.58), 2nd Jessica Judd of Blackburn Harriers (Leg 4 14.07), 3rd Lauren Howarth of Leigh Harriers (Leg 2 14.12)

Link to official results – Under 15 Girls Under 13 Boys Under 13 Girls Under 15 Boys Under 17 Women Under 17 Men Senior Women Senior Men

ABBOTS LANGLEY 5K – Took place on 7 October
JOSHUA EDWARDS U20 3rd (PB 17.43), TOBY EDWARDS U13 7th (PB 20.16)

ABBOTS LANGLEY 3K – Took place on 7 October
MIA HIGSON U13 19th (PB 19.01), EVA HIGSON U11 25th (PB 19.37)

BIGGLESWADE OPEN MEETING – Took place in Sandy on 29 September.
600m – U11X THOMAS CADWALLADER U11 1st (PB 1:50.61) taking 6.38 seconds off his 2017 time, and is a new club record
Discus 1kg – SX A JESSICA EMERY 1st (36.32m)
Discus 1.75kg – U20M A OLIVER GRAHAM 1st (35.59m)
Hammer 6kg – SM A OLIVER GRAHAM 1st (56.29m)

LEE VALLEY INDOOR FIXTURES 2018-2019 – The following fixture information are for those fixtures promoted and run by the Lee Valley Athletic Centre.

Date, Event & Age-Groups Closing Date
Saturday 20 October – Minithon – U9, U11, U13 Wednesday 17 October
Sunday 2 December – Open Meeting – All Age-Groups Inc U13 Sunday 25 November
Saturday 8 December – Minithon – U9, U11, U13 Wednesday 5 December
Tuesday 1 January – New Year’s Open – All Age-Groups Inc U13 Friday 28 December
Saturday 5 January – London Games – U17 Inc U15 Hurdles Sunday 30 December
Sunday 6 January – London Games – U13 & U15 Sunday 30 December
Saturday/Sunday 26/27 January – London Games – U20 & Senior Sunday 20 January
Wednesday 6 February – Falola Dream Mile & 3k Open – U17 & Above Tuesday 5 February
Wednesday 20 February – Middle Distance Open – Sunday 17 February
All Age-Groups Inc U13
Saturday 23 February – Minithon – U9, U11, U13 Wednesday 20 February

Please use this link for all information on above, and at the same time you can enter yourselves as well – https://www.visitleevalley.org.uk/go/lee-valley-athletics-centre/#competition-entry-forms

The remaining Lee Valley fixtures I am awaiting the information from the various organisation, SEAA, BMAF etc.

CLUB CONNECT RESULTS 2018 – These are the combined results (men and women) for the top 9 clubs from the Club Connect competition at the 2018 British Senior Championships held in Birmingham on 30 June / 1 July, based on the results achieved by first claim members in the finals of each event scoring 8 points for a win down to 1 point for an 8th place.

1st Birchfield Harriers (119.5 points), 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (101.5), 3rd Enfield and Haringey (63), 4th Blackheath and Bromley (59), 5th Aldershot, Farnham and District (54), 6th Sale Harriers (50), 7th Windsor Slough Eton and Hounslow’s (41), 8th Thames Valley Harriers (41), 9th Woodford Green and Essex Ladies (39)

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers won the men’s competition for the 3rd year running whilst Birchfield Harriers won the women’s competition.

PARKRUN 5K RESULTS – 6 OCTOBER – ALDENHAM – BEN KELLY U17 12th (22.11) 15th parkrun, JOHN KELLY V65 25th (25.05) 17th parkrun – BLANDFORD – HUGH RICHARDS V70 56th (26.55) 100th parkrun – ELLENBROOK FIELDS – VICTORIA PRITCHARD 2nd (17.41) 27th parkrun – GLADSTONE – ANDREW HOLMES V50 78th (New PB 25.38) 14th parkrun – GUNNERSBURY – GEORGIA BELL 10th (New PB 18.39) 2nd parkrun – HACKNEY MARSHES – BARRY CHISHOLM V55 173rd (28.46) 143rd parkrun – OAK HILL – ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN 3rd (New PB 19.17) 16th parkrun, STUART SINGER V55 26th (21.26) 224th parkrun, LOTTIE RACHEL U13 93rd (25.27) 9th parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 140th (27.44) 86th parkrun – PANSHANGER – RUSSELL DEVITT V65 127th (27.13) 128th parkrun – PERRY LAKES, PERTH, AUSTRALIA – STUART MOORE V55 63rd (27.41) 95th parkrun – ST ALBANS – REBEKAH GARDINER 18th (19.34) 36th parkrun

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place on Saturday 13 October at Claybury, Essex. Changing is at Ashton Playing Fields Track, 588 Chigwell Road, Woodford Green, Essex (Satnav IG8 8RD). Changing rooms and Showers available Ashton Playing Fields from 11.15am, although hot water tends to be limited.
Parking – Approximately 150 spaces at Ashton Playing Fields and limited parking on Roding Lane North and nearby residential roads. Please DO NOT park on grass verges, look out for any restrictions and do not block access.
HQ to Course – 10 minutes from Ashton Playing Fields to Claybury Park, Roding Lane North (Satnav IG8 8NN).
Course Description – Parkland setting, undulating course, with one steep climb per large lap, on grass and woodland paths.
Public Transport – Woodford underground station (Central Line) is 10 minutes walk away from Ashton Playing Fields. If you get off an eastbound train, you need to walk under the pedestrian subway and walk downhill, down Snakes Lane East. Bus numbers 275 and W14 stop at the gates to Ashton Playing Fields.
Directions From Major Roads – From the eastbound A406, branch left and merge onto the A1400 (signposted Gants Hill). At Charlie Brown’s roundabout, take the first left exit onto the A113 (signposted Chigwell). Go straight ahead through three sets of traffic lights (including a crossing set for pedestrians) and turn left into Ashton Playing Fields just after you go under a road bridge.
Start Times 12.40pm U11 (Over 9) Boys (1.5km), 12.45pm U11 (Over 9) Girls (1.5km), 12.55pm U13 Boys (3km), 1.00pm U13 Girls (3km), not before 1.20pm U17 Men and U15 Boys (4km), not before 1.25pm U17 Women and U15 Girls (4km), not before 1.55pm U20, Senior and Veteran Women (6km), not before 2.35pm U20, Senior and Veteran Men (8km).
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.
Please collect your race numbers from the respective team managers – JEREMY SOTHCOTT (Boys) and JO KENT (Girls)
Please go to Start Fitness Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for course maps, and any other final information.

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS– Takes place on Saturday 3 November at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (SatNav NG18 4JR).
Start Times – 10.45am U20 Women (3 x 2.5K), 10.57am U17 Women (3 x 2.5K), 11.26am U13 Boys (3 x 2K), 11.50pm U13 Girls (3 x 2K), 12.15pm U20 Men (3 x 3K), 12.40pm U17 Men (3 x 3K), 1.06pm U15 Girls (3 x 2K), 1.30pm U15 Boys (3 x 2K), 1.50pm Senior Women (3 x 3K), 2.40pm Senior Men (4 x 5K).
Entries Close Friday 12 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

ALAN

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 4 October 2018

Posted on 02/10/201803/10/2018 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday this week to Emma Andersson, Najibe Arbe, Lily Archer, Lizzy Bird, Elliot Burcher, Christiaan Cavalli-Warby, Isaac Chandler, Shereen Charles, Tanitoluwa Edu, Victoria Godfrey, Kai Gordon, Ross Hajipanayi, Louis Hazel, Sam Hazel, Kenya Hibbert, Liberty Kikanka, Jon Lennard, Chenna Okoh, Irene Peaty Miller, Kane Pinnock, Cristina Potter, Lia Radus, Bryan Smith, Tony Smith, Anthony Soalla-Bell and Jevonte Wright

THE FOLLOWING SBH DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION CAN EITHER BE VIEWED, DOWNLOADED OR PRINTED
2018-2019 Winter Fixture Card Updated 06-09-18 – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
2018-2019 Winter Club Points and Club Championship Races Issued 27-08-18 – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards//
Cross Country Team Managers – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/cross-country/team-managers/
Road Running Team Managers – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/road-running/team-managers/

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful 2018 to ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN, EMILY HATHAWAY, JAMES LANCASTER and POSIE SHAW

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to THOMAS CADWALLADER who at the London Preparatory Schools Championships in Eton on 11 June, broke his own Under 11 Boys 800m club record with a time of (2:31.89), his previous time was (2:33.87) set at Parliament Hill on 21 April.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The first of five cross country races took place last Saturday 29 September at Berkeley Fields, Horsenden Hill.

An excellent day for the with warm sunshine to greet everyone on arrival and glorious weather all afternoon, Berkeley Fields was the perfect setting for the first fixture of the 2018-19 season

Under 11 Girls (1200m) – POSIE SHAW 7th (6.07), 39 runners, finished, the winner was Annabel Insley of Cookham (5.38)
Team Result – 1st Highgate Harriers (15 points), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (32), 3rd Cookham (35), 11th SBH (87) 15 teams finished

Under 11 Boys (2000m) – No SBH Runner, 34 runners, finished, the winner was Benjy Bediako of London Heathside (6.56)
Team Result – 1st Thames Valley Harriers (27 points), 2nd London Heathside (52), 3rd Highgate Harriers (54) 10 teams finished

Under 13 Girls (2000m) – ABI JEFFERY 35th (8.12), 56 runners, finished, the winner was Asmaa Abdirahman of Hillingdon (6.54)
Team Result – 1st Cookham (18 points), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (22), 3rd Dacorum & Tring (31), 18th SBH (149) 18 teams finished

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – ZICO JONES 2nd (10.46), 46 runners finished, the winner was Spike Blake of London Heathside (10.25)
Team Result – 1st Thames Valley Harriers (27 points), 2nd London Heathside (52), 3rd Highgate Harriers (54) 14 teams finished

Under 15 Girls (3000m) – ELENA RONCARATI 3rd (11.12), ASHA HORBACKI 27th (13.04), REBECCA JEFFERY 38th (14.28), 40 runners, finished, the winner was Rose Garrett of London Heathside (11.03)
Team Result – 1st London Heathside (30 points), 2nd Cookham (31), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (38), 8th SBH (66) 12 teams finished

Under 15 Boys (4000m) – No SBH Runner, 45 runners finished, the winner was S Czarka of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (12.39)
Team Result – 1st Dacorum & Tring “A” (22 points), 2nd London Heathside (63), 3rd Dacorum & Tring “B” (69) 13 teams finished

Under 17 Women (4000m) – No SBH Runner. 40 runners, finished, the winner was I Patel of Dacorum & Tring (14.24)
Team Result – 1st Thames Valley Harriers (12 points), 2nd Dacorum & Tring (19), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (26), 7 teams finished

Under 17 Men (4700m) – DYLAN HEPWORTH 16th (17.06), MATTHEW MCATEER 26th (17.29), CONOR O’KEEFFE 28th (18.57), 18 runners finished, the winner was Mohamed Ali of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (14.21)
Team Result – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (34 points), 2nd Dacorum & Tring (35), 3rd Trent Park (56), 7th SBH (102) 11 teams finished

Link to official results – NWLL Fixture 1 Greenford Girls Results 29-09-18 NWLL Fixture 1 Greenford Boys Results 29-09-18

UNDER 15 BOYS TEAM – Photograph 0f the Under 15 Boys team of MUKHTAR MUSA, GILAD NACHSHEN, MAHIIS HERSI and LUCA STUBBS after winning the team Bronze Medals at the Southern Young Athletes road relays, held at Crystal Palace on 23 September.

NORTH LONDON AQUATICS – Here’s a request from our Club Treasurer, GEOFF MORPHITIS, asking you to support a local charity.
Please read the following urgent message from our friends at North London Aquatics. I’ve pledged an amount in support of their fund-raising which will only be taken up if the target is met. The vast majority of our members live within a couple of miles of the facility and you all have friends who live locally. So please support this initiative for the benefit of all members of the local community. As they say, it’s not just the size of the pledge but more importantly the number of you who support this once in a lifetime initiative. Thanks.

Dear All – Can you help us build a deep water inclusive pool with over FIFTY aquatic activities at the new Barnet Copthall Sports Centre in Mill Hill.
Please, please watch our video below by Middlesex University students and narrated by Joanna Lumley! https://youtu.be/7l1Ujd8Ijow
Please pledge £2, £5 or whatever you wish towards our crowdfunding campaign. We pitch to the Mayor of London in October and need as many pledges as possible prior to that.
When you’ve pledged please forward onto your contacts and leave us a message on the Spacehive page: www.spacehive.com/north-London-Aquatics

Thanks everyone! We really, really appreciate it!
The NLA TEAM
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SOUTHERN COUNTIES VAC WOMEN’S FINAL – Took place in Ashford, Kent on 30 September.
100m – W35 B ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V55 4th (15.71 w-0.3)
200m – W35 B ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V55 6th (34.06 w-0.2)
400m – W35 B LISA WEBB V50 4th (SB 69.64)
1500m – W50 A LISA WEBB V50 1st (5:26.49)
High Jump – W50 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V55 5th (PB 1.10m) could not finish as was competing in the Long Jump
Long Jump – W50 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V55 3rd (3.63m nwr)
Triple Jump – W50 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V55 2nd (PB 7.59m nwr) adding 24cm to her 2 July jump, and is ranked UK No.10 U23 in 2018
4x100m Relay – BARNET & DISTRICT 7th (67.44) which included ROSALIND
4x400m Relay – BARNET & DISTRICT 5th (5:17.20) which included LISA

With teams from the Southampton & Dartford areas, Barnet & District finished in 7th place, the winners were Epsom & Ewell Harriers.

ST MARY’S RICHMOND OPEN MEETING – Took place in Twickenham on 30 September.
800m – SM 3 MUKTAR MUSA U15 1st (PB 2:04.98) taking 1.22 seconds off his 8 August time, GILAD NACHSHEN U15 2nd (2:05.98), ARON YONA U15 8th (PB 2:27.90) taking 4.71 seconds off his 17 June time, DOVI LEVIN U15 9th (PB 2:28.50) taking 6.30 seconds off his 16 May time
1500m – SW 1 LIA RADUS U17 1st (4:53.60), SCARLETT KENT U17 2nd (5:27.26)
3000m – SW MAAYAN RADUS U15 2nd (11:00.49)
Discus 1kg – U15W KATIE WEBB (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 34.88m) adding 7cm to her 1 September throw, and is ranked UK No.5 U15 in 2018

CHELTENHAM HALF MARATHON – Took place on 30 September.
RACHEL FELTON V35 25th (80.07 1st Woman)

WINDSOR HALF MARATHON – Took place on 30 September.
KOJO KYEREME V40 11th (73.58 1st V40)

HERNE HILL HARRIERS THROWS OPEN MEETING – Took place in Tooting Bec on 29 September.
Discus 1kg – SW KATIE WEBB (2nd Claim) 1st (33.63m)

NUTTYCOMBE WISCONSIN INVITATIONAL – Took place in Verona, Wisconsin, USA on 28 September.
8000m XC – SM A LIAM DEE U20 (Iona College) 29th (23.51), JAMIE DEE U23 (Iona College) 63rd (24.07)

PARKRUN 5K RESULTS – 29 SEPTEMBER – BATH SKYLINE – RUFUS KENT U20 9th (18.58) 36th parkrun – BLANDFORD – HUGH RICHARDS V70 84th (26.35) 99th parkrun – ELLENBROOK FIELDS – VICTORIA PRITCHARD 4th (17.49) 26th parkrun, JOSHUA EDWARDS U20 5th (New PB 18.17) 22nd parkrun – GLADSTONE – NATHAN TADESSE U20 5th (First Time 19.14) 3rd parkrun – HACKNEY MARSHES – BARRY CHISHOLM V55 184th (25.53) 142nd parkrun – HAMPSTEAD HEATH – RICHARD GOODMAN 1st (New PB 15.23) 5th parkrun – LINFORD WOODS – CARL VIDGEN 12th (21.11) 8th parkrun – OAK HILL – ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN 7th (20.00) 15th parkrun – PANSHANGER – FREYA STAPLETON U17 6th (18.40) 39th parkrun, SARAH WILLIAMS V35 16th (20.07) 16th parkrun, RICHARD WILLIAMS V35 23rd (21.01) 41st parkrun – PERRY LAKES, PERTH, AUSTRALIA – STUART MOORE V55 105th (First Time 27.26) 94th parkrun – PYMMES – EMILY HATHAWAY U17 11th (New PB 19.57) 21st parkrun – ST ALBANS – REBEKAH GARDINER 12th (19.30) 35th parkrun – STEVENAGE – RUSSELL DEVITT V65 90th (25.37) 127th parkrun

BRITISH CROSS COUNTRY GREATS – Athletics Weekly are conducting a vote for the greatest cross country runners in history. Shaftesbury has 2 of our greatest athletes DAVE BEFORD OBE and JOYCE SMITH MBE in the British Male and Female categories.

British Male – DAVE BEFORD winner of the English National in 1971 and runner-up behind the guesting ROD DIXON in 1973, he also won the International – the forerunner to the World Championships in San Sebastian winning by almost half a minute.Prior to the above DAVE won the Southern double in 1970 that has entered folklore, winning the senior title over nine miles of Parliament Hill and then minutes later starting the six-mile junior race and winning that to.

British Female – JOYCE SMITH sensationally winning the 1972 International title, she was then runner-up to Italy’s PAOLA CACCHI in the first ever IAAF World Championships in 1973. Even more notable was the length of her career. JOYCE won the English title as JOYCE BYATT of the now defunct Hampstead Harriers in 1959 and 1960 and returned to win it in 1973, also winning the first London Marathon in 1981, then retaing the title in 1982.

Please vote by using this link – https://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/muddy-marvels-vote-for-your-cross-country-greats-1039917615/

GENDER EQUALITY FOR INTER-COUNTIES RACE DISTANCE – The following article was published in the 28 September issue of Athletics Weekly.

Senior men and women will run the same distance of 10km at the UK Inter-Counties Championships in Prestwold Hall, Loughborough, on 9 March.

The event doubles as the British Athletics Cross Challenge final and trial for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus and, the organisers are adjusting the races from the usual distances of 12km for men and 8km for women.

The Saucony English National Cross Country Championships has come under pressure in the last 12 months to also reduce its distances, however a poll of athletes at this year’s event showed most runners wished to continue racing the traditional distances, with fears that the size of the women’s field might be hit if the distance was increased.

DOHA 2019 ONE YEAR TO GO – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently, 27 September 2018.
Organisers unveil the upgraded Khalifa International Stadium with revolutionary cooling system and ticketing programme to mark 365 days to go until the IAAF World Championships

The organising committee for next year’s IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, opened the doors to the upgraded Khalifa International Stadium in Aspire Zone on Thursday to celebrate the one year to go milestone.
The stadium, with its state-of-the-art sustainable cooling system, was showcased, while the ticketing programme was also unveiled for the event which will take place from September 27 to October 6 2019.

“Today is a very important day in our readiness preparations,” said vice president and director general of the IAAF World Championships local organising committee and vice president of the IAAF, DAHLAN AL HAMAD.
“Everything is in place including a growing excitement and energy amongst the local community. In hosting the first ever IAAF World Athletics Championships in the Middle East, we have a shared vision and commitment in partnering with the IAAF, to grow participation of this wonderful sport across Qatar, the region and the world.

“To have such an ambition requires innovative, creative and bold thinking,” he added. “That is why an exciting new schedule exists with new formats. That’s why this stadium has cooling technology and why we want our young athletes and our local community to experience it live for themselves. That’s why we will introduce a midnight marathon. All these developments take imagination but stem from a single goal of enhancing athletics worldwide.”
The competition schedule, featuring the midnight marathon and 4x400m mixed relay, was revealed earlier this year.

While the temperature outside the stadium was 37°C, inside the conditions were set to 24-26°C. “The Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS) certified stadium, which will also host 2022 FIFA World Cup matches, is ready to play host to the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships in April 2019, the official test event for the IAAF World Athletics Championships later in the year,” organisers added.

Fans were encouraged to register their interest in tickets at iaafworldathleticschamps.com/doha2019/tickets to ensure they receive information, alerts and reminders for when tickets go on sale in November. Ticket options include “traditional Arab cushioned Majlis seating”, finish line seats, “taster options” priced at 14 EURO / 60 QAR and family and group discounts.

Commenting on one year to go, IAAF president SEBASTIAN COE said: “Qatar has been hosting official IAAF events for over 21 years and in the organising committee we have a trusted partner who is committed to delivering a World Athletics Championship which makes a real difference to the world of athletics.

NATIONAL YOUNG ATHLETES ROAD RELAY – Takes place on Saturday 6 October at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Town Gate Entrance, Birmingham (Satnav B73 6BU).
Start times 11.00am U13 Boys, 11.05am U13 Girls, 11.50am U15 Boys, 11.55am U15 Girls, 12.30pm U17 Men, 12.35pm U17 Women.
Entries Closed
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NATIONAL MEN’S 6 STAGE AND WOMEN’S 4 STAGE ROAD RELAY – Takes place on Saturday 6 October at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Town Gate Entrance, Birmingham (Satnav B73 6BU).
Start times 2.00pm Senior Men, 2.10pm Senior Women.
Entries Closed
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place on Saturday 13 October at Claybury, Essex. Changing is at Ashton Playing Fields Track, 588 Chigwell Road, Woodford Green, Essex (Satnav IG8 8AA). Changing rooms and Showers available Ashton Playing Fields from 11.15am, although hot water tends to be limited.
Parking – Approximately 150 spaces at Ashton Playing Fields and limited parking on Roding Lane North and nearby residential roads. Please DO NOT park on grass verges, look out for any restrictions and do not block access.
HQ to Course – 10 minutes from Ashton Playing Fields to Claybury Park, Roding Lane North (Satnav IG8 8NN).
Course Description – Parkland setting, undulating course, with one steep climb per large lap, on grass and woodland paths.
Public Transport – Woodford underground station (Central Line) is 10 minutes walk away from Ashton Playing Fields. If you get off an eastbound train, you need to walk under the pedestrian subway and walk downhill, down Snakes Lane East. Bus numbers 275 and W14 stop at the gates to Ashton Playing Fields.
Directions From Major Roads – From the eastbound A406, branch left and merge onto the A1400 (signposted Gants Hill). At Charlie Brown’s roundabout, take the first left exit onto the A113 (signposted Chigwell). Go straight ahead through three sets of traffic lights (including a crossing set for pedestrians) and turn left into Ashton Playing Fields just after you go under a road bridge.
Start Times 12.40pm U11 (Over 9) Boys (1.5km), 12.45pm U11 (Over 9) Girls (1.5km), 12.55pm U13 Boys (3km), 1.00pm U13 Girls (3km), not before 1.20pm U17 Men and U15 Boys (4km), not before 1.25pm U17 Women and U15 Girls (4km), not before 1.55pm U20, Senior and Veteran Women (6km), not before 2.35pm U20, Senior and Veteran Men (8km).
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.
Please collect your race numbers from the respective team managers – JEREMY SOTHCOTT (Boys) and JO KENT (Girls)
Please go to Start Fitness Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for course maps, and any other final information.

SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 20 October at Wormwood Scrubs, Linford Christie Stadium, Du Cane Road (SatNav W12 0AE). Enter main car park off Du Cane Road (via Artillery Lane), through 6’6” height/width barrier. Extra parking will be available in the enclosed/fenced hospital parking area. Parking is free in all areas at the week-end.
Start Times 11.00am U17 & U20 Women (3 x 2.5km), 11.30am U17 & U20 Men (3 x 3km), 12.10pm U13 Girls (3 x 2km), 12.40pm U13 Boys (3 x 2km), 1.10pm U15 Girls (3 x 2km), 1.35pm U15 Boys (3 x 2km), 2.00pm Senior Women (3 x 3km), 2.30pm Senior Men (4 x 5km).
Entries Close Friday 5 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

ALAN