Happy Birthday from this Thursday 28 April to Kachi Akpakwu, Nadav Bond,  Christopher Castro-Neto, Antonio Conradie, Louise Lockwood, Henry McLuckie, Naomi Ogunniyi, Tim Saunders-Mullins, Mark Taylor and Gregory Thompson

RECENT NEW MEMBERS –We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to RAFAEL GAYER and SETH RENNIE-RODDY

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

UPCOMING SOUTHERN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPONSHIPS – Have just been published on the SEAA website, and are as follows;
Under 20 and Senior Championships – Are on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.

Under 15 and 17 3000m Championships – Are on Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.

Under 20 and Senior Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 9 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 28 June. You will be selected by respective county.

Under 15, 17, 20 and Senior Combined Events Championships – Are on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 12 July.

Under 13, 15 and 17 Championships – Are on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 August at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 2 August.

Under 15 and 17 Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 10 September at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 30 August. You will be selected by respective county.

This is the link to the full SEAA prospectus, which gives full details of each championship – 2022 Southern Outdoor Track & Field Prospectus (2)

RESULTS
UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – Took place at Eton on 24 April
Apologies, but the results are still to be published.

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Wormwood Scrubs on 27 April
800m – Men B ABDIRAHIM HAMUD U20  1st (PB 1:58.36) taking 1.86 seconds off his 2021 time, Mixed C NICOLE MCGOVERN U17  2nd (SB 2:12.63) and is ranked UK No.4 U17 in 2022

THROWS DEVELOPMENT INVITATION MEETING – Took place at Colchester on 24 April
Discus 1kg – SX PHILIPPA DAVENALL 1st (PB 37.45m) adding 3.11m to her 2015 throw
Hammer 4kg – SW PHILIPPA DAVENALL 1st (60.42m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM JAMES HAMBLIN (HCA) 1st (SB 60.71m) adding 2m to his 18 April throw, OLIVER GRAHAM U23 2nd (60.00m)

SCOTTISH JOINT LEAGUE MEETING – Took place at Grangemouth on 24 April
Long Jump – SW SELINA HENDERSON 2nd (PB 5.65m w3.9)
Shot 7.26kg – SM ANGUS MCINROY V35 1st (14.27m)
Discus 2kg – SM ANGUS MCINROY V35 1st (SB 47.20m) and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2022

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE SOUTHERN 2A – Took place at Perivale on 24 April
Long Jump – U20W A RUTH-ANN OTARUOH U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 5.09m nwr)

HARTNELL LAST CHANCE OPEN MEETING – Took place at Salinas, California, USA on 23 April
Discus 1kg – SW A SHADINE DUQUEMIN 1st (SB 56.12m) adding 99cm to her 7 April throw, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2022, B SHADINE finished 2nd (55.03m)

MARK YOUNG INVITATIONAL – Took place at New Haven, Connecticut, USA on 23 April
100m – SW 2 LARISSA GILES U20 (Yale University) 4th (SB 12.58 w2.3) taking .22 of a second off her 9 April time
800m – SM 2 LIAM GARRETT U23 (Yale University 2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 1:56.10) taking 10.70 seconds off his 2019 time
1500m – SM 1 LIAM GARRETT U23 (Yale University 2nd Claim) 2nd (PB 3:52.27) taking 8.83 seconds off his 2019 time

PURE ATHLETICS SPRING INVITATIONAL – Took place at Clermont, Florida, USA on 23 April
100m – SM H2 OJIE EDOBURUN 1st (10.25 w3.1), 1 OJIE finished 3rd (SB 10.02 w4.7) taking .05 of a second of his 9 April time
200m – SM 1 CHARLIE DOBSON (HCA) 1st (PB 19.99 w3.6) taking .20 of a second off his 15 April time

LOUGHBOROUGH OPEN MEETING – Took place at Loughborough on 23 April
1500m – SM SAM WIGGINS U23 3rd (PB 3:57.63) taking 41.17 seconds off his 2017 time
Discus 1kg – SW ALEXANDRA BALTAZAR-HALL U20 1st (PB 45.86m) adding 47cm to her 20 April throw, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2022
Javelin 800g – SM DANIEL BAINBRIDGE 1st (71.91m)

SCOTTISH STUDENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Grangemouth on 23 April
High Jump – SW CLAIRE MCGARVEY U23 won the Gold Medal (1.75m)

MAGALUF 10K – Took place at Magaluf, Spain on 23 April
JONAH MARKS U17 4th (PB 34.02) although it was classified as short

ARIZONA STATE TWILIGHT MEETING – Took place at Tempe, Arizona, USA on 22-23 April
200m – SW 2 LILY BECKFORD 6th (SB 24.47 nwr)
400m – SW 2 LILY BECKFORD 2nd (SB 52.83) taking 1.81 seconds off her 26 February time, and is ranked UK No.9 in 2022

DEWY DONAT OPEN MEETING – Took place at Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA on 22-23 April
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 1st (4.98m)

MICHAEL JOHNSON INVITATIONAL – Took place at Waco, Texas, USA on 22-23 April
Discus 2kg – SM B GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 8th (52.74m)

UW-WSU DUEL MEETING – Took place at Pulman, Washington, USA on 22 April
110m Hurdles – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 3rd (14.84 w1.1)
Long Jump – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 2nd (6.84m w3.4)

MITIN SANTA CRUZ DE TENEFIFE – Took place at Santa Cruz, Tenerife on 22 April
100m Hurdles – SW JESSICA HUNTER 1st (13.81 w-0.4)

VIRGINIA CHALLENGE – Took place at Charlottesville, Virginia, USA on 21-23 April
5000m – SM 2 JAMIE DEE (Iona College) 24th (14:13.24)
100m Hurdles – 1 2 LILY PARRIS U20 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 1st (SB 14.13 w2.5) taking .28 of a second off her 16 April time

CHARNWOOD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Loughborough on 20 April
Discus 1kg – SX ALEXANDRA BALTAZAR-HALL U20 1st (45.39m)
Discus 1.75kg – U20M PHARRELL HAREWOOD U20 1st (PB 41.46m)

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 20 April
Shows all athletes that achieved either a SB’s or PB’s.
800m – SX 3 LADDIE SHAW U13 7th (PB 2:39.10) taking .03 of a second off his 2021 time, 9 SCARLETT KENT U23 7th (SB 2:22.87), MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 7th (SB 2:24.52), 10 POSIE SHAW U15 9th (SB 2:23.45), 11 EUAN PHILLIPS U15 3rd (PB 2:16.83) taking 7.98 seconds off his 2021 time, ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 8th (PB 2:20.18) taking 4.40 seconds off his 2021 time, LOUIS PELTA U17 10th (SB 2:23.92), 12 THOMAS CADWALLADER U15 3rd (PB 2:09.58) taking 8.39 seconds off his 2021 time, 13 JACOB CLEMENT U17 2nd (SB 2:09.99), 15 JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 6th (SB 2:05.86), 17 GILAD NACHSHEN U20 4th (SB 1:58.17), GIANLEO STUBBS U20 5th (PB 1:59.13) taking 2.05 seconds off his 2021 time, 18 LUCA STUBBS U20 2nd (PB 1:54.53) taking 2.27 seconds off his 2021 time

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

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Avondale Forest on 23 April.
EUAN PHILLIPS U13 2nd (20.44) this was his 33rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Du Bois De Boulogne, Paris on 23 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 71st (38.32) this was his 220th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gladstone on 23 April.
ANDREW HOLMES V50 197th (28.28) this was his 36th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 23 April.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 160th (31.35) this was his 242nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 23 April.
STUART SINGER V60 35th (22.24) this was his 327th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 45th (22.57) this was his 175th Parkrun, LILY PLASETT U15 160th (29.40) this was her 21st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Victoria Dock on 23 April.
DAVID BOWERS 1st (16.08) this was his 2nd Parkrun, GLEN WATTS V35 2nd (16.09) this was his 13th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 28 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 26 MAY – The current 2022 Summer 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 on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 1 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav Wd25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 28 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 29 April

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 7 May at the Sportcity Regional Athletics Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – 2022-NAL-Timetable-OTF-2
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 8 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 5 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 6 May.

MIDDLESEX U13 UP TO SENIOR CENTENARY T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 14 May to Sunday 15 May at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
As a general guide U17, U20 & Seniors will compete on Saturday and U13 & U15 on Sunday.
Link for on-line entries – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/mdx-all/
Entries Close Saturday 30 April

NIGHT OF THE 10000m PBs – Takes place on Saturday 14 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Established in 2013, the 2022 races incorporates the British 10,000m Championships and return as the British Athletics 10,000m time trial race for the World Championships and European 10,000m Cup. Taking place at Parliament Hill Athletics Track, it will also provide a key performance indicator for athletes targeting the European Championships in Munich later in the summer. Free for spectators against a backdrop of music and entertainment, the high-quality open races are sure to be an event for all the family. 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 2 – The second fixture of four takes place on Saturday 21 May at the Finsbury Park Athletics Track, Endymion Road (Satnav N4 1EE).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 18 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 19 May. 

LONDON ANNIVERSARY GAMES –  Takes place on to Saturday 21 May at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
For full information on tickets and how to get there please use this link – http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/

EAMONN COUGHLAN’S GREATEST RACE – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph by MARK SHEARMAN.

After suffering disappointment at successive Olympics, the middle-distance runner wrote a redemption story that has gone down in Irish folklore. I was living between Dublin and New York after I graduated from Villanova University but, after the 1980 Olympics, when I finished fourth for the second time, my coach told me to go back full-time to America and train for the first ever World Championships which had just been announced for 1983. And he says: “Go and break the sub (3:50) indoor mile because that achievement will be like JOHN WALKER or ROGER BANNISTER in terms of a milestone. And you’re an indoor guy and you love indoors.”  Disappointingly, I ran (3:50.6) (still breaking his world record by two seconds) and then, in 1982, I was injured all year with Achilles tendon problems and with stress fractures in my shin bone. Miraculously, I got cured in West Germany, thanks to THOMAS WESSINGHAGE, my great rival and friend, so from September 1982 I just devoted that following year to chasing sub (3:50) miles and the World Championships. I made sure I didn’t overtrain. I just kept an average weekly mileage of 80 and if I got that for 20-30 weeks a year, that was fine. [The focus was] definitely don’t go much over that and stay healthy. And that’s what I did. I trained in New York up in the Rockefeller estates in Westchester. I had my training partners there and off I went to pursue that goal.

No doubt about it, there was an excitement about the first ever World Championships. It was perhaps seen at a political level as a breakaway from the Olympic movement … ‘The IAAF are now holding their World championships – how dare they!’ But in terms of the athletes and the coaches, the championships was going to be one for all the nations who participate in athletics to be there with no boycotts, so this was going to be a standout event. There was a good vibe about Helsinki all that year.  My confidence level was on a high, because I had run the (3:49) indoor mile. That was goal number one. But number two, my dad passed away, my coach in America passed away and my coach in Ireland passed away – all during that period when I was injured. So, going in there, I was highly motivated to try and do what those guys always believed I could do, which was win the Olympic Games. But, instead, we’d be competing at a World Championships, which was going to be even bigger. The times that were coming back in my workouts were all showing really well and I was injury-free and fresh, but there were going to be heats, semi-finals and the final all within a five-day period. I had that in the back of my head: “Will these other guys be able to maintain three 5000m races in the Championships?”

I was very fortunate that was the perhaps the greatest era of athletics in Ireland at world level, both indoors and outdoors. Just before me, there was FRANK MURPHY and RONNIE DELANY and so forth. And then there were all the guys that went to Villanova, JOHN HARTNETT and TOM GREGAN. We were all very competitive. And then RAY FLYNN and JOHN TREACY came on the scene at a young age in college. JOHN was out to kick my ass. I always had to kick his ass. RAY was able to kick my ass. I was able to kick RAY’S. We all had a very good friendship and a strong rivalry that really helped us. That was certainly a major part of getting to a world-class level. Going into the World Championships, I needed it to be completely the opposite of the tactics which I applied in the heat and semi-finals in the 1976 Olympics, which I learned from. I’d kicked ass in the heats and the semi and then I came out in the final, took the lead after 400m and completely stuffed it up.  The tactics in Helsinki were just to barely qualify for the semi-final without using too much energy. In the semis, it was awful rain. I just focused on staying out of trouble. I told myself: “Don’t show any cards”. In the final, my plan was to not show any cards, stay in the middle to the rear of the field for the first eight laps and then, after that, it’s a miler’s race. With about three laps to go, DIMITRIY DMITRIYEV took off. I stepped behind THOMAS WESSINGHAGE, having moved up. No-one was going anywhere and then, with 500m to go, I decided to pursue DIMITRIY gradually. When I caught him with about 300m to go, I knew I was going blow him away because I was so fresh and so strong and sharp. My tactics played out perfectly. One move and one move only. I raised my fists and my arms in a gesture that was “Thank God, I got it for you guys.” That’s what went through my mind when I knew I was going to win. I was gesturing a prayer almost. Some people took that as me being a really cocky son of a bitch. But they didn’t finish fourth in the Olympics twice before that. I was going to win. This was my moment of redemption. I put my arms up again, kind of in disbelief, coming up the straight. There was relief in there, as well. The podium was a real celebration. It was about my whole life of training in athletics, racing in athletics, being mentored and coached. The memories of the people who had been around me all came flooding back. This was the greatest feeling, to have achieved something that I was told I could always do.

THE ART OF MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNING – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

ANDY YOUNG, coach to Olympic silver medallist LAURA MUIR and Olympian JEMMA REEKIE, outlines what is involved in tackling disciplines from 800m to 3000m. Middle-distance running is a balance of several different elements. These include three types of running – endurance, speed and speed endurance – plus strength and conditioning and technique. That is universal. Everyone at every level can learn to improve their performance by improving each of the different elements.  

Anyone can run – In essence, everyone can become a distance runner of some sort and improve substantially by training, but the level reached will be mainly determined by natural ability. Distance running is perhaps more welcoming than, say, sprinting which relies more on whether you have fast-twitch muscle fibres.
You don’t have to be super skinny to be a distance runner. If you are going to be the very best in the world – that top 0.001 per cent – then the power to weight ratio is going to have to be on target but generally in middle-distance running there’s more scope for different types of body shape.
It’s a myth that skinny is always faster and will always produce a better power to weight ratio. That’s because of the need to ensure that the body is properly fuelled and not breaking down. For elite runners it’s a real challenge to find the balance which allows you to glide over the ground but without losing the power that you need to move yourself and also to provide enough fuel for the body to sustain the training that is required. 

It’s tough – Middle-distance running is not the most fun or the easiest discipline – it’s probably one of the hardest out there. It involves learning to work in that red zone when you’re really tired, your muscles are hurting and you have to learn to keep going. In time the body gets more used to it and adapts. Some people talk about training hard so that you can race more easily because training is where the really hard work is done.Jemma Reekie (FIDAL/Colombo) 

Developing speed – Speed can’t be developed in the same way that endurance can. It’s a lot easier to take someone who can sprint and add endurance than it is to take someone with endurance and add raw speed.
However, there is scope for every runner to get faster. I don’t mean that you can become as fast as DINA ASHER-SMITH over 100m, but through repeated work on technique and speed drills, week in week out – and this is something which is often ignored – over time your technique will improve and make you faster.
If you can run 400m in 50 seconds then doing a lap in 60 seconds is not going to feel that quick, but if you can only run 400m in 59 seconds then 60 seconds is going to feel pretty close to your limits. So you should try to improve your speed and your running economy because having a sprint finish or change of pace really helps a distance runner.   

Technique – Developing a good technique is important but it is not easy and it is not something that changes overnight. It’s about practicing repeatedly, trying to do something the right way, working on drills week in, week out. That can help the technique and help the muscle memory.
If you do things right repeatedly, over a long period of time your technique will get better. It’s incremental, seeing slight improvements followed by more slight improvements.
Old habits can still easily creep back in. To most people’s eye Laura Muir would have really good technique but she still has to work very hard to keep it at that high level.
Even as one of the best in the world at 28 years old with an Olympic medal, there’s still room for improvement. I still find myself pestering Laura about aspects of her technique. There’s no magical way of just walking in and saying “adjust this, change that” but it’s something you’ll be working on throughout your career.ra Muir wins in Monaco (Diamond League AG) 

Mileage – There is no right and wrong answer. One way is to approach it from a slower, endurance-based format with more volume, while the other way is more speed-based – faster but lower volume. I’ve seen both move towards similar results in the end. While those are quite different approaches in terms of total mileage, they both go back to the key elements.
If you approach it from the true distance side – having speed endurance and some speed – it’s going to help, while having endurance is still an important element of taking the approach of the faster but shorter mileage, especially as you get older.
You can’t say it has to be this, that or the other.
I tend to take the approach that everything is done slightly faster without a massive mileage. 

Gym work – For most of her career, Laura has done one gym session a week but I’ve recently put a second one in. I have put weights in for the first time. The session would be some kind of strength work, basically circuits, once a week throughout the year and we don’t necessarily shut it down in the track season. It’s always been a key element of the programme.
If you look at JEMMA [REEKIE] and LAURA you can see that they’ve got strong, toned body types and that’s from week in, week out doing the strength training. We haven’t worked on creating a lot of bulk but what you do see are well-toned athletes.   

Recovery – I always give my athletes one rest day per week. We train hard and we train intensely for six days and, having challenged the body that much, it’s important to give it time to recover. Also, if you’ve got any niggles or muscular issues then giving the body a day off gives it a chance to recover.
Recovery is something that I’ve always taken quite seriously. I might face an uprising if I tried to take away that day off! If I needed to put in extra work, I would prefer to do more in the six-day period and keep the recovery day rather than losing the day off.Andy Young with Laura Muir (Mark Shearman) 

Learning to race – There’s no simple answer to this but a vital thing is just racing. Take LAURA and JEMMA. When I met them, they were completely different athletes in terms of their ability to race.
I started working with LAURA when she was 18 and she was not in any way an experienced racer. It was almost a case of teaching her how to do it from scratch.
She hadn’t done a lot of racing and what she had done had not been in a particularly competitive environment so, when she was put in a track race with 10 other good girls, it wasn’t something she was particularly comfortable with or particularly knowledgeable about.
JEMMA had come through the club age groups and had done a lot more racing so she was a much more natural runner and racer in that environment. She was much more comfortable in it, so I had less of those elements to teach her.
A key element is just getting out there and seeing what works and what doesn’t. I am a great fan of the British Milers’ Club races, but there is also a lot that you can learn just running in club races which aren’t paced – learning to position yourself, making mistakes and learning from them.
It’s great if you can start at a young age, where it’s a lot more fun, anlearn where to be in a race, watch and improve. Sometimes it’s easier to watch a different race and point out mistakes rather than always going back and critiquing your own races.
When they are younger and at a slightly lower level I encourage people to race lots – indoors, outdoors, cross country, whatever. After all, racing is what you train for.  

Advice for young runners – In the training I have described so far I am primarily talking about what is suitable for adults. I would make quite a distinction between this and what I would advise for a younger athlete. It would be very easy for me to take a good 14-year-old and develop aspects of their running and make them appear like a potential star very quickly, but it would not necessarily be good for their long-term development.
I prefer a more balanced approach, waiting until the athlete has left school before letting them join my group when they are at least 18. Hopefully by then the body will have developed more before letting them train like an adult.
As youngsters it’s a good idea to be improving all the key elements – endurance, speed and speed endurance – and as an athlete gets older it may be an idea to introduce a bit of strength and conditioning through circuits.
However, it is of key importance not to try cram everything in at once and overdo the training as a younger athlete. At this age these various elements may be spread out over the year, with different focus at different times.
I’d rather see a well-rounded athlete at 18 who is not overtrained when they join my group, than one who has pushed their body too hard or too specifically too early.
What I’d like to see more focus on with younger athletes is working on technique and improving it. If you have worked on technique as a teenager then you are more likely to be better when you get older and increase the training. If you’ve already got better technique and better running economy, you are in a stronger place.
In the early years the way the body responds can be a bit different from that of an adult when exposed to training. Youngsters down at the track might do something that looks a bit more speed-based or less specific with longer recoveries, but even when doing this they may continue to see their overall aerobic and anaerobic capacity improve – even though they weren’t particularly working on that. Just going and doing a workout, doing a mix of things which don’t seem specific for distance running, can bring good secondary benefits.
However, by also doing the speed stuff and having more recoveries, younger athletes are also improving those elements of their running and that’s key for when they get to about 18 years old and are beginning to take it more seriously and becoming more specific in their training. By then they will have developed a wide range of skills and abilities.

DINA ASHER-SMITH – This is the photograph taken at last week’s LICC meeting at Lee Valley. DINA following her outstanding 300m race, to pose with 5 of our young athletes, from left to right MIA HIGSON, LUCY CAMPOS, SEAN SUTHERLAND, MACIE SUTHERLAND, DINA ASHER-SMITH, DAISY HARVEY-DEW and ALANA SAMJI.

UPDATE ON VOLUNTEERS – RAY POWELL has now advised me that the response for The Westminster Mile has been disappointing, and RAY has now advised London Marathon that the club cannot fulfil our commitment.
Regarding the Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, RAY now has the 10 volunteers required, many thanks to you all, and enjoy your day in Green Park.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

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BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 21 April to Andrew Millett, Joe Purbrick, Leo Roncarati, Mekhi Spence-Forde, Jamal Rhoden-Stevens, Lucy Taylor, Odera Umeugoji, Tariq Wild and Ben Winfield

RECENT NEW MEMBERS–We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to ALANA SAMJI and LARISSA WILSON

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETICS OFFICIATING – Good afternoon all. It has been discussed recently, we need to build up the number of officials we have available to help us promote athletics meetings both at the StoneX Stadium and at other local venues.

Can you please help by checking with the parents of athletes in your groups or perhaps even some of your athletes whether they are interested in officiating at athletics events and whether they could attend the introductory sessions at the StoneX Stadium. Any support would be greatly appreciated. There’s a real risk following the Covid outbreaks and the number of officials that have recently retired, that some inter-club athletics meetings will have to be cancelled.
The dates and times for the final session are; Tuesday 26 April from 18.30 to 20.00. The tutor is TAMSIN JAMES, who is an excellent official and who regularly supports our meetings.
Can you please confirm availability and details of any of your introductions who can attend ASAP. You too would be welcome. Thanks, and take care.

GEOFFREY MORPHITIS Telephone: 020 8447 1066, Mobile: 07976 994 302, E-mail: geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com

RESULTS
LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES – Took place at Lee Valley on 16 April
100m – SX 4 HANNAH FOSTER U23 1st (SB 11.99 w-0.9) and is ranked UK No.6 U23 in 2022, 5 ALEX BEECHEY (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 10.79 w0.9), GERALD MATTHEW 7th (SB 10.88 w0.9), 7 EDSON GOMES 1st (PB 11.03 w-1.8) taking .03 of a second off his 2021 time, DITA JAJA U23 7th (SB 12.41 w-1.8), 8 CALVIN SMITH U20 6th (SB 11.71 w-2.6), 10 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 5th (SB 12.46 w-0.3) and is ranked UK No.3 V50 in 2022, 11 JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY U15 1st (PB 11.91 w-0.6) taking .14 of a second off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.9 U15 in 2022, EUGENE RIZA 4th (SB 12.83 w-0.6), 13 TRISTAN LEE U15 2nd (PB 12.99 w-0.9) taking .23 of a second off his 2022 time, 14 LANI JAIYEOLA U13 1st (PB 13.14 w0.9) taking .30 of a second off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U13 in 2022, ONYEBUCHA ODIAKA U15 4th (SB 13.46 w0.9), MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 5th (PB 13.48 w0.9) taking .04 of a second off her 2021 time, 15 MIA HIGSON U17 2nd (PB 13.38 w-0.7) taking .16 of a second off her 2021 time, ARIANA GOMES U20 5th (PB 14.07 w-0.7) taking .44 of a second off her 10 April time, 16 LUCY CAMPOS U17 2nd (PB 13.66 w2.1) taking .13 of a second off her 2021 time, ANU JAIYEOLA U11 5th (PB 14.39 w2.1) taking .79 of a second off her 2021 time
200m – SX 4 HANNAH FOSTER U23 1st (SB 24.10 w-1.1) and is ranked UK No.8 U23 in 2022, EVE WRIGHT U23 2nd (PB 24.41 w-1.1) taking .67 of a second off her 2021 time, HAYLEY MCLEAN 4th (PB 24.81 w-1.1) taking .12 of a second off her 2021 time, LUCY WOODWARD U23 5th (26.43 w-1.1), 5 ALEX BEECHEY (2nd Claim) 4th (SB 21.57 w0.3), 6 COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 1st (SB 22.05 w0.5) and is ranked UK No.1 T20 in 2022, EDSON GOMES 2nd (SB 22.15 w0.5), CALVIN SMITH U20 6th (SB 22.55 w0.5), 8 JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY U15 4th (PB 22.64 w0.8) taking .69 of a second off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U15 in 2022, DITA JAJA U23 7th (25.60 w0.8), 9 MATTHEW OHIOZE U23 3rd (SB 25.01 w0.2), 11 TRISTAN LEE U15 1st (PB 26.38 w-1.1), 12 LANI JAIYEOLA U13 4th (PB 26.99 w1.0) taking 1.25 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.3 U13 in 2022, ONYEBUCHA ODIAKA U15 5th (PB 27.57 w1.0) taking .34 of a second off his 2021 time, 13 EUGENE RIZA 1st (PB 27.47 w0.0), LUCY CAMPOS U17 3rd (SB 28.89 w0.0), ALANA SAMJI U17 4th (PB 29.22 w0.0), DAISY HARVEY-DEW U17 7th (SB 30.96 w0.0)
300m – SX 2 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (PB 41.95) and is ranked UK No.2 V50 in 2022, 3 JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V50 1st (PB 41.46) and is ranked UK No.1 V50 in 2022, MIA HIGSON U17 3rd (PB 43.37) taking 1.03 seconds off her 2021 time, MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 4th (PB 43.86) taking 1.04 seconds off her 2021 time, AZARIA NWANKWO U17 5th (SB 44.57), OLIVE HARVEY-DEW U17 7th (SB 45.04)
400m – SX 2 GERALD MATTHEW 5th (SB 51.10)
800m – SX 2 LIA RADUS U23 4th (2:47.39), 4 JOSIAH WILLIAMS-OLLIVIERRE U17 1st (PB 2:10.98) taking 7.73 seconds off his 2021 time, 6 CALEB HILTON U13 2nd (PB 2:35.17), LISA WEBB V55 5th (SB 2:38.75) and is ranked UK No.3 V55 in 2022, PHOEBE MUSIC U15 6th (SB 2:58.18)
80m Hurdles – U17W AZARIA NWANKWO U17 2nd (PB 12.40 w-0.1) taking .29 of a second off her 2021 time, HOPE BAKER U17 6th (SB 12.95 w-0.1)
110m Hurdles – SM GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 14.43 w-0.1) taking .31 of a second off his 10 April time, and is ranked UK No.1 V50 in 2022
400m Hurdles – SW HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (SB 57.43) and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022
High Jump – SX REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 2nd (SB 1.60m) equalling her 19 March height, HOPE BAKER U17 6th (SB 1.50m) adding 2cm to her 27 March height
Pole Vault – SX TOLU AYO-OJO U23 6th (SB 3.60m), STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 16th (2.60m)
Long Jump – SX A EBENEZER JOSEPH (2nd Claim) 5th (5.65m nwr), B LANI JAIYEOLA U13 8th (PB 4.43m nwr) adding 58cm to his 2021 jump
Discus 1kg – SX B KATIE WEBB U20 2nd (SB 32.84m), OLIVIA LAVA U20 3rd (SB 32.59m)
Shot 4kg – SX B ELENI KAPONI 3rd (PB 7.11m)
Hammer 4kg – SX AMY CLEMENS 1st (SB 49.02m) adding 3,54m to her 14 April throw
Hammer 7.26kg – SM OLIVER GRAHAM U23 1st (SB 60.26m) adding 59cm to his 20 March throw, and is ranked UK No.7 in 2022
Javelin 600g – SX A LUCY WOODWARD U23 1st (SB 30.58m), HELENA AGHOLOR 5th (PB 21.50m) adding 1.70m to her 19 March throw
Javelin 800m – SM B MILAN TRAJKOVIC U20 2nd (SB 53.71m) adding 64cm to his 1o April throw, MICHAEL GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 6th (36.12m)

WOODFORD GREEN WITH ESSEX LADIES OPEN MEETING – Took place at Woodford on 18 April
Hammer 7.26kg – SM OLIVER GRAHAM U23 1st (SB 61.05m) adding 79cm to his 16 April throw, and is ranked UK No.5 U23 in 2022, JAMES HAMBLIN (2nd Claim) 2nd (58.71m)

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 16 April
Will add any SB’s or PB’s next week, when the results will be on the PO10.
800m – SX 3 LADDIE SHAW U13 7th (2:39.10), 6 LARISSA WILSON U17 1st (2:26.09),  9 SCARLETT KENT U23 7th (2:22.87), MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 7th (2:24.52), 10 POSIE SHAW U15 9th (2:23.45), 11 EUAN PHILLIPS U15 3rd (2:16.83), ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 8th (2:20.18), LOUIS PELTA U17 10th (2:23.92), 12 THOMAS CADWALLADER U15 3rd (2:09.58), 13 JACOB CLEMENT U17 2nd (2:09.99), JOSIAH WILLIAMS-OLLIVERRE U17 4th (2:11.11), 15 JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 6th (2:05.86), 17 GILAD NACHSHEN U20 4th (1:58.17), GIANLEO STUBBS U20 5th (1:59.13), 18 LUCA STUBBS U20 2nd (1:54.53)

SOUTHAMPTON OPEN MEETING – Took place at Southampton on 16 April
Long Jump – U20X TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (6.19m nwr)
Shot 5kg – U17M TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 15.66m) adding 1.08m to his 3 April put, and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2022
Discus 1.5kg – SM TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (44.05m)
Hammer 4kg – SX JESSICA-CHARLIE BENNETT U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (47.75m)

BILL WHISTLECROFT OPEN MEETING – Took place at Yeovil on 16 April
2000m Steeplechase – SW AMELIA WILLS U23 (2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 7:04.04) and is ranked UK No.5 in 2022

KENNESAW STATE INVITATIONAL – Took place at Kennesaw, Georgia, USA on 15-16 April
100m – SM 1 OJIE EDOBURUN 2nd (10.42 w-0.1)

SOONER INVITATIONAL – Took place at Norman, Oklahoma, USA on 15-16 April
Long Jump – SM B BRAD DAVIES-PUGHE U20 (Cloud County) 1st (SB 7.53m w1.4) adding 28cm to his 9 April jump, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2022

LARRY ELLIS INVITATIONAL – Took place at Princeton, New Jersey, USA on 15-16 April
200m – SW 5 LILY PARRIS U20 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 4th (SB 25.68 w1.9) taking 1.12 seconds off her 5 February time
100m Hurdles – SW H4 LILY PARRIS U20 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 3rd (SB 14.42 w0.7) taking .40 of a second off her 9 April time, SW LILY finished 4th (SB 14.41 w0.7) taking .01 of a second off her H4 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2022

COMEBACK 5000m OPEN MEETING – Took place at Battersea Park on 15 April
5000m – SX 5 KOJO KYEREME V45 3rd (SB 14:51.68) and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2022, 6 TOM BUTLER 7th (SB 14:48.30), 7 JEREMY DEMPSEY 9th (SB 14:23.27), ALEXANDER LEPRETRE (2nd Claim) 11th (SB 14:29.84), 8 GEORGIA BELL 3rd (PB 16:08.42)

RUN JUMP THROW SERIES – Took place at Sheffield on 15 April
300m – SX 1 ROBERT SHIPLEY U13 (2nd Claim) 2nd (SB 35.04)

ST ALBANS 10K – Took place at St Albans on 15 April
PAUL LEWIS V50 46th (PB 39.55)

PACIFIC COAST INTERCOLLEGIATE – Took place at Long Beach, California, USA on 14 April
Discus 2kg – SM E NICK PERCY 1st (SB 62.54m) adding 19cm to his 9 April throw, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022

BOSTON MARATHON – Took place at Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 18 April
DANIEL WATTS 1231st (2:48.55)

TOM JONES MEMORIAL MEETING – Took place at Gainesville, Florida, USA on 15-16 April
200m – SM OD2 CHARLIE DOBSON (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 20.19 w0.9) taking .34 of a second off his 2019 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022
200m – SW OD1 LINA NIELSEN 5th (PB 23.11 w0.6) taking .02 of a second off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022
400m – SW OD LINA NIELSEN 3rd (PB 51.54) taking 1.02 seconds off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022 

HARROW OPEN MEETING – Took place at Harrow on 14 April
Discus 1.75kg – U20M JAMES ISAACS U20 1st (SB 40.39m) and is ranked UK No.7 U20 in 2022
Discus 2kg – SM NEVILLE THOMPSON V65 3rd (SB 40.08m) and is ranked UK No.1 V65 in 2022
Hammer 4kg – SX AMY CLEMENS 2nd (SB 45.48m)

ML SAC RELAYS – Took place at Walnut, California, USA on 13-16 April
100m – SM D2 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 3rd (SB 11.11 w1.9)
200m – SM E MICHAEL OHIOZE 6th (SB 20.91 w1.6) taking .12 of a second off his 2 April time, and is ranked UK No.6 in 2022
400m – SM D1 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 6th (51.91)
800m – SM E KYLE LANGFORD 9th (1:51.90)
1500m – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 9th (PB 4:39.72) taking 16.29 seconds off his 2019 time
110m Hurdles – SM D3 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 4th (14.85 w0.8)
High Jump – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 12th (1.86m)
Pole Vault – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 11th (PB 4.40) adding 20cm to his 26 February height
Long Jump – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 10th (6.83m w1.0)
Shot 7.26kg – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 11th (PB 12.90m) adding 15cm to his 25 February put
Discus 1kg – SW E JADE LALLY 4th (59.22m), SHADINE DUQUEMIN 8th (54.37m)
Discus 2kg – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 12th (36.36m), E NICK PERCY 1st (PB 63.47m) adding 23cm to his 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022
Javelin 800g – SM D JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 10th (PB 49.96m) adding 3.82m to his 2020 throw

Decathlon – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 11th (PB 7139 points)

RED RAIDER OPEN MEETING – Took place at Orange City, Iowa, USA on 13-14 April
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 1st (4.90m)

BRYAN CLAY INVITATIONAL – Took place at Azusa, California, USA on 13-14 April
400m – SM 12 JAMAL RHODEN-STEVENS 1st (47.17)

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

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 16 April.
LOUIS PELTA U17 10th (22.16) this was his 53rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Chevin Forest on 16 April.
ARTHUR PHILLIPS U13 6th (20.10) this was his 56th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Clapham Common on 16 April.
DAVID BOWERS 1st (16.47) this was his 1st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Colchester Castle on 16 April.
JULIAN LAMY 1st (17.52) this was his 34th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Fell Foot on 16 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 253rd (35.32) this was his 219th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Finsbury on 16 April.
BRADLEY SINGER 85th (24.15) this was his 174th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gunpowder on 16 April.
SCARLETT KENT U20 17th (PB 19.57) this was her 45th Parkrun, RUFUS KENT U23 18th (19.59) this was his 44th Parkrun, JO KENT V55 (2nd Claim) 22nd (20.01) this was her 83rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Llanerchaeron on 16 April.
EMILY NIELAN V35 42nd (23.39) this was her 17th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lymington Woodside on 16 April.
REBEKAH HOUNSELL 13th (PB 19.48) this was her 65th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 16 April.
STUART SINGER V60 37th (22.26) this was his 326th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Upton House on 16 April.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 223rd (34.37) this was his 171st Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 21 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 19 MAY – The current 2022 Summer 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 on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 24 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 1 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav Wd25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 28 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 29 April

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 7 May at the Sportcity Regional Athletics Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – 2022-NAL-Timetable-OTF-2
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 8 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 5 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 6 May.

MIDDLESEX U13 UP TO SENIOR CENTENARY T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 14 May to Sunday 15 May at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
As a general guide U17, U20 & Seniors will compete on Saturday and U13 & U15 on Sunday.
Link for on-line entries – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/mdx-all/
Entries Close Saturday 30 April

NIGHT OF THE 10000m PBs – Takes place on Saturday 14 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Established in 2013, the 2022 races incorporates the British 10,000m Championships and return as the British Athletics 10,000m time trial race for the World Championships and European 10,000m Cup. Taking place at Parliament Hill Athletics Track, it will also provide a key performance indicator for athletes targeting the European Championships in Munich later in the summer. Free for spectators against a backdrop of music and entertainment, the high-quality open races are sure to be an event for all the family..

JAN PEARSON HER FIRST DAY TIMEKEEPING – JAN who recently joined us, sent me this note following her timekeeping experience at last Saturday’s LICC meeting.

Did my first ever stint as a volunteer athletics timekeeper today. Full on 8 hour day but at a venue only 10 minutes from home. Luckily the sun was shining. A top official trusted me with her expensive stopwatch – I’ll have to buy my own to carry on. A mix of events and age groups. A surprise entrant was the delightful Team GB golden girl DINA ASHER-SMITH who ran in the unfamiliar 300m and of course left everyone in her wake. She took a long time to recover but still spent time with her adoring public (the other athletes). Her parents were there supporting her.

There’s a lot of concentration involved in timekeeping. I was just given 1st place to take and then to compare my time with the chief timekeeper. She and the other two also recorded 2nd and 3rd and usually all the rest in the longer races. You have to focus on the starter who is positioned in different places depending on the event (we have a good vantage point from our timekeeper’s stand) and know when to click start when he fires his starting pistol and then to click stop at the right time on the line. Hard to see the winner in a close 100m. It all happens so fast. Apparently, I did well for a first time. Luckily there was also electronic timekeeping and photo finish so I could check how close I was to the actual time. I was never spot on but got very close sometimes. For the 4x 400m relay I had a bit extra to do – pressing a different button to record the 4 individual runners’ lap times too. There was a junior female from Taunton attempting to qualify for the European Champs and Commonwealth Games in the 5000m Walk. Not sure if she made the time. Hope she did – she looked good.
I did enjoy it so I’ve got a few more days lined up this year – mostly at StoneX Stadium, aka Copthall, home of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (who were there before Saracens arrived to share the space!)

Congratulations JAN on your debut, it sounds that you had an exciting and fulfilling day at Lee Valley, photograph of JAN during the day.

Photograph of a timekeeper’s watch, I think I would need a 2 day course to use it.

In fact, DINA ASHER-SMITH ran (36.41) in winning her 300m race, ranking her UK No.1, earlier this year Shaftesbury’s LINA NIELSEN ran (37.35) albeit Indoors, ranking her UK No.3.

A LOOK INSIDE THE CALL ROOM – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Before stepping out into an arena to compete, the final stage athletes have to negotiate is the Call Room. VERITY OCKENDEN writes about a space which can either make – or break – your performance.

Log your 10,000 hours, eat well, sleep well, break the bank for the shoes if you must, but come “squeaky bum” time all can be won or lost in the final quarter of an hour before the gun fires. The last frontier, the space in which the only variables left are entirely down to you and your competitors and how you react to the situation you find yourselves in, is the often-dreaded Call Room. The mere crackle of peeling paper as hip numbers are slapped on to sweating skin charges the room with an unavoidable electricity – whether you choose to catch a gaze or avoid it, to crack a joke or to remain aloof. This is a place within which the closest of bonds and the fiercest of rivalries between athletes are forged, and you never quite know what you’ll be faced with until you cross that threshold.  To begin with the bare bones of the beast, one must smoothly navigate the plethora of logistical formalities involved in the differing Call Room procedures of each event throughout the season. Although certain rules and norms exist, these can vary from country to country and depend on the facilities available and the level of the competition itself. Understandably, it helps if you understand the language spoken at the meet in which you’re competing. Timings for entry to and exit from the Call Room are precise, and protocols within them are strict so planning your warm-up accordingly is the first step to success here. There’s a very fine line to be trodden between the achieving the optimum timing of your last set of drills or stride-outs and missing the last call. Once you’re inside, there’s really no going back so you must be ready to race both physically and psychologically.

Personally, I’ll never forget once of my first experiences of a no-nonsense Call Room back when the British Universities Championships were the biggest date on my calendar and I was a naive young 1500m runner. GEMMA KERSEY was the favourite to win by some margin and her confident pre-race chatter baffled me, even if I couldn’t help but laugh along nervously. I couldn’t fathom how somebody so serious about the sport could so blithely be pondering the best ice cream shop to visit that afternoon a mere 15 minutes before such a decisive event in her career was due to begin. That, coupled with the old-school attitudes of our officials who merrily stereotyped us as we begged for one last chaperoned trip to the bathrooms with an “all right, I suppose you girls all need to fix your hair again don’t you?” was enough to sow subtle seeds of doubt in my malleable mind that day. Somehow, since then, I’ve graduated to coping well and even thriving in these kind of scenarios with many a sickening stomach-lurch and many a laugh along the way. At the 2020 European Indoor Championships in Poland for example, when mask-wearing was mandatory even in the Call Room and for the first time in my life, my entrance on to the track was choreographed for the camera beforehand, it was fun and I felt a power in the absorption of the atmosphere of the Call Room.

Arriving at this point can feel like a consciously performative process at first, but as Olympians such as ALEXI PAPPAS and MOLLY SEIDEL have recently advocated after receiving public critique for their smiles and waves mid-marathon efforts, there shouldn’t have to be a divide between pursuing excellence seriously and enjoying oneself while doing so.  Evidently, experience is a valuable asset in developing the kind of confidence required to walk into such an environment as the Call Room and come out of it the other side unshaken in your attitude. However, while the Call Room can be an unpleasantly anxious place if you let it, it is possible even to enjoy it if you cultivate a good mindset. You’ll know that perhaps you’ll have your attire questioned and covered in duct tape by an overzealous and intimidating official, perhaps you’ll be assigned a starstruck kid with whom to bump fists as they carry your discarded belongings into the arena for you. You’ll know that all eyes might shift to you when the pacemaker double-checks the splits requested, or perhaps contrarily you’ll find yourself the underdog nobody is watching. Perhaps you’re the only entrant without another team-mate present, an outsider to the camaraderie of their conversation. All of these things you anticipate and you find a tried and tested method that suits you and helps you to remain who you need to be on reaching the start line. Of course, you’ll make mistakes and learn from them along the way but isn’t that all part of the game?

AIMING HIGH IN THE POLE VAULT – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Former Olympic champion and Spire Institute Academy coach TIM MACK gives his top tips to the next generation of pole vaulters. You want to be a pole vaulter – and who can blame you? True glory is to be found in flinging yourself over a bar with a fiberglass pole. The truth is, the pole vault is not only one of the most fun events in track and field but, in my opinion, it is also the most rewarding.  There’s a lot more to it than a random fling over a pole. There are many different qualities that one must possess, including a little speed, strength, gymnastic ability, flexibility, mental toughness, a hard work ethic, patience, competitiveness and the willingness to try something new and exciting. It helps to excel at any one of these attributes, but it’s not required. You can be great at some of the elements and not so good at others but, ultimately, you must have the willingness to work hard to get just a little bit better. The true beauty of the sport is that there are limitless ways to get better. I am going to identify some elements that will help a young vaulter enjoy a long, safe and healthy future in the sport.   

Step One – Find your coach and mentor Before you even start this journey, it’s important to find a pole vault coach. This person may be at your school or a private sports club in your area, but he or she could also be a private individual that offers lessons.  

Step Two – Learn to run properly As a pole vaulter, you should run upright, extending your legs fully into the ground while maintaining a high heel recovery and lifting your thighs very high. Remember not to lean forward. We have a pole that is trying to pull us forward and the only way to counter that is to be sure to run tall. Make sure to take all the running drills very seriously. Understand the hows and whys for each drill. Eliminate talking while performing drills; talking takes your focus off the task and slows down your progress. Really try to feel what your muscles are doing and become “in tune” with your body. As a young athlete, you may not initially feel any connection with your muscle groups. Give it time and patience and you will.

Step Three – Maintain your flexibility and co-ordination Although you will work on developing flexibility and co-ordination in your regular workout routine, commit to an additional 10 or 15 minutes each morning to focus exclusively on these aspects. In pole vaulting, your body must be able to move in strange and different positions. If I ask an athlete to perform an action and they aren’t able to do it, I want to be sure it isn’t an issue with their flexibility. I call this a “sticking point”.  To remove these “sticking points”, I have a series of pole vault-related exercises and drills that we perform four days a week. These exercises are related to running mechanics, hip and shoulder flexibility, abdominal and shoulder strength and flexibility. I also add many pole vault-specific skills to these morning sessions. These may include walking drills with a pole, swinging on rings or a rope or whatever the focus is for that time of the year. I do these to further create layers of pole vault technical patterns, literally programming the pole vaulter’s body. We do these exercises at SPIRE Institute & Academy (IA) before 8:30 am. Early morning is when it’s calmest. Quiet sessions, without any stressors or distractions, provide the optimal atmosphere to learn. These early morning repetitions, done over the span of a year, can lead to thousands and thousands of repetitions more than the average pole vaulting competitor will achieve.

Step Four – Learn to run with the pole and drop it properly You must become on with the pole! The width of your grip should be as wide as if you jumped up to hang on a high bar. Don’t grip too wide or too narrow. I teach every vaulter to count their left steps quietly under their breath. This is because there are certain “checkpoints” that I use to determine if the pole is falling at the proper pace. I teach them to count down high to low, from the first time their left foot hits the ground until they jump off the ground. At the vaulter’s sixth step out from take-off, I like the pole angle to be 50 degrees from the ground. Then, at the vaulter’s third step out from the box, the pole angle should be approximately five degrees. Finally, at the vaulter’s take-off position, the pole should be completely extended with the vaulter ready to jump off the ground. I made up many drills, if not all, on my own to mimic these positions. I had fun with it. I was just being an actor, acting out what the best pole vaulters in the world were doing. 

Step Five – Use your Imagination Use your imagination while practicing, when creating your own drills, and when motivating yourself each day. I used my imagination when I looked at myself in the mirror and told myself, “you are the greatest pole vaulter to ever live,” even when I didn’t necessarily believe it. I used my imagination to build a running sled to help my running posture and when I tore apart my running spikes, I rebuilt them and glued them back together to make me taller. I used my imagination to see myself walking out to the Olympic Stadium every day. Use your imagination to visualise your goals each and every day. You are the next generation of pole vaulters; learn from those who came before you, as I did. When you’ve succeeded, I hope to hear that they helped you achieve your dreams.

UPDATE ON VOLUNTEERS – RAY POWELL has now advised me that the response for The Westminster Mile has been disappointing, and RAY has now advised London Marathon that the club cannot fulfil our commitment.
Regarding the Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, RAY now has the 10 volunteers required, many thanks to you all, and enjoy your day in Green Park.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

All the following photographs feature our many athletes that competed in the Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on 19-20 March.

The following are photographs from the LICC meeting at Lee Valley on 16 April

DINA ASHER-SMITH WITH SBH ATHLETES – Taken with her following her 300m win, from left to right MIA HIGSON, LUCY CAMPOS, SEAN SUTHERLAND, MACIE SUTHERLAND, DINA ASHER-SMITH, DAISY HARVEY-DEW and ALANA SAMJI.

200m ENTERING THE STRAIT – From left to right is HAYLEY MCLEAN who finished 4th with a personal best (24.81 w-1.1), then GWENDOLINE DALEY of Woodford Green who finished 3rd, EVE WRIGHT who finished 2nd with a personal best (24.41 w-1.1), finally HANNAH FOSTER who won the race in a season’s best (24.10 w-1.1) which ranks her UK No.8 U23 in 2022.

OUR UNDER 20 DISCUS THROWERS – Celebrating after their afternoon efforts are KATIE WEBB who won the Discus with a season’s best (32.84m), and OLIVIA LAVA also with a season’s best (32.59m)

TWO OF OUR SPRINTERS AFTER THEIR DAYS WORK – SEAN SUTHERLAND who ran the 100m (12.45 w-0.3) then won the 300m with a personal best (41.95) which ranks him UK No.2 V50 in 2022, then EUGENE RIZA who ran a season’s best in the 100m (12.83 w-0.6) and a personal best in the 200m (27.47 w0.0).

NICK PERCY – Photograph celebrating his outstanding Discus personal best of (63.47m) adding 23cm to his 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022. The competition was the ML SAC Relays at Walnut, California, USA on 16 April.

VIDEO OF TOM BUTLER – Taken at the Comeback 5000m Meeting at Battersea Park on 15 April,
TOM finished 7th in a season’s best (14:48.30).

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 14 April to Louis Cross, Victoria Godfrey, Yann Janssen, Scarlett Kent, Eljone Kruger, Lauren Maltz, Kelly Mavididi, Lola McCann-Ezekiel, Dylan Michel, Tristan Procida, Robert Rigby, Sean Sutherland, Seth Taylor and Alan Weller

RECENT NEW MEMBERS –We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to MAKSIE OLOLI, LANRE PRATT and LEWIS WARD

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES – The first of four LICC/LUCA fixtures takes place this Saturday 16 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Link to timetable – LICC LUCA Lee Valley 16-04-22 (4)
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closed

UPDATE ON VOLUNTEERS – RAY POWELL has now advised me that the response for The Westminster Mile has been disappointing, and RAY has now advised London Marathon that the club cannot fulfil our commitment.
Regarding the Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, RAY now has the 10 volunteers required, many thanks to you all, and enjoy your day in Green Park.

INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETICS OFFICIATING – Good afternoon all. It has been discussed recently, we need to build up the number of officials we have available to help us promote athletics meetings both at the StoneX Stadium and at other local venues.

Can you please help by checking with the parents of athletes in your groups or perhaps even some of your athletes whether they are interested in officiating at athletics events and whether they could attend the introductory sessions at the StoneX Stadium. Any support would be greatly appreciated. There’s a real risk following the Covid outbreaks and the number of officials that have recently retired, that some inter-club athletics meetings will have to be cancelled.
The dates and times for the 2 sessions are; Tuesday 19 April from 18.30 to 20.00 and Tuesday 26 April from 18.30 to 20.00. The tutor is TAMSIN JAMES, who is an excellent official and who regularly supports our meetings.
Can you please confirm availability and details of any of your introductions who can attend ASAP. You too would be welcome. Thanks, and take care.

GEOFFREY MORPHITIS Telephone: 020 8447 1066, Mobile: 07976 994 302, E-mail: geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com

RESULTS
LEE VALLEY APRIL OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 10 April
100m – SW 3 VANESSA ANSUAA U20 2nd (SB 13.02 w-2.0), 7 LYDIA BALL U15 4th (SB 14.28 w-2.8), ARIANA GOMES 5th (PB 14.51 w-2.8) taking .13 of a second off her 2021 time, 10 WERONIKA KALINSKI U17 1st (PB 13.78 w-1.3) taking .26 of a second off her 2021 time
200m – SM 2 MALACHI AMADI U17 4th (SB 23.27 w-2.6)
200m – SW 2 VANESSA ANSUAA U20 5th (26.90 w-2.9), 6 ARIANA GOMES 7th (SB 30.75 w-2.6), 7 LYDIA BALL U15 3rd (PB 29.14 w-3.3) taking .16 of a second off her 2021 time, 8 WERONIKA KALINSKI U17 1st (29.09 w-2.0)
400m – SW HAYLEY MCLEAN 2nd (54.90)
100m Hurdles – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 14.74 w-2.2) and is ranked UK No.1 V50 in 2022
110m Hurdles – U20M RUBEN HEDMAN U20 4th (SB 15.81 w-3.1) and is ranked UK No.9 U20 in 2022
Javelin 800g – SM MILAN TRAJKOVIC U20 1st (SB 53.07m) and is ranked UK No.8 U20 in 2022, MIGUEL GONZALEZ-BETANCOURT V45 2nd (PB 37.08m) adding 3.19m to his 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.3 V45 in 2022

MAISTONE AND MEDWAY OPEN MEETING – Took place at Gillingham on 10 April
300m – SX 1 ALEX BEECHEY (2nd Claim) 2nd (PB 34.17) taking .48 of a second off his 2017 time

NUNEATON OPEN MEETING – Took place at Nuneaton on 10 April
400m – SX 1 DITA JAJA U23 3rd (PB 60.62), 7 CALVIN SMITH U20 6th (50.16)
100m Hurdles – SW JESSICA HUNTER 1st (SB 13.76 w1.2) and is ranked UK No.6 in 2022

NATIONAL MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS – Took place at Sutton Park on 9 April
Men’s 12 Stage – 1st Tonbridge (4:13.11), 2nd Highgate Harriers (4:13.24), 3rd Bedford & County (4:14.25) 53 teams finished
Fastest Long Leg – Nick Goolab of Belgrave Harriers (25.23), Fastest Short Leg – Thomas Keen of Cambridge & Coleridge (15.10)
Women’s 6 Stage – 1st Salford (2:14.27), 2nd Highgate Harriers (2:18.12), 3rd Basingstoke & Mid Hants (2:18.55) 25 teams finished
Fastest Long Leg – Eleanor Bolton of Salford Harriers (29.20), Fastest Short Leg – Gemma Steel of Charnwood (17.17)

NATIONAL U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Sutton Park on 9 April
Under 15 Boys – The winner was Jacob Nugent of Mansfield (16.44) 7 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Mansfield (10 points) 1 team finished
Under 15 Girls – The winner was Milly Dunger of Bedford & County (17.59) 4 runners finished
No Team Completed
Under 17 Men – The winner was Joshua Blevins of Gateshead (15.31) 14 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Wirral “A” (11 points), 2nd Wirral “A” (27) 2 teams finished
Under 17 Women – The winner was Emilia Platt of East Cheshire & Tameside (17.59) 10 runners finished
Team Result – 1st East Cheshire & Tameside (11 points), 2nd Tipton Harriers (18) 2 teams finished

BERMUDA GAMES – Took place at Hamilton, Bermuda on 9 April
800m – SW ELLIE BAKER 5th (PB 2:05.87)
1500m – SM KYLE LANGFORD 6th (SB 3:47.89)

ATLANTA TRACK CLUB GRAND PRIX – Took place at Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 9 April
100m – SM H1 OJIE EDOBURUN 3rd (SB 10.38 nwr), 1 OJIE finished 3rd (SB 10.07 w-1.3) taking .31 of a second off his H1 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022

HARVARD v YALE – Took place at New Haven, Connecticut, USA on 9 April
100m – SW LARISSA GILES U20 (Yale University) 5th (SB 12.80 w0.1) taking .09 of a second off her 2 April time
5000m – SM LIAM GARRETT U23 (2nd Claim) 9th (PB 14:43.64) taking 23.63 seconds off his 2018 time, and is ranked UK No.8 U23 in 2022

HAVERING SPRING OPEN MEETING – Took place at Hornchuch on 9 April
Long Jump – SX B OGO ANOCHIRIONYE (2nd Claim) 1st (6.84m nwr)

SOUTHAMPTON INVITATIONAL THROWS MEETING – Took place at Southampton on 9 April
Shot 5kg – U17M TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (14.52m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (42.15m)
Hammer 4kg – SX JESSICA-CHARLIE BENNETT U20 (2nd Claim) 2nd (PB 49.95m) adding 55cm to her 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2022

SURREY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS/KINGSTON & PH OPEN THROWS MEETING – Took place at Kingston on 9 April
Discus 1.5kg – SM C MICHAEL NICHOLLS F44 1st (44.68m)

FLAMES INVITATIONAL – Took place at Cleveland, Tennessee, USA on 9 April
1500m – SM 7 MITCHEL COX (Queens University North Carolina) 11th (SB 3:52.59)

BRUTUS HAMILTON INVITATIONAL – Took place at Berkeley, California, USA on 9 April
100m – SW 2 MICHAEL OHIOZE 2nd (SB 10.89 w0.5)
200m – SM 2 MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (21.90 w-1.0)

SUN ANGEL CLASSIC – Took place at Tempe, Arizona, USA on 9 April
100m – SW 5 JAMAL RHODEN-STEVENS 6th (10.60 w0.5)
200m – SW 6 JAMAL RHODEN-STEVENS 4th (21.11 w1.2)
Shot 7.26kg – SM B GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 12th (16.01m)
Discus 2kg – SM B GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 4th (SB 59.52m) adding 5.81m to his 26 March throw, and is ranked UK No.4 in 2022

HURRICANE ALUMINI INVITATIONAL – Took place at Coral Gables, Florida, USA on 8-9 April
100m Hurdles – SW 1 LILY PARRIS U20 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 5th (SB 14.82 w-1.0) and is ranked UK No.6 U20 in 2020

JO MEAKER CLASSIC – Took place at Canyon, Texas, USA on 8-9 April
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 1st (4.70m)

TRITON INVITATIONAL – Took place at La Jolla, California, USA on 8-9 April
Discus 1kg – SW JADE LALLY V35 4th (57.99m), SHADINE DUQUEMIN 7th (54.45m)
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 6th (SB 62.35m) adding 2.46m to his 7 April throw, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022

CVEATC ELITE DISCUS INVITATIONAL – Took place at Chula Vista, California, USA on 7 April
Discus 1kg – SW JADE LALLY V35 2nd (60.47m), SHADINE DUQUEMIN 6th (SS 55.13m) and is ranked UK No.3 in 2022
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 7th (SB 59.89m) adding 10cm to his 27 February throw, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2022

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

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 9 April.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 102nd (25.03) this was his 241st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 9 April.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 93rd (25.45) this was his 113th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 9 April.
BRADLEY SINGER 39th (23.52) this was his 173rd Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 40th (24.02) this was his 325th Parkrun, LILY PLASETT U 112th (28.32) this was her 20th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 9 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 148th (32.37) this was his 218th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 9 April.
JO KENT V55 13th (PB 19.53) this was her 82nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 9 April.
DYLAN MICHEL U 2nd (18.19) this was his 46th Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 8th (21.53) this was his 75th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 21st (27.05) this was her 59th Parkrun, PENNY HARPER-WILKINSON V60 27th (29.43) this was her 8th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 14 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 12 MAY – The current 2022 Summer 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 on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

HIGHGATE HARRIERS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 20 April at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath (SatNav NW5 1QR), nearest station is Gospel Oak.
Start Times – 6.30pm Discus, 6.45pm 100m and High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m, 7.40pm 300m, 7.45pm Shot Put, 8.00pm 5000m.
Track Events – 100m and 1500m all age-groups excluding Under 11s, 300m U15/U17/U20/Seniors, 5000m U20/Seniors.
Entry fee £8 per event. The total number of entries for each event will be limited. You are strongly advised to enter as soon as possible using the link below. Entries will close when event is full or otherwise at midnight on Sunday 17 April.
Link to On-Line entry and payment only – No entries on the night – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/high1879/
Link to HH Flyer – Advert of HH Open Meeting April 2022
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 24 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 1 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav Wd25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 28 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 29 April

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 7 May at the Sportcity Regional Athletics Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – 2022-NAL-Timetable-OTF-2
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 8 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable –
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 5 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 6 May.

AUSTRALIA STATE VICTORIA TO HOST 2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

The Australian state of Victoria has been selected to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games. It will be the second time that the state has held the Games after Melbourne in 2006. However, the events in four years time will be spread across the entire Victoria region and not just in one city. The fact that no other countries apart from Australia bid for the 2026 Games meant that Victoria was granted an exclusive negotiating period to secure its bid to host the events back in February. Melbourne will host the opening ceremony at the 100,000 capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground but there will be four regional capitals: Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Gippsland. Each will have their own athletes village and the athletics will take place at Ballarat. It’s unknown what stadium will host the athletics but the largest venue in Ballarat is the 11,000 capacity Mars Stadium. The likelihood is that it will be renovated in a similar fashion to Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium or a new stadium will be built in Victoria’s third largest city.

CGF President Dame LOUISE MARTIN said: “The Commonwealth Games Federation is absolutely delighted to award the 2026 Commonwealth Games to Victoria. “Commonwealth Games Australia and the Victorian Government have set out a bold and innovative vision for hosting our major multi-sport event. “In Victoria, we believe we have found the perfect partner for the next stage of our journey. “This a very special moment for the Commonwealth Sport Family and on behalf of the entire Movement, I would like to congratulate Commonwealth Games Australia and Victoria on their successful Games submission. We now look forward to a bright future as we work together to stage a Commonwealth Games like no other.”

Australia has already hosted the Commonwealth Games five times, the first being in Sydney in 1938 and the last one just four years ago at Gold Coast. It also hosted the Olympics in 1956 and 2000 and just a couple of months ago Brisbane won the 2032 bid uncontested.

WHY THE EMSLEY CARR MILE DESERVES A GOOD HOME – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Iconic race boasts an amazing history and will be staged during the Night of the 10,000m PBs in London on 14 May. With a history dating back to 1953 and a list of winners that reads like a who’s who of middle-distance running greats, the Emsley Carr Mile is one of the most iconic races in athletics. One thing is has never quite had, though, is a regular home. After being held in the White City in London for the first 16 years, it has subsequently moved around the nation. From Crystal Palace and Cwmbran to Sheffield and Swansea, in more recent years it has been held during Diamond League meetings at the Olympic Stadium in London, Alexander Stadium in Birmingham or, last year, Gateshead International Stadium. Next month, though, it will be held as part of the Night of the 10,000m PBs on Hampstead Heath in north London on Saturday 14 May. After losing the European 10,000m Cup element of the meeting, it is a coup for the organisers and it will be interesting to see how such an historic race is weaved into the vibrant modern meeting that Highgate Harriers have created. One thing that is crucial is that the fields are strong. The reputation of the Emsley Carr Mile has been built on the impressive quality of the line-ups and let’s hope the 2022 event does not let us down. The standard was set in 1953 when the inaugural Emsley Carr Mile was won by GORDON PIRIE. Better known as a cross-country and long distance track runner, PIRIE also had a good turn of speed and cult appeal among the country’s endurance running fraternity. The name of PIRIE, I would guess, probably won’t even mean much to many current athletes in their teens or 20s. But such was his popularity in 1955 he was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year and in 1965 he finished top of an AW readers’ poll to decide “the greatest British athlete in history”. After PIRIE came the mercurial KEN WOOD. Google his name now and all you will find are links about Britain’s leading manufacturer of food mixing devices. Yet in the 1950s and early 1960s he was one of the world’s top milers who possessed such an explosive sprint finish that it helped him win a record four Emsley Carr Mile titles between 1954 and 1961. In an interview published in AW in 2004, WOOD told me an amazing (and slightly unbelievable) story about how he ran the world’s first sub-four-minute one month before ROGER BANNISTER’S famous feat. However, whereas BANNISTER’S run at Oxford’s Iffley Road was in an official race with timekeepers holding stopwatches, Wood’s apparent sub-four was during a ‘training race’ in Sheffield with barely any witnesses.

Still, his four Emsley Carr Mile wins were no accident and as the years rolled on and the event moved from London to Scotland to Wales and elsewhere, the winners included legends such as KIP KEINO of Kenya, JIM RYUN of the United States, SAID AOUITA of Morocco, HAILE GEBRSELASSIE of Ethiopia, HICHAM EL GUERROUJ of Morocco, plus Brits like SEB COE, STEVE OVETT, DAVE MOORCROFT and PETER ELLIOTT. Not surprisingly it was recognised in 2019 by World Athletics and awarded a Heritage plaque for its historical importance. Among other things, part of its charm is that all winners must sign a large Emsley Carr Mile book moments after their victory. The latest signature was written by ELLIOT GILES, who took victory in Gateshead last year at a meeting that also saw the women’s equivalent, the MILLICENT FAWCETT Mile, won by KATE GRACE of the United States. A more recent creation with a four-year history, the MILLICENT FAWCETT Mile will also be part of the Night of the 10,000m PBs event on 14 May.

About 15 years ago the Emsley Carr Mile struggled to find a place in the spotlight. The 2006 race at Alexander Stadium was an extraordinarily slow tactical affair won in a pedestrian (4:10.02), whereas the following year, in 2007, the event was held at a British Milers’ Club event at Stretford track in Manchester and therefore not televised. As this classic race continues its peripatetic existence, hopefully the Night of the 10,000m PBs will turn into a relatively long-term host venue. After all, an event of such stature and history surely deserves a good home.

Emsley Carr Mile winners
1953 Gordon Pirie (GBR) 4:06.80 White City
1954 Ken Wood (GBR) 4:04.80 White City
1955 Ken Wood (GBR) 4:05.40 White City
1956 Derek Ibbotson (GBR) 3:59.40 White City
1957 Ken Wood (GBR) 4:02.00 White City
1958 Murray Halberg (NZL) 4:06.50 White City
1959 Derek Ibbotson (GBR) 4:03.10 White City
1960 László Tábori (USA) 4:00.30 White City
1961 Ken Wood (GBR) 4:08.40 White City
1962 Jim Beatty (USA) 3:56.52 White City
1963 Bill Crothers (CAN) 4:06.50 White City
1964 Witold Baran (POL) 3:56.04 White City
1965 Alan Simpson (GBR) 4:04.11 White City
1966 Kip Keino (KEN) 3:53.42 White City
1967 Jim Ryun (USA) 3:56.02 White City
1968 John Whetton (GBR) 3:58.56 White City
1969 Francesco Arese (ITA) 3:57.80 Crystal Palace
1970 Ian Stewart (GBR) 3:57.40 Meadowbank
1971 Peter Stewart (GBR) 4:00.40 Meadowbank
1972 Peter Stewart (GBR) 3:55.30 Crystal Palace
1973 Frank Clement (GBR) 4:01.81 Crystal Palace
1974 Frank Clement (GBR) 3:57.44 Crystal Palace
1975 Filbert Bayi (TAN) 3:55.50 Crystal Palace
1976 David Moorcroft (GBR) 3:57.06 Crystal Palace
1977 Sebastian Coe (GBR) 3:57.67 Crystal Palace
1978 John Robson (GBR) 3:55.83 Crystal Palace
1979 Steve Ovett (GBR) 3:56.58 Gateshead Stadium
1980 Colin Reitz (GBR) 4:00.60 Meadowbank
1981 Geoff Smith (GBR) 3:55.80 Cwmbran
1982 David Moorcroft (GBR) 3:57.84 Crystal Palace
1983 Sebastian Coe (GBR) 4:03.37 Alexander Stadium
1984 Peter Elliott (GBR) 3:55.71 Gateshead
1985 Mark Rowland (GBR) 4:01.70 Swansea
1986 Neil Horsfield (GBR) 3:57.03 Swansea
1987 John Walker (NZL) 3:58.75 Gateshead
1988 Chris McGeorge (GBR) 4:07.07 Crystal Palace
1989 Saïd Aouita (MAR) 3:51.97 Gateshead
1990 Peter Elliott (GBR) 3:55.51 Gateshead
1991 Peter Elliott (GBR) 3:52.10 Sheffield
1992 Steve Crabb (GBR) 3:58.76 Sheffield
1993 Philemon Hanneck (ZIM) 3:57.06 Portsmouth
1994 Kevin McKay (GBR) 3:58.72 Gateshead
1995 Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI) 3:49.80 Crystal Palace
1996 William Tanui (KEN) 3:54.57 Sheffield
1997 Vénuste Niyongabo (BDI) 3:53.28 Sheffield
1998 Laban Rotich (KEN) 3:51.74 Sheffield
1999 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) 3:52.39 Gateshead
2000 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:45.96 Crystal Palace
2001 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:49.41 Crystal Palace
2002 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) 3:50.86 Crystal Palace
2003 Paul Korir (KEN) 3:48.17 Crystal Palace
2004 Paul Korir (KEN) 3:49.84 Crystal Palace
2005 Michael East (GBR) 3:52.50 Sheffield
2006 Gabe Jennings (USA) 4:10.02 Alexander Stadium
2007 Jon Rankin (USA) 3:54.24 Stretford
2008 Shedrack Kibet Korir (KEN) 3:54.68 Crystal Palace
2009 Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:52.71 Crystal Palace
2010 Augustine Choge (KEN) 3:50.14 Crystal Palace
2011 Leonel Manzano (USA) 3:51.21 Crystal Palace
2012 Silas Kiplagat (KEN) 3:52.44 Crystal Palace
2013 Augustine Choge (KEN) 3:50.01 London Stadium
2014 Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:51.89 Alexander Stadium
2015 Asbel Kiprop (KEN) 3:54.87 London Stadium
2016 Silas Kiplagat (KEN) 3:53.04 London Stadium
2017 Jake Wightman (GBR) 3:54.92 Alexander Stadium
2018 Stewart McSweyn (AUS) 3:54.60 Alexander Stadiumart McSweyn with the Emsley Carr Mile 2019 Samuel Tefera (ETH) 3:49.45 London Stadium
2020 Cancelled due to Covid pandemic
2021 Elliot Giles (GBR) 3:52.49 Gateshead

Millicent Fawcett Mile
2018 Sifan Hassan (NLD) 4:14:71 London Stadium
2019 Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER) 4:21:11 Birmingham
2021 Kate Grace (USA) 4:27:20 Gateshead

IS ATHLETICS WINNING THE FIGHT AGAINST DOPING – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

It’s now five years since the creation of the Athletics Integrity Unit, so how much progress has been in that time when it comes to the war on drugs? We discover a changed landscape. “We are in a good place and our trajectories are going in the right way for the first time in a long time,” declares BRETT CLOTHIER, the head of the Athletics Integrity Unit. The Australian, recruited last summer to front World Athletics’ independent spin-off, acknowledges there’s a but. “I don’t want to kid anyone,” he adds. “There’s still a long way to go in the fight against doping.” The scale of that battle in the UK alone appears vast on mere tests conducted. According to the most recent report from UK Anti-Doping, samples were collected on 12,971 occasions within a year from across 49 sports and in 36 countries in the year headed into the originally-scheduled Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Throw in a supplementary process of investigation, intelligence and regulation to bring 25 published decisions – at a bill of £3million per annum. It feeds into the AIU, established in 2017 and designed to operate freely of the vested interests and corruption that has a tendency to infiltrate sports, as the old IAAF and Russia (still suspended) have demonstrated.

It has proven effective in policing track and field as a counter-weight to any flaws in each nation’s own system. Straightforward was the case of CHRISTIAN COLEMAN, suspended until later this year following his three missed drugs tests. More esoteric was WILSON KIPSANG, who deployed a fake photo of an overturned lorry to justify missing a test. Or fellow marathoner JEMIMA SUMGONG’S insistence she was injected with EPO by a malevolent imposter. A total of 544 names began the year on the AIU’s global blacklist – although the lone Briton, hammer thrower MARK DRY, has since been removed from it. A rare example, perhaps, where a system sensibly set up to judge in black and white struggles with the occasional shade of grey.

“I hope,” adds CLOTHIER, “that people – the athletics fans and the broader public – can really see athletics is standing out in the crowd from other sports in actually taking the issue of doping seriously. And that, with the right structures in place and the right amount of investment, it’s possible to make an impression, to begin to take the first serious steps to actually getting a better situation that the public can trust in our events, can trust in what they’re seeing out on the field of play.” Fairly, and without discrimination, declares SEBASTIAN COE, the president of World Athletics. Despite DRY’S claims that he was easy prey for an unfair sanction as “low hanging fruit”, there is no doubt that other sports have a more recent history of protecting their wayward stars, or simply not testing thoroughly at all. “If there is transgression – and there is a far greater chance because of the technology and investigative skills that the AIU has now and how it collates its intelligence – there is a far greater chance they will get to the bottom of these things quicker than we have before,” COE said. “And the sanction will be faster and harder. And plenty of people with high reputations have taken a tumble.”

The Tokyo Olympics, notably, saw British sprinter CJ UJAH test positive for a prohibited substance normally utilised for muscle-building. It means the GB team will lose its silver medal at the 2020 Olympics too. Such detection is simpler in a controlled environment such as a Games where there is no hiding place and all must pass through the inspection zone. But, says CLOTHIER: “In high risk environments, the quality of the cases we’ve been able to have is high … and I’ll give you just two examples: one is Kenya and one is Russia.” Notoriously lax in their respective regimes, the net has closed – whether around the natives or those on a visit. Much change on the latter came out of the MCLAREN Report that saw the Russian ecosystem exposed as a sham. Kenya remains imperfect in its diligence but the government has been lent on and brought on board. “In terms of the education work that’s happening on the ground there, steps are being put in to address risk,” confirms CLOTHIER. “And also, quite frankly, the athletes are more afraid of getting caught than they were before. And that has a really big impact on the ground.” The UK is not without stains. Supplement use – and abuse – remains a significant problem at a recreational level, with one study suggesting that steroid users are larger users of needle exchanges in Wales than the drugs addicts they were set up to serve.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

All the following photographs feature our many athletes that competed in the Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on 19-20 March.

SPRINT TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Excellent video of JACQUILENE AGYEPONG girls practising their sprint starts.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 7 April to Enya Akpata, Ben Bellisario, Phillip Crout, Charlie Cutler, Dean De-Andrea, Bradley Goater, Charlotte Johnston, Julian Lamy, Alessa Lewis, Phillipa Lowe, Suneel Mohindra, Phoebe Music, Amelia Onyem and Ray Powell

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to JIMI ADU, TIMI BAKARE, YANN JANSSEN, FAITH LAMPTEY, EBUKA NWOKEJI, BRANDON KUFAZYINEI and DAN WINFIELD

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES – Is the first fixture of the 2022 track and field season. The first of four LICC/LUCA fixtures takes place on Saturday 16 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups. Members of SBH and LUCA qualify for a 50% discount.
Online entries only at  entry4sports.co.uk then put 326 in filter box– no entries on the day.
Link to timetable – LICC LUCA Lee Valley 16-04-22 (4)
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 12 April

INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETICS OFFICIATING – Good afternoon all. It has been discussed recently, we need to build up the number of officials we have available to help us promote athletics meetings both at the StoneX Stadium and at other local venues.

Can you please help by checking with the parents of athletes in your groups or perhaps even some of your athletes whether they are interested in officiating at athletics events and whether they could attend the introductory sessions at the StoneX Stadium. Any support would be greatly appreciated. There’s a real risk following the Covid outbreaks and the number of officials that have recently retired, that some inter-club athletics meetings will have to be cancelled.
The dates and times for the 2 sessions are; Tuesday 19 April from 18.30 to 20.00 and Tuesday 26 April from 18.30 to 20.00. The tutor is TAMSIN JAMES, who is an excellent official and who regularly supports our meetings.
Can you please confirm availability and details of any of your introductions who can attend ASAP. You too would be welcome. Thanks, and take care.

GEOFFREY MORPHITIS Telephone: 020 8447 1066, Mobile: 07976 994 302, E-mail: geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com

MIDDLESEX VETERANS X/C CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to JONNY SHAW, PAUL LEWIS, TIM UNDERHILL and DAVID GREENSTEIN who won were worthy winners of the Middlesex team bronze medals with 40 points, the winners were Highgate Harriers with 15 points, 2nd were Trent Park with 35 points.

SIAB CROSS COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL – I have advised that the results were in fact incorrect, in the Intermediate Boys race HENRY DOVER did not compete.

NATIONAL MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS – Take place this Saturday 9 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham (SatNav B73 6BU).
Start times Men 12.00noon and Women 12.20pm

NATIONAL U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place this Saturday 9 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham (SatNav B73 6BU).
Start times 11.00am U17M, 11.05am U17W, 11.15am U15B, 11.20am U15G

RESULTS
CITY OF PORTMOUTH OPEN MEETING – Took place at Portsmouth on 3 April
Discus 1.5kg – U17M TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (41.91m)
Shot 5kg – U17M B TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 14.58m) adding 2cm to his 13 February put, and is ranked UK No.2 U17 in 2022

MARK CAWTE MEMORIAL OPEN MEETING – Took place at Swindon on 3 April
Long Jump – SX LYDIA ROGERS U17 6th (4.81m)

EDREAMS MITJA MARATO BARCELONA – Took place at Barcelona, Spain on 3 April
RICHARD HORTON 26th (PB 65.25) taking 12 seconds of his 2017 time

SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS AC CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 2 April
60m – M35 4 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (7.94), JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V50 3rd (8.17)
200m – M35 3 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (SB 25.89) taking .39 of a second off his 5 March time, and is ranked UK No.10 V50 in 2022, JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V50 3rd (SB 26.04)
400m – M35 2 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 3rd (60.93)
1500m – W35 2 LISA WEBB V55 2nd (5:22.42)
High Jump – M35 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 2nd (1.50m)
Pole Vault – X35 STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 3rd (PB 2.73m) adding 13cm to her 19 March height, and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2022

VELOCITY FEST 10 – Took place at Kingston, Jamaica on 2 April
100m – SM H5 ZHARNEL HUGHES 1st (10.50 w-4.2), C ZHARNEL finished 2nd (SB 10.10 w-0.4) taking .05 of a second off his 26 March time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022

USD EARLY BIRD MEETING – Took place at Vermilion, South Dakota, USA on 2 April
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 3rd (4.92m)

UCONN DOG FIGHT MEETING – Took place at Storrs, Connecticut, USA on 2 April
1500m – SM 1 LIAM GARRETT U23 (Yale University 2nd Claim) 1st (PB 3:54.98) taking 6.12 seconds off his 2019 time

WINDSOR, SLOUGH, ETON & HOUNSLOW OPEN MEETING – Took place at Eton on 2 April
100m – SX 4 KIERA GILMAN U20 (2nd Claim) 4th (SB 13.25 w-2.0)
200m – SM H2 JUBRIL ADENIRAN U20 2nd (PB 23.20 w-1.4) taking .13 of a second off his 2019 time

ATHLETICS NORFOLK FRIDAY EVENING SERIES – Took place at Norwich on 1 April
400m – SM ALEX STAPLETON U23 1st (PB 55.5) taking 1.7 seconds off his 2017 time
600m – SX 4 CALVIN SMITH U20 1st (PB 1:24.2) taking 3.37 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.6 U20 in 2022

STANFORD INVITATIONAL – Took place at Stanford, California, USA on 1-2 April
200m – SM 5 MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (SB 21.03 w0.4) and is ranked UK No.9 in 2022
400m – SM 1 MICHAEL OHIOZE 8th (SB 48.82)
1500m – SM 3 JEREMY DEMPSEY 9th (SB 3:43.49)
5000m – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 2nd (PB 13:24.58) taking 9.31 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2022

WEST COAST RELAYS – Took place at Clovis, California, USA on 30 March – 1 April
110m Hurdles – SM 2 JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 1st (PB 14.53 w1.4) taking .39 of a second off his 25 March time, and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2022
Long Jump – SM A JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 1st (SB 6.97m w1.5) adding 1cm to his 25 February jump
Discus 2kg – SM A JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 8th (PB 37.37m)

NORTHERN UNIVERSITY CUP – Took place at Stretford on 30 March
100m – SM 1 JULIAN PRIEST U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (SB 11.34 w1.6)
200m – SM 1 JULIAN PRIEST U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (SB 22.89 w2.5)

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

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 2 April.
BRADLEY SINGER 9th (22.30) this was his 172nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 2 April.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 157th (28.27) this was his 240th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Northala Fields on 2 April.
DANIEL NICHOLS V35 1st (18.16) this was his 27th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 2 April.
STUART SINGER V60 22nd (22.10) this was his 324th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 2 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 154th (32.39) this was his 217th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Shorne Woods on 2 April.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 39th (26.42) this was his 112th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 7 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 5 MAY – The current 2022 Summer 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 on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

LONLONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES– Is the first fixture of the 2022 track and field season. The first of four LICC/LUCA fixtures takes place on Saturday 16 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups. Members of SBH and LUCA qualify for a 50% discount.
Online entries only at  entry4sports.co.uk then put 326 in filter box– no entries on the day.
Link to the timetable – LICC LUCA Lee Valley 16-04-22 (4)
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closing Date Tuesday12 April

HIGHGATE HARRIERS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 20 April at Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead Heath (SatNav NW5 1QR), nearest station is Gospel Oak.
Start Times – 6.30pm Discus, 6.45pm 100m and High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m, 7.40pm 300m, 7.45pm Shot Put, 8.00pm 5000m.
Track Events – 100m and 1500m all age-groups excluding Under 11s, 300m U15/U17/U20/Seniors, 5000m U20/Seniors.
Entry fee £8 per event. The total number of entries for each event will be limited. You are strongly advised to enter as soon as possible using the link below. Entries will close when event is full or otherwise at midnight on Sunday 17 April.
Link to On-Line entry and payment only – No entries on the night – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/high1879/
Link to HH Flyer – Advert of HH Open Meeting April 2022
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 24 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 1 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav Wd25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 28 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 29 April

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR OUR FIRST TWO FIXTURES OF 2022 – RAY POWELL has now received information of the first two fixtures, that Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers will be providing a team of volunteers.
The Westminster Mile on Sunday 1 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 20 volunteers needed, currently we have 6 volunteers.
Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 10 volunteers needed, currently we have 6 volunteers.
The meeting place is the volunteer hub in Green Park.
Please contact CLARE & RAY at ray571m@btopenworld.com

JACK BUCKNER APPOINTED UKA CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN of JACK BUCKNER winning the 5000m (13:10.15) at the European Championships in Stuttgart in 1986. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

JACK BUCKNER has been described as the “stand-out candidate with his feel for the sport and knowledge as an athlete” by UK Athletics chairman IAN BEATTIE.
Following media speculation earlier in the week, BUCKNER was confirmed at midday on Thursday 31 March by UKA as its new chief executive. He will leave his current role as chief executive of British Swimming to move to the athletics governing body. MARK MUNRO, the interim chief executive, will slide into the role of chief operating officer at UKA.
“I am delighted to announce JACK as our new CEO,” says BEATTIE. “We were impressed with the range and quality of applicants for the role at this exciting time for athletics, but JACK was the stand-out candidate with his feel for the sport and knowledge as an athlete.
“Both the Board and I look forward to working with JACK, starting with this very busy and exciting summer and looking ahead to the fast-approaching Paris Olympics and Paralympics.”
BEATTIE added: “I’d also like to thank MARK MUNRO in his role as interim CEO and his commitment to leading the senior team over the last few months. I’ve no doubt we’ve got some great talent in the senior leadership team and organisation and I’m looking forward to working with them in the coming years.”

Read More: Why JACK BUCKNER is the perfect choice to lead UKA – At British Swimming BUCKNER oversaw a successful Team GB performance at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, with the Olympic team claiming a best-ever haul of eight medals including four golds while the Paralympic team was the most successful sport competing for ParalympicsGB with 26 medals.

SARACENS SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY – Today we are proud to share with you the findings of the Saracens Social & Economic Impact Study, which has been produced by Ernst & Young (EY). This independent study has, for the very first time, enabled Saracens to articulate the value of the considerable economic and social impact that the club has within its community.

As you are aware the contribution that Saracens and our group of associated organisations has within the community is extremely important to us and is at the heart of much of what we do. The results of the study are impressive and provide us with a base line from which to build from in future years. We are committed to work with our partners and stakeholders to further increase our social and economic impact and further reduce our impact on the environment in future years.
Please find attached a copy of the Saracens Social & Economic Impact Study and a press release announcing the study’s findings – Saracens Socio-Economic Impact Study – March 2022  Saracens Social & Economic Impact Study – Release 31-03-22 Final

We would like to thank all of our partners, staff, players, coaches, supporters and everyone in the Saracens family for making all of this possible.
Best regards GORDON BANKS Chief Community Officer, Saracens Ltd, Greenlands Lane, Barnet, London, NW4 1RL

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

All the following photographs feature our many athletes that competed in the Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on 19-20 March.

SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS AV CHAMPIONSHIPS – Excellent photograph of SEAN SUTHERLAND plus JOHNSON OGUNNIYI following their outstanding performances.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.