Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 30 March 2023

Posted on 30/03/202302/04/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 30 March to Wednesday 5 April – Alexandra Baltazer-Hall, Dominic Bannister, Grant Brown, Douglas Curwen-Reed, Abigail Edwards, Richard Goodman, Sharon Jackson, Patrick Pearce, Luisa Rojas, Paul Simons, Claire Spurway, Alon Taylor, Tim Underhill and Amelia Wills

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to EVA COPELAND, HARRISON HENDERSON and AIMEE PORTER

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE ON 16 APRIL – IAN FARR, who is organising this fixture on behalf of SBH, has sent his apologies to those SBH Athletes that were overcharged (£8 instead of £4). Refunds are now in the process of being carried out.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWS AND INDOOR POLE VAULT – Takes place on Saturday 15 April at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to the timetable – LICC Timetable StoneX Stadium 15-04-23
Online entries now at – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/ then put 438 in the filter box
Entries Closing Date Sunday 9 April, No Entries On The Day

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE TRACK AND JUMPS – Takes place on Sunday 16 April at Bannister Outdoors Sports Centre, Birch Park, Harrow (Satnav HA3 6SP).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to the timetable – LICC Timetable Bannister Stadium 16-04-23
Online entries at Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/harr16042023/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 9 April, No Entries On The Day

QUADKIDS – Takes place prior to the London Inter Club Challenge on Sunday 16 April
CLYDE GORDON will be managing the event, with registration from 12 noon, first event starts at 12.30pm, and completion around 1.30pm, and is free to enter for Shaftesbury members and is £2 for non-members. Quadkids is primarily for school years 3 to 7 inclusive, ie age 7 to 12 and includes the four core disciplines of running (600m), throwing (Vortex Howler), jumping (Long Jump) and sprinting (75m). All are welcome and Parents you may be asked to join in by helping out on maybe one of the events

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 5 April, and is now open on roster athletics, to enter see below.

TCS MONEY LONDON MINI MARATHON – Takes place on Saturday 22 April, the London Borough of Barnet teams will be announced in the coming weeks. If any other SBH athlete has been selected for another Borough or Region, please email me at alanweller111@gmail.com

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2022. The SBH annual subscription, as from 1 December 2022 as approved at the AGM on Tuesday 29 November is £65 and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2023 is £17. The current total is £82 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

HERTFORDSHIRE STEEPLECHASERS – SALLY GANDEE, who is Honorary Secretary of the Hertfordshire Athletics Association, has sent me the following.
As Hertfordshire County is not holding any steeplechase races in the county championships this year – the county would consider awarding county medals to any Hertfordshire qualified athlete who takes part in this steeplechase festival. Age groups are from U15 to senior with appropriate distances from 1500m to 3000m. The steeplechase festival organised by West Suffolk is being held at Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre on 29 April 2023.

Details can be found by contacting David Cripps at david.cripps7@outlook.com
Entries on-line at Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/steeplechase-festival/

RESULTS
BOURNEMOUTH OPEN MEETING – Took place at Bournemouth on 26 March.
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 1st (57.37m), REUBEN VAUGHAN 2nd (SB 46.94m)

EMAC, VAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 26 March.
Pole Vault – MW STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 4th 1st V45 (SB 2.90m) equalling her 12 February height, and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2023

VELOCITY FEST 12 – Took place at Kingston, Jamaica on 26 March.
100m – SM H5 ZHARNEL HUGHES 1st (SB 10.27 w-1.3) and is ranked UK No.1 in 2023

LEE VALLEY MINITHON – Took place at Lee Valley on 25 March.
For Year 3 there are 7 events available, and each athlete choose 3 only to compete in. For Years 4/5 and 6/7 there are 8 events available, and each athlete choose 3 only to compete in.

Year 3 Boys – JONAH TALENGA 1st (138 points)
Year 3 Girls – SUNNY SHAW 8th (107 points) the winner was Lizzy Hayford of London Heathside (136 points)
Year 4/5 Boys – DENNYS PASCAL U11 2nd (168 points), NOSA URUBUSI U11 8th (149 points), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U11 13th (146 points), ARI RUBENSTEIN U11 18th (140 points), MICHAEL OBIWULU U11 34th (126 points) the winner was Hugo Hampartsoumain of Dwayne Chambers Performance Academy (171 points)
Year 4/5 Girls – SIENNA DARCY U11 3rd (150 points) the winner was Bella Pearce of Southend on Sea AC (162 points)
Year 6/7 Boys – EDWARD PASCAL U13 11th (172 points) the winner was Riley Edwards of Rugby & Northampton AC (235 points)
Year 6/7 Girls – LUCIA CASALENUOVO U13 26th (154 points), OLIVIA ABBOTT U13 32nd (151 points) the winner was Isabella Moulton of Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (202 points)

NATIONAL PRIMARY AND YEAR 7 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Prestwold Hall on 25 March.
Under 13 Girls 3000m – AIMEE PORTER 18th (12.56)

BRISBANE TRACK CLASSIC – Took place at Nathan, Australia on 25 March.
Discus 1kg – SW JADE LALLY V35 1st (60.48m)

AZTEC INVITAIONAL TEAMS – Took place at San Diego, California, USA on 23-25 March.
Long Jump – SM A JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 3rd (6.60m w-0.7)
Discus 2kg – SM A JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 8th (SB 37.69m)

RALEIGH RELAYS – Took place at Raleigh, North Carolina, USA on 23-25 March.
100m – SW 7 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 8th (SB 12.29 w1.4)
200m – SW 1 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 2nd (SB 25.16 w0.4)
800m – SM 1 LIAM GARRETT U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 4th (PB 1:53.58) taking 2.52 seconds of his 2022 time
1500m – SM 8 LIAM GARRETT U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 5th (PB 3:48.74) taking 3.53 seconds off his 2022 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2023
5000m – SM 10 JAMIE DEE (Iona College) 13th (SB 13:47.99) taking 8.93 seconds off his 18 February time, and is ranked UK No.4 in 2023

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 25 March.
PAUL LEWIS V50 11th (23.11) this was his 161st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cassiobury on 25 March.
EMILIA ECONOMU U23 18th (20.21) this was her 2nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Delaware on 25 March.
SHONA MICHEL V50 212th (30.39) this was her 85th Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 213th (30.40) this was his 94th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 25 March.
ANDREW HOLMES V55 198th (39.38) this was his 49th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lancing Beach on 25 March.
DANIEL NICHOLS V40 2nd (18.44) this was his 40th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lordship Recreational Ground on 25 March.
BRADLEY SINGER 25th (22.59) this was his 221st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 25 March.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 124th (26.37) this was his 136th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 25 March.
STUART SINGER V60 40th (23.42) this was his 368th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 25 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 171st (34.47) this was his 257th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Woking on 25 March.
JAMES DAVIS U23 148th (27.24) this was his 38th Parkrun

UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY AND ROAD RELAY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 30 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL – The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 2 April at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20.
Unfortunately due to insufficient numbers, we will not be entering a Senior Mens team. Which also mean we cannot compete in the National Relays on 15 April.
Start times – U15/17 Men and Women 11.00am Senior Women 1.00pm
Entries Closed

NATIONAL MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 15 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Town Gate Entrance, Birmingham (Satnav B73 6BU).
Start times U17 Men 11.00am, U17 Women 11.05am, U15 Boys 11.15am, U15 Girls 11.20am, Senior Women 12.20pm
Distances U15/U17 Men/Women 5K, Women Long Legs 5.38K, Short Legs 3.16K
Entries Closing Date Friday 7 April
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager.

TCS MONEY LONDON MINI MARATHON – Takes place on Saturday 22 April close to Temple Station and finishes on The Mall.
Note: You will have to be pre-selected by your respective London Borough or UK Region.

TCS MONEY LONDON MARATHON – Takes place on Sunday 23 April from Greenwich. We should have a few runners representing the Stripes.
Note: You will have to enter yourself

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 30 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 26 APRIL

WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 26 March to Tuesday 4 April at Torun, Poland.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 5 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 100m, 19.15pm High Jump, 19.20pm 1500m no times over 5minute 30 seconds, 21.00pm 3000m no times over 11.00 minutes, no Under 13s
Link to entries on roster athletics – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?cc=GBR&page=0&from=2023-04-01&to=2023-04-22
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

QUADKIDS – Takes place prior to the London Inter Club Challenge on Sunday 16 April
CLYDE GORDON will be managing the event, with registration from 12 noon, first event starts at 12.30pm, and completion around 11.30am, and is free to enter for Shaftesbury members and is £2 for non-members. Quadkids is primarily for school years 3 to 7 inclusive, ie age 7 to 12 and includes the four core disciplines of running (600m), throwing (Vortex Howler), jumping (Long Jump) and sprinting (75m). All are welcome and Parents you may be asked to join in by helping out on maybe one of the events.

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 19 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 200m, 19.15pm Shot Put, 19.20pm 400m no Under 13s, 19.40pm 800m no times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 21.05pm 3000m no times over 11.00 minutes, no Under 13s
Link to entries on roster athletics, although entries not available as yet –
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 23 April at the Embankment Athletic Track, Bishops Road, Peterborough (Satnav PE1 5BW).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2023
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 20 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 21 April

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE 100m/200m SPRINTS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 26 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
For age-groups U13 and above.
100m Men 19.00, 100m Women 19.30, 200m Men 20.00, 200m Women 20.30 times are estimated.
Closing Date TBC or once an event reaches full capacity.

This is the link for you to enter yourselves, all fixtures are now open to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=8&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on

LEE VALLEY 2023 OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Opentrack, this is the link to enter the 1 April Open Meeting now on Opentrack – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/athletics-competitions
The following fixtures will be available to enter on Opentrack, in the coming weeks.
26 April – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
10 May – Double 100m Meeting
24 May – 300m/300m Hurdles/400m/400m Hurdles Meeting
7 June – Double 100m Meeting
21 June – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
5 July – Double 100m Meeting
19 July – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
2 August – Double Sprint Hurdles
16 August – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
30 August – Double 100m Meeting
September – Autumn Throws Fest

WATFORD 2023 OPEN MEETING OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Roster Athletics
Wednesday 5 April – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No Under 13s (Entries Open)
Wednesday 19 April – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Shot, 7.20pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.40pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Entries Not Open As Yet)
Wednesday 3 May – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.20pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 17 May – 7.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds
Wednesday 31 May – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 14 June – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Shot, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 28 June – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 12 July – 7.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 26 July – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 9 August – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 23 August – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds
Wednesday 6 September – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 100m, 7.40pm 800m, 9.05pm 3000m No under 13

YOUNG ATHLETES IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT NIGHT OF THE 10000m PBs – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

Popular event at Parliament Hill in London will feature 800m races for under-17 and under-20 runners this year. Teenage middle-distance runners will get the chance to shine at the Night of the 10,000m PBs in 2023 with the event adding some junior 800m races into its programme on 20 May in London. “The goal is to use the Night of the 10,000m PBs platform to help youngsters run faster and get experience of racing at bigger events with crowds,” says event director BEN POCHEE. “This year we will host four 800m races for under-20 and under-17 men and women and these races will take place just before our championship events when the crowds and atmosphere really start to bubble up to the boil.” It is not simply the chance to race in big crowds in amid a super atmosphere, though. The athletes will be targeting qualifying times for the European Under-20 Championships in Jerusalem from August 7-10 and the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad & Tobago on August 4-11.

To help them hit the times, they will benefit from WaveLight pacing lights too. More generally the 2023 meeting is partnering with On Track Nights and has World Athletics Silver status. Young athletes’ races aside, it features the British Championships and World Championships trials for 10,000m with a total of £30,000 in prize money up for grabs.

POCHEE adds: “My aim is to up the ante further with fun, entertainment and wild revelry that our event has become renowned. Our event atmosphere has clearly aided performances in the past and I want our next generation to tangibly benefit too.” The event is an invitational, so no entry fees are needed but qualifying standards apply and expressions of interest are to be received by April 23 by emailing nightofthe10000mpbs@gmail.com. Standards for the 800m races are: under-17 men (sub-1:56) and women (sub-2:12) and under-20 men (sub-1:52) and women (sub-2:10). Qualifying times for the European Under-20 Championships are (1:49.0) and (2:06.0) and for the Commonwealth Youth Games they are (for English athletes) (1:51.0) and (2:08.0). The Emsley Carr and Millicent Fawcett Mile races, however, are moving north. Last year they were held at the Night of the 10,000m PBs event but on 27 May they will be staged at the British Milers’ Club Grand Prix in Manchester.

WORLD ATHLETICS TO EXCLUDE TRANSGENDER WOMEN FROM FEMALE EVENTS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Global governing body’s president SEB COE says his council is “guided by over-arching principle to protect the female category”. World Athletics has decided to exclude transgender women who have gone through male puberty from female events. In a strong move which will be applauded by female athletes around the planet, the governing body’s president SEB COE said that following a review earlier this year “there is insufficient evidence that trans women do not retain advantages over biological women”. The ban will begin on 31 March and COE said: “The council agreed it must be guided by our over-arching principle which is to protect the female category.”

COE added a working group will be established to do further research in transgender eligibility guidelines with a remit to “consult specifically with transgender athletes to seek views on competing in athletics”. For DSD (Differences of Sexual Development) athletes, new regulations will require any relevant athletes to reduce their testosterone levels below a limit of 2.5nmol/L for a minimum of 24 months (or six months for currently competing DSD athletes) to compete internationally in the female category in any event, not just the events that were restricted (400m to one mile) under the previous regulations. This means the principle of restricted events has been removed from the regulations and the likelihood is that we will see fewer – if any – DSD athletes winning medals at major championships in future. Certainly, they will not be able to compete at this summer’s World Championships in Budapest for starters. “We have been prepared to take these issues head on,” said COE. “In the past they would have been allowed to drift or be kicked into the long grass. That is not the nature of my leadership and it is certainly not the instincts of my council.”

A World Athletics statement added: “In terms of DSD regulations, World Athletics has more than 10 years of research and evidence of the physical advantages that these athletes bring to the female category. “However, there are currently no transgender athletes competing internationally in athletics and consequently no athletics-specific evidence of the impact these athletes would have on the fairness of female competition in athletics. “In these circumstances, the Council decided to prioritise fairness and the integrity of the female competition before inclusion.” The ban is specifically for “female World Rankings competition”, which raises the question of whether the ruling will be enforced in grassroots competitions such as club-level events like road relays or fell races.

COE added: “Decisions are always difficult when they involve conflicting needs and rights between different groups, but we continue to take the view that we must maintain fairness for female athletes above all other considerations. “We will be guided in this by the science around physical performance and male advantage which will inevitably develop over the coming years. As more evidence becomes available, we will review our position, but we believe the integrity of the female category in athletics is paramount.” Reacting to the news, UK Athletics said they are “fully considering the details of the World Athletics statement on transgender and DSD participation in athletics and its implications for competition in the UK, but in principle we support and welcome the direction they have taken in protecting the female category”. UKA added: “This direction reflects the submission made by UKA to World Athletics earlier this year. At the same time, we remain committed to continuing to work alongside the Home Country Athletics Federations and our Transgender Project Group to maintain the inclusivity of our sport and ensure that transgender women are able to continue to compete whilst respecting these rules.”

Russian ban lifted but nation remains suspended due to war – The seven-year suspension of the Russian athletics federation (RusAF) due to its breaking of anti-doping rules has been lifted. But the nation’s athletes, coaches and officials, plus those in Belarus, remain barred from international athletics due to the invasion and ongoing war in Ukraine. COE said the ban would be for “the foreseeable future” and that the nation must comply with 35 special conditions that aim to maintain the anti-doping reforms. COE praised the “Herculean work” of RUNE ANDERSEN and the Taskforce members “for staying the course and helping us to resolve a major integrity issue in our sport”. He added: “It has been a mammoth undertaking over seven years but their commitment and diligence has given the Council confidence that the Russian Federation has reformed its structure and culture and is now on the right path in terms of addressing doping issues. It is important that RusAF continues on this path, but we are confident the Athletics Integrity Unit has the expertise to monitor and assess the situation going forwards.”

For the full World Athletics decisions from this week’s council meeting, see here.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Videos and Photographs contributed with many comments. There are 2 posts this week, both photographs were taken at the Lee Valley Minithon on 25 March

TY HOLDEN is between medal winners MICHAEL OBIWULU and PRINCE-MOSES JOHN.
JONAH TALENGA with his Gold Medal.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT – Many thanks to SEAN SUTHERLAND who undertook a review on the best way forward, following this a decision was made to set up a new account, and SEAN has now set that account up.
To follow our new Instagram account, from your own account, by searching for ‘shaftesbury_barnet’ or by clicking https://www.instagram.com/shaftesbury_barnet/
To Members and Parents, if you wish for any photographs to be posted on Instagram, please email them to sbh.instagram@outlook.com If you can at the same time give details on when and where the photographs was taken, plus any other comments.
Please feel free to post photographs of any special occasion, for example, your wedding day, an addition to the family.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 – Takes place in Budapest, Hungary from 19-27 August 2023.
This is the link for all information including tickets – https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23
This is the link to the qualification system and entry standards – https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62ff627cef4200119b5555be.pdf

Currently we have 4 athletes who have achieved qualification standards – ZHARNEL HUGHES 200m (20.07 w-0.3), ELLIE BAKER 800m (1:59.52), KYLE LANGFORD 800m (1:44.49) and LIZZIE BIRD 3000m Steeplechase (9:07.07)

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Can be found on the SBH website –http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

SBH 2022-2023 WINTER CROSS COUNTRY POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURE – The CROSS COUNTRY POINTS TABLE is now available on the SBH Website, and is the final table following the National Championships on the 25 February – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Final Issue 25-02-23 Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Final Issue 25-02-23
The CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP LIST is now available on the SBH Website, and is the Final Issue following the Southern Championships on the 28 January – Men & Womens Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2022-2023 – Updated 28-01-23 Final Issue

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE 2021-2022 SEASON – The following link shows the following – Final league positions, Points and club championship winners, SBH athletes consecutive races, SBH athletes races completed to date – Start Fitness Metropolitan League Statistics For 2021-2022 Season

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM and JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU, ALAN WELLER, KAREN HARRISON, TIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS and JOANNA WINFIELD – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 23 March 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.

CODES OF CONDUCT – SBH have now adopted the UK Athletics (UKA) and the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAF) Codes of Conduct which set out national standards of conduct for all clubs, coaches, officials, volunteers and athletes in the sport. The purpose of the codes are to clarify what behaviours are acceptable and unacceptable, the standards of practice expected and the basis for challenging and improving practice. The Codes are similar to our previous Codes of Conduct which were part of the previous ClubMark scheme. All club member and anyone undertaking a relevant role must agree to abide by the codes of conduct. The Codes of Conduct have now been put onto our Website, please read these to understand the commitments you are making by being a member of SBH.
Link to the Code of Conduct document – Codes Of Conduct Booklet 2021 (1)

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF INTEREST CAN BE FOUND ON THE SBH WEBSITE BY USING THIS LINK – http://sbharriers.co.uk/
Section ‘About Us’, includes Annual Reports, Best Performance Trophy Awards, Individual And Relay Best Performances By Year, Club Records and SBH All-Time Top 10 T&F Performances.
Section ‘Team Managers And Competitions’, shows details of Track & Field, Cross Country and Road Relays Team Managers.
Section ‘Future Information/Results’, includes Information On Each Fixture, Summer & Winter Fixture Cards, Winter X/C Points Tables and Winter Club Championships Winners.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW CLUB KIT – They are now available to purchase from our club kit supplier, Supreme Sports – click on the link for the full range – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/
By opening the link, you will be on the front page, which displays the men’s items. Click on SBH LADIES for the women’s items, or click on SBH KIDS for the young athletes’ items.

CLUB HOODIES – With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £35 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

ACCESS TO SBH CLUBHOUSE – The new Keyholders to the outside door are TY HOLDEN, CLYDE GORDON, NEVILLE THOMPSON, GREG THOMPSON, COLIN GODFREY and YAMILLE ALDAMA who all use the Clubhouse outside of normal stadium opening hours. GEOFF MORPHITIS and DAVE BEDFORD will also have a key. All other key fob holders can continue to gain access to the clubhouse via the (New) West Stand Entrance and the Trackside Door to the Clubhouse.
Link to note and details for further information – SBH Club House Door 20-01-23

PHOTOGRAPH’S – From time to time we have photographs of our members taken at meetings or presentations which we would like to use both on the website or incorporated within our report to our local newspaper. Can you please let me know if you do NOT want your photograph to be published. Also, I would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

CAN YOU HELP PLEASE– I would welcome any contributions From Yourselves, any impending marriages, or additions to the family, any running or competing incidents, also past warm weather training/holidays (No Club 24 please). Currently the response has been excellent, but if you have anything that could make it into next week’s Newsletter – please email me.

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SHAFTESBURY INFORMATION – Currently I notify members (by email) using “MailChimp”. The reason I changed, was in November 2017 “Gmail” put a limit of 100 addresses that users could send to in a 24-hour period, and currently I send to approximately 850 members each issue.

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

SBH MIDWEEK JUMPS CLUB AT STONEX STADIUM – The current arrangements until further notice are that Pole Vault training is on Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 18.30pm to 21.00pm. High Jump training is on Wednesday’s from 18.45pm to 21.00pm.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend.

SBH FAST FORWARD SCHOOL ATHLETICS CLUB – ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers now run the school athletics club on Tuesday and Thursday at 4.30pm and which progresses to a more advanced club at 5.45 as a segue into the club. This is for ages 5 years -10 years of age. Please contact TY HOLDEN on 07737803260 for further information

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2023– To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved – give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Check with your Coach for details of training times.

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

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 7250.

STONEX STADIUM AWARDED TRACKMARK STANDARD – Congratulations on achieving the UK Athletics Quality Assurance Standards for StoneX Stadium. This is the letter from UK Athletics and certificate showing all area that achieved compliance – StoneX Stadium Award Letter 09.11.21 StoneX Stadium Certificate

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 23 March 2023

Posted on 23/03/202323/03/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 23 March to Wednesday 29 March – Temi Bakare, Jude Bell, James Isaacs, Zanson Plummer, Talya Robinson, Ben Rochford, Joe Shepherd, Roger Simons, Jeremy Sothcott, Neville Thompson and Louis Ubaka

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to ELLA BUCKLEY, ANNA KAMARA and GRACE NYAONGO

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWS AND INDOOR POLE VAULT – Takes place on Saturday 15 April at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to the timetable – LICC Timetable StoneX Stadium 15-04-23
Online entries now at Opentrack, then put 438 in the filter box – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 9 April, No Entries On The Day

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 5 April, and is now open on roster athletics to enter, see below.

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – Many thanks to JOANNA WINFIELD who sent me a photograph of JOANNA, MAX, DYLAN and BEN with GEORGE on a Saturday morning training session on 23rd December 2017. I will add it to the document.

Details can be found by contacting David Cripps at david.cripps7@outlook.com
Entries on-line at Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/steeplechase-festival/

RESULTS
ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Woolaton Park on 18 March.
Junior Boys – ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 (Middlesex) 53rd (15.21), EUAN PHILLIPS U15 (Middlesex) 218th (16.23) the winner was Joe Scanes of Kent (14.04) 329 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Greater Manchester (156 points), 2nd Kent (207), 3rd West Midlands (214), 21st Middlesex (892)
Junior Girls – POSIE SHAW U15 (Middlesex) 286th (14.42),the winner was Molly Carvell of Merseyside (12.16) 338 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (223 points), 2nd Sussex (308), 3rd London (340), 18th Middlesex (737)
Intermediate Boys – GIANLEO STUBBS U17 (Hertfordshire) 24th (17.38), RAFI GAYER U17 (Hertfordshire) 50th (18.02) the winner was Sam Plummer of Essex (16.41) 327 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (153 points), 2nd Kent (315), 3rd Essex (342), 14th Hertfordshire (737) 43 teams finished
Intermediate Girls – EDIE WOODINGS U17 (Middlesex) 210th (14.20), the winner was Zoe Gilbody of Shropshire (11.55) 338 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Berkshire (240 points), 2nd London (302), 3rd Surrey (307), 44 teams finished
Senior Boys – HENRY DOVER U17 (Suffolk) 16th (19.48), ABDIHIRAM HAMUD U20 (Middlesex) 52nd (20.41), SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U20 (Hertfordshire) 78th (20.59) the winner was George Couttie of North Yorkshire (19.12) 314 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Mersey (203 points), 2nd Kent (247), 3rd Surrey (276), 7th Hertfordshire (446), 8th Suffolk (454), 16th Middlesex (611)
Senior Girls – RUBY VINTON U17 (Suffolk) 96th (18.22) AMY GODDARD U17 (Suffolk) 128th (18.45), EMMA MCCLUSKEY U17 (Middlesex 2nd Claim) 205th (19.33), SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD U17 (Bedford) 274th (21.13) the winner was Innes Fitzgerald of Devon (15.21) 300 runners finished
Team Result – 1st West Yorkshire (127 points), 2nd Hertfordshire (294), 3rd Greater Manchester (317), 16th Middlesex (772), 22nd Suffolk (943) 38 teams finished

HERTFORDSHIRE, KENT AND MIDDLESEX INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 18-19 March.

Hertfordshire Championships
High Jump – U20W Straight Final REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 won the Gold Medal (PB 1.66m) adding 1cm to her 5 February jump
Pole Vault – U15B Straight Final THOMAS ROBERTSON U15 won the Gold Medal (2.80m)
Pole Vault – U17M Straight Final ANGUS BROWN U17 won the Gold Medal (3.60m), ISSA PHILLIPS-POPE U17 won the Silver Medal (3.30m)
Pole Vault – U17W Straight Final ABIGAIL EDWARDS U17 won the Silver Medal (2.60m)

Middlesex Championships
60m – U15B H1 SETH RENNIE-RODDY U15 3rd (PB 7.89) taking .16 of a second off his 2022 time, ASHER ESCOBAR U15 6th (8.56), H2 MODEBAYO AKIN-AGUNBIADE U15 5th (PB 8.19) taking .27 of a second off his 8 January time, in the Final SETH finished 6th (7.96)
60m – U15G H3 ANGEL MCLEOD U15 1st (7.94), in the Final ANGEL won the Gold Medal (7.83)
60m – U17M H1 OLIVER LAURENS U17 3rd (7.53), H2 RUBEN CARDOSO U17 3rd (PB 7.53) taking .01 of a second off his 14 January time, H3 ZICO JONES U17 1st (7.20), BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 5th (PB 7.71), H4 EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (7.23), NATHAN HOWELL U17 2nd (PB 7.43) taking .04 of a second off his 28 January time, ISAAC OTAH U17 7th (PB 7.99) taking .04 of a second off his 8 January time, in Semi-Final 2 EBUKA finished 1st (7.14), ZICO finished 2nd (7.25), NATHAN finished 4th (7.44), RUBEN finished 5th (7.54), OLIVER finished 6th (7.66), in the Final EBUKA won the Gold Medal (7.02)
60m – U17M H1 AARON OTAH U20 5th (7.70), H3 SEBASTIAN BETARANO-RAMIREZ U20 3rd (PB 7.35)
60m – U217W H1 TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (8.02), MAKAYLA BRAI-AYOYE U17 3rd (PB 8.17), H2 OYINKAN OGUNBIYI U17 5th (SB 8.94) equalling her 8 January time, H3 ANNALUCIA HARLLEY U17 5th (8.87), in the Final TAMI finished 4th (8.06), MAKAYLA finished 6th (PB 8.10) taking .07 of a second off her H1 time
60m – U20W H1 ANNA ROSE U20 3rd (SB 8.16)
200m – U15B H1 ASHER ESCOBAR U15 2nd (PB 26.65) taking .15 of a second off his 29 January time, in the Final ASHER finished 5th (27.37)
200m – U15G H1 MORAYO IDRIS U15 4th (30.40)
200m – U17M H1 BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 1st (23.77), MATEI FRUNZA U17 4th (24.53), H2 EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (22.84), OLIVER LAURENS U17 2nd (SB 23.98) taking .21 of a second off his 28 January time, RUBEN CARDOSO U17 3rd (PB 24.31), H3 NATHAN HOWELL U17 3rd (24.53), ISAAC OTAH U17 5th (26.66) taking .20 of a second off his 8 January time, in the Final EBUKA won the Gold Medal (22.45), BRANDON finished 4th (23.75), RUBEN finished 5th (PB 24.19) taking .12 of a second off his H2 time, OLIVER finished 6th (24.28)
200m – U20W Straight Final ANNA ROSE U20 won the Silver Medal (SB 25.94) taking .33 of a second off her 5 February time
200m – SM Straight Final AARON OTAH U20 6th (25.03)
300m – U15B Straight Final SETH RENNIE-RODDY U15 won the Gold Medal (41.08)
300m – U15G Straight Final ELLA BUCKLEY U15 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (PB 44.11) taking .07 of a second off her 2022 time
300m – U17W Straight Final MACIE SUTHERLAND U17 won the Bronze Medal (SB 44.11)
400m – U17M H1 LANRE PRATT U17 4th (PB 58.38), in the Final LANRE finished 5th (PB 57.65) taking .73 of a second off his H1 time
400m – U20W Straight Final LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U20 4th (PB 61.49) taking .04 of a second off her 12 March time
400m – SM Straight Final SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 6th (SB 57.69) taking .12 of a second off his 12 February time
800m – U15G Straight Final ELIZABETH OTHULO U15 won the Bronze Medal (PB 2:38.21) taking 2.79 seconds off her 2022 time
800m – U17M Straight Final JACOB CLEMENT U17 won the Gold Medal (SB 2:05.94)
800m – U17W Straight Final MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 4th (SB 2:20.29), DINA SILVERMAN U17 5th (2:21.10), LARISSA WILSON U17 6th (2:22.34)
800m – SM Straight Final CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (SB 2:07.06) taking .16 of a second off his 5 February time, NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) won the Bronze Medal (2:14.67)
1500m – U20W Straight Final EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (SB 4:57.15)
1500m – SM Straight Final CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) won the Bronze Medal (SB 4:24.20) taking 5.42 seconds off his 15 February time, NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 4th (SB 4:43.24)
60m Hurdles – U15B Straight Final JIMI ADU U15 won the Silver Medal (PB 9.85), ASHER ESCOBAR U15 finished 4th (9.92)
60m Hurdles – SM Straight Final SEBASTIAN BETARANO-RAMIREZ U20 won the Gold Medal (PB 8.83)
High Jump – U15G Straight Final ELIZA LEIBOWITZ U15 won the Bronze Medal (PB 1.35m) adding 5cm to her 2022 height
High Jump – U17M Straight Final JORDAN NGIGE U17 won the Gold Medal (PB 1.90m) adding 10cm to his 2022 height, and is ranked UK No.6 U17 in 2023
High Jump – U20W Straight Final HOPE BAKER U20 won the Bronze Medal (SB 1.40m)
Pole Vault – SW Straight Final STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 won the Silver Medal (2.70m), ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 5th (PB 2.40m) equalling her 5 March height
Long Jump – U15G Straight Final ELLA BUCKLEY U15 (2nd Claim) 4th (4.25m)
Long Jump – SM Straight Final CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 5.16m)
Tripleg Jump – SM Straight Final CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (PB 11.41m) adding 28cm to his 2022 jump
Shot 4kg – U15B Straight Final MILO RYNEHART U15 won the Gold Medal (PB 10.37m) adding 39cm to his 15 January put

Kent Championships
No SBH athletes

SEMI DE LILLE 10K – Took place at Lille, France on 19 March.
NAOMI TASCHIMOWITZ 5th (PB 33.37) taking 54 seconds off her 2022 time

JW SPEED FEST – Took place at Kingston, Jamaica on 18 March.
200m – SM 5 ZHARNEL HUGHES 1st (SB 20.25 w-1.4) and is ranked UK No.1 in 2023

CARDINAL CLASSIC – Took place at Palo Alto, California, USA on 18 March.
100m – SM 1 MICHAEL OHIOZE 2nd (SB 10.39 w0.8) and is ranked UK No.1 in 2023
200m – SM 1 MICHAEL OHIOZE 2nd (SB 20.78 w0.8) and is ranked UK No.4 in 2023

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM WINTER THROWS AND DISTANCE MEETING – Took place at Birmingham on 18 March.
5000m – Race 1 FREYA STAPLETON U23 (University of Birmingham) 4th (PB 16:41.93) taking 26.38 seconds off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2023, 3 LUCA STUBBS U23 (Loughborough Students) 5th (PB 15:26.38) and is ranked UK No.10 U23 in 2023, 4 KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 (University of Birmingham) 3rd (PB 14:29.26) and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2023

FRIDAY NIGHT 5K UNDER THE LIGHTS – Took place at Battersea Park on 17 March.
KOJO KYEREME V45 4th (PB 14.57) taking 3 seconds off his 2020 time, and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2023 and is ranked UK No.8 V45 on the all-time list.

CAMBRIDGE HALF MARATHON – Took place at Cambridge on 5 March.
JUDE BELL 55th (PB 71.59), DANIEL NICHOLS V35 246th (SB 78.26), MARK COTTLE V35 404th (PB 81.09), NICOLA PAYNE 501st (PB 82.58)

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 18 March.
PAUL LEWIS V50 8th (23.34) this was his 160th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 18 March.
CLIFF GOLDING V55 129th (28.43) this was his 135th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 18 March.
DAVID JOSEPHS V45 11th (20.41 this was his 26th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 23rd (22.29) this was his 367th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 42nd (24.15) this was his 220th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 172nd (38.17) this was her 84th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 18 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 113th (43.56) this was his 256th Parkrun

UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY AND ROAD RELAY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 23 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 19 APRIL – The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

TCS MONEY LONDON MARATHON – Takes place on Sunday 23 April from Greenwich. We should have a few runners representing the Stripes.
Note: You will have to enter yourself

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 23 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 19 APRIL

WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 26 March to Tuesday 4 April at Torun, Poland.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWS AND INDOOR POLE VAULT – Takes place on Saturday 15 April at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to the timetable – LICC Timetable StoneX Stadium 15-04-23
Online entries now at Opentrack, then put 438 in the filter box – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 9 April, No Entries On The Day

WATFORD 2023 OPEN MEETING OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Roster Athletics
Wednesday 5 April – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No Under 13s (Entries Open)
Wednesday 19 April – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Shot, 7.20pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.40pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 3 May – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.20pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 17 May – 7.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds
Wednesday 31 May – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 14 June – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Shot, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 28 June – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 12 July – 7.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 26 July – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 9 August – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 23 August – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds
Wednesday 6 September – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 100m, 7.40pm 800m, 9.05pm 3000m No under 13s

HARSH NEW RULES FOR TRACK AND TRAINING VENUES – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Coaches are facing the pinch due to soaring prices relating to the use of facilities. For years coaches and athletes have taken it for granted that there will be tracks to train on, pits to jump into and designated, safe throwing areas to throw in. Now, however, that idea is very much under threat. It seems that athletics tracks up and down the country are changing their usage policies. Our facilities may not be “facilitating” our sport any more. In fact, some of the changes could completely change the way coaches coach – and may even drive some away entirely. The track I coach at has recently decided to turn its athletics usage model on its head. In the kind of set-up which is echoed throughout this country, it used to be the case that I could simply turn up with my athletes and coach. The members of my training group would just pay at the door and we would get on with our session. The new system, however, has changed all of that. It is now impossible for a shot putter, hurdler or triple jumper – in fact any event apart from sprinting, middle and long distances – to use this particular track without a coach being present and an advance booking being made. Even then, the “runners” may turn up at the track to find it booked out for other events. My local facility is far from alone in doing this, either.

The changes afoot – Let me explain what’s happening in a little more detail. At the facility I use, coaches will now only be allowed to use it if they pre-book all of their training slots. At first glance, this may not appear to be that onerous a problem – after all, we had to do this in response to Covid when space was being controlled. However, the difference now is that coaches will be invoiced monthly for their sessions. There’s a sizeable fee for using a lane, the long jump pit, the pole vault and so on. We are also supposed to know the exact times and precisely which facilities we wish to use months in advance. On top of that, the centre has informed us they need 28 days’ notice for a change of times and dates, something which represents an extraordinarily difficult challenge in a sport where things change all the time. The centre I coach from has also required coaches to re-submit their coaching documents, download and supply the British Athletics insurance policy, child protection policy and complete risk assessments. We have also had to identify which events we can coach. Was an explanation given as to exactly why this information was required again? No. There is an insistence that the centre is not doing this for financial reasons, but rather it seems these changes may actually be for insurance purposes. I guess ensuring the coach is more liable for the session would reduce the premium and the claim would be against British Athletics’ insurance in the first place. I have not been given a direct explanation for the changes, however, which does leave room for speculation. If it is about making money, that’s not unreasonable in these difficult times, but should coaches – who are amateur more often than not – be made to fork out? Some quick calculations indicate that, under this strategy, many coaches will face monthly bills ranging from £500 to over £1000. Where will they find that additional money? This, potentially, has huge ramifications for the sport.

Opening the door to non-athletics use – With a pressing need to increase revenue, many centres up and down the country use their athletics facilities for non-athletic activities. Indoor arenas can play host to children’s birthday parties, gymnastics, trampolining, cheerleading, meetings, gatherings and so on. For outdoor tracks, football and other field sports can cause complications. It’s therefore not surprising that many coaches and athletes feel their sport is being squeezed out. On another level some tracks charge additional fees to use facilities such as the long jump pit, as staff are required to move the covers. It certainly makes you think that “things ain’t easy any more”…

JOAQUIM CRUZ AT 60 – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

Olympic 800m champion in 1984 turns 60 this weekend and we look back on the career of one of the all-time greats. JOAQUIM CRUZ is best known for beating SEB COE to the 1984 Olympic 800m title in Los Angeles. For many in South America there was also a decent argument to describe him as the world record-holder too. COE ran (1:41.73) in Florence in 1981 at an event where the photo-finish equipment malfunctioned. The Briton’s time was calculated from three photo-cells positioned at three different heights at the finish and officials hand-timed his run at (1:41.6), (1:41.6) and (1:41.7). The world record stood until 1997, when WILSON KIPKETER broke the mark. But in Cologne in 1984 – just 20 days after his Olympic victory – CRUZ ran (1:41.77) to miss COE’S mildly controversial mark by a mere four hundredths of a second. That statistical story is one of many embedded into the folklore of middle-distance running in the 1980s. It was a golden period, largely dominated by COE and fellow Englishmen STEVE OVETT, STEVE CRAM and PETER ELLIOTT, but there were a number of athletes from around the world who were just as good on their day. Most notably, for example, SAID AOUITA of Morocco and, of course, CRUZ.

Humble beginnings – CRUZ turns 60 this week (March 12) but the athlete (whose first name is pronounced JOE-AKEEM not WAH-KEEM incidentally) was born in 1963 in a favela in Taguatinga near Brasilia. To begin with he was a talented basketball player and his athletics talent was spotted when playing that game by a coach called LUIZ DE OLIVIERA.

Initially CRUZ was a reluctant runner who preferred basketball, but he had stacks of natural running ability. He clocked a world junior 800m record of (1:44.3) in Rio in 1981 and moved to Eugene, Oregon, to train. Injuries held him up a little and it was discovered his right leg was slightly shorter than the left, which needed an orthotic to fix. But in 1983, aged just 21, he made his mark at the World Championships in Helsinki by finishing third behind winner WILLI WULBECK of West Germany. With an aggressive front running style that would become his trademark, he battled for the lead with ELLIOTT at a furious pace before running out of steam as the more experienced WULBECK charged through for gold.

Glory in Los Angeles – One year later CRUZ was virtually invincible over two laps. He began the summer by winning the NCAA 800m and 1500m titles, plus a (3:53.00) mile in his debut at the distance at the Pepsi Invitational. Then at the Olympics in LA itself he ran a remarkable series of races with (1:45.66) in his heat, (1:44.84) in the second round, (1:43.84) in his semi and (1:43.00) in the final – all in successive days. Three years earlier an 18-year-old CRUZ had finished well behind COE as the Briton destroyed the field to win the IAAF World Cup 800m in Rome. But now, in LA and aged 21, he was always in control and surged clear of COE and runner-up EARL JONES and the rest of the field in the home straight to win with ease.“We’re too old to be playing with fire,” the runner-up COE famously told OVETT. However while COE went on to successfully defend his 1500m title, CRUZ withdrew from the metric mile with a cold. Back in Europe a few days later, though, CRUZ scorched to some great end-of-season victories with (2:14.09) for 1000m in Nice, (1:42.34) for 800m in Zurich, (1:42.41) in Brussels and then (1:44.77) in Cologne. Such was his status back home now, in Sao Paulo an abandoned baby was left on someone’s doorstep and it was named JOAQUIM CRUZ.

Post-Los Angeles – CRUZ was never quite the same after his impeccable 1984 season. In early 1985 he was humbled in an early season 1500m showdown in Nice where CRAM narrowly held off AOUITA in a world record of (3:29.67) as CRUZ lost contact approaching the bell and faded to seventh in (3:37.10). At his specialist distance, though, he still ran brilliantly by beating TOM MCKEAN at Crystal Palace, whereas he also enjoyed victories in (1:42.49) in Koblenz, (1:42.54) in Cologne and (1:42.98) in Berlin, plus a narrow defeat to an in-form CRAM in (1:43.23) in Zurich. The 1986 season was lost through injury and with his career seemingly on the slide the Brazilian whipped himself into great shape again for a defence of his Olympic title in Seoul in 1988 and managed to put up a gallant fight that nearly resulted in gold. On the eve of the Games in August he ran a 1500m PB of (3:34.63) to win in Hengelo and finished a close runner-up to AOUITA in Cologne over 800m in (1:44.27). Ultimately the title in Seoul went to surprise package PAUL ERENG as the Kenyan burst past CRUZ in the closing metres to claim victory as the Brazilian ran (1:43.90) ahead of AOUITA, ELLIOTT, JOHNNY GRAY and fellow Brazilian JOSE-LUIS BARBOSA.

CRUZ carried on racing until 1997 but was only eighth in his 1500m heat at the 1996 Olympics and, in recent years, he has been based in San Diego as a coach primarily for the United States Paralympics programme where he has continued to inspire modern-day athletes in addition to older ex-athletes and fans who remember him as one of the most graceful and powerful 800m runners of all time.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Videos and Photographs contributed with many comments. There are 4 posts this week, all photographs taken at the Middlesex Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on 18-19 March

ANNA ROSE with her 200m U20 Silver Medal, with a seasons best (25.94) taking .33 of a second off her 5 February time
EBUKA NWOKEJI with his 60m and 200m U17 Gold Medals, winning the 60m in a time of (7.02), and the 200m in a time of (22.45)
JORDAN NGIGE won the U17 High Jump Gold Medal with a personal best (1.90m) adding 10cm to his 2022 height, and is ranked UK No.6 U17 in 2023
MACIE SUTHERLAND U17 coming off the final bend in the U17 300m, and won the Bronze Medal with a seasons best (44.11)

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Can be found on the SBH website –http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM, JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU, ALAN WELLER, KAREN HARRISON, TIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS and JOANNA WINFIELD – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 23 March 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Check with your Coach for details of training times.

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 7250.

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 16 March 2023

Posted on 16/03/202316/03/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 16 March to Wednesday 22 March – Sydney Allen, Zoe Davis, Amy Goddard, Robert Lightowler, Jade Lally, Finn Maccarthy, Emmanuella Owusu-Bempah, William Ryle-Hodges and Sam Scheer

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWS AND INDOOR POLE VAULT – Takes place on Saturday 15 April at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to the timetable – LICC Timetable StoneX Stadium 15-04-23
Online entries now at Opentrack, then put 438 in the filter box – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 9 April, No Entries On The Day

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2022. The SBH annual subscription, as from 1 December 2022 as approved at the AGM on Tuesday 29 November is £65 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022 (this increases to £17 as from 1 April 2023 renewals). The current total is £81 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

THE TCS LONDON MINI MARATHON – The qualification period for the races on Saturday 22 April is now closed, following last Saturdays Parkrun fixtures.

HERTFORDSHIRE STEEPLECHASERS – SALLY GANDEE, who is Honary Secretary of the Hertfordshire Athletics Association, has sent me the following.
As Hertfordshire County is not holding any steeplechase races in the county championships this year – the county would consider awarding county medals to any Hertfordshire qualified athlete who takes part in this steeplechase festival. Age groups are from U15 to senior with appropriate distances from 1500m to 3000m. The steeplechase festival organised by West Suffolk is being held at Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre on 29 April 2023.

Details can be found by contacting David Cripps at david.cripps7@outlook.com
Entries on-line at Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/steeplechase-festival/

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS 2023 TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES – The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card will be issued by email on Friday 17 March, and at the same time will be available on the SBH Website.

The following fixtures will be available to enter on Opentrack, in the coming weeks.
26 April – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
10 May – Double 100m Meeting
24 May – 300m/300m Hurdles/400m/400m Hurdles Meeting
7 June – Double 100m Meeting
21 June – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
5 July – Double 100m Meeting
19 July – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
2 August – Double Sprint Hurdles
16 August – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
30 August – Double 100m Meeting
September – Autumn Throws Fest

WATFORD 2023 OPEN MEETING OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Roster Athletics, currently the 5 April meeting is not available.

Wednesday 5 April – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No Under 13s
Wednesday 19 April – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Shot, 7.20pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.40pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 3 May – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.20pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 17 May – 7.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds
Wednesday 31 May – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 14 June – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Shot, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 28 June – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 12 July – 7.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 26 July – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 9 August – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 23 August – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds
Wednesday 6 September – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 100m, 7.40pm 800m, 9.05pm 3000m No under 13s

RESULTS
NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five took place at Harrow School on 5 March.
Under 11 Boys (2000m) – DENNYS PASCAL 1st (6.42), JOSAIH ALDHAM 2nd (6.45), TAHA COCKERELL 9th (7.06), ROAN PARKES 14th (7.18), THOMAS FELLOW 15th (7.21), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN 18th (7.22), RIO HAYAKAWA 38th (8.21) 49 runners finished
Team Result 1st Thames Valley Harriers (24 points), 2nd SBH (26), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (64) 12 teams finished

Under 11 Girls (2000m) – GRACE ROONEY 3rd (7.19), LUCIA CASALENUOVO 4th (7.31), SIENNA DARCY 7th (7.39), SOPHIA CLOONEY 11th (7.58), ELFIE SHAW 24th (8.38), SUNNY SHAW 37th (9.19), KEENYAH ADELISE 39th (9.26), the winner was Mami Keam George of Thames Valley Harriers (6.59) 42 runners finished
Team Result 1st SBH, 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex, 3rd Harrow No points shown on the results, 11 teams finished

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – EDWARD PASCAL 7th (9.14), LADDIE SHAW 8th (9.16), SAM DARCY 30th (10.56), the winner was Oliver McDonald of Dacorum & Tring (8.38) 39 runners finished
Team Result 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (38 points), 2nd Dacorum & Tring (46), 3rd Harrow (78), 5th SBH (85) 11 teams finished

Under 13 Girls (3000m) – JAI HAYAKAWA 10th (10.27), OLIVIA ABBOT 18th (11.14), VERA DOUDKO 23rd (12.09), ELIZA LEIBOWITZ 27th (13.58), the winner was Jorja March of Barnet & District (9.06) 28 runners finished
Team Result 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (34 points), 2nd Harrow (44), 3rd Barnet & District (61), 5th SBH (78) 10 teams finished

Under 15 Boys (4000m) – No SBH runners, the winner was L Moore of Thames Valley Harriers (15.21) 26 runners finished
Team Result 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (19 points), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (33), 3rd Barnet & District (57) 9 teams finished

Under 15 Girls (4000m) – DINA SILVERMAN 3rd (17.26), POSIE SHAW 5th (17.40), ERIN GIBLIN 17th (20.25), the winner was Leoni Delvendahl of Highgate Harriers (17.14) 21 runners finished
Team Result 1st Highgate Harriers (29 points), 2nd SBH (47), 3rd Harrow (57) 10 teams finished

Under 17 Men (5000m) – No SBH runner competed, the winner was Thomas Chadwick of Highgate Harriers (17.11) 23 runners finished
Team Result 1st Highgate Harriers (20 points), 2nd Barnet & District (40), 3rd Harrow (50) 6 teams finished

Under 17 Women (5000m) – No SBH runner competed, the winner was Adela Svihaikova of Thames Valley Harriers (17.05) 8 runners finished
Team Result 1st Thames Valley Harriers (21 points), 2nd London Heathside (28), 3rd Barnet & District (29) 4 teams finished

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE TEAM POSITIONS – These are the Final Team Positions. You are probable aware that due to a fixture clash, the club took a decision to support the National Cross Country relays on 5 March, which meant we had no runners at the NWLL at Kingsbury.
These are the Top 3 in the Final tables;
Under 11 Boys – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (51 points), 2nd SBH (47), 3rd London Heathside (44). Based on our average points (12) in our 4 fixtures, we would have had 59 points.
Under 13 Boys – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (56 points), 2nd Trent Park (50), 3rd Dacorum & Tring (45), 5th SBH (37). Based on our average points (9) in our 4 fixtures, we would have had 46 points.
Under 15 Boys – 1st Thames Valley Harriers (58 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (52), 3rd Barnet & District (43), 11th SBH (11). Based on our average points (5) in our 2 fixtures, we would have had 16 points.
Under 17 Men – 1st Highgate Harriers (60 points), 2nd Barnet & District (54), 3rd Harrow (47). We had no team points in our 4 fixtures.
Team Positions With The 4 Age-Groups Combined – 1st Highgate Harriers (168 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (165), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (152), 9th SBH (95). Based on our total with the average points from the U11, U13 & U15s, our total would have been (121) points and joint 7th place.
Under 11 Girls – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (52 points), 2nd London Heathside (49), 3rd SBH (46),. Based on our average points (12) in our 4 fixtures, we would have had 58 points.
Under 13 Girls – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (55 points), 2nd Barnet & District (49), 3rd Harrow (49), 6th SBH (33). Based on our average points (8) in our 4 fixtures, we would have had 41 points.
Under 15 Girls – 1st Highgate Harriers (59 points), 2nd London Heathside (45), 3rd Dacorum & Tring (41), 6th SBH (32). Based on our average points (8) in our 4 fixtures, we would have had 40 points.
Under 17 Women – 1st Thames Valley Harriers (57 points), 2nd Barnet & District (56), 3rd London Heathside (47). We had no team points in our 4 fixtures.
Team Positions With The 4 Age-Groups Combined – 1st Barnet & District (185 points), 2nd London Heathside (182), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (171), 7th SBH (111). Based on our total with the average points from the U11, U13 & U15s, our total would have been (139) points and 5th place.

Link to the full document – NWLL Final Team Positions 2022-2023

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS – These are the Final Individual Positions. The same situation applies to the fixture clash.
These are our athletes who finished in the Top 10;
Under 11 Boys – DENNYS PASCAL 1st (197 points), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN 8th (146), JOSAIH ALDHAM 9th (143), SBH had a total of 13 athletes who competed throughout the season, there were total of 88 athletes who competed throughout the season.
Under 13 Boys – EDWARD PASCAL 5th (173 points), SBH had a total of 9 athletes who competed throughout the season, there were total of 61 athletes who competed throught the season.
Under 15 Boys – AIDAN MCAVOY 21st (82 points), SBH had a total of 1 athlete who competed throughout the season, there were total of 52 athletes who competed throughout the season.
Under 17 Men – SBH had no athletes who competed throughout the season, there were total of 47 athletes who competed throughout the season.
Under 11 Girls – GRACE ROONEY 10th (197 points), SBH had a total of 12 athletes who competed throughout the season, there were total of 68 athletes who competed throughout the season.
Under 13 Girls – MEI HAYAKAWA 10th (138 points), SBH had a total of 6 athletes who competed throughout the season, here were total of 28 athletes who competed throughout the season.
Under 15 Girls – ERIN GIBLIN 12th (110 points), SBH had a total of 5 athletes who competed throughout the season, there were total of 44 athletes who competed throughout the season.
Under 17 Women – SBH had no athletes who competed throughout the season, there were total of 23 athletes who competed throughout the season.

Link to the full document – NWLL Final Individual Positions 2022-2023

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Prestwold Hall on 11 March.
Under 13 Boys – EDWARD PASCAL (Middlesex) 157th (14.08), the winner was Thomas Thake of Yorkshire (11.53) 292 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Hertfordshire (67 points), 2nd Derbyshire (91), 3rd Surrey (109), 12th Middlesex (225) 42 teams finished

Under 13 Girls – The winner was Kara Gorman of Buckinghamshire (12.51) 300 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Essex (84 points), 2nd Surrey (89), 3rd North East (117) 41 teams finished

Under 15 Boys – THOMAS CADWALLADER (Hertfordshire) 112th (15.59), the winner was George Wilson of Lincolnshire (14.10) 311 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Scotland West (36 points), 2nd Yorkshire (97), 3rd Scotland East (99), 29th Hertfordshire (563) 43 teams finished

Under 15 Girls – The winner was Zara Redmond of Scotland West (16.09) 297 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Yorkshire (82 points), 2nd Scotland West (113), 3rd Merseyside (132) 42 teams finished

Under 17 Men – HENRY DOVER (Essex) 3rd (20.37), RAFAEL GAYER (Middlesex) 97th (22.41), NOAH CLARKE (Middlesex) 261st (26.56), the winner was Craig Shennan of Scotland West (20.19) 272 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Essex (76 points), 2nd Scotland East (100), 3rd Scotland West (110),21st Middlesex (472) 39 teams finished

Under 17 Women – RUBY VINTON (Suffolk) 80th (23.34), EMMA MCCLUSKEY (Middlesex) 202nd (26.07), the winner was Innes Fitzgerald of Devon (19.24) 258 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Yorkshire (70 points), 2nd Berkshire (94), 3rd Greater Manchester (104),9th Middlesex (196), 32nd Suffolk (608) 38 teams finished

Under 20 Men – SAMUEL GREENSTEIN (Middlesex) 53rd (31.27), JOSHUA FISHER (Middlesex) 77th (32.15), the winner was Luke Birdseye of Berkshire (28.25) 159 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Kent (50 points), 2nd Berkshire (100), 3rd Yorkshire (110), 8th Middlesex (187) 23 teams finished

Under 20 Women – RACHAEL PEARLMAN (Middlesex) 73rd (28.12), the winner was Megan Harris of Essex (23.09) 122 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Yorkshire (45 points), 2nd Greater Manchester (147), 3rd Sussex (147), 12th Middlesex (236) 17 teams finished

Senior Men – MARK PEARCE (Hertfordshire) 10th (38.41), THOMAS BUTLER (Hertfordshire) 50th (40.18), WILLIAM RYLE-HODGES (Middlesex) 186th (43.41), the winner was Mahamed Mahamed of Hampshire (37.10) 298 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Leicestershire & Rutland (157 points), 2nd Hampshire (236), 3rd Lancashire (276), 7th Hertfordshire (341), 20th Middlesex (815) 32 teams finished

Senior Women – AMELIA WILLS (Hampshire 2nd Claim) 43rd (35.02), the winner was Grace Carson of Northern Ireland (31.37) 263 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (152 points), 2nd Leicestershire & Rutland (198), 3rd Yorkshire (216), 5th Hampshire (243) 32 teams finished

BE FIT TODAY INDOOR SERIES – Took place at Lee Valley on 12 March.
200m – SX 15 RYLE SINGARAYER U11 5th (SB 38.02)
300m – SX 4 ZICO JONES U17 1st (SB 36.22) and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2023
400m – SX 2 LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U20 1st (PB 61.53) taking .60 of a second off her 5 February time, CLAIRE SPURWAY V40 3rd (PB 63.56) taking 1.04 seconds off her 19 February time, and is ranked UK No.1 V40 in 2023
800m – SX 5 BEN BROWNLEADER U20 4th (SB 2:16.05) taking 4.68 seconds off his 2 January time, 6 DANIEL BANYARD U20 3rd (SB 2:01.98) taking 3.37 seconds off his 22 January time

EUROPEAN THROWING CUP – Took place at Leiria, Portugal on 11-12 March.
Shot 7.26kg – SM A SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 4th (SB 20.73m) adding 37cm to his 19 February put, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2023
Discus 2kg – SM A NICK PERCY 9th (60.06m)
Hammer 7.26g – SM B CHRIS BENNETT 5th (70.12m)

BRITISH MASTERS PENTATHLON AND 3000M CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 11 March.
Pentathlon – M45-50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 5th (2638 points) 60m Hurdles (11.70), Long Jump (4.63m), Shot (7.96m), High Jump (1.56m), 1000m (3:34.90)

NCAA D1 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA on 10-11 March.
5000m – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 9th (14:01.34)

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 11 March.
PAUL LEWIS V50 24th (26.06) this was his 159th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cannons Park on 11 March.
BRADLEY SINGER 54th (27.58) this was his 219th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Dishley, Loughborough on 11 March.
SCARLETT KENT U23 24th (PB 21.32) this was his 53rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gorleston Cliffs on 11 March.
PAUL MACCARTHY V55 14th (PB 20.11) this was his 218th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 11 March.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 218th (32.23) this was his 286th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Houghton Hall on 11 March.
ANTONIO CONRADIE U20 4th (PB 18.54) this was his 16th Parkrun, CHARLENE JACOBS-CONRADIE V40 11th (20.51) this was her 21st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 11 March.
ANDREW HOLMES V55 218th (39.21) this was his 48th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 11 March.
CLIFF GOLDING V55 103rd (26.55) this was his 134th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 11 March.
LEO RONCARATI U20 1st (PB 17.27) this was his 10th Parkrun, ADAM O’GORMAN U17 2nd (17.29) this was his 7th Parkrun, JACOB CLEMENT U17 5th (PB 18.19) this was his 6th Parkrun, CALEB HILTON U13 8th (18.30) this was his 12th Parkrun, JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 9th (PB 18.36) this was his 33rd Parkrun, AIDEN MCAVOY U17 12th (PB 18.55) this was his 2nd Parkrun, ZACK JOSEPHS U13 16th (PB 19.25) this was his 12th Parkrun, JESSE ABRAHAMS U13 17th (PB 19.37) this was his 7th Parkrun, LADDIE SHAW U 19th (20.01) this was his 7th Parkrun, POSIE SHAW U13 20th (PB 20.23) this was her 14th Parkrun, MATTHEW MCATEER U20 21st (20.32) this was his 29th Parkrun, DAVID JOSEPHS V45 22nd (20.34) this was his 25th Parkrun, MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 23rd (20.38) this was her 1st Parkrun, SAM DARCY U13 44th (22.38) this was his 26th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 45th (22.39) this was his 366th Parkrun, ERIN GIBLIN U15 49th (PB 22.46) this was her 4th Parkrun, ABI GREENE U20 51st (PB 22.56) this was her 7th Parkrun, LEO ABRAHAM U13 52nd (22.58) this was his 1st Parkrun, OLIVIA ABBOT U13 59th (23.28) this was her 1st Parkrun, HOLLY CLARKE U13 70th (23.56) this was her 6th Parkrun, MEGAN HAMMOND U13 74th (24.01) this was her 2nd Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 174th (30.21) this was her 83rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 11 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 148th (35.35) this was his 255th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 11 March.
DINA SILVERMAN U15 4th (PB 21.16) this was his 2nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Wimbledon Common on 11 March.
JAMES FITZSIMMONS V45 17th (20.19) this was his 55th Parkrun

UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY AND ROAD RELAY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 16 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL –The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card will be issued by email on Friday 17 March, and at the same time will be available on the SBH Website.

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 18 March at Wollaton, Park, Nottingham.
Note: You will selected by your respective County Team Manager

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 2 April at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20.
Start times TBC
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 21 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NATIONAL MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 15 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Town Gate Entrance, Birmingham (Satnav B73 6BU).
Start times U17 Men 11.00am, U17 Women 11.05am, U15 Boys 11.15am, U15 Girls 11.20am, Senior Men 12.00noon, Senior Women 12.20pm
Distances U15/U17 Men/Women 5K, Senior Men/Women Long Legs 5.38K, Short Legs 3.16K
Entries Closing Date Friday 7 April
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager.

TCS MONEY LONDON MARATHON – Takes place on Sunday 23 April from Greenwich. We should have a few runners representing the Stripes.
Note: You will have to enter yourself

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 16 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 12 APRIL

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 18 March and Sunday 19 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Entries Closed

WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 26 March to Tuesday 4 April at Torun, Poland.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 5 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 100m, 19.15pm High Jump, 19.20pm 1500m no times over 5minute 30 seconds, 21.00pm 3000m no times over 11.00 minutes, no Under 13s
Link to entries on roster athletics, although entries not available as yet –
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT MEDALS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph of CHRIS THOMPSON taken by MARK SHEARMAN

UK Athletics want to select smaller teams for global championships but their policy flies in the face of popular opinion. About 20 years ago I knew an ambitious British runner whose main goal was to run in the World Cross Country Championships. He realised the ceiling of his talent was to squeeze into the squad and after years of gruelling training he eventually managed it in his early 30s by qualifying for a couple of global events. Ultimately he finished outside the top 60 and several minutes behind the winner, but he achieved his dream and is now able to tell his grandchildren that he ran for Great Britain at the World Cross. As my friend and many other proud international athletes over the years will agree, these championships are not all about winning medals.

The problem is, the medals mentality is dominating UK Athletics’ selection strategy right now. JACK BUCKNER, the governing body’s new chief executive, said recently: “There will be a bit of a shift in our selection philosophy which is going to be quite hard in some ways. We will be moving towards a philosophy more about performance. It will have a slightly sharper edge. You need to really focus on the big hitters. We could have a list of six to 10 names and we need to be all over them. We need to identify where the medals are coming from and have the right resources in place.” BUCKNER has made a positive start to his role at UKA but in this case he appears to have misjudged the mood of the people. An AW poll this week asked if UKA should send smaller elite teams of probable finalists and potential medallists to global championships? Or should they field as big a squad as possible to maximise development opportunities? At last count 72% want squads that are “as big as possible” with only 3% preferring “small select squads” and 25% choosing “somewhere in between”. Athletes and fans have gone further than a mere click of the keyboard to vote too. Some have taken to social media to voice their concern. Established GB internationals claim the policy is driven by UKA’s cash-strapped position – although the governing body denies this – whereas others have made jibes about the number of support staff soon out-numbering the actual competitors.

KATHERINE MERRY went to the 1993 World Championships as a teenager before going on to win Olympic 400m bronze in Sydney seven years later. She says she would not qualify for that World Champs with the current selection policy and adds: “Not every athlete can be a medallist or top eight at a Champs, but all deserve to showcase their best on the biggest stage they can. This is why athletes train. To be the best they can be and reach the highest possible level with their talent.” What would MO FARAH have achieved during his 2011-2017 heyday if he hadn’t endured the stinging experience of being knocked out of the 5000m heats at the 2008 Olympics? KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON finished 14th in the Olympic heptathlon – a long way behind winner JESS ENNIS – in London in 2012 but the experience put her in good stead to win a world title seven years later in Doha. At the same home Games, meanwhile, a young runner called EILISH MCCOLGAN finished a distant ninth in her 3000m steeplechase heat but look what she’s gone on to achieve. There are plenty more examples like this too.

What is exasperating about UKA’s selection stance is that it see-saws from one extreme to another. Less than two years ago, for example, BUCKNER’S predecessor JO COATES unleashed a plan entitled ‘age of the athlete’ where one of the targets was to have athletes representing Great Britain and Northern Ireland in every single track and field event at major championships by 2032. This ambitious but very worthy goal was not original either as UKA proposed the same idea at the turn of the millennium. It is also only six years since UKA launched a campaign with the hashtag “#represent” which was devised by a creative agency – probably at considerable cost – and primarily promoted the beauty and honour of competing for your country. In the run-up to London 2012, however, the GB team adopted a tougher selection strategy similar to the one BUCKNER is now suggesting will happen on the road to the Paris 2024 Olympics. CHARLES VAN COMMENEE, the GB head coach at the time, famously said that “nobody is going to jump higher by lowering the bar”. VAN COMMENEE added: “When you raise the standards, you will have a more successful team and success breeds success. When you are in a championship and in the first two days you’ve got a dozen going out in the first round then that doesn’t set the right tone for the rest of the team and for the people watching us.”

With reference to under-performing “championship tourists”, he continued: “I think at major championships you shouldn’t fail, so I don’t want to send people with a high probability of failure.” There is definitely some logic in that approach and it is important to add that UKA’s strict selection strategies only apply to global championships. Events like the Commonwealth Games, age-group championships and of course this month’s European Indoor Championships are always regarded as development opportunities for up-and-coming athletes. Since the days of VAN COMMENEE, the selection strategy now appears to be coming around in full circle and looks set to be repeated. Is it what athletes and fans want, though? Clearly not.

Surely UKA is underestimating the sheer achievement of making a national team for a major championship. If ever you need to be reminded of this, just remember the scenes of joy and emotion two years ago when CHRIS THOMPSON won the Olympic marathon trials in Kew Gardens. THOMMO probably realised he would not win Olympic medal in Japan. Making the top 10 would be a long shot – and he ultimately finished first Brit home in 39th. But, really, who cares? What mattered is that he earned the right to stand on the same start line as ELIUD KIPCHOGE at the greatest show on earth and is part of an exclusive club of super-athletes who go by the name of “Olympian”.

OLYMPIC CHAMPION AND HIGH JUMP INNOVATOR DICK FOSBURY DIES – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN in 1968.

Mexico 1968 gold medallist who revolutionised his event by inventing the ‘FOSBURY flop’ passed away from cancer just days after turning 76. One of the most iconic figures in track and field athletics, DICK FOSBURY, died on Sunday aged 76 from cancer. The American popularised a backwards ‘flop’ technique and won Olympic gold at the Mexico Games in 1968. His innovative method and achievements went beyond his sport and captured the imagination of the general public. Before FOSBURY, athletes used the Western roll or straddle techniques with the torso going over the bar sideways or belly-down. But Fosbury leapt over the bar backwards – a technique that gave his body a lower centre of mass than other techniques. FOSBURY was always quick to point out that he was not the first to jump backwards as DEBBIE BRILL, a Canadian who won Commonwealth Games titles in 1970 and 1982, was also using the technique, which was dubbed the ‘BRILL bend’, at an early stage. But FOSBURY said: “I was just blessed to be the first one to discover it and have success with it at this high level. So I got naming rights, something I am very proud of.” Jumping in an age where athletes competed more for love than money, he once said that the flop technique “brought me gifts – not necessarily monetarily … but I have met presidents and kings, seen the world, shared my life with wonderful people. It opened doors and allowed people to perceive me in a positive light.”

Born on March 6, 1947, in Portland, Oregon, FOSBURY showed talent from an early age. In an interview with STUART WEIR for AW a few years ago, FOSBURY recalled his introduction to athletics at school: “In track and field our teacher had us try every event so I ran, I threw and I jumped. And he taught me to high jump using the Western roll where the jumper ran at the bar with a straight approach and aimed their arm and leg at the bar to go over belly first and land in the pit – which was the standard technique at the time. “The other technique that he taught us was the scissors, where you run at the bar and clear the bar with your seat while your legs did a scissor kick over it. For me this was a simple technique. And of course in those days you were landing in sawdust or wood chip, which was a technological advance on sand. So the landing was as important as clearing the bar so that you survived the jump! “As things improved, wood chip was a good environment for us to land in. All the schools had sawdust pits then the new environment was with foam and that is what really opened it up, because we were jumping into a safer environment.” Fosbury was using the scissors technique and felt comfortable with it but his coach explained that the technique was too limiting, so he would have to change in order to progress. Fortunately his change of technique coincided with the introduction of softer landing mats. “I tried the straddle technique and the belly roll technique but had very poor results,” said Fosbury. “So I asked my coach if I could go back to the scissors. He said, ‘don’t quit yet but it is your decision’. So I decided to go back to scissors and at age 16 (in 1963) I jumped a personal best height of (1.65m). Then they raised the bar and I knew I had to try something different to get over it. “I knew I had to lift my hips up and to do that I needed to get my shoulders back out of the way. And I cleared the bar at the next height, eventually jumping (1.77m) so I improved by 15cm that day. “In that competition I changed my position from sitting on the bar to lying flat and going over on my back – upside down from everyone else. The change made me competitive and I finished fourth in the meet. “For the next two years I would lead with my shoulders and was going over the bar at a slight angle. All the time I was doing it by feel as there was no model to follow. I was creating it as I went. In my second year (senior year in high school) I had turned my back to the bar and arched over the bar to fall into the pit. And by then by 1965 the flop had arrived.”

FOSBURY was studying for a civil engineering degree at Oregon State University and the 1968 Olympics initially weren’t really in his thoughts. “I had no ambitions because the Olympics seemed so far away and such a high level of competition that I never imagined reaching it,” he said. “I did not have that Olympic dream until 1968 when my training began to produce better results.” He went to regional trials and USA nationals and was selected for the Mexico Olympics. Once there he jumped (2.24m) to win gold from team-mate ED CARUTHERS, with Russians third and fourth. Having won the gold and broken the American record, FOSBURY asked for the bar to be raised to (2.29m), hoping to break VALERIY BRUMEL’S five-year-old world record of (2.28m). However, none of his attempts at (2.29m) came close.

Reports at the time suggest that while coaches were appalled at his unorthodox approach, the crowd was captivated. FOSBURY’S analysis of the 1968 Olympics is that there were better jumpers in the competition but that his technique gave him a definite advantage. With hindsight, he added: “No one realised what the advantage would be. But, as history has proved, this was a better technique.” Fosbury never set out to change the sport. He just found a technique that worked for him. “I have had the blessing and good fortune to have made a contribution to the sport but I did not set out to do this,” he said. “I was not trying to change the event. I knew that my technique was my path to success. And I had this technique which was mine – mine alone – and I thought that someday someone would use it. But who knew whether it would be two or three high jumpers or 200. The criticism of other coaches did not really matter as long as I was meeting the rules and reaching the standards.”

In the 1972 Olympics, four years later, 28 of the 40 competitors used FOSBURY’S technique, although gold medallist Jüri Tarmak used the straddle. FOSBURY failed to make the US team for the 1972 Olympics and his career was effectively over. But having proved to the world that his technique worked, he had arguably achieved his goal. In later life he served on the board of the World Olympians Association and was involved in local politics in the United States too. In 2008 FOSBURY was diagnosed with stage one lymphoma and he had surgery the following month to remove a cancerous tumour on his lower vertebra. He survived for a further 15 years but on Monday (March 13) his former agent RAY SCHULTE announced FOSBURY’S death the previous day after a short bout with a recurrence of lymphoma. SCHULTE said: “It is with a very heavy heart I have to release the news that longtime friend and client DICK FOSBURY passed away peacefully in his sleep early Sunday morning after a short bout with a recurrence of lymphoma. “DICK will be greatly missed by friends and fans from around the world. A true legend, and friend of all!”

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Will be issue by email, and on the SBH Website and Weekly Newsletter on Friday 17 March.

SBH 2022-2023 WINTER FIXTURE CARD – Was updated and issued on the 4 November 2022.
The Updated 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card is now available on the SBH Website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ Fixture Card Updated 04-11-22 UK Indoor & Hertfordshire X/C Dates Confirmed.
SBH 2022-2023 WINTER CROSS COUNTRY POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURE – The CROSS COUNTRY POINTS TABLE is now available on the SBH Website, and is the final table following the National Championships on the 25 February – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Final Issue 25-02-23 Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Final Issue 25-02-23
The CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP LIST is now available on the SBH Website, and is the Final Issue following the Southern Championships on the 28 January – Men & Womens Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2022-2023 – Updated 28-01-23 Final Issue

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM, JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU, ALAN WELLER, KAREN HARRISON, TIM UNDERHILL and GLEN WATTS – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 5 March 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

SBH FAST FORWARD SCOOL ATHLETICS CLUB – ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers now run the school athletics club on Tuesday and Thursday at 4.30pm and which progresses to a more advanced club at 5.45 as a segue into the club. This is for ages 5 years -10 years of age. Please contact TY HOLDEN on 07737803260 for further information

STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Check with your Coach for details of training times.

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 7250.

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 9 March 2023

Posted on 09/03/202313/03/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 9 March to Wednesday 15 March – Carole Brown, Page Fairclough, Hannah Foster, Ashwin Fowkes-Gajan, Larissa Giles, Eva Higson, Ebenezer Joseph, Cameron Knight, Cecilia Martinez-Nunez, Naias Morgan, Fellan McGuigan, Ethan Moss, Lina Neilsen, Daniel Nichols, Sophie Rabet and Onaope Sogbesan

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to ROSALIND ZEFFERTT who broke her own Indoor V60 Women’s Pole Vault Club Record on 5 March at Carshalton, with a height of (2.40m), adding 9cm to her (2.31m) set at Lee Valley on 4 December 2022.

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – Can be found in the Club Information section at the bottom of the Newsletter. The document has now been updated with recent contributions from KAREN HARRISON, TIM UNDERHILL and GLEN WATTS,

THE TCS LONDON MINI MARATHON – Takes place on Saturday 22 April and is run over the last 2.6k of the London Marathon course.
To be in with a chance of representing Team Barnet, athletes who want to qualify will need to have done a UK parkrun, this Saturday 11 March is the final date to qualify for Team Barnet.
Eligibility for each age category in the 2023 event is based on the participant’s age on Wednesday 31 August 2022, as follows:
*Under-17* (Years 11 and 12): must have been aged 15 or 16 on Wednesday 31 August 2022
*Under-15* (Years 9 and 10): must have been aged 13 or 14 on Wednesday 31 August 2022
*Under-13* (Years 7 and 8): must have been aged 11 on Wednesday 31 August 2022

Fill | TCS Mini London Marathon 2023 – Team Barnet Consent Form

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks JEREMY

PARKRUN SATURDAY 25 FEBRUARY – I have been advised that there were 2 SBH athletes who competed on the 25 February, but had not identified themselves as SBH. They were HOLLY CLARKE U13 at Oak Hill 58th (23.38) this was her 4th Parkrun, and ELIZABETH DA TERESA U17 at Sunny Hill 7th (24,23) this was her 2nd Parkrun

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2022. The SBH annual subscription, as from 1 December 2022 as approved at the AGM on Tuesday 29 November is £65 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022 (this increases to £17 as from 1 April 2023 renewals). The current total is £81 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS 2023 TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES – SBH compete in 5 leagues, in which 4 of them you will selected by your Team Manager to compete, although in some events you can compete as a non-scoring athlete.

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE – For Senior and U20 athletes – Sunday 11 June at Eton, Saturday 15 July at Woodford, Saturday 5 August at Glasgow
UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE – For U20 and U17 athletes – Sunday 30 April at Harrow, Sunday 28 May at Reading, Sunday 25 June at Bromley, Sunday 30 July at Crawley, Sunday 3 September Final at TBC
EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – For U17, U15 and U13 athletes – Sunday 23 April at Peterborough, Sunday 21 May at StoneX Stadium, Sunday 2 July at St Albans, Sunday 16 July at Chelmsford, Sunday 6 August at Watford, Sunday 10 September Final at Stevenage
MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – For U17, U15, U13 and U11 athletes – Sunday 7 May at Perivale, Sunday 4 June at Harrow, Saturday 24 June at Finsbury Park, Saturday 22 July at StoneX Stadium
SCVAC VETERANS LEAGUE – For V35 and above athletes – Awaiting dates.
To compete you have to be a 2nd claim member of Barnet & District AC. Please advise your team manager that you intend to compete.

TEAM MANAGERS – Details can be found on the SBH 2023 Fixture Card, or on the SBH Website at http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers/

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE 2023 TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES – Promoted by SBH, entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups. Members of SBH and LUCA qualify for a 50% discount – Saturday 15 April at StoneX Stadium Throws Fest and Indoor PV, Sunday 16 April at Harrow Track and Jumps, Sunday 9 July at StoneX Stadium, Saturday 12 August at StoneX Stadium, Sunday 27 August at StoneX Stadium.

QUADKIDS – For U9 and U11 athletes. Events are 75m Sprint, 600m Run, Standing Long Jump and Howler Throw.
Quadkids take place prior to an LICC fixture, dates to be finalised.

RESULTS
NORTH WEST LODON LEAGUE – Took place last Sunday at Harrow School
Apologies but still no results published.
Although this a photograph of our Under 11 Girls at Harrow School, from left to right

EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Istanbul, Turkey on 2-5 March.
1500m – SW H3 ELLIE BAKER 2nd (4:10.65), in the Final ELLIE finished 11th (4:10.96)

This is the report from the Athletics Weekly website – BAKER’S hopes going into the Euro Indoors were high after she made history at the UKA Indoor Championships (February 19) by breaking ZOLA BUDD’S 1500m championship record from 1986. “The word I would use is confused,” BAKER added. “As I felt in really good shape and the last few weeks has gone well in training, I felt strong but today I had no legs and from the start I was struggling so it was confusing when you think you’re in a good place but you’re not feeling like that in a race. “We’ll go back to the drawing board and go again. I was a bit gutted when I could feel them going away from me as I came here wanting to medal and get that for the team, but when I felt it coming away from me I knew my legs were gone and lost my stride a bit towards the end. It’s one of those things… I will come back stronger and it adds more fuel to the fire! “I’ve taken a lot of things from this season and I feel like I’m in a good place. I have run a PB and I am in a good place but I just want to be more competitive in these championships.”

VAULT CARDIFF INDOOR MEETING – Took place at Cardiff on 5 March.
Pole Vault – Pool K ANGUS BROWN U17 1st (PB 4.31m) adding 41cm to his 28 January height, and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2023

SUTCLIFFE INDOOR 60m MEETING – Took place at Eltham on 5 March.
60m – SM A2 PHOENIX LYON 4th (SB 7.13) taking .10 of a second off his 15 February time, B3 PHOENIX finished 5th (7.14)
60m – SW A1 EJONE KRUGER 4th (SB 7.70) taking .01 of a second off her 15 February time, B1 EJONE finished 5th (SB 7.70) equalling her A1 time

ESSEX AND EASTERN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 4-5 March.
60m Hurdles – U15B Straight Final HARRY WEBB U15 won the Gold Medal (PB 8.88) and is ranked UK No.3 U15 in 2023

VAXJO INOMHUSKAST – Took place at Vaxjo, Sweden on 4-5 March.
Shot 5kg – U18M ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) 2nd (SB 14.89m) and is ranked UK No.7 U20 in 2023

SURREY AND SURREY INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Carshalton on 4-5 March.
Pole Vault – SW SX Non Scoring STACEY GONZALES BETANCOURT V45 1st (2.70m), ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 2nd (PB 2.40m) adding 9cm to her 2022 height, and is ranked UK No.1 V60 in 2023, also a New Club Record
Long Jump – SM Straight Final PAUL OGUN (HCA) won the Gold Medal (7.13m)
Long Jump – SW Straight Final KERSTIN POHLMANN (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (SB 5.13m)

BMAF WINTER THROWS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Horspath on 4 March.
WT 9.08kg – W35 Straight Final EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (SB 13.94m) and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2023
Discus 1kg – W35 Straight Final EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (SB 41.77m) and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2023
Hammer 4kg – W35 Straight Final EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (SB 45.65m) and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2023

ICAA/ECAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 3-5 March.
Mile – SM H2 LIAM GARRETT U23 (Yale University 2nd Claim) 2nd (PB 4:07.04) taking .07 of a second off his 11 February time, and is ranked UK No.8 U23 in 2023, in the Final LIAM finished 8th (4:07.34)

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 4 March.
PAUL LEWIS V50 2nd (19.56) this was his 158th Parkrun, TIM UNDERHILL V50 6th (21.44) this was his 95th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cannon Hill on 4 March.
KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 1st (15.02) this was his 3rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cassiobury on 4 March.
ABDIRAHIM HAMUD U20 1st (PB 15.49) this was his 47th Parkrun, NICOLE MCGOVERN U17 5th (PB 18.13) this was her 7th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cottesloe, Perth, Australia on 4 March.
STUART MOORE V60 55th (32.28) this was his 185th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 4 March.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 245th (29.58) this was his 285th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 4 March.
ANDREW HOLMES V55 142nd (29.28) this was his 47th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 4 March.
ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 2nd (PB 17.27) this was his 61st Parkrun, ADAM O’GORMAN U17 3rd (17.28) this was his 6th Parkrun, JAI DARYANANI U17 5th (PB 17.47) this was his 7th Parkrun, TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U17 9th (PB 18.33) this was his 47th Parkrun, XANDER REESE U13 13th (19.35) this was his 1st Parkrun, AIDEN MCAVOY U17 16th (20.07) this was his 1st Parkrun, JESSE ABRAHAMS U13 19th (20.25) this was his 6th Parkrun, JOEL PHILLIPS V45 21st (20.42) this was his 90th Parkrun, DAVID GREENSTEIN V55 23rd (20.56) this was his 92nd Parkrun, AMBER JACKSON U13 34th (PB 22.06) this was her 7th Parkrun, HOLLY CLARKE U13 60th (23.53) this was her 5th Parkrun, PHOEBE MUSIC U15 61st (23.55) this was her 6th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 70th (24.34) this was his 218th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 89th (25.29) this was his 365th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 190th (31.05) this was her 82nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 4 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 163rd (34.32) this was his 254th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pymmes on 4 March.
FINN MACCARTHY U20 1st (PB 16.55) this was his 77th Parkrun, NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 3rd (18.30) this was his 35th Parkrun, PAUL MACCARTHY V55 8th (PB 20.12) this was his 217th Parkrun, BARRY HAWS V50 16th (21.25) this was his 38th Parkrun

UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY AND ROAD RELAY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 9 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 5 APRIL – The updated 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet, are available further down the Newsletter.

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 March at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough.
Note: You will selected by your respective County Team Manager

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 18 March at Wollaton, Park, Nottingham.
Note: You will selected by your respective County Team Manager

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 2 April at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20.
Start times TBC
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 21 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NATIONAL MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 15 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Town Gate Entrance, Birmingham (Satnav B73 6BU).
Start times U17 Men 11.00am, U17 Women 11.05am, U15 Boys 11.15am, U15 Girls 11.20am, Senior Men 12.00noon, Senior Women 12.20pm
Distances U15/U17 Men/Women 5K, Senior Men/Women Long Legs 5.38K, Short Legs 3.16K
Entries Closing Date Friday 7 April
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager.

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 9 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 5 APRIL

BRITISH MASTERS INDOOR PENTATHLON AND 3000M CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 11 March.
Entries Closed

ENGLAND ATHLETICS U15 AND U17 COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 11 March and Sunday 12 March.
Entries Closed
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 18 March and Sunday 19 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Entries Closed

WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 26 March to Tuesday 4 April at Torun, Poland.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

BETH POTTER WINS OPENING RACE OF THE WORLD TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES – The first race of the series took place on the 3-4 March at Abu Dhabi.
BETH POTTER won the sprint race in a time of (57:56) ahead of fellow Brit SOPHIE CALDWELL (58.14) and TAYLOR SPIVEY of the USA third (58.27).

The Swim – Given the 24.2C water temperature, there were no wetsuits in sight as the athletes lined up on the pontoon and it was COLDWELL that got off to the best start and was quickly leading the swim pack. Despite the short swim distance, the front pack managed to create a small gap, with Brazil’s VITTORIA LOPES hot on COLDWELL’S feet, RAPPAPORT was well placed in third and was joined by LENA MEILSNER of Germany, SPIVEY and POTTER. COLDWELL emerged from the swim first but was hit with a 10sec time penalty for entering the water too early at the start. She was followed out the water by RAPPAPORT, MEILSNER, SPIVEY, LOPES and POTTER.

What happened on the bike – That time penalty wasn’t too damaging for COLDWELL, however, and she was quickly out on the bike working together with that lead pack. One thing that did change, however, is that those two chase packs had come together, leaving a group of several dozen women bunched up together. What’s more, they had lost a few more seconds on the leaders come the end of the lap. And that gap continued to grow over the next two laps, with the gap to that huge group up to 47secs. The six leaders all came through transition together and emerged as a group, too. As they headed out on the run the chase pack came into view, arriving into transition some 44secs back.

What happened on the run – Out on the run, LOPES quickly dropped off that lead pack, but the remaining five women stuck together, with RAPPAPORT and then POTTER leading from the front. As the first aid station came into view POTTER went on the attack, ignoring any hydration and picking up the pace. The result? For the first time today that lead pack started to stretch out, with fellow Brit staying within touching distance and the other three women dropping back. By the end of the first run lap, POTTER and COLDWELL crossed the line together, with SPIVEY and RAPPAPORT following 10secs behind. Further back there were no significant gains from the chasing group of athletes, with TAYLOR-BROWN finishing the first lap roughly a minute behind the leaders. As the race entered its final stages POTTER made another move and this time COLDWELL wasn’t able to respond. POTTER ended up crossing the line some 18secs ahead of her fellow Brit, with SPIVEY finishing an extra 13secs back.

Quotes from the women’s 2023 WTCS Abu Dhabi race – Speaking just after crossing the finish line, POTTER said: “It’s always a bit of an unknown, the first race of the season, but I feel like I’ve been doing well in training and JONNY BROWNLEE text me this morning and said ‘you’re going to win’. I didn’t quite believe it. I was like, yeah, yeah, I’ll just do my best! “I’ve been working really hard, not only on the physical side, but also mental. I feel much more positive, calm and relaxed going into racing, and just more aggressive.”

Report was published on the 220 Triathlon website.

MODERN OLYMPICS EVOLVED FROM ANCIENT GREEK GAMES – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
The modern Olympics, which is a major international sporting event held every four years since it was first established in 1896, has its roots in the ancient Olympic Games that were held in Olympia, Greece.

The role of technology in shaping Olympic events across history – From the introduction of timing devices to track athletes’ performance, over the use of advanced materials for equipment and apparel, to Olympic-inspired games that you can find at casinos at Casinowings.com, technology has been instrumental in pushing boundaries and enhancing the popularity of the sports. In recent years, technological advancements have allowed for more accurate measurements and data collection during competitions. This has enabled coaches and trainers to better understand their athletes’ performance and make adjustments accordingly. Technology has also helped improve safety standards. For example, helmets are now designed with shock-absorbing materials that can reduce the risk of head trauma during contact sports such as football or rugby.

From ZEUS to PIERRE DE COUBERTIN – The ancient games were dedicated to the Greek god ZEUS and featured various athletic competitions and religious ceremonies. They began around 776 BC and lasted for more than 1000 years until 393 AD when they were abolished by Emperor THEODOSIUS I of Rome as part of his effort to suppress pagan cults. Although the original games had no set schedule or events, some of them included running races, boxing matches and chariot racing – all of which can still be seen today at the modern Olympics. Over time, other sports such as wrestling, pentathlon (a five-event competition), horseback riding and javelin throwing were added to the list of events. Eventually the modern Olympic Games were created by PIERRE DE COUBERTIN in order to revive these ancient traditions with an emphasis on peace and international goodwill between athletes from different nations.

Gender in Olympic history: Women’s participation over time – The first female athlete to compete in the modern Olympics was CHARLOTTE COOPER, who won gold in tennis at the 1900 Paris Games. However, it wasn’t until 1928 that women were allowed to participate in track and field events. Since then, women have made great strides in Olympic history. In 2012, for example, every participating nation sent female athletes to compete for the first time ever. This marked a major milestone for gender equality in sports. Today, women make up nearly half of all Olympic participants and are represented across all disciplines from swimming to weightlifting.

The most iconic moments in Olympic history – From JESSE OWEN’S four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics to NADIA COMANECI’S perfect 10 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, these moments are forever etched into people’s memories. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, American swimmer MARL SPITZ won seven gold medals in a single Games – a feat that has yet to be matched by any other athlete. In 1980, ERIC HEIDEN became the first person to win five individual gold medals in one Winter Olympics when he dominated speed skating events at Lake Placid. And who can forget about MICHAEL PHELPS’ record-breaking eight gold medals at Beijing 2008?

RICH HISTORY OF THE ISLE OF MAN FESTIVAL OF RUNNING – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Runners will descend on the island later this month to challenge course records held by athletes such as JONNY MELLOR, ROSIE SMITH and JAMES WALSH. The 59th Isle of Man Easter Festival of Running will fire into life in just a few weeks’ time and the anticipation is already building. This famous annual event, currently supported by IQEQ, has grown from lowly beginnings into one of the best and most anticipated events on the running calendar. This year’s Festival follows the same format that has proved to be such a great success since 2006, and as usual offers a generous prize fund in the region of £5000, with special bonuses for athletes breaking any of the course records. What has set the Easter Festival apart from other athletics events on the Isle of Man since the early 1970s is the invasion of visiting runners which continues to this day. For 50 years and more the Festival has proved to be a magnet for university running teams from all corners of the British Isles, and the traditions of the annual trip to the Isle of Man have been passed down through generations of student athletes. Many have continued to visit each year as alumni members of student teams. Plenty of visiting club teams have contested the Festival over the years too, and some truly great names of the sport have graced the event over the decades – including several Olympians. The opening Quine & Cubbon 10km road race takes place on the evening of Good Friday April 7, starting and finishing on Port Erin Promenade. The race begins at 6.45pm, with men and women running together. It follows a scenic route which includes part of the spectacular coastal footpath from Gansey to Port St Mary.

On Easter Saturday afternoon the Full Factory Winnerswear Peel Hill races take place, with the men going first over a distance of approximately 3.7 miles at 2.15pm. They are followed an hour later at 3.15pm by the women over a course of around 2.7 miles. The atmosphere on the hill is always fantastic and the views spectacular, with the visiting student teams providing masses of colour, noise and fun. The racing concludes on Easter Sunday morning with the Outback 5km road races on Douglas Promenade walkway, with the women leading the way at 10.30am and the men’s race following at 11.15am. The prize presentation and party takes place in the Outback Sports Bar on Sunday evening with doors opening at 7pm, and is strictly ticket-only.

Both the 10km and 5km races have course measurement certificates in place, and so are valid for ranking and record purposes. The current course records are (30:16) JONNY MELLOR, 2007 and (34:18) ROSIE SMITH, 2012 for the 10km, (20:10) JAMES WALSH, 2007 and (16:38) RACHAEL FRANKLIN, 2019 for the Peel Hill Race and (14:36) JONNY MELLOR, 2007 and (17:13) ROSIE SMITH, 2012 for the 5km. The Festival was born with a single event in 1963, attracting just one visiting team and some local runners. By the 1970s it had evolved into a three-day event, attracting many big visiting groups from universities and athletics clubs from around the British Isles and sometimes further afield. The Peel Hill race had become a staple, with two other road races taking several formats over the years. Many regarded the 1970s and 1980s as being the heyday of the Festival, with numerous world-class athletes taking part in fields of several hundreds of runners, including the cream of Manx running talent.

After a few years of decline, a new organising committee took charge of the planning for the 2006 event, with the emphasis on attracting visiting groups back to the Island and also encouraging more local runners to take part. The 2006 Festival, with a new format in place that remains to this day, was a resounding success with entries more than doubling and many visiting groups returning. Support for the Festival continued to grow and the landmark 50th running in 2012 attracted an entry of nearly 400, including legendary marathon runner Ron Hill who attended as guest of honour. Not only did he attend but he ran in all three races, part of a streak of running every day which lasted for over 50 years. The momentum of the Festival seemed to be unstoppable, with a record 551 competitors taking part in 2017. But in 2020, the first-ever cancellation was forced on the event less than a month before Easter due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2021 event also had to be cancelled. It was feared that it would be difficult to win back the support of the hundreds of visiting athletes, with the traditional passing-on of experience of organising the annual pilgrimage to the Isle of Man being lost – but those fears were ill-founded. A fantastic response to the 2022 Festival ensured that this great event was re-established in style, and hopes are high that the 2023 Festival will be even better. The Festival welcomes runners of all abilities from Olympians and internationals (and there have been many over the years) to fun runners – the only proviso being a generous cut-off of 38 minutes at the 5km point of the 10km race. There is a team element to all the races and the Festival as a whole, with cash prizes up for grabs for the successful men’s and women’s teams as well as for the best individual runners in several categories. The social side of the Festival has become as legendary as the running over the years, and every year old friendships are renewed and new ones made.

DENNYS PASCAL who was the Overall Under 11 Individual Winner of the North West London League

Our UNDER 11 GIRLS TEAM at the Harrow Schools, North West London League last Saturday

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Will be issue by email, and on the SBH Website and Weekly Newsletter on Friday 17 March.

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM, JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU, ALAN WELLER, KAREN HARRISON, TIM UNDERHILL and GLEN WATTS – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 5 March 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Check with your Coach for details of training times.

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 7250.

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 2 March 2023

Posted on 02/03/202305/03/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 2 March to Wednesday 9 March – Angus Brown, James Davis, Miguel Gonzales, Fiona Groom, Patrick Jacobs, Aurora Kaufmann, Paul Lewis, Lily Parris, Glen Quayle, Milo Rynehart, Dian Taylor and Ruby Vinton

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to GEORGINA CHRISTOPHOROU, NOAH CLARKE, EMMA MCCLUSKEY, REESE ROBINSON and CALLUM SYDENHAM

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to JAMI SCHLUETER U23 who broke his own Indoor Senior Men’s Club Record on 24-25 February with (5618 points), taking 348 points off his 2022 total of (5270 points)

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to EMILY NEWNHAM U20 who broke her own Indoor U20 Women’s Club Record on 26 February with (53.18), taking 1.47 seconds off her (54.65) set on the 1 February 2023

GEORGE HARRISON RUNNING CAREER – I recently received an email from GEORGE’S daughter KAREN, which she sent the following.
Hi Alan – Thank you for publishing a tribute to GEORGE in the Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers newsletter. SHEILA, KAREN and COLIN would like to thank everyone for the kind messages, cards and flowers we have received. If you would like to make a donation to British Heart Foundation in GEORGE’S memory, link https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help/donate/your-donation/get-started?appealid=21PS03

KAREN also sent me a selection photographs of GEORGE running – beginning at Crown and Manor boys club and then with Highgate Harriers (Photograph’s further down). GEORGE loved cross country and road races. His favourites were 15 and 20 miles, he always said the marathon was just too far and he narrowly missed selection for the marathon at the Rome Olympics in 1960.

REQUEST FROM BRIAN FOWLER – I am appealing for officiating assistance for the fixture at Harrow this Sunday. Volunteers required to act as funnel Number judges and recorders.
Five of our member clubs have contributed hugely to the continued success of the NWL YA League and to each of them we owe great thanks for their commitment. The final fixture is always especially important as we need to fill all officiating positions to ensure accuracy of result sheets from which the results team then compile the list to enable the awards to be made to leading individuals and League Team Winners. If you can help, please contact TY HOLDEN at tyholden@icloud.com

THE TCS LONDON MINI MARATHON – Takes place on Saturday 22 April and is run over the last 2.6k of the London Marathon course.
To be in with a chance of representing Team Barnet, athletes who want to qualify will need to have done a parkrun any time from 1st Jan to Saturday 11th March this year and the result submitted no later than 13th March using the online form (link below)
You can do any Parkrun in the UK and the remaining Saturdays to qualify are on 18th, 25th February or 4th, 11th March.
Eligibility for each age category in the 2023 event is based on the participant’s age on Wednesday 31 August 2022, as follows:
*Under-17* (Years 11 and 12): must have been aged 15 or 16 on Wednesday 31 August 2022
*Under-15* (Years 9 and 10): must have been aged 13 or 14 on Wednesday 31 August 2022
*Under-13* (Years 7 and 8): must have been aged 11 on Wednesday 31 August 2022*
Fill | TCS Mini London Marathon 2023 – Team Barnet Consent Form

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks JEREMY

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2022. The SBH annual subscription, as from 1 December 2022 as approved at the AGM on Tuesday 29 November is £65 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022 (this increases to £17 as from 1 April 2023 renewals). The current total is £81 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

SBH WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS, THESE ARE THE FINAL TOP 3 POSITIONS FOLLOWING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ON 25 FEBRUARY
Under 13 Boys – 1st CALEB HILTON (40 points), 2nd JESSE ABRAHAMS (34), 3rd EDDIE PASCAL (33) – Under 15 Boys – 1st ARTHUR PHILLIPS (40 points), 2nd EUAN PHILLIPS and JARED MORRIS (33) – Under 17 Men – 1st DANIEL BANYARD (31 points), 2nd JACOB CLEMENT (30), 3rd JAI DARYANANI and TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE (29) – Under 20 Men – 1st FINN MACCARTHY (34 points), 2nd JONATHAN BOARDMAN (28), 3rd SAMUEL GREENSTEIN (24) – Senior Men – 1st THOMAS BUTLER (58 points), (2nd). MARK COTTLE (39 points), 3rd DANIEL NICHOLS (30) – Masters Men 40-49 – 1st JOEL PHILLIPS (37 points). 2nd KEVIN WALDEN (16), 3rd CHRIS HERON (8) – Masters Men 50-59 – 1st BARRY HAWS (33 points). 2nd TIM UNDERHILL (26), 3rd PAUL MACCARTHY (25) – Masters Men 60-69 – 1st ROBERT RIGBY (32 points)

Under 13 Girls – 1st MEI HAYAKAWA (40 points), 2nd AMBER JACKSON (28), 3rd JUI HAYAKAWA (20) – Under 15 Girls – POSIE SHAW (40 points), 2nd ERIN GIBLIN (28), 3rd EDIE WOODINGS (22) – Under 17 Women – 1st ELIZABETH DA TERESA (39 points), 2nd EVIE WINSTON (15), 3rd NICOLE MCGOVERN (8) – Under 20 Women – 1st ABI GREEN (24 points), 2nd ELANA RONCARATI and FREYA STAPLETON (8) – Senior Women – 1st ELANA DIMMER (16 points), 2nd NICOLA PAYNE (15), 3rd CECILIA MARTINEZ NUNEZ V35 (14)

Link to the Final Men/Women Winter Points tables updated up to the 25 February – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Final Issue 25-02-23 Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Final Issue 25-02-23

JOHNSON OGUNNIYI’S RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS – Many thanks to JOHNSON for the following photograph albums, firstly the British Masters Indoor Championships at Sheffield on 18-19 February https://photos.app.goo.gl/gxaTytEpT8mTabRK6
Then the England Masters Inter Area Challenge at Lee Valley on 26 February https://photos.app.goo.gl/Sc4cAFJV9sXwZie97

UPCOMING ROAD RELAYS INFORMATION

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 2 April at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20.
Start times TBC
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 21 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NATIONAL MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 15 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Town Gate Entrance, Birmingham (Satnav B73 6BU).
Start times U17 Men 11.00am, U17 Women 11.05am, U15 Boys 11.15am, U15 Girls 11.20am, Senior Men 12.00noon, Senior Women 12.20pm
Distances U15/U17 Men/Women 5K, Senior Men/Women Long Legs 5.38K, Short Legs 3.16K
Entries Closing Date Friday 7 April
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager.

RESULTS
NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Bolesworth Castle, Chester on 25 February.

The conditions were good, no rain or mud but quite cold and overcast with a little sunshine now and again.
An excellent day for Shaftesbury, with the run of the day coming from HENRY DOVER winning the Under 17 title. It was good to see DAVID STONE on the podium again, taking the Bronze Medal in the Senior Men’s race.
The Athletics Weekly website published an excellent report on HENRY’S victory. With the headline taken from that famous football phrase “They think it’s all Dover” – The under-17 men’s race saw Shaftesbury’s HENRY DOVER – the English Schools 1500m champion, using his considerable speed to come from behind and deny Aldershot’s JAMES DARGAN who had built a good lead at halfway
DOVER won it in (20:39) from DARGAN’S (20:46) with former under-13 champion WILL RABJOHNS showing a resurgence of form to take bronze in (20:56) as the South took both the first four individual and team placings. DOVER said: “I always say I am not a cross country runner even if today proved me wrong but I used my track speed. I was chasing JAMES most of the race and must have done a 10 minute surge to catch him. He had a good lead after about 3km and I kept chasing him and when I did catch him I kept my head down and went right past. Everything was burning at the finish.” He had been fourth in his previous best National in 2019.

The Athletics Weekly website also reported, third place went to another first time senior in DAVID STONE. Last year he was second under-20 but he came through strongly recovering from a interrupted start. He realised early on he was missing his chip so had to get someone to pass it to him mid race! At the finish, he bent down to make sure the chip worked on the finishing mat just a second clear of RICHARD ALLEN (36:32) to (36:33) with Northern champion JOE STEWARD fifth.
DAVID joined Shaftesbury as a 10-year-old in September 2012, and was undefeated in 2013 competing on the track, cross country and road relays. I was at the National YAs road relays in October that year, and the weather was atrocious, rain all day. We were confident we had a decent U13 team, so on Leg 1 NATHAN FERNANDES finished in 9th place 32 seconds behind 1st place, DAVID STONE was next on Leg 2 and ran a blinder moving us up to 1st^t position with a 29 second lead, on the final leg was JAMIE HARPER who extended the lead to 41 seconds winning the Gold Medals. The teams winning time was (42.18) with Team Bath 2nd (42.59).

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – CALEB HILTON 29th (11.02), JESSE ABRAHAMS 77th (11.30), EDDIE PASCAL 128th (9.51), LADDIE SHAW 148th (12.02) the winner was Thomas Thake of Hallamshire Harriers Sheffield (10.28) 286 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Herne Hill Harriers (95 points), 2nd Hercules Wimbledon (122), 3rd Bristol & West (227), 12th SBH (382) 30 teams finished

Under 13 Girls (3000m) – No SBH runners, the winner was Jorjia March of Barnet & District (10.59) 253 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (49 points), 2nd Wreake & Soar Valley (102), 3rd Chelmsford (122) 21 teams finished

Under 15 Boys (4000m) – ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 86th (16.22), THOMAS CADWALLADER U15 120th (16.46) the winner was Owen Ulfig of Wolverhampton & Bilston (14.40) 289 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Trafford (156 points), 2nd City of Norwich (191), 3rd Tonbridge (214) 25 teams finished

Under 15 Girls (4000m) – POSIE SHAW U15 127th (19.10), EDIE WOODINGS U15 195th (20.11) the winner was Shakira Kingg of Wreake & Soar Valley (16.15) 285 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Rotherham Harriers (85 points), 2nd Liverpool Harriers (117), 3rd Marshall Milton Keynes (197) 19 teams finished

Under 17 Men (6000m) – HENRY DOVER U17 won the Gold Medal (20.39), GIANLEO STUBBS U17 15th (21.49), JACOB CLEMENT U17 144th (24.37), TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U17 168th (25.07) 247 runners finished. Photograph of HENRY some 100m before the finish.
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (140 points), 2nd Tonbridge (159), 3rd Cambridge & Coleridge (195), 13th SBH (328) 24 teams finished

Under 17 Women (5000) – No SBH runners, the winner was Innes Fitzgerald of Exeter Harriers (17.11) 202 runners finished
Team Result – No team teams finished

Under 20 Men (10000m) – SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U20 64th (36.00), JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 133rd (39.22) the winner was Will Barnicoat of Aldershot, Farnham & District (31.40) 167 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Tonbridge (70 points), 2nd Aldershot, Farnham & District (104), 3rd Wirral (152) 10 teams finished

Under 20 Women (6000m) – FREYA STAPLETON U20 15th (24.44) the winner was Beatrice Wood of City of Salisbury (23.18) 128 runners finished
Team Result – 1st City of Norwich (64 points), 2nd Aldershot, Farnham & District (65), 3rd Blackheath & Bromley (115) 17 teams finished

Senior Men (12000m) – DAVID STONE U23 won the Bronze Medal (36.32), MARK PEARCE 21st (37.32), THOMAS BUTLER 69th (38.44), PHILLIP CROUT 181st (40.50), DANIEL WATTS V35 548th (45.56) the winner was James Kingston of Tonbridge (36.01) 1472 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Leeds City (108 points), 2nd Cambridge & Coleridge (177), 3rd Tonbridge (214) 99 teams finished

Senior Women (8000m) – ELANA DIMMER 138th (35.13), CECILIA MARTINEZ-NUNEZ V35 378th (40.59) the winner was Sarah Astin of Belgrave Harriers (29.28) 774 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Charnwood (68 points), Hallamshire Harriers Sheffield (102) 93 teams finished

All National photographs taken by NADEEM SHAIKH – The 3 photographs are as follows – 1 NADEEM with ex SBH member ROB DRAPER, 2 JAMES and JEREMY SOTHCOTT and NADEEM, 3 DANIEL WATTS, TOM BUTLER, SIMON KEENE and MARK PIERCE

ENGLAND MASTERS INTER AREA CHALLENGE – Took place at Lee Valley on 26 February.
60m – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 (SCVAC) 5th (8.09)
60m – W60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 (SCVAC) 7th (SB 10.16)
200m – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 (SCVAC) 4th (26.24)
400m – W35 CLAIRE SPURWAY V40 (SCVAC) 1st (PB 64.41) taking .19 of a second off her 19 February time, and is ranked UK No.1 V40 in 2023
400m – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 (SCVAC) 2nd (SB 58.22) taking 1.03 seconds off his 12 February time, and is ranked UK No.4 V50 in 2023
800m – W50 LISA WEBB V55 (VAC) 3rd (SB 2:43.31) and is ranked UK No.2 V55 in 2023
60m Hurdles – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (EMAC 2nd Claim) 1st (8.73)
Long Jump – M50 JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V50 (SCVAC) 2nd (PB 5.36m) adding 12cm to his 12 February jump, and is ranked UK No.6 V50 in 2023, GARY SMITH V50 (EMAC 2nd Claim) 3rd (SB 5.15m) and is ranked UK No.8 V50 in 2023
Pole Vault – W35 STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V35 (VAC) 2nd (2.80m) and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2023
Long Jump – W60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 (SCVAC) 4th (SB 3.25m) and is ranked UK No.9 V60 in 2023
4x200m Relay – M50 SCVAC BARRIE MARSDEN V 55, JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V50, ADRIAN ESSEX V70, SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (1:47.19)

Team Result Men – 1st EMAC (317 points), 2nd MMAC (283.5), 3rd SCVAC (260.5)
Team Result Women – 1st MMAC (225 points), 2nd EMAC (220), 3rd NMAC (217.5), 5th SCVAC (156), 6th VAC (150)
Team Result Men & Women Combined – 1st EMAC (537 points), 2nd MMAC (508.5), 3rd SCVAC (416.5), 5th VAC (383)

BIRCHFIELD HARRIERS INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Took place at Birmingham on 26 February.
60m – SW 5 ELJONE KRUGER 3rd (7.74)
Long Jump – SX ELJONE KRUGER 3rd (SB 5.97m) adding 22cm to her 5 February jump

WORLD INDOOR TOUR FINAL 2023 – Took place at Birmingham on 25 February.
60m – SM A CHARLIE DOBSON (HCA) 1st (6.64)
800m – SW ELLIE BAKER 5th (SB 2:00.86) taking 2.43 seconds off her 4 February time, and is ranked UK No.5 in 2023

DANE BIRD SMITH SHIELD – Took place at Nathan, Australia on 25 February.
Discus 1kg – SW JADE LALLY V35 1st (58.48m)

GIBSON MCCOOK RELAYS – Took place at Kingston, Jamaica on 25-26 February.
60m – SM H3 ZHARNEL HUGHES 1st (6.52 w1.6) in the next race ZHARNEL finished 1st (PB 6.45 w0.9) taking .07 of a second off his H3 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2023

NSIC CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Mankato, Minnesota, USA on 25-26 February.
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 2nd (4.87m)

IVY LEAGUE HEPTAGONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Hanover, New Hampshire, USA on 25-26 February.
Mile – SM H2 LIAM GARRETT U23 (Yale University 2nd Claim) 7th (4:12.76)
60m Hurdles – SW H2 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 4th (8.86) in the next race LILY finished 4th (8.63)

BUCS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Sheffield on 24-26 February.
60m – SM H12 TARIQ WILD U23 (Manchester University) 2nd (7.00) in Semi-Final 1 TARIQ finished 3rd (PB 6.93) taking .04 of a second off his 2019 time
200m – SM H7 ALEX STAPLETON U23 (East Anglia University) 5th (SB 24.56), H8 DECARIE DAVIES U23 (East Anglia University) 2nd (SB 22.91), H10 JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 3rd (PB 22.70) taking .48 of a second off his 21 January time, in Semi-Final 2 JUBRIL finished 6th (23.17), in Semi-Final 3 DECARIE finished 5th (SB 22.71) taking .20 of a second off his H8 time
200m – SW H1 VANESSA ANSUAA U23 2nd (SB 26.51), in Semi-Final 3 VANESSA finished 5th (26.76)
400m – SW H1 EMILY NEWNHAM U20 (Loughborough Students) 1st (57.51), in Semi-Final 4 EMILY finished 1st (SB 53.90) taking .75 of a second off her 1 February time, in the Final EMILY won the Gold Medal (PB 53.18) taking .72 of a second off her SF4 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2023, also a New BUCS Record
800m – SW H2 LIA RADUS U23 (Imperial College) 5th (SB 2:25.12) taking 1.82 seconds off her 5 February time
3000m – SM H1 HENRY MCLUCKIE U23 2nd (8:26.42), H2 JEREMY DEMPSEY (Cambridge University) 2nd (8:24.60), H3 ISAAC HIRSHMAN CHANDLER U23 (Birmingham University) 4th (8:18.16), in the Final HENRY won the Silver Medal (8:18.96), JEREMY won the Bronze Medal (8:19.82), ISAAC finished 9th (8:32.82)
60m Hurdles – SM H1 CRAIG MONCUR U23 (Birmingham University) 4th (8.65)
60m Hurdles – SW H1 MARLI JESSOP U23 1st (8.41), in Semi-Final 1 MARLI finished 1st (8.34), in the Final MARLI won the Silver Medal (8.36)
High Jump – SM QA EVAN CAMPBELL U23 (Birmingham University) 3rd equal (SB 1.91m) adding 6cm to his 22 January height, QB KIMANI JACK U20 (Birmingham University) 1st equal (1.91m), in the Final KIMANI won the Silver Medal (PB 2.10m) equalling his 22 January height, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2023, EVAN finished 11th (1.88m)
High Jump – SW QA CLAIRE MCGARVEY U23 (Glasgow University) 3rd equal (1.64m), QB LILY HOLT U23 (Birmingham University) 3rd equal (1.64m), EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 3rd equal (SB 1.64m) adding 8cm to her 22 January height, in the Final CLAIRE won the Silver Medal (1.75m), LILY finished 4th equal (1.69m), EVELYNE finished 6th (SB 1.69m) adding 5cm to her QA height
Pole Vault – SM 2 CRAIG MONCUR U23 (Birmingham University) 7th (3.93m)
Triple Jump – SM QB JOSH WOODS U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (SB 14.93m) adding 21cm to his 19 February jump, and is ranked UK No.5 U23 in 2023, in the Final JOSH won the Gold Medal (14.87m)
Shot 7.26kg – SM QB EVAN CAMPBELL U23 (Birmingham University) 4th (13.78m), in the Final EVAN finished 9th (13.37m)

KEN SHANNON LAST CHANCE INVITATIONAL – Took place at Seattle, Washington, USA on 24-25 February.
60m – SM H2 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 1st (PB 7.04) taking .14 of a second off his 2022 time
1000m – SM H JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 4th (PB 2:42.42) taking 6.91 seconds off his 4 February time
3000m – SM 2 CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 2nd (SB 7:47.45) taking 6.45 seconds off his 28 January time, and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2023
60m Hurdles – SM H1 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 2nd (PB 8.38) taking .07 of a second off his 2022 time
High Jump – SM H JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 7th (SB 1.85m) adding 7cm to his 3 February height
Pole Vault – SM H JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 5th equal (PB 4.50m) adding 10cm to his 14 January height
Long Jump – SM H JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 2nd (PB 7.12m) adding 13cm to his 28 January height
Shot 7.26kg – SM H JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 2nd (13.83m)
Heptathlon – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 2nd (PB 5618 points) adding 348 points to his 2022 total, and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2023, also a New Indoor Club Record

WORLD ATHLETICS OUTDOOR TOUR GOLD – Took place at Melbourne, Australia on 22-23 February.
200m – SM MICHAEL OHIOZE 4th (SB 20.88 w-0.9) and is ranked UK No.2 in 2023

FRIDAY NIGHT 5K ROAD RACES UNDER THE LIGHTS – Took place at Battersea Park on 17 February.
5000m – R1 KOJO KYEREME V45 4th (PB 14.57) taking 3 seconds off his 2020 time, and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2023, R3 NICOLA PAYNE 66th (PB 18.40) taking 23 seconds off her 2022 time

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 25 February.
PAUL LEWIS V50 1st (20.22) this was his 157th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Caffarella, Rome, Italy on 25 February.
PAUL MACCARTHY V55 8th (22.04) this was his 216th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Grovelands on 25 February.
EMILY HATHAWAY U20 7th (PB 19.33) this was her 29th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 25 February.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 276th (30.19) this was his 284th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 25 February.
CLIFF GOLDING V60 99th (26.28) this was his 133rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 25 February.
JONAH MARKS U17 2nd (PB 16.36) this was his 2nd Parkrun, RAFI GAYER U17 3rd (17.31) this was his 2nd Parkrun, JAI DARYANANI U17 5th (PB 17.57) this was his 6th Parkrun, ZACK JOSEPHS U13 9th (19.37) this was his 11th Parkrun, DAVID JOSEPHS V45 20th (20.48) this was his 24th Parkrun, SAM DARCY U13 40th (22.09) this was his 25th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 47th (23.03) this was his 217th Parkrun, ERIN GIBLIN U15 52nd (PB 23.16) this was her 3rd Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 68th (24.25) this was his 93rd Parkrun, PHOEBE MUSIC U15 73rd (24.46) this was her 5th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 164th (29.24) this was her 81st Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 247th (35.27) this was his 364th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Seaford Beach on 25 February.
MARTIN GREY V75 155th (33.55) this was his 26th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Victor Harbor, Perth, Australia on 25 February.
STUART MOORE V60 50th (31.12) this was his 184th Parkrun

UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY AND ROAD RELAY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 2 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH – The updated 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet, are available further down the Newsletter.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five takes place on Sunday 5 March at Harrow School (SatNav HA1 3GF).
The first race starts at 11.00am.
Link to NWLL information – NWLL All Information For Harrow School 05-03-23
Map of course

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

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 March at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough.
Note: You will selected by your respective County Team Manager

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 18 March at Wollaton, Park, Nottingham.
Note: You will selected by your respective County Team Manager

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 2 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH

ESSEX AND EASTERN COUNTIES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 4 March and Sunday 5 March. Age-group U13 up to Senior.
Entries Closed

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 18 March and Sunday 19 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Link to Hertfordshire entry information, you can either enter by post or enter online at http://www.hertscaaa.org.uk/fixtures7.html
Link to Middlesex entries online – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=7&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on
Link to Kent entries online – http://kcaa.org.uk/onlineregs/newmeeting9.php?MeetID=1
Entries Closing Dates for Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent is Thursday 2 March
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Torun, Poland from Saturday 25 March to Friday 31 March.

GEORGE HARRISON’S RUNNING PHOTOGRAPH’S – Many thanks to KAREN for this selection of GEORGE’S running career from 1950. the first 2 photograph’s feature GEORGE with the Crown and Manor Boys Club team (GEORGE is on the far right) prior to the Federation of Boys Club Championships in 1950, the second shows GEORGE leading the race.

Moving on to 1953, the first photo sees GEORGE receiving the Wilton 10 winners cup from the Pageant Queen. Second is GEORGE winning the North of the Thames, running for Highgate Harriers.

It is now 1959, with GEORGE passing the 22 mile marker, lying in 7th place in the Polytechnic Marathon.

In 1958 GEORGE featured on the front cover of Athletics Weekly, leading the Finchley 20, finally the 1963 Finchley 20 in which GEORGE set a Southern Counties Championship Best Performance with a time of (1:44.26).

BRITISH MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Photograph of LISA WEBB after winning the V55 1500m Gold Medal with a seasons best (5:34.43) which ranked her UK No.1 V55 in 2023.

WHY DO ATHLETICS EVENTS ATTRACT THE INTEREST OF FANS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

It’s no news that football, basketball and volleyball are some of the big games in the sporting industry. However, athletics events are also at the top of the list for sports that attract the most fans. These games may not be as popular as their field counterparts, but a sizeable populace follows them. Various events are tagged “athletics,” each involving some piece of walking, running, jumping, or throwing. These competitions are further broken down into the sub-sports of cross-country running, race walking, and track and field. The most popular athletics competitions owe much of their current format to the Summer Olympics. When it comes to world championship competitions, the most important one is the World Athletics Championships because it features so many activities at the highest level. Such big competitions are one reason athletics is a significant draw for many individuals. There are a few other reasons why these events are well-liked; we shall explore them in this write-up.

Athletics: The epitome of individual work ethic – Sprinters, throwers, jumpers and runners go through hurdles to stay on the highest level of their game and achieve their goals. In a project by ASHLEY SAMSON, she discovered that runners employ different mental strategies and breathing techniques to cope with the pain. Besides coping mechanisms, athletes cling to their motivation from family, friends, and fans. Since 1896, countless athletes have made their mark and won the hearts of fans all over the globe. Here are some of them:

PAAVO NURMI – NURMI went undefeated in the 10,000 metres he ran throughout his entire running career and set 22 world records spanning distances from 1500 metres to the marathon. During his prime, NURMI won 121 consecutive races for 800 metres and longer. The number of world records this American holds is more than double that of Ethiopian legend HAILE GEBRSELASSIE.

EDWIN MOSES – Only a few athletes have maintained a winning streak as long as EDWIN MOSES has. MOSES won 122 straight races between 1977 and 1987. MOSES was unbeatable in a 400m hurdles competition for 9 years, 9 months and 9 days. MOSES also broke his world record four times during this time, with his best time being (47.02) seconds.

SERGEY BUBKA – BUBKA set 35 world records in the pole vault during his career. Also, BUBKA amassed eleven titles in the Olympics and the World Championships, and he was the first pole vaulter to clear (6.10) metres. Since then, BUBKA has only lost that record twice.

Athletics’ rareness prompts people to watch – When it comes to football, there are matches slated for each day; hence, there are markets for these fixtures around the clock at online bookies. Athletic events are less commonly held. As a result, you might only sometimes find betting options for athletics events, even on the recommended bookies where you don’t have to worry about self-exclusion at NonGamstopBetSites. However, it is for this same reason that athletics events are liked by many. Since the most significant competitions are held biennially, and every four years, punters and fans tune in to watch these events. The thrill builds as these fans look out for who will set a new record, walk home with a gold medal, fall below expectations, and the like. So, athletics events not only present more betting options but also give people a break from football matches and other popular sports.

What are the most special athletics events? – There are different athletics events to look forward to, including the Summer Olympics. Since the 1896 Summer Olympics, which marked the beginning of the modern Olympic movement, athletics has competed at every Summer Olympic Games. The current schedule includes road walking, road running, and track and field competitions. Prior editions of the Olympics included cross-country running, but it was removed following the 1924 Summer Olympics. Other big-time athletics competitions that hold include:

World Athletics Championships – The World Athletics Championships are a sporting event held every two years. Along with the Olympic Games, they are the pinnacle of senior international outdoor sports competitions for track and field athletics worldwide. It was first held in Helsinki in 1983 where winners included sprinter CARL LEWIS, decathlete DALEY THOMPSON and marathon runner GRETE WAITZ. With over 1800 top athletes competing over nine days, this event expands athletics’ reach, exposure, and impact. There are 49 athletics competitions in the championship, 24 for men, 24 for women, and one mixed relay. Following the event’s debut, the tournament was held every four years until 1991, when they changed to a two-year schedule.

World Athletics Indoor Championships – As the most prestigious indoor track and field sporting event, the World Athletics Indoor Championships attracts athletes from around the globe every year. The World Athletics governing body coordinates the event, just like the outdoor World Athletics Championships. The first World Indoor Games were held in Paris, France, in 1985. Since its debut, the Indoor Championships have been held every two years, except in 2003 and 2004, when they were held concurrently. It provides fans with three days of action-packed events in a smaller arena where that watching can see these athletes up close. The event has produced star athletes like Armand Duplantis, who hold multiple titles.

World Athletics Half Marathon Championships – First launched in 1992, the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships were held annually until 2010 when they were changed to a biennial event. Recently it has evolved into the World Athletics Road Running Championships, which features races over one mile, 5km and half-marathon, with the first edition of these new championships taking place in Riga, Latvia in September and October this year.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2022-2023 WINTER FIXTURE CARD – Was updated and issued on the 4 November 2022.
The Updated 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card is now available on the SBH Website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ Fixture Card Updated 04-11-22 UK Indoor & Hertfordshire X/C Dates Confirmed.
The 2022-2023 Winter Information Sheet is now available on the SBH Website, which shows which races you can compete in, for the Cross Country Points Championships and the Cross Country Individual Club Championships. Also the Metropolitan League timetable and contact details for the SBH Cross Country and Road Relay Team Managers – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-information/

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM and JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU and ALAN WELLER – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members February 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

STEEPLECHASE TRAINING AT STONEX STADIUM – Check with your Coach for details of training times.

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 7250.

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER