Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 25 September 2025

Posted on 24/09/202524/09/2025 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 25 September to Wednesday 1 October – Margaret Beacham, Jonathan Cohen, Victoria Godfrey, Colette Hurley, Constantine Kondylis, Alex Lytrides, Eryhah-Mona Quartey, Kevin Walden and Alexander Wood

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS – Information taken from the Athletics Weekly website, with my odd editing.
DAY 7 – 19 SEPTEMBER – 200m Final – The Final was going to be a tough ask for ZHARNEL HUGHES, starting in lane 9 he ran a good bend, but just had too much to do and finished in 5th place running a season’s best of (19.78) – a time that is only five hundredths of a second outside his British record – but it was good enough for only fifth. Post race ZHARNEL said: “It was, was a fast one, yeah, you know, obviously running out of lane nine it’s kind of hard to really see where you’re at in the race. You’re running blind, so you know, you’re being chased, but you don’t know how close they are. “I’m a chaser – it was pretty hard not seeing anyone out there – but nevertheless, I gave a good fight. That was my best tonight. Obviously, I would like to have been on the podium, because that’s what everyone is aiming for, but today just wasn’t my day. I’m not going beat myself up.”

DAY 8 – 20 SEPTEMBER – 4x400m Relay Heats – GB&NI were drawn in Heat 2 Lane 5 and were struggling after Leg 1,when it came to leg 4 CHARLIE DOBSON was left 20m adrift in 4th place, this is where he finished with the team running (2:58.11). Australia initially crossed the line in third, but their result was later disqualified due to a baton exchange outside the legal take-over zone. Their disqualification paved the way for Great Britain to move into the third automatic qualifying spot. The British quartet of LEE THOMPSON, TOBY HARRIES, SEAMUS DERBYSHIRE and CHARLIE DOBSON clocked (2:58.11) to advance to the final.

DAY 9 – 21 SEPTEMBER – 4x400m Relay Final – GB&NI were drawn in Heat 2 Lane 5 and were struggling after Leg 1,when it came to leg 4 CHARLIE DOBSON was left 20m adrift in 6th place. Great Britain were never in medal contention. Their team of LEE THOMPSON, TOBY HARRIES, LEWIS DAVEY (who replaced SEAMUS DERBYSHIRE), and CHARLIE DOBSON, had qualified automatically for the final after a disqualification from Australia in the heats. MATTHEW HUDSON-SMITH’S absence was noticeable and the British quartet ultimately finished sixth in 3:03.05.

NEW FIXTURE – LEE VALLEY OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 7 December at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, London (N9 0AR)
This meeting has just been announced on the Lee Valley website.
Events – 60m (2 rounds), 300m, 600m, 60m Hurdles (2 rounds), High Jump (Min 1m), Pole Vault (Min 1m), Long Jump. Shot Put
Entries to open on Opentrac on Wednesday 1 October, link to Opentrac – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/decopen/
Entries Closing Date TBC
Note: You will have to be enter yourself, and pay the appriate fee

TCS LONDON MARATHON 2025 CLUB ENTRIES – The club should be allocated 2 places for next years London Marathon on 26 April. These places are for active club members that were unsuccessful in the ballot. Places will be allocated based on issues such as length of membership, participation for the club in recent years etc. To apply for one of these Club places you will need to send proof of application/rejection to our Club Secretary, Phil Cunningham by email to billylow@ntlworld.com by Monday 29 September 2025 at which time a decision will be made by the Club Officers.

CHANGE TO STONEX STADIUM MEMBERSHIP – To use the StoneX Stadium facilities for training, SBH members are required to pay a fee. You can register as a member (which is free) which then entitles you to a discount. This is the link to the form to apply for membership – SBH StoneX Membership 24-07-25
EMMA GOUGE who is the Stadium Athletics and SBH Co-Ordinator had advised me that any athletes coming outside the usual Tuesday and Thursday that they can tap and go with the sum up machine in West reception or scan the QR code, which they will find on the pedestrian gate on entry. We would remind you that athletes should not come through the clubhuse without paying the entry fee. This gets picked up, not only by other athletes that pay, and find it very frustrating and unfair, but also by Saracens security system which can result in a fine, and a ban from using the facility.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2024. The current SBH annual subscription is £85 (following the 2024 SBH AGM) and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2025 is £20. The current total is £105 and you will be advised via the SBH Membermojo system, when your subscription and EA fees are due for payment

RESULTS
Just to clarify, that the results I publish can be different to those that are shown on the Power of 10. The differences relate to seasons and personal best performances. For example in the recent EYAL results, an athlete in the 200m ran (24.1), and on his profile his season’s best was shown as (23.88) indoors. As the 200m indoors and outdoors are totally different type of events, I had shown the (24.1) as a season’s best. Regarding Master athletes any personal best performances relate to their current age-groups, as Club Records for Masters age-groups are in 5 year periods.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Tokyo, Japan on 13-21 September
200m – SM H1 ZHARNEL HUGHES 2nd (10.06 w-0.6) in Semi-Final 2 ZHARNEL finished 3rd equal (10.03 w0.2)
4x400m Relay – SM H2 GB&NI 3rd (2:58.11) following the disqualification of Australia, in the Final GB&NI finished 6th (3:03.05)

SOUTHERN ROAD RELAYS – Took place at Aldershot on 20 September
Under 13 Boys 3x3k Legs – SBH 2nd (30.29) Leg 1 HARRISON HENDERSON 13th (10.32), Leg 2 LEWIS WARD 2nd (9.53), Leg 3 DENNYS PASCAL 2nd (10.04)
Team Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (30.05), 2nd SBH (30.29), 3rd Reading (30.45) 67 teams finished

Under 13 Girls 3x3k Legs – SBH 19th (37.40) Leg 1 GRACE ROONEY 26th (12.06), Leg 2 ELLEN NEELY 23rd (12.46), Leg 3 SIENNA DARCY 19th (12.48)
Team Result – 1st Brentwood Beagles (31.19), 2nd South London Harriers (33.34), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District (33.42) 19th SBH (37.40), 44 teams finished

Under 15 Boys 3x3k Legs – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Hercules Wimbledon (28.45), 2nd Bedford & County (28.57), 3rd London Heathside (28.59) 75 teams finished

Under 15 Girls 3x3k Legs – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (31.22), 2nd Chelmsford (31.33), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District (32.03) 53 teams finished

Under 17 Men 3×4.6k Legs – SBH 11th (45.03) Leg 1 ARTHUR PHILLIPS 17th (14.50), Leg 2 EUAN PHILLIPS 17th (15.31), Leg 3 SAM TURNER 11th (14.40), SBH B 32nd (46.55) Leg 1 JARED MORRIS 67th (16.19), Leg 2 CALEB HILTON 41st (15.32), Leg 3 JESSE ABRAHAMS 32nd (15.05), SBH C 62nd (50.47) Leg 1 SAM DARCY 73rd (17.30), Leg 2 PABLO QUESADA CARMONA 69th (17.33), Leg 3 MATTHEW MAY 62nd (15.44)
Team Result – 1st St Mary’s Richmond (43.05), 2nd Tonbridge (43.14), 3rd Cambridge & Coleridge (43.42), 11th SBH (45.03), 32nd SBH B (46.55) 65 teams finished

Under 17 Women 3×4.6k Legs – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (49.17), 2nd Chelmsford (49.47), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District B (49.53) 36 teams finished

Senior Men 6x6k Legs – SBH 16th (1:54.36) Leg 1 THOMAS BUTLER 8th (18.01), Leg 2 KIERAN CLEMENTS 3rd (18.15), Leg 3 JOSHUA FISHER U23 9th (19.16), Leg 4 MAX WINFIELD U23 13th (19.09), Leg 5 ADAM O’GORMAN U20 15th (20.06), Leg 6 SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U23 16th (19.36)
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:49.53), 2nd Cambridge & Coleridge (1:50.09), 3rd Highgate Harriers (1:50.17), 16th SBH (1:54.36) 89 teams finished

Senior Women 4x6k Legs – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:23.30), 2nd Belgrave Harriers (1:24.57), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District B (1:25.22) 50 teams finished

Masters Men 40+ 4x6k Legs – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Kent AC (1:21.25), 2nd Southampton (1:22.50), 3rd Kent AC B (1:22.54) 24 teams finished

Masters Women 40+ 3x6k Legs – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:07.50), 2nd St Albans (1:09.39), 3rd The Stragglers (1:10.28) 12 teams finished

Masters Men 50+ 4x6k Legs – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Guildford & Godalming (1:24.43), 2nd Kent AC (1:24.59), 3rd Medway & Maidstone (1:26.32) 21 teams finished

Masters Women 50+ 3x6k Legs – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:18.58), 2nd Guildford & Godalming (1:19.06), 3rd Dulwich Runners (1:19.48) 6 teams finished

Masters Men 60+ 4x6k Legs – No SBH Team
Team Result – 1st Colchester Harriers (1:34.55), 2nd Wells City Harriers (1:35.32), 3rd Tonbridge (1:38.36) 16 teams finished

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.

LINK TO PARKRUN RESULTS – This is the Link I use to obtain the current week’s Parkrun results, if you go to the bottom of the results, you can obtain the previous weeks results – parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=1018.
The results shown are for those SBH athletes that added SBH when they registered for Parkrun.
How to use results – Scroll down to the first Parkrun, Which will show you how many SBH runners had competed. To get all the runners details, click on “View Full Results” which will show all runners that had competed at that event. Scroll down to the first SBH athlete, which will his or her age, also if they have a OB, by clicking on the athletes name, this will show you how many Parkruns they have competed in sinc registering.

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,301 events – 243,693 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 11,434 first timers – 30,299 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Alton Water on 20 September
ROSS HAMMOND U20 2nd (20.02) this was his 97th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Barnstable on 20 September
STUART MOORE V65 132nd (29.554) this was his 252nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 20 September
LENARD MICHEL V55 23rd (22.53) this was his 159th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 85th (27.13) this was her 162nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Clare Castle on 20 September
PAUL LEWIS V50 2nd (19.53) this was his 272nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 20 September
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 336th (29.35) this was his 383rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hampstead Heath on 20 September
ETHAN SLUTZKIN U13 61st (22.18) this was his 138th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 20 September
BRADLEY SINGER U35 31st (21.21) this was his 337th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 48th (23.00) this was his 482nd Parkrun

SBH UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 25 SEPTEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card and Information Sheet can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place on Saturday 27 September at Wormwood Scrubs, Linford Christie Stadium, Du Cane Road (SatNav W12 0DF).
For age-groups U11, U13, U15 & U17 Boys and Girls
Enter main car park off Du Cane Road (via Artillery Lane), through 6’6” height/width barrier. Extra parking will be available in the enclosed/fenced hospital parking area. Parking is free in all areas at the week-end.
Wormwood Scrubs is within the Ultra Low Emmission Zone, Link to check if your car is chargeable for the ULEZ – https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/
Timetable – Race 1 12.30 pm. – under 11 boys and girls – distance 1.75 km, Race 2 12.45 pm. – under 13 boys and girls – distance 2.6 km
Race 3 13.05 pm. – under 15 boys and girls – distance 3.5 km, Race 4 13.30 pm. – under 17 men and women distance 4.35 km
Link to all information from email sent by Brian Fowler – NWLL Information For Race 1 At Wormwood Scrubs 27-09-25
Link showing the map of the course – NWLL Map Of Course At Wormwood Scrubs 27-09-25
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Please see TY HOLDEN who will give you a race number

NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 4 October at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Town Gate Entrance, Birmingham (Satnav B73 6BU).
Timetable – 11.00 U13 Boys (3 Legs of 3.88km), 11.05 U13 Girls (3 Legs of 3.88km), 12.00 U15 Boys (3 Legs of 3.88km), 12.05 U15 Girls (3 Legs of 3.88km), 12.50 U17 Men (3 Legs of 3.88km), 12.55 U17 Women (3 Legs of 3.88km), 14.00 Senior Men (6 Legs of 5.47km). 14.10 Senior Women (4 Legs of 5.47km). Note: The Senior Men have to qualify at the Southern Relays.
Entries Closing Date Friday 26 September
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place on Saturday 11 October at Claybury, Essex.
Currently the full information has still to be published on the Metropolitan League website, therefore the information below may change.

This is the link to information as published on the Metropolitan League web site including map of course – .
Please Note – to access the Metropolitan League web site please use https://metleague.run
Course Location – Claybury Park, Roding Lane North, Woodford Green (Satnav IG8 8NN)
Race HQ And Changing Facilities – Ashton Playing Fields, Chigwell Road, Woodford Green (IG8 8AA) 10 minutes walk from course, limited shower facilities. No toilets on course, use Ashton Playing Fields.
Refreshments – Light refreshments throughout the day in the WGEL clubhouse at Ashton Playing Fields. The club bar will be open after the final race.
Travel – Where possible, please use public transport, walk or cycle. If travelling by car, please car share to reduce the impact and check for restrictions that may be in effect in the area (Ultra Low Emission Zone for example). Please also park with consideration of others, especially if using on-street parking. The league and/or host club(s) do not warrant the accuracy of the information provided so take no responsibility for any fines or charges that may be levied.
Public transport – Woodford Underground Station (Central Line). Take trains with Loughton or Epping destination. 10 minute walk from station along Snakes Lane East to Ashton Playing Fields.
By Car – Use the A406 eastbound /M11 northbound junction and branch left onto A1400 signposted Gants Hill and then A113 at roundabout signposted Chigwell onto Chigwell Road. Ashton Playing Fields IG8 8AA is 800 metres away.
Claybury is outside the Ultra Low Emmission Zone, this is a Link to the map showing the new Ultra Low Emmission Zone, which is in Green – ulez-boundary-map-part-2
Link to check if your car is chargeable for the ULEZ – https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/
Parking – Approximately 150 spaces at Ashton Playing Fields (IG8 8AA). Parking in the vicinity of Claybury Park is impossible or extremely limited. Please look out for any restrictions and do not block access to any properties. There is virtually no parking in the Roding Lane North area because of residential parking. You are advised to park at Ashton Playing Fields and make the 10 minute walk to the course. You MUST NOT park on the grass triangle in Roding Lane North so as to avoid confrontation with residents. Any inconsiderate parking could jeopardise the future of the races.
To walk to the course from Ashton Playing Fields, take Gaynes Hill Road (opposite) to Roding Lane North (10 Minutes).
Course Details – Parkland setting , undulating course, with one steep climb on each large lap on grass and woodland paths. On certain sections the course width is limited.
The timetable is approximate and subject to change without notice where necessary. Please plan to arrive early and listen for any announcements. The timetable is approximate and subject to change without notice where necessary. Please plan to arrive early and listen for any announcements. Care is required particularly in the senior men’s race on the narrow downhill start.
Timetable – 12.00 Under 11 Boys Over 9 (Up To 2km), 12.02 Under 11 Girls Over 9 (Up To 2km), 12.10 Under 13 Boys (3km), 12.12 Under 13 Girls (3km), 12.30 Under 15 Boys and Under 17 Men (4km), 12.32 Under 15 Girls and Under 17 Women (4km), 12.50 Senior (Mixed Trila Race) (4km), 13.20 Under 20, Senior and Veteran Women (7-8km), 14.20 Under 20, Senior and Veteran Men (7-8km).
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.
Please collect your race numbers from the team managers – SIMON KEENE or JEREMY SOTHCOTT

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE RACE NUMBERS – I have been asked to remind you that your race number must be kept by yourselves, and is to be used for all 5 fixtures.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – This race is first of the fixtures that count in the winter points championships.

SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 18 October at Wormwood Scrubs, Linford Christie Stadium, Du Cane Road (SatNav W12 0DF). Enter main car park off Du Cane Road (via Artillery Lane), through 6’6” height/width barrier. Extra parking will be available in the enclosed/fenced hospital parking area. Parking is free in all areas at the week-end Wormwood Scrubs is within the Ultra Low Emmission Zone, this is a Link to the map showing the new Ultra Low Emmission Zone, which is in Green – Link to check if your car is chargeable for the ULEZ – https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/
Timetable – 11.00 U17 & U20 Women (3 x 3km), 11.30 U17 & U20 Men (3 x 3km), 12.10 U13 Girls (3 x 2km), 12.40 U13 Boys (3 x 2km), 13.10 U15 Girls (3 x 2km), 13.35 U15 Boys (3 x 2km), 14.00 Senior Women (3 x 3km), 14.30 Senior Men (4 x 4km).
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 7 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

LEE VALLEY INDOOR MINITHON – Takes place on Saturday 18 October at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, London (N9 0AR)
Link to information and enter yourself on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/minithon1/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 12 October
Note: You will have to be enter yourself, and pay the appriate fee

INFORMATION ON THE LEE VALLEY INDOOR MINITHONS – Take place on Saturday 18 October, Saturday 20 December and Saturday 28 March at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, London (N9 0AR)
Link to the document that explains what a Minithon is, also details of all 3 Minithons – Lee Valley Minithons 2025-2026
Link to all Lee Valley information – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/minithon

NORTH LONDON X/C CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 25 October at Trent Park, Cockfosters Road, Middlesex (SatNav EN4 0PS). The start is close to the car park which is accessible from the western gate of Trent Park, found on the left-side before reaching Cockfosters underground station (Piccadilly line).
Age-groups U20, Senior and Masters.
Timetable – 13.30 Senior Women (8000m), 14.15 Senior Men (8000m).
Entries Closing Date Saturday 18 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 1 November at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (SatNav NG18 4JR).
Age-Groups U13 to Senior Men & Women
Timetable – 10.45 U20 Women (3 x 2.5K), 10.57 U17 Women (3 x 2.5K), 11.26 U13 Boys (3 x 2K), 11.50 U13 Girls (3 x 2K), 12.15 U20 Men (3 x 3K), 12.40 U17 Men (3 x 3K), 13.06 U15 Girls (3 x 2K), 13.30 U15 Boys (3 x 2K), 13.50 Senior Women (3 x 3K), 14.40 Senior Men (4 x 5K).
Entries Closing Date Friday 17 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The second fixture of five takes place on Saturday 1 November at Fryent Country Park, Kingsbury. Race headquarters is at the Kingsbury Free Church Hall, Slough Lane, Kingsbury (SatNav NW9 8QG).
For age-groups U11, U13, U15 & U17 Boys and Girls
Please park in nearby roads, but not at church Hall. Toilets available at the Church Hall, no showers and very limited changing facilities.Church Hall will not be available until 12 noon. The hall is in use for a fitness class, and is only accessible after 12 noon.
Timetable –First race Starts at 13.00.U11 B&G (2000m), 13.15.U13 B&G (3000m), 13.45.U15 B&G (4000m) Numbers will be given out close to the start area.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Will any of our Female athletes please see TY HOLDEN who will give you a race number

77TH LIDDIARD TROPHY – Takes place on Saturday 1 November at Fryent Country Park, Kingsbury. Race headquarters is at the Kingsbury Free Church Hall, Slough Lane, Kingsbury (SatNav NW9 8QG). Please park in nearby roads, but not at church Hall. Toilets available at the Church Hall, no showers and very limited changing facilities.Church Hall will not be available until 12 noon. The hall is in use for a fitness class, and is only accessible after 12 noon. Hot dinks and cakes will be available.
Timetable – 14.15 approximately U17 Men & Women (5000m) inconjunction with the U20 & Senior athletes who run (8000m). Numbers will be given out close to the start area.
Link to all information, plus a map of the venue and course – https://www.queensparkharriers.org.uk/liddiard-2025
Entries Closing Date Saturday 25 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

THE THIRD RE-UNION AT THE SHAFTESBURY TAVERN – Following last years succesful meet up, therefore this year their will be another get together in the Shaftesbury Tavern in Hornsey. We will be meeting at 7pm on Monday 1 December 2025. The Shaftesbury Tavern is located on the corner of Shaftesbury Road and Hornsey Road. It would be great to see some of you there! there will be a few drinks, good Thai (and other food) and most importantly good company and conversation!

The Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Centenary Year Book states: And so it came about that in 1890 a few lads, most of whom would have been about 16 years of age, assembled at Jubilee Hall and decided to form a running club and called it Shaftesbury Harriers. Jubilee Hall was then newly built and used for dances, concerts and such-like social events, and was over what was then called a coffee tavern. It stood at the corner of Hornsey Road and Fairbridge Road, not far from Hornsey Road railway station, and about a mile from Hampstead Heath.
It seems probable that, like others of the many clubs being formed about that time, the title came from a road in the district. Possibly some lads lived in Shaftesbury Road close by: with its tall Victorian houses the road has not changed so much with the passing years. The Shaftesbury Tavern is still on the corner.

ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the August issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – England Athletics Throws Community Newsletter August 2025

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT– To follow our newInstagram 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.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

‘MEMBERMOJO’ SECURE MEMBERS SYSTEM – We have implemented a new secure member system to allow members to join and renew their membership online. (You can also delete yourself from our records if you are no longer a member, or you can request deletion from sean.sutherland@yahoo.ca)
Your basic contact information has been imported. Please check and update your data so that we can have up-to-date information. View your profile using the instructions below, check your data and update as necessary. You will also be able to renew your record when it is close to expiring (within a month of expiry). Payments will still be made via bank transfer.

Link to document which gives information to existing members on the system, and how to use it – Membermojo Instructions To Use For Existing Members May 2025

SBH 2025-2026 WINTER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025-2026 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet has now been published on the SBH Website on 6 September 2025. This is the link to the fixture card, which you can access and print for future reference – https://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
Recent change is the Hertfordshire XC Championships will be on the 3 January and not 4 January.
Information on each fixture will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletters – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

The Information Sheet includes details of the SBH CROSS COUNTRY POINTS RACES – There are a series of races which all age-groups from Under 11 to Masters can compete. The Under 11 Boys and Girls have 6 races available to compete over the season, which are the 5 Metropolitan League fixtures and either the Hertfordshire or Middlesex Championships. The final results is based on the best 4 points achieved from the 6 races available. The Under 13 to Masters Men and Women have 7 races available to compete over the season, which are the 5 Metropolitan League fixtures plus the Southern and National Championships. The final results is based on the best 5 points achieved from the 7 races available.

The Information Sheet includes details of the SBH CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACES – There are a series of designated races which all age-groups from Under 11 to Masters can compete. The 5 and 9 Miles Senior Men and Masters Men 40+ race is the Metropolitan League on 6 December – The Under 11 Boys and Girls race is the Metropolitan League on 10 January – All remaing Men and Women age-groups race is the Southern Championships on 24 January.

REQUEST FROM TEAM MANAGERS – We are asking that you reply to team managers when they contact you? It’s very difficult to select a team if the athletes don’t reply especially when we can see that they have read the text. Even if they are unavailable the team managers need to know!

COMBINED SBH CLUB RECORDS – I have produced 7 single document, 1 document for example is ‘Men’s Club Track and Road Records Outdoors’ and shows events from Under 9 up to Masters 70+ on two pages.
These are 7 documents updated on 23 July 2025, and shows changes in RED from the previous issue of the 14 June 2025 – A Club Outdoor Track And Road Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 23-07-25 B Club Outdoor Field Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 23-07-25 C Club Indoor Track Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 23-07-25 D Club Indoor Field Records For All Men Age-Groups Updated 23-07-25 E Club Outdoor Track And Road Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 23-07-25 F Club Outdoor Field Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 23-07-25 G Club Indoor Track And Field Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 23-07-25

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, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIE – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 20 April 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 £37 + 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 POLE VAULT 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. 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 HIGH JUMPS GROUP AT STONEX STADIUM – High Jump training takes place on Monday’s from 19.00pm to 21.00pm. These sessions will be run by our High Jump Coach GRANT BROWN. There will be a charge of £10 per session.
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 TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2025 Summer Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Summer 2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 20-03-25

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2025 – 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 725l0.

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 – alanweller111@gmail.com

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 18 September 2025

Posted on 18/09/202518/09/2025 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 18 September to Wednesday 24 September – Mahdieh Abbassian, Graeme Allan, Georgina Christophopou, Taha Cockerell, Zane Duquemin, Clifford Golding, Mia Groom, Olive Harvey-Dew, Gidgeon Kramer, Bob Mallows, Grace Nyaongo, Kendrick Oganyo, Johnson Ogunniyi, Marilyn Okoro, Chukuma Ononogbu, Gary Pelosi, Euan Phillips, Julien Priest, Hannah Pullar, Travis Scottow, Lorell Smith, Isaac Van Den Bergh and Dave Weightman

SBH 2025-2026 WINTER FIXTURE CARD AND INFORMATION SHEET – Has now been issued by email on 6 September, also is published on the SBH Website.
There is one change, the Hertfordshire Cross Country Championships will now be held on the 3 January (not 4) at Stevenage

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TIMETABLE – Take place in Tokyo, Japan from 13-21 September. This is the link to the daily timetable – https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25/timetable

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS – Information taken from the Athletics Weekly website, with my odd editing.

DAY 1 – 13 SEPTEMBER – 100m Heats – There were 7 Heats, in which ZHARNEL HUGHES was drawn in Heat 6.Starting in Lane 2 ZHARNEL had a reasonable start, and his transition was very good, and eased up to finish in 2nd place (10.06 w-0.6).

DAY 1 – 13 SEPTEMBER – Shot Put Qualification & Final –On a warm opening evening SCOTT LINCOLN finished a great day by finishing eighth in the Shot Final with (21.00m) – the furthest-ever throw by a Brit at a major champs. It was his second 21-metre throw of the day, too, after having thrown the same distance in qualifying on Saturday morning. Prior to this, the longest throw at a major championship by a British male shot putter was courtesy of GEOFF CAPES, who threw (20.95m) to win the European indoor title 51 years ago. SCOTT, who changed his training set-up by moving to Australia in the past year, was clearly pleased with his day and told Athletics Weekly that he’d previously considered himself to be a borderline finalist (that is, top eight) but after this breakthrough his mentality and ambition could change.

DAY 1 – 13 SEPTEMBER – 4x100m Mixed Relay Heat & Final – Competing in the final event of opening night in front of a capacity crowd of 56,819, the Brits 4x100m Mixed Relay Team struggled to impose themselves in the medal hunt just 12 months after winning Olympic bronze in Paris. After LEWIS DAVEY’S opening leg, EMILY NEWNHAM found herself in sixth place on the second leg. “It wasn’t good enough for me,” said DAVEY. “I’ve had a stronger individual 400m this year, so I thought first leg would suit me.” NEWNHAM said: “I think I was just trying to keep us in contention as much as I could. Like, obviously, the girls got to the break first, so felt like I was just trying to catch up but felt like I held it and just tried to get the baton to TOBY as quickly as possible. On leg three, TOBY HARRIES overtook several rivals down the back straight to move into second, but the 200m specialist paid for it in the home straight as he drifted back to sixth. “Go hard or go home, I guess,” said HARRIES. “It was either that or get fifth or sixth anyway, really. So, if I was going to overtake those guys, being some of the best in the world on that leg, I knew I had to get in front of them. That’s where the speed, that’s where my advantage is – the speed in the first 200m – but I didn’t have that in the last 30m, I just didn’t have any more in the tank.” By this stage the Americans were clear and GB anchor runner NICOLE YEARGIN was left to get stuck into a battle for the minor medals, although BOL and HELENE PONETTE proved strongest as they brought their teams into podium positions. YEARGIN reflected: “I knew I should have taken them on the back stretch. I was going too slow. I almost stepped on FEMKE like, twice on her heels, you know, I knew we were going too slow. I was hoping I’ll catch them in the end. But I should have trusted myself to go earlier.” – GB finished 5th (3:10.84)

DAY 2 – 14 SEPTEMBER – 100m Semi-Final – There were 3 Semi-Finals, in which ZHARNEL HUGHES was drawn in Semi-Final 2. Starting in Lane 6 ZHARNEL had another reasonable start, altough his transition was alright, and finished 3rd equal (10.03 w0.2) unfortunately just missed out on making the Final.

DAY 2 – 14 SEPTEMBER – 400m Heats – Another warm evening with CHARLIE DOBSON running in Heat 1 had a resonable draw in lane 5, from the gun CHARLIE ran an easy 200m, and entering the final 100m there were 4 athletes and CHARLIE eased through to finish in 3rd place (44.85), advancing to the semi-finals. CHARLIE’S post race interview he seemed resonably happy, and he felt he is still learning, and needs to improve his 200m to 300m section of a race.

DAY 3 – 15 SEPTEMBER – 400m Hurdles Heats – Shaftesbury’s two runners both had good performance, leading up to these championships, Firstly LINA NIELSEN who is UK No.2 was drawn in Heat 4 of 5, and was drawn in lane 6. LINA ran the first 200m resonably well around was in 4th place, around the bend she lost a couple of places, maintained her place to finish in 6th place (55.82). LINA reflected afterwards that after feeling good in the warm up, in the race she did not get going well enough into the first hurdle, which affected the remaining hurdles, especially No.6 which she hit quite badly. In the final Heat EMILY NEWNHAM U23 who is UK No.1, and recently won the European U23 Championships with a personal best (54.08). Drawn in lane 7, she started very well and after the 5th hurdle was in 2nd place, and coming into the home straight was 3rd, EMILY showed her strength and in the final 20m moved through to take 2nd place (54.59). Post race EMILY reflected on her year, especially competing in 2 major championships, she felt running in the mixed relay, the the 50 minutes from entering the call room to running the race, helped her enormously for todays race.

DAY 4 – 16 SEPTEMBER – 400m Semi-Final –CHARLIE DOBSON was drawn in Semi-Final 3 and had a favourable draw in lane 4. From the gun CHARLIE ran his normal race, but at 200m the front 4 had a substantial lead, coming into the last 100m CHARLIE was moving well but had too much space to pull back and finished 7th (44.85). Incidentally his time was identical as the heats.

DAY 5 – 17 SEPTEMBER – 200m Heats – Starting probably his best event, ZHARNEL HUGHES was drawn in Heat 4 of 6, with a good lane of 7 with NOEL LYLES in lane 5. ZHARNEL had a good start, and ran an excellent bend, entering the home straight with a slight lead, as LYLE passed him he maintained his form to ease through the line in 2nd place (20.07). ZHARNEL’S post race interview was a little short ‘I’m ready, lets go’.

UPCOMING FIXTURES – Are now shown as 2 sections – The first section covers the fixtures that SBH compete in and other major fixtures – The second section covers the Open Meeting fixtures, that you have to enter yourselves.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Tokyo, Japan on 13-21 September
100m – SM H1 ZHARNEL HUGHES 2nd (10.06 w-0.6) in Semi-Final 2 ZHARNEL finished 3rd equal (10.03 w0.2)
400m – SM H6 CHARLIE DOBSON (HCA) 3rd (44.85)in Semi-Final 3 CHARLIE finished 7th (44.85)
400m Hurdles – SW H4 LINA NIELSEN 6th (55.82), H5 EMILY NEWNHAM U23 2nd (54.59)
Shot 7.26kg – SM Qualification B SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 2nd (21.00m) in the Final SCOTT finished 8th (21.00m)
4x100m Mixed Relay – SX H1 GB&NI 2nd (3:10.22) in the Final GB&NI finished 5th (3:10.84) EMILY NEWNHAM U23 ran on Leg 2

SBH LATE SEASON THROWSFEST – Took place at StoneX Stadium on 14 September
Shot 4kg – SW Pool 1 LYDIA ROGERS 4th (8.73m) adding 16cm to her 2024 put
Hammer 5kg – U17M MILO RYNEHART U17 2nd (41.57m)
Hammer 4kg – SW LYDIA ROGERS 1st (19.84m)

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE TOP 6 FINAL – Took place at Chelmsford on 7 September
Athletes below are those that had achieved a personal or seasons best performance, also athletes names have been added to the relay results.

100m – U13B B MYLO COLBOURNE U13 3rd (PB 14.35 w-4.5)
200m – U13B A LEWIS WARD U13 4th (PB 29.35 w-3.4), B MYLO COLBOURNE U13 3rd (PB 29.68 w-4.1)
400m – U17M B SAM DARCY U17 1st (PB 53.80) taking 1.08 seconds off his 25 August time
800m – U13B B DANIEL MURRAY U13 5th (PB 2:46.67) taking 5.23 seconds off his 18 May time
800m – U17W B MAHDIEH ABBASSIAN U17 3rd (PB 2:34.10)
1500m – U15B A ROAN PARKES U15 4th (PB 4:45.86) taking .83 of a second off his 18 May time, B DAVID HIDALGO-HUDI U15 5th (PB 5:27.61)
1500m – U17W B GEORGIA SUMMERS U17 4th (PB 5:30.71) taking .04 of a second off her 20 August time
75m Hurdles – U13B B IMIKAN EDOHU U13 3rd (PB 14.63 w-3.3) taking .18 of a second off his 20 July time
75m Hurdles – U15G B ALEXANDRA MAI U15 3rd (PB 14.11 w-2.4)
80m Hurdles – U17W A ELIZABETH OTHULO U17 4th (PB 12.95 w-3.0) taking .18 of a second off her 15 June time
High Jump – U13B A JAMES TSUI U13 1st (PB 1.50m) adding 5cm to his 2024 height, B MICHAEL OBIWULU U13 6th (PB 1.05m)
High Jump – U13G B NAYLAH ADEEKOU13 6th (PB 1.20m) equalling her 28 June height
High Jump – U15B B ROAN PARKES U17 5th (PB 1.45m) equalling his 18 May height
High Jump – U15G B KYRA WILLIAMS U17 6th (PB 1.25m) equalling his 2024 height
High Jump – U17W A ELLA BUCKLEY U17 4th (SB 1.50m) qualling her 27 July height
Pole Vault – U17W AMY HALLETT U17 3rd (PB 1.70m)
Long Jump – U13B B DANIEL MURRAY U13 2nd (PB 4.41m nwr) adding 13cm to his 28 June jump
Long Jump – U15G A VERA DOUDKO U15 4th (PB 4.41m nwr) adding 14cm to her 18 May jump
Long Jump – U17W B ELLA BUCKLEY U17 2nd (SB 4.84m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17W B AMY HALLETT U17 3rd (PB 8.75m nwr) adding 93cm to her 2024 jump
Shot 3kg – U13B B AIMON PETRENCU U13 3rd (PB 6.68m) adding 59cm to his 21 June put
Shot 3kg – U15G A ERYKAH-MONAE QUARTEY U15 6th (7.79m) adding 15cm to her 20 July put
Discus 0.75kg – U13G B CATALEYA PETRENCU U13 2nd (PB 14.75m) adding 83cm to his 21 June throw
Discus 1kg – U15G A ERYKAH-MONAE QUARTEY U15 6th (PB 15.45m), B ANASHE MAPANZURE U15 6th (PB 15.67m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M B RIAN SHAH U17 4th (PB 20.43m) adding 5.18m to his 2022 throw
Discus 1kg – U17W A AALEYAH ASIM U17 6th (PB 11.52m), B ANNABELLE PANWAR U17 6th (PB 12.34m) adding 1.67m to her 13 April throw
Hammer 5kg – U17M A MILO RYNEHART U15 3rd (PB 47.08m) adding 1.30m to his 29 March throw
Javelin 400g – U13B A JAMES TSUI U13 2nd (PB 32.85m) adding 2.49m to his 27 July throw
Javelin 400g – U13G B LUCY COX U13 5th (PB 10.78m)
Javelin 500g – U17W A ANNABELLE PANWAR U17 5th (PB 21.53m) adding 1.97m to her 28 June throw
4x100m Relay – U13B 1st (54.61) MICHAEL OBIWULU, JAMES TSUI, MYLO COLBOURNE, LEWIS WARD, U13G 2nd (54.74) AMI ADEKUNLE, SIENNA DARCY, NAYLAH ADEEKO, KAIA VAUGHAN, U15M 1st (46.23) KAIDEN SYMONDS, LOUIS XUIN, BEN BAMISAIYE, KAYDEN THOMAS, U15G 3rd (53.04) ERYKAH OSOBU, ERYKAE-MONAO QUARTEY, VERA DOUDKO, ANASHE MAPANZURE, U17M 2nd (44.37) DIJANI BARNOR, HARLEY HENRY, LANI JAIYEOLA, TYLER HOLDEN-AIKHOMU, U17W (DNF) TIA AKINOLA, HOLLY RYAN, GRACE NYAONGO, MOIESHA SAVAGE

BRITISH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Derby on 12-14 September
100m Hurdles – M50-55 Race 1 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 2nd (15.31m w1.1)
Long Jump – M50-55 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 4th (SB 5.31m w0.1) equalling his 16 February jump

SOUTHERN U15/U17 INTER COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Horspath on 14 September
200m – U15G H2 ANU JAIYEOLA U15 (Middlesex) 2nd (26.99 w-2.2) in the Final ANU finished 4th (27.85 w-1.0)
400m – U17M H1 DIJANI BARNOR U17 (Middlesex) 3rd (52.90) in the Final DIJANI finished 2nd (53.28)
1500m – U17M Straight Final SAM TURNER U17 (Middlesex) 8th (PB 4:15.74) taking 6.46 seconds off his 13 April time
80m Hurdles – U15B Straight Final KAYDEN THOMAS U15 (Bedfordshire) 1st (11.25 -3.5)
High Jump – U17M Straight Final MATTHIAS RAZIANI U17 (Middlesex) 8th equal (1.60m)
Pole Vault – U15B Straight Final NOAH VAN DEN BERGH U15 (Hertfordshire) 1st (PB 4.02m) adding 2cm to his 15 June height, and is ranked UK No.1 U15 in 2025
Pole Vault – U17M Straight Final ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH U17 (Hertfordshire) 1st equal (2.50m)
Triple Jump – U15G Straight Final ISLA BRASSNET U15 (Middlesex) 6th (9.89m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17M Straight Final KACEI GRIFFITH U17 (Middlesex) 3rd (PB 11.72m nwr) adding 37cm to his 7 June jump
Discus 1.5kg – U17M Straight Final CHU ONONOGBU U17 (Middlesex) 1st (49.45m nwr)

STRATFORD SPEED – Took place at Stratford on 14 September
100m – SM A01 JOHN OTUGADE 1st (10.43 w-0.2), A03 ZANSON PLUMMER 2nd (10.76 w-0.5), A08 MICAH FORBES-AGYEPONG 5th (11.66 w1.1), A11 ZACHARY BINDON-GOSS U20 1st (10.97 w1.3), A16 JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 1st (PB 10.95 w0.6) taking .06 of a second off his 2024 time, B01 JOHN finished 1st (10.32 w1.1), B04 JUBRIL finished 1st (10.94 w-0.3) taking .01 of a second off his A16 time, ZACHARY finished 5th (11.11 w-0.3), B15 MICAH finished 3rd (11.83 w1.6)
100m – SW A01 TAMI GEORGE U20 2nd (PB 11.93 w0.6) taking .02 of a second off her 2024 time, A04 VANESSA ANSUAA U23 1st (12.46 w0.0), A06 GRACE NYAONGO U17 5th (13.76 w-1.6), B01 TAMI finished 2nd (PB 11.83 w0.6) taking .10 of a second off her A01 time, VANESSA finished 8th (12.55 w0.6), B06 GRACE finished 4th (13.75 w0.0)
200m – SM 1 EBUKA NWOKEJI U20 1st (PB 20.79 w2.5) taking .02 of a second off his 2024 time, 6 ZACHARY BINDON-GOSS U20 3rd (22.56 w-0.5), 7 JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 1st (PB 22.17 w-0.6) taking .36 of a second off his 2023 time, 9 RAPHAEL AARON U23 6th (25.49 w-1.7)
200m – SW 2 VANESSA ANSUAA U23 1st (PB 25.70 w-0.4) taking .08 of a second off her 2021 time, A04 VANESSA ANSUAA U23 1st (12.46 w0.0)
400m – SM 2 JOSHUA NAMIECH-OYEBOLA 4th (48.23), DECARIE DAVIES 5th (49.29)
800m – SX 2 PHOEBE MUSIC U20 7th (2:48.78)

SOUTHERN U20/SENIOR INTER COUNTIES CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Horspath on 13 September
100m – U20M ZACHARY BINDON-GOSS U20 (Middlesex) 4th (11.00 w0.2)
100m – U20W TAMI GEORGE U20 (Middlesex) 1st (12.18 w-2.6)
200m – U20M OLIVER LAURENS U20 (Middlesex) 4th (22.36 w0.4)
200m – U20W MAKAYLA BRAI-ALOYE U20 (Middlesex) 2nd (25.98 w-2.7)
400m – U20W ADANNA MAZINWOSU U20 (Middlesex) 3rd (1:00.25)
800m – U20W DINA SILVERMAN U20 (Middlesex) 2nd (2:18.73)
1500m – U20M ADAM O’GORMAN U20 (Middlesex) 5th (4:14.01)
5000m – SM JACK PARSLOW (Hertfordshire 2nd Claim) 4th (SB 15:55.82)
400m Hurdles – U20W MACIE SUTHERLAND U20 (Middlesex) 2nd (1:11.77)
400m Hurdles – SW HAYLEY MCLEAN (Essex) 1st (57.99)
Pole Vault – U20M ISSA PHILLIPS-POPE (Hertfordshire 2nd Claim) 4th (3.40m)
Long Jump – SM PAUL OGUN (Surrey HCA) 1st (7.09m nwr)
Triple Jump – SM PAUL OGUN (Surrey HCA) 1st (SB 14.18m nwr) adding 58cm to his 30 August jump
Discus 2kg – SM GREGORY THOMPSON (Middlesex) 1st (53.21m), REUBEN VAUGHAN (Surrey) 2nd (47.01m)
Shot 7.26kg – SM GREGORY THOMPSON (Middlesex) 1st (14.20m)
Javelin 600g – SM JOANNA BLAIR (Bedfordshire HCA) 1st (41.05m)

FRIDAY NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS 5K – Took place at Battersex Park on 11 September
5K Road – Race 2 DANIEL NICHOLS V40 12th 3rd V40 (PB 16.38) taking 15 seconds off his 2022 time

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,279 events – 243,676 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 11,434 first timers – 31,281 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 13 September
PAUL LEWIS V50 2nd (20.21) this was his 271st Parkrun, ETHAN SLUTZKIN U13 5th (22.06) this was his 137th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 13 September
LENARD MICHEL V55 27th (20.23) this was his 158th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 300th (64.14) this was her 161st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Edinburgh on 13 September
JONATHAN BOARDMAN U23 17th (18.38) this was his 36th Parkrun, STUART MOORE V65 398th (28.54) this was his 251st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Felixstowe on 13 September
ROSS HAMMOND U20 123rd (26.58) this was his 96th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 13 September
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 242nd (28.16) this was his 382nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 13 September
BRADLEY SINGER U35 26th (21.54) this was his 336th Parkrun, OLIVIA ABBOTT U15 37th (PB 22.30) this was hier 7th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 44th (22.53) this was his 481st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pymmes on 13 September
SAM CLEMENTS U15 6th (20.35) this was hisr 20th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 13 September
DAN WATTS V35 1st (17.29) this was his 24th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 13 September
MATTHEW MAY U17 2nd (PB 18.03) this was his 10th Parkrun, ARI JOSEPH U 3rd (18.14) this was his 8th Parkrun, CALEB HILTON U17 4th (18.30) this was his 24th Parkrun

SBH UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card and Information Sheet can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.

SOUTHERN SENIOR MEN’S, WOMEN’S AND YOUNG ATHLETES ROAD RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 20 September at the Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot (Satnav GU11 2ET).
Timetable – 10.30 U13 Boys (3 x 3000m), 10.58 U13 Girls (3 x 3000m), 11.26 U15 Boys (3 x 3000m), 11.53 U15 Girls (3 x 3000m), 12.30 U17 Men (3 x 4600m), 12.32 U17 Women, 13.35 U20/Senior Women (4 x 6000m), Masters Women 40+ & 50+ (3 x 6000m), 15.15 U20 & Senior Men (6 x 6000m), Masters 40+ & 50+ & 60+ Men (4 x 6000m)
Entries Closed
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE RACE NUMBERS – I have been asked to remind you that your race number must be kept by yourselves, and is to be used for all 5 fixtures.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – This race is first of the fixtures that count in the winter points championships.

ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the August issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – England Athletics Throws Community Newsletter August 2025

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

Link to document which gives information to existing members on the system, and how to use it – Membermojo Instructions To Use For Existing Members May 2025

SBH 2025-2026 WINTER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025-2026 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet has now been published on the SBH Website on 6 September 2025. This is the link to the fixture card, which you can access and print for future reference – https://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
Information on each fixture will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletters – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2025 Summer Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Summer 2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 20-03-25

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

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 725l0.

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER – alanweller111@gmail.com

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 11 September 2025

Posted on 11/09/202514/09/2025 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 11 September to Wednesday 17 September – Nia Akintokun, Ezra Citron, Sienna Darcy, Gerald Fox, Clyde Gordon, Michael Harper, Nene Harrison, Ben Kelly, Kiera Lake-Bryan, Reese Robinson, Jonny Shaw and Javon Williams

SBH 2025-2026 WINTER FIXTURE CARD AND INFORMATION SHEET – Has now been issued by email on 6 September, also is published on the SBH Website.

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to STACEY GONZALEZ who broke her own Masters Women 50-54 Shot 4kg record with a throw of (8.58m) at the Southern Athletics League at Woking on 30 August. Her previous record was (7.82m) at Swindon on 17 August 2024

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to STACEY GONZALEZ who broke her own Masters Women 50-54 Hammer 4kg record with a throw of (33.26m) at the Southern Athletics League at Woking on 30 August. Her previous record was (32.57m) at Derby on 16 August 2025

PARKRUN 250 CLUB – Congratulations to STUART MOORE V65 who completed his 250th Parkrun at Cottesloe in Perth, Australia on 6 September

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE TOP 6 FINAL – Took place at Chelmsford on 7 September
Results are still to be published on the PO10. Will update next week with PBs/SBs, also unknown athletes and relay names.
The Final was an outstanding with some exceptional perfmances, with Shaftesbury finishing in 4th place. Incidently the positions of the top 6 in the Final, was the same as the top 6 finishers in the league.

Team Result – 1st Chelmsford (673.5 points), 2nd SS Athletics/Enfield & Haringey (624), 3rd Havering (579), 4th SBH (557.5), 5th Norwich (451), 6th Stevenage/HAWS (447)

100m – U13B A MICHAEL OBIWULU U13 5th (14.41 w-4.9), B MILO COLBOURNE U13 3rd (14.35 w-4.5)
100m – U13G A DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 1st (13.69 w-4.2), B NAYLAH ADEEKO U13 4th (14.67 nwr)

100m – U15B A KAYDEN THOMAS U15 1st (11.79 w-3.7), B LOUIS XUN U15 1st (12.50 w-4.8)
100m – U15G A ANU JAIYEOLA U15 2nd (13.09 w-2.7), B ERYKAH OBOSU U15 1st (13.37 w-4.2)
100m – U17M A HENRY HARLEY U17 1st ( 11.36 w-3.9), B ANGEL-GIFFORD MIYA U17 1st (11.87 w-4.2)
100m – U17W A TIA AKINOLA U17 1st (12.54 w-3.2) B MOIESHA SAVAGE U17 2nd (13.50 w-4.8)
200m – U13B A LEWIS WARD U13 4th (29.35 w-3.4), B MILO COLBOURNE U13 3rd (29.68 w-4.1)
200m – U13G A DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 1st (28.46 w-3.0), B LUCY COX U13 3rd (29.70 w-3.5)
200m – U15B A LOUIS XUN U15 2nd (24.32 w-3.1), B BEN BAMISAIYE U15 1st (24.75 w-2.1)
200m – U15G A ANU JAIYEOLA U15 1st (26.68 w2.1), B ERYKAH-MONAE QUARTEY U15 2nd (27.31 w-2.8)
200m – U17M A LANI JAIYEOLA U17 2nd (23.24 w-3.0), A TYLER HOLDEN AIKHOMU U17 1st (24.15 w-4.3)
200m – U17W A HOLLY RYAN U17 1st (25.04 w2.3), B TIA AKINOLA U17 1st (25.81 w-3.4)
300m – U15B A BEN BAMISAIYE U15 2nd (38.90), B AARON HIDALGO-HUDI U15 2nd (41.77)
300m – U15G A VERA DOUDKO U15 5th (45.52), B ERYKAH OBOSU U15 3rd (45.31)
300m – U17W A HOLLY RYAN U17 1st (40.66), B ELIZABETH OTHULO U17 2nd (44.10)
400m – U17M A DIJANI BARNOR U17 1st (52.53), B SAM DARCY U17 1st (53.80)
800m – U13B A QUAYE-MURRAY ZURRELL U13 3rd (2:32.18), B UNKNOWN ATHLETE U13 5th (2:46.67)
800m – U13G A SIENNA DARCY U13 3rd (2:41.79), B KEENYAH ADELISE U13 2nd (2:38.79)
800m – U15B A AARON HIDALGO-HUDI U15 3rd (2:19.33)

800m – U15G OLIVIA ABBOTT U13 6th (2:37.77), B LUCIA CASALENUOVO U13 5th (2:48.15)
800m – U17M A CALEB HILTON U17 6th (2:15.51), B SAM DARCY U17 3rd (2:10.65)
800m – U17W A POSIE SHAW U17 1st (2:14.80), B MAHDIEH ABBASSIAN U17 3rd (2:34.10)
1500m – U13B A LEWIS WARD U13 1st (4:41.84), B ARI RUBENSTEIN U13 5th (5:15.94)

1500m – U13G A GRACE ROONEY U13 3rd (5:27.84), B ELLEN NEELY U13 5th (5:39.12)
1500m – U15B A ROAN PARKES U15 4th (4:45.86), B DAVID HIDALGO-HUDI U15 5th (5:27.61)

1500m – U15G B AIMI PORTER U15 2nd (4:55.71)
1500m – U17M A JESSE ABRAHAMS U17 2nd (4:12.48), B JESSE ABRAHAMS U17 3rd (4:34.83)

1500m – U17W A AMBER JACKSON U17 6th (5:30.03), B GEORGIA SUMMERS U17 4th (5:30.71)
70m Hurdles – U13G A SIENNA DARCY U13 2nd (11.90 w-1.6), A AIMIE ZHENG U13 1st (12.29 w-1.5)
75m Hurdles – U13B A DANIEL MURRAY U13 3rd (13.47 w-0.1), B HAYDEN MCCARTHY U13 3rd (14.63 w-3.3)
75m Hurdles – U15G A KYRA WILLIAMS U15 2nd (12.15 w-3.1), B ALEXANDRA MAI U15 3rd (14.11 w-2.4)
80m Hurdles – U15B A KAYDEN THOMAS U15 1st (10.97 w-2.9), B DREW CLACK U15 3rd (12.75 w2.4)
80m Hurdles – U17W A ELIZABETH OTHULO U17 4th (12.95 w-3.0)

100m Hurdles – U17M A SETH REDDY-RODDY U17 3rd (14.82 w-1.9), A MATTHIAS RAZIANI U17 3rd (15.72 nwr)
High Jump – U13B A JAMES TSUI U13 1st (1.50m), B MICHAEL OBIWULU U13 6th (1.05m)
High Jump – U13G A AIMIE ZHENG U13 6th (1.25m), B NAYLAH ADEEKOU13 6th (1.20m)
High Jump – U15B B ROAN PARKES U17 5th (1.45m)
High Jump – U15G A ANASHE MAZANPURE U17 6th (1.35m), B KYRA WILLIAMS U17 6th (1.25m)

High Jump – U17M A MATTHIAS RAZIANI U17 6th (1.65m)
High Jump – U17W A ELLA BUCKLEY U17 4th (1.50m) B BRIDGET NHANDRA U17 3rd (1.35m)
Pole Vault – U15B A NOAH VAN DEN BURGH U15 1st (3.90m)
Pole Vault – U17M RAMSEY GILL U17 2nd (4.00m)

Pole Vault – U17W AMY HALLETT U17 3rd (1.70m)
Long Jump – U13B A JAMES TSUI U13 1st (4.78m nwr), B DANIEL MURRAY U13 2nd (4.41m nwr)
Long Jump – U13G A DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 1st (4.59m nwr), B KAIA VAUGHAN U13 1st (4.16m nwr)
Long Jump – U15B A KAYDEN THOMAS U15 3rd (5.26m nwr), B BEN BAMISAIYE U15 2nd (5.07 nwr)
Long Jump – U15G A VERA DOUDKO U15 4th (4.41m nwr), B ALEXANDRA JONES U15 5th (3.68m nwr)
Long Jump – U17M A LANI JAIYEOLA U17 5th (5.50m nwr), B KEYLLAN GENTET U17 1st (5.59m nwr)

Long Jump – U17W A GRACE NYAONGO U17 2nd (4.90m nwr) B ELLA BUCKLEY U17 2nd (4.84m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17M A HARLEY HENRY U17 1st (13.63m nwr)

Triple Jump – U17W A GRACE NYAONGO U17 3rd (10.15m nwr), B AMY HALLETT U17 3rd (8.75m nwr)
Shot 2.72kg – U13G A LUCY COX U13 6th (6.14m)
Shot 3kg – U13B A MYLO COLBOURNE U13 3rd (7.84m), B AIMON PETRENCU U13 3rd (6.68m)
Shot 3kg – U15G A ERYKAH-MONAE QUARTEY U15 6th (7.79m), A ANASHE MAPANZURE U15 5th (7.14m)
Shot 3kg – U17W A ELSA SHABANI U17 6th (6.95m), B ELLA BUCKLEY U17 6th (5.16m)
Shot 4kg – U15B A NOAH VAN DEN BERGH U15 9th (9.21m), B LOUIS XUNI U15 4th (7.82m)
Shot 5kg – U17M A TOBI AYETAN U17 4th (11.92m)
Discus 1kg – U13B A AIMON PETRENCU U13 5th (13.87m), B ARI RUBENSTEIN U13 6th (9.66m)
Discus 0.75kg – U13G A KAIA VAUGHAN U13 3rd (14.49m), B CATALEYA PETRENCU U13 2nd (14.75m)
Discus 1.25kg – U15B A JONNY EVANS U15 5th (22.31m), B DAVID HIDALGO-HUDI U15 6th (13.47m)
Discus 1kg – U15G A ERYKAH-MONAE QUARTEY U15 6th (15.45m), B UNKNOWN ATHLETE U13 6th (15.67m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M B RIAN SHAH U17 4th (20.43m)
Discus 1kg – U17W A AALEYAH ASIM U17 6th (11.52m), B ANNABELLE PANWAR U17 6th (12.34m)
Hammer 4kg – U15B A JONNY EVANS U15 2nd (30.25m)

Hammer 5kg – U17M A MILO RYNEHART U15 3rd (47.08m)
Javelin 400g – U13B A JAMES TSUI U13 2nd (32.85m), B AIMON PETRENCU U13 4th (19.38m)
Javelin 400g – U13G A UNKNOWN ATHLETE U13 7th (11.63m), B UNKNOWN ATHLETE U13 5th (10.78m)
Javelin 500g – U15G A ALEXANDRA JONES U15 6th (4.64m), B VERA DOUDKO U15 5th (11.76m)
Javelin 500g – U17W A ANNABELLE PANWAR U17 5th (21.53m), A ELIZABETH OTHULO U17 5th (18.21m)
Javelin 600g – U15B A JONNY EVANS U15 4th (33.78m), B AARON HIDALGO-HUDI U15 5th (16.84m)

Javelin 700g – U17M A ALON TAYLOR U17 3rd (39.35m), A MATTHIAS RAZIANI U17 5th (21.90m)
4x100m Relay – U13B 1st (54.61), U13G 2nd (54.74), U15M 1st (46.23), U15G 3rd (53.04), U17M 2nd (44.37), U17W (DNF)

MILTON KEYNES OPEN MEETING – Took place at Milton Keynes on 7 September
Shot 3kg – SX STACEY GONZALEZ V50 3rd (7.77m)

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Gillingham on 6 September
800m – Mens C RAFI GAYER U13 1st (2:04.92)

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 3 September
800m – SX 1 DENNYS PASCAL U13 1st (2:13.34), 1 EMILIA ECONOMU 1st (SB 2:28.33) taking 14.81 seconds off her 31 May time, GEORGIA SUMMERS U17 6th (PB 2:42.58), 3 JENSON DAY U13 3rd (PB 2:30.63) taking 1 second off his 15 June time, 5 ARTHUR PHILLIPS U17 3rd (PB 1:59.74) aking 1.48 seconds off his 25 May time, 5 SIENNA DARCY U13 12th (2:36.90), 9 LEWIS WARD U13 2nd (PB 2:15.39) taking 1.84 seconds off his 27 July time. There were 2 SX 1 and 5 results shown on the PO10
3000m – SX 1 NOAH CLARKE U23 (2nd Claim) 9th (SB 10:04.31), 2 JOHN-MICHAEL DIRACLES U20 12th (9:13.14), JESSE ABRAHAMS U17 17th (PB 9:31.29) taking 14.49 seconds off his 2024 time, 3 JOSHUA FISHER U23 8th (PB 8:42.63) taking 5.97 seconds off his 2024 time, MAX WINFIELD U23 16th (PB 8:49.59) taking 11.41 seconds off his 2024 time

HIGHGATE HARRIERS OPEN MEETING – Took place at Parliament Hill on 3 September
100m – SX A4 EUGENE RIZA 1st (12.35 w-1.0), B3 EUGENE finished 2nd (12.39 w-1.2)
1500m – SX 2 ASHER WEISSBART U17 4th (PB 4:52.75) taking 12.20 seconds off his 2024 time
Discus 1.5kg – SX CHU ONONOGBU U17 1st (PB 52.15m) adding 3.78m to his 28 June put, and is ranked UK No.2 U17 in 2025

STAN ALLEN MILES – Took place at Tooting Bec on 3 September
Mile – SX 5 LILY JANMOHAMED U11 11th (PB 6:17.08), 8 DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 14th (PB 5:32.22)

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE DIVISION 1 – Took place at Parliament Hill on 3 September
Shot 4kg – SW B STACEY GONZALEZ V50 2nd (PB 8.58m) adding 76cm to her 2024 put, and a new Club Record
Hammer 4kg – SW A STACEY GONZALEZ V50 6th (PB 33.26m) adding 69cm to her 16 August throw, and a new Club Record

BOB LEWIS MEMORIAL MEETING – Took place at Kingston on 31 August
75m – U11X 1 AMBER BARLOW U11 4th (11.24 w-0.7)

COWBOY CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW – Took place at Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA on 29 August
5k – SM HENRY DOVER U20 7th (16.17)

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,269 events – 262,214 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 21,932 first timers – 35,031 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 6 September
PAUL LEWIS V50 6th (20.33) this was his 270th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Battersea on 6 September
DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 84th (19.00) this was his 38th Parkrun, LILY JANMOHAMED U11 164th (21.01) this was her 40th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cottesloe, Perth, Australia on 6 September
STUART MOORE V65 32nd (31.40) this was his 250th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Crane Park on 6 September
JAMES TRAPMORE V50 7th (20.18) this was his 83rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Felixstowe on 6 September
ROSS HAMMOND U20 19th (19.53) this was his 95th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Finsbury on 6 September
LILY BECKFORD 79th (22.56) this was her 6th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Malmo Ribersborg, Sweden on 6 September
ELLIOT BURCHER U20 5th (20.20) this was his 12th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Mensola, Italy on 6 September
BRADLEY SINGER U35 4th (22.00) this was his 335th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 6 September
DYLAN HEPWORTH U23 10th (19.34) this was his 47th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 97th (24.51) this was his 480th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 6 September
DAN WATTS V35 60th (21.26) this was his 23rd Parkrun

SBH UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 11 SEPTEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.

BRITISH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Friday 12 September and Sunday 14 September at the Moorways Stadium, Moor Lane, Derby (Satnav DE24 9HY).
Entries Closed

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place from Saturday 13 September to Sunday 21 September at Tokyo, Japan.
Link to their website for all information – https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/tokyo25

SOUTHERN U20 AND SENIOR INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 13 September at the Horspath Athletics And Sports Ground, Horspath Road, Oxford (Satnav OX4 2RR).
Please Note: You will selected by your County Team Manager

SBH LATE SEASON THROWSFEST – Takes place on Sunday 14 September at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry Fees: £6 for first event and £9 subsequent events for SBH members. £12 per event for non SBH members
Events – Shot Put, Discus Throw, Javelin Throw, Hammer Throw
Is now open to enter on Opentrack, this is the link – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/sbh-late-throwsfest/ie/
Entries Closing Date Thursday 11 September
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

SOUTHERN U15 AND U17 INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 14 September at the Horspath Athletics And Sports Ground, Horspath Road, Oxford (Satnav OX4 2RR).
Please Note: You will selected by your County Team Manager

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE RACE NUMBERS – I have been asked to remind you that your race number must be kept by yourselves, and is to be used for all 5 fixtures.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – This race is first of the fixtures that count in the winter points championships.

DAN VERNON – THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO OFFERS A NEW PERSPECTIVE– The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

We talk to the British photographer and cinematographer about the art of capturing the key moments, as well as approaching the sport from a different angle. The job isn’t done when the race is over, the final jump has been taken or the last throw has been sent out into the arena. “You’ve got to see what’s going to happen, predict a lot, be ready and keep shooting,” says DAN VERNON. “Because a lot of what happens happens after the obvious moment.” He is trying to distil the sort of alchemy that goes into the art of sports photography. In the age when artificial intelligence is threatening to eat anything creative in its path, and when camera equipment has never been of a higher quality or easier to use, it’s reassuring to hear that the process can still be hard to define and not easily packaged. The 42-year-old Englishman, whose brother STEVE competed internationally for Great Britain in cross country and mountain running, has his way of doing things and it has worked for a long time now. For over a decade, the photographer and cinematographer has been documenting many of the world’s most important events, moments and athletes.

If you have watched the recent Amazon documentary series about FAITH KIPYEGON’S attempt at breaking the four-minute mile, the coverage of ELIUD KIPCHOGE’S successful sub two-hour marathon mission in Vienna from 2019, the AW film about KEELY HODGKINSON’S attempt to break the world indoor 600m record, or if you are a regular reader of this magazine, then you will be familiar with VERNON’S work. Through talent, hard graft and the building of trust, he has been on a journey that has taken him well and truly behind the track and field curtain.

“I remember filming a short piece in the call room at the World Championships in Budapest [in 2023],” he says. “You’re stood there, the world’s greatest athletes are all around you and you think: ‘S***, this is a really privileged position to be in. Whatever I get now, I’m the only person that’s going to be able to get this at this moment’.” Whether getting up close and personal to capture a quiet, reflective moment in training, or going full widescreen in search of the perfect shot from the infield of a pulsating stadium, VERNON is always reading the room, looking for clues that will tell him which direction to take. A strong sense of responsibility to do a good job, a few pre-match nerves and a mind fizzing with creative ideas and possibilities means that sleep, before a big event, important filming session or during a major championships, can be hard to come by.

“Also, I’m competitive as f***,” laughs the former keen hockey player. “When you are sitting there with all the photographers, you can spot the ones that are competitive, and we are a competitive bunch. It’s way more friendly than it used to be but some of us really want to, well, win. I want to get good images. I want my images to be seen. It’s my replacement for sport, I think. “I love the adrenalin of being in a situation that I know is going to be difficult. That buzz and nervousness is addictive and being sat on the infield at a major championships…I remember walking out during the first session of the athletics [at the Olympics] in Paris last summer. There was a French girl taking part and the reception she got gave me goosebumps. That’s when it was: ‘Right. We’re here. This is happening’. That feeling is so good. It’s as close as I’ll get to competing. It’s the privilege of being part of something really special.”

In those situations there is a pressure, self-imposed or otherwise, to get the images or footage to match. And to come up with something different – a particularly difficult thing to do given the everything, everywhere, all at once nature of a live athletics meeting. “You’ve got to push your brain,” says VERNON. “You’ve got to get the finish [line shot] but, a long time ago, I started to think: ‘Why am I sitting here next to him? Because he’s going to get that [shot]’. So I would start to move [around the stadium]. And it is a trade-off. There’s a reason we gravitate to certain positions, because the shot is there, but I think you’re always rewarded by being somewhere else. And it might not necessarily be a winning shot, but it’ll be something that no one else got.

“If you’re around the other side of the bend at 100m, and someone’s just won, while the wider competition carries on, that celebration might continue. The winner might see a family member, they might see a team-mate doing the long jump, and they have a moment together. “It might be that seventh place got a record of some sort so, when everyone crosses the line, you’re looking for reactions. You think: ‘Why are they celebrating way more than someone else?’ I’ve got to get that because there’s something in that. That’s why, once the race is over, keep shooting.” In certain situations, though, it’s just as important to know when to stop.

“I think you’ve got to follow your values and your morals before anything else,” adds VERNON. “So regardless of what you think you want, you have to say to yourself: ‘Am I going to disturb an athlete? Am I putting an athlete in danger? Am I affecting what a judge has to do? Am I in front of a TV camera? Am I in front of other photographers’ shots?’ You have all these rules that I think are very personal to you, while some of them will dictate whether you are allowed back in there or not.” He adds: “If I’m asked to do something with an athlete in training, I won’t be asking them to repeat things. I won’t be altering their training session. It’s my job to get it. If I miss, it’s my fault. I’m not going to say: ‘Can you just run up that hill again, because it looked really cool?’ No, that’s my screw-up.”

Such considerations have helped to give VERNON a ringside seat to observe how some of the greats go about their business, from training camp to race day. That doesn’t come without its pressures, either. Take Nike’s Breaking Four project, with KIPYEGON at its heart, as an example. On one hand, there was a pressing need to get as much material as possible to keep all manner of interested parties happy but, on the other, there was an athlete who needed to remain in the best shape, physically and mentally, to take on a major challenge when the world was watching. That, once again, involves reading the room. “I got to know FAITH and learn what she does physically with her body when she doesn’t want someone there,” says VERNON. “She’s too polite to say no but she has these physical cues which I could pick up on. [It meant] I worked on that project with the main motto of ‘If she’s alright, I’m all right’.”

Given the amount of time VERNON has spent in the company of these athletes, has any part of their philosophies, processes or outlook rubbed off on him? Has he adopted any of their habits? Not quite. “It’s realising and having it cemented in yourself that you are not them and you could never be them,” he says. “I see the characteristics they possess – and I’ve seen this in my brother, too – and I realise that my make-up couldn’t put me in a position to be an individual elite athlete. Put me in a team sport and I’m a completely different human being – I’d kill myself for a team. I did that in sport and I do it now as part of my work. “It’s seeing the difference between me and them rather than thinking: ‘I should be a bit more like that’. So it gives me an admiration for who they are and also an empathy. I see how hard it must be to be that person, to have such single-mindedness and focus.

“I did take a lot from [KIPYEGON and KIPCHOGE’S coach] PATRICK SANG. You learn about people in this business, especially when you spend so much time with them, and he is so good at reading people. That’s a real skill and I loved to watch how he can do that. Someone who had met him for the first time would think he’s this funny guy who likes to joke around but he’s picking up on and understanding so much. His understanding of an individual and a human being is incredible.” So, the next time you’re at an athletics event, take a moment to watch and spare a thought for the small army of people who are lugging all of that gear as they patrol the infield, racking up thousands of steps as the elite stride out on the track.

“It’s just this mass puzzle that you’ve got to work out in a very intense area where you’ve got to look out 360 degrees and have your head on swivel,” says VERNON. But just don’t think there isn’t a very human element at play to all of this, either. “Whenever I see any of the athletes at the start line of these events, I have total respect for what they’ve done to get there,” he adds. “Regardless of who they are, they’ve done something special to get there. They’ve done their best so the least you can do is your best to record that race.” Perhaps AI still has some catching up to do.

JOHN SHERWOOD, OLYMPIC 400M HURDLES BRONZE MEDALLIST, DIES AGED 80– The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. The photographs were taken by MARK SHEARMAN. Photographs of JOHN at Crystal Palace in 1968 and his wife SHEILA at the 1968 Olympic Games.

Yorkshireman who inspired SEB COE to take up athletics won medal behind DAVID HEMERY in Mexico 1968, Commonwealth gold in 1970 and excelled in Superstars. When DAVID HEMERY set a world record in the 400m hurdles at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico, commentator DAVID COLEMAN famously said: “In second place is HENNINGE and who cares who’s third? It doesn’t matter. It’s a new world record!” It was an early example of one of the verbal gaffes which were later affectionately dubbed “Colemanballs”. The bronze medallist that day was actually HEMERY’S GB team-mate JOHN SHERWOOD and the Sheffield athlete, who died last month aged 80, helped inspire SEB COE to take up athletics.

Such was his impact, COE mentioned SHERWOOD – and his wife and fellow athlete SHEILA – in his speech in Singapore in July 2005 when London beat Paris in a bidding battle for the right to stage the 2012 Olympics. COE told the IOC delegates: “When I was 12 I was marched into a large school hall with my classmates. We sat in front of an ancient, black and white TV and watched grainy pictures from the Mexico Olympic Games. “Two athletes from our home town were competing. JOHN SHERWOOD won a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles. His wife SHEILA narrowly missed gold in the long jump. “That day a window to a new world opened for me. By the time I was back in my classroom, I knew what I wanted to do – and what I wanted to be. “I stood for hours at my local track just to catch a glimpse of the medals the SHERWOODS brought home. It didn’t stop there. Two days later I joined their club.

“Two years later SHEILA gave me my first pair of spikes. Thirty-five years on, I stand before you with those memories still fresh, still inspired by this great Movement. My journey here to Singapore started in that school hall and continues today – in wonder and in gratitude.” JOHN said at the time: “We feel so proud SEB mentioned us. We had no idea we were going to be part of his speech. It was a complete shock but we both feel very honoured.”

His Olympic medal aside, SHERWOOD won four AAA titles – two in the 440 yards hurdles and two in the 400m hurdles – plus a silver medal behind VYRACHESLAV SKOMOROKHOV of the Soviet Union at the 1969 European Championships in Athens and gold in the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. His best time of (49.03), set in Mexico in 1968, still ranks him No.20 on the UK all-time rankings. He also anchored the British 4x400m team to fifth place in 1968 and competed in the 1972 Olympics but did not make the final.

General sports fans, however, might remember SHERWOOD the best for his exploits in Superstars. The 1980 World Superstars event in the Bahamas was billed as a showdown between British judo player BRIAN JACKS and American soccer star BRIAN BUDD, but it was SHERWOOD who finished runner-up to BUDD as JACKS finished fourth. Earlier that year SHERWOOD finished runner-up to JACKS in the UK Superstars final in Cwmbran, beating DALEY THOMPSON into third. SHERWOOD also won a Superstars Past Masters competition in Bebbington, beating England’s 1966 World Cup hero GEOFF HURST into second place.

The SHERWOOD family was full of sporting talent generally. JOHN’S brother, STEVE, played as a goalkeeper for Chelsea and Watford, while JOHN and SHEILA’S son, DAVID, played tennis in the British Davis Cup team. The Yorkshireman achieved all of these achievements while holding down a busy teaching job in Sheffield, too, including 37 years at Firth Park School.

But he died after a long illness on August 19. “There were never any half measures,” said SHEILA. “He would do things properly and that was why he had such a great sporting career and was such a good teacher.”

ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the August issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – England Athletics Throws Community Newsletter August 2025

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

Link to document which gives information to existing members on the system, and how to use it – Membermojo Instructions To Use For Existing Members May 2025

SBH 2025-2026 WINTER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025-2026 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet has now been published on the SBH Website on 6 September 2025. This is the link to the fixture card, which you can access and print for future reference – https://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
Information on each fixture will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletters – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2025 Summer Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Summer 2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 20-03-25

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

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 725l0.

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER – alanweller111@gmail.com

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 4 September 2025

Posted on 03/09/202503/09/2025 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 4 September to Wednesday 10 September –Dami Adekunle, Luca Barricella, Elizabeth Da Teresa, Danny Digweed, Finn Harvey, Harrison Henderson, Jessica Hurley, Eddie King, Yeshaya Klein, Richard Kurtz, Confidence Lawson, Dovi Levin, Alexandra Mai, Roan Parkes, Evie Pincherle, Lanre Pratt, Kris Robertson and Harriet Slade

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to STACEY GONZALEZ who broke her own Masters Women 50-54 Pole Vault record with a height of (2.71m) at the SBH Club Chamionships at StoneX Stadium on 25 August. Her previous record was (2.40m) at Harrow on 13 July 2025.

SBH 2025-2026 WINTER FIXTURE CARD – Will be issued by email on 6 September, also published on the SBH Website. The fixture card will include a separate information sheet, which gives dates for the SBH winter points and club championship races.

UPCOMING ROAD RELAYS – The Southern and National Road Relays take place in September/October respectively.
The Southern Road Relays take place on 20 September at the Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot, which is for the Under 13 to Masters age-groups. The closing date is Thursday 4 September.
The National Road Relays take place on 4 October at the Sutton Park, Birmingham, which is for the Under 13 to Masters age-groups. The closing date is Friday 26 September.

Please confirm with your respective Team Manager of your availability.

ENGLAND ATHLETICS AGE-GROUP CHANGES 2026 – England Athletics is changing its age groups for young athletes from U13, U15, U17, and U20 to U12, U14, U16, U18, and U20, effective from 1 April 2026. This shift aims to improve athlete progression and development by creating a more cohesive structure within the sport. The new categories are based on the athlete’s age at the start of the competition year, ensuring fair competition and proper categorization.

What the Changes Mean
New Age Categories: The new age groups for young athletes will be U12, U14, U16, U18, and U20.
Effective Date: These changes will be fully implemented starting from April 1, 2026.
Purpose: The goal is to support athletes’ progression by aligning age groups more closely with their developmental stages.
Flexibility for Pilots: Competition providers have the option to pilot the new age groups and technical rules during the 2025-2026 indoor season if they wish.
Existing Categories: This change affects young athletes under UK Athletics rules and will affect the U13, U15, U17, and U20 age categories currently in place.

How to Prepare
Understanding Age Groups:
Athletes, coaches, and parents should familiarize themselves with the new age groups to ensure proper participation.
Checking Key Dates:
Athletes’ age is determined by their age on a specific date within the competition year, so it’s essential to understand how this applies to the new categories.

Link to England Athletics website, giving full information on the age-group changes – https://www.englandathletics.org/about-us/age-group-changes/

ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the August issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – England Athletics Throws Community Newsletter August 2025

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE DIVISION 1 – Took place at Norwich on 31 August
Discus 1kg– SW A ELKIE BAKER U20 (2nd Claim) 2nd (40.33m)
Discus 2kg– SM B ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (38.30m)
Shot 4kg– SW A ELKIE BAKER U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (8.43m)
Shot 7.26kg– SM A ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 15.36m) adding 22cm to his 3 May put

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE DIVISION 3 NORTH LONDON – Took place at Lee Valley on 31 August
SBH athletes were competing as 2nd claim members of Barnet & District.
100m – SW A ALINA COFIE U23 1st (13.21 w-2.9), B EVA HIGSON U20 2nd (SB 13.88 w-2.3) equalling her 22 June time
200m – SW A EVA HIGSON U20 5th (29.76 w-3.8)
400m – SW A MIA HIGSON U20 3rd (64.52)
100m Hurdles – SW A ALINA COFIE U23 1st (17.02 w-2.3), B EVA HIGSON U20 1st (19.91 w-2.3)
High Jump – SM A JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V55 7th (1.43m)

MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL – Took place at Sportcity on 30 August
100m – SM 1 KRISHAWN AIKEN 4th (10.69 w2.4)
400m Hurdles – SW HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (57.31)
Pole Vault – SW JADE IVE (HCA) 2nd (SB 4.40m) adding 6cm to her 19 January height, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2025, MANON BAINES U23 7th (3.70m)

BE FIT TODAY TRACK ACADEMY OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 30 August
60m – SX 8 KRISH RAMADHIN U15 5th (PB 7.87 w1.9)
100m – SM A5 KACEI GRIFFITH U15 7th (PB 11.61 w2.0) taking .13 of a second off his 27 July time, A21 ZANSON PLUMMER 1st (10.47 w1.6), A25 JOHN OTUGADE 4th (10.33 w1.3), B1 JOHN finished 4th (SB 10.17 w2.0) taking .06 of a second off his 26 May time, B2 ZANSON finished 7th (10.51 w3.0) B13 KACEI finished 2nd (PB 11.47 w3.0) taking .14 of a second off his A5 time
100m – SW A1 GEORGINA WARMATE U13 2nd (14.45 w3.4), A3 DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 5th (PB 13.16 w2.2) taking .30 of a second off her 3 August time, A9 SHEREEN CHARLES V40 3rd (12.81 w0.6), B4 SHEREEN finished 2nd (12.66 w3.1), B5 DAMI finished 4th (13.21 w1.9), B7 GEORGINA finished 7th (14.52 w2.3)
150m – SX 1 DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 1st (PB 20.48) taking .37 of a second off her 2024 time
200m – SM 1 JEREMIAH AMOS ELLIOTT U17 1st (24.98 w1.3), 4 KACEI GRIFFITH U15 4th (24.28 w0.9)
200m – SW 2 GEORGINA WARMATE U13 5th (31.36 w3.4), 3 DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 3rd (28.36 w2.7), 8 ADANNA MAZINWOSU U20 4th (26.15 w5.4)
800m – SW HELENA AGHOLOR 8th (SB 2:34.69) taking .08 of a second off her 25 August

COWBOY CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW – Took place at Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA on 29 August
5k – SM HENRY DOVER U20 22nd (16.17)

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,289 events – 275,225 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 13,162 first timers – 31,398 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Battersea on 30 August
DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 85th (18.53) this was his 37th Parkrun, LILY JANMOHAMED U11 186th (20.46) this was her 39th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Bromley on 30 August
JAMES TRAPMORE V50 53rd (19.29) this was his 82nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 30 August
LENARD MICHEL V55 16th (22.22) this was his 157th Parkrun, KAYLA MICHEL U23 57th (25.51) this was her 59th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 81st (27.37) this was her 160th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Castlehaven on 30 August
FINN MACCARTHY U23 2rd (24.08) this was his 84th Parkrun, PAUL MACCARTHY V55 3rd (24.53) this was his 233rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 30 August
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 285th (27.53) this was his 381st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey Farm on 30 August
FERGUS WATSON U23 3rd (PB 18.19) this was his 39th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Leavesden Country on 30 August
JO KENT V55 (HCA) 9th (22.24) this was her 176th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 30 August
BRADLEY SINGER V35 41st (22.40) this was his 334th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 46th (22.48) this was his 479th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Perry Lakes, Perth, Australia on 30 August
STUART MOORE V65 49th (28.00) this was his 249th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Potternewton on 30 August
ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER 106th (38.24) this was his 26th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panrith on 30 August
ARTHUR PHILLIPS U17 3rd (17.03) this was his 71st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rendlesham Forest on 30 August
ROSS HAMMOND U20 2nd (20.02) this was his 94th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 30 August
DAN WATTS V35 1st (16.45) this was his 22nd Parkrun

SBH UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 15 OCTOBER – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE TOP 6 FINAL – Takes place on Sunday 7 September at the Chelmsford Athletics Stadium, 84-64 Salermo Way, Chelmsford. (Satnav CM1 2EH)
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Finals Timetable 2025
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager

BRITISH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Friday 12 September and Sunday 14 September at the Moorways Stadium, Moor Lane, Derby (Satnav DE24 9HY).
Entries Closed

SOUTHERN SENIOR MEN’S, WOMEN’S AND YOUNG ATHLETES ROAD RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 20 September at the Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot (Satnav GU11 2ET).
Timetable – 10.30 U13 Boys (3 x 3000m), 10.58 U13 Girls (3 x 3000m), 11.26 U15 Boys (3 x 3000m), 11.53 U15 Girls (3 x 3000m), 12.30 U17 Men (3 x 4600m), 12.32 U17 Women, 13.35 U20/Senior Women (4 x 6000m), Masters Women 40+ & 50+ (3 x 6000m), 15.15 U20 & Senior Men (6 x 6000m), Masters 40+ & 50+ & 60+ Men (4 x 6000m)
Entries Closing Date Thursday 4 September
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place on Saturday 27 September at Wormwood Scrubs, Linford Christie Stadium, Du Cane Road (SatNav W12 0DF).
For age-groups U11, U13, U15 & U17 Boys and Girls
Enter main car park off Du Cane Road (via Artillery Lane), through 6’6” height/width barrier. Extra parking will be available in the enclosed/fenced hospital parking area. Parking is free in all areas at the week-end.
Wormwood Scrubs is within the Ultra Low Emmission Zone, Link to check if your car is chargeable for the ULEZ – https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/
Linl to all information from Brian Fowler, which includes the race times – NWLL Information For Race 1 At Wormwood Scrubs 27-09-25
Link showing the map of the course – NWLL Map Of Course At Wormwood Scrubs 27-09-25
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Please see TY HOLDEN who will give you a race number

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE RACE NUMBERS – I have been asked to remind you that your race number must be kept by yourselves, and is to be used for all 5 fixtures.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – This race is first of the fixtures that count in the winter points championships.

A LAP WITH EMILY NEWNHAM – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
We talk to the newly-crowned European under-23 champion who is having to become accustomed to keeping top-class company. It’s hard to say which moment was more surreal for EMILY NEWNHAM – winning a European under-23 gold medal or sitting in a call room alongside FEMKE BOL. Both belong to a whirlwind 12 months that have catapulted the 21-year-old from an emerging prospect to one of Britain’s top 400m hurdlers.

Her triumph at the European Under-23 Championships in Bergen last month delivered it all – a 400m hurdles personal best and championships record of (54.08), as well as a second gold medal as part of the victorious 4x400m relay team. “I don’t think I’ll properly process it until the season’s over,” NEWNHAM says, reflecting on the win. “It still doesn’t feel real. As athletes, we’re always thinking of the next thing.”

Over the past year, she has not only stood on the European Indoor podium in both the mixed and women’s 4x400m relays, but also shared warm-up tracks and call rooms with some of the sport’s biggest names – including reigning world champion BOL. “It’s just insane,” she says. “In call rooms I’ll be sitting next to her and I’m like: ‘Oh my gosh it’s FEMKE BOL’ but I have to tell myself to focus because I am about to race her. You watch athletes like her for years and I think that’s why I can’t comprehend where I am now. I still wonder how I got to this point.”

The gold medal in Bergen was the product of two years of quiet rebuilding, after a painful near-miss at the European U20 championships in 2023 taught her more than any win ever could. Missing out on a medal by just 0.001 seconds lit a fire that hasn’t gone out since. “The anger and the sadness stays with you so much more than the triumph of winning,” she says. “I learned back then that I wasn’t ready mentally. Everyone around me knew I was physically capable of getting a medal but I didn’t have the mental headspace to go out there and achieve it.”

To prepare for her 2024 campaign, NEWNHAM took a different approach. She worked not just on her stride patterns or conditioning, but her mindset – even bringing in a sports psychologist to help her tackle nerves and expectations. Her gold medal race, ironically, wasn’t the cleanest in terms of execution. “It didn’t go to plan at all,” she says. “The gun went and everything that my coach told me to do… I did the complete opposite. I raced it rather than ran it. There are two different ways you can do a hurdle event – focusing on your stride pattern and sticking to the plan or sprinting it and hoping for the best. “I didn’t even look at the clock when I crossed the line. Everyone thought my scream was because I saw the time – I had no idea what I’d run.”

NEWNHAM’S European weekend didn’t end with the hurdles. The next morning, she was back in her spikes for the 4x400m relay. “I got back from anti-doping and the medal ceremony at 10:30pm, I couldn’t sleep until 1am, and was up again at 6:30am,” she says. Still, the relay team delivered – a run that represented redemption after their disqualification at the U20s two years previously. At the time of writing, Newnham was preparing for the British Championships and aiming to make sure of her World Championships place in Tokyo. The plan after the Birmingham is to reset, refocus, and fine-tune – all with the goal of reaching the biggest stage of all. “I feel like I haven’t trained in forever,” she says. “So I’ll go into a training block, race another 400m somewhere and I’d like to do a 200m since I haven’t done one since the indoor season. Hopefully everything goes well.”

If you could choose one person to train/compete with, past or present, who would it be and why?
Definitely FEMKE BOL, I don’t know how she does it. She sent me a message on Instagram after my race in Bergen and I couldn’t believe it. Hopefully I’ll get the opportunity to speak to her in person one day and not just over Instagram.

COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2026 – This is an insight published on the BBC website about the July 2026 games, which takes place in Glasgow.

The 2022 Games in Birmingham was widely considered a roaring success, providing a post-Covid buzz to the city, the country and the competing Commonwealth nations. However, it came at a price. Costing £800m, it was the most expensive sports event hosted in the UK since the 2012 Olympics. Reform of the Games – making it more cost-effective, sustainable and future-proof – was already an intense discussion point.

In July 2023 the Australian state of Victoria pulled out of hosting the 2026 event, eventually finalising its withdrawal in August 2023. With the State Premier DANIEL ANDREWS concluded it was “all cost and no benefit” and plunged the future of the Commonwealth Games into serious doubt. After a period of the the City of Glasgow offered to host the games. The Scottish city hosted the Games in 2014 but it will have a very different, streamlined look when it returns there in two years’ time, with only 10 sports to be played out over four venues at an estimated cost of about £140m. “The Games had got out of hand – it was too big and trying to be a ‘mini Olympics’,” Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive KATIE SADLEIR told BBC Sport. Earlier, SADLEIR said: “We want to create a sustainable model that can go around the Commonwealth because the Commonwealth members love the Commonwealth Games and we want to take it there as well.”

The opening ceremony takes place on Thursday 23 July 2026 with the closing ceremony on Sunday 2 August 2026.

This is the link showing the session schedule for the 11 sports and disciplines – 2026 Commonwealth Games Full Session Schedule
This is the link showing the competition schedule for the 10 days, and you can review daily what sports will be taking place – https://www.glasgow2026.com/schedule/day-by-day

WHAT IS THE LEE VALLEY INDOOR MINITHON – The Minthon is a mini Olympics where children can come and compete in athletics and have fun at the same time. Over the years, the Minithon has been a place where children have enjoyed their first taste of athletics. It’s also been the breeding ground of Olympic stars and some of the athletes you see on TV today whom first started competing in this very place. More importantly than that, those who participate often stay in the sport for years to come and be part of the Athletics Community.

For School years: Year 3 – Year 7 – Price: £18.50 per child

Participants can choose to compete in up to three of the following events – 60m Hurdles (excluding Year 3), 60m, 200m, 600m, Long Jump, Javelin (excluding Year 6 and 7), Shot Put and High Jump (Year 6 and 7 only)

LEE VALLEY INDOOR MINITHON 1 – Takes place on Saturday 18 October at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, London (N9 0AR)
Entries to open on Opentrack on Monday 1 September
Entries Closing Date TBC
Note: You will have to be enter yourself, and pay the appriate fee

LEE VALLEY INDOOR MINITHON 2 – Takes place on Saturday 20 December at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, London (N9 0AR)
Entries to open on Opentrack on Monday 20 October
Entries Closing Date TBC
Note: You will have to be enter yourself, and pay the appriate fee

LEE VALLEY INDOOR MINITHON 3 – Takes place on Saturday 28 March at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, London (N9 0AR)
Entries to open on Opentrack on Monday 2 February
Entries Closing Date TBC
Note: You will have to be enter yourself, and pay the appriate fee

Link to all information, this is where you can enter the 3 minithons – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/minithon

CROSS COUNTRY UPDATE – Well it is the 1 August tomorrow, and yes the end od September sees the start of our cross country season. these are the dates/venues the – Metropolitan League 11 October at Claybury Park, 15 November at Horsenden Hill, 6 December at Wormwood Scrubs, 10 January at Welwyn Garden City, 7 February at Trent Park – North West London League 27 September at Wormwood Scrubs, 1 November at Kingsbury, 22 November at Trent Park, 31 January at Hampstead Heath, 28 February at Greenford.

You do not to be entered for any of the races, you can just turn up and run. The Metropolitan League fixtures are included in the SBH Winter Points competition, details of these and the SBH Club Championship races will be published in early September.

SBH CROSS COUNTRY POINTS RACES – There are a series of races which all age-groups from Under 11 to Masters can compete.

The Under 11 Boys and Girls have 6 races available to compete over the season, which are the 5 Metropolitan League fixtures and eithe the Hertfordshire or Middlesex Championships. The final results is based on the best 4 points achieved from the 6 races available.

The Under 13 to Masters Men and Women have 7 races available to compete over the season, which are the 5 Metropolitan League fixtures plus the Southern and National Championships. The final results is based on the best 5 points achieved from the 7 races available.

SBH CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACES – There are a series of designated races which all age-groups from Under 11 to Masters can compete.

The 5 and 9 Miles Senior Men and Masters Men 40+ race is the Metropolitan League on 6 December – The Under 11 Boys and Girls race is the Metropolitan League on 10 January – All remaing Men and Women age-groups race is the Southern Championships on 24 January.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

Link to document which gives information to existing members on the system, and how to use it – Membermojo Instructions To Use For Existing Members May 2025

SBH 2025 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card has now been published on the SBH Website on 20 March 2025. This is the link to the fixture card, which you can access and print for future reference – https://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
Information on each fixture will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletters – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2025 Summer Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Summer 2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 20-03-25

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

STONEX STADIUM – Main Switchboard telephone number is 020 3675 725l0.

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER – alanweller111@gmail.com