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Birmingham European Championships
Last week saw an abundance of athletes on our screens for those who were following, or those who put in the effort to watch in real life. There were some great performances from all countries and I am just highlighting some of those below –
Womens Highlights
Amy Hunt had a phenomenal week with an impressive 100m gold title (11.00) and another victory within the 200m (22.19). This final has three Brits lining up where Dina Asher-Smith came in third for bronze (22.29) with Success Eduan placing 6th (22.66). Adding to the Brits strong form across the championship, Dina Asher-Smith, Amy Hunt, Success Eduan and Imani Lansiquot made up the winning team for GB winning Gold (42.05) in the Womens 4x100m Relay. Within the Womens 400m Final GBs Yemi Mary John placed 5th (51.12) and Charlotte Henrich placed 6th (51.29). Perhaps one of the events with most publicity within this championship, the Womens 800m was a battle between Swiss athlete Audrey Werro, Brit Keely Hodgkinson and Femke Bol of the Netherlands- after some drama in the heats which saw Werro take a nasty fall she came out on top with Gold (1:54.81) with Hodgkinson having to settle for Silver (1:55.01) followed by Bol with Bronze (1:55.54) – we also saw Jemma Reekie place a respectable 5th (1:59.15). The Womens 1500m saw Georgia Hunter Bell take home Gold (4:07.78) in an effortless style.
Three Brits lined up to the womens 5000m final with Hannah Nuttall placing 5th (15:41.51), India Weir placing 16th (15:55.42) and Innes Fitzgerald placing 19th (16:00.07). Italy’s Nadia Battocletti show her continued dominance winning both the 5000m (15:37.84) and 10,000m (31:41.17), where we saw Megan Keith place 6th (32:04.81), Izzy Fry place 16th (32:37.22) and Poppy Tank place 23rd (34:03.99). In the Womens 100m hurdle final we saw Brit Marcia Say place 8th (13.01) in a strong field.
The Womens 400m Hurdles we saw Shaftesbury’s Emily Newnham earn Silver (53.33) with Lina Nielsen placing 6th place (54.35) after an impressive PB in the heat (54.04). The duo also help to make up team GBs 4×400 Relay Team, Emily Newnham and Lina Nielsen are joined by Charlotte Henrich and Nicole Yeargin placing 2nd and winning Silver (3:21.68).
In the Womens 3000m SC, Brits Elise Thorner placed 5th place (9:18.14). On the field in the Womens High Jump Morgan Lake placed 8th (1.88), the womens long jump saw Jazmin Sawyers take home Silver (6.99), Molly Palmer placed 9th (6.54). Within the Heptathlon Jade O’Dowda placed 13th (6191) and Katarina Johnson-Thompson placed 21st (5790).
In the Womens Marathon Abbie Donnelly earned team GBs first ever medal in this event, placing 3rd to secure bronze (2:27.33) with strong depth in the field with Natasha Wilson (Cockram) placing 5th (2:27:54), Rose Harvey placing 14th (2:30:34), Louise Small placing 22nd (2:33:32) and Clara Evans-Graham placing 34th (2:40:01). No Brits featuring within the Womens Half Marathon Race Walk, however an impressive World Record (and Gold Medal) to shout about by Spains Maria Perez (1:30:06), a similar story within the Womens Marathon Race Walk with Italian Sofia Fiorini winning with a World Record time (3:15:11).
Womens Highlights
The Mens 100m saw a one and two finish for Team GB, with Romell Glove taking home Gold (10.09) and Jeremiah Azu placing second for Silver (10.16). In the 200m, Shaftesbury’s Zharnel Hughes continued his strong season with a Silver medal for second place (10.16), with fellow club member Ebuka Nwokeji placing 5th (20.95) in the heats earlier in the competition, sadly didn’t progress to the finals but showed a strong future in his Senior Debut. Team GB picked up Gold in the shape of Matthew Hudson Smith placing first (44.17) in the mens 400m. In the 800m final, we saw Ben Pattison place 5th (1:46.14), sadly Max Burgin had to withdraw last minute due to injury during the warm up, after the fastest QT in the heats (1:44.73) – which allowed for Ireland’s Mark English to take home Gold (1:45.26). The 1500m delivered some fast times with strong Brit depth with Jake Hayward just missing out on a medal with 4th (3:36.24), Arlo Ludewick placing 5th (3:36.65) and Jake Wightman placing 6th (3:37.18).
As mentioned last week, the Mens 5000m displayed Jakobs Ingebrigtsen’s return to racing, taking home Gold in 13:15.29. The same race saw Brits James West place 12th (13:24.63). After just missing out on a medal in the 5,000m, France’s Jimmy Grissier showed a strong finish to place 3rd (28:07.90) in the 10,000m, with David Malarkey of Team GB placing 12th (28:25.58) and Jo Wigfield placing 17th (29:09.24). In the Mens 100m Hurdles Samuel Bennet placed 7th (13.62). In the Mens 3000m SC, Shaftesbury’s Kristian Imroth placed an impressive 6th (8:36.20) with fellow Brit William Battershill, placing around a minute behind in 8th (8:37.33).
In the Mens Marathon we saw Mahamed Mahamad as first Brit home in 7th place (20:09.34) with Tewelde Menges placing 40th (2:19:45) and Jonathan Mellor finishing 50th (2:27:56) – Weynay Ghebresilasie unfortunately had to DNF. Within the Mens Marathon Race Walk, there was another impressive round of results, including an Area Record by Italian Massimo Stano (2:56:49), for Team GB Cameron Corbishley finished 19th (3:13:31).
In the field events, the Mens High Jump saw Shaftesbury’s Kimani Jack just miss out on the medals to place 4th (2.23) with GBs Joel Clarke-Khan placing 5th (2.23). In the Pole Jump we saw Archie Yeo placing 12th (7.48) for Team GB with Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou maintaining his dominance on the circuit this season to take home Gold (8.44) for Greece. In the Mens Shot Put Scott Lincoln missed out on a medal and had to settle for 4th place (20.81), with Jake Norris finishing 11th in the Hammer Throw (74.61).
In the Mens 4×100 Relay we saw another appearance from Shaftesbury’s Zharnel Hughes, who was alongside Jeremiah Azu, Louie Hinchliffe and Romell Glave who showed their strength winning Gold (38.45) ahead of Germany (38.64) and Belgium (38.70). In the Mens 4 x 400 Relay Team GB, made up of Matthew Hudson-Smith, Toby Harries, Ben Jefferies and Charles Dobson, had to settle for Silver in a tight battle against Italy Rounding up the events the 4×400 Mixed Relay saw a strong team consisting of Ben Jefferies, Charlotte Henrich, Toby Harries and Yemi Mary John to earn Silver (3:10.47) behind Norway’s Gold (3:09.62) and the 4 x 100 Mixed Relay Jeremiah Azu, Dina Asher-Smith, Zharnel Hughes and Amy Hunt added to their medal collection taking home Gold (39.97).
EYAL
Shaftesbury Juniors have qualified for the final in Chelmsford on 6th September, congrats to all coaches and athletes who have competed throughout this season – lets ensure we have a good show for the final to ensure we have the best chance of rounding off a successful season.
*Official results from this weekends fixture will feature in the Newsletter next week.
ATHLOS LDN26 – World-class athletics comes to StoneX
A reminder that something pretty special is coming to StoneX Stadium this September, it brings some of the biggest names in Women’s Athletics to our home track for an evening of world-class racing and entertainment. If you are an athletics fan, this is certainly an event that you don’t want to miss out on with the likes of Sha’Carri Richardson, Gabby Thomas, Tara Davis-Woodhall, Masai Russell and Mariledidy Paulino among some of the names announced – expect fast times, big personalities and some seriously competitive racing.
For those of you who are less familiar with the event, ATHLOS is also doing things a little differently. The athletes will compete across 100m hurdles, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, mile and long jump, with points accumulated across the London and New York meets as they battle it out for the overall ATHLOS crown.
The BBC have recently confirmed coverage on this event, however if you want to watch some of the world’s best athletes competing up close, this is an event you don’t want to miss.
Friday 18 September | 7pm | StoneX Stadium Tickets are on sale here – Adult Tickets start from £25; however don’t leave it until the last minute as these lower priced tickets are extremely limited.
In the build-up to this event, a reminder to all Coaches and Athletes that StoneX will be closed for a week from Saturday 12th Sept – Sunday 20th September – there will be no access to the track during this time so please make alternative arrangements for your training sessions.
SBH Open & Club Championship
Details and entry can be found below for the next fixture at the end of the month.
Monday 31 August (Bank Holiday) – SBH Open & Club Championships @ StoneX (entry via open track here)
Including: Quadkids 75m, Quadkids Vortex, Quadkids Long Jump, Open High Jump (U12+ Club Champs), Open Pole Vault (U14+ Club Champs), Quadkids 600m, Open 2x100m (U14+ Club Champs), U12 2x75m (Club Champs), Open 2 x 100m (U14+ Club Champs), Open Long Jump (U14+ Club Champs), Open U12 2x75m (Club Champs), Open 800m (U14+ Club Champs), Open U12 600m (Club Champs), Open 200m (U14+ Club Champs), Open U12 150m (Club Champs), U12 Long Jump (U12 Club Champs), Open 70H (Club Champs), Open 75mH (Club Champs), Open 80mH (Club Champs), Open 100mH (Club Champs), Open 110mH (Club Champ), Open 400m (U18+ Club Champs), Open 300m (U16 Club Champs), Open 1500m, Open Shot Put (U12+ Club Champs)
Volunteers’ appeal
Finally, we are once again appealing for more licensed officials and volunteers to support our StoneX fixtures.
If you are interested in getting involved and would like to find out more, please speak to James or Helen, or contact us at info@shaftesburybarnet.co.uk. Your support makes a huge difference in helping us continue to deliver successful events.
Highlights from the Archive
Looking back at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, held in August 1972.
Mens 10,000m and 5,000m
Dave Bedford enjoyed a memorable Olympic campaign, finishing 6th in the 10,000m final (28:05.4) after setting a blistering pace from the start and leading through halfway in an Olympic-record split of 13:44.0. He also reached the 5000m final, finishing 12th in 13:43.2, after comfortably qualifying from his heat in 13:49.8. Although medals were just out of reach, Bedford’s fearless front-running made his Munich campaign one to remember and demonstrated his willingness to take the race to the world’s best.r>
Later in 1973 Bedford would go on to run one of the greatest performances in British distance-running history, smashing the 10,000m world record with 27:30.80 – he took almost 8-seconds off the previous best by Lasse Viren. More impressively Dave’s time stood for almost 15 years, and to this day he still remains the only British man to have held the 10,000m world record.
Womens 1500m
To showcase how far Womens Athletics has developed, the 1972 Olympics were the first games to include the womens 1500m. Joyce Smith also made history as she broke the British record twice during the competition, she ran 4:11.27 in her heat before lowing the record again to an impressive 4:09:37 in the Semi-Final, finishing 6th and narrowly missing out on the final. Her 4:09.37 British record stood for almost five years before being equalled by Mary Stewart in 1977 — this was the beginning of the progression that has now reached 3:52.61, which is held by Georgia Hunter-Bell from the Paris Olympics in 2024.
Joyce helped to pave the way of generations of British Women distance runners and moved up to the Marathon distance in her 40s. Joyce impressively continued to run into her seventies, only stopping in 2021 when she noted she ‘didn’t enjoy running so slowly’.
🎉 This Week’s Birthday Celebrations
Happy Birthday to those celebrating this week:Delphine Diers and Shani Palmer (Anderson) (17 Aug), Frank Attoh, Stuart Singer and Steven Garrett and Stanley Hurst (21 Aug), Ellie Kormis (23 Aug), We hope you all have a fantastic birthday and a wonderful year ahead! 🎂
Calendar
Here’s what’s happening over the next few weeks other than your usual coached training sessions.
August
23/08/26 North London 10km – StoneX (Open) R *POSTPONED – new date TBC
31/08/26 SBH Open & Club Champs – StoneX Stadium (Open) T&F
September
06/09/26 EYAL Final (Juniors) T&F
12/09/26 NAL Championship final – Oxford (Seniors – Team Selection) T&F
Further ahead..
10/10/26 Met League – Claybury (open) XC
14/11/26 Met League – Trent Park (open) XC *note the venue has recently been updated
05/12/26 Met League – Uxbridge (open) XC
16/01/27 Met League – Welwyn Garden City (open) XC
13/02/27 Met League – Horsenden Hill (open) XC
*Where possible club events should be prioritised, however I have included other local events which may be of interest.
Key: T&F = Track, R= Road XC = Cross Country
Full Results
*All results featured in the newsletter are taken from Power of 10. Occasionally, there may be a slight delay between a competition taking place and the official results being published. If you think I’ve missed your result or achievement, please do let me know and I’ll make sure it’s included in the next newsletter.
Latest Results
Saturday 15 August
Fastest Parkrun of the week:
Mens: Ethan Slutzkin U12 20:03 (4) PB – Green Point parkrun
Womens: Ellie McNamara SEN 27:24 (223) SB – Hastings parkrun
Parkrun Highlights:
Paul Lewis V50 25:05 (19) – Aldenham parkrun
Lenard Michel V55 24:55 (38) – Canons Park parkrun
Stuart Singer V65 24:19 (18) – Sunny Hill parkrun
Paul MacCarthy V55 23:47 (158) – Woodhouse Moor parkrun
Ross Hammond U20 24:32 (84) – Felixstowe parkrun
Hugh Richards V75 38:15 (230) – Blandford parkrun
Sunday 9 August
Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Showcase, Hendon
Womens 100m: Tami George, U18, 11.69 (1), Holly Ryan, U18, 11.88 (1), Makayla Brai-Aloye, U18, 11.85 (2), Dami Adekunle, U14, 12.79 (2) PB, Anaya Collins, U12, 13.97 (3) PB, Naylah Adeeko, U12, 12.83 (4), Georgina Warmate, U14, 14.03 (4), Chinwe Iwunze, SEN, 12.52 (5) SB, Riley McNally, U16, 12.93 (5) PB, Elise Bachler, U14, 15.17 (5), Tolu Adekunle, U12, 15.29 (6) PB, Delphine Diers, V55, 14.78 (7) SB, Ayotunde Alfonso, U14, 13.86 (8). Mens 100m: Zachary Bindon-Goss, U20, 10.66 (2) PB, Seth Saunders, U14, 12.22 (2), Eugene Riza, SEN, 11.69 (2), Jacob Lim, U16, 12.23 (2), Micah Forbes-Agyepong, SEN, 11.40 (4) SB, Kieran Stiles, V35, 12.29 (4) PB, Raphael Aaron, U23, 12.41 (4), Jaian Saunders, U18, 10.98 (5) SB, Josh Kumar, SEN, 11.98 (5) SB, Tatsu Owens, SEN, 11.61 (6), Alexander Dikeocha, SEN, 13.09 (8) SB. Womens 200m: Ella Appiah-Spick, U14, 29.56 (1) PB, Riley McNally, U16, 26.86 (1), Ayotunde Alfonso, U14, 29.61 (2), Dami Adekunle, U14, 27.78 (2), Naylah Adeeko, U12, 28.21 (3), Georgina Warmate, U14, 30.64 (5), Elise Bachler, U14, 32.79 (5) PB, Tami George, U18, 24.07 (6), Makayla Brai-Aloye, U18, 24.44 (7). Mens 200m: Tatsu Owens, SEN, 23.70 (1) PB, Eugene Riza, SEN, 24.44 (4) PB, Micah Forbes-Agyepong, SEN, 23.15 (3) SB, Josh Kumar, SEN, 23.88 (5) SB, Seth Saunders, U14, 25.05 (6)
Mens 400m: Jubril Adeniji, SEN, 49.05 (2) SB, Jay Palmer, SEN, 50.03 (3), Ben Bamisaiye, U16, 52.96 (4) PB, Aaron Hidalgo-Hudi, U16, 54.90 (5) PB, Raphael Aaron, U23, 57.01 (7). Womens 400m: Adanna Mazinwosu, U20, 59.67 (3). Mens 600m: Rian Varia, U12, 1:51.28 (1) PB, Rafi Rubenstein, U12, 2:04.44 (2) PB, Finlay Myles, U12, 2:09.85 (4) PB, Seth Harris, U12, 2:20.46 (2), Toby Caplan, U12, 2:42.70 (11). Womens 600m: Ruby Konviser, U12, 1:56.83 (4) PB. Mens 75m: Rafi Rubenstein, U12, 12.31 (4), Seth Harris, U12, 13.95 (4), Toby Caplan, U12, 14.47 (5) PB, Finlay Myles, U12, 12.93 (5). Womens 75m: Sadie Rae Franks, U12, 12.89 (6) PB. Mens 800m: Taha Cockerell, U16, 2:15.00 (2), George Cooke, U16, 2:29.79 (2), Daniel Murray, U14, 2:30.10 (3), Daniyal Janmohamed, U12, 2:30.43 (4). Womens 800m: Olivia Abbott, U16, 2:34.62 (5), Lily Janmohamed, U12, 2:44.52 (6). Mens Discus 1.5kg: Chu Ononogbu, U18, 56.58m (1). Mens Discus 2kg: Gregory Thompson, SEN, 55.43m (2), Reuben Vaughan, SEN, 54.45m (4) PB. Mens High Jump: Akin Coward, SEN, 2.10m (1). Womens High Jump: Lily Holt, SEN, 1.70m (1), Rebecca Wheeler-Henry, U23, 1.65m (2). Womens Long Jump: Dami Adekunle, U14, 4.80m (1), Tolu Adekunle, U12, 3.60m (4).
Stratford Speed GP Series, Stratford (CT)
Mens 100m: Krishawn Aiken, SEN, 10.38 (2) SB, Kacei Griffith, U16, 11.11 (3), Ben McGuire, SEN, 11.22 (3) SB, Lorrell Smith, SEN, 11.09 (4), Bryan Ogbebor, U23, 11.20 (4). Womens 100m: Renee Regis, U23, 11.42 (3). Womens 100m Hurdles: Lily Holt, SEN, 14.59 (4) SB. Mens 200m: Kacei Griffith, U16, 22.53 (3), Krishawn Aiken, SEN, 21.07 (4) SB. Womens 400m: Hayley McLean, SEN, 55.43 (4) SB.
BMC Grand Prix, Twickenham
Mens 3000m: Rafi Gayer, U20, 8:11.64 (10) PB, Jamie Dee, SEN, 8:11.73 (11) SB.
Saturday 8 August
RunThrough Battersea Park, Battersea Park
Mens 10K: Tristan Lee, V35, 38:21 (31) SB. Mens
Half Marathon: Elliott Grossman, SEN, 1:28:04 (67) PB, Conor Madden, SEN, 1:35:24 (128) PB, Barry Chisholm, V65, 2:27:08 (711).
Southern Athletics League Division 1, Gillingham/Bromley
Mens 100m: Craig Moncur, SEN, 11.19 (3). Mens 110m Hurdles: Craig Moncur, SEN, 14.92 (2), Steven Garrett, V35, 18.25 (3) SB. Mens 800m: Steven Garrett, V35, 1:57.54 (1). Mens 2000m Steeplechase: Steven Garrett, V35, 6:35.34 (1). Womens DT1K: Stacey Gonzalez, V50, 28.07 (3), Lydia Rogers, SEN, 23.16 (5). Mens DT2K: Craig Moncur, SEN, 40.10 (3). Mens High Jump: Craig Moncur, SEN, 1.73m (5). Womens HT4K: Stacey Gonzalez, V50, 36.30 (3), Lydia Rogers, SEN, 24.71 (6). Womens JT600: Stacey Gonzalez, V50, 20.95m (3) PB, Lydia Rogers, SEN, 17.58m (6) SB. Mens JT800: Craig Moncur, SEN, 43.99m (3). Mens Long Jump: Craig Moncur, SEN, 6.95m (1). Womens Pole Vault: Stacey Gonzalez, V50, 2.60m (1). Womens SP4K: Stacey Gonzalez, V50, 7.51m (2), Lydia Rogers, SEN, 8.65m (5). Womens Triple Jump: Lydia Rogers, SEN, 9.31m (3) SB.
Southern Athletics League Division 2 North & East, Dartford/Hemel Hempstead
Womens 100m: Angelina Johnson, U18, 13.2 (3). Womens 200m: Angelina Johnson, U18, 27.8 (3). Mens 400m Hurdles: Jubril Adeniji, SEN, 54.1 (1). Womens 800m: Emilia Economu, SEN, 2:27.36 (2). Mens DT2K: Reuben Vaughan, SEN, 52.62 (1).
Southern Athletics League Division 3 South London, Tooting Bec
Mens DT2K: Anthony Soalla-Bell, V45, 24.82 (3). Mens SP7.26K: Anthony Soalla-Bell, V45, 10.36m (2).
Friday 7 August
Rye Summer Classic Series 5K / 10K, Rye
Mens 10K: Sam Clements, U16, 43:23 (16) PB.
Ealing Mile, Ealing
Mens 1 Mile: Daniyal Janmohamed, U12, 5:24 (5)
Womens 1 Mile: Lily Janmohamed, U12, 6:04 (14) PB
Wednesday 5 August
BMC Regional Race, Loughborough
Mens 800m: Max Winfield, U23, 1:55.71 (2).
Sunday 2 August
York 2.5K / 10K, York
Mens 10K: Robert Rigby, V65, 39:31 (185) SB.
Saturday 1 August
UK Youth Development League Lower – Southern 1D, Horspath
Mens 800m: Jenson Day, U14, 2:28.22 (2) PB.
