Happy Birthday this week to:-
Linda Elmore, Nathan Gammon, Chloe Goodson, Latifa Harris-Osman, Harshil Joshi, Leo Kaye, Harry Kyriacou, Paul Laslett, Jenny Poll, Anne Ridley, Titus Tan, Dominic Toolan, Carolina Weatherill
SBH EXCEL AT THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS – which took place in Bedford on 2-4 May.
Our U23 Women Hammer throwers RACHEL HUNTER U23 (West of Scotland University) and LOUISA JAMES U23 (Brighton University) won the Gold and Bronze Medals respectively. RACHEL threw (62.36m) and LOUISA threw (SB 58.27m) adding 7.07m to her March throw, and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2015. RACHEL is currently ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2015, when she threw (62.95m) in Grangemouth on 25 April.
PHILIPPA LOWE (HCA Roehampton University) 400m Hurdles season gets better and better, firstly winning Heat 3 (PB 59.06) taking .40 of a second off her 2014 time, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2015, in the Final PHILIPPA produced an excellent race by taking the Silver Medal (59.66).
The 5000m proved to be an exciting race with MICHAEL CALLEGARI U23 (St Mary’s University) winning the Bronze Medal (15:19.88), and PHILLIP CROUT U23 (Cambridge University) just behind him in 4th place (15:20.63). Not to be outdone MELLISA COURTNEY U23 (Brunel University) also won the 5000m Bronze Medal in a personal best (16:15.45) taking 1 minute 40.70 seconds off her Heat time, and ranks her UK No.6 U23 in 2015.
There were also UK Top 10 performances from AKIN COWARD U20 (Birmingham University) Equal 1st (PB 2.04m)in the High Jump which was his first time over 2m adding 5cm to his March jump, and is ranked UK Equal 4th U20, VICTORIA WALKER (Birmingham University) (SB 7:06.58)in the 2000m Steeplechase taking 8.22 seconds off her April time, and is ranked UK No.8 and SABRINA BAKARE U20 (Loughborough Students) in the 400m Semi-Final finished 3rd (SB 55.85) keeping her at No.8 U20. See full results below.
For the remaining newsletter information and results
LONDON MINI MARATHON – Congratulations to recent new member POPPY MENDENIS U15 who ran for the London Borough of Barnet and finished 129th (22.14), also JOSH MORGAN U13 ran for the London Borough of Brent and finished 231st (23.23)
MARATHON TESTING REQUIRED – We are looking for 18-50 year old males to take part in a Marathon study with Middlesex University in June. We are studying two topics:
- the effect of cryotherapy (cold treatments) on muscle recovery and pain
- the effect of cherry juice on pulmonary inflammation
You will need to be able to complete a marathon run within 4hr30m which will be based at Allianz Park, Hendon. We are offering free physiological testing for those who complete the study, including DEXA (body composition scanning), Running Economy and VO2 max testing. Please email mdxmarathon@gmail.com for more details.
UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS
BRITISH ATHLETIC LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP (UNDER 20 AND SENIOR MEN) – The first of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 9 May at Sheffield Hallam University City Athletics Stadium, Woodbourn Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 3HL). Timetable attached.
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager – Geoff Morphitis
UK WOMEN’S ATHLETIC LEAGUE DIVISION 1 (UNDER 20 AND SENIOR WOMEN) – The first of three fixtures takes place on Sunday 10 May at Moorways Stadium, Moor Lane, Allenton, Derby (Satnav DE24 9HY). Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager – Nicole Cara
EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE COMPOSITE TEAM WITH BARNET & DISTRICT (UNDER 13/15/17 MEN/WOMEN) – The second of five fixtures takes place thisSunday 10 May at Braintree Athletics Track, Panfield Lane, Braintree (Satnav CM7 1FF).
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager Joyce Smith or Jeremy Sothcott
UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE SOUTHERN PREMIER 1 (UNDER 17/20 MEN/WOMEN) – The second of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 16 May at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR).
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager – Colette Hurley or Geoff Morphitis
HERTFORDSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2 – Takes place on Sunday 17 May at Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Garston,Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH). For all age-groups except U13 B&G which is 1500m only. Please use this link to enter also view/print timetable http://www.hertscaaa.org.uk/Fixtures.html
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VETERANS LEAGUE COMPOSITE TEAM WITH BARNET & DISTRICT – The second of four fixtures takes place on Monday 18 May at Ridlins Wood Athletic Track, Woodcock Road, Stevenage (Satnav SG2 9QZ). Note: If you are available and wish compete please contact team manager Men David Wilcock david.wilcock@virgin.net Women Karen Murphy karenmurphy@ntlworld.com
WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 20 May at Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Garston,Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH). Entry costs at Wednesday Meetings £4 for one event, £6 for two or more events, entries from 5.30pm, there may be separate desks for different events. Please use this link to the Watford Harriers website http://www.watfordharriers.org.uk/indexnc.htm then select Watford Open Graded Meetings at the top of the page. Once you are in the open meeting section, you can see the full information including any late changes. Also you can print off the ‘On The Day Entry Form’
Timetable – 7.00pm 400m, 7.15pm Pole Vault up to 3.5m, 7.30pm BMC, 8.00pm 800m
MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 1 – Takes place on Saturday 23 May at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR).
Note:, Entries close Friday 8 May
MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 2 – Takes place on Sunday 24 May at Mile End Stadium (East London Stadium), 190 Burdett Road (Satnav E3 4HL).
Note: Entries close Friday 8 May
RESULTS – TRACK AND FIELD OUTDOORS UNLESS STATED
The Milton Keynes Half Marathon (Road) took place on 4 May: TIM PARKIN V35 130th (SB 1:35.43)
The Meeting Graziano Della Valle took place in Pavia, Italy on 3 May: Triple Jump – DANIEL LEWIS 1st (15.81m w0.8), and is ranked UK No.6 in 2015
The BUCS Championships took place in Bedford on 2-4 May
100m – SM Heat 4 RENARD FREDERICK (London Metropolitan University) 2nd (11.17 w-2.9), in Semi-Final 3 RENARD finished 5th (11.09 w-1.5), SIMON ZEFFERTT U20(Durham University) 6th (11.94 w-2.9), SW Heat 8 ENIOLA OYESANYA U23 (Oxford University) 3rd (SB 13.07 w-1.6)
200m – SM Heat 3 SIMON ZEFFERTT U20 (Durham University) 5th (23.86 w0.0)
400m – SW Heat 5 SABRINA BAKARE U20 (Loughborough Students) 2nd (SB 55.87) and is ranked UK No.8 U20 in 2015, in Semi-Final 1 SABRINA finished 3rd (SB 55.85) taking .02 of a second off her Heat time, keeping her at No.8 U20
800m – SW Heat 3 GEORGIA BELL U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (2:15.88) in Semi-Final 2 GEORGIA finished 2nd (2:13.10) and in the Final finished 5th (2:08.31)
1500m – SM Heat 3 RICHARD CHARLES U23 (St Mary’s University) 1st (4:00.01) in Semi-Final 2 RICHARD finished 6th (SB 3:57.26) taking 2.75 seconds off his Heat time
5000m – SM Heat 1 MICHAEL CALLEGARI U23 (St Mary’s University) 1st (SB 14:42.95), Heat 3 RICHARD GOODMAN U23 (St Mary’s University) 1st (SB 14:44.22), PHILLIP CROUT U23 (Cambridge University) 2nd (SB 14:47.32), ASHOK MATHUR U23 (Newcastle University) 11th (PB 15:37.33), the Final proved to be an exciting race with MICHAELwinning the Bronze Medal just .50 of a second behind the silver medallist (15:19.88), PHILLIP finished 4th (15:20.63) and RICHARD finished 8th (15:28.68), SW Heat 1MELLISA COURTNEY U23 (Brunel University) 2nd (PB 17:56.15) in the Final MELLISA also won the Bronze Medal in a personal best (16:15.45) taking 1 minute 40.70 seconds off her Heat time, and rank her UK No.6 U23 in 2015
110m Hurdles – SM Heat 1 ASHLEY WILSON (HCA East London University) 2nd (SB 14.90 w1.8), in the Final ASHLEY finished 6th (15.11 w0.1)
400m Hurdles – SM Heat 4 LLOYD HANLEY-BYRON (Middlesex University) 5th (SB 55.43), in Semi-Final 1 LLOYD finished 7th (SB 54.81) taking .62 of a second off his heat time, SW Heat 3 PHILIPPA LOWE (HCA Roehampton University) 1st (PB 59.06) taking .40 of a second off her 2014 time, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2015, in the FinalPHILIPPA produced an excellent race by taking the Silver Medal (59.66)
2000m Steeplechase – SW Straight Final VICTORIA WALKER (Birmingham University) finished 5th (SB 7:06.58) taking 8.22 seconds off her April time, and is ranked UK No.8 in 2015
High Jump – SM Pool B AKIN COWARD U20 (Birmingham University) Equal 1st (PB 2.04m) the first time over 2m adding 5cm to his March jump, and is ranked UK Equal 4th U20 in 2015, in the Final AKIN finished 10th (1.90m)
Long Jump – SW Pool B GABRIELLE ROWSELL U23 (Bournemouth University) 6th (5.35m w1.4), in the Final GABRIELLE finished 12th (5.08m w-1.5m)
Shot 4kg – SW Pool B KELLY BRAMHALD U23 (Loughborough Students) 9th (10.25m)
Hammer 4kg – SW Straight Final RACHEL HUNTER U23 (West of Scotland University) won the Gold Medal (62.36m) and LOUISA JAMES U23 (Brighton University) won the Bronze Medal (SB 58.27m) adding 7.07m to her March throw, and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2015
Javelin 800kg – SM Pool B JOE BAMFORD U23 (Exeter University) 9th (SB 49.59m) adding 90cm to his March throw
The MAAC Championships took place in West Long Branch, New Jersey, USA on 2-3 May
1500m – LIAM DEE U20 1st (3:48.77)
The Steve Scott Invitational took place in Irvine, California, USA on 1-2 May
Shot 7.26kg – ZANE DUQUEMIN 5th (SB 18.15m) adding 42cm to his April put, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2015
Discus 2kg – ZANE DUQUEMIN 9th (54.66m)
The Payton Jordan Invitational took place in Palo Alto, California, USA on 2 May
1500m – SM JAKE SHELLEY (New Mexico University) 4th (SB 3:44.02) just outside the UK top ten ranked No.11, SW SOPHIE CONNOR U23 (New Mexico University) 5th (SB 4:21.14) taking 1.26 seconds off her April time
The Musco Invitational took place in Iowa City, Iowa, USA on 2 May
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY U23 (Nebraska University) 6th (54.91m)
The LSU Invitational took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA on 2 May
Hammer 7.26kg – SM DEMPSEY MCGUIGAN U23 (Ole Miss University) 3rd (65.35m)
The QEOP Summer 10k Series (Road) took place in London Olympic Park on 2 May
BARRY CHISOLM V50 49th (46.45)
The UFC Twilight Invitational took place in Orlando, Florida, USA on 30 April
100m – Race 1 CONFIDENCE LAWSON 5th (10.71 w0.0)
200m – Race 1 CONFIDENCE LAWSON 3rd (21.30 w0.0)
The Lee Valley Sprint Open Meeting took place on 29 April
100m – Race SX1 SOPHIA TAGLIA U15 6th (SB 13.75 w1.2) taking .05 of a second off her 19 April time, SX2 PAGE FAIRCLOUGH U20 3rd (SB 12.14 w1.1), SX3 HARRY KYRIACOU U20 3rd (PB 11.59 w3.6) taking .09 of a second off his 2014 time, CHRISTOPHER CASTRO-NETO U20 4th (11.62 w3.6), SX6 ANTONIO INFANTINO 2nd (SB 10.66 w1.0) taking .06 of a second off his 18 April time
200m – Race SX1 SOPHIA TAGLIA U15 5th (PB 28.54 w2.7) taking .06 of a second off her 19 April time, SX5 ANTONIO INFANTINO 1st (SB 20.86 w0.9) taking .10 of a second off his February time, and is ranked UK No.4 in 2015
PARKRUN RESULTS 02 May – CARIN GLADES, DUNCRAIG, WESTERN AUSTRALIA – STUART MOORE V55 25th (New PB 22.52) –GLADSTONE – DAVID LAMY V45 38th (24.03), ISABELLE LAMY V45 74th (27.06) – GUILDFORD – JOHN DRYDEN V65 173rd (27.12) – LUTON PANSHANGER – AMALIA EDWARDS U17 26th (First Time 22.23) – OAK HILL –SAMUEL CAHILL U13 28th (New PB 19.19), DYLAN MICHEL U13 5th (New PB 19.22), LENARD MICHEL V45 19th (New PB 21.49), KAYLA MICHEL U15 22nd (22.07),SHONA MICHEL V40 58th (New PB 26.03) – PANSHANGER – RUSSELL DEVITT V65 86th (New PB 25.19)
HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS DAY 1 – Took place in Stevenage on Monday 4 May, and proved to be another successful championships for the stripes, with 3 Gold Medals from COLETTE HURLEY (300m), JAMIE HARPER (1500m) and NATALIE CONNOR (1500m). There were also 3 Silver Medals SYDNEY ALLEN (800m), GEORGE GROOM (1500m) and FIONA GROOM (High Jump)
Hertfordshire Championship results – Races are all Straight Finals unless stated
200m – U13G Heat 3 SYDNEY ALLEN 4th (31.00 w-1.8)
300m – VW COLETTE HURLEY V50 won the Gold Medal (PB 48.92) and is ranked UK No.2 V50 in 2015
800m – U13G SYDNEY ALLEN won the Silver Medal (2:41.87), U13B LUCA STUBBS 5th (PB 2:36.33)
1500m – U15G SCARLETT KENT 4th (PB 5:10.78) taking 1.92 seconds off her 2014 time, MIA GROOM 6th (SB 5:13.84), LIDIA KYRIACOU 8th (PB 5:17.12) taking 11.58 seconds off her 2014 time, GEMMA HARPER 13th (PB 5:29.53) taking 7.71 seconds off her 2014 time, GEORGIA LEE 15th (SB 5:41.35), U15B JAMIE HARPER won the Gold Medal (PB 4:22.95) taking 5.63 seconds off his 2014 time, JOSHUA EDWARDS 4th (4:43.74), U17W GABRIELLA KYRIACOU 4th (PB 5:02.85) taking 4.85 seconds off her 2014 time, U17M GEORGE GROOM won the Silver Medal (PB 4:11.77) taking 3.09 seconds off his 2014 time, THOMAS FULTON 6th (4:29.00), RUFUS KENT 10th (PB 4:44.56) taking 3.26 seconds off his 2014 time, U20W NATALIE CONNOR won the Gold Medal (SB 4:49.59),
High Jump – VW FIONA GROOM V40 won the Silver Medal (PB 1.15m)
Long Jump – U13G SYDNEY ALLEN 13th (PB 3.45m)
Open Events
80m – U11B&G OYINLOLA STUBBS 3rd (PB 13.64 w-2.0)
100m – Race 1 LEON SINCLAIR 2nd (11.49 w-1.5), KALAM ABDUL-QUARNAIN 4th (11.92 w-1.5), CHRISTOPHER CASTRO-NETO U20 5th (12.09 w-1.5)
200m – Race 1 HARRY KYRIACOU U20 1st (SB 23.38 w0.8) taking .86 of a second off his March time, CHRISTOPHER CASTRO-NETO U20 2nd (24.03 w0.8)
300m – JESSICA HURLEY U17 1st (42.71), SCARLETT KENT U15 2nd (PB 47.95)
600m – U11B&G OYINLOLA STUBBS 2nd (PB 2:22.28)
800m – MARK CUNNINGHAM U20 1st (PB 2:06.95) taking 1.92 seconds off his February time, THOMAS PATRICK U15 2nd (PB 2:10.47) taking 1.13 seconds off his April time, FINN HARVEY U15 3rd (PB 2:17.31) taking 3.30 seconds off his 2014 time
110m Hurdles – MATTHEW HALL U20 1st (15.65 w0.1)
Shot – GIANLEO STUBBS U11B 4th (PB 8.42m)