Happy July! I hope you’ve all had a great week so far and have been enjoying the welcome drop in temperatures.

News

Wanda Diamond League – Paris
The Paris Diamond League produced another outstanding evening of athletics despite sweltering conditions, with Diamond League records, world-leading performances and a host of national records and personal bests.
Among the standout performances, Busang Collen Kebinatshipi broke the Diamond League record in the men’s 400m with a world-leading 43.98, while Marileidy Paulino also set a Diamond League record and world lead of 48.48 in the women’s 400m.
The women’s 800m was one of the races of the night as Audrey Werro stormed to victory in 1:53.80, setting a Diamond League record, world lead, Swiss record and moving to third on the all-time list. Behind her, Anaïs Bourgoin set a French record, Sarah Billings broke the Australian record, while Femke Bol, Prudence Sekgodiso, Rénelle Lamote and Clara Liberman all recorded personal bests.
The women’s 1500m saw Georgia Hunter Bell claim victory in a world-leading performance, leading home a high-quality field in one of the fastest races of the season. Jessica Hull finished third, with several athletes recording season’s bests and personal bests.
In the men’s 5000m, Yomif Kejelcha ran a season’s best 12:47.84 to defeat Birhanu Balew and Graham Blanks, with four athletes finishing inside 12:52.
Elsewhere, Trayvon Bromell upset Olympic champion Noah Lyles to win the men’s 100m in 9.91, Marco Aropimpressed with 1:41.84 in the men’s 800m, Cameron Myers claimed the men’s 1500m in 3:28.00, and Armand Duplantis cleared 6.13m to win the pole vault before making three attempts at a new world record of 6.32m.

For athletics fans, there are plenty more events to enjoy over the coming weeks:

• 4 July – Prefontaine Classic, Eugene
• 10 July – Hercules EBS, Monaco
• 18 July – London Athletics Meet, London
• 21 August – Athletissima, Lausanne
• 23 August – Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, Silesia
• 27 August – Weltklasse Zürich, Zurich
• 4–5 September – Memorial Van Damme, Brussels

Middlesex League 
Closer to home, we had some outstanding performances at the Middlesex League meeting held at StoneX on Saturday, 27 June, with Shaftesbury athletes dominating the results and setting several impressive meeting records, which I am outlining below:

Girls

• Temi Jaiyeola won the U12 Girls’ 150m in 70.
• Amelia Wilkes Turpie won the U12 Girls’ A 800m in 2:35.02.
• Anaya Collins won the U12 Girls’ 70m Hurdles in 45.
• Temi Jaiyeola also won the U12 Girls’ Long Jump with 11m.
• Emaan Obaidull won the U12 Girls’ Shot Put with 35m.
• Kaia Vaughan won the U14 Girls’ Discus with 40m.
• Isla Brassnet won the U16 Women’s Long Jump with 97m.

Boys

• Hugo Duffy won the U12 Boys’ 75m Hurdles in 44.
• Cooper Courtnage won the U12 Boys’ Shot Put with 77m and the U12 Boys’ Vortex with 50.82m.
• Seth Saunders won the U14 Boys’ 200m in 70.
• Kennedy Iloghula won the U16 Men’s High Jump with 88m.

*Full results will be featured in the Results section as soon as they have been confirmed and published.

Volunteers plea
Finally, we are once again appealing for more licensed officials and volunteers, particularly to help at our StoneX fixtures. If you are interested and would like to find out more, please speak to James or Helen, or email info@shaftesburybarnet.co.uk.

Calendar
Here’s what’s happening over the next few weeks other than your usual coached training sessions.

July
05/07/26 EYAL – StoneX Stadium (Juniors) T&F
10/07/26 ESAA Championships – Perry Barr (Juniors – Selection) T&F
11/07/26 NAL Championship – Stevenage (Seniors – Team Selection) T&F
19/07/26 SBH Jumpfest – StoneX Stadium (Open) T&F
26/07/26 MYAL – Parliament Hill (Juniors – Team Selection) T&F

August
02/08/26 YDL – Finsbury Park (Juniors – Team Selection) T&F
08/08/26 SBH Showcase – StoneX Stadium (Open) T&F
16/08/26 EYAL –  Barnet (Juniors) T&F
22/08/26 NAL Championship  – StoneX Stadium (Seniors – Team Selection) T&F
23/08/26 North London 10km – StoneX (Open) R
31/08/26 SBH Open & Club Champs – StoneX Stadium (Open) T&F

September
12/09/26 NAL Championship final – Oxford [TBC] (Seniors – Team Selection) T&F

Further ahead
10/10/26 Met League – Claybury (open) XC
14/11/26 Met League – Trent Park (open) XC
05/11/26 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 27 June
Parkrun Highlights 
Jake Shelley – Alstervorland parkrun – 15:33 (SB) – 2nd
Nathan Tadesse – Bethlem Royal Hospital parkrun – 19:48 (SB) – 5th
Dylan Michel – Canons Park parkrun – 19:20 (SB) – 2nd
Stuart Singer – Northala Fields parkrun – 23:14 (SB)

Tuesday 23 June
BMC Gold Standard Races, Watford
Posie Shaw – Women’s 800m – 2:10.78 (8th)

Sri Chinmoy Dashing Deer 5K, Battersea Park
Mens 5K: Tristan Lee 17:57 (44) SB

Sunday 21 June
Newmarket 10K, Newmarket
Mens 10K: Neil Turner 40:52 (6)

Southern Athletics League Division 1, Chelmsford
Womens Discus: Lydia Rogers 24.22 (4)PB, Womens Hammer: Stacey Gonzalez 32.65 (4), Womens Javelin: Stacey Gonzalez 20.43 (5)PB, Lydia Rogers 13.41 (6)SB, Womens Pole Vault: Stacey Gonzalez 2.55 (2), Womens Shot: Stacey Gonzalez 8.44 (2)SB, Lydia Rogers 8.86 (4)

Southern Athletics League Division 2 North & East, Luton
Womens 100m: Hannah Foster 12.84 (1), Vanessa Ansuaa 12.87 (6), Womens 200m: Vanessa Ansuaa 25.28 (1), Hannah Foster 26.07 (1)

Southern Athletics League Division 2 North & East, Watford
Womens 800m: Emilia Economu 2:29.10 (3), Womens 1500m: Emilia Economu 5:08.28 (2), Mens Pole Vault: Thomas Robertson 4.00 (1)

Southern Athletics League Division 2 North & East, Ware
Mens Discus: Reuben Vaughan 46.91 (1)

Southern Athletics League Division 1, Finsbury Park
Mens 2000m SC: Sam Turner 6:19.48 (1)

Southern Athletics League Division 3 North London, Parliament Hill
Womens 100m: Rosalind Zeffertt 16.44 (5), Womens Long Jump: Rosalind Zeffertt 3.70 (4)

Southern Athletics League Division 3 South London, Kingston
Mens Discus: Anthony Soalla-Bell 24.27 (4), Mens Shot: Anthony Soalla-Bell 10.15 (2)

Saturday 20 June
Novuna UK Athletics Championships, Birmingham
Mens 100m: Zharnel Hughes 10.14 (1), Krishawn Aiken 10.58 (3), Womens 100m: Renee Regis 11.47 (3), Mens 200m: Zharnel Hughes 20.65 (1), Ebuka Nwokeji 20.82 (2), Krishawn Aiken 21.35 (7), Womens 200m: Renee Regis 23.53 (3), Mens 3000 SC: Kristian Imroth 8:18.97 (1) PB, Mens 400m: Ben Rochford 48.17 (8), Womens 400m: Alicia Regis 53.08 (5), Womens 400H: Emily Newnham 54.50 (1) SB, Hayley McLean 56.90 (2) SB, Mens 400H: Jubril Adeniji 54.24 (7) SB, Womens 800m: Lily Beckford 2:06.38 (6), Mens Discus: Reuben Vaughan 48.98 (7), Mens Hammer: Chris Bennett 70.12 (3), Mens High Jump: Kimani Jack 2.24 (2), Akin Coward 2.15 (4) SB, Womens High Jump: Lily Holt 1.78 (4) PB, Evelyne Fonteyne 1.74 (7), Mens Javelin: Daniel Bainbridge 75.62 (3)

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Season Opener, Hendon
Mens 100m: Joshua Amponsah 11.55 (1), Lani Jaiyeola 11.60 (2), Nathan Howell 11.69 (3), Khyan Markland 11.13 (3), Nathan Alfred 12.82 (4), Kaiden Simmonds 11.72 (4), Sean Sutherland 12.98 (5), Zachary Bindon-Goss 11.16 (5), Kayden Thomas 11.33 (6), Jack Levene 15.21 (6), Kimi Scholz Rathmann 14.57 (6), Sydney Mendes 11.42 (7), Womens 100m: Tia Akinola 12.28 (1), Ranee Manu 13.85 (2), Amie Zheng 14.08 (3), Delphine Diers 14.87 (3), Oluwatishe Adesanya 14.48 (4), Seba Shaan 15.04 (4), Georgina Warmate 14.48 (5), Naylah Adeeko 13.33 (5), Elise Bachler 15.11 (5), Brooke Martin 13.66 (7), Sasha Gurevich 16.15 (7), Chloe Xun 14.83 (8), Rosalind Zeffertt 16.81 (8), Mens 1000m: John-Michael Diracles 2:36.32 (1) PB, George Cooke 3:12.31 (6) PB, Womens 1000m: Lily Janmohamed 3:27.78 (9) PB, Mens 150m: Nathaniel Ruddock 22.25 (1), Womens 150m: Nayah Bobb-Semple 23.01 (2), Anaya Collins 22.06 (3), Kaia Lloyd 23.40 (5), Mens 200m: Lani Jaiyeola 23.10 (1), Seth Saunders 25.12 (2), Decarie Davies 22.21 (3), Louis Xun 24.17 (4), Jaian Saunders 22.71 (5), Sean Sutherland 26.70 (5), Zayne Servis-Hobson 25.19 (6), Womens 200m: Georgina Warmate 29.18 (3), Naylah Adeeko 27.69 (5), Delphine Diers 31.50 (6), Adanna Mazinwosu 26.75 (6), Sasha Gurevich 34.24 (7), Mens 300m: Taha Cockerell 41.57 (1) PB, Mens 400m: Sean Sutherland 63.17 (5), Womens 400m: Ella Buckley 58.40 (3), Mens 600m: Aaron Hidalgo-Hudi 1:26.75 (1) PB, Thomas Fellows 1:37.16 (2) PB, Leo Roth 2:07.24 (2) PB, Rafi Rubenstein 2:07.81 (3) PB, Finlay Myles 2:12.99 (3) PB, Daniel Murray 1:41.00 (4) PB, Adrian Qelo 2:12.65 (5) PB, Kimi Scholz Rathmann 1:47.47 (6) PB, Ari Rubenstein 1:49.06 (7) PB, Zavier Rranxi 2:16.72 (8) PB, Jack Levene 1:53.73 (9) PB, Charles Arlington 2:25.60 (10) PB, Cameron Morton 2:35.96 (14) PB, Toby Caplan 2:44.89 (17) PB, Womens 600m: Kaia Lloyd 2:09.56 (4) PB, Abigail Kennedy 2:20.60 (6), Isabella Laborieux 2:21.72 (7) PB, Nadia Maras 2:15.96 (7) PB, Olive Tuvey-Hewlett 2:26.69 (10) PB, Amelia Wilkes-Turpie 1:53.94 (10) PB, Abigail Mahmood 2:58.87 (11) PB, Elsie Bettridge 2:19.55 (12), Josefin Ndukwe 2:35.07 (13) PB, Mens 75m: Adrian Qelo 11.25 (1) PB, James King 11.42 (2) PB, Cameron Morton 12.94 (3) PB, Toby Caplan 15.27 (3) PB, Leo Roth 12.16 (4) PB, Josiah Ogun 11.87 (4), Asher Askham 13.38 (4) PB, Rafi Rubenstein 12.15 (5) PB, Seth Harris 13.71 (5) PB, Finlay Myles 12.65 (5) PB, Theodore Bettridge 12.81 (6) PB, Shaayun Ranmal 11.18 (6), Zavier Rranxi 12.38 (6) PB, Charles Arlington 12.42 (7) PB, Nathaniel Ruddock 11.19 (7), Womens 75m: Tolu Adekunle 11.94 (1) PB, Josefin Ndukwe 11.31 (1) PB, Isabella Laborieux 12.27 (2) PB, Kaia Lloyd 11.43 (2) PB, Nayah Bobb-Semple 11.42 (2), Nadia Maras 11.85 (3) PB, Abigail Kennedy 13.57 (3) PB, Olive Tuvey-Hewlett 13.82 (4) PB, Abigail Mahmood 15.61 (4) PB, Hawwah Hala Shaan 13.51 (5), Anaya Collins 11.15 (5), Mens 80m Hurdles: Seth Saunders 12.20 (1), Mens Discus: Chu Ononogbu 56.35 (1) PB, Womens Hammer: Stacey Gonzalez 40.41 (1), Mens Long Jump: Sydney Mendes 6.12 (1), Womens Long Jump: Tolu Adekunle 3.69 (2) PB, Isabella Laborieux 3.47 (3) PB, Grace Nyaongo 5.24 (3), Maisie Roberts 4.48 (6) PB, Naylah Adeeko 4.06 (8), Rosalind Zeffertt 3.34 (9), Womens Shot: Nene Harrison 10.72 (1), Cataleya Petrencu 6.62 (1) PB, Lydia Rogers 9.36 (2) PBm Mens Shot: Aimon Petrencu 6.36 (2)

Sunday 14 June
RunThrough Cheltenham Running Festival
Mens 10K: Ross Hammond 44:05 (15)

St Albans Half Marathon
Mens Half Marathon: Niall Carney 1:20:59 (7)

Saturday 13 June
Lancashire County Schools Championships
Mens 100m: Nathan Howell 10.88 (1), Mens 200m: Nathan Howell 22.03 (1), Mens Discus: Noah Wade 25.31 (1) PB

Friday 12 June
EAP Malta International
Mens 400m: Ben Rochford 46.90 (3)

Wednesday 10 June
Meeting de Marseille
Mens Javelin: Daniel Bainbridge 76.19 (6)

Watford Harriers Open Graded Meetings
Mens 800m: Arthur Phillips 1:53.09 (2)

Tuesday 9 June
Stratford Speed GP Series
Mens 100m: John Otugade 10.46 (1)

Saturday 6 June
Flanders Cup
Mens 100m: Krishawn Aiken 10.64 (5), Mens 200m: Krishawn Aiken 21.29 (5), Womens Long Jump: Leshawn Clifford 4.86 (9)

John Green/Texas Greatest Athlete CE Invitational
Mens Decathlon: Jami Schlueter 8024 (1) PB, Mens 100m: Jami Schlueter 10.68 (1), Mens 400m: Jami Schlueter 48.65 (3), Mens 1500m: Jami Schlueter 4:38.38 (3) SB, Mens 110H: Jami Schlueter 14.18 (3), Mens Long Jump: Jami Schlueter 7.43 (1) PB, Mens Pole Vault: Jami Schlueter 4.56 (4) SB, Mens Shot: Jami Schlueter 15.80 (1) PB, Mens Discus: Jami Schlueter 43.18 (4) PB, Mens Javelin: Jami Schlueter 46.69 (5) SB

Gorzów Meeting
Mens Javelin: Daniel Bainbridge 75.20 (3)