Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 21 December 2023

Posted on 21/12/202322/12/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 21 December to Wednesday 27 December – Helena Agholor, Angela Barrett, Akiva Ehreich, Ben Kaspar, Kojo Kyereme, Alannah Fashanu, Nathan Fernandes, Michael Fox, Christopher Kirwin, Austin Lewis, Beth Potter, Allan Scott and Posie shaw

Happy Birthday from Thursday 28 December to Wednesday 3 January – Dave Bedford, Willem Coertzen, Shivani Feifel, Jay Herbert, Prince-Moses John, Angus McKenzie, Abiodun Oyepitan, Ella Robinson, Henry Ryan and James Tsangpurides

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to ESTHER AKITI, LEAKHENA AN and OBINNA NWOKEJI

CHRISTMAS BREAK – On behalf of the club and myself, we wish you all a very Wonderful Christmas and a Happy and Healthy 2024.
The SBH Newsletter will return on Thursday 4 January

BOXING DAY BONANZA RUN – Takes place this comimg Tuesday 26 December at StoneX Stadium and Starts at 11.00. The issuing of numbers, refreshments and prize giving takes place in the Indoor Track area. Distance 2 miles and 1 mile for Under 11. Only £2 entry fee! There will be prizes, raffle (bring cash) and free refreshments……why not come in fancy dress.
A run or even walk for all the family including pets!. Last year we had 50 runners! Donations to the raffle welcome with winners galore!

VIRGIN MONEY LONDON MARATHON 2023 CLUB ENTRIES – The club has been allocated 2 places. 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 25^th December 2023 at which time a decision will be made by the Club Officers.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2023. The current SBH annual subscription is £80 and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2023 is £17. The current total is £97 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

RESULT
BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 10 December.
Recent new member HOLLY RYAN U15 ran in the 300m, and set an indoor personal best of (42.33i) which ranks her UK No.7 U15 in 2023

LEE VALLEY MINITHON – Took place at Lee Valley on 9 December.
The results published last week were provisional, since then they are now on the PO10. These are the results that were missing.
60m – U13B A3 SHAAYAN RANMAI U11 3rd (PB 10.01i), 4 IMIKAN EDOHO U11 2nd (PB 9.74i), JAMES KING U13 4th (PB 10.10i), 5 JONAH TALENGA U11 1st (PB 9.54i), XERXES PHILLIPS U13 3rd (PB 10.63i), APOLLO WILLIAMS U13 4th (PB 10.96i), 8 MICHAEL OBIWULU U11 1st (PB 9.00i) taking .41 of a second off his 25 March time, 9 KENDRICK OGANYO U11 1st (PB 9.09i), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U11 3rd (PB 9.50i) taking .41 of a second off his 25 March time, B2 NOSA URUBUSI U13 4th (PB 8.94i) taking .31 of a second off his 25 March time
60m – U13G A2 NAYAH BOBB-SEMPLE U13 1st (PB 10.33i), AMELIA SPENCER U13 4th (PB 11.43i), 3 TEMI JAIYEOLA U11 1st (9.47i), 4 KEENYAH ADELISE U13 3rd (PB 9.71i) taking .42 of a second off her 25 March time, B1 LILA COHEN U13 3rd (PB 9.36i), 3 ELLA APPIAH-SPICK U13 2nd (PB 9.90i) taking .65 of a second off her 2022 time, 4 KENDRA WILLIAMS U13 5th (PB 11.21i), 6 SIENNA DARCY U13 2nd (PB 9.46i) taking .15 of a second off her 21 October time
200m – U13B A1 JONAH TELANGA U11 1st (PB 33.67i), SHAAYAN RANMAI U13 2nd (PB 34.38i), JAMES KING U13 5th (PB 35.30i), 2 ARTHUR PICHERLE U13 5th (PB 37.09i), 6 XERXES PHILLIPS U13 5th (PB 37.58i), APOLLO WILLIAMS U13 6th (PB 43.00i), B1 PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U11 1st (PB 31.15i) taking 1.99 seconds off his 25 March time, 2 KENDRICK OGANYO U11 2nd (PB 31.39i), 3 MICHAEL OBIWULU U11 1st (PB 30.81i) taking 7.45 seconds off his 25 March time, C1 DENNYS PASCAL U13 1st (PB 29.07i) taking .75 of a second off his 25 March time, NOSA URUBUSI U13 2nd (PB 30.28i) taking .35 of a second off his 25 March time
200m – U13G A1 TEMI JAIYEOLA U11 1st (34.27i), B1 KEENYAH ADELISE U13 2nd (PB 32.43i) taking 1.54 seconds off her 25 March time, 2 REYA TURNER-JOSHI U13 5th (PB 39.10i), C1 SIENNA DARCY U13 2nd (PB 32.76i) taking .85 of a second off her 25 March time, ELLA APPIAH-SPICK U13 3rd (PB 33.36i), 2 LILA COHEN U13 2nd (PB 31.18i)
600m – U13B A1 SHAAYAN RANMAI U11 10th (PB 2:29.05i), B1 PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U11 3rd (PB 1:55.30i) taking 7.27 seconds off his 25 March time, C1 DENNYS PASCAL U13 1st (1:43.69i)
600m – U13G A1 KEENYAH ADELISE U13 1st (PB 2:02.72i) taking 14.65 seconds off her 25 March time, 2 REYA TURNER-JOSHI U13 13th (PB 2:38.26i), B1 SIENNA DARCY U13 5th (2:00.09i)
60m Hurdles – U13B A1 IMIKAN EDOHO U11 2nd (PB 11.60i), JAMES KING U13 3rd (PB 11.60i), JONAH TALENGA U11 4th (PB 12.75i), A3 MICHAEL OBIWULU U11 2nd (PB 10.59i) and is ranked UK No.2 U11 in 2023, KENDRICK OGANYO U11 5th (PB 11.45i) and is ranked UK No.5 U11 in 2023
60m Hurdles – U13G A2 AMELIA SPENCER U13 4th (PB 17.08i)

MANCHESTER OPEN MEETING – Took place at Sportcity on 17 December.
60m Hurdles – SM 1 EVAN CAMPBELL U23 3rd (PB 8.52i) taking .03 of a second off his 2022 time
Pole Vault – SX B EVAN CAMPBELL U23 4th (3.75i)

CARDIFF MET CHRISTMAS CLASSIC – Took place at Cardiff on 17 December.
60m Hurdles – SW H1 EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 5th (PB 9.44i) in the next race EVELYNE finished 6th (9.51i)
High Jump – SW EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 1st (PB 1.75i) adding 1cm to her 2021 height, and is ranked UK No.6 U20 in 2023

TRACK ACADEMY OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 16 December.
60m – SW A8 PARIS KING U20 3rd (7.92i), B7 PARIS finished 2nd (7.90i)
Shot 3kg – SX KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 2nd (9.35mi)

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.

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…
1,178 events – 142,177 walkers, joggers and runners – 25,356 volunteers – 3,880 first timers – 15,135 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – Did you know … That 18,444 parkrunners celebrate their birthday on Christmas Day.

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 16 December.
PAUL LEWIS V50 1st (20.27) this was his 195th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Black Park on 16 December.
JAMES DAVIS U23 133rd (27.08) this was his 46th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 16 December.
LENARD MICHEL V50 36th (25.31) this was his 111th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cottesloe, Perth, Australia on 16 December.
STUART MOORE V60 55th (28.51) this was his 215th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 16 December.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 149th (29.26) this was his 312th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 16 December.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 180th (42.22) this was his 285th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 16 December.
STUART SINGER V60 41st (22.56) this was his 398th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 55th (23.58) this was his 247th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 16 December.
ADAM O’GORMAM U17 1st (PB 17.08) this was his 9th Parkrun, RAFI GAYER U17 2nd (PB 17.58) this was his 4th Parkrun, CALEB HILTON U 3rd (PB 19.48) this was his 15th Parkrun, MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 1st (PB 20.40) this was her 3rd Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 21 DECEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 24 JANUARY – The SBH 2023-2024 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet is now available on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 6 January at the Tir Chonail Gaelic Sports Club, at the end of Berkeley Avenue, Greenford (Satnav UB6 0NZ).
Directions – turn off Greenford Road (A4127), opposite the entrance to the Glaxo Factory. The playing fields are at the end of Berkeley Avenue.
Car parking – There will be no parking permitted on the grass adjacent to the course. Please make maximum car share use, travel via public transport to Greenford Station (Central Line) or seek parking in nearby roads or on Greenford Road where there should be plenty of space, then make the shor walk to the race HQ.
Start Times 11.10am U11 Boys (1500m), 11.20am U11 Girls (1500m), 11.30am U13 Boys (3000m), 11.35am U13 Girls (3000m), 11.55am U15 Boys (4000m), 12.00 noon U15 Girls (4000m), 12.25pm U17 and U20 Women (6000m), 12.55pm U17 Men and U20 Men (6000m), 1.00pm Senior Women (8000m), 1.45pm Senior Men (12000m).
Link to all information including Location and Course Map – Middlesex XC 06-01-24
Entries Closing Friday 29 December
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

WINTER XC POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – The Middlesex Championships is the fourth fixture for the Under 11 Boys and Girls in their six race series.

HERTFORDSHIRE CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 7 January at Verulanium Park, St Albans.
Start Times 11.00am U11 Girls (1500m), 11.10am U11 Boys (1500m), 11.20am U13 Girls (3000m), 11.30am U13 Boys (3000m), 11.45am U15 Boys & Girls (4500m), 12.05pm U17 Men and Women, U20 Women (6000m), 12.30pm U20 Men & Senior Women (8000m), 1.15pm Senior Men (12000m).
Link to all information – https://my.raceresult.com/259826/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 24 December
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

WINTER XC POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – The Hertfordshire Championships is the fourth fixture for the Under 11 Boys and Girls in their six race series.

VICTORIA PARK SPORTS MEDICINE METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The fourth fixture of five takes place on Saturday 13 Janauary at at Stanborough Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (SatNav AL8 6DF).
Race Headquarters – Race HQ and Registrtion will be adjacent to the Start/Finish at the south side of the North Side of the park.
Changing Facilities – There will be no dedicated changing rooms or showers, so please arrive ready to run. Toilets are available in the amenity block by the Splashlands playground. Extra toilets will be provided at the end of the car park, close to the amenty block. There are also toilets located at the Sailing Centre on the south side of the Park.
Refreshments – Will be from the kiosk in the amenity block on the north side of the park or from the cafe at the Sailing Centre on the south side of the Park.
Course Location – North Side Stanborough Park – See course maps.
Course Description – Start and Finish in grassed field, remainder undulating parkland course suitable for spikes.
Public Transport – Welwyn Garden City Station (Main Line) 1.25 miles.
Directions From Major Roads – Leave the A1(M) at Junction 4, (after the Hatfield Tunnel). At the roundabout take the second exit to A414/A6129. At the next roundabout take the first exit A6129. At the bottom of the dual carriageway take the second exit out of the roundabout. The entrance to the car park on the north side is on your left after around 100m. The entrance to the car park on the south side is more or less opposite but you cannot gain access from the left side of the carriageway. As early arrivers will undoubtedly fill the car park on the north side, you may be advised to go straight to the one on the south side.
Parking – There is a fairly large car park on the north side of the Park, adjacent to the course. There is a very large car park on the south side of the Park, 5 minutes walk to the course. These car parks are camera operated and you must pay or you may incur a fine. You can pay at a meter by card. However, payment does not have to be immediate. We have not been able to negotiate a reduced rate. There is a footpath under the road bridge, providing traffic-free access between the South Side and the North Side of the Park.
Course Details – The start and finish are in grassed parkland. The remainder is an undulating parkland course with two short woodland sections on each longer loop and a short climb and then descend on each of the shorter loops, all being suitable for spikes.
Additional Notes – The finish has been relocated and is now adjacent to the boundary with the school, and is outside the large loop of the course.
Link to the full information, include Course Maps – https://metleague.run/fixture/race-4-welwyn-13-1-2024/
Start Times – 12.00 U11 Boys and Girls (Over 9) (1400m), 12.10 U13 Boys (3200m), 12.20 U13 Girls (3200m), 12.30 U17 Men and U15 Boys (4200m), 12.45 U17 Women and U15 Girls (4200m), 13.00 U20, Senior and Veteran Women (8100m), 13.45 U20, Senior and Veteran Men (8100m).
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.
Please collect your race numbers from the respective team managers – SIMON KEENE
JEREMY SOTHCOTT and JO KENT
Please go to Start Fitness Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for any other final information.

VICTORIA PARK SPORTS MEDICINE 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.

WINTER XC POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – The Metropolitan League fixture is the fifth fixture for the Under 11 Boys and Girls in their six race series. It is the fourth fixture for the Under 13 and above age-groups

SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 27 January at Beckenham Place Park, Beckenham (SatNav BR3 1SY).
Start Times – 11.00am U15 Boys (4.5k), 11.20am U13 Girls (3k), 11.35am U13 Boys (3k), 11.50am U15 Girls (4.5k), 12.10pm U17 Men (6k), 12.40pm U20 Women (6k), 13.05pm U17 Women (5k), 13.30pm U20 Men (8k), 14.05pm Senior Women (8k), 14.50pm Senior Men (15k). In the Senior Men’s any athlete has not started his 3rd lap by 50 minutes they are advised they will be unlikely to complete the course in 90 minutes when times will stop being recorded. Start times to be confirmed, as those shown above were for the 2022 race.
Entries Closing Friday 22 December
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD SATURDAY 23 DECEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY – Please enter yourself and pay the appropiate fee. Also note, especially Lee Valley, that events may close before any closing date, if that event is fully subscribed.

LEE VALLEY NEW YEARS INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 1 January, at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR).
Events are Track 60m, 200m 300m, 400m and 800m. For all age-groups including U13s.
To enter please use this link – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=1&date__gte=2023-10-30&date__lte=2024-03-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 26 December – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

ENGLAND ATHLETICS U20 AND SENIOR INDOOR COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 6 January and Sunday 7 January.
To enter please use this link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/registration?id=24425
Entries Closed

BFTTA INDOOR SERIES – Takes place on Sunday 7 January, at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR).
Events are Track 60m, 200m, 300m, 600m, 800m and 60m Hurdles. For alll age-groups including U11s.
To enter please use this link – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/bft112/
Entries Close Sunday 31 December – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

SOUTHERN U13, U15 AND U17 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley Athletics Centre are 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 13 January and Sunday 14 January.
To enter please use this link – http://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 2 January
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

LEE VALLEY LONDON U20 AND SENIOR INDOOR GAMES – Takes place on Saturday 20 January and Sunday 21 January, at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR).
Events to be advised. For age-groups U20, Senior and Veterans.
To enter please use this link –
Entries Closing Date TBC – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

LEE VALLEY LONDON U13, U15 & U17 INDOOR GAMES – Takes place on Saturday 27 January and Sunday 28 January, at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR).
Events to be advised. For age-groups U13, U15 & U17.
To enter please use this link –
Entries Closing Date TBC – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

SOUTHERN U20 AND SENIOR INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley Athletics Centre are 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 3 February and Sunday 4 February
To enter please use this link,although entries are not open as yet – http://www.seaa.org.uk/index.php
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 23 January
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

LEE VALLEY AYO FALOLA DREAM MILE – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Wednesday 7 February.
Events are Track 400m, 800m, Mile and Triple Jump. For age-groups Under 15 and above.
To enter please use this link – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/ayofaloladreammile/
Entries Close Wednesday 31 January – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

LONDON VOLUNTEER AWARDS EVENING – Took place on Thursday 9 November.
Congratulations to STEVE MARSHALL, who was the recipient of the ‘Inspiring Official of the Year’.

This senior official officiates at a lot of the high level matches but also makes time for lower level track meetings such as County Championships and local leagues. Although a very experienced official with many major meetings under his belt, he now works a lot more with young athletes and with new officials. He has identified a number of people for progression and dedicated his time to sharing knowledge with them but not by telling them what to do but by coaching them through questioning and getting them to think about the answers themselves, which brilliant for developing long term understanding. He’s fantastic at mentoring officials and supporting their development – working with STEVE is always a learning experience. He explains things clearly, not just the what but also the why. One of his nominators says, “I have greatly valued STEVE MARSHALL’S guidance during my officiating journey and I know many others have too.” STEVE said: “New and experienced officials should never stop asking questions and always be prepared to learn.”

Note: STEVE was London Official of the Year in 2010, this nomination is to recognise that he is now working more often with newer officials and is taking the opportunity to help them develop.

THE CLUBS NEW SIGN – Many thanks to ROBERTO RONCARATI for creating the design of the sign, then fitting it to the Clubs Office entry door in the West Stand at StoneX Stadium.

REBECCA JEGGO AND CHARLIE DOBSON – Both REBECCA and CHARLIE are Higher Competition Athletes with SBH, having joined the Club when they were Juniors. They have competed for us in both the YDL and the NAL. REBECCA completed her teacher training qualification in 2023 and then obtained a post graduate award in Secondary Education. She’s now a PE teacher at Ratcliffe College.

CHARLIE graduated from Loughborough University in 2023, and is now a full time athlete and is in the GB&NI squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics. In 2023, he was the 2nd ranked 400m runner in the UK with a time of (45.17) and the 2nd ranked 200m runner with a PB of (20.19), behind our own ZHARNEL HUGHES. He was a member of the GB&NI 4 x 400m team that won the Gold Medal in the 2022 European Championships.

THE PASSING OF ALAN JOHNSON AND ROY STRATTON – It is with deep regret that we have heard of the passing of ALAN JOHNSON and ROY STRATTON recently.

ALAN gave a huge part of his life to athletics especially for his club, his county and all the leagues he ensured were kept running year in year out especially the Northern League. He was a friend of Northern Athletics and they will always be grateful for his support. GEOFF MORPHITIS recalled that ALAN was not only a key senior officer of the NAL, but also, the YDL. He will not be easily replaced, as all fixture and meeting issues went to him to resolve.

ROY was a lifelong member of his club Enfield & Haringey. ROY also had been at the centre of Middlesex athletics for more than 30 years, serving twice as their President. I knew ROY very well, and he always had a chat whenever we met. He was also an avid reader of the SBH Newsletter. His funeral is on 5 January at 11.00am, at the Enfield Crematorium, Great Cambridge Road, Enfield, EN1 4DS. Followed by at 12.15pm, a Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving for the life of ROY STRATTON at St Annes Church, 200 Larkshall Rd, London E4 6NP.
Followed by the wake at the Larkshall Pub, 205 Larkshall Road, E4 6NT. Parking is available at the Larkshall Pub for anyone attending the church service.
Everyone is welcome to attend both the cremation and the service of thanksgiving. We are trying to capture numbers so if you are able to attend, please let us know.TONY SACH – tony@asach.co.uk

On behalf of the club we send our deepest condolences to their families.

HIGHGATE HARRIERS CELEBRATE OPENING OF BRAND NEW TRACK – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Completion of £2m refurbishment will “safeguard top level athletics for community for generations”. Highgate Harriers have marked the opening of their new athletics track at Parliament Hill, Hampstead, with a tester event (December 12). Hundreds of people from the club, from juniors to seniors, took to the track after the completion of a £2m refurbishment to the facilities by the City of London Corporation. The renovations took six months and were much more than just the track resurfacing. The foundations have been repaired with improved drainage, topped with a high-quality track surface that is set mid-way between a community and an elite performance track. This is designed to enable faster running times than standard community tracks. New energy efficient LED floodlighting has also been installed and Highgate Harriers have funded additional shelter at the site.

BEN NOAD, President of Highgate Harriers, said: “The generous investment from City of London Corporation will safeguard top level athletics for the surrounding community for the next generation. “Established in 1879, Highgate Harriers is one of the oldest athletics clubs in the country and plays an important role in the development of our sport from the local community, national level competition and right through to international events. “The new track will enhance the broader support the club gives to the sport, including facilitating Camden schools’ competitions, athletics for people with disabilities and hosting the National Cross Country Championships every three years.” CAL GORDON, who leads the Highgate Harriers senior endurance athletes B-Group, added: “What I feel makes Highgate Harriers unique is the depth of talent we have, which is one of our great selling points. We like to think what ever your level, we can raise your personal potential, just through training with one of our squads. “I started training with the club after a ‘get fit’ moment in my life and found my marathon time tumble from 4:19 to 2:54. Being part of a club that turns out so many elite athletes makes you want to raise your game and push that bit harder, well it did for me.” It’s also brilliant news for Night of the 10,000m PBs, one of the most celebrated domestic athletics events on the calendar.

Established in 2013, with the goal of improving British racing standards, Night of the 10,000m PBs has become synonymous with fast racing, an amazing atmosphere and an example of how to successfully market the sport. Over 200 leading endurance athletes from around the UK, and across the world, come to compete in 25-lap races. The next edition will be on Saturday May 18 and will incorporate the British 10,000m Olympic trials. The track renovations at Highgate secures the future of the event at Parliament Hill for a generation. BEN POCHEE, Race Director of Night of the 10,000m PBs said: “A refurbished Parliament Hill track offers us the twin bladed harpoon of hope every young aspiring athlete requires – continuity and long-term potential for growth. “For Night of the 10,000m PBs it provides a sumptuous tartan canvas for UK and international athletes to paint their aerobic dreams, from the 2024 Paris Olympic trials and up to 30 years of future proofed athletic opportunity. I am extremely grateful to the many individuals behind the scenes who worked together to make this new track a reality.” Highgate Harriers is a welcoming athletics club offering coaching and competition across the full spectrum of track and field, cross-country and road racing. As the anchor tenant at Parliament Hill, they have over 650 members across all age groups from U11 through to veterans, plus all abilities from elite athletes to those training for wellness. They also have specialist weekly training sessions for para-athletes and are North London’s premier club for running.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM– Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Videos and Photographs contributed with many comments. There is 1 post this week.

Photograph of MICHAEL OBIWULU, KENDRICK NYANGO and PRINCE-MOSES JOHN after receiving their gold medals at the Lee Valley Minithon.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT– Many thanks to SEAN SUTHERLAND who undertook a review on the best way forward, following this a decision was made to set up a new account, and SEAN has now set that account up.
To follow our 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

SBH 2023-2024 WINTER FIXTURE CARD – The 2023-2024 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet can be found on the SBH website. Link to the Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
Please select a document, following this you can print a copy for future reference.

SBH 2023-2024 WINTER POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES – Currently the updated Winter Points and Club Championship tables are published on the SBH website.
Link to the updated Winter Points tables, following the 2 December Metropolitan League – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-points-tables/
Link to the draft of the updated Club Championships table, following the 2 December Metropolitan League – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-club-championships/
Please select a document, following this you can print a copy for future reference.

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 – StoneX Membership (1) as of 30 October 2023

JAMIE BATH MEMBERS MASSAGE SERVICE – Since joining SBH he has been working closely with TY HOLDEN in his quest for Athlete and Athletics Development. To help support the club members he has (with the club’s support) set up a Members Massage Service available on club nights at a small charge of £15 (as compared to outside masseurs who charge £60) to simply cover materials and insurance.
Please contact JAMIE at jamiebath@live.co.uk or text him on 07902 592961. You can also see him on training nights for availability.

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 £35 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

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

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

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

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

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

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

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2024 – To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved – give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

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

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

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 14 December 2023

Posted on 14/12/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 14 December to Wednesday 20 December – Lydia Ball, Chris Bennett, Alexander Charalambous, Jeremy Dempsey, Alexa Eichelmann, Alexander Evans-Lombe, Thomas Fulton, Colin Godfrey, Christopher Heron, Nicole McGovern, James McKinley, Michael Miller, Anabelle Panwar, Max Panwar, Jazz Sears, Shandell Taylor, Tani Sonoiki, Nosa Urubusi and Joseph Wheeler-Henry

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to LUCAS DAVIS, JENSON DAY, ISABELLE HUDSON and LUCAS XIE

BOXING DAY BONANZA RUN – Takes place on Tuesday 26 December at StoneX Stadium and Starts at 11.00. The issuing of numbers, refreshments and prize giving takes place in the Indoor Track area. Distance 2 miles and 1 mile for Under 11. Only £2 entry fee! There will be prizes, raffle (bring cash) and free refreshments……why not come in fancy dress.
A run or even walk for all the family including pets!. Last year we had 50 runners! Donations to the raffle welcome with winners galore!

VICTORIA PARK SPORTS MEDICINE METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – Apologies to Philip Cunningham who i did not include in last week’s result. Phil has now completec 7 consecutive races, and leads the Men’s 60-69 points championship with 23 points.

YOUNG ATHLETES STATISTICS – Many thanks to CLYDE GORDON for producing the Under 11 Boys to Under 17 Men’s best performance and club record documents for 2023. Last week was the final part of the statistics, CYLDE’S remaining documents, I have saved as separate PDF documents, following the upcoming fixtures.

RESULT
EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Brussels, Belgium on 10 December
5000m – U20M HENRY DOVER U20 6th (16.45) the winner was Axel Christensen of Denmark (16.09) 88 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Ireland (22 points), 2nd GB&NI (24), 3rd Spain (43). The GB&NI team was SAM MILLS 5th, HENRY DOVER 6th and ROWELL MIELL-INGRAM 13th

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 10 December
60m – SM Round 1 H1 IMIKAN EHOHO U11 4th (PB 9.40i), 2 LUCAS DAVIS U13 1st (PB 8.50i), 3 TIRENI GEORGE U15 6th (PB 9.01i), 4 JOSHUA NYMAN U15 2nd (PB 7.44i), LOUIS XUN U15 7th (PB 8.04i), 6 NATHAN HOWELL U17 3rd (7.46i), 7 ALEX KONSTANTARAS U17 (2nd Claim) 5th (7.34i), 8 AIDAN GAFFEY U20 4th (PB 7.68i), 9 RUBEN CARDOSO U20 3rd (PB 7.34i) taking .19 of a second off his 19 March time, 15 MALACHI AMADI U20 3rd (7.11i), Round 2 H1 IMIKAN finished 4th (9.61i), 2 TIRENI finished 6th (PB 8.95i) taking .06 of a second his H3 time, 4 LOUIS finished 3rd (PB 7.98i) taking .06 of a second off his H4 time, 7 NATHAN finished 1st (PB 7.36i) taking .07 of a second off his 19 March time, JOSHUA finished 3rd (PB 7.43i) taking .01 of a second off his H4 time, 8 RUBEN finished 4th (7.38i), 10 MALACHI finished 1st (PB 7.05i) equalling his 8 January time, 12 LUCAS finished 3rd (8.52i)
60m – SW Round 1 H1 TEMI JAIYEOLA U11 2nd (PB 9.44i), 3 ANU JAIYEOLA U13 4th (PB 8.42i) taking .38 of a second off her 14 January time, DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 7th (PB 9.30i) taking .15 of a second off her 8 January time, 5 CHRISTINA LAPO U15 6th (PB 8.97i), KAROLINA IVANOVA U15 8th (PB 9.29i), 6 FAITH LAMPTEY U15 5th (PB 8.70i) taking .21 of a second off her 2022 time, 7 MARINE GIELEN U17 4th (PB 8.99i), 11 TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (PB 7.83i) taking .15 of a second off her 2022 time, Round 2 H2 TEMI finished 4th (9.55i), DAMI finished 6th (9.63i), 3 MARINE finished 1st (PB 8.89i) taking .10 of a second off her H7 time, CHRISTINA finished 3rd (9.11i), KAROLINA finished 6th (9.53i), 6 ANU finished 6th (8.55i), 9 TAMI finished 2nd (7.76i)
200m – SM H3 LUCAS DAVIS U13 4th (PB 28.66i), 4 JOSHUA NYMAN U15 2nd (PB 24.82i), LOUIS XUN U15 5th (PB 26.72i)
200m – SW H1 TEMI JAIYEOLA U11 1st (PB 33.06i), 2 MARINE GIELEN U17 2nd (PB 29.88i), 4 ANU JAIYEOLA U13 3rd (PB 27.73i), DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 5th (32.96i), 6 CHRISTINA LAPO U15 4th (PB 31.42i)
300m – SM H2 SETH RENNIE-RODDY U17 3rd (PB 39.51i) taking 1.39 seconds off his 28 January time, 4 ZICO JONES U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 35.05i) taking 1.17 seconds off his 12 March time, and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2023
300m – SW H1 DINA SILVERMAN U17 1st (43.81i), SHAMMAH ST JOHN U17 2nd (PB 45.45i), 2 ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 1st (PB 42.80i)
600m – SX 1 LARISSA WILSON U20 3rd (1:38.43i)
800m – SM H3 CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (2:09.65i), NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 7th (2:17.51i)
800m – SW H1 ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 6th (PB 2:30.42i), 2 EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 2:15.92i) taking 1.80 seconds off her 5 February time, DINA SILVERMAN U17 2nd (2:22.01i)
60m Hurdles – SM H2 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 4th (8.83i), SETH RENNIE-RODDY U17 6th (PB 9.39i)

LEE VALLEY MINITHON – Took place at Lee Valley on 9 December
High Jump – U13X KENDRA WILLIAMS U13 12th (PB 0.85mi)
Long Jump – U11B KENDRICK OGANYO U11 2nd (PB 3.72mi) adding 67cm to his 7 May jump, IMIIKAN EDOHO U11 5th (PB 3.32mi), ARTHUR PINCHERLE U11 15th (PB 2.90mi), XERXES PHILLIPS U11 22nd (PB 2.74mi), APOLLO WILLIAMS U11 27th (PB 2.32mi), LOUIS COHEN U11 29th (PB 2.18mi)
Long Jump – U11G TEMI JAIYEOLA U11 5th (PB 3.13mi) adding 26cm to her 24 June jump, NAYAH BOBB-SEMPLE U11 32nd (PB 2.14mi)
Long Jump – U13B NOSA URUBUSI U13 13th (3.34mi)
Long Jump – U13G LILA COHEN U13 12th equal (PB 3.23mi), ELLA APPIAH-SPICK U13 20th (3.00mi), KENDRA WILLIAMS U13 24th (PB 2.89mi)
Shot 2kg – U11B LOUIS COHEN U11 4th (PB 3.37mi)

LOUGHBOROUGH OPEN MEETING – Took place at Loughborough on 9-10 December
60m Hurdles – SM A2 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 1st (8.79i), B1 GARY finished 1st (8.74i)
Pole Vault – U23X THOMAS ROBERTSON U17 3rd (3.40mi), MANON BAINES U20 6th equal (3.15mi), WILLIAM SYLVESTER U15 8th (PB 3.15mi) adding 5cm to his 16 July height, and is ranked UK No.9 U15 in 2023
Pole Vault – U23M ANGUS BROWN U20 4th (4.21mi)
Shot 4kg – U23W ALEXANDRA BALTAZAR-HALL U23 5th (SB 10.78mi) adding 30cm to her 11 June put

SOUTH LONDON INDOOR MEETING – Took place at Carshalton on 9 December
60m – SX A4 ISAAC MOORE U20 5th (PB 7.49i), B4 ISAAC finished 5th (7.58i)

SPOKANE INVITATIONAL – Took place at Spokane, Washington, USA on 9 December
60m Hurdles – SM H1 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 2nd (PB 8.13i) taking .15 of a second off his 25 February time, in the Final JAMI finished 2nd (PB 8.13i) equalling his H1 time
High Jump – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 7th (1.80mi)
Shot 7.26kg – SM B JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 8th (13.48mi)

YALE SEASON OPENER – Took place at New Haven, Connecticut, USA on 9 December
60m – SW H1 LARISSA GILES U23 (Yale University) 2nd (SB 8.15i) taking .06 of a second off her 28 January time, in the Final LARISSA finished 8th (8.21i)

CARDIFF MET UNIVERSITY DUEL MEET – Took place at Cardiff on 6 December
60m – SM 1 JOSH WOODS U23 (Birmingham University) 3rd (PB 7.09i) taking .11 of a second off his 1 February time, JULIAN PRIEST U23 (Birmingham University) 5th (SB 7.12i)
Shot 7.26kg – SM CRAIG MONCUR U23 (Birmingham University) 4th (13.06mi)

RUNNING2TIME BRUNEL INDOOR SERIES – Took place at Uxbridge on 6 December
Pole Vault – SX ANGUS BROWN U20 2nd (4.30mi)

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…
1,113 events – 100,962 walkers, joggers and runners – 23,205 volunteers – 2,475 first timers – 7,144 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – Did you know … That 277,182 people all around the world have volunterred at parkrun this year!

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 9 December.
PAUL LEWIS V50 1st (20.16) this was his 194th Parkrun, JOHN KELLY V65 11th (28.55) this was his 24th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Blandford on 9 December.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 98th (36.48) this was his 193rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 9 December.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 134th (33.13) this was his 311th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Kesgrave on 9 December.
ROSS HAMMOND U17 2nd (PB 18.32) this was his 24th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 9 December.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 111th (41.05) this was his 284th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lake Claremont, Perth, Australia on 9 December.
STUART MOORE V60 60th (28.28) this was his 214th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pymmes on 9 December.
STUART SINGER V60 18th (23.00) this was his 397th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 26th (24.06) this was his 246th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 14 DECEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 17 JANUARY – The SBH 2023-2024 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet is now available on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

19TH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 16 December at Lauken Park, Brussels, Belgium.

BOXING DAY BONANZA RUN – Takes place on Tuesday 26 December at StoneX Stadium and Starts at 11.00.

WINTER XC POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – The Middlesex Championships is the fourth fixture for the Under 11 Boys and Girls in their six race series.

WINTER XC POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – The Hertfordshire Championships is the fourth fixture for the Under 11 Boys and Girls in their six race series.

VICTORIA PARK SPORTS MEDICINE METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The fourth fixture of five takes place on Saturday 13 Janauary at at Stanborough Park, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire (SatNav AL8 6DF).
Details for this fixture are still not published on the Metropolitan League website.

VICTORIA PARK SPORTS MEDICINE 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.

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD SATURDAY 16 DECEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY – Please enter yourself and pay the appropiate fee. Also note, especially Lee Valley, that events may close before any closing date, if that event is fully subscribed.

YOUNG ATHLETES STATISTICS – Many thanks to CLYDE GORDON for producing the Under 11 Boys to Under 17 Men’s best performance and club record documents for 2023.

The following are individual sheets from each document;

The first are 10 documents from – SBH YAs all-time top 50 track. These cover age-groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men, from 100m to 1500m Steeplechase.

Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 100m – B SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Track For 100m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 200m – B SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Track For 200m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 300m – B SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Track For 300m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 400m – B SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Track For 400m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 800m – B SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Track For 800m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 1500m – B SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Track For 1500m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 3000m – B SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Track For 3000m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 Sprint Hurdles – B SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Track For Sprint Hurdles
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 400m Hurdles – B SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Track For 400m Hurdles
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 1500m Steeplechase – B SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Track For 1500m Steeplechase

The second are 8 documents from – SBH YAs all-time top 50 field. These cover age-groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men, from long jump to discus.

Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 long jump – C SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Field For Long Jump
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 high jump – C SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Field For High Jump
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 triple jump – C SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Field For Triple Jump
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 pole vault – C SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Field For Pole Vault
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 shot – C SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Field For Shot
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 hammer – C SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Field For Hammer
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 javelin – C SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Field For Javelin
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 discus – C SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Field For Discus

The third are 7 documents from – SBH YAs all-time top 50 relays. These cover age-groups Under U11, 13, 15 & 17 Men, includes 4x100m, 4x300m and 4x400m.

Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 Under 11 4x100m – D SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Relays For Under 11 4x100m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 Under 13 4x100m – D SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Relays For Under 13 4x100m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 Under 15 4x100m – D SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Relays For Under 15 4x100m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 Under 17 4x100m – D SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Relays For Under 17 4x100m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 Under 15 4x300m – D SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Relays For Under 15 4x300m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 Under 15 4x400m – D SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Relays For Under 15 4x400m
Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 Under 17 4x400m – D SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Relays For Under 17 4x400m

The fourth has 1 document from – SBH YAs all-time top 50 indoors sprints.

Link to SBH YAs all-time top 50 indoors sprints Under 11 & 17 – E SBH YAs All-Time Top 50 Indoors Sprints For Under 11 & 17

COLLECTIVE CITY GAMES 2024 – The CCG will showcase competition between cities over all the athletic events we know and love except for the marathon.

The cities competing in the CCG are – Belfast, Glasgow, Leeds, Newcastle, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Bristol, Cardiff, London and Portsmouth.
There will be six match(es) in the CCG competition and a match will take place over a Saturday and a Sunday with 4 cities competing against each other. The city that simply earns the most points will be the winner.
Eligibility: Teams will comprise of around 80 athletes. Athletes competing for each city will be local athletes as they must be born in the city or have lived there for the preceding 3 years to be eligible to represent the city. There will be wildcard places for athletes that don’t satisfy that criteria but wildcards will be limited to a maximum of 6 athletes per team.

Eligibility to represent a city is restricted to athletes that:

Are bornin the City in question,
Have lived in the City in question for the preceding three years

If any athletes wish to sign up, this is the link – http://ccgathletics.com/

WHY CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING SHOULD ALWAYS GO AHEAD – WHATEVER THE WEATHER – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN at Mansfield the 2019.

An increasing number of event cancellations are an insult to the very essence of a sport that prides itself on gritting it out in tough conditions. The European Cross Country Championships in Brussels reminded everyone about the joys of running off-road. Parc de Laeken turned into a mudlark’s paradise on Sunday with the ground churning up progressively as the day unfolded. It is what traditionalists call “real cross-country racing”. Appearances can be deceptive, though. Children’s races that were due to take place before the European Championship events suffered a last-minute cancellation due to rainfall on the eve of the meeting. The organisers of these EnergyVision CrossCup races said they “couldn’t guarantee the safety of the kids running on the course”. This is not a one-off either. The culture of cross-country cancellations is spreading through the sport at an alarming rate.

In the UK there was uproar on Saturday when the South of England Inter-Counties and Masters Championships at Horspath near Oxford was called off when the under-13 girls in the first race were standing on the start line. Athletes had travelled from as far afield as Jersey and Cornwall, with some booking overnight stays in hotels, only to be told of an “unsafe course” that meant the races couldn’t go ahead, although some runners decided to run the course anyway. The South of England organisers added: “The referee decided to cancel because the first aid cover SEAA had arranged couldn’t, on the day, be provided to the majority of the course. Those who ran the course did so at their own risk as a training run.” GEORGE GANDY, the renowned distance running coach, would turn in his grave. “I didn’t think the word ‘cancel’ was part of a cross-country enthusiast’s vocabulary,” he once told AW.

This follows the cancellation of the London Youth Games at Parliament Hill in north London last month. On hearing the news, distance running legend DAVE BEDFORD accused current cross-country organisers of “having lost their way” following what he calls an “inexplicable cancellation”. He added: “I fear we have stealthily ushered in an era where the default position is to cancel, rather than go ahead. Youngsters of this generation are often unfairly characterised as ‘snowflakes’. Yet it is perhaps the older administrators who have lost their way, making decisions that deprive youngsters of the chance to compete. It risks undermining our nation’s ability to get the younger generation fit and enjoying the mental and physical benefits that outdoor competitive sports bring.” In its defence, the London Youth Games said: “For more experienced athletes with the right equipment the course would have been runnable. However, we pride ourselves on this event drawing many young people from many different backgrounds. Therefore, for some this would not have been a safe or enjoyable experience in the forecasted deteriorating conditions we were faced with.”

Earlier this winter Storm Babet led to the North of England Cross-Country Relay Championship at Graves Park in Sheffield and the British Masters Cross-Country Relays at Long Eaton in Nottinghamshire being among a number of events called off. These are unlikely to be the only events that bite the dust this winter either. Old-school cross-country runners will confirm such cancellations have become far more commonplace in the last decade or so. All of which begs the question, are today’s cross-country organisers soft or sensible? At this point you can probably guess where I stand – with GANDY and BEDFORD. Cross-country running is a winter sport, after all, and as we saw so gloriously in Brussels on Sunday, difficult conditions and muddy ground is a large part of its appeal.

Great Britain topped the medals table in style in Brussels. But if domestic cross-country cancellations continue then don’t be surprised to see the kings and queens of Europe one day lose their crown. When it comes to the rot setting in, I believe it can be traced back to the British Universities and Colleges (BUCS) Cross Country Championships in February 2009. The event was held in Aberdeen but was called off the day beforehand due to snowfall. Many of the teams were already on their way to the Scottish venue, though, in mini-buses and coaches at great expense. In an act of defiance, students arrived in Aberdeen anyway and around 240 of the original 1000-strong entries staged their own unofficial championships on the course.

The headline on AW’s front cover that week was “Snow joke” alongside a photo of ANDY VERNON who, along with LAUREN HEYES, ended up as the “winners”. Not surprisingly, there were no major injuries or casualties either apart from some bruises from snowball fights. A disgusted GANDY, who was in charge of a Loughborough University team that had spent an estimated £7000 on travel and accommodation, said: “I can’t recall any other senior event at national level being called off in over 50 years’ involvement in the sport – though foot-and-mouth threatened it – and I have certainly experienced plenty of snow, slush, ice, gales, floods, fog and transport challenges in that time.” Gandy, who died in 2020, added: “My impression was that course readjustments or venue switches were considered but that the word ‘cancel’ was not previously part of a cross-country enthusiast’s vocabulary.” Indeed, go back several generations and cross-country runners routinely had to run through streams, climb over fences and even crawl through barbed wire.

Later that year the English Schools Cross-Country Cup in Alnwick was also called off due to snow. However, eight years later the English Schools Athletics Association redeemed itself by going ahead with their national cross-country championships in Leeds despite the “Mini Beast from the East” blowing Polar continental air across the UK. On that latter occasion, athletes woke up to a stirring message from the English Schools organisers on social media, which read: “The weather forecast is brr… with strong winds bringing maybe about 20mm of snow… perhaps… no more. This is normal cross country weather in England and the Championships will go ahead as planned. “This is your chance to decry the increasing perception that kids nowadays are ‘snowflakes’! Turn up. Run. Get cold. Get muddy. Enjoy getting warm again! This is proper cross-country weather.” The rallying cry was met with almost universal approval and teenage runners who braved the Arctic conditions that day included KEELY HODGKINSON, who was runner-up to ELLA MCNIVEN in the inter girls’ race before going on to win Olympic 800m silver three years later.

Similarly, while last weekend’s South of England Inter-Counties near Oxford was called off, the North East Counties Championships at South Shields went ahead despite particularly boggy ground. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. While FINLAYSON and, clearly, officials from the North East Counties are refreshingly old school, however, too many organisers are calling events off due to bad weather. Often it is not simply because the course is water-logged or “dangerous” either, but sometimes it is simply down to road and rail transport disruption, problems with the car parking, or complaints from landowners that the ground will get churned up. Long before the term ‘health and safety’ even existed, Tim Johnston won the South of England cross-country title in 1963 and memorably said: “It started to snow heavily on Boxing Day 1962, then froze hard and snow stayed on the ground in depths varying from a few inches to drifts of several feet all through January and February until a slow thaw set in in early March, making the National on Coldham’s Common one of the wettest. muddiest ever. “All outdoor sport was cancelled with the exception of cross country. which thrived as never before. and we all became stars overnight. as there was nothing else to fill up the sports pages.”

With global warming a reality, we are likely to see more extreme weather in the winter, which will threaten an increasing number of cross-country races. The message to nervous organisers is that young athletes are tougher than we imagine. As for landowners worried about the ground being cut up? The grass will grow back and the memories of a fantastic cross-country race can last forever.

WOLLATON PARK TO STAGE THE 2024 UK INTER-COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

Big end-of-winter event moves to Nottingham venue after several years of being held at Prestwold Hall near Loughborough. The UK Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships will move to Wollaton Park this winter because the usual venue of Prestwold Hall is unavailable due to a clash with a motor-racing event. As well as being the de facto UK championships for cross country, the event incorporates the British Athletics Cross Challenge final and the trials for the World Cross Country Championships. It has been staged at Prestwold Hall – a few miles outside Loughborough – since 2017, with the owner of the 1000-hectare estate, EDWARD PACKE-DRURY-LOWE, being an enthusiastic host, often running barefoot on the estate’s rolling grassland in his spare time. However, Everyman Racing, who stage motor vehicle driving experiences at Prestwold throughout the year, have an event scheduled for the same day as the Inter-Counties of Saturday March 9.

CLIFF ROBINSON, the long-time Cross Challenge and Inter-Counties organiser, was offered Sunday March 10 for the popular annual athletics meeting but felt it was not an option due to athletes travelling from all corners of the UK and teenage athletes having school on Monday. The 2024 Inter-Counties will be an important event for young athletes with teams for the World Cross in Serbia selected from the meeting, whereas some senior athletes will be picked too from it. But after months of uncertainty, these trials will now be held a short distance away in Wollaton Park – a Nottingham venue that last staged the Inter-Counties in 2009 when STEPH TWELL and ANDY VERNON were among the winners. Read more:: World Cross selection

Wollaton Park is of course already an established and popular venue on the domestic cross-country circuit. The Inter-Counties aside, Wollaton Park has staged major domestic cross-country meetings like the English National (2014, 2017 and 2020) and English Schools Champs (2023) in recent years.

YOU MAY SEE ATHLETES IN PARIS – THEY JUST WON’T BE IN ATHLETICS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

World Athletics president says the global track and field governing body will not budge when it comes to allowing Russians and Belarusians back into the sport. SEB COE insists World Athletics will not lift its ban on Russian and Belarus athletes despite the International Olympic Committee this week announcing that sportsmen and women from those two nations will now be allowed to compete at the Paris Olympics as long as they have not supported the war in Ukraine. “You may well see some neutral athletes from Russia and Belarus in Paris, but they just won’t be in from athletics,” said World Athletics president COE, who was speaking at the end of a two-day World Athletics council meeting in Monaco. “The position our sport took – and has consistently taken – on this is unchanged.” He added: “We have a fixed position and that’s not altered and I think it’s right that international federations should make judgements that they feel are in the best interests of their sport and that’s what our council has done. “Ours is a settled position. We’ve made the judgement that there will be no fully fledged or even neutral status athletes there.” At the moment only 12 Russian and six Belarusian athletes have Olympic standards for Paris with their leading medal contenders being high jumpers MARIYA LASITSKENE and DANIL LYSENKO plus pole vaulter ANZHEIKA SIDIROVA.

The IOC has controversially decided that people who qualify in individual sports will have to compete as “neutral” athletes in Paris – with no flags, emblems or anthems. What’s more, Russian and Belarusian teams will remain banned. COE also gave short shrift to the idea of a ‘friendship games’ being held next year in Russia. “I’m not getting too excited about that,” he said. “It doesn’t really fit within our own values and competitions structures. There also isn’t much room for it in an already complex and complicated calendar.” This week the World Athletics Council also confirmed the members of a Working Group, to be chaired by FRANCIS DODOO, on the status of Russians and Belarusians in international events.

In other news from COE’S press conference. Looking back at the World Champs in Budapest, Coe described it as “a first-rate event that left stakeholders and fans in no doubt that athletics is a sport that is punching its weight and on the move”. » The World Athletics Council approved the establishment of a World Plan Implementation Taskforce, to be chaired by former triple jumper Willie Banks, to build on the milestones achieved in the World Plan for Athletics 2022-2030 and continue to build on this momentum. » Despite the World Cross Country Championships moving to February recently – and reverting to March 30 in 2024 following the change of venue from Croatia to Serbia – the 2026 event in Tallahassee will be on the early date of January 10. » The 2025 World Road Running Championships in San Diego, meanwhile, will be on September 26-28 (slightly earlier than this year’s event in Riga) after athletes told World Athletics they wanted to finish their season as soon as possible.

Seeding for the first round of relays at the Paris Olympics will be determined at the World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas on May 4-5. Looking forward, COE added: “The year 2024 is going to be one of change. In a decade from now, I want people to look back at 2024 and say the decisions the sport made that year not only future proofed athletics, but significantly accelerated its popularity and value.”

Photograph of MICHAEL OBIWULU, KENDRICK NYANGO and PRINCE-MOSES JOHN after receiving their gold medals at the Lee Valley Minithon.

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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 7 December 2023

Posted on 06/12/202322/01/2024 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 7 December to Wednesday 13 December – Joshua Allen-Xuereb, Thomas Cadwallader, Keelan Farrell, Gabriel Gayle, Janiya George, John Kelly, Nonso Okolo, Ross Sambrook, Cameron Sharpe, Albert Taylor, Dan Watts and Glen Watts

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to ERIN CLIFT, KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN and RENEE REGIS

CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONS – Congratulations to THOMAS BUTLER who won the 5 Miles Senior Men title, and JOEL PHILLIPS V45 who won the Masters Men 40+ title. Which they won at last Saturday’s Metropolitan League at Hillingdon. Unfortunately there were no Under 20 Men competing.

NOTES OF THE SBH 133RD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Which took place on Tuesday 29 November in the 100 Club, East Stand, StoneX Stadium.

Link to 2023 AGM Agenda – SBH AGM Agenda 2023 Final
Link to those attendees at the 2023 AGM Agenda – SBH AGM 2023 Signing in schedule 28.11.23 (1)

1, Apologies for absence received from Dylan Evans, Steve Lowe and John Otugade.
2, Minutes of the AGM held on 29 November 2022, accepted. Link to those minutes – SBH AGM Minutes 29 November 2022 Rev A
3, Matters arising – None were presented.
4. Annual Report for the year ended 30 September 2023, accepted. Link to the annual report – SBH Annual Report 2022-2023 Final Issue
5. Accounts and the Treasurer’s Report for the year ended 30 September 2023, accepted. Link to the accounts and treasurer’s report – SBH Final Accounts 30.09.23 SBH AGM Treasurer’s Report Year Ending 30.09.23
6. Election of Officers, accepted.
7. Election of Vice Presidents, accepted.
8. Election of Life Members, accepted.
9. Proposals;
1. The Club Council have agreed new Club Rules which will supersede the current Club Constitution, and which have been consulted through the club newsletter. It is proposed that these are adopted. accepted.
Link to the Club Rules – SBH Club Rules July 2023 Rev A (3)
2, Club Subscriptions – The Club Council have agreed a proposal that the membership fee should be raised from £65 to £80 per year (excluding the EA registration fee) from 1 December 2023. accepted.

Following the above the meeting then closed.

SBH AWARDS PRESENTATION – Following the AGM, the Presentation of Awards for the 2023 Track & Field season, and 2022-2023 Cross Country season for both Men and Women took place. The awards were presented by Club President COLETTE HURLEY, and the photographs were taken by MIGUEL GONZALEZ.

I have put all the winners photographs into a Word document, which includes a summary of each athletes achievements – S BH Best Performance Awards Photographs 2022-2023

YOUNG ATHLETES STATISTICS – Many thanks to CLYDE GORDON for producing the Under 11 Boys to Under 17 Men’s best performance and club record documents for 2023. Over the coming weeks I will be producing various extracts from these documents.
Following the upcoming fixtures, the statistics are – the top 3 track and field best peforrmances for all age-groups, plus the top 3 all-time track and field best peforrmances for all age-groups.

RESULT
VICTORIA PARK SPORTS MEDICINE METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The third fixture of five took place at Hillingdon on 2 December.
On a muddy course at Hillingdon, we managed to maintain the results from Wormwood Scrubs, with another good turnout from all age-groups.

There were team wins from the Under 11 Boys and Under 15 Boys/17 Men. The Under 13 Girls and Under 15 Girls/17 Women finished in 2nd place, the Under 11 Girls finished 3rd and Under 13 Boys finished 8th. The Senior Men finished in 12th place, and Senior Women finished in 11th place.

These are our individual top 10 finishers – Under 11 Boys DENNYS PASCAL repeated his Wormwood Scrubs win HARRISON HENDERSON 7th – Under 11 Girls GRACE ROONEY 2nd, SIENNA DARCY 7th – Under 13 Girls AIMEE PORTER 4th – Under 15 Boys ARTHUR PHILLIPS 2nd, EUAN PHILLIPS 9th – Under 15 Girls POSIE SHAW 3rd – Under 17 Men RAFI GAYER 2nd, ADAM O’GORMAN 3rd, JORDAN PEARLMAN 7th, JACOB CLEMENT 8th, TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE 9th – Under 17 Women MYA MAIRS-INGRAM 4th, LARISSA WILSON 7th – Senior Men THOMAS BUTLER 5th.

The following is a summary of our team positions after 3 fixtures – Under 11 Boys are leading Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets by 75 points, not being too optimistic but with 2 fixtures left, we are looking good – Under 11 Girls we lost ground to our rivals, with 2 fixtures left, we have 1 point lead over Woodford Green & Essex Ladies, therefore at the next fixture at Welwyn we need a bigger turnout – Under 13 Boys we finished 8th, and are now 5th overall, at Welwyn we need a bigger turnout which will give us a chance of catching the 3rd place team London Heathside who have a 29 point lead – Under 13 Girls we lost ground to our rivals by finishing 8th, with 2 fixtures left, we are in 2nd place, we cannot catch St Mary’s Richmond, but Harrow who are in 3rd place are only 13 points behind us – Under 15 Boys/Under 17 Men are leading Woodford Green & Essex Ladies by 95 points, and again not being too optimistic but with 2 fixtures left, we are looking good – Under 15 Girls/Under 17 Women are in 3rd place, 3 points behind Woodford Green & Essex Ladies, but Herts Phoenix are just 4 points behind us, but with 2 fixtures left, it is going to be a fight to the finish – Senior Men, to be honest, short of a miracle we are in 12th place, to avoid relegation we need to make up 678 points on Thames Valley Harriers, to achieve this the team probably need to finish in 3rd/4th place at the final 2 fixtures – Senior Women, are in the same position as the Men, in 12th place. we are 93 points behind 10th place team Hillingdon, to give us a chance of avoiding relegation we need probably need at least 7-8 runners at the final 2 fixtures – Veteran Men, it has been an outstanding season, the team finished 2nd on Saturday, and also are 2nd place overall after 3 fixtures, with 2 fixtures left we are 129 points ahead of 3rd place Highgate Harriers, therefore we need a final push at Welwyn and Trent Park and promotion will be achieved.

Under 11 Boys (1500m) – DENNYS PASCAL 1st (6.57), HARRISON HENDERSON 7th (7.31), LUCAS XIE 13th (7.48), ARI RUBENSTEIN 15th (7.50), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN 19th (8.00) 47 runners finished
Team Results – 1st SBH A (156 points), 2nd Hillingdon (146), 3rd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (128), 14th SBH B (29) 19 teams finished
Team Results After 3 Fixtures – 1st SBH (480 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (405), 3rd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (305)

Under 11 Girls (1500m) – GRACE ROONEY 2nd (7.52), SIENNA DARCY 7th (8.17), KEENYAH ADELISE 23rd (9.36) the winner was Sophia Davies of Thames Valley Harriers (7.51), 30 runners finished
Team Results – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (74 points), 3rd London Heathside (64), 3rd SBH (61) 15 teams finished
Team Results After 3 Fixtures – 1st SBH (263 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (262), 3rd London Heathside (217)

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – EDWARD PASCAL 14th (11.55), SAM CLEMENTS 15th (12.04), THOMAS FELLOWS 38th (14.10) the winner was Rory Willis of London Heathside (11.05), 51 runners finished
Team Results – 1st Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (186 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (144), 3rd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (133), 8th SBH (89) 17 teams finished
Team Results After 3 Fixtures – 1st Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (609 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (566), 3rd London Heathside (447), 5th SBH (418)

Under 13 Girls (3000m) – AIMEE PORTER 4th (12.06), LUCIA CASALENUOVO 17th (13.10) the winner was Ellina Ponkratieva of St Mary’s Richmond (11.51), 39 runners finished
Team Results – 1st St Mary’s Richmond (128 points), 2nd Harrow (103), 3rd Trent Park (78), 8th SBH (59) 15 teams finished
Team Results After 3 Fixtures – 1st St Mary’s Richmond (450 points), 2nd SBH (321), 3rd Harrow (308)

Under 15 Boys and Under 17 Men (4200m) – RAFI GAYER U17 3rd – 2nd U17 (13.18), ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 4th – 2nd U15 (13.29), ADAM O’GORMAN U17 5th – 3rd U17 (13.36), JORDAN PEARLMAN U17 14th – 7th U17 (14.00), JACOB CLEMENT U17 17th – 8th U17 (14.07), TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U17 18th – 9th U17 (14.10), EUAN PHILLIPS U15 19th – 9th U15 (14.14), JARED MORRIS U15 27th – 13th U15 (14.36), THOMAS CADWALLADER U17 35th – 18th U17 (14.53), AIDAN MCAVOY U17 43rd – 23rd U17 (15.04), CALEB HILTON U15 46th – 22nd U15 (15.11), LADDIE SHAW U15 67th – 36th U15 (15.50), JACOB SUGARMAN U15 86th – 51st U15 (17.38), SAM DARCY U15 87th – 56th U15 (17.41) the Under 15 winner was Daniel Jeffs of St Mary’s Richmond (13.14), the Under 17 winner was Luke Dunham of Herts Phoenix (13.09), 59 Under 15 runners finished, 31 Under 17 runners finished
Team Results – 1st SBH A (338 points), 2nd St Mary’s Richmond (319), 3rd Herts Phoenix (288), 4th SBH B (283), 12th SBH C (173) 22 teams finished
Team Results After 3 Fixtures – 1st SBH (1114 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (1019), 3rd Herts Phoenix (988)

Under 15 Girls and Under 17 Women (4200m) – POSIE SHAW U15 4th – 3rd U15 (15.01), MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 13th – 4th U17 (16.20), LARISSA WILSON U17 18th – 7th U17 (16.51), AMBER JACKSON U15 19th – 13th U15 (18.16), ELIZABETH DA TERESA U17 39th – 17th U17 (19.47), PHOEBE MUSIC U17 47th – 18th U17 (21.09) the Under 15 winner was Jorjia March of Barnet & District (14.23), the Under 17 winner was Keira Shaw of Herts Phoenix (14.44), 31 Under 15 runners finished, 18 Under 17 runners finished
Team Results – 1st London Heathside (156 points), 2nd SBH A (146), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (125), 17th SBH B (14) 17 teams finished
Team Results After 3 Fixtures – 1st London Heathside (500 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (339), 3rd SBH (336)

Senior Men (8100m) – THOMAS BUTLER 5th (25.48), GARY PELOSI V35 52nd (28.56), FINN MACARTHY 73rd (29.46), KEVIN WALDEN V40 161st (32.39), JOEL PHILLIPS V45 205th (34.00), TIM BUTLER V55 241st (35.33), PAUL MACARTHY V55 275th (36.40), BARRY HAWS V50 306th (38.23), TIM PARKIN V45 322nd (39.25), PHILIP CUNNINGHAM V45 369th (44.53) the winner was Alexander Lepretre (HCA) of Highgate Harriers (24.45), 382 runners finished
Team Results Division 1 – 1st Highgate Harriers (1477 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (1349), 3rd London Heathside (1245), 12th SBH (407) 12 teams finished
Team Results Veterans Division 2 – 1st Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (257 points), 2nd SBH (211), 3rd Hillingdon (197) 12 teams finished
Team Results Division 1 After 3 Fixtures – 1st Highgate Harriers (4549 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (4149), 3rd London Heathside (3910), 12th SBH (1408)
Team Results Veteran Division 2 After 3 Fixtures – 1st Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (796 points), 2nd SBH (673), 3rd Highgate Harriers (544)

Senior Women (8100m) – NICOLA PAYNE 25th (33.25) the winner was Annabel Gummow of Herts Phoenix (29.36), 190 runners finished
Team Results Division 2 – 1st Herts Phoenix (300 points), 2nd Trent Park (259), 3rd Ealing Eagles (245), 11th SBH (62) 12 teams finished
Team Results Division 2 After 3 Fixtures – 1st Herts Phoenix (826 points), 2nd Ealing Eagles (719), 3rd Trent Park (692), 12th SBH (182)

THESE ARE THE SBH ATHLETES WHO HAVE COMPLETED 3 OR MORE CONSECUTIVE RACES, FOLLOWING THE HILLINGDON FIXTURE ON 2 DECEMBER

(10) PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U11/U13
(8) SIENNA DARCY U11, ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15, ELIZABETH DA TERESA U17
(7) JOEL PHILLIPS V45, PHILIP CUNNINGHAM V55/V60, TIM UNDERHILL V50/V55
(5) GRACE ROONEY U11
(4) DENNYS PASCAL U11, JACOB CLEMENT U17, JARED MORRIS U15, JACOB CLEMENT U17, ADAM O’GORMAN U17
(3) HARRISON HENDERSON U11, LUCAS XIE U11, EDWARD PASCAL U13, LUCIA CASALENUOVO U13, SAM DARCY U15, EUAN PHILLIPS U15, LADDIE SHAW U15, JACOB SUGARMAN U15, AIDAN MACAVOY U17

The current record for consecutive appearances is held by JOHN KELLY, who completed 28 races between 1985 to 1990.

SBH WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS, THESE ARE THE TOP 3 POSITIONS FOLLOWING THE HILLINGDON FIXTURE ON 2 DECEMBER

Under 11 Boys – 1st DENNYS PASCAL (24 points), 2nd HARRISON HENDERSON (21), 3rd LUCAS XIE (17), – Under 13 Boys – 1st EDWARD PASCAL (24 points), 2nd BEN KASPAR (14), 3rd SAM CLEMENTS (13) – Under 15 Boys – 1st ARTHUR PHILLIPS (23 points), 2nd EUAN PHILLIPS (22), 3rd JARED MORRIS (17) – Under 17 Men – 1st ADAM O’GORMAN (23 points), 2nd JACOB CLEMENT (17), 3rd AIDAN MACAVOY (14) – Senior Men – 1st THOMAS BUTLER (24 points), 2nd GARY PELOSI V35 (22), 3rd JONATHAN BOARDMAN U23 (21) – Masters Men 40-49 – 1st JOEL PHILLIPS V45 (20 points), 2nd DANIEL NICHOLS V40 (15). 3rd TIM PARKIN V45 (12) – Masters Men 50-59 – 1st TIM UNDERHILL V55 (16 points), 2nd PAUL MACCARTHY V55 (14), 3rd BARRY HAWS V50 (11 – Masters Men 60-69 – 1st PHILIP CUNNINGHAM V60 (23 points), 2nd ROBERT RIGBY V60 (8)

Under 11 Girls – 1st SIENNA DARCY (23 points), 2nd GRACE ROONEY (22), 3rd ABIGAIL ROSS (12) – Under 13 Girls – 1st LUCIA CASALENUOVO (20 points), 2nd AIMEE PORTER (16), 3rd OLIVIA ABBOTT (15) – Under 15 Girls – 1st POSIE SHAW (16 points), 2nd AMBER JACKSON (14), 3rd ERIN GIBLIN (13), (8) – Under 17 Women – 1st ELIZABETH DA TERESA (21 points), 2nd PHOEBE MUSIC (11), 3rd MYA MAIRS-INGRAM and ADANNA MAZINWOSU (8) – Under 20 Women – 1st EVIE WINSTON (8 points) – Senior Women – 1st NICOLA PAYNE (16 points). 2nd EMILIA ECONOMU (8)

Winter Points Tables updated with the Metropolitan League results – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2023-2024 Updated 02-12-23 A Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2023-2024 Updated 02-12-23

LEE VALLEY DECEMBER OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 2 December
60m – SW A11 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 7th (10.24i), B11 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 6th (SB 10.12i) taking .04 of a second off her 26 February time
300m – SW 6 JESSICA ADAMS U15 2nd (PB 47.55i)
600m – SW 1 MIA HIGSON U20 7th (PB 1:51.54i), 2 LARISSA WILSON U20 1st (PB 1:36.65i) taking 5.51 seconds off her 2021 time, DINA SILVERMAN U17 6th (PB 1:40.82i) taking 2.69 seconds off her 2022 time, 3 LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U20 5th (PB 1:48.27i), AZARIA NWANKWO U20 7th (PB 1:52.24i)
600m – SM 3 JOE COX U17 2nd (PB 1:30.98i)
60m Hurdles – M50 A1 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 1st (8.80i), B1 GARY finished 1st (8.93i)
60m Hurdles – U15G A2 KYRA WILLIAMS U15 4th (PB 10.48i), B2 KYRA finished 4th (PB 10.41i) taking .07 of a second off her A2 time
60m Hurdles – U17W A1 EVA HIGSON U17 4th (PB 9.52i) taking .20 of a second off her 28 January time, B1 EVA HIGSON U17 5th (9.67i)
60m Hurdles – SW A2 ALINA COFIE U20 1st (PB 9.03i)
Long Jump – SX B ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 9th (3.40mi 1st V60)
Pole Vault – SX B ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 12th (2.13m 1st V60i)

ENGLISH SCHOOLS 43RD CROSS COUNTRY CUP FINAL – Took place at Woodbridge School, on 2 December
Senior Boys (5700m) – GIANLEO STUBBS U (St Columba’s College) 9th (19.33) the winner was James Dargan of the Sixth Form College, Farnborough (18.33) 155 runners finished
Team Results – 1st The King Edward V1 Academy, Northumberland (58 points) 2nd The Judd School, Kent (69), 3rd The Sixth Form College, Farnborough (80), 19th St Columba’s College, Hertfordshire (295) 27 teams finished

COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE OPENER – Took place at Louisville, Kentucky, USA on 2 December
3000m – SM 1 KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 (Eastern Kentucky University) 1st (8:12.43i)

SHARON COLYEAR-DANVILLE SEASON OPENER – Took place at Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 2 December
5000m – SM 6 THOMAS PATRICK U23 (Bosie State University) 4th (PB 13:53.96i) and is ranked UK No.7 U23 in 2023

SOUND RUNNING CROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Austin, Texas, USA on 30 November
8000m XC – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 4th (22.15)

FRATERNITY AND SORORITY CUPS – Took place at Trent Park on 25 November.
Results are still to be published.

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…
786 events – 98,698 walkers, joggers and runners – 17,500 volunteers – 2,815 first timers – 10,765 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – Did you know … There have been 26,372 parkrunners in the 250 run/walk milestone club? Just 10 of them are one event away from their 500th parkrun!

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 2 December.
PAUL LEWIS V50 1st (20.16) this was his 193rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Frimley Lodge on 2 December.
JAMES DAVIS U23 102nd (25.42) this was his 45th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Kesgrave on 2 December.
ROSS HAMMOND U17 2nd (PB 18.39) this was his 23rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 2 December.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 177th (39.53) this was his 283rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Perry Lakes, Perth, Australia on 2 December.
STUART MOORE V60 75th (28.15) this was his 213th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pymmes on 2 December.
STUART SINGER V60 24th (22.49) this was his 396th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at The Old Showfield on 2 December.
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 20th (22.31) this was his 25th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 7 DECEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 10 JANUARY – The SBH 2023-2024 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet is now available on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

SOUTHERN INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 9 December at Horspath Sports Ground, Oxford (SatNav OX4 2RR).
Timetable – 11.00 U13 Girls (Approximately 3k), 11.20 U13 Boys (Approximately 3k), 11.40 U15 Girls (Approximately 4k), 12.25 U15 Boys (Approximately 4k), 12.50 U17 Men (Approximately 5k), 13.15 U17 Women (Approximately 5k), 13.40 U20 Women and Senior Women (Approximately 6k)
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your County Team Manager
Awaiting final race information, the above details is as the 2022 fixture.

SOUTHERN MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 9 December at Horspath Sports Ground, Oxford (SatNav OX4 2RR).
Timetable – 11.45 Women 40+ 50+, 60+, M70+ (Approximately 6k), 14.10 Men 40+, 50+, 60+ (Approximately 10k)
Entries Closed

19TH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 16 December at Lauken Park, Brussels, Belgium.
Note: You will be selected following the trials on the 25 November

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 7 FEBRUARY – Please enter yourself and pay the appropiate fee. Also note, especially Lee Valley, that events may close before any closing date, if that event is fully subscribed.

TRACK ACADEMY INDOOR SERIES – Takes place on Saturday 16 December, at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR).
Events are Track 60m, 200m, 800m, Field Long Jump and Shot Put. For alll age-groups including U11s.
To enter please use this link – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/trackacademyindoor/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 10 December – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

YOUNG ATHLETES STATISTICS – Many thanks to CLYDE GORDON for producing the Under 11 Boys to Under 17 Men’s best performance and club record documents for 2023.
CLYDE has produced and issued 6 documents which are in Excel format, and each document contains numerous sheets. Any document added to the SBH Website has to be a PDF file, which means there will be multiple links for each document.

This week is the first part, the link below shows 2023 track and field best performances for Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 Men. Also 2023 all-time top 10 track and field best performances for Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 Men.
These are included on pages 1 to 9, the final part of page 9 shows the all-time top 5 track and field best performances for 2nd Claim Under 17 Men.

This week is the second part, the link below shows 2023 relay best performances and all-time relay best performances for Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and Under 17 Men.

Link to SBH YAs best performance 2023 relays – AB SBH YAs Best Performances 2023 Relays

These are 2023 top 3 best performance positions for all age-groups for each event, taken from the document above (1 page)
4x100m Relay – U11 1st Harrison Henderson, Kendrick Oganyo, Prince-Moses John, Dennys Pascal (64.37)
4x100m Relay – U13 1st Ben Bamisaiye, Jolomi Demeyin, Edward Pascal, Louis Xun (53.02), 2nd Isley Akenezi Norton, Edward Pascal, Ben Bamisaiye, Louis Xun (54.7), 3rd Ben Bamisaiye, Lucas Davis, Edward Pascal, Louis Xun (54.8)
4x100m Relay – U15 1st Harry Pincherle, Rian Shah, Seth Rennie-Roddy, Joshua Nyman (47.83), 2nd Lani Jaiyeola, Anton Cohen, Eesa Adekunie Ali, Joshua Nyman (48.3), 3rd Harry Pincherle, Seth Rennie-Roddy, Anton Cohen, Joshua Nyman (48.3)
4x100m Relay – U17 1st Zico Jones, Joseph Wheeler-Henry, Brandon Kufazvinci, Ekuka Nwokeji (41.23), 2nd Joseph Wheeler-Henry, Zico Jones, Brandon Kufazvinci, Ekuka Nwokeji (42.21), 3rd Zico Jones, Ekuka Nwokeji, Joseph Wheeler-Henry, Brandon Kufazvinci (43.08)
4x400m Relay – U17 1st Jacob Clement, Zico Jones, Brandon Kufazvinci, Adam O’Gorman (3:32.49), 2nd Jacob Clement, Zico Jones, Brandon Kufazvinci, Thomas Cadwallader (3:36.13), 3rd Jacob Clement, Ruben Cardoso, Rafi Gayer, Zico Jones (3:38.03)

Link to SBH YAs best performance all-time relays – AC SBH YAs Best Performances Relays All Time Top 10

These are top 3 all-time best performance positions for all age-groups for each event, taken from the document above (1 page)
4x100m Relay – U11 1st Amarion Wallace, Lani Jaiyeola, Asher Escobar, Gabriel Nwankwo 2019 (60.42)
4x100m Relay – U13 1st Samuel Ojo, Zico Jones, Malachi Amadi, Joshua Merchan-Nicholls 2018 (49.91), 2nd Yinca CasaZico Jones 2019 (50.60)
4x100m Relay – U15 1st Chima Onuora, Remi Jokesenumi, Nicholas Savva, Kofi Owusu 2018 (44.06), 2nd Tariq Wild, Remi Jokesenumi, Nicholas Savva, Andrew Nicolaou 2017 (44.90), 3rd Tariq Wild, Remi Jokesenumi, Nicholas Savva, Andrew Nicolaou 2017 (44.9)
4x100m Relay – U17 1st Zico Jones, Joseph Wheeler-Henry, Brandon Kufazvinci, Ekuka Nwokeji 2023 (41.23), 2nd Remi Jokesenumi, Emmanuel Duruiheoma, Nicholas Shaw, Andrew Nicolaou 2019 (42.01), 3rd Joseph Wheeler-Henry, Zico Jones, Brandon Kufazvinci, Ekuka Nwokeji 2023 (42.21)
4x300m Relay – U15 1st Tariq Wild, Remi Jokesenumi, Gilad Nachshen, Dan Onochie-Williams 2017 (2:36.87), 2nd Jabul Sokoya, James Brennan, Oly Arowojolu, Luke Van Turenhout 2013 (2:45.92), 3rd Justin Lee, Wilson Aduntow, Luke Van Turenhout, George Groom 2013 (2:47.4)
4x400m Relay – U15 1st Paul Mitchell, Liam Scott, Nick Gillingham, Bradley White 1988 (3:31.6), 2nd D Wilkie, Tony Smicle, A Carter, James Chisese 1978 (3:38.4), 3rd Paul Mitchell, Liam Scott, Kristian Taylor, Bradley White 1988 (3:38.8)
4x400m Relay – U17 1st Gilad Nachshen, Nicholas Savva, Jubril Adeniji, Nnamdi Ndukwe 2019 (3:27.81), 2nd Warren Barrett, Tosun Soboyejo, Winston Brown, Lloyd Stapleton 1985 (3:29.0), 3rd Liam Scott, Christian Barrett, Nick Gillingham, Paul Evans 1990 (3:29.4)

Link to SBH YAs best performance all-time combined relays, these include 2nd Claim athletes – AD SBH YAs Best Performances 2023 Relays All Time Top 10 Includes 2nd Claim Athletes

Please refer to the document for all performances.

DAVID BEDFORD LETTER TO “THE TIMES” – The following letter was recently published, regarding the cancellation of the London Youth Games at Parliament Hill. DAVE took to his pen, and his letter was published in “The Times” recently. Is anyone aware of any response from the organisers, regarding the cancellation. This is DAVID’S letter.

COMMONWEALTH GAMES FUTURE IN DOUBT AFTER GOLD COAST WITHDRAWS 2026 BID – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Gold Coast hosted the Games in 2018 but becomes second Australian city to pull out of 2026 edition. The future of the Commonwealth Games is in doubt after Gold Coast scrapped its bid for the next instalment of the event.

Gold Coast, which held the Games back in 2018, stepped in after the state of Victoria decided that they couldn’t host due to costs increasing from £1.4 billion to £3.7 billion. To keep the 2026 edition in Australia, Gold Coast Mayor TOM TATE insisted they could do it again but only if the federal government helped cover the expenses.However, both federal and state governments have now ruled out supporting the event. “We did our best and that’s all people can expect,” Tate said in a statement on December 3. “In simple terms, it seems our Games’ vision doesn’t align with the vision of the state or federal governments.” The idea was to host a ‘streamlined’ Games for around £367m, which could be shared with Perth, a six-hour flight away. TATE’S proposal did not receive the required support though. “Our dual proposal with Perth would have saved Australia’s tarnished reputation, delivered billions into the national economy and given athletes, and para-athletes, a clear pathway towards other international competitions including the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics and then on to the 2032 Games in Queensland,” he added.

It means the Commonwealth Games now doesn’t have a host for either 2026 or 2030. Just a month after Victoria stepped back from hosting the 2026 edition back in July, the Canadian province of Alberta withdrew its 2030 bid, also citing rising costs. Organisers now suggest the next Games may have to be moved to 2027 as they look at options to keep the event alive. Over 5000 athletes from 72 nations competed at Birmingham 2022, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire.

INTERNATIONAL ATHLETICS COULD BE BACK AT CRYSTAL PALACE IN FIVE YEARS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph of DAVE BEDFORD’S World Record in 1973 taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

Smaller-scale meets may take place beforehand but the current projection might see global events in 2028. Evolution, not revolution.

The plan to bring the glory days back to Crystal Palace is already underway and emphasis is on building what is already in place, not starting from scratch. Next to the main sports centre lies the once state-of-the-art 16,500 capacity stadium that hosted world-class events for decades and, if everything goes to plan, there is now a real prospect of the best in the business returning to Crystal Palace once again. Look at the stadium in its current state and that might be hard to believe. When AW visited in the summer, bird excrement covered both the indoor track and seats outside, the synthetic track was so worn away in places you could see the concrete and the floodlights had been taken away for safety reasons. Rightfully, those who have an affinity with the venue aren’t always overly optimistic after a decade of broken promises and plans going back to the drawing board. BEN WOODS, who AW exclusively spoke to at Crystal Palace back in July, is the man aiming to break that cycle.

Part of the team that helped deliver the 2022 Commonwealth Games, he was chosen by SADIQ KHAN to be Project Director at the Greater London Authority (GLA) for the redevelopment of Crystal Palace, a role that he has now been in since January 2023. Since his induction, short-term work on the track has already started. Last week (November 27), new temporary floodlights were installed, while the track has already been cleaned and refurbished. “We’ve done the vast majority of the track repairs now,” WOODS says. “There are a few bits of the inside lane that still needs doing. The final phase of that will be done in the spring and hopefully in March. “At that time we’ll get all the equipment out and tested. That’s when we’ll get the UKA certification which will allow for certain lower level competitions. We’ve worked with UKA to get the right lux levels of lighting for competitions. I’d say by next summer that the track, lighting and equipment are all in place.”

Woods, who grew up in Upper Norwood and watched the likes of STEVE CRAM and MICHAEL JOHNSON at the Grand Prix meets in the 1980s and 90s, states he understands the significance of athletics at Crystal Palace. “We’ve got a magnificent stage,” Woods adds. “Where else do you get that bowl in a listed park? The name Crystal Palace is also world famous. The stadium is beautifully designed and the acoustics are amazing. “I was at the Diamond League [at the Olympic Stadium] but at the end of the day it’s a one-off event. What about the rest of the year? That’s where I see Crystal Palace really fitting into that infrastructure. “A key home for London athletics and the wider region. We’re really excited about the potential for the stadium as a 365-day a year home for the sport.”

The obvious question then is, down the line can world-class athletics return to a venue which hosted the Diamond League from 1999 to 2012? “Short-term it’s [about] smaller-scale meets but for international style events we’re talking five years in the future,” says WOODS. If that timescale is fulfilled then the elite of track and field could compete at Crystal Palace in the same year as the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympics. However, WOODS is the first to emphasise that this is a long process and there is a way to go yet. After all, when Birmingham won the bid for the Commonwealth Games in 2017, it was delivered in 2022. That was a four-and-a- half to five-year project and WOODS is working on a similar timeframe at Crystal Palace. The project is split into two phases. While there are early works centred around the track, equipment and temporary floodlights; analysis and business plans are currently being drawn together for both the centre and the stadium. Right now, the focus is on talking to stakeholders, listening to residents and understanding the needs and concerns of people in the community. If planning application for the centre – which houses Olympic-sized swimming and diving pools that have been closed since March 2020 – is approved by Bromley Council next year, construction is scheduled to start on the main building from 2025 until the middle of 2026.

That means that diggers would be at the stadium, which is phase two, from just before 2027 onwards and with a projected completion in 2028. In this stage of the process, the idea is to install a new 400m track that could potentially be fit for both international competition and training. In addition, an accredited 200m track is also in the current plans, inspired by World Athletics’ ‘short-track’ announcement back in May, where athletes would be able to gain ranking points and set records on an outdoor 200m track. The newly built track at Crystal Palace would be based between the stadium and centre. It could also be used as a warm-up area for athletes before a competition. “I think athletics generally is looking at what are the event profiles moving forward and how can we make it more interesting for a youth market?” WOODS states. “We want to be part of those conversations and that’s why we’re also looking at the 200m ‘short-track’ from World Athletics. “The sprinting culture we have here is almost unique and it’s a hub. One of the real drivers is upgrading the indoor straight and we’re even seeing that as a potential event venue.” That’s not to say that events won’t happen in the short to medium term.

Currently, for safety reasons, the West Stand is closed and you can only fit 500 out of the capacity 4000-seater Jubilee Stand. “We’re looking at those structural checks at the minute of bringing the seating bowl up to standards,” WOODS adds. “We’re working on certification. The West Stand is completely closed while we have structural checks. The Jubilee Stand can still be used for events of 500 capacity. We’re looking at getting the whole of the Jubilee Stand certified. That allows for bigger events. We need to work on the analysis of the Jubilee Stand but I’d like to think that by next summer we are capable of hosting smaller events. “We’ve got to look at things like crowd loading and crash barriers for example as well as ease of access and ancillary areas like toilets. It’s a sound building [Jubilee Stand] and we’ve just got to polish it and make sure it works to get that license. Over the course of next year I’d like to think we can increase it from just 500 but I can’t promise it would be full capacity. That’s what we’re heading towards though. “Can we start to run school events down there with the capacity of 500-1000? Then work of regional championships, then national championships. We want this stadium, if it’s going to be the athletics home for London, to be that for every day of the year. This won’t live and die off a one-off event.”

There is a budget that has been signed off by City Hall but those associated with the project understand the significance of sponsorship, especially with the long-term redevelopment of the stadium. Given the cultural and historical significance of athletics at Crystal Palace, the offer is a strong one. “We’ve got this stage and want to bring it back to life,” WOODS says. “We’ve got some capital funding but it’s the ‘what if question’. If it grows and we get that viable business plan then there’s the potential of not ‘what is’ but to actually expand slightly. It’s really dependant on others coming on that journey and so far the mood music has been very positive. “We have a 15-16,000 capacity stadium as we speak but that could be so much more. Whether that’s VIP, hospitality, increased capacity or modern standards of HD lighting? That’s the supercharged point. We’re open for business. “We have the stage and it’s 85% there. Can someone come in and help us with that final 15%? We want a stadium not just fit for the 21st but the 22nd century.”

Photographs of ADANNA MAZINWOSE and DAMI ADEKUNLE after receiving their trophies from Coach TY HOLDEN.
ADANNA received the Under 17 EYAL trophy and DAMI received the Under 11 track trophy.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 30 November 2023

Posted on 30/11/202330/11/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 30 November to Wednesday 6 December – Hope Baker, Emma Beardmore, Gregory Dunson, Dylan Evans, Jessica Hunter, Jacob Lange, Theo Michail, Brian Motto, Rory Muir, Gilad Nachshen, Joseph O’Hara, Nick Percy, Joseph Rodriguez, Anaya Rao, Grace Rooney, Fari Seyi, Nick Smith, Katie Webb, Samuel Wiggins and Lukash Zahab

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to SAM CLEMENTS, JAMES HAMBLIN and ELSA SHABANI

EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to HENRY DOVER who has been selected by GB&NI to run in Brussels, Belgium on 10 December. HENRY following his outstanding win in Liverpool last Saturday, will lead a very strong Under 20 Men’s team.

SBH 133RD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND PRESENTATION OF AWARDS – Took place on Tuesday 28 November, a full report will be published in next week’s Newsletter,

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

WINTER POINTS RACE – The third Victoria Park Sports Medicine Metropolitan League fixture at Hillingdon this Saturday, is the third fixture in the Winter Points Series for all age-groups.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACE – The Victoria Park Sports Medicine Metropolitan League fixture at Hillingdon this Saturday, is the club championship race for the Under 20 Men, 5 Miles Senior Men and Masters Men 40+.

RESULT
BRITISH ATHLETICS CROSS CHALLENGE INCLUDING EUROPEAN TRIALS – Took place at Sefton Park, Liverpool on 25 November.
Congratulations to HENRY DOVER on an outstanding win, following the race HENRY spoke to Athletics Weekly.

HENRY DOVER had time to enjoy the moment, flapping his arms like a bird as he strolled across the line to secure the most significant win of his career thus far. Victory in the men’s under-20 race brings with it his first ever British international vest – and the Shaftesbury Barnet athlete could barely contain his emotion as the achievement sank in.
After establishing a sizeable lead before then being reeled in, DOVER fought back to see off Cardiff winner SAM HODGSON, with LOUIS SMALL coming home in third. “That’s what hard work brings you,” grinned an elated DOVER.

IAAF Junior Men (6700m) – HENRY DOVER U20 1st (20.10), SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U20 87th (22.14), JOSHUA FISHER U20 101st (22.31), ABJRAHIM HAMUD U20 112th (22.45), 156 runners finished
IAAF Junior Women (4400m) – The winner was Innes Fitzgerald of Exeter Harriers (14.30), 104 runners finished
Senior Men Short Course (1500m) – The winner was Josh Lay of Rugby & Northampton (4.28), 16 runners finished
Senior Women Short Course (1500m) – The winner was Bethan Morley of Leeds City (5.06), 12 runners finished
Senior Men (9800m) – JEREMY DEMPSEY 13th (29.26), DYLAN EVANS 22nd (29.44), MARK PEARCE 48th (31.09), PHILLIP CROUT 180th (34.08), the winner was Hugo Milner of Derby (28.38), 707 runners finished
Senior Women (8100m) – The winner was Megan Keith of Inverness Harriers (26.02), 424 runners finished

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – Took place at Trent Park on 25 November.
The song title for Trent Park is very apt “The beat goes on”, well it did. The results at Greenford and Kingsbury were outstanding with 21 and 38 runners respectively. This time at Trent Park we had 38 runners toeing the line.
The Under 11 Boys and Girls teams made it 3 wins out of 3, also our Under 15 Girls had their 1st win after finishing 2nd and 4th previously, the Under 13 Boys and Girls both finished in 3rd place, Under 17 Women 5th, Under 17 Men 6th and Under 15 Boys 9th.
There were top 5 finishes from Under 11 Boys HARRISON HENDERSON 2nd and JENSEN DAY 3rd, Under 13 Girls OLIVIA ABBOTT 4th, Under 15 Girls POSIE SHAW 2nd and Under 17 Men TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE 5th.

Under 11 Boys (2000m) – HARRISON HENDERSON 2nd (7.21), JENSEN DAY 3rd (7.27), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN 6th (7.44), LUCAS XIE 7th (7.44), RYLE SINGARAYER 10th (7.55), JAMES SHORT 21st (8.17) the winner was Luis Da Silva of Thames Valley Harriers (7.14) 46 runners finished
Team Result – 1st SBH (16 points), 2nd Trent Park (42), 3rd Queens Park Harriers (78) 8 teams finished.

Under 11 Girls (2000m) – GRACE ROONEY 6th (8.06), SIENNA DARCY 9th (8.16), KEENYAH ADELISE 19th (9.13), ISABELLE HUDSON 21st (9.21), KAIRI CAVERO TAKI 25th (9.26), SUNNY SHAW 32nd (9.51) the winner was Olivia Watson of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (7.41) 37 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st SBH (35 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (53), 3rd London Heathside (58) 14 teams finished.

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – SAM CLEMENTS 11th (11.32), TAHA COCKERELL 19th (12.08), ROAN PARKES 22nd (12.23), HARRY SAMUEL 29th (13.04) the winner was Rory Willis of London Heathside (10.41) 48 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st London Heathside (19 points), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (35), 3rd SBH (63) 10 teams finished

Under 13 Girls (3000m) – OLIVIA ABBOTT 4th (11.55), LUCIA CASALENUOVO 9th (12.34), HOLLY CLARKE 20th (13.31), ELFIE SHAW 31st (14.14), ERIN CLIFT 18th (15.38) the winner was Jagna Falkowska of Trent Park (11.33) 52 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Harrow (36 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (54), 3rd SBH (54) 9 teams finished.

Under 15 Boys (4000m) – LADDIE SHAW 27th (16.21), SAM DARCY 41st (18.05) the winner was Joshua Fanta of Enfield & Haringey (14.08) 45 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st London Heathside (39 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (53), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (58), 9th SBH (115) 11 teams finished

Under 15 Girls (4000m) – POSIE SHAW 2nd (15.24), AMBER JACKSON 10th (17.45), ELIZABETH OTHOLU 12th (18.41), ERIN GIBLIN 13th (19.16) the winner was Jorjia March of Barnet & District (15.11) 22 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st SBH (31 points), 2nd London Heathside (40), 3rd Highgate Harriers (48) 8 teams finished

Under 17 Men (5000m) – TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE 5th (18.57), AIDAN MCAVOY 16th (20.14) the winner was Isaac Mezey of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (18.05) 29 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st London Heathside (49 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (56), 3rd Barnet & District (59), 6th SBH (63) 8 teams finished

Under 17 Women (5000m) – ADANNA MAZINWOSU 7th (23.21) the winner was Adela Svihalkova of Thames Valley Harriers (20.07) 13 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Thames Valley Harriers (21 points), 2nd Barnet & District (30), 3rd Highgate Harriers (31), 5th SBH (33) 6 teams finished

FRATERNITY AND SORORITY CUPS – Took place at Trent Park on 25 November.
Results are still to be published.

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…
1,184 events – 161,302 walkers, joggers and runners – 25,944 volunteers – 6,227 first timers – 21,821 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – Did you know … There have been 650,000 parkrun events held all over the world? That’s more than 3 million kilometres travelled!

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Blandford on 25 November.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 127th (35.13) this was his 192nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 25 November.
LENARD MICHEL V50 24th (24.04) this was his 110th Parkrun, JAMES DAVIS U23 45th (26.13) this was his 44th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 60th (29.45) this was her 102nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Edgbaston Reservoir on 25 November.
FREYA STAPLETON U23 3rd (17.29) this was her 52nd Parkrun, EMILY HATHAWAY U23 10th (18.24) this was her 31st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 25 November.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 232nd (30.04) this was his 310th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Kesgrave on 25 November.
ROSS HAMMOND U17 5th (19.26) this was his 22nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Long Eaton on 25 November.
INDIRA PATEL U23 7th (PB 16.36) this was her 36th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Llyn Llec Owain on 25 November.
PAUL LEWIS V50 5th (20.31) this was his 192nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Perry Lakes, Perth, Australia on 25 November.
STUART MOORE V60 61st (28.24) this was his 212th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at The Old Showfield on 25 November.
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 28th (PB 21.41) this was his 24th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Valentines on 25 November.
STUART SINGER V60 3nnd (22.31) this was his 396th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 37th (23.04) this was his 245th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Woodhouse Moor on 25 November.
BEN KELLY U23 48th (20.30) this was his 21st Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 30 NOVEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 3 JANUARY – The SBH 2023-2024 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet is now available on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

VICTORIA PARK SPORTS MEDICINE METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The third fixture of five takes place on Saturday 2 December, course is at Hillingdon House Farm, Uxbridge (Satnav UB8 1ES).
Race headquarters – Hillingdon Stadium, Gatting Way, Uxbridge (Satnav UB8 1ES) HQ to course walk time: 2 minutes.
Changing facilities – Male & Female changing rooms and toilets within athletic stadium from 11am to 3pm. Please do not use the facilities within the main sports centre. No Showers.
Public Transport – Recommended Hillingdon on the Metropolitan and Picadilly lines 10-15 minute walk from course. U1 and U2 buses stop within 3 minutes’ walk from the Sports Centre.
Directions from major roads – Next to A40 Swakeleys Roundabout Junction, then follow signs for Hillingdon Sports and Leisure centre.
Parking – There are Only 50 pay and display parking spaces allocated for this fixture outside the stadium. Parking in the main sports centre car park is not permitted. Disruption caused to sports centre members trying to find a parking space in the main car park may result in the venue not being available in the future. If you must drive, please see the parking map provided for free street parking locations. There are also 2 large car parks in Uxbridge town centre, just 15 minutes walk away..
The timetable and course description is as the 2022 fixture,
Timetable – 12.00 U11 (Over 9) Boys & Girls (2km), 12.10 U13 Boys (3km), 12.20 U13 Girls (3km), 12.35 U17 Men and U15 Boys (4km), 12.45 U17 Women and U15 Girls (4km), 13.00 U20, Senior and Veteran Women (8km), 13.45 U20, Senior and Veteran Men (8km).
Course Description – A proper XC course. Parkland setting, undulating course, with one steep climb per lap, on grass and woodland paths. Very muddy areas likely. Option of small river crossing for adults only if conditions on the day allow. There will be a longer route around the river for those that are unable/unwilling to cross the river.
Under 11 Course – 1 smaull undulating lap which includes the ski slope and wooded trail.
Under 13 Course – 1 medium undulating lap which includes the ski slope and wooded trail.
Under 15/U17 Course – 1 large undulating lap which includes the ski slope and wooded trail.
Under 20/Senior Course – 2 large undulating laps which includes the ski slope and wooded trail plus option of river crossing.
Link to all information including Parking and Course Maps – Metropolitan League Race 3 Uxbridge 02-12-23
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.
Please collect your race numbers from the respective team managers – SIMON KEENE
JEREMY SOTHCOTT and JO KENT
Please go to Start Fitness Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for course maps, and any other final information

VICTORIA PARK SPORTS MEDICINE 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.

WINTER POINTS RACE – The third Victoria Park Sports Medicine Metropolitan League fixture at Hillingdon, is the third fixture in the Winter Points Series for all age-groups.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACE – The Victoria Park Sports Medicine Metropolitan League fixture at Hillingdon, is the club championship race for the Under 20 Men, 5 Miles Senior Men and Masters Men 40+.

19TH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 16 December at Lauken Park, Brussels, Belgium.
Note: You will be selected following the trials on the 25 November

BOXING DAY BONANZA RUN – Takes place on Tuesday 26 December at StoneX Stadium and Starts at 11.00. The issuing of numbers, refreshments and prize giving takes place in the Indoor Track area. Distance 2 miles and 1 mile for Under 11. Only £2 entry fee! There will be prizes, raffle (bring cash) and free refreshments……why not come in fancy dress.
A run or even walk for all the family including pets!. Last year we had 50 runners! Donations to the raffle welcome with winners galore!

LEE VALLEY MINITHON – Takes place on Saturday 9 December, at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR).
For school years 3 to 7.
To enter please use this link – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/kids-activities#%20
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 6 December – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee – Please be advised that events may be full before the fixture date.

Link to SBH YAs best performance track and field – AA SBH YAs Best Performances 2023 Track and Field

These are 2023 top 3 best performance positions for all age-groups for each event, taken from the document above (pages 1 to 4)
60m – U11 1st Nosa Urubusi (9.25i), 2nd Michael Obiwulu (9.41i), 3rd Prince-Moses John (9.91i) – U13 1st Ben Bamisaiye (8.58i) – U15 1st Harry Pincherlie (7.74i), 2nd Dijani Barnor (7.85i), 3rd Seth Rennie-Roddy (7.89i) – U17 1st Ebuka Nwokeji (6.96i), 2nd Zico Jones (7.18i), 3rd Taylon Brookes (7.31i)
75m – U11 1st Dennys Pascal (10.74), 2nd Harrison Henderson (11.06), 3rd Nosa Urubusi (11.07)
100m – U11 1st Michael Obiwulu (15.64) – U13 1st Louis Xun (12.38w/12.6), 2nd Ben Bamisaiye (13.43), 3rd Isley Akenezi Norton (13.7) – U15 1st Joshua Nyman (11.9), 2nd Dijani Barnor (11.93), 3rd Seth Rennie-Roddy (12.13w/12.2) – U17 1st Ebuka Nwokeji (10.43), 2nd Joseph Wheeler-Henry (10.95w/11.06), 3rd Nathan Fernandes (11.13w/11.18)
150m – U11 1st Dennys Pascal (20.94w/21.80), 2nd Harrison Henderson (21.51w/22.75), 3rd Nosa Urubusi (21.99)
200m – U11 1st Dennys Pascal (29.82i), 2nd Nosa Urubusi (30.63i), 3rd Michael Obiwulu (32.25) – U13 1st Louis Xun (26.16), 2nd Jaden Aforo (26.95), 3rd Ben Bamisaiye (27.38) – U15 1st Harry Pincherlie (24.01), 2nd Anton Cohen (24.45), 3rd Dijani Barnor (24.53) – U17 1st Ebuka Nwokeji (21.31), 2nd Zico Jones (22.31), 3rd Joseph Wheeler-Henry (22.32)
300m – U15 1st Dijani Barnor (37.70), 2nd Seth Rennie-Roddy (38.88), 3rd Euan Phillips (41.6)
400m – U17 1st Zico Jones (49.88), 2nd Ebuka Nwokeji (51.3), 3rd Aidan Gaffey (53.44)
600m – U11 1st Dennys Pascal (1:42.53), 2nd Harrison Henderson (1:45.38), 3rd Ari Rubenstein (1:54.29) – U13 1st Edward Pascal (1:43.99)
800m – U11 1st Dennys Pascal (2:24.53), 2nd Harrison Henderson (2:32.77), 3rd Ari Rubenstein (2:45.01) – U13 1st Edward Pascal (2:22.23), 2nd Ben Kaspar (2:29.3), 3rd Ethan Moss (2:31.57) – U15 1st Arthur Phillips (2:04.73), 2nd Euan Phillips (2:05.90), 3rd Leon Biss (2:12.03) – U17 1st Gianleo Stubbs (1:57.87), 2nd Jacob Clement (1:58.69), 3rd Adam O’Gorman (2:01.32)
1500m – U11 1st Dennys Pascal (5:01.3) – U13 1st Edward Pascal (4:53.44), 2nd Xander Reese (5:06.34), 3rd Josiah Aldham (5:13.7) – U15 1st Arthur Phillips (4:18.81), 2nd Euan Phillips (4:29.22), 3rd Caleb Hilton (4:36.97) – U17 1st Gianleo Stubbs (4:03.97), 2nd Jacob Clement (4:10.66), 3rd Adam O’Gorman (4:10.7)
3000m – U15 1st Arthur Phillips (9:35.36) – U17 1st Gianleo Stubbs (8:39.04), 2nd Jordan Pearlman (9:15.40), 3rd Rafi Gayer (9:36.39)
60m Hurdles – U15 1st Harry Webb (8.88i), 2nd Jimi Adu (9.85i), 3rd Asher Escobar (9.90i)
75m Hurdles – U13 1st Ben Bamisaiye (13.93), 2nd Casey Ngige (14.49), 3rd Tireni George (15.3)
80m Hurdles – U15 1st Harry Webb (11.42), 2nd Rian Shah (12.06w/12.1), 3rd Seth Rennie-Roddy (12.13)
100m Hurdles – U15 1st Jaian Saunders (14.93), 2nd Oscar Roncarati (15.09), 3rd Tristan Lee (18.0)
400m Hurdles – U15 1st Oscar Roncarati (62.21)
1500m Steeplechase – U17 1st Angus Brown (6:00.75)
Long Jump – U11 1st Dennys Pascal (4.18), 2nd Solomon Paul (3.62), 3rd Nosa Urubusi (3.51) – U13 1st Ben Bamisaiye (4.60), 2nd Chayil John (4.41), 3rd Edward Pascal (4.32) – U15 1st Harry Pincherlie (5.81), 2nd Rian Shah (5.39), 3rd Dijani Barnor (5.36) – U17 1st Cameron Knight (5.94), 2nd Victor Paiusco (5.66), 3rd Ruben Cardoso (5.52)
High Jump – U13 1st Louis Xun (1.45), 2nd Edward Pascal (1.40), 3rd Casey Ngige (1.25) – U15 1st Rian Shah (1.76), 2nd Seth Rennie-Roddy (1.60), 3rd Dijani Barnor (1.50) – U17 1st Jordan Ngige (1.90), 2nd Joe Cox (1.60), 3rd Aren Patel (1.55)
Triple Jump – U17 1st Aidan Gaffey (11.46), 2nd Joe Cox (11.12), 3rd Victor Paiusco (11.05)
Pole Vault – U15 1st Isaac Van Den Bergh (3.80), 2nd Thomas Robertson (3.60), 3rd William Sylvester (3.10) – U17 1st Angus Brown (4.31)
Shot – U13 1st Louis Xun (8.25), 2nd James Tsangarides (8.15), 3rd Bruno Noah (7.23) – U15 1st Chu Ononogbu (12.76), 2nd Javon Williams (12.50), 3rd Milo Rynehart (11.73) – U17 1st Brian Anene (11.77), 2nd Brandon Kufazvinei (10.26), 3rd Nathan Fernandes (8.34)
Hammer – U15 1st Milo Rynehart (42.45), 2nd Chu Ononogbu (20.56) – U17 1st Brian Anene (21.86), 2nd Thomas Fernand (19.46)
Javelin – U13 1st James Tsangarides (24.30), 2nd Bruno Noah (22.52), 3rd Louis Xun (19.03) – U15 1st Chu Ononogbu (40.02), 2nd Milo Rynehart (31.32), 3rd Alon Taylor (31.05) – U17 1st Oscar Roncarati (36.87), 2nd Fred Taylor (35.72), 3rd Thomas Fernandes (35.63)
Discus – U13 1st James Tsangarides (21.26), 2nd Bruno Noah (18.99), 3rd Edward Pascal (13.86) – U15 1st Chu Ononogbu (46.33), 2nd Milo Rynehart (31.72), 3rd Harry Webb (27.20) – U17 1st Brian Anene (38.21), 2nd Fred Taylor (35.28), 3rd Angus Brown (32.06)
Vortex – U11 1st Dennys Pascal (38.53), 2nd Nosa Urubusi (28.44), 3rd Kendrick Oganyo (26.46)

These are 2023 top 3 all-time best performance positions for all age-groups for each event, taken from the document above (page 4 to 9)
60m – U11 1st Lani Jaiyeola 2019 (9.25i), 2nd Nosa Urubusi 2023 (9.25i), 3rd Michael Obiwulu 2023 (9.41i) – U13 1st Zico Jones 2019 (8.06i), 2nd Obinna Nwokeji 2019 (8.19i), 3rd Ebuka Nwokeji 2019 (8.28i) – U15 1st Remi Jokosenumi 2018 (7.18i), 2nd Malachi Amadi 2020 (7.21i), 3rd Nicholas Shaw 2017 (7.30i) – U17 1st Emmanuel Duruiheoma 2020 (6.89i), 2nd Mario Dobrescu 2020 (6.95i), 3rd Ebuka Nwokeji 2023 (6.96i)
75m – U11 1st Dennys Pascal 2023 (10.74), 2nd Ben Bamisaiye 2021 (10.9), 3rd Lani Jaiyeola 2019 (11.00)
80m – U11 1st Samuel Greenstein 2015 (12.7)
100m – U11 1st Ebuka Nwokeji 2017 (13.78), 2nd Archie Nash 2016 (14.3), 3rd Alexander Edu 2018 (14.3) – U13 1st Malachi Amadi 2018 (12.23), 2nd Densal Davison 2000 (12.3), 3rd Louis Xun 2023 (12.38w/12.6) – U15 1st Remi Jokosenumi 2018 (10.84w/11.01), 2nd Andrew Nicolaou 2017 (11.0/11.18), 3rd Tariq Wild 2017 (11.05) – U17 1st Ebuka Nwokeji 2023 (10.43), 2nd Trevor Cameron 1993 (10.64w), 3rd Jamahl Alert Khan 2003 (10.67)
150m – U11 1st Dennys Pascal 2023 (20.94w/21.80), 2nd Harrison Henderson 2023 (21.51w/22.75), 3rd Jason Otule 2022 (21.82)
200m – U11 1st Ebuka Nwokeji 2017 (28.46), 2nd Obinna Nwokeji 2018 (29.69), 3rd Dennys Pascal 2023 (29.82) – U13 1st Malachi Amadi 2018 (25.05), 2nd Zico Jones 2019 (25.06), 3rd Matthew Webster 2004 (25.1) – U15 1st Remi Jokosenumi 2018 (21.99), 2nd Zico Jones 2021 (22.23), 3rd Jamahl Alert Khan 2001 (22.28w/22.58) – U17 1st Jamahl Alert Khan 2003 (20.79), 2nd Trevor Cameron 1993 (21.25w), 3rd Ebuka Nwokeji 2023 (21.31)
300m – U15 1st Zico Jones 2021 (35.29), 2nd Nicholas Savva 2018 (36.72), 3rd Tariq Wild 2017 (36.75)
400m – U11 1st David Kahan 1982 (69.3), 2nd Michael Fear 1983 (71.4), 3rd Neil Thomas 1986 (71.8) – U13 1st Michael Page 1988 (57.39), 2nd Andrew Eleftheriou 2010 (60.91), 3rd Juan Hacelas 1982 (61.9) – U15 1st Matthew Webster 2006 (50.07), 2nd Oliver Kelly 2006 (52.01), 3rd William Hooten 2003 (52.3) – U17 1st Mario Dobrescu 2020 (48.17), 2nd Zico Jones 2022 (48.61), 3rd Calvin Smith 2021 (48.63)
600m – U11 1st Dennys Pascal 2023 (1:42.53), 2nd Harrison Henderson 2023 (1:45.38), 3rd Thomas Cadwallader 2018 (1:50.61)
800m – U11 1st Dennys Pascal 2023 (2:24.53), 2nd David Kahan 1982 (2:27.22), 3rd Thomas Cadwallader 2018 (2:31.89) – U13 1st Eric Kimani 1979 (2:05.4), 2nd Zico Jones 2019 (2:12.59), 3rd Juan Hacelas 1982 (2:12.64) – U15 1st Eric Kimani 1981 (1:57.8), 2nd Paul Mitchell 1988 (1:58.8), 3rd Gilad Nachshen 2018 (1:59.10) – U17 1st Matthew McLaughlin 2011 (1:51.06), 2nd Kyle Langford 2012 (1:51.31), 3rd Muktar Musa 2019 (1:52.29)
1500m – U11 1st Dennys Pascal 2023 (5:01.3), 2nd David Kahan 1982 (5:03.9), 3rd Gianleo Stubbs 2017 (5:07.51) – U13 1st Eric Kimani 1979 (4:18.4), 2nd Sam Hall 1988 (4:35.3), 3rd Jamie Harper 2013 (4:35.95) – U15 1st Eric Kimani 1981 (4:06.0), 2nd Gianleo Stubbs 2021 (4:07.1), 3rd Matthew McLaughlin 2009 (4:08.23) – U17 1st Liam Dee 2012 (3:50.10), 2nd Henry Dover 2022 (3:51.64), 3rd Muktar Musa 2020 (3:53.53)
Mile – U11 1st Boe Walton 1987 (5:53.0), 2nd Dylan Michel 2014 (6:17.54)
3000m – U13 1st Sam Hall 1998 (9:51.1), 2nd David O’Donovan 1985 (9:53.4), 3rd Mario Dicesare 1982 (10:29.6) – U15 1st Matthew McLaughlin 2009 (8:57.38), 2nd Jamie Dee 2012 (9:02.90), 3rd Stephen Murphy 1997 (9:05.1) – U17 1st Henry Dover 2022 (8:15.36), 2nd Jamie Dee 2014 (8:22.82), 3rd Michael Callegari 2011 (8:28.89)
60m Hurdles – U15 1st Harry Webb 2023 (8.88i), 2nd Jimi Adu 2023 (9.85i), 3rd Asher Escobar 2023 (9.90i), U17 1st Ruben Hedman 2020 (8.17i), 2nd Eddie Johnson 2020 (8.86i)
75m Hurdles – U11 1st Gianleo Stubbs 2017 (15.70), U15 1st Rian Shah 2022 (12.1), 2nd Jimi Adu 2022 (12.55), 3rd Sean Lupdag 2009 (12.6)
80m Hurdles – U15 1st Harry Webb 2023 (11.42), 2nd Miles Jones 2002 (11.44), 3rd Kaz Ong 2006 (11.48)
100m Hurdles – U17 1st Paul Brice 1981 (13.26), 2nd Ruben Hedman 2020 (13.45), 3rd Adrian Ash 1978 (13.5)
400m Hurdles – U17 1st Ben Lloyd 2017 (52.98), 2nd Matthew McLaughlin 2010 (54.70), 3rd Stuart Rowan 2003 (55.73)
1500m Steeplechase – U17 1st Daniel Russell 2003 (4:17.15), 2nd Stephen Murphy 1999 (4:19.22), 3rd Kristian Imroth 2018 (4:21.31)
Long Jump – U11 1st Ebuka Nwokeji 2017 (4.27), 2nd Dennys Pascal 2023 (4.18), 3rd Joseph Wheeler-Henry 2017 (3.97) – U13 1st Matthew Hislop 1999 (5.58), 2nd Jeff Hagan 2015 (5.26), 3rd Robert Gayler 2006 (5.22) – U15 1st Onochie Onuorah 1988 (7.12w/6.79), 2nd Robert Gayler 2008 (6.56), 3rd Nathan Fox 2005 (6.44) – U17 1st Onochie Onuorah 1990 (7.28w/7.19), 2nd Nonso Okolo 2006 (7.11), 3rd Gus Udo 1976 (7.08)
Triple Jump – U13 1st Jeff Hagan 2015 (11.03), 2nd Nelson Tang 2005 (10.69), 3rd Alex Pemberton 1992 (9.23) – U15 1st Nathan Fox 2005 (14.11), 2nd Nonso Okolo 2004 (12.91), 3rd Jeff Hagan 2017 (12.87) – U17 1st Nathan Fox 2007 (15.11), 2nd Nonso Okolo 2006 (14.69), 3rd Kenan Stephens 2019 (14.48)
High Jump – U11 1st Scott McKenzie 2014 (1.20), 2nd Joseph Wheeler-Henry 2018 (1.05) – U13 1st Robert Pope 1981 (1.55), 2nd Louis Davis 2014 (1.54), 3rd Rian Shah 2021 (1.51) – U15 1st Stephen Tyrell 1979 (1.90), 2nd Mike McKenzie 1979 (1.86), 3rd Len Harbin 1982 (1.85) – U17 1st Elliot Moore 1979 (2.00), 2nd David Hammett 1987 (2.00), 3rd Ben Smith 1998 (2.00)
Pole Vault – U13 1st Niall O’Hara 2000 (2.40), 2nd James Grant 2003 (2.20) – U15 1st Neil Winter 1988 (4.40), 2nd Isaac Van Den Bergh 2023 (3.80), 3rd Patrick Daly 1987 (3.65) – U17 1st Neil Winter 1990 (5.20), 2nd Angus Brown 2023 (4.41), 3rd Patrick Daly 1989 (4.30)
Shot 3kg – U11 1st Ben Kaspar 2022 (3.72) – U13 1st Chu Ononogbu 2022 (12.82), 2nd Milo Rynehart 2022 (11.08), 3rd Gerald Collins 2019 (10.25) – Shot 3.25kg – U11 1st Scott McKenzie 2014 (4.90), 2nd Samuel Greenstein 2015 (1.77) – U13 1st Tom Peacock 2005 (12.37), 2nd Peter Tutu 1999 (11.22), 3rd Chris McCabe 2000 (11.15) – Shot 4kg – U15 1st Tom Peacock 2007 (15.85), 2nd Thanos Morphitis 1968 (15.49), 3rd Paul Brice 1979 (15.28) – Shot 5kg – U17 1st Osita Iwenjiora 1989 (17.40), 2nd Nick Percy 2011 (16.99), 3rd Spencer English 1988 (15.82)
Hammer 3kg – U13 1st Milo Rynehart 2022 (36.47) – Hammer 3.25kg – U13 1st Samuel Miorandi 2012 (20.21) – Hammer 4kg – U15 1st Stuart Clark 1977 (56.40), 2nd Allan French 1979 (56.28), 3rd Simon Blackwell 1977 (53.78) – Hammer 5kg – U17 1st Nick Percy 2011 (66.94), 2nd Andrew Elkins 2009 (65.57), 3rd Chris Bennett 2006 (65.44)
Javelin 400g – U11 1st Joseph Wheeler-Henry 2018 (18.86), 2nd James Byrnes 2018 (13.58), 3rd Harry Webb 2019 (12.82) – Javelin 400g – U13 1st Louis Davis 2014 (40.72), 2nd William Prior 2013 (37.95), 3rd Michel Miller 2012 (35.28) – Javelin 600g – U15 1st Paul Brice 1978 (59.52), 2nd Benjamin Hocking 2018 (50.76), 3rd James Cook 2005 (49.80) – Javelin 700g – U17 1st Patrick Lewis 1980 (62.20), 2nd Paul Brice 1980 (57.98), 3rd Nick Nieland 1988 (5630)
Discus 1kg – U11 1st Harry Webb 2019 (14.86), 2nd Ben Kaspar 2022 (10.59) – Discus 1kg – U13 1st Chu Ononogbu 2022 (34.43), 2nd Oliver Hocking 2013 (30.53), 3rd Tom Peacock 2005 (28.54) – Discus 1.25kg – U15 1st Chu Ononogbu 2023 (46.33), 2nd Steven Marlow 1999 (43.00), 3rd Costi Karayannis 1993 (42.84) – Discus 1.5kg – U17 1st Nick Percy 2011 (62.96), 2nd Gary Hagan 2001 (52.44), 3rd Gabe Lamb 2021 (51.31)
Vortex – U11 1st Dennys Pascal 2023 (38.53), 2nd Harry Webb 2019 (32.87), 3rd Roan Parkes 2022 (31.46)

DIAMOND LEAGUE IN NEED OF POLISH – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

The Diamond League has sparkled this year, but there needs to be more continuity to take full advantage of this impressive product, writes KATHARINE MERRY. The 2023 Diamond League Final has, with good reason, gone down as the best standalone two-day meeting ever in terms of quality. It was a fitting culmination to five months of competition across four continents and 13 events. I was doing the in-stadium announcing at Hayward Field and I knew we were in for a good weekend when the first event, the men’s 400m hurdles, saw RAI BENJAMIN break the Diamond League record and set a world lead of 46.39, beating KARSTEN WARHOLM into the bargain. Before the event, I don’t think I’d have been alone in wondering if standards might slip a little, given that this final was coming at the end of a very long World Championships season, but the athletes were absolutely amazing. Again. The world records of GUDAF TSEGAY in the women’s 5000m and MONDO DUPLANTIS in the men’s pole vault were, of course, outstanding, but the fact there were also five Diamond League records, one world under-20 record, nine area records, 14 meeting records and 14 world-leading marks tells its own story.

It was wonderful to see that so few athletes wanted to take their foot off the pedal and there definitely wasn’t a “last day of school” feel to the performances. The majority of competitors seemed to want to wring every last drop out of the season. A few athletes had points to prove and, for someone like the 200m Olympic champion ANDRE DE GRASSE, running his fastest time of the year (19.76) and landing such a high profile win right at the death will make a big difference to his winter. He has not had the season he would have wanted but he now has confirmation again that he can run fast times and can beat quality opposition. It will have meant a lot to him psychologically. I don’t think we can underestimate how important it was for some athletes to perform at that point in the season either, especially with the Olympics coming next year. There have been some extraordinary moments over the course of this Diamond League season. There has been no shortage of stories across the events and it will be interesting now to see if there are any tweaks made to the format for next year. There were rumblings from the distance runners when the 10,000m was dropped but, then, the 5000m has seen two world records on the women’s side and been one of the most compelling events to watch. The hammer is not part of the schedule, either, and I had a great conversation in Eugene with my fellow Birchfield athlete BOB WEIR and his daughter JILLIAN, who won world bronze in the event last year, about this. There is obviously a lot of unhappiness because certain events are not on the circuit, have been totally ousted and are not able to get any air time, competition or money. I wonder if, going forward, there will be plans to schedule them in?

One of the big features of the season has been the emergence of so many new names and one thing that heartens me is that there is still significance attached to an athlete being able to make it into a Diamond League meeting. I do think that it’s one of the standards that a lot of athletes, younger athletes in particular, aspire to. The fact that they are making these start lines is hugely encouraging, too. That certainly won’t do any harm in trying to attract the younger audience which we keep being told is the key to the sport’s longevity. Another thing which would help, in my opinion, would be to ensure some continuity across the whole series of meetings. This is one area where I think some work really needs to be done. I would love to see the Diamond Leagues all with the same format, with every meeting happening on the same day of the week and at the same time to get regularity for fans to know when the action is happening. It would be wonderful to know that Friday night is athletics night, for example, and that it’s obvious when – every two or three weeks – you can watch the best.

I spoke about this with a few people out in Eugene and they all said the same thing. Everybody needs to know that it’s on at a certain time, on a certain day. Every time. What you really want is a whole brand continuity across all of the meetings – I’ve seen it done and work well in netball, another sport in which I’m heavily involved – but unfortunately we are probably not going to get this with athletics because the meetings are still in the hands of individual countries and spread across the world in different time zones! It’s still the case that you have these individual events contributing towards the schedule – and that can certainly be seen as one of the major problems. From the fans’ point of view, we also have to be honest and admit that it’s still too hard for people to find and watch. We have to make it more accessible. I know all these things are not that easy to do. But you have to try and, to be fair, I believe the sport is very much looking at how it might be able to do that. I have heard a few athletes who bemoan how difficult it can be to get a lane in a Diamond League and that it is becoming more and more exclusive. I don’t mind that, though.

You want the best athletes in the world at these events and I think a lot of Diamond Leagues do cater for the development of some events, albeit outside of the Diamond League programmes. The popularity of the Continental Tour appears to be growing, and providing more opportunity for competition, but we just have to make sure that’s up to scratch as well. This past summer has provided further evidence of how just how good a product we have on our hands at the top level of athletics. Now we’ve got to get better at showing it off.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023-2024 WINTER POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES – Currently the updated Winter Points and Club Championship tables are published on the SBH website.
Link to the updated Winter Points tables, following the 11 November Metropolitan League – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-points-tables/
Link to the draft of the Club Championships table, which will be updated following the 2 December Metropolitan League – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-club-championships/
Please select a document, following this you can print a copy for future reference.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 23 November 2023

Posted on 23/11/202323/11/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 23 November to Wednesday 29 November – Olivia Abbott, Clifford Barley, Ariel Carmel, Eva Copeland, Liam Dee, Hugo Francis, Oliver Greenstein, Tosin Jokosenumi, Brandon Kufazyinei, Lydia Rogers, Gianleo Stubbs, Milan Trajkovic, Fergus Watson, Teddy Wilson and Louis Xun

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to IZZY CLEMENT, HUGO FRANCIS, KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN, HOLLY RYAN and NOAH VAN DEN BERGH

SBH 133RD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Takes place on Tuesday 28 November in the 100 Club, East Stand, StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London (SatNav NW4 1RL), The AGM commences at 19.30, followed at approximately 20.00 with the Presentation of Awards for the 2023 Track & Field season, and 2022-2023 Cross Country season for both Men and Women. All are welcome especially the award winners.

This is the link to the Agenda for the 28 November 2023 AGM – SBH AGM Agenda 2023 Final

This is the link to Item 2 on this years Agenda, minutes of the AGM held on 29 November 2022 – SBH AGM Minutes 29 November 2022 Rev A

Following the AGM, the Best Performance Awards for the 2023 track and field season, and the 2022-2023 cross country season takes place. Congratulations to all our members who have won Best Performance Awards for 2023. The presentation will take place, immediately after the Club’s AGM on Tuesday 21 November. All winners, friends, and family, as well as members generally are welcome to attend.
This is the link to the Best Performance Awards winners – SBH Best Performance Awards 2023 (004)

LONDON YOUTH GAMES – Due to take place at Parliament Hill Fields on 18 November, and was cancelled. There were many comments on Facebook, all were not very complimentary.
This is what JEREMY SOTHCOTT had to say. A quite ridiculous decision to cancel and no real reason given other than a bit of rain which is unacceptable. Cross country is predominately run in wind, rain and mud and athletes/parents expect it. So disappointing for all the young athletes, team managers, parents and coaches. I would suggest you change the organiser and recruit someone with common sense!

RESULT
LONDON CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Parliament Hill on 18 November.
Senior Men (10000m) – GARY PELOSI V35 44th (41.49), ROBERT RIGBY V60 211th (48.44 2nd V60), PAUL MACARTHY V55 329th (54.31), BARRY HAWS V50 361st (56.53), SPIKE BLAKE U20 409th (61.27) the winner was Dominic Nolan of Croydon (36.41), 445 runners finished
Team Results – 1st London Heathside (37 points), 2nd Dulwich Runners (95), 3rd Cambridge Harriers (106), 13th SBH (945) 36 teams finished

Senior Women (6000m) – EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 54th (27.04), JO KENT V55 (2nd Claim) 97th (29.33), EMILIA ECONOMU 100th (29.39) the winner was Holly Dixon of Cambridge Harriers (23.01), 262 runners finished
Team Results – 1st Thames Hare & Hounds (45 points), 2nd Belgrave Harriers (55), 3rd Herne Hill Harriers (91) 31 teams finished

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…
1,159 events – 143,277 walkers, joggers and runners – 25,303 volunteers – 5,597 first timers – 14,067 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – Did you know … There are 2,000 parkrunners just 5k away from completing their 100th parkrunner?

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 18 November.
PAUL LEWIS V50 8th (22.31) this was his 21st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Blandford on 18 November.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 121st (37.09) this was his 191st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Edenbrook Country on 18 November.
JAMES DAVIS U23 75th (26.33) this was his 43rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gladstone on 18 November.
MARK COTTLE V35 3rd (18.47) this was his 21st Parkrun,

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gunpowder on 18 November.
STUART SINGER V60 34th (22.35) this was his 395th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 43rd (23.15) this was his 244th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 18 November.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 82nd (25.58) this was his 154th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill 18 November.
TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U17 2nd (PB 17.30) this was his 50th Parkrun, CALEB HILTON U15 6th (PB 18.28) this was his 14th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 18 November.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 145th (25.58) this was his 282nd Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 23 NOVEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 27 DECEMBER – The SBH 2023-2024 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet is now available on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

FRATERNITY AND SORORITY CUPS – Takes place on Saturday 25 November 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).
Timetable – 14.30 for Men/Women – Junior, Senior and Veteran. Numbers will be given out close to the start area.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The third fixture of five takes place on Saturday 25 November 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).
Timetable – 12.45 Under 11 Boys and Girls (2400m), 13.00 Under 13 Boys and Girls (3000m), 13.20 Under 15 Boys and Girls (4000m), 13.40 Under 17 Men and Women (5000m) distances are approximate. Numbers will be given out close to the start area. The times are as the 2022 fixture
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

SBH 133RD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING– Takes place on Tuesday 28 November in the 100 Club, East Stand, StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London (SatNav NW4 1RL), The AGM commences at 19.30, followed at approximately 20.00 with the Presentation of Awards for the 2023 Track & Field season, and 2022-2023 Cross Country season for both Men and Women. All are welcome especially the award winners.

VICTORIA PARK SPORTS MEDICINE 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.

WINTER POINTS RACE – The third Victoria Park Sports Medicine Metropolitan League fixture at Hillingdon, is the third fixture in the Winter Points Series for all age-groups.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACE – The Victoria Park Sports Medicine Metropolitan League fixture at Hillingdon, is the club championship race for the Under 20 Men, 5 Miles Senior Men and Masters Men 40+.

19TH EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 16 December at Lauken Park, Brussels, Belgium.
Note: You will be selected following the trials on the 25 November

SOUTHERN U15, U17, U20 AND SENIOR INDOOR COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 25 November and Sunday 26 November.
Events U15, U17, U20 & Senior Men & Women Pentathlon
Entries Closed

AN IN-DEPTH LOOK INTO THE 4x400M RELAY – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

A deep analysis of an athletics event that is full of drama, dedication and dependability. Olympic, world and European medallist now UK Athletics coach MARTYN ROONEY talks STUART WEIR through the recipe for success in an event which requires a very different set of skills.

Selecting the team – Relay selection comes down to a few criteria and we must work within the confines of the selection policy. Current form is obvious but choosing the best relay runners is key. Athletes with good relay technical skills and previous relay experience will come into play. For example, if there are two athletes with similar season’s bests over the individual 400m but one can run on multiple legs of the 4x400m and has run a really strong relay leg in the last couple of seasons, then they would probably be more likely to be nominated for selection. You’ll find that most of the athletes are very similar and it can be difficult to select one over another. Different events have requirements that are needed to compete at a World Championships or Olympics and the relay is an event requiring professionalism and the ability to be a “team player”. Individual sports require athletes to be selfish and driven, but in a team you need to accommodate each other, have good Communication skills and be able to support and improve your team-mates towards a common goal. I’m also aware that the relay members often need to be around athletes competing individually, so those relay team members need to bring the right energy to a camp. Poor attitude and behaviour simply can’t be tolerated at a senior championship when someone’s livelihood is on the line.

Each leg is different – Each leg provides a different challenge and relies on athletes with different strengths. For the first leg you need to be the most consistent runner and ideally within the top three from the first exchange – think low 45s (for men) and mid to high 50s (for women) – to make sure the team is competitive. The second leg is a busy one; technical baton skills, body awareness, competitive 200m speed and 800m awareness is hard to combine but necessary to compete at the top end. A good second leg can make all the difference in a race – too much traffic and you’re constantly chasing world-class runners. The third leg is the thinking athlete’s leg! You need to be aware of all that is happening throughout the race, who’s ahead and behind, where your outgoing runner needs to be to be competitive… all whilst managing your own effort and making sure you’ve got something left down the home straight. The anchor leg is seen as the run that everything hinges on but, in reality, it is a culmination of the first three legs as you can’t win it on your own! With the depth of 400m running globally, there are not many teams out there who can win a race on one leg.

FEMKE BOL is, of course, a standout athlete, but she still needs a 48 high split from LIEKE KLAVER to keep the team somewhere in the race. The last leg runner needs to be comfortable racing the best athletes, and a “healthy” ego is a good thing, but too much ego and they can overdo it and finish poorly. The last leg offers its own pressures. The race is tough, but now you are fighting other athletes for the medal. It’s a real battle but the best last leg runners can find that extra one per cent down the home straight.

Is it best to be leading going into the final leg? – It’s individual. Personally, I preferred to sit and kick. I used to find it relaxing. It suited me coming from a more middle/long distance background, and someone like KEVIN BORLOE is an expert – we both liked to sit and kick. But it depends on the individual. Every athlete has their own preference. Some athletes can’t sit on someone’s shoulder and need to be out in front. Pace judgment, stride pattern, needing to have a clear view can all have an impact on an athlete’s preference. I think if you come from a distance background, you’re probably better suited to sitting on someone’s shoulder, whereas a short sprinter might prefer clear air. I could run 44 flat solo running but I could run 43 if I could get someone else to take me round. This is classic KRISS AKABUSI from 1991. Someone does the work for you, and you just go past them and make a break for it late on in the race. That suited me down to the ground.

The 1991 World Championships men’s race was a game-changer – In Tokyo, Britain famously won the gold medal by changing the running order and putting the fastest athlete, ROGER BLACK, who usually ran the anchor leg, out first and putting KRISS AKABUSI on the final leg. What I liked about it was they understood the race and their strengths as a team; good communication and trusting each other led to the gold medal. That’s what we are working towards, a common athlete-led goal, understanding what it takes to get all the athletes on the podium. For me as an athlete, it was always about winning medals and now, for most of our athletes, the best opportunities to do that come in the relay. Being on that podium is a special place.

How to use your fastest runner – Each team is different, and each race requires a different order. We’re trying to play a game of chess with the aim of winning the race. To do this an athlete might have to run on a leg that they aren’t especially comfortable with, but ultimately it is what is best for the team. Ideally being involved in the race early on gives you the best chance of winning a medal. As I’ve said before, no matter how good you are, you can’t chase down world-class athletes when they have a 30 to 40m head start.

Changeovers – The efficiency of the changeover is important – you can lose a lot of time here if you make an unforced error. I’ve made mistakes in changeovers; in the mixed relay in 2019 we didn’t practise it enough and I left slightly early and had my hand a little too high for the incoming runner. Time wise it probably cost me just 0.1 but more importantly my position in the race meant I was under pressure rather than running into space. In a good changeover, the baton doesn’t slow down, the athletes exit the exchange zone at speed and are able to get into their run without clashes, so speed perception and being aware of your surroundings are key to this. We will look to develop an athlete’s ability to take and receive a baton at speed over the next few years from the age group teams up into the senior programme so that we can always call upon an athlete to do a job and survive the challenging changeover area.

Tactics and coaching – You can have your race plan, but every race is different, so it is essential to be prepared to go and do it in whatever way it takes to get you a medal. It’s being aware of what’s going on ahead of you, what’s behind you, and knowing who’s on your leg, what their strengths are, what their weaknesses are and almost knowing what people are going to do before they do it. We need to get the basics taught to the athletes – simple things like not overtaking on bends and the ability to make good exchanges. However, the best teacher is going to be experience. Just getting out there and racing relays and making mistakes. We need to give the athletes opportunities to be competitive and make those mistakes in safe environments.

Facing up to the strongest teams – Anything is possible in a relay. Ideally, we would have a team of fast runners and we could set it up on paper and we should win, but that’s not what elite sport is about. If you can put an athlete in a position to challenge and interrupt someone’s race, they may not be able to compete to the best of their ability and then they become vulnerable. There isn’t much that can be done when you’re up against a low 43 second runner (men) or a 48 second runner (women) if you’re not within a second of them on the flat… but, if you’re there, racing with them, you’ll be surprised how much more an athlete can find in a team event!

KIPLIMO EQUALS WORLD 15K BEST – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Olympic and world 10,000m medallist JACOB KIPLIMO equalled the 15km road race world best mark of fellow Ugandan JOSHUA CHEPTEGEI by winning in (41:05) in Njimegen, Netherlands. There was no signs of any records as KIPLIMO ambled through 5km in a pedestrian (14:24) though that did contain a testing hill around the 4km mark. However the next 5km was blitzed in (13:25) and he was through 10km in (27:49). The real damage though was done in the last 3km which he covered in an astonishing (7:41) as he completed the final 5km in (13:16) which gave him an incredible closing 10km of (26:41). His last kilometre was (2:31). Although (41:05) is the fastest ever performance in a standalone 15km race, it should be noted that KIPLIMO recorded a 15km split of (40:27) en-route to his half marathon world record in Lisbon in 2021.

ROGERS KIBET, also from Uganda, was second (42:44) ahead of Kenya’s AMOS SEREM (43:07) and home athletes FILMON TESFU (44:00) and MIKE FOPPEN (44.01). Kenya’s steeplechase world record-holder BEATRICE CHEPKOECH won the women’s race in (47:12) ahead of Israel’s LONAH CHEMTAI SALPETER (47:55). CHEPKOECH’S 5km splits were (15:35), (15:45) and (15:52). STELLA CHESANG of Uganda (48:02), Australia’s ISOBEL BATT-DOYLE (48:22) and Briton CHARLOTTE PURDUE (49:09) completed the top five positions.

Two of the photographs feature recent JACK PETCHEY award winners.

Congratulations to SIENNA DARCY U11 who received her award from SBH coaches TY HOLDEN and TOM SIENNA in 2023, ran in events from 60m up to 800m, and in cross country competed in the North West London and Metropolitan leagues.

Congratulations to REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 who received her award from SBH coach GRANT BROWN. REBECCA in 2023 improved her personal best in the High Jump to (1.72m) which ranks her UK No.6 U20 in 2023.

There is a photograph of the 1929-1930 cross country team, and they look a well groomed bunch of men, with the team managers dressed in suits and ties. The photograph was taken at 94 St George’s Avenue in Tufnell Park, Has anyone any idea’s what fixture was, as there is a cup in the foreground.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023-2024 WINTER POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES – Currently the updated Winter Points and Club Championship tables are published on the SBH website.
Link to the updated Winter Points tables, following the 11 November Metropolitan League – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-points-tables/
Link to the draft of the Club Championships table, which will be updated following the 2 December Metropolitan League – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-club-championships/
Please select a document, following this you can print a copy for future reference.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

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