Happy Birthday this week to Frank Attoh, Evey Becker, Kimmel Gordon-Tindle, Oyinade Omidiora, Fatoumata Savadogo, Philip Shelley, Stuart Singer, James Sothcott, Ellie Spain

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place in Zurich, Switzerland on 12-17 August.

DAY 5 16 AUGUST – 4 x 400m Relay Heat 2 RICHARD MORRISSEY ran a very solid Leg 3 for the Ireland team, which finished in 3rd place in a new Ireland National Record (3:03.57) qualifying for tomorrow’s Final.

DAY 6 17 AUGUST – 4 x 400m Relay Final RICHARD MORRISSEY ran Leg 3 again for the Ireland team, which finished in a superb 5th place breaking their own Ireland National Record which they set in the Semi-Final (3:01.67)

NICK PERCY USA BOUND – NICK is off to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln soon where he will study Health, Exercise and Nutritional Science. The University is one of the oldest in America, and recently celebrated its 145th Anniversary on 15 February 2014. Nebraska is a mid-western state and Lincoln is an up-and-coming city of 300,000 people.

Two recent (Huskers) athletes competed in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for Jamaica. Chad Wright finished 6th in the Discus final throwing (60.33m) and Nicholas Gordon in the Long Jump heats jumped (7.37m). Carl Myerscough one of GBs most successful athlete (Shot) is a former Husker, and holds the UNL record in the Shot (21.92m) and Discus (65.10m)

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Happy Birthday this week to Yamile Aldama, Dean Benzaken, Melissa Courtney, Daniel Greenstein, Rachel Hunter, Lidia Kyriacou, John Naylor, Kemi Olonade, Zachary Randall, Ian Tullet, Edwin Yamoah

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Zurich, Switzerland on 12-17 August.

DAY 1 12 AUGUST – 400m Heat 2 RICHARD MORRISSEY ran a personal best (46.20) finishing in 6th place qualifying as one of the fastest losers for tomorrow’s semi-final. RICHARD took .22 of a second off his previous PB set in 2013.

400m Hurdles Heat 3 SEB RODGER running his 2nd fastest time of the year, qualified fairly comfortably in 3rd place for tomorrow’s semi-final (49.88)

10000m Final BETH POTTER U23 competing just 10 days after her superb Commonwealth Games, PB at 10000m and her fine run the 5000m, was showing some signs of tiredness when finishing 14th (32:53.17) another fine performance

DAY 2 13 AUGUST – 400m Hurdles Semi-Final 1 SEB RODGER produced his best run of the year (49.47) finishing in 4th place, just missing out on qualification to the final. SEB took .04 of a second off his May time, and is ranked UK No.4 in 2014.

400m Semi-Final 2 RICHARD MORRISSEY running from Lane 1 was slightly below par finishing in 8th place (46.64)

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Happy Birthday this week to Shani Anderson, Lily Beckford, Neil Burnside, Juliet De Freitas Vile, Emily Ferenczi, Avigdor Fogelman, Zoe Levin, Euan Mackenzie, Hana McEwan, Kayomie Thompson, Gerda Vaitkaityte

COMMONWEALTH BRONZE MEDAL FOR JADE LALLY – Following her 6th place in Delhi in 2010, JADE won a well-deserved Bronze Medal. Her 6 throws were a model of consistency with 3 season’s best throws, JADE’S Bronze Medal throw came in the 5th round (60.48m) which is only 28cm behind her personal best set in 2011. She is now firmly the UK No.1 Discus thrower in 2014, and has now recorded 5 throws this season further than the UK No.2 Kirsty Law (57.15m)

COMMONWEALTH GAMES – Glasgow on 27 July to 2 August

DAY 4 30 JULY – 800m Heat 4 MARILYN OKORO (England) finished in 5th place (2:03.90) and qualified for the Semi-Final

400m Hurdles Heat 2 SEB RODGER (England) finished in 4th place (50.45)

Discus Pool A NICK PERCY U23 (Scotland) finished in 5th place (56.71m), Pool B ANGUS MCINROY (Scotland) finished in 7th place (SB 57.28m) adding 46cm to his May throw, and is ranked UK No.6 in 2014, ZANE DUQUEMIN (Jersey) finished in 8th place (57.26), ANGUS and ZANE qualified for the Final

DAY 5 31 JULY – 800m Semi-Final MARILYN OKORO (England) finished in 8th place (2:06.75)

100m Hurdles Heat 3 KYLIE ROBILLIARD (Guernsey) finished in 6th position (14.20 w-0.4 m/s)

Discus Women’s Qualifying JADE LALLY (England) with her 3rd throw finished in 5th place (57.13m) qualifying for the Final, SHADINE DUQUEMIN U23 (Jersey) finished in 14th place (48.77m)

Discus Men’s Final ZANE DUQUEMIN (Jersey) finished in 8th place (59.39m), ANGUS MCINROY (Scotland) finished in 12th place (54.12m)

DAY 6 1 AUGUST – Pole Vault Final GREGOR MACLEAN (Scotland) was injured in warm-up and therefore was unable to clear the opening height

Triple Jump Pool A NATHAN FOX (England) qualified for the final with his 1st attempt (16.17m w0.8 m/s), DANIEL LEWIS (Jamaica) qualified for the final also with his 1st attempt (16.17m w0.5 m/s)

4 x 400m Relay Men’s Heat 3 KRIS ROBERTSON (Scotland) ran on Leg 1 with Scotland finishing 3rd (3:03.94) which is a Scottish record

4 x 400m Relay Women’s Heat 2 GEMMA NICOL (Scotland) ran on Leg 3 with Scotland finishing 4th (3:33.91)

DAY 7 2 AUGUST – 5000m Final BETH POTTER (Scotland) following her outstanding run in the 10000m, BETH produced another top performance finishing in 9th place (15:44.38)

Triple Jump Final which took place in torrential rain NATHAN FOX (England) finished 6th (16.26m w0.6 m/s) which was his 5th attempt, DANIEL LEWIS (Jamaica) finished 7th (16.09m w0.6 m/s) which was his 2nd attempt

Pole Vault Final ZOE BROWN (Northern Ireland) failed to clear her opening height (3.80m) with the conditions absolutely horrendous

4 x 400m Relay Men’s Final KRIS ROBERTSON (Scotland) again ran Leg 1 with Scotland finishing 5th (3:04.07)

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Happy Birthday this week to Lis Ahlstrom, Kate Barber, Sagie Benaim, Rainer Burchett, John Dryden, Teigue McAuliffe, James Trapmore, Layla Walker-Lawrence, Victoria Webster

COMMONWEALTH GAMES – Glasgow on 27 July to 2 August

DAY 1 27 JULY – SHOT 7.26kg Pool A ZANE DUQUEMIN (Jersey) produced a seasons best (18.90m) to finish in 4th place, adding 4cm to his March put and ranks him UK No.1 in 2014

Hammer 4kg Pool A RACHEL HUNTER U23 (Scotland) produced a throw of (61.91m) finishing in 6th place, in the Final RACHEL improved to (63.29m) earning her a final position of 7th place

DAY 2 28 JULY – SHOT 7.26kg Final ZANE DUQUEMIN (Jersey) could not quite match his Qualifying put due to a slight injury, and finished in 9th place (18.16m)

High Jump Pool A DAVID SMITH (Scotland) was jumping with an injury finished equal 6th (2.11m), Pool B ALLAN SMITH U23 (Scotland) did not start

Triple Jump Pool B YAMILE ALDAMA V40 (England) qualified for the final in 2nd place with her 1st jump (13.29m)

Hammer Pool A CHRIS BENNETT (Scotland) finished in 4th place (68.01m) with his 1st attempt, DEMPSEY MCGUIGAN U23 (Northern Ireland) finished in 6th place (66.16m) with his 3rd attempt, both CHRIS and DEMPSEY qualified for the final

Decathlon WILLEM COERTZEN (South Africa) 100m Heat 3 3rd (PB 10.88 888 points) taking .01 of a second off 2009 time, Long Jump Pool A 5th (7.40m Total 1798 points), Shot 8th (13.70m Total points 2508 points), High Jump 8th (1.87m Total points 3195 points), unfortunately due to an injury WILLEM was unable to start the 400m.

DAY 3 29 JULY – 10000m Final BETH POTTER (Scotland) had what can only be described as the race of her life, and with just 10 laps to go she led the 3 Kenyan athletes for 4 laps. BETH finished in 5th place having a domestic battle with Kate Avery of England who just piped her on the line. BETH ran a personal best (32:33.36) taking 12.33 seconds off her May time, and ranks her UK N0.5 in 2014, also a New Club Record eclipsing the 32:36.07 set by SARAH WALDRON on 6 April 2012

Triple Jump Final YAMILE ALDAMA V40 (England) did not start

Hammer Final DEMPSEY MCGUIGAN U23 (Northern Ireland) finished in 11th place (64.79m), CHRIS BENNETT (Scotland) finished in 12th place (61.92m)

DAY 4 30 JULY – 800m Heat 4 MARILYN OKORO (England) finished in 5th place (2:03.90) and qualified for the Semi-Final

400m Hurdles Heat 2 SEB RODGER (England) finished in 4th place (50.45)

Discus Pool A NICK PERCY U23 (Scotland) finished in 5th place (56.71m), Pool B ANGUS MCINROY (Scotland) finished in 7th place (56.28m), ZANE DUQUEMIN (Jersey) finished in 8th place (57.26), ANGUS and ZANE qualified for the Final

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Happy Birthday this week to Nathan Bloom, Dylan Carlsson-Smith, Jeremy Chor, Gabrielle Coveney, Akin Coward, Victoria Dawes, Niall Fleming, Martin Grey, Freya Hufton, William Levy, Gemma Nicol, Dominic Thompson

WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Eugene. Oregon, USA from 22-27 July

Day 1 22 July – 100m Heat 4 OJIE EDOBURUN had an impressive win (10.43 w-0.2 m/s) and qualified for the Semi-Final . OJIE has been seeded to run Heat 1 and with the athletes drawn in this heat may have to run somewhere near his personal best time of 10.32 to qualify for the final.

Day 2 23 July – 100m Semi-Final Heat 1 OJIE EDOBURUN in what proved to be the fastest of the 3 heats OJIE certainly upped his game to finish in 3rd place (10.36 w0.0 m/s) qualifying for the final. The Final was a fast race with the 2 Americans taking the honours OJIE finished in a creditable 6th place (10.45 w-0.6 m/s)

NEW WORLD RECORD – ANTHONY WHITEMAN has broken his own World V40 800m record, running 1:48.05 at the BMC Grand Prix in Stretford on12 July. His previous record was 1:48.22 which he set in Indianapolis, USA on 6 June 2012. ANTHONY said he was quite shocked with the time, and is his fastest time since 2003 and ranks him 14th overall in the UK this year.

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Happy Birthday this week to Moses Arthur, Reinier Busitil, Jessica McMorrow, Leslie Odamtten-Addy, Louis Persent, Valerie Rowe, Paul Ruocco, Derek Surrey

8 MEDALS WON AT THE ENGLISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Which took place in Birmingham on 11-12 July

Congratulation to Gold Medallist REBECCA KEATING U20 (Hammer), Silver Medal came from AILIS MCGOVERN U20 (Pole Vault) and Bronze Medals from LILY BECKFORD U20 (400m), LIAM DEE U20 (1500m), JAMIE DEE U17 (3000m), SOPHIA PARVIZI-WAYNE U20 (3000m), ETHAN WALSH U20 (Pole Vault) and FELLAN MCGUIGAN U20 (Hammer)

200m – U15B Heat 1 OLY AROWOJOLU U15 2nd (PB 23.39 w-0.1 m/s) taking .31 of a second off his June time, in the Final OLY finished 5th (23.55 w2.9 m/s)

400m – U20W Heat 1 LILY BECKFORD U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (56.47) in the Final LILY won the Bronze Medal (54.90)

800m – U17M Heat 1 JAMAL LEWIS U17 1st (1:55.77), U20M Heat 1 BEN ROCHFORD U20 4th (1:53.95) in Semi-Final 1 BEN finished 6th (1:54.32)

1500m – U15M Heat 1 GEORGE GROOM U15 7th (4:21.83), Heat 2 JEREMY DEMPSEY U15 3rd (4:17.07) in the Final JEREMY finished 7th (4:17.10), U20M Straight Final LIAM DEE U20 won the Bronze Medal (3:50.52)

3000m – U17M Straight Final JAMIE DEE U17 won the Bronze Medal (8:43.25), U20W Straight Final SOPHIA PARVIZI-WAYNE U20 won the Bronze Medal (PB 9:38.48) taking 1.15 seconds off her June time, and is ranked UK No.8 U20 in 2014

75m Hurdles – U15G Heat 2 RACHEL CARTER U15 5th (PB 12.11 w1.5 m/s) taking .08 ofa second off her June time

High Jump – U17M Straight Final MATTHEW LALLY U17 6th (1.93m), U20W Straight Final MEGAN SMITH U20 (2nd Claim) 6th (1.63m)

Pole Vault – U17M Straight Final DYLAN CARLSSON-SMITH U17 4th (PB 4.30m) adding 5cm to his June vault, and is ranked UK No.4 U17 in 2014, the 2nd & 3rd finishing athletes also cleared 4.30m., GEORGE GRANT U17 10th (PB 4.00m) adding 5cm to his June vault, U20W Straight Final AILIS MCGOVERN U20 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal on count back (PB 3.80m) adding 5cm to her June vault, and is ranked UK No.5 U20 in 2014, U20M Straight Final ETHAN WALSH U20 won the Bronze Medal (4.60m)

Long Jump – U17W Straight Final EAVION RICHARDSON U17 4th (5.55m)

Triple Jump – U20W Straight Final YASMIN LAKIN U20 5th (11.57m w0.0 m/s)

Hammer 5kg – U17M Straight Final BILLY PRAIM-SINGH U17 (2nd Claim) 4th (PB 57.82m) adding 24cm to his June throw, and is ranked UK No.8 U17 in 2014

Hammer 6kg – U20M Straight Final FELLAN MCGUIGAN U20 won the Bronze Medal (64.76m), JAMES HAMBLIN U20 (2nd Claim) 4th (64.27m)

Hammer 4kg – U20W Straight Final REBECCA KEATING U20 won the Gold Medal (52.22m)

Javelin 600g – U15B Straight Final MICHAEL MILLER U15 5th (45.80m)

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Happy Birthday this week to Carol Backhouse, Nengi Ossai, Molly Patch, Jake Salem, David Smith

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to ZOE BROWN who vaulted (4.42m) in the Cork City Games on 8 July. Adding 2cm to her own record which she set on 22 June

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to CHRIS BENNETT who at the UK Championships broke the Club Senior Hammer Record. CHRIS threw in the (72.58m) in the Final eclipsing MICK JONES (72.48m) mark set in Crawley on 26 June 1996 incidentally MICK is currently coaching CHRIS.

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Happy Birthday this week to Brenda Atkinson, Euan Dickson-Earle, Rebecca Fall, Jack Fitzpatrick, Rebekah Gardiner, Louisa James, Thomas Patrick, Aidan Reynolds, Megan Smith, Ray Tucker, Geoff Williams, John Wright

KYLE LANGFORD – Congratulations to KYLE who has been selected to represent Great Britain & Northern Ireland in the IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 22-27 July. KYLE ran a personal best 1:47.41 in the 800m at the BMC Grand Prix at Watford, which ranks his UK No.1 U20 in 2014. He will looking to improve on the Bronze Medal he won at last year’s World Youth Championships

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Happy Birthday this week to Jude Beimers, Boluwatife Coker, Orlando Edwards, Rachel Felton, Ariana Gomes, James Hamblin, Louann Lamy, Kayla Michel, Natalia Pereverzina, Mark Popkov, Eavion Richardson, Seb Rodger, Nadeem Shaikh

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to ZOE BROWN who broke her own Senior Pole Vault Record recording 4.40m in the National League meeting in Athlone, Ireland on 22 June, adding 8cm to her previous mark set three weeks ago. ZOE has now exceeded the European Championships standard by 5cm which is being held in Zurich this August.

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to ROSALIND ZEFFERT V50 who broke the Veteran 50-54 Long Jump Record recording 3.90m at the Southern League meeting on 21 June at Allianz Park. The previous distance was 3.61m which was held by BRENDA FEE recorded at Enfield on 19 May 1997

U20/U23 MEDAL HAUL – We came away with 5 Gold and 5 Silver Medals at the England Athletics U20/U23 Championships which took place in Bedford on 21-22 June. Gold Medalists were KYLE LANGFORD U20 (800m), MELISSA COURTNEY U23 (1500m), ALLAN SMITH U23 (High Jump), NICK PERCY U23 (Discus) and RACHEL HUNTER U23 (Hammer). The Silver Medalists were SABRINA BAKARE U20 (400m), GEORGIA BELL U23 (800m), ADAM CARPENTER U23 (Pole Vault), SHADINE DUQUEMIN U23 (Discus) and LOUISA JAMES U23 (Hammer).

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Happy Birthday this week to Isaac Archer-Bux, Matiss Ippolito, Christopher McDonald, Stefan McNish, Isaac Lee-Own, Sophie Lewis, Megan Lilly, Freddie Shiret

GEORGE HARRISON MBE – Congratulations to GEORGE who received an MBE in the June Honours List for services to Athletics. GEORGE was a very talented endurance runner who very successfully moved into coaching and team management. He is currently Club President as well as the coach to many of our current crop of talented athletes including KYLE LANGFORD, MARK PEARCE and ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER. In the past he has coached current Club Record holders PAUL HERBERT, MARILYN OKORO and MIKE O’REILLY right through from club novice to International level. He also coached for a short period DAME KELLY HOLMES and a certain footballer/actor VINNIE JONES. One of his proudest achievements is when as a member of the Watford Sports Council 26 years ago, was instrumental in starting the Watford Open Graded Meetings. This commitment has continued right through to the present day as he was at this week’s meeting working on the seeding for the 800m races.

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Happy Birthday this week to Rebecca Andreou, Chloe Brassey, Adam Carpenter, Ella Collier, Ugochi Ekpecham, Charlie Etame, Oje Etome, Tony Henry, Dean Oamen, Mariana Toma, Ethan Walsh, Rick Ward, Paul Williamson, Murray Wilson

COMMONWEALTH GAMES TEAM ANNOUNCEMENTS – Congratulations to the following Shaftesbury Athletes who have been selected for the following teams – GUERNSEY – KYLIE ROBILLIARD (100m Hurdles), JERSEY – ZANE DUQUEMIN (Discus and Shot) and SHADINE DUQUEMIN (Discus), NORTHERN IRELAND – ZOE BROWN (Pole Vault) and DEMPSEY MCGUIGAN (Hammer), SCOTLAND – BETH POTTER (5000m and 10000m), ALLAN SMITH U23 (High Jump), DAVID SMITH (High Jump), GREGOR MACLEAN (Pole Vault), ANGUS MCINROY (Discus), NICK PERCY U23 (Discus), RACHEL HUNTER U23 (Hammer), CHRIS BENNETT (Hammer), GEMMA NICOL (4 x 400m Relay) and KRIS ROBERTSON (4 x 400m Relay).

The ENGLAND has been selected, but still to be published.

EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to ZANE DUQUEMIN (Shot), YAMILE ALDAMA (Triple Jump) and JADE LALLY (Discus) have been selected to represent Great Britain & Northern Ireland in the European Team Championships which is being held in Braunschweig, Germany on 21-22 June.

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Happy Birthday this week to Sunny Adepegba, Kelly Bramhald, Georgina Emanuel, Oje Etomi, Betty Forde, George Grant, Gemma Harper, Andrew Holmes, Ailis McGovern, Shana Miller, Anna Pachla, Kylie Robilliard, Darryl Stone, Steffi Wilson

KRIS ROBERTSON – Congratulations to KRIS who was a member of the Scotland 4 x 400m Relay squad that achieved the Commonwealth Games qualification standard of 3:04.5 in Belgium.

ZOE BROWN – Congratulations to ZOE who vaulted a personal best 4.32m in the Welsh Championships in Cardiff on 1 June, and broken her own Club Record of 4.30m which she set in Tullamore, Ireland on 22 July 2012. Not jumping the gun but ZOE has achieved the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games standard off 4.20m, so watch this space when the team is announced next week. ZOE competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where she finished 12th (4.00m), and the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester where she finished 7th (3.90m). Prior to this she competed in the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a gymnast. Photograph taken at Cardiff attached

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Happy Birthday this week to Dick Bober, Sophie Bowen, Zoe Cavendish, Richard Charles, Ojie Edoburun, Caitlin Halbard, Thomas Hufton, Maayan Radus, Nicola Rogers, Sophia Staab

BETH POTTER – Congratulations to BETH who achieved the Commonwealth Games Scotland qualification standard for the 5000m, she ran a personal best 15:40.79 in the BMC Grand Prix at Watford on 17 May 

COUNTY CHAMPIONS – Congratulations to the following winners – BEDFORDSHIRE – DEREECE O’CALLAGHAN U20 (400m), EAVION RICHARDSON U17 (Long Jump) – BERKSHIRE – REBECCA KEATING U20 (Hammer) – DORSET – STEFFI WILSON U23 (100m and 200m), GABRIELLE ROWSELL U23 (Long Jump), ANDREW ELKINS U23 (Hammer) – HERTFORDSHIRE – JESSICA HURLEY U15 (300m), ADAM SHIRET U15 (800m), JAMIE DEE U17 (800m), MIA GROOM U13 (1500m), FINN HARVEY U13 (1500m), MATTHEW HALL U20 110m Hurdles), MATTHEW LALLY U17 (High Jump), YASMIN LAKIN U20 (Long Jump and Triple Jump), FIONA MCQUIRE U17 (2nd Claim Triple Jump, Shot and Discus), MICHAEL MILLER U15 (Javelin)  –  KENT – LUCY UNDERDOWN (Discus) – MIDDLESEX – GEORGIA BELL U23 (400m), LILY BECKFORD U20 (2nd Claim 400m), RACHEL CARTER U15 (75m Hurdles), GEORGE GRANT U17 (Pole Vault), DEAN OAMEN U20 (Triple Jump), IZAIAH TURNER U20 (2nd Claim Discus), DEMPSEY MCGUIGAN U23 (Hammer), FELLAN MCGUIGAN U20 (Hammer) – OXFORDSHIRE – TARA KAFKE (HCA 400m) – SUSSEX – LOUISA JAMES U23 (Hammer) – WARWICKSHIRE – ROMEO SITHOLE (HCA) (High Jump), ETHAN WALSH U20 (Pole Vault), JO BLAIR (HCA Javelin).

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Happy Birthday this week to Jack Cobb, Elby Cinnamond, Liam Dee, Andrew Elkins, Richard Horton, Shalman Igbokwe, Ashok Mathur, Callum McCormick, Claire Miles, Ruairi McElhatton.

GREGOR MACLEAN – Congratulations to Gregor who has been selected to represent Scotland in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, following his personal best 5.45m in the Pole Vault at the British Athletic League match in Cardiff on 10 May.

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to KYLE LANGFORD who lowered the 800m Under 20 record, running 1:47.41 at the BMC Grand Prix at Watford on 17 May, and was also a UKA World Junior Qualification time. The previous record was 1:48.30 set by RICHARD CHARLES in Manchester on 1 June 2013.

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Happy Birthday this week to Abigail Bach, Dave Bradley, Sophie Brassey, Matti Brooks, Mohamed Charkaoui-Essouni, Sophie Connor, Conor Homer, Rebecca Hurley, Georgie Marlborough, Robert Pick, Michail Stamatoyiannis, Lucy Underdown

JIM CUNNINGHAM 1934-2014 – It is with regret that we announce the death of our Dad, Jim. Amongst other things he had a life committed to family and athletics. He concentrated on middle distance and cross country and he joined Shaftesbury Harriers in 1951. He was Club Captain for five years and also a Club 9 mile champion. Later he became a Life Member and President of the club. He was a AAA qualified coach and started coaching young athletes when we joined Shaftesbury in 1972/3. Even in his late 60’s and early 70’s he was still coaching young athletes at Copthall on a Sunday morning.  He remained active until recently, competing in the local park run two years ago.

Andrew and Phil.

On a personal note I joined the club in February 1984, and it was not long after that I competed in my first Metropolitan League race. Jim came over to me ready for the race and gave me what he thought should be my race plan, “Just follow me”. Unfortunately I did not heed his advice, after the race we shook hands and this was the start of a long friendship.

Jim & I crossed swords on many occasions, especially at the Metropolitan League fixtures. Jim had competed in 33 races, starting on 19 December 1981 at Parliament Hill Fields and his last race was on 9 October 2004 at Ruislip. My last race against Jim was on 20 October 1994 at Welwyn Garden City which turned out to be the closest finish we ever had, and I passed him on the run in finishing in 205th place with Jim two places back. He certainly bent my ear after the race saying he never saw me coming as “his glasses were steamed up”, we shook hands and later enjoyed a cup of tea in the clubhouse.

Over the past few years Jim has e-mailed me on many occasions expressing how he enjoys reading the weekly newsletter, and some of his suggestions I was only too pleased to include.

For any of Jim’s friends who wish to attend his funeral, it is on Wednesday 21st May at 11.30am at St Mary Magdalen Church, Whetstone and then at Hendon Crematorium at 1.00pm.  A reception will be held at North Middlesex Golf Club, Friern Barnet Lane. Family flowers only.  If wished, donations to North London Hospice or Macmillan.

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Happy Birthday this week to Sabrina Bakare, Chloe Edwards, Linda Elmore, Nathan Gammon, Chloe Goodson, Bilal Hasna, Joe Ive, Harshil Joshi, Leo Kaye, Noah Kaye, Kiran Kuri, Harry Kyriacou, Paul Laslett, Jenny Poll, Dominic Toolan, Carolina Weatherill

You may find the following Headlines and Results a little long (results from the past 3 weeks), so in true Shaftesbury spirit stick with it all the way to the “Finish Line”.

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to JESSICA HURLEY who set a new U15 300m time of 42.23 at the Hertfordshire Open Meeting on 5 May.

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Well I am back after a 2 week break. The reason I stood down was for personal family reasons, as it was becoming difficult to produce the newsletter. Following a discussion with Geoff Morphitis we agreed that I would continue producing the weekly newsletter, and will be issued on Thursday of each week.

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Happy Birthday this week to Tarlia Bailey, Matthew Craig, Michael Craig, Olive Curran, Melanie Ellis, Kevin Kapapiro, Scarlett Kent, James Noble-Brown, Dereece O’Callaghan, Simisola Oyesanya, Eniola Oyesanya , Robert Rigby, Efrem Tulu

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Happy Birthday this week to Fayyaz Ahmed, Ben Bellisario, Phillip Crout, Carmen Hogg, Julian Lamy, Phillipa Lowe, Michael Potticary, Ray Powell

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Happy Birthday this week to Dominic Bannister, Thomas Brennan, Richard Goodman, Alfredo Melao, Marie Sato, Yousif Shehabi, Barry Walsh

WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONS – The World Masters Indoor Championships took place in Budapest, Hungary from the 25-30 March. ANTHONY WHITEMAN V40 came away with 2 gold medals and GREG DUNSON V50 won a Gold Medal.

ANTHONY in his first appearance in a World Masters Championships won the Gold Medal in his number 1 event the 800m, he eased through the heats (2:01.42) then won his semi- final (2:03.44) in the final he moved up a gear or two winning the Gold Medal (1:52.60). ANTHONY stepped up to the 3000m and proved too strong for the opposition winning the Gold Medal (SB 8:49.86) finishing 12.82 seconds in front of the runner up, his run ranks him UK No.2 V40 in 2014. GREG DUNSON V50 was competing in his first Indoor Championships after winning 3 Outdoor Hurdles titles. GREG won his heat (8.78) and in the final secured the Gold Medal (8.53). NENGI OSSAI V35 competing in his first Indoor Championships opened his 60m account winning Heat 5 in a personal best (6.99) taking .11 of a second off his V35 time in 2011, which ranks him UK No.3 V35 in 2014. NENGI won his semi-final (7.04), in the Final he finished just outside the medals in 4th place (7.05).

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The fixtures shown are just the basic information. For all Information on each fixture (How to enter etc) please refer to the two attached documents. 

Events that have a MARCH closing date – are 13/15 Pentathlon at Lee Valley on Sunday 30 March, Entries close on Wednesday 19 March. Under 13/15 Open at Lee Valley on Sunday 30 March, Entries close on Sunday 23 March.

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Happy Birthday this week to Khalid-Ali Ahmed, Saleh Al-Minji, James Grant, Patrick Jacobs, Dita JaJa, Lianne Langford, Harry Lodovica, Kieran Moreland, Charlton Omorogbe, Ian Rawlinson, Elma Rizvanovic, Sarah Sharnia, Dian Taylor

SILVER AND BRONZE MEDALS AT ENGLAND U15/U17/U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS – which place in Sheffield over the week-end, our UK No.1 U20 sprinter OJIE EDOBURUN U20 won the 60m Silver Medal (6.73) just 2 hundredths of a second behind the winner. DYLAN CARLSSON-SMITH U17 who is UK No.3 U17 in 2014 claimed the Pole Vault Bronze Medal (4.00m)

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The fixtures shown are just the basic information. For all Information on each fixture (How to enter etc) please refer to the two attached documents. 

Events that have a MARCH closing date – are Birmingham Open Meeting on Saturday 22 March and Sunday 23 March, Closing date paper entries Entries Closed, online entries Saturday 8 March. 13/15 Pentathlon at Lee Valley on Sunday 30 March, Entries close on Wednesday 19 March. Under 13/15 Open at Lee Valley on Sunday 30 March, Entries close on Sunday 23 March.

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Happy Birthday this week to Ade Adefolalu, Beth Anderson, James Brennan, Thomas Carey, Charlie Griffiths, Eleanor Hunt, Anthony Jackson, Andrew Magnall, Ellie McNamara, David Parker, Peter Stainer, Nadiye Woodroffe, Alice Yau

SHAFTESBURY TOP CLUB IN ENGLAND – What a day to remember at the National Cross Country Championships which took place in Wollaton Park, Nottingham on 23 February. The Under 17 Men’s team of JAMAL LEWIS, JAMIE DEE, ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER and, GREG COOKE became National Champions winning by 70 points, and now hold the cross country and road relay National titles.

There were Individual Silver Medals from RICHARD GOODMAN who has been outstanding on the country and finished just 8 seconds off the winner, JAMIE HARPER U13 in his third National (7th last year) was only 11 seconds behind. JAMIE along with THOMAS PATRICK, HENRY FULTON and FINN HARVEY won a well-deserved Under 13 team Bronze Medals. The Under 20 Men’s team of MICHAEL CALLEGARI, LIAM DEE, BEN ROCHFORD and MARK PEARCE also won the team Bronze Medals. The Senior Men’s team were only just outside the Medals finishing in 4th place, and what is very satisfying is they finished 5th in the 9 to score Championship. Finally the Under 15 Boys finished in 6th position.

Well done to you all, and especially to the Boys/Men’s teams whose results in the 5 Championships cemented our position as the Top Club currently in England. The aggregate points totals are as follows 1st Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers 1008 points, 2nd Aldershot. Farnham & District 1184 points, 3rd Bedford & County 1270 points and 4th Tonbridge 2404 points

We also won “The Persil Trophy” for the lowest aggregate score in the Senior, U20 and U17 Men’s Championships.

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HAVE YOU ENTERED YET – The Hertfordshire, Middlesex & Kent Championships which are on Saturday 15 March & Sunday 16 March, Closing date is Friday 28 February.

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HAVE YOU ENTERED YET – The Hertfordshire, Middlesex & Kent Championships which are on Saturday 15 March & Sunday 16 March, Closing date is Friday 28 February.

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Events that have a FEBRUARY closing date – are England Athletics Under 20, Under 17 & Under 15 Championships on Saturday 1 March & Sunday 2 March, Closing date is Saturday 7 February. March England Athletics Under 17 & Under 15 Combined Events Championships on Saturday 8 March & Sunday 9 March, Closing date is Saturday 14 February. BMAF Championships on Saturday 8 March & Sunday 9 March, Closing date is Saturday 22 February.

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Happy Birthday this week to Onochie Achike, Gerald Alterman, Lucy Boggis, Rachel Carter, Russell Devitt, Emma Dwan, Obi Egbunike, Rachael Fatuade, Alex Fugallo, Travis Hudson, Kyle Langford, Nicholas Nieland, William Prior, Yee Yewt Smart

EUROPEAN INDOOR TRACK & FIELD TOUR – England Athletics have selected a number of up-and- coming athletes a great development opportunity to experience International competition.

Congratulations to GREG CACKETT (60m) and SEB RODGER (400m) will be competing in Vienna, Austria on 28 January. Also ELLIE SPAIN has been appointed Team Coach for Vienna, Austria and Linz, Austria on 30 January.

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Happy Birthday this week to Tilly Adams, Manuella Alvarez, Jessica Brew, Josephine Chadwick, Crystal Collins, Charly Doyon, Molly Garden, Matthew Grant, Sam Hynes, Jade Ive, Jamal Lewis, Freddy Nash, Julia Nilova, John Otugade, Joseph Redwood, Chloe Rixon, Jaba Sokoya, Martha Whiting

JOHN KELLY – Congratulations to John who ran his 99th Senior race at the last Metropolitan League, and he is intending joining our other two Centurions at the next race at Wormwood Scrubs on 8 February. John’s first race was on 16 December 1978 (Aged 25) at Woodford, where he finished a respectable 48th (27.00) and was Shaftesbury’s first man home. Other SBH runners on that day were Russell Devitt, Gerry Elmore, John Hutchinson, Dave Mashiter, Ken Tollady, Crosby Walker and Doug Walsh.

The next member of the 100 club should be Philip Cunningham who has now run 94 races. So all you U17/U20 runners are probably looking forward to joining the 100 club in around 2040.

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Happy Birthday this week to Hannah Brown, Rhodri Meredith, Stephanie Paparizos, Mark Pearce, Anya Rodriguez, David Stone, Shaquille Thomas

BARNET SECONDARY SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place this Wednesday 15 January at Allianz Park. Age-groups are Years 7, 8 & 9, 10 & 11, 12 & 13 Boys and Girls. Barnet teams will be selected from this race, to run in the Middlesex schools.

KNOLE PARK CHAMPIONSHIPS, SEVENOAKS – This year was the 40th year of probably the most prestigious race in the Schools Calendar. With four of our runners representing St Albans School they won the Under 19 Championship (9.7k) for the first time in 10 years. With 6 to score they has a total of 106 points, 2nd were Judd School (who had won the championships for the previous 6 years) 162 points and Shrewsbury School were 3rd with 179 points.

Results MARK PEARCE 4th (32.44), ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER 5th (33.31), JOE REDWOOD 10th (34.07), ADAM THORPE 28th (35.52), 42 schools finished a team, 335 runners finished.

In the Women’s Under 19 Championships SOPHIA PARVIZI-WAYNE running for Highgate School finished 2nd, and awaiting results to be published

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Happy Birthday this week to Frank Bailey, Frankie Fox, Julian Goater, Mark Goddard, Taariq John-Clarke, Alexander Journet, Naomi Kendall, Gabriella Kyriacou, Stephen Murphy, Gerry O’Brien, Darel Ritter, Trudy Thompson, Mary Wu

DAVE BEDFORD HONOURED – DAVE was awarded the OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to athletics and charitable fundraising.

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On behalf of the club we wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Successful and Injury fee New Year. The next issue of the Newsletter will be on 6 January.

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Happy Birthday this week and the following week to Alexis Abayomi, Daniel Abrey, Jackie Agyepong, Femi Ayodele, Dave Bedford, Gemma Bennett, Ronan Breen, Thomas Bryant, John Carr, Aron Chase, Joe Chott, Willem Coertzen, Dominic Easter, Charles Fogg, Michael Fox, Charles Gunning, Sarah Heath, Glynne Jenkins, Chimdi Kema, Kojo Kyereme, Jerome Lule, Angus Mckenzie, Abi Oyepitan, Tim Parkin, Martyn Pattinson, Maria Pereverzina, Beth Potter, Harry Sagel, Curtis Samuels, Rachel Shaw, Allan Scott, Ciara Stewart, Matthew Webster

On behalf of the club we wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Successful and Injury free New Year. The next issue of the Newsletter will be on 6 January.

BOXING DAY – There is only one place to spend Boxing Day morning and that is at the Club house in Allianz Park for the annual Boxing Day run.  Start is at 11am so be there at 10.30 or just before to register.  Entry fee for the run is just £1 and there are prizes for each age group male and female winners could win £5000.  Free  Hot drinks, a raffle with magnificent prizes donated by members.

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Just received information on the following – MIDDLESEX CHAMPIONSHIPS which is on Saturday 15 March and Sunday 16 March at Lee Valley. Entry fee £5 per event, No under 13s. Entries close on Friday 28 February (Entry form attached). The HERTFORDSHIRE and KENT championships take place at the same meeting (awaiting entry forms).

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Happy Birthday this week to Chris Bennett, Tom Brooks, Timothy Buckle, Margaret Cooper, Jeremy Dempsey, Deanna Emeny, Thomas Fulton, Matthew Lally, Michael Miller, Mustaf Mohamed, Harry Scott

KYLIE ROBILLIARD SELECTED FOR COMMONWEALTH GAMES – Kylie has been selected to compete for Guernsey in next year’s games in Glasgow. On speaking to Kylie she is pumped up and exited on her selection, and she has achieved the selection criteria required (14.6) on numerous occasions this year with her best in 2013 (13.69). Kylie hopes to be running in the region of 13.3’ and 2’s next season in preparation for the games.

RACHEL FELTON SELECTED FOR ENGLAND – Rachel has been selected to run for England in the Belgium Cross Cup event in Brussels on Sunday 22 December. The selectors have picked athletes that did not go to Belgrade for the European Championships in an effort to give further athletes the opportunity for top class competition.

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Happy Birthday this week to Jordan Archer, Thomas Bedford, Michael Bower, Lola Cohen, Sophie Cohen, John Kelly, Dan Watts, Glen Watts.

Special congratulations to John Kelly on reaching his 60th birthday on Tuesday 10 December

20TH EUROPEAN CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to RICHARD GOODMAN and MICHAEL CALLEGARI on their performances in a somewhat cold Belgrade. RICHARD was 2nd in the U20 race in 2011, also the GB&NI won the team Gold Medal. This year  running in the U23 race he also won an excellent team Gold Medal, and was 5th man home finishing in 21st place (24.41). MICHAEL was third GB finisher in the junior race, finishing in 22nd place (18.35), the team just missed out on a medal finishing in 4th place.

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Happy Birthday this week to Andre Beswick, Gregory Dunson, Linda Fogg, Samuel Morris, Marie Munk Jakobsen, Nonso Okolo, Nick Percy, Ross Sambrook, Nick Smith, David Vaughan

CONGRATULTIONS TO RICHARD GOODMAN U23 AND MICHAEL CALLEGARI U20 – Who have been selected to represent GB & NI in the European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Sunday 8 December. We have realistic chances of medals in both teams, with RICHARD in the Under-23 team and MICHAEL in the Under-20 team.

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Happy Birthday W/C 18 November to Neil Addison, Jamie Dee, Lola Downes, Greg Hurley, Emily Neilan, Eloise Newman, Taneisha, Robinson-Scanlon, W/C 25 November to Amanda Bailey, Clifford Barley, Kate Jones, Sean Lodovica, Andrew Mensah, Gareth Price, Imogen Smith, Sam Taylor-Outridge, Pascaline Wangui

VOTE, VOTE, VOTE, PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS WHO HAVE HAD A GREAT YEAR, CLOSING DATE IS THIS FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER ‘SO VOTE NOW’ – Athletics Weekly is holding its ‘Readers Choice Awards’, and we have two athletes in the following categories. British Junior Female Athlete – SABRINA BAKARE and British Breakthrough Athlete – SEB RODGER. This is the link to vote http://athleticsweekly.com/news/awards-2013

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Happy Birthday this week Wilson Aduntow, Katie Alcock, Greg Cackett, Alfie Castang, Max Castang, Woody Castang, Nathan Davies, Hannah Dickson, Sam Griffiths, Tony Packham, Saam Kyu Smart, Matthew Webster, Anthony Whiteman, Nadia Williams

STOP PRESS – SBH PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS 2013 AND WIN LEAGUE CLUB OF THE YEAR 2013 TROPHY – The British Athletic League AGM was held on Saturday 16 November. There were two important announcements.

Following confirmation of the disqualification (for a drug offence) of a City of Manchester athlete who had competed in Round 4 of the BAL Premiership at Allianz Park, the match was rescored with the original result of 1st SBH 366, 2nd City of Manchester 319 and 3rd City of Sheffield 308 was revised as follows: 1st SBH 366, 2nd City of Sheffield 310, 3rd City of Manchester 295

The revised final Premiership table now reads: 1st SBH 28 League Points (1341 Match Points), 2nd City of Manchester 28 (1248), 3rd City of Sheffield 18 (1058).

SBH therefore retained their premiership title first won in 2012 and will be representing GB&NI in the European Champion Clubs Cup for Senior’s in Portugal on 24 and 25 May 2014.

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Welcome to first Issue of the SBH Indoor fixtures and results newsletter. The fixture card included fixtures at Lee Valley, but we will also provide information on Crystal Palace, Newham & Essex Beagles, Thames Valley Harriers and Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow Indoor meetings. 

Please enter yourselves for all events, also the British Athletics Indoor Championships are on Saturday 8 February and Sunday 9 February in Sheffield, the World Indoor Championships are on Friday 7 March until Sunday 9 March in Sopot, Poland, and finally the World Masters Indoor Championships are on Tuesday 25 March until Sunday 30 March in Budapest, Hungary.

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Happy Birthday this week Wilson Aduntow, Katie Alcock, Greg Cackett, Alfie Castang, Max Castang, Woody Castang, Nathan Davies, Hannah Dickson, Sam Griffiths, Tony Packham, Saam Kyu Smart, Matthew Webster, Anthony Whiteman, Nadia Williams

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Welcome to first Issue of the SBH Indoor fixtures and results newsletter. The fixture card included fixtures at Lee Valley, but we will also provide information on Crystal Palace, Newham & Essex Beagles, Thames Valley Harriers and Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow Indoor meetings. 

Please enter yourselves for all events, also the British Athletics Indoor Championships are on Saturday 8 February and Sunday 9 February in Sheffield, the World Indoor Championships are on Friday 7 March until Sunday 9 March in Sopot, Poland, and finally the World Masters Indoor Championships are on Tuesday 25 March until Sunday 30 March in Budapest, Hungary.

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Happy Birthday this week Shadine Duquemin, Andrew Eleftheriou, Olivia Fitzpatrick, Richard Johnson, Billy Kelsey, Daniel Lewis, Makeda Lewis, Mali Lewis, Charles Romito, Patrick Sarota, Suzu Sato, Allan Smith, Trecia Smith, Dave Thomson, Isobel Thompson, Tahlia Weller-Harris, Leyla Woodroffe

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Happy Birthday this week Lewa Adebayo, Jessica Concannon, Bethany Halbard, Glasford Jones, Simon Keene, Chisom Nwachukwu, Richard Samuel, Eben Sarpong, Joe Sherry, Claire Simm, Louise Watton

Special congratulations to Simon Keene on reaching his 60th birthday on Monday 28 October

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALLAN SCOTT – Allan has been appointed as Apprentice Coach at Scottish Athletics. The apprenticeship programme will support former top-class athletes in becoming coaches and was launched by sportsscotland.

The Coaching Futures initiative will see eight sports employ athletes who will use their knowledge and expertise to help develop and inspire the next generation of champions.

At a launch event on Wednesday night (9 October), the eight apprentices, who started their roles at the beginning of the month, were given an inspirational talk by Glasgow Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend.

NICK PERCY – has been short-listed for Scotland’s Under 20 Athlete of the Year award, which will be announced at the awards dinner on 26 October. Nick has been nominated along with Jake Wightman and Shaun Wyllie. 

European U20 medallists NICK PERCY and JAKE WIGHTMAN shared the honours in that age-group with Wightman having won gold in Italy at 1500m with silver medallist Percy following up his age-group success with a Scottish senior title and early selection for the Commonwealth Games – at 18.

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Happy Birthday this week Serena Clarke, Amy Clemens, Eromo Egbor, Nathan Fox, Robert Gayler, Nabil Haque, Alexander Kola, Nana Nottinson-Nyaaku, David Pearlman, Callum Scutt, Victoria Walker, Richard Williams

Special congratulations to Joyce Smith on reaching her 76th birthday on Saturday 26 October and Gerry Elmore on reaching his 71st birthday on Friday 25 October

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