SBH Photographs Taken In 2024 – Month By Month
FEBRUARY – The British Masters Indoor Championships took place at Lee Valley on 17-18 February, KOJO KYEREME competing in the M45 400m won the Bronze Medal (PB 54.10i) which ranked UK No.3 V35 in 2024.
MARCH – KOJO KYEREME triumphs in the World Masters Indoor Championships in Torun, Poland
Firstly on the 20 March the M45 800m took place, with KOJO drawn in Heat 2 and finished 2nd (2:10.96i),the Final took place the next day and was a close race with RAMON GONZALEZ of Spain taking the Gold medal (2:01.87i) with KOJO taking the Silver medal (2:02.48i).
The M45 1500m heats took place on the 22 March with KOJO drawn in Heat 2 and finished 4th (SB 4:25.89i), the Final took place the next day, with KOJO looking refreshed, he ran an excellent race and took the Gold medal (SB 4:04.01i) taking 21.88 seconds off his H2 time, and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2024, getting revenge on GONZALEZ who finished 3rd (4:06.59i).
APRIL – NICK PERCY went to No.2 on the UK All-Time Discus rankings.
He set a Scottish record, European and Olympic qualifying mark of (67.73m) in Oklahoma on 6 April, improving his PB by more than two metres.
NICK had also improved his own Scottish record of (65.00m) – which was achieved at the UK Champs in 2022 – and the mark was a qualifying standard for the European Championships in Rome this summer and Olympic Games in Paris. NICK won medals in discus and hammer at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2011 and was runner-up in the European Under-20 Championships in 2013. He has gone on to compete in the World Championships twice, the European Champs and Commonwealth Games, placing fifth in the latter in 2022, but Paris would be his first Olympics.
MAY – ROBERT RIGBY is a very busy and competitive athlete, and holds Club Records V55-59 10K 36.02, Half Marathon 1.24.58 and V60-64 10K 38.40.
This year ROBERT has been elected the new Right Worshipful Lord Mayor of Westminster following a vote on May 15. Councillor ROBERT, whose late father was elected Mayor of Hornsey – later to become Haringey – in May 1963, has represented Regent’s Park ward on Westminster City Council since 2010. The 63-year-old has lived in St John’s Wood for more than 35 years and has previously served as chair of the planning committee and deputy cabinet member for finance and regeneration.
JUNE – The first National Athletics League of the season started at Chelmsford on 1 June. It proved to be an outstanding performance from the team, winning the match with 600 points, to Chelmford’s 536 points.
There were so many outstanding performances, which were published in the 6 June SBH Weekly Newsletter.
The following photographs were taken by DANIEL REES.
CLYDE GORDON and GEOFF MORPHITIS finalising the team declaration.
GEOFF MORPHITIS looking in a buoyant mood prior to the match
KRISHAWN AIKEN winning the 100m A race in a seasons best (10.35 w3.8) taking .21 of a second off his 25 May time
PHOENIX LYON finishing 2nd in the 100m B race in a personal best (10.54 nwr) equalling his 2023 time
HAYLEY MCLEAN finishing 2nd in the 200m A race (24.62 w3.6)
NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U20 finishing 3rd in the 100m Hurdles B race (14.73 w3.1)
CRAIG MONCUR U23 finishing 3rd in the 110m Hurdles A race with a personal best (14.95 w4.5) taking .23 of a second off his 5 May time
BEN ROCHFORD finishing 2nd in the 400m Hurdles B race with a personal best (60.71)
HAYLEY MCLEAN winning the 400m Hurdles A race (59.92)
JADE IVE winning the Pole Vault A string (4.25m)
KENAN STEPHENS U23 finishing 2nd in the Long Jump A string with a season’s best (6.75m w3.1)
HAYLEY MCLEAN on the final leg of the 4x100m Relay, the team of AZARIA NWANKWO, OLIVE HARVEY-DEW, NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, HAYLEY MCLEAN won with a season’s best (50.39)
KRISHAWN AIKEN on the final leg of the 4x400m Relay, the team of PHOENIX LYON (52.2), JACOB CLEMENT (52.8), STEVEN GARRETT (50.7), KRISHAWN AIKEN (51.6) won with a season’s best (3.26.30)
4x400m RELAY TEAM the winning team of PHOENIX LYON, JACOB CLEMENT, KRISHAWN AIKEN andSTEVEN GARRETT
JULY – A Sign of the times at STONEX STADIUM, as you can see Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers can be more recognisable as you enter StoneX Stadium. The 2 signs are located at both vehicular entrances to Copthall fields. The signs were designed and erected by GERALD FOX on the right in the photograph. He was assisted by JOHN KELLY on the left in the photograph and BEN KELLY in the sighting of the signs.
STACEY GONZALEZ V50 – Celebrating after wiining the Discus 1kg Silver Medal (27.30m) in the British Masters Championships in Derby on 28 July. This was a new SBH Club Record.
AUGUST – Congratulations to JENNY POLL and NICK, who married her boyfriend of 15 years last week, it was a beautiful day, filled with love and laughter. Her fox red Labrador BAXTER was the ring bearer and stole the show. Photographs are of JENNY and NICK pus BAXTER in his finest suit (which JENNY made) on the big day.
SEPTEMBER – A sad occasion for the Club, when ETHAN WALSH passed away. ETHAN was involved in a car accident on 11 September, and tragically, passed away, aged 27, from his injuries the following Friday.
ETHAN joined Shaftesbury in January 2014 aged 16. In his early years as a junior, he was a regular in the UK YDL, and BAL teams. He finished 2nd in the European Clubs Junior Championships in Turkey, and again in Spain. His personal best was 4.90m achieved in the 2016 UK YDL match at Eton. His 3 years as an Under 23 saw him progress to being a 5m vaulter, with a personal best of 5.30m. In 2019, he won a bronze medal in the England Championships. 2020 saw him vault his current personal best of 5.36m. He also won a silver medal in the England Indoor Championships, and a bronze medal in the England Outdoor Championships. From 2021, ETHAN was a regular in the National Athletics League team, and in 2023 he won a silver medal in the England Outdoor Championships.
Photograph of ETHAN taken at the 2016 European Junior Club Championships in Castellon, Spain. ETHAN who had competed in 2015 at Istanbul, Turkey, was a member of a young and relatively inexperienced SBH team with only 4 top year juniors arrived in Castellon via Barcelona with no real expectations other than achieving a 3rd place finish on a good day to match the 2015 result. The Turkish and Spanish teams were in buoyant mood boasting strong squads based on having finished in the top 2 in 2014 and 2015. ETHAN produced a vault of (4.80m) to finish in second place, enabling the SBH team to secure an outstanding win with 123 points, second was Fernbahce, Turkey with 116 points and third Castellon, Spain with 93 points.
SOUTHERN ROAD RELAYS – Took place on 21 September at Aldershot. The Senior Men’s won the Silver Medals (1:49.08) Leg 1 THOMAS BUTLER 6th (18:06.26), Leg 2 DYLAN EVANS 1st (17:54.65), Leg 3 JAMIE DEE 1st (17:48.36), Leg 4 JUDE BELL 3rd (18:54.54), Leg 5 JEREMY DEMPSEY 2nd (18:31.17), Leg 6 LIAM DEE 2nd (17:52.83)
The photograph from left to right – JEREMY DEMPSEY, JUDE BELL, THOMAS BUTLER, SIMON KEENE, DYLAN EVANS, JAMIE DEE and LIAM DEE
Link to the photograph – B1 Southern 6 Stage Road Relays21-09-24
LYDIA ROGERS – Congratulations to LYDIA who recently passed her UKA Assistant Coaching course, and will be available at the StoneX Stadium. Her events are Sprints, Long Jump and Triple Jump.
RAMSEY GILL U15 – Recently competed in the English Schools Compbined Events Championship on 21/22 September at Northwood Stadium, Stoke-On-Trent.
The event was reduced to 4 events due to torrential rain and lightning, it was a shame to end the day that way especially as RAMSEY was hoping for another PB in the 800m.
RAMSEY finished 17th with 2128 points, with Hertfordshire finished 3rd with 6355 points, Essex won with 6861 points, Kent were 2nd with 6785 points.
Result – 80m Hurdles (PB 13.3 w-1.0) taking .97 of a second off his 22 June fight, Shot 4kg (10.65m), Long Jump (PB 5.49m w-1.5) adding 8cm to his 22 June jump, High Jump (PB 1.71m) adding 12cm to his 22 June height.
OCTOBER – NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS – Took place on 5 October at Sutton Park, Birmingham. The Senior Men’s won the Silver Medals (1:44.19) Leg 1 ISAAC HIRSHAM CHANDLER U23 7th (17.15), Leg 2 THOMAS BUTLER 10th (17.38), Leg 3 JEREMY DEMPSEY 3rd (17.32), Leg 4 JAMIE DEE 2nd (17.14), Leg 5 DYLAN EVANS 2nd (17.24), Leg 6 LIAM DEE 2nd (17.16)
The photograph from left to right – JAMIE DEE, THOMAS BUTLER, LIAM DEE, JEREMY DEMPSEY, DYLAN EVANS and ISAAC HIRSHAM CHANDLER U23 7
Link to the photograph – B3National 6 Stage Road Relays 05-10-24
Congratulations to JAMIE BATH who received the England Athletics award for Services to Athletics and Running, which took place in London on 2 October.
NOVEMBER – NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS – Took place on 2 November at Mansfield. The Senior Men’s won the Gold Medals (1:00.10) Leg 1 ISAAC HIRSHAM CHANDLER U23 15th (15.16), Leg 2 LIAM DEE 6th (14.56), Leg 3 DYLAN EVANS 1st (14.57), Leg 4 JAMIE DEE 1st (15.01)
The photograph from left to right – LIAM DYLAN EVANS, ISAAC HIRSHAM CHANDLER U23 and JAMIE DEE
THE SECOND RE-UNION AT THE SHAFTESBURY TAVERN – Phil Cunningham sent me the following;
Last year a group of us meet at the Wrestler’s Pub where the first known picture of Shaftesbury Harriers was taken. This year we thought we would have another get together in the Shaftesbury Tavern in Hornsey. We will be meeting at 7pm on Wednesday 4 December 2024. The Shaftesbury Tavern is located on the corner of Shaftesbury Road and Hornsey Road. It would be great to see some of you there!
The Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Centenary Year Book states: And so it came about that in 1890 a few lads, most of whom would have been about 16 years of age, assembled at Jubilee Hall and decided to form a running club and called it Shaftesbury Harriers. Jubilee Hall was then newly built and used for dances, concerts and such-like social events, and was over what was then called a coffee tavern. It stood at the corner of Hornsey Road and Fairbridge Road, not far from Hornsey Road railway station, and about a mile from Hampstead Heath.
It seems probable that, like others of the many clubs being formed about that time, the title came from a road in the district. Possibly some lads lived in Shaftesbury Road close by: with its tall Victorian houses the road has not changed so much with the passing years. The Shaftesbury Tavern is still on the corner.
Photograph is of our get together last year from left to right, RAY POWELL (49 years with the club), MARTIN GREY (56 years), TONY SUNDERLAND (69 years), PHIL CUNNINGHAM (50 years), JOHN DRYDEN (52 years), DAVE BEDFORD (59 years), PHIL RICHARDSON (63 years), JOHN KELLY (a mere 44 years) and JULIAN GOATER (57 years). GERALD ALTERMAN (43 years) and JO NEWELL also attended but unfortunately needed to leave before the photo. Well over 500 years of club membership between them!
