Happy Birthday from Thursday 10 July to Wednesday 16 July – Ella Appiah-Spick, Carol Backhouse, Amy Hallett, Zharnel Hughes, Oeoluwa Imafidon, Gerald Matthew, Chinyere Nwabueze, Hugh Richards, Foyin Sonoiki, Hayden Taylor and Noah Van Den Bergh
HELP WANTED – PARENTS – We need your help to ensure your child can compete at all their events this season!
Volunteering to help on the track or field at just a couple of our home and away fixtures in 2025, will give us certainty early on that the meetings can go ahead. It’s a fun way to be involved on the day, you will still be free to watch your child’s events, lunches and refreshments are always provided at our home fixtures and at most away ones too.
Please contact either GERALD ALTERMAN or ROSALIND ZEFFERTT for further information or complete this form SBH 2025 Summer Availability.
GERALD: (SBH Officials Secretary; athletics@marksman.plus.com: 07956 825781)
ROSALIND: (SBH Officials Co-ordinator: anglo.japan@outlook.com: 07973 822874)
NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to IMIKAN EDOHO who broke the Boys Under 11 150m record with a time of (21.44) at the Middlesex Young Athletes League at Harrow on 28 June. The previous record was by DENNYS PASCAL (21.80) at Harrow on 16 April 2023
NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to DAMI ADEKUNLE who broke the Girld Under 13 Discus 0.75kg record with a throw of (18.77m) at the Middlesex Young Athletes League at Harrow on 28 June. This broke her own record of (17.56m) at StoneX Stadium on 8 September 2024
NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to KAYDEN THOMAS who broke the Boys Under 15 80m Hurdles record with a time of (11.27) at the Middlesex Young Athletes League at Harrow on 28 June. This broke his own record of (11.30) at Crystal Palace on 8 June 2025
NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to HARLEY HENRY who broke the Men’s Under 17 Triple Jump record with a jump of (15.23m w0.0) at the National Athletics League at Derby on 5 July. HARLEY is now UK No.1 U17 in 2025 and UK No.9 U17 on the all-time list. The previous Club Record was (15.11m w-1.0) by NATHAN FOX set at Belgrade, Serbia on 24 July 2007
NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to HARRIET SLADE who set a new event club record for the Women’s 35-39 2000m Steeplechase with a time of (7:15.95) at the National Athletics League at Derby on 5 July.
REQUEST FROM TEAM MANAGERS – We are asking that you reply to team managers when they contact you? It’s very difficult to select a team if the athletes don’t reply especially when we can see that they have read the text. Even if they are unavailable the team managers need to know!
SBH CLUB RECORDS – I have carried out a review of athletes performances on the PO10, Following this I have found the odd record that had not been picked up, also events that not included in the club record list (mainly U9/U11 and veteran athletes). Another reason is some results can be posted on the PO10 a week or so late, and it is almost impossible to no they have been included on the PO10.
To help in identifying a club record, I have produced a single document, for example ‘Men’s Club Track and Road Records Outdoors’ and all events from Under 9 up to Masters 70+ are shown on one page. Also probably fortnightly is to review the clubs section on the PO10, this identifies every performance for every age-group, based on all results published on the PO10.
These are those documents – A Club Outdoor Track And Road Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 14-06-25 B Club Outdoor Field Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 14-06-25 C Club Indoor Track Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 14-06-25 D Club Indoor Field Records For All Men Age-Groups Updated 14-06-25 E Club Outdoor Track And Road Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 14-06-25 F Club Outdoor Field Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 14-06-25 G Club Indoor Track And Field Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 14-06-25
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 – SBH StoneX Membership 2024-2025 The entrance fee on the membership form, covers the period 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025. The entrance fee charges have not been increased from the 1 May 2025 as yet, we will be advised of any changes when they take place. Please us the 2024-2025 membership form until further notice.
MIDDLESEX T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS – GERALD ALTERMAN has informed me that in their recent commitee meeting, they recorded that at the the 10-11 May T&F Championships, SBH were the most successful club with 28 Gold, 16 Silver and 18 Bronze Medals. Also recorded was SBH had 3 championship best performances – HARRISON HENDERSON U13B 1500m (4:41.53), SETH SAUNDERS U13B 75m Hurdles (12.72) and POSIE SHAW U17w 1500m (4:31.90)
WATFORD OPEN MEETINGS – To avoid disappointment, please remember the each meeting opens on the lunchtime of the preceding meeting and other than sprints are normally full within about 48 hours. Therefore the 23 July fixture will be open from the 8 July on the ‘Roster’ site.
UPCOMING FIXTURES – Are now shown as 2 sections – The first section covers the fixtures that SBH compete in and other major fixtures – The second section covers the Open Meeting fixtures, that you have to enter yourselves.
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2024. The current SBH annual subscription is £85 (following the recent 2024 SBH AGM) and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2025 is £20. The current total is £105 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.
RESULTS
Just to clarify, that the results I publish can be different to those that are shown on the Power of 10. The differences relate to seasons and personal best performances. For example in the recent EYAL results, an athlete in the 200m ran (24.1), and on his profile his season’s best was shown as (23.88) indoors. As the 200m indoors and outdoors are totally different type of events, I had shown the (24.1) as a season’s best. Regarding Master athletes any personal best performances relate to their current age-groups, as Club Records for Masters age-groups are in 5 year periods.
NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE – The second fixture of three took place on Saturday 5 July at Derby
Team Result – 1st Harrow (640 points), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (638), 3rd Birchfield Harriers (427), 4th Glasgow Jaguars (418.5), 5th Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (415.5), 6th City of Sheffield (413), 7th Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (411), 8th SBH (320)
100m – SM A KRISHAWN AIKEN 5th (10.73 w0.6) Non Scoring 2 KHYAN MARKLAND U20 1st (10.92 w-0.2)
200m – SM A KRISHAWN AIKEN 3rd (21.77 w-3.4), B PHOENIX LYON 5th (22.37 w-2.4)
400m – SM A BEN ROCHFORD 6th (PB 47.79) taking .18 of second off his 31 May time, B JOSHUA NAIMIECH-OYEBOLA 6th (49.28) Non Scoring JAY PALMER 6th (PB 49.57) taking .01 of second off his 31 May time
800m – SM A LUCA STUBBS U23 7th (1:58.51), B KOJO KYEREME V50 7th (2:07.70)
1500m – SM A LUCA STUBBS U23 8th (4:04.76), B KOJO KYEREME V50 8th (4:30.03)
3000m – SM A THOMAS BUTLER 3rd (SB 8:23.23), B FINN MACCARTHY U23 6th (PB 9:29.28) taking 18.67 seconds of his 2019 time
3000m – SW A NICOLA PAYNE 6th (PB 10:46.22) taking 12.51 seconds of her 2024 time
2000m Steeplechase – SM A GLEN WATTS V35 7th (SB 6:16.77), B THOMAS BUTLER 5th (PB 7:47.35) taking 17.30 seconds of his 2017 time
2000m Steeplechase – SW A HARRIET SLADE V35 3rd (PB 7:15.95) taking 15.50 seconds off her 2024 time, and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2025, and a new club record
110m Hurdles – SM A CRAIG MONCUR U23 7th (15.07 w0.6), B STEVEN GARRETT V35 7th (SB 17.09 w0.5)
100m Hurdles – SW A PARIS KING U23 5th (PB 13.68 w-1.3) taking .77 of a second off her 2023 time, and is ranked UK No.8 V35 in 2025, B NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U20 5th (15.19 w-1.0)
400m Hurdles – SM A JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 7th (53.24), B STEVEN GARRETT V35 5th (56.33)
Pole Vault – SM A JAMES STEYN 2nd (5.21m), B ANGUS BROWN U20 5th (3.81m)
Pole Vault – SW A MANON BAINES U23 5th (3.61m), A GENOA HOWAT 1st (3.71m) adding 18cm to her 26 May height
High Jump – SM A LEWIS MCGUIRE 5th (1.96m), B CRAIG MONCUR U23 7th (1.61m)
Long Jump – SM A KENAN STEPHENS 3rd (PB 7.05m w2.6) equalling his 31 May jump, B CRAIG MONCUR U23 2nd (6.95m w0.0)
Long Jump – SW A GRACE NYAONGO U17 7th (5.22m w0.5), B LESHAWN CLIFFORD U23 6th (5.11m w1.2)
Triple Jump – SM A HARLEY HENRY U17 2nd (PB 15.23m w0.0) adding 39cm to his 8 June jump, and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2025, B KEENAN STEVENS 1st (PB 15.16m w1.1) adding 55cm to his 31 May jump
Triple Jump – SW A REESE ROBINSON U23 3rd (12.46m w-0.2), B SHANARA HIBBERT 2nd (12.37m w0.2)
Discus 1kg – SW A STACEY GONZALEZ V50 8th (26.18m), B LYDIA ROGERS 8th (PB 21.19m) adding 55cm to her 2023 throw
Discus 2kg – SM A GREGORY THOMPSON 2nd (56.17m), B REUBEN VAUGHAN 1st (PB 50.48m) adding 24cm to his 2024 throw
Shot 7.26kg – SM A GREGORY THOMPSON 4th (14.78m), B CRAIG MONCUR U23 4th (13.06m)
Shot 4kg – SW A LYDIA ROGERS 8th (7.60m), B STACEY GONZALEZ V50 7th (6.51m)
Hammer 4kg – SW A STACEY GONZALEZ V50 8th (31.47m), B LYDIA ROGERS 7th (PB 17.98m) adding 38cm to her 22 June thros
Hammer 7.26kg – SM A GREGORY THOMPSON 7th (SB 42.32m), B REUBEN VAUGHAN 6th (25.23m)
Javelin 800g – SM A DANIEL BAINBRIDGE 1st (71.62m), B DANIEL DUBRAS U20 5th (50.73m)
Javelin 600g – SW A JO BLAIR V35 (2nd Claim) 3rd (42.18m), B LYDIA ROGERS 8th (17.37m)
4x100m Relay – SM (DNF) PHOENIX LYON, CRAIG MONCUR U23, KHYAN MARKLAND U20, KRISHAWN AIKEN, SW 8th (46.59) GRACE NYAONGO, VANESSA ANSUAA U23, SHANARA HIBBERT, HANNAH FOSTER
4x400m Mixed Relay – Race 1 8th (SB 3:45.96) BEN ROCHFORD (49.9), HANNAH FOSTER (61.5), JOSHUA NAIMIECH-OYEBOLA (51.1), VANESSA ANSUAA U23 (63.5), Race 2 8th (3:56.66) JUBRIL ADENIJI (52.1), MIA HIGSON (63.9), JAY PALMER (52.8), NICOLA PAYNE (67.9)
MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The third fixture of four took place on Saturday 28 June at Harrow
Team Result – 1st SBH (91 points), 2nd London Heathside (74), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (67), 4th Highgate Harriers (65), 5th Harrow (56), 6th Enfield & Haringey (49), 7th Thames Valley Harrow (47), 8th Barnet & District (38), 9th Ealing Eagles (7)
Current League Positions After 3 Fixtures – 1st SBH (179 points), 2nd London Heathside (158), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (128), 4th Harrow (124), 5th Highgate Harriers (114), 6th Thames Valley Harrow (49)
100m – U15B A KAYDEN THOMAS U15 1st (12.07 nwr), B JOLOMI DEMEYIN U15 2nd (PB 12.69 nwr) taking .11 of a second off his 2024 time, BEN BAMISAIYE U15 3rd (12.70 nwr) Non Scoring 1 ZAYNE SERVIS-HOBSON U15 2nd (12.50 nwr)
100m – U15G A ERYKAH OSOBU U15 3rd (13.23 nwr), B ANASHE MAZAPURE U15 3rd (PB 14.05 nwr)
100m – U17M A TYLER HOLDEN-AIKHOMU U17 4th (11.99 nwr), B ANGEL-GIFFORD MIYA U17 1st (11.69 nwr) Non Scoring 1 DIJANI BARNOR U17 1st (PB 11.85 nwr) taking .08 of a second off his 2023 time, ASHER ESCOBAR U17 2nd (12.14 nwr), 2 EESA ADEKUNLE-ALI U17 1st (11.99 nwr), JEREMIAH ELLIOTT U17 2nd (12.13 nwr), EYTAN POSNER U17 7th (13.27 nwr)
100m – U17W A MOIESHA SAVAGE U17 1st (SB 12.80 nwr) taking .06 of a second off her 1 June time, B RIZICKI ABADE U17 2nd (PB 13.72 nwr) taking .15 of a second off her 15 June time, Non Scoring AALEYAH MASUD U17 (PB 13.87 nwr) taking .13 of a second off her 15 June time, PHOEBE SOLOMONS U17 (13.92 nwr)
150m – U11B A IMIKAN EDOHO U11 1st (PB 21.44) taking 3.01 seconds off his 2024 time, B NATHANIEL RUDDOCK U11 1st (PB 22.22) Non Scoring 1 ELIJAY MASSEY U11 3rd (PB 23.60), APOLLO WILLIAMS U11 6th (PB 25.67), 2 MATTEO MICHALIK U11 2nd (PB 24.74), 3 XERXES PHILLIPS U11 5th (PB 25.32)
150m – U11G A TEMI JAIYEOLA U11 1st (PB 21.66) taking .77 of a second off her 2024 time, B VALENTINA BJERG U11 1st (23.0) Non Scoring 1 AMBER BARLOW U11 1st (PB 22.77) taking 1.14 seconds off her 3 May time, PENELOPE GLADSTONE U11 2nd (PB 23.83), 2 ANAYA COLLINS U11 1st (PB 23.09) taking .16 of a second off her 3 May time, NAYAH BOBB-SEMPLE U11 2nd (SB 23.51) taking .08 of a second off her 3 May time, MEGAN MICHALIK U11 3rd (PB 26.02), 3 CHISOLM IBEANU U11 3rd (PB 24.13)
200m – U13B A NOSA URUBUSI U13 4th (28.94 nwr), B MICHAEL OBIWULU U13 4th (30.19 nwr)
200m – U13G A DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 2nd (28.81 nwr), B GEORGINA WARMATE U13 5th (31.40 nwr), Non Scoring 2 KAIA VAUGHAN U13 1st (PB 29.28 nwr) taking 1.90 seconds off her 2024 time, NAYLAH ADEEKO U13 2nd (31.01 nwr), 3 AVA EMEAGI U13 5th (32.31 nwr)
200m – U15B A LOUIS XUN U15 2nd (24.58 nwr), B BEN BAMISAIYE U15 1st (24.65 nwr) taking .11 of a second off his 2024 time, Non Scoring ZAYN SERVIS-HOBSON U15 2nd (PB 25.47 nwr) taking .56 of a second off his 3 May time, RALPHIE CLACK U15 3rd (PB 26.37 nwr), LUCAS DAVIS U15 5th equal (SB 27.35 nwr) taking .47 of a second off his 7 June time
200m – U15G A ANU JAIYEOLA U15 1st (25.81 nwr), B ERYKAH OSOBU U15 2nd (27.20 nwr), Non Scoring 1 ALEXANDRA JONES U15 4th (PB 30.41 nwr)
200m – U17M A DIJANI BARNOR U17 2nd (PB 23.34 nwr) taking .16 of a second off his 3 May time, B TYLER HOLDEN-AIKHOMU U17 1st (23.50 nwr) Non Scoring 1 ANGEL-GIFFORD MIYA U17 1st (24.04 nwr), ASHER ESCOBAR U17 2nd (PB 24.19 nwr) taking .03 of a second off his 3 May time, JEREMIAH ELLIOTT U17 3rd (PB 24.43 nwr) taking .01 of a second off his 15 June time, 2 EESA ADEKUNLE-ALI U17 1st (PB 24.18 nwr) taking .11 of a second off his 2024 time, KACIE GRIFFITHS U17 2nd (24.41 nwr), KEYLLAN GENTET U17 5th (25.69 nwr)
200m – U17W A HOLLY RYAN U17 1st (24.47 nwr), B PHOEBE SOLOMONS U17 4th (28.78 nwr)
600m – U11B A DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 1st (PB 1:51.29) taking .91 of a second off his 8 June time, B RIAN VIARA U11 4th (2:07.09), Non Scoring 1 EDWARD FITZGERALD U11 10th (PB 2:19.62), 2 ELIJA MASSEY U11 1st (PB 1:58.80), THEO BETTRIDGE U11 10th (PB 2:15.85), MARKO BIRD U11 11th (PB 2:15.93), IVAN BIRD U11 12th (PB 2:16.04)
600m – U11G A LILY JANMOHAMEDU11 5th (2:04.3), B PENELOPE GLADSTONE U11 3rd (PB 2:04.6) Non Scoring NAYAH BOBB-SEMPLE U11 3rd (PB 2:05.48) taking 15.08 seconds off her 2024 time, ELSIE BETTRIDGE U11 7th (PB 2:14.65)
800m – U13B A DENNYS PASCAL U13 2nd (PB 2:13.31) taking .28 of a second off his 8 June time, and is ranked UK No.6 U13 in 2025, B HARRISON HENDERSON U13 1st (2:20.49) Non Scoring JAKE MICHALIK U13 2nd (PB 2:29.85) taking 3.44 seconds off his 15 June time, ARI RUBENSTEIN U13 4th (PB 2:31.89) taking 3.31 seconds off his 11 June time, PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U13 5th (PB 2:33.09) taking 5.13 seconds off his 3 May time, RYLE SINGARAYER U13 6th (PB 2:36.66) taking 4.56 seconds off his 2024 time
800m – U13G A SIENNA DARCY U13 1st (2:30.80), B KEENYAH ADELISE U13 1st (PB 2:32.76) taking 2.96 seconds off her 15 June, Non Scoring ABIGAIL ROSS U13 2nd (2:52.11)
800m – U15B A AARON HIDALGO-HUDI U15 1st (2:10.13), B EDWARD PASCAL U15 2nd (2:17.14)
800m – U15G A OLIVIA ABBOTT U15 5th (PB 2:35.89) taking 3.51 seconds off her 3 May time, B LUCIA CASALENUOVO U15 6th (PB 2:45.14) taking 4.26 seconds off her 2024 time
800m – U17M A SAM DARCY U17 3rd (2:06.55), B LADDIE SHAW U17 3rd (PB 2:14.54) adding 1.89 seconds to his 14 May time
800m – U17W A ELIZABETH OTHULO U17 2nd (PB 2:29.03) taking 1.25 seconds off her 2023 time, B ANNABELLE PANWAR U17 2nd (PB 2:48.40)
70m Hurdles – U13G A SIENNA DARCY U13 2nd (12.21 nwr), B AIMIE ZHENG U13 2nd (13.28 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U13B A DANIEL MURRAY U13 2nd (14.44 nwr), B IMIKAN EDOHOU13 1st (PB 14.85 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U15G A KYRA WILLIAMS U15 2nd (12.31 nwr), B LEXI MAI U15 2nd (13.99 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U15B A KAYDEN THOMAS U15 1st (PB 11,27 nwr) taking .03 of a second off his 7 June time, and is ranked UK No.3 U15 in 2025, B DREW CLACK U15 1st (PB 12.80 nwr) taking .68 of a second off his 18 May time, Non Scoring KRISH RAMAADHIN U15 1st (PB 12.86 nwr) taking .86 of a second off his 1 June time
High Jump – U13B A JAMES TSUI U13 1st (SB 1.43m) adding 1cm to his 15 June height, B DENNYS PASCAL U13 2nd (1.15m)
High Jump – U13G A NAYLAH ADEEKO U13 2nd (PB 1.20m) equalling to her 1 June height, B ELLA APPIAH-SPICK U13 2nd (SB 1.10m) equalling her 1 June height
High Jump – U15B A EDWARD PASCAL U15 1st (PB 1.65m) adding 15cm to his 18 May height
High Jump – U17M A DIJANI BARNOR U17 3rd equal (1.50m)
High Jump – U17W A BRIDGET NHANDARA U17 4th (1.35m)
Long Jump – U11B A IMIKAN EDOHO U11 1st (PB 4.02m nwr) adding 41cm to his 2024 jump, B NATHANIEL RUDDOCK U11 4th (PB 3.09m nwr) Non Scoring ZEREX PHILLIPS U11 4th (3.13m nwr), APOLLO WILLIAMS U11 10th (2.71m nwr), ELIJA MASSEY U11 11th (PB 2.50m nwr) CHISOM IBEANU U11 2nd (PB 3.47m nwr)
Long Jump – U11G A TEMI JAIYEOLA U11 1st (PB 3.90m nwr) adding 26cm to her 2024 jump, B VALENTINA BERGH U11 1st (3.34m nwr) Non Scoring
Long Jump – U13B A JAMES TSUI U13 2nd (4.69m nwr), B DANIEL MURRAYU13 2nd (PB 4.28m nwr) adding 29cm to his 15 June jump, Non Scoring ARI RUBENSTEIN U13 (PB 3.97m nwr), MICHAEL OBIWULU U13 (3.09m nwr)
Long Jump – U13G A DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 1st (SB 4.28m nwr) adding 2cm to her 11 May jump, B KAIA VAUGHAN U13 1st (PB 4.31m nwr) adding 29cm to her 15 June jump, Non Scoring NAYLAH ADEEKO U13 (3.38m nwr)
Long Jump – U15B A KAYDEN THOMAS U15 2nd (5.49m nwr), B KRISH RAMADHIN U15 1st (PB 4.91m nwr) Non Scoring B BEN BAMISAIYE U15 1st (4.80m nwr)
Long Jump – U15G A OLIVIA ABBOTT U15 5th (PB 3.97m nwr) adding 52cm to her 2024 jump, B ANU JAIYEOLA U15 5th (3.87m nwr)
Long Jump – U17M A KEYLLAN GENTET U17 4th (5.42m nwr), B KACEI GRIFFITH U17 1st (5.42m nwr) Non Scoring EYTAN POSNER U17 1st (PB 4.95m nwr) adding 21cm to his 11 May 2025
Long Jump – U17W A PHOEBE SOLOMONS U17 4th (3.26m w3.1)
Shot 2.72kg – U13G A CATALEYA PETRENCU U13 4th (4.94m)
Shot 3kg – U13B A NOSA URUBUSI U13 1st (PB 9.24m) adding 43cm to his 1 June put, B AIMON PETRENCU U13 1st (5.89m) Non Scoring MICHAEL OBIWULU U13 1st (4.09m)
Shot 4kg – U15B A DAVID HIDALGO-HUDI U15 5th (5.25m)
Shot 3kg – U15G A ANASHE MAPANZURE U15 6th (PB 6.53m) adding 35cm to her 3 May put
Shot 3kg – U17W A ELSA SHABANI U17 1st (SB 12.55m) adding 20cm to her 16 March put, B MOIESHA SAVAGE U17 1st (SB 6.93m) adding 56cm to her 15 June put
Shot 5kg – U17M A CHU ONONOGBU U17 1st (12.24m)
Discus 0.75kg – U13G Non Scoring DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 1st (PB 18.77m) adding 1.21m to her 2024 throw, CATALEYA PETRENCU U13 2nd (11.34m)
Discus 1kg – U13B Non Scoring AIMON PETRENCU U13 2nd (PB 16.64m) adding 1.59m to his 21 June throw
Discus 1kg – U17W A ELSA SHABANI U17 3rd (22.20m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A CHU ONONOGBU U17 1st (PB 48.37m) adding 1.48m to his 3 May throw, and is ranked UK No.7 U17 in 2025
Javelin 400g – U13B A AIMON PETRENCU U13 2nd (16.99m)
Javelin 400g – U13G A CATALEYA PETRENCU U13 3rd (13.07m), B GEORGINA WARMATE U13 2nd (PB 9.00m) adding 1.11m to her 3 May throw
Javelin 500g – U15G A ANNABELLE PANWAR U15 2nd (PB 19.56m) adding 5.24m to her 13 April throw, B ELEZABETH OTHULO U15 1st (15.34m)
Javelin 600g – U15B A AARON HIDALGO-HUDI U15 6th (21.57m), B DAVID HIDALGO-HUDI U15 4th (11.27m)
UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH – The third fixture of three took place on Sunday 6 July at StoneX Stadium
The result are still to be published
MEETING INTERNACIONAL CIUTAT DE BARCELONA – Took place at Barcelona, Spain on 9 July
100m – SM C KRISHAWN AIKEN 3rd (10.65 w1.6)
200m – SM A KRISHAWN AIKEN 3rd (21.19 w0.9)
SOUTHERN COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Oxford on 5-6 July
Heptathlon – SW LILY HOLT (DNF) 200m (SB 26.59 w-0.2), 100m Hurdles (SB 15.01 w-0.7), High Jump (1.69m), Long Jump (5.42m nwr), Shot 4kg (10.40m), Javelin 600g (SB 23.19m) adding 1.86m to her 17 May throw, 800m (DNS), ALANNAH FASHANU (DNF) 200m (SB 24.96 w-0.2), 100m Hurdles (15.79 w-0.7), High Jump (1.51m), Long Jump (5.24m nwr), Shot 4kg (9.68m), Javelin 600g (SB 22.44m) adding 5.15m to her 31 May throw, 800m (DNS)
CAMPEONATO DE ESPANA SUB 23 – Took place at Malaga, Spain on 5-6 July
200m – U23M H4 CAI CRAWFORD U23 2nd (SB 21.28 w2.0) taking .09 of a second off his 4 June Time, in S2 CAI finished 2nd (21.38 w-0.4)
MEETING NATIONAL DE LEST LYONNAIS – Took place at Decines Charpieu, France on 5 July
3000m Steeplechase – SM 1 MARK PEARCE 4th (SB 8:23.63) taking 12.41 seconds off his 8 June, and is ranked UK No.2 in 2025
WANDA DIAMOND LEAGUE – Took place at Eugene, Oregon, USA on 5 July
100m – SM ZHARNEL HUGHES 2nd (9.91 w0.4)
400m – SM CHARLIE DOBSON(HCA) 6th (44.65)
MEMORIAL CZESTAWA CYBULSKIEGO – Took place at Poznan, Poland on 5 July
200m – SM A TEDDY WILSON U20 7th (21.81 w-3.6)
BE FIT TODAY TRACK ACADEMY OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 5 July
100m – SM A10 DECARIE DAVIES 3rd (PB 10.83 w4.4) taking .34 of a second off his 2020 time, A12 JOHN OTUGADE 1st (10.25 w1.8), B09 DECARIE finished 3rd (10.91 w2.9)
BMC RECORD BREAKER RACES (MICK MARLOW MEMORIAL) – Took place at Bracknell on 2 July
1500m – Women’s B POSIE SHAW U17 5th (4:39.13)
BOYSEN MEMORIAL – Took place at Oslo, Norway on 2 July
Shot 7.26kg – SM SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 2nd (20.29m)
ESSA REGIONAL SCHOOLS COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS (SOUTH EAST REGION) – Took place at Carshalton on 28-29 June
Octathlon – U17M MATTHIAS RAZIANI U17 14th (PB 3858 points) adding 293 points to his 2024 total, 400m (PB 56.58) taking .86 of a second off his 2024 time, 1500m (5:36.72), 100m Hurdles (16.00 nwr), High Jump (1.75m), Long Jump (5.43m nwr), Shot 5kg (PB 9.88m) adding 92cm to his 2024 put, Discus 1.5kg (SB 25.60m), Javelin 700g (PB 40.97m) adding 6.08m to his 28 May throw, RAMSEY GILL U17 18th (PB 3679 points) 400m (54.19), 1500m (PB 5:08.46), 100m Hurdles (PB 16.56 nwr), High Jump (1.63m), Long Jump (PB 5.57m nwr) adding 6cm to his 2024 jump, Shot 5kg (PB 9.98m) adding 1.16m to his 2024 put, Discus 1.5kg (PB 18.35m), Javelin 700g (PB 29.43m)
Heptathlon – U20W AKHAILA COLLINS U20 5th (PB 4195 points) adding 293 points to her 2024 total, 200m (26.80 w1.6), 800m (PB 2:24.48) taking 2.25 seconds off her 27 April time, 100m Hurdles (PB 16.26 w1.2) taking .12 of a second off her 26 April time, High Jump (PB 1.47m) equalling her 25 April height, Long Jump (5.07m nwr), Shot 4kg (PB 8.88m) adding 17cm to her 26 April put, Javelin 600g (27.65m), ZULEIKHA COLLINS U20 6th (PB 4094 points) adding 208 points to her 2024 total, 200m (26.42 w1.6), 800m (PB 2:19.69) taking 3.41 seconds off her 27 April time, 100m Hurdles (PB 17.13 w2.1) taking .01 of a second off her 2024 time, High Jump (1.44m), Long Jump (PB 5.01m nwr) adding 7cm to her 27 April jump, Shot 4kg (PB 8.93m) adding 40cm to her 26 April put, Javelin 600g (23.08m)
Pentathlon – U15B NOAH VAN DEN BERGH U15 8th (PB 2418 points) 800m (PB 2:24.01), 80m Hurdles (12.91 w0.2), High Jump (PB 1.65m), Long Jump (PB 5.34m nwr), Shot 4kg (PB 9.53m)
Pentathlon – U15G ISLA BRASSNET U15 18th (PB 2385 points) 800m (PB 2:51.75), 75m Hurdles (PB 12.74 nwr), High Jump (PB 1.43m), Long Jump (PB 4.58m nwr) adding 8cm to her 2023 jump, Shot 3kg (PB 7.28m)
EASTERN MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Sandy on 28 June
100m – W40 straight final DELPHINE DIERS V50 4th (PB 14.9 nwr) taking .12 of a second off her 12 May time
100m – M45 straight final SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 won the Silver Medal (12.5 nwr)
200m – W40 straight final DELPHINE DIERS V50 4th (34.4 nwr)
200m – M45 straight final SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 4th (26.7 nwr)
200m – M55 straight final JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V55 won the Silver Medal (27.5 nwr)
100m Hurdles – M50 straight final GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (14.7 nwr)
High Jump – X35 A straight final JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V55 4th (1.45m)
Long Jump – X40 straight final JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V55 won the Bronze Medal (4.92m nwr)
Shot 3kg – W35 straight final STACEY GONZALEZ V50 won the Bronze Medal (PB 8.84m) adding 44cm to her 19 April put
Shot 6kg – M40 straight final JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V55 10th (8.31m)
Discus 1kg – W35 straight final STACEY GONZALEZ V50 5th (27.13m)
Hammer 3kg – W35 straight final STACEY GONZALEZ V50 won the Gold Medal (36.61m)
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.
LINK TO PARKRUN RESULTS – This is the Link I use to obtain the current week’s Parkrun results, if you go to the bottom of the results, you can obtain the previous weeks results – parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=1018.
The results shown are for those SBH athletes that added SBH when they registered for Parkrun.
How to use results – Scroll down to the first Parkrun, Which will show you how many SBH runners had competed. To get all the runners details, click on “View Full Results” which will show all runners that had competed at that event. Scroll down to the first SBH athlete, which will his or her age, also if they have a OB, by clicking on the athletes name, this will show you how many Parkruns they have competed in sinc registering.
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…
1,241 events – 243,768 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 12,419 first timers – 32,590 PBs
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 5 July
PAUL LEWIS V50 10th (20.30) this was his 264th Parkrun, ETHAN SLUTZKIN U11 16th (22.35) this was his 132nd Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 5 July
LENARD MICHEL V55 20th (22.21) this was his 151st Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 92nd (27.23) this was her 154th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Claisebrook Cove, Perth, Australia on 5 July
STUART MOORE V65 140th (29.52) this was his 241st Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Felixstowe on 5 July
ROSS HAMMOND U20 15th (19.44) this was his 86th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 5 July
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 291st (56.56) this was his 353rd Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pymmes on 5 July
BRADLEY SINGER V3519th (PB 21.09) this was his 329th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 33rd (22.53) this was his 474th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rendlesham Forrst on 5 July
PHILIP SHELLEY V65 53rd (29.59) this was his 73rd Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at The Old Showfield on 5 July
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 26th (22.02) this was his 51st Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Tralee on 5 July
MELANIE ELLIS V60 180th (34.59) this was her 6th Parkrun
SBH UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 10 JULY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Fnday 11 July and Saturday 12 July at the Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (Satnav B42 2LR).
Link for tickets and information – https://esaa.org.uk/competitions/track-field-championship/
SBH JUMPS OPEN MEETING – The second of five fixtures takes place on Sunday 13 July at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry Fees: £5 for SBH members, £7.50 subsequent events. £10 for non SBH members.
Age-Groups TBC
Events: High Jump, Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Link for information and is now open to enter on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/sbh-jumpsfest/
Entries Closing Date TBC
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date
EUROPEAN UNDER 23 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place from Thursday 17 July to Sunday 20 July in Bergen, Norway.
Please Note: You will selected for these Championships
LONDON ANNIVERSARY GAMES INCLUDING CLUB CONNECT RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 19 July at the London Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (Satnav E20 2ST).
MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The fourth fixture of four takes place on Sunday 20 July at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 17 July as the declarations have to be in on Friday 18 June.
EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The fourth of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 27 July at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL-Timetable-2025-matches-2-and-4-v1 (1)
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 24 July as the declarations have to be in on Friday 25 July.
SCVAC VETERANS LEAGUE – Takes place on Monday 28 July at the Bannister Outdoor Sports Centre, Uxbridge Road, Harrow (Satnav HA3 6SW)
Age-Groups 35 and above Men/Women
Note: You will have to be a 2nd claim member of Barnet & District AC. Just turn up and you may be selected (dependant on you current performances), otherwise you can compete as a guest
ENGLAND U20, U23 AND SENIOR, SENIOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, ALSO U20 AND SENIOR COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Friday 25 July to Sunday 27 July at the Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (Satnav B42 2LR).
This is the link to enter – https://www.englandathletics.org/competitions-and-events/national-championships/2024-championships/#ea
Entries Closing Date Sunday 13 July
UK CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place from Saturday 2 August and Sunday 3 August at the Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (Satnav B42 2LR)
Link to information – https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/events-and-tickets/uk-athletics-championships-birmingham-2025/
EUROPEAN UNDER 20 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place from Thursday 7 August to Sunday 10 August in Tampere, Finland.
Please Note: You will selected for these Championships
ENGLAND AGE-GROUP U15 AND U17 OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND U15 AND U17 COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Friday 8 August to Sunday 10 August at the Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (Satnav B42 2LR)
Entry Standards From 1 January 2025 apply – Entry standards
Link to entries on Roster athletic – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=26944
Entries Closing Date Sunday 20 July
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee
SBH SHOWCASE OPEN MEETING – The third of five fixtures takes place on Sunday 10 August at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry Fees: £5 for SBH members, £7.50 subsequent events. £10 for non SBH members.
Age-Groups TBC
Events: TBC
Link for information and to enter – not on Opentrack yet
Entries Closing Date TBC
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date
NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE – The third of three fixtures takes place on Saturday 16 August at the Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (Satnav B42 2LR)
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – NAL Premiership Timetable 2025
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager
ENGLAND RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 25 August at the Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (Satnav B42 2LR)
Clubs will be invited to enter
OPEN MEETING UPCOMING FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 10 JULY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST.
TRACK ACADEMY OUTDOOR MEETING – Takes place on Thursday 17 July at the Willesden Sports Centre, Donnington Road, London (Satnav N10 3QX).
Timetable: 6.30pm U11 75m & Long Jump, 6.45pm 100m Round 1, 7.15m 400m, 7.35pm 800m, 7.50pm Mile Run all ages, 8.00pm 100m Round 2, 8.30pm 200m
Link to enter – https://data.opentrack.
Entries Closing Date Sunday 13 July
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date
BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 20 July at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111120/
Entries Closing Date Friday 11 July
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date
WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 23 July at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm BMCs, 7.50pm 1500m no times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.10pm 3000m no times over 11 minutes, no under 13s
To avoid disappointment, please remember the each meeting opens on the lunchtime of the preceding meeting and other than sprints are normally full within about 48 hours. Therefore the 23 July fixture will be open from the 8 July on the ‘Roster’ site.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date
WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 6 August at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 7.00pm 100ms, 7.15pm 400m no under 13s, 7.30pm 800m no times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m no times over 11 minutes, no under 13s
To avoid disappointment, please remember the each meeting opens on the lunchtime of the preceding meeting and other than sprints are normally full within about 48 hours. Therefore the 6 August fixture will be open from the 22 July on the ‘Roster’ site.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date
WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 20 August at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm 1500m no times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m no times over 11 minutes, no under 13s
To avoid disappointment, please remember the each meeting opens on the lunchtime of the preceding meeting and other than sprints are normally full within about 48 hours. Therefore the 20 August fixture will be open from the 19 August on the ‘Roster’ site.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date
STEVE CRAM’S WORLD RECORD-BREAKING SUMMER OF 1985 – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph of STEVE CRAM in Oslo taken by MARK SHEARMAN
From drunken drumming on stage next to SAID AOUITA to answering press conference questions from a songwriting great, the Jarrow Arrow looks back on a golden season 40 years ago. Looking back at STEVE CRAM’S world record-breaking summer of 1985, you could be forgiven for assuming that he was an athlete in peak physical shape. The reality was rather different and, instead, he spent the summer hobbling from one race to another while trying to deal with compartment syndrome in his calf muscles. “I was hardly doing any training between the races,” he says. “The races were almost like training sessions.” The then 24-year-old’s season began inauspiciously, with two DNFs. When he eventually got racing properly, his plans were sometimes dictated by the demands of television. “There was,” he admits, “no grand plan.” Despite this rather imperfect backdrop, on July 16 of that year CRAM became the first man to break the (3:30) barrier for 1500m during a thrilling victory over SAID AOUITA in Nice, running (3:29.67). In Oslo 11 days later he was the epitome of an athlete at the height of his powers as he stormed to (3:46.32) in the Dream Mile at the Bislett Games. Capping a memorable 19-day period, he showed his versatility by time trialling a world 2000m record of (4:51.39) in Budapest.
Yet the summer of 1985 was about much more than those three records. Even some hardcore fans forget that he won “another race” in Oslo at the end of June with the most comfortable-looking (3:31) for 1500m that you will ever see. At the Weltklasse in Zurich towards the end of August he defeated Olympic 800m champion JOAQUIM CRUZ of Brazil over two laps in (1:42.88), a race that came just a few days after he also narrowly missed SEB COE’S world 1000m record by a few tenths of a second on a blustery night in Gateshead, having been buffeted by winds in a gritty solo effort. What’s more, there was even an end-of-season defeat in London at the hands of STEVE OVETT to bring him back down to earth. “Thankfully people don’t remember that one as much,” he smiles.
It was a summer that saw MADONNA and WHAM dominating the music charts, Back to the Future was filling out movie theatres and a period when Brits only had four television channels to choose from. With the BBC and ITV showing live athletics action sometimes several times each week, the public was virtually being force fed track and field, so it’s no surprise that the records and rivalries of CRAM, COE and OVETT have endured in the memory for so many years. Somewhat appropriately, CRAM now finds himself telling a new generation about the greatest athletes in the world via his current role as the BBC’s lead athletics commentator. From world record-breaker on the track, he is now the voice of the sport. As I pick his brains about his remarkable 1985 season, I discover his sharpest memories aren’t necessarily of the races themselves. Instead he remembers being drunk and playing the drums in a noisy bar with AOUITA in the wee small hours of the morning after their 1500m clash in Nice. His clearest recollection of the 2000m record in Budapest, meanwhile, is Sir TIM RICE – the songwriter of Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita fame – piping up with a random question at his press conference simply so he could meet CRAM to talk about their mutual love of Sunderland Football Club.
Cross country and Colorado – If CRAM couldn’t train much during the summer of 1985, how did he build the strength to break all these records? The answer is that his fitness was created during the winter with gruelling cross-country races and his annual spring altitude trip to Colorado. After being injured early in 1984, he managed to get himself in decent shape for the Olympics in Los Angeles – winning 1500m silver behind SEB COE – and therefore went into the winter in good shape. This carried through the winter months as he notched up the miles in the North East of England under the guidance of coach JIMMY HADLEY. CRAM also couldn’t resist dipping into local road and cross-country races, as he explains: “When I was a youngster, the measure of how well I was doing was initially racing cross country – the English Schools, Northern Counties, National and so on. I began to become a very good track runner and obviously that became the primary target and the main driver of what my training was about but I still had a lot of pride around my performance on the roads and cross country. “Living up here in the North East at the time, if you ran a road race you were going to be running against, initially, BRENDAN FOSTER, plus MICKY MCLEAOD, CHARLIE SPEDDING, MAX COLEBY and many others. Gateshead Harriers alone had a number of top internationals.
“So as I got into my early 20s and I was doing so well on the track, I still wanted to be competitive at the very least, if not win, when I turned out in a cross country or a road race. I’d particularly want to do well in road races. In cross country, I’d find that if the ground got muddy and slippy then I used to kiss goodbye to a good run.” As CRAM came into 1985 as the reigning world, European and Commonwealth 1500m champion, he got stuck into cross-country races to build endurance. One example was the Northern Championships in Thirsk, where he ran down the runaway leader, CARL THACKERY – father of current international marathon CALI HAUGERr-THACKERY to take the victory. “The weather wasn’t great and there was a chance the races would be cancelled,” CRAM remembers, “so I even went out the night before the race with friends, as I thought it wouldn’t be on. “It did take place, though, with some of the course frozen solid like a road. Had that been a wet and soggy January day, there’s no way I would have won it!”
During this period of his career, CRAM would go to Colorado for a few weeks’ altitude training. “I would have used altitude a lot more if I’d known then what I do now,” he says. “My winters weren’t always the same but I’d usually try to get a stint where I was somewhere warmer and then Easter time when I was at altitude in Colorado.” Coming into the track season, however, his calf problems made training and racing difficult. After being beaten by PAT PORTER of the United States in a 10km in Denver in early April, when he got home CRAM dropped out of his own club’s six-mile road race in Jarrow and then didn’t finish in a 5000m at Gateshead while leading on the penultimate lap after feeling a twinge in his calf. “I was having to modify some aspects of my training,” he explains, “and so doing a lot of very fast, hard running. I used to like that anyway, but I cut down on the mileage a little bit, I think, from 100 miles a week to around 80 miles a week but it was all very hard, fast running and a lot of high intensity training. “I love when they talk now about athletes like JAKOB INGEBRIGTSEN inventing double threshold. I’m like: ‘Yeah, okay, we were doing that a long, long time ago!’ “When I started the ’85 season, I knew I was in great shape, but I was having to nurse my calves. Every time I did anything like high intensity, such as a race, I was having to have a couple of days off. So that’s why I ended up with this plan to run a group of races together and then have a little bit of time off racing.
“I think a lot of people think I must have started that year with some kind of grand plan to run a bunch of records but it wasn’t really like that at all.” Explaining the injury, he says: “What would happen with compartment syndrome is that it starts to really cramp up, particularly in a race scenario, and you start to get lots of micro tears. I was hardly doing any training in between the races. The races were almost like training sessions.” Once into June, CRAM opened his track season by finishing runner-up to COE over 800m in a GB vs USA match in Birmingham. American EUGENE SANDERS led through the bell in (53.5) with CRAM sitting at the back, but CRAM began to move up on the second lap and was on COE’S shoulder entering the home straight. Battling into the wind, COE held off CRAM in gritty style and the winner later remarked on their head-to-head record: “That makes it Chelsea 6, Sunderland 1!”
The race was live on ITV on a Friday evening as part of the television channel’s new deal to cover the sport and the 800m was the highlight of the meeting, with OVETT also in action, out-kicking DAVE LEWIS in the 3000m. The British middle-distance runners couldn’t prevent the United States from winning the overall match, though. “I used to like starting with an 800m in a match like this,” says CRAM. “In 1982 I’d started my season with a (1:44.4) win in an international match so from then on I liked starting the season with that distance in these kinds of matches.” CRAadmits his memory of that 800m isn’t too clear, but his recollection of the Oslo Games six days later is much better. There, he led for the final 600m to clock (3:31.34) – the third-fastest time in history – to win by 3.24 seconds from STEVE SCOTT and JIM SPIVEY of the United States. The world record at the time was (3:30.77), held by OVETT. “It was the race that really gave me a sense of: ‘Wow, that felt way too easy’,” says CRA. “I think I ran something like a 53-second last lap off a reasonable pace against some good people like Scotty. I just remember thinking: ‘I can’t wait to get into my next race’. Everyone talks about the records but, in terms of how I felt, that was the easiest (3:31 I) ran, by far.”
World record No.1 – Nice, 1500m, (3:29.67) – “Welcome, to the metric mile of the decade,” crackled DAVID COLEMAN’S voice as the BBC’s coverage of the 1500m at the Nikaia Meeting in Nice began. As it turned out, that remark was probably an understatement as the race produced one of the greatest 1500m races in history, with CRA and AOUITA becoming the first men to break the (3:30) barrier as a stellar field, including Olympic 800m champion CRUZ, finished in their wake. The drama had begun a few days earlier, though, when CRA controversially withdrew from the 800m final at the AAA Championships in order to protect his fragile calf muscles ahead of the Tuesday night showdown in the south of France. In the back of his mind, he was also due to race against COE at the end of the same week at the Peugeot Talbot Games at Crystal Palace. What’s more, there were no major championships to qualify for in 1985 so the AAA Championships was not a “trial” for anything. Still, CRAM felt pressured by the avid interest from television producers, as the AAA Championships was shown on ITV, so he decided to strike a compromise by running the heat but not the final. “When ITV got the domestic athletics contract and paid quite a lot of money for it from the BBC after the ’84 Olympics, it was a big thing,” says CRAM “I told [the ITV presenter] Jim Rosenthal in advance that: ‘After the heats on Saturday you’ll have to come and interview me and I’ll tell you my legs are a bit sore and that I’m not coming back on Sunday’. So we had to contrive this interview after my heat. I said that I’d see how I felt in the morning and I’d try to warm up but I knew fine well I wasn’t going to.
“On the Sunday morning I had a bunch of guys like [promoters] ANDY NORMAN and ALAN PASCOE standing over me while I warmed up and then I said: ‘Nope, my calf’s sore, I’m not running’. They knew I was fibbing, although everyone did know I had a sore calf.” Does CRAM feel a bit guilty about this 40 years later? “I don’t at all really,” he says without hesitation. “I was very keen on ploughing my own furrow and going to Nice was my own decision. It was important to me. “I also knew that ITV and BBC were coming to Nice. This sounds odd to people now but athletics was on telly that week on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday night in Nice, Friday night and then Saturday back on the BBC.” He continues: “In Nice I was racing against AOUITA and CRUZ – the Olympic 5000m and 800m champions – so it was a big deal at the time. I’d run there a few times and had a good relationship with the organisers. “I’d become a friend and a rival of SAID, but CRUZ was the new element as the Olympic 800m champion and everyone thought he had this big potential at 1500m. So Nice was delighted to have myself and AOUITA, but they were really over the moon that CRUZ had chosen this race as his first big 1500m run.” As with several races that summer, CRAM wasn’t particularly bothered what the early pace was, as long as it was fairly honest. “I hadn’t asked for any pace but then I heard that CRUZ had asked for (2:20-21) through 1000m. It’s pretty quick but not super quick and I thought: ‘Why is CRUZ determining what pace we run?’. I thought it was ambitious for him. The set-up of the race was for him and not myself and SAID, which was ironic in the end. “CRUZ was up there in the early stages but at some point found the pace a bit hot and I was mainly over there to ‘race’. It certainly wasn’t a world record attempt but it just turned out that way.”
In warm and humid conditions, BABACAR NIANG of Senegal blasted through the first 200m in (26.86) with CRAM almost a second behind and jostling with fellow runners to find a good position. NIANG went through 400m in (54.36) with another pacemaker, OMER KHALIFA of Sudan, behind. CRAM followed in (55.5), then came CRUZ and AOUITA. The second lap slowed to (59.3) as NIANG hit 800m in (1:53.68). Khalifa then took over and went through 1000m in 2:21.89, with Cram close behind. As KHALIFA hit the bell in (2:36.18), CRAM decided to go for it. Wearing his yellow Jarrow & Hebburn singlet and with the number on his back having become partly unpinned so it flapped on to the back of his shorts, he let rip with a long run for home. JOSE-LOIS GONZALEZ of Spain was two metres behind with AOUITA, crucially, having missed the break sat four metres back. CRUZ, meanwhile, was a fast-dropping sixth – and would eventually wind up seventh in (3:37.10). As CRAM passed 1200m in (2:49.66) he had run the third lap in (55.8) and was now at least six metres clear of AOUITA. Striding out majestically, the Briton was looking to make history with AOUITA desperately scrambling to make up the deficit down the back straight and around the final bend. CRAM still held a decent lead into the home straight but AOUITA closed with every stride during a frantic effort. At the line, CRAM’S advantage was just four hundredths of a second, with the flailing Moroccan narrowly failing to catch him. CRAM’S last lap was (53.4) and his final 800m (1:50.2), with AOUITA clocking (52.7) and (1:49.8) respectively. In third, GONZALEZ smashed JOSE ABASCAL’S Spanish record with (3:30.92) with SCOTT running an American record of (3:31.76) in fourth.
“I’ve watched the finest 1500m in history,” said MICHELNJAZY, France’s former world mile record-holder. “AOUITA committed a monumental error in staying so far behind CRAM. But one can only have admiration for CRAM’S determination and courage.” CRAM remembers: “It was a hot and humid night and I won by the skin of my teeth. SAID was very happy with his run, too. He was a fierce competitor but had a lot of respect for me, some of which was maybe a bit misplaced. It sounds a bit stupid but he was pleased he got so close.” In doping control, CRAM was dehydrated and had to drink two beers to help give a sample, which made him light-headed as he wasn’t a beer drinker. “I then had a message from PRIMO NEBIOLO, president of the IAAF, who was in the hotel in a suite and wanted to give me his congratulations. When I got there I immediately had some champagne shoved in my hand, which made me even more light-headed. “It’s really hard to sleep after races anyway. When you’ve run well, it’s very hard. But when you’ve broken a world record, it’s almost impossible!. “We went out to get some food and I ended up playing the drums. SAID was on the stage with me. It was a lot of good fun but we were up half the night and I was meant to be racing again on Friday.” When CRAM woke up on Wednesday after very little sleep, there were photographers around his hotel. “I called ANDY NORMAN and told him: ‘I’m knackered, can you move our race from Friday to Saturday? I need another 24 hours as I still want to race’. “In the end SEB still wanted to race Friday night over 800m and I did a mile on Saturday. I still wasn’t feeling great but I ran okay and managed to win.”
CRAM has remained friends with AOUITA and it amuses the Briton that whenever he visits Morocco he is often recognised and given special treatment at the airport “simply because I was the guy who raced SAID AOUITA”. Their racing exploits have endured down the decades, too. CRAM recently had a young intern from Morocco working at his Events of the North company and, when the boy realised CRAM was an ex-athlete who had raced AOUITA in the 1980s, he said: “Wow, you raced SAID AOUITA!?” CRAM says: “It’s interesting that AOUITA seems almost more revered to some than HICHAM EL GUERROUJ. Myself and SAID had a healthy respect for each other and always seemed to get on okay. We were rivals but I always found him very easy to chat to.”
World record No.2 – Oslo, mile, 3:46.32 – Following Nice, CRAM enjoyed an easier mile victory at the Peugeot Talbot Games at Crystal Palace in (3:56.13) – with COE winning his 800m the previous evening – before setting a UK all-comers’ record of (2:15.09) for 1000m at the Dairy Crest Games in Edinburgh, although Channel 4 abandoned its coverage of the meeting in Scotland due to anti-apartheid banners aimed at ZOLA BUDD’S participation. Four days later CRAM was part of a Bislett Games meeting in Oslo that saw three world records fall, with INGRID KRISTIANSEN clocking (30:59.42) for 10,000m and AOUITA running (13:00.40) to take one hundredth of a second off DAVE MOORCROFT’S 1982 mark. “Remember I was just racing and not really training much in between,” CRAM remembers. “I was taking at least a couple of days off and doing nothing after a race. It was like a severe case of DOMS. My calves were so sore but I still knew I was running well and I was full of confidence. “Because I hadn’t raced COE the previous Friday, he was keen to face me in the mile. So I went there with anticipation but not necessarily knowing what I was going to do. When they asked me about the pace, I told them I wasn’t really bothered as long as it was reasonable. SEB wasn’t stupid either, so he obviously felt he was in good enough shape to put up a good performance and beat me. “There was no way I was going to take it on at an early stage, chase a time and allow SEB to sit on me, as he was the world record-holder, Olympic champion and very good at sitting on someone and coming past them in the closing stages.” The Dream Mile was the last race of the night, starting at 11.26pm local time for the benefit of American television. This time American JAMES MAYS was the hare and went through 440 yards in (56.1) and 880 yards in (1:53.82) before dropping out after two-and-a-half laps. Behind, CRAM was always well placed but COE had started slowly and it helped the double Olympic 1500m champion when the second pacer, MIKE HILLARDT of Australia, ran a slow third lap of (59.32) which meant he hit the bell in (2:53.14).
“On the third lap it suddenly felt like we were jogging,” CRAM says. “All I remember was, as we approached the bell, I thought: ‘It’s SEB and I cannot leave this to the last 200m’. My strength was winding it up and SEB knew what was coming, too. I glanced at the clock, saw (2:53) and thought: ‘Jings that’s slow’. But I had this thing of taking things up a notch really going for it with 200m left. I don’t really ever look around but with 100m to go I sensed I was clear and I was flowing.” Similar to Nice, CRAM began to get into full stride with a lap to go but this time it was COE, not AOUITA, in pursuit. Unlike AOUITA, COE was in closer contact down the back straight but began to fall back with 200m to go as GONZALEZ moved past him into second. Cruising away, CRAM covered the final 200m in (25.4) and the last lap of (53.0) as he clocked (3:46.31) – a time that would survive as the British record until JOSH KERR ran (3:45.34) in 2024.
“In Oslo the straights are really long and the noise was incredible,” says CRAM. “Also the announcer was quite savvy and with 200m to go he realised the race was won and I think he said something to the crowd that suggested the world record was on. “When I crossed the line I knew I’d run fast but I was a bit surprised it was that quick. As a miler I grew up reading about and meeting the ROGER BANNISTERS and the JOHN LANDYS and PETER SNELLS… and DEREK IBBOTSON was probably the first world record-holder I met when I was 17. So I’d had this thing about the world mile record since I was pretty young and all of that was wrapped up in my Oslo run. “Nice was great but from a personal perspective breaking the mile record was a massive thing. For a Brit and for myself personally it had the whole heritage and the resonance of breaking the record. I’d broken four minutes as a 17-year-old and it had catapulted me career-wise so to break the world record about eight years later was great. My family had come over from Germany to watch as well and both my parents were there, which was a bit unusual as they didn’t come to that many meets.” Magnanimous in defeat, COE said: “STEVE is obviously inspired… positively flying at the moment. His speed was awesome and I didn’t have a hope of catching him. It was his night.”
World record No.3 – Budapest, 2000m, 4:51.39 – COE had broken three world records in 41 days in 1979 but Cram was destined to manage his hat-trick in 19. The final piece of the jigsaw came during a gruelling five-lap effort in Budapest. “I didn’t want to go for a 1500m or mile record again,” he says. “So I asked what else I could do. Someone said to me it was a soft record, which is absolute rubbish. It was held by JOHN WALKER with a hand-timed (4:51.4) and I bought into the narrative that it was an easy record, which it definitely wasn’t, especially when I had no one to run against.” As in Oslo, MAYS set the early pace with (58.06) at 400m, with ROB HARRISON moving into the lead at 800m in (1:55.73) and CRAM three metres back. HARRISON dropped out at 1000m in (2:25.02), leaving CRAM to run the second half alone, just as WALKER had done in his record run in Oslo nine years earlier. With a (58.48) third lap, CRAM passed 1200m in (2:54.58) and then ran a (59.34) to pass 1600m in (3:53.92). “I was really hurting on the last lap and doing a time trial, which wasn’t really my strength,” he recalls. “I preferred racing people. As much as 800m runners think they can run 1000m but find out they can’t, the milers often think they can run ‘only another lap’ and do a good 2000m. “I had no-one to race and I was a racer. I wasn’t very good at racing against the clock. I needed the person to beat. “I got to the bell and thought: ‘I’m tired here!’ The stadium was a large expanse of space and it wasn’t very full. With 200m to go it felt like I was out in the wilderness and I found it very tough.” CRAM finished with a (57.47) final lap but with the timing device on the TV screen showing (4:51.40) and the trackside clocking displaying (4:51.46), for several minutes it was felt CRAM had missed the mark. That was until the photo finish analysis revealed he’d run (4:51.39). “If I’d had a decent set-up I probably could have run a couple of seconds quicker and these days I’m not surprised people can run (4:45),” he says. “I’d been so led to believe it would be an easy world record, I couldn’t even remember what the tenths of a second were!”
CRAM’S clearest memory of the event, though, comes from a press conference. “I was sitting with SERGEY BUBKA and JARMILA KRACHVILOVA and there were maybe 15-20 members of the British press there because of what I’d done that year. When it came to my turn to answer questions, I’d seen this head pop up above everyone else at the back of the room and it was TIM RICE. “TIM and ADREW LLOYD WEBBER were massive at the time so I picked him out and all the British sports journalists looked around to see who I’d picked. “He asked a sensible question and I answered it and later I made a beeline for him and asked him what on earth he was doing in my press conference. It turned out he was promoting Cats and staying in my hotel. He said he loved athletics and saw the sign for the press conference but he was mainly keen to tell me he was a boyhood Sunderland fan. “Today I see him a few times every year and he’s become a good friend and he sits on our foundation. I remember Budapest more for that incident than the actual race!”
MEMOROBILIA AVAILABLE, ARE YOU INTERESTED – An Athletics enthusiast, who I’ve known for many years as a senior official, wishes to dispose of part of his collection of Athletics related books and programmes. These have been acquired since the 1950’s, and would certainly be of interest to serious collectors. They include: –
Books – from the 1920’s to 1960
AAA Championship Programmes from 1932 to 1967 (incomplete)
White City Programmes from 1937 to 1967 (incomplete)
British Olympic Association – Official Reports – 1936 Berlin, 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki, and 1956 Melbourne
A Real once only opportunity for a serious athletics enthusiast to acquire part of a collection which currently includes:
Association of Track & Field Statisticians Annuals – from the first publication in 1951 (majority edited by Peter Matthews)
The “SPALDINGS” Annual sports reviews mainly Athletics from 1923 to 1939.
United States Track & Field Statistical Annuals from 1983 to 1988.
Worldwide Track & Field Performances Through the Years – Volume 2 (1937 – 1944) and Volume 3 (1945 -1950)
If interested, please contact me, geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com / 07976 994302
ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the May issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – Throws Community Newsletter May-25
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT– 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.
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM– Since the account was setup, there has been an amazing amount of Videos and Photographs contributed with many comments. There are no posts this week.
THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS
‘MEMBERMOJO’ SECURE MEMBERS SYSTEM – We have implemented a new secure member system to allow members to join and renew their membership online. (You can also delete yourself from our records if you are no longer a member, or you can request deletion from sean.sutherland@yahoo.ca)
Your basic contact information has been imported. Please check and update your data so that we can have up-to-date information. View your profile using the instructions below, check your data and update as necessary. You will also be able to renew your record when it is close to expiring (within a month of expiry). Payments will still be made via bank transfer.
Link to document which gives information to existing members on the system, and how to use it – Membermojo Instructions To Use For Existing Members May 2025
SBH 2025 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card has now been published on the SBH Website on 20 March 2025. This is the link to the fixture card, which you can access and print for future reference – https://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
Information on each fixture will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletters – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/
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 – SBH StoneX Membership 2024-2025 The entrance fee on the membership form, cover the period 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025. The entrance fee charges have not been increased from the 1 May 2025, we will be advised of any changes when they change. Please us the 2024-2025 membership form.
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 £37 + 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 POLE VAULT 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. 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 HIGH JUMPS GROUP AT STONEX STADIUM – High Jump training takes place on Monday’s from 19.00pm to 21.00pm. These sessions will be run by our High Jump Coach GRANT BROWN. There will be a charge of £10 per session.
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 TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2025 Summer Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Summer 2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 20-03-25
POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2025 – 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 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate
ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER – alanweller111@gmail.com
