Happy Birthday from Thursday 17 July to Wednesday 23 July – Fumiaki Fujita, Ruben Hedman, Nathan Howell, Mick Jones, Leslie Odamtten-Addy, Anjola Onile-Ere, Yaroslav Polektov, Valerie Rowe and Kairo Cavero Taki
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 KAYDEN THOMAS who broke the Boys Under 15 80m Hurdles record with a time of (11.09) at the English Schools Championships at Birmingham on 11-12 July. This broke his own record of (11.27) at Harrow on 28 June 2025.
NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to HARLEY HENRY who broke the Men’s Under 17 Triple Jump record with a jump of (15.28m) at the English Schools Championships at Birmingham on 11-12 July. This broke his own record of (15.23m) at Derby on 5 July 2025.
NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to HOLLY RYAN who broke the Women’s Under 17 300m record with a time of (38.02) at the English Schools Championships at Birmingham on 11-12 July. This broke her own record of (38.20) at Watford on 18 May 2025.
NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to ROSALIND ZEFFERTT who broke the Women’s 60-64 Pole Vault record with a height of (2.51m) at the Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Jumpsfest at StoneX Stadium on 13 July. This broke her own record of (2.40m) at Perivale on 17 May 2025.
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 – I am currently updating these with the latest club records from the 14 June
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.
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.
ENGLISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Birmingham on 11-12 July
These are the provisional, once they are published on the PO10 i will add UK rankings
100m – IG H3 TIA AKINOLA U17 (Middlesex) 3rd (12.31 w-0.3)
100m – SB H1 KHYAN MARKLAND U20 (Bedfordshire) 3rd (PB 10.76 w0.2) taking .13 of a second off his 28 June time, in the Final KHYAN finished 8th (12.12 w0.4)
200m – JB H2 LOUIS XUN U17 (Middlesex) 5th (PB 23.63 w0.4) taking .13 of a second off his 11 May time
200m – JG H3 ANU JAIYEOLA U17 (London) 2nd (PB 25.20 w0.5) taking .34 of a second off her 11 May time, in the Final ANU finished 6th (PB 24.97 w0.0) taking .23 of a second off her H3 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U17 in 2025
200m – SB H1 JAIAN SAUNDERS U20 (Middlesex) 4th (22.22 w-1.1), 2 EBUKA NWOKEJI U20 (Northamptonshire) 1st (21.09 w0.9), 3 OLIVER LAURENS U20 (Middlesex) 5th (22.29 w1.3), in the Final EBUKA finished 6th (21.41 w-0.2)
200m – SG H2 MAKAYLA BRAI-ALOYE U20 (Middlesex) 4th (25.23 w-0.7), 3 TAMI GEORGE U20 (Middlesex) 1st (PB 24.20 w-0.6) taking .14 of a second off her 31 May time, in the Final TAMI won the Bronze Medal (PB 24.16 w-1.1), taking .44 of a second off her H3 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U20 in 2025
300m – IG H1 HOLLY RYAN U17 (Surrey) 1st (38.80), ELLA BUCKLEYU17 (Middlesex) 5th (PB 41.26) taking .01 of a second off her 21 June time, in the Final HOLLY won the Gold Medal (PB 38.02) taking .18 of a second off her 18 May time, and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2025, and ranked UK No.5 U17 on the all-time list
400m – IB H4 DIJANI BARNOR U17 (Hertfordshire) 2nd (PB 49.78) taking 1.33 seconds off his 15 June time
400m – SG H1 LARISSA WILSON U20 (Middlesex) 5th (SB 58.42) taking .16 of a second off her 17 May time, H2 ADANNA MAZINWOSU U20 (Middlesex) 5th (59.12), in the Final LARISSA finished 8th (59.24)
800m – SB H2 JACOB CLEMENT U20 (Middlesex) 9th (2:00.83)
800m – SG H2 DINA SILVERMAN U20 (Middlesex) 5th (PB 2:14.02) taking .05 of a second off her 11 May time
1500m – JG H1 AIMEE PORTER U15 (Hertfordshire) 9th (4:54.62)
1500m – IG H2 POSIE SHAW U17 (Middlesex) 5th (4:35.56)
1500m – SB H3 ADAM O’GORMAN U20 (Middlesex) 10th (4:13.99)
3000m – SB H1 GIANLEO STUBBS U20 (Hertfordshire) 7th (9:03.30), 2 RAFI GAYER U20 (Hertfordshire) 6th (8:38.95)
75m Hurdles – JG H2 KYRA WILLIAMS U15 (Middlesex) 5th (11.88 w-1.0) taking .07 of a second off her 2024 time, and is ?????
80m Hurdles – JB H2 KAYDEN THOMAS U15 (Bedfordshire) 1st (PB 11.09 w0.3) taking .18 of a second off his 28 June time, and is ?????, in the Final KAYDEN won the Bronze Medal (11.10 w-1.9)
100m Hurdles – IB H3 SETH REDDIE-RODDY U17 (Middlesex) 5th (13.91 w0.2)
3000m Steeplechase – SB Straight Final RAFI GAYER U20 (Hertfordshire) 12th (PB 8:55.85)
Pole Vault – JB Straight Final NOAH VAN DEN BERGH U15 (Hertfordshire) won the Gold Medal (3.90m)
Pole Vault – IB Straight Final RAMSEY GILL U17 (Hertfordshire) won the Bronze Medal (PB 4.20m) adding 10cm to his 25 May height, ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH U17 (Hertfordshire) finished 4th (PB 4.20m) equalling his 31 May height, THOMAS ROBERTSON U17 (Hertfordshire) finished 8th (PB 4.05m) adding 5cm to his 3 May height
Long Jump – IG Straight Final GRACE NYAONGO U17 (Bedfordshire) won the Bronze Medal (PB 5.58m w-0.5) adding 9cm to her 11 May jump
Triple Jump – IB Straight Final HARLEY HENRY U17 (Bedfordshire) won the Silver Medal (PB 15.28m w0.0) adding 5cm to his 5 July jump
Discus 1.5kg – IB Straight Final CHU ONONOGBU U17 (Hertfordshire) finished 5th (45.78m)
Discus 1kg – IG Straight Final ELKIE BAKER U17 (Middlesex 2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (39.91m)
Shot 3kg – IG Straight Final ELSA SHABANI U17 (London) finished 4th (SB 13.42m) adding 87cm to her 28 June put
Javelin 800g – SB Straight Final DANIEL DUBRAS U20 (Channel Islands) finished 6th (54.14m)
UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH – Took place on StoneX Stadium on 6 July
The result are still to be published
SPITZEN LEICHTATHLETIK LUZERN – Took place at Lucerne, Switzerland on 15 July
100m – SW 3 RENEE REGIS U23 7th (11.46 w0.0)
200m – SW 3 RENEE REGIS U23 3rd (22.99 w0.0)
400m Hurdles – SW 2 LINA NIELSEN 1st (54.74)
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS JUMPSFEST – Took place at StoneX Stadium on 13 July
High Jump – U17W AMY HALLETT U17 1st (1.40m), ELIZA LEBOWITZ U17 2nd (1.30m), BRIDGET TAWANA NHANDARA U17 3rd (1.30m)
High Jump – U23W REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U23 1st (1.65m)
High Jump – VW60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 1st (SB 1.15m) adding 10cm to her 22 June height, and is ranked UK No.9 V60 in 2025
Pole Vault – VW60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 1st (PB 2.51m) adding 6cm to her 9 February height, and is ranked UK No.1 V60 in 2025
Long Jump – U23W LESHAWN CLIFFORD U23 1st (5.09m w0.7)
Long Jump – VM35 PAUL OGUN V35 (HCA) 1st (6.98m w0.5)
Long Jump – VW60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 1st (3.50m w0.6)
STRATFORD SPEED – Took place at Stratford on 13 July
100m – SM A2 JOHN OTUGADE 2nd (10.27 w-0.4), A5 ZANSON PLUMMER 1st (10.44 w1.8), A15 LORRELL SMITH 1st (11.10 w0.9), A25 MODEBAYO AKIN-AGUNBIADE U17 3rd (12.45 w-1.3), B3 ZANSON finished 4th (10.61 w-1.2), B10 LORRELL finished 3rd (PB 10.91 w2.6) taking .16 of a second off his 22 June time, B20 MODEBAYO finished 4th (12.15 w-0.1)
100m – SW A8 NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U20 2nd (12.47 w0.8), B6 NIA finished 2nd (SB 12.37 w0.7) taking .07 of a second off her 31 May time
200m – SM 6 DECARIE DAVIES 3rd (22.23 w0.5)
400m – SM 2 BEN ROCHFORD 4th (PB 47.65) taking .14 of a second off his 5 July time, 4 JOSHUA NAMIECH-OYEBOLA 3rd (48.97), 6 COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 1st (49.41), 7 NIALL CARNEY 3rd (SB 50.85) taking .11 of a second off his 28 June time
MEETING PREMIUM DE MARSEILLE – Took place at Marseile, France on 13 July
400m Hurdles – SW HAYLEY MCLEAN 5th (56.70)
GULDENSPORENMEETING – Took place at Kortrijk, Belgium on 12 July
100m – SM 1 KRISHAWN AIKEN 5th (10.57 w0.9)
100m – SW P1 LESHAWN CLIFFORD U23 2nd (SB 13.40 w-1.1)
200m – SM 2 KRISHAWN AIKEN 4th (21.13 w0.8)
Long Jump – SW LESHAWN CLIFFORD U23 11th (5.35m w1.2)
BMC GRAND PRIX – Took place at Watford on 9 July
3000m – Mens A JEREMY DEMPSEY 7th (PB 7:57.43) taking 7.43 seconds off his 11 June time
WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 9 July
800m – SX 3 PHOEBE MUSIC U20 14th (2:43.94), 3 AMITAI BLOOM U17 4th (PB 2:05.65) taking 1.69 seconds off his 2024 time, 4 CALEB HILTON U17 10th (2:08.23) 5 HELENA AGHOLOR 13th (SB 2:43.88), 6 THOMAS CADWALLADER U20 3rd (SB 1:59.15) taking 1.92 seconds off his 10 May time
3000m – SX 2 JOHN-MICHAEL DIRACLES U20 12th (9:28.20)
CHARNWOOD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Loughborough on 9 July
800m – U15X 1 LILY JANMOHAMED U11 5th (PB 2:50.15) taking 6.55 seconds off her 1 July time, 3 DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 6th (PB 2:29.63) taking 3.87 seconds off his 1 July time
SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS LEAGUE – Took place at Lee Valley on 7 July
100m – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (SB 12.28 w-0.6) taking .05 of a second off his 12 May time, and is ranked UK No.9 V50 in 2025
100m – W50 DELPHINE DIERS V50 1st (PB 14.84 w-0.3) taking .06 of a second off her 28 June time
400m – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 2nd (59.96)
400m – W50 DELPHINE DIERS V50 4th (PB 83.40)
Triple Jump – M50 CLYDE GORDON V55 5th (SB 7.83m nwr)
Triple Jump – W50 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 2nd (6.41m nwr)
Discus 2kg – M35 CLYDE GORDON V55 7th (SB 22.60m)
Hammer 3kg – W60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 3rd (SB 18.39m)
Javelin 700g – M50 CLYDE GORDON V55 5th (SB 19.06m)
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…
1,247 events – 247,730 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 12,725 first timers – 31,833 PBs
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 12 July
PAUL LEWIS V50 3rd (20.15) this was his 265th Parkrun, ETHAN SLUTZKIN U11 12th (PB 21.59) this was his 133rd Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Bushey on 12 July
DANIEL NICHOLS V40 14th (17.46) this was his 66th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Galup Reserve, Perth, Australia on 12 July
STUART MOORE V65 126th (29.30) this was his 242nd Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 12 July
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 252nd (28.07) this was his 375th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey Farm on 12 July
FERGIUS WATSON U23 4th (18.32) this was his 36th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Monrepos, Germany on 12 July
ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER 24th (29.43) this was his 354th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 12 July
STUART SINGER V60 66th (24.10) this was his 475th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 72nd (24.21) this was his 330th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oaklands College on 12 July
DOMINIC TOOLAN 41st (24.59) this was his 1st Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 12 July
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 268th (62.02) this was his 354th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Peckham Rye on 12 July
JAMES TRAPMORE V45 17th (20.36) this was his 22nd Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at The Old Showfield on 12 July
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 11th (21.52) this was his 52nd Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Thornham Walks on 12 July
ROSS HAMMOND U20 1st (19.52) this was his 87th Parkrun
SBH UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 17 JULY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 27 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.
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).
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 17 August at the Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (Satnav B42 2LR)
Clubs will be invited to enter
SBH CLUB OPEN AND CHAMPONSHIPS – The fourth of five fixtures takes place on Monday 25
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
MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL – Takes place on Saturday 30 August at the Manchester Regional Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF)
Link to Information – https://www.englandathletics.org/team-england/manchester-international/
Note: You will have to be selected
OPEN MEETING UPCOMING FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 17 JULY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 27 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
ALAN PASCOE: NO TITLE SPONSOR FOR ENGLISH SCHOOLS IS ‘TRAGIC’ – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
ALAN PASCOE, European and Commonwealth 400m hurdles champion and one of the most respected voices in the sport, believes it is “tragic” that the English Schools does not have a title sponsor in its centenary year. He does believe, however, that the event still has the potential to attract serious interest from businesses who would be keen to support the most talented athletes in the country. As an athlete PASCOE won multiple medals in the 1960s and 1970s, including Olympic 4x400m silver in 1972, but he later became a hugely successful athletics marketing man and among other things helped forge the English Schools sponsorship deals with Milk and TSB in the 1980s and 1990s.
On Saturday (July 12) he was proud to attend the parade of ex-champions and current athletes at the 2025 championships in Birmingham to mark the event’s centenary. But he said: “It’s tragic they don’t have a decent sponsor as they can’t afford to do the development work.” The 77-year-old added: “This is the pathway to the international team and my view is that every one of these kids should be communicated with on a regular basis, which of course is quite possible now. And every three months on a regional basis there should be a get-together, where they can train in squads with other people at a similar level, and made to feel important and that the sport is right behind them. I don’t think enough of that is going on.” In addition to Milk and TSB, the English Schools has enjoyed sponsorship deals in the past 20 years with Sainsbury’s, Aviva and New Balance. But during fallow years when there is no sponsorship they have often struggled to find the money to stage one of the biggest athletics events on the calendar.
The English Schools has had some success lately by getting individuals or companies to sponsor some of the events on the schedule. It has led to athletes like DINA ASHER-SMITH and KEELY HODGKINSON supporting some of the events. In addition to ongoing sponsorship problems, the English Schools is also wrestling with the planned introduction of new age groups for young athletes in the UK. In coming months they will debate whether to maintain their own age groups in 2026 or fall in line with UKA and most of the rest of the world.
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PASCOE says that around 20 years ago one of the most prominent officials at the then IAAF caught sight of one of the English Schools spectator programmes. “He didn’t believe you could run a meet like that,” says PASCOE, due to the sheer number of disciplines and competitors involved over two days. “It deserves more profile, deserves a big sponsor and deserves big coverage in the media,” PASCOE adds. On his own experiences, PASCOE didn’t reach the final at his first English Schools but finished fifth and then third before winning senior boys high hurdles titles in 1966 and 1967. “It was transformational to me,” he said. “The second time I came here was when I realised that I could do quite well as an athlete. I was a council house kid and we didn’t really have family holidays other than with relatives so being billeted out was exciting. “The experience was transformational and also the competition because it was fierce. And the one thing we wanted to do above all was win the national schools or get a medal depending on what level you were at. “I think the depth was better in those days as well because more schools did athletics in a formal way. The top end at these (2025) championships is very good but below the top eight it tends to fade away a little.”
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What’s his advice to current English Schools athletes? “Firstly stick at it because it’s a great sport and you meet lots of interesting and great people who you stay in touch with through the rest of your life. It makes a great difference to your work and educational opportunities because people and businesses respect the discipline that goes into being a serious sportsperson.”
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He added: “It’s 30C out there and the sun is shining so it’s great to get out and stretch your body so my advice is to stick with it, even on the grim days in November when it’s pouring with rain. Just make the most of it.”
ECHR RULES CASTER SEMENYA DID NOT GET A FAIR HEARING – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
The double Olympic 800m champion was awarded £69,000/€80,000 in damages but she is still unable to compete over two laps. CASTER SEMENYA has won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights (July 10) in her ongoing seven-year legal battle against World Athletics’ sex eligibility rules. The Grand Chamber of the ECHR ruled 15-2 that the 34-year-old’s rights under Article 6 – the right to a fair hearing – had been violated by Switzerland’s Supreme Court, where SEMENYA was appealing a ruling from Court of Arbitration for Sport which found in favour of World Athletics.
The South African, who secured Olympic 800m gold medals at both London 2012 and Rio 2016, was born with differences of sexual development and hasn’t competed over two laps since World Athletics restricted testosterone levels from 400m up to the mile.
The current rules for DSD athletes require them to reduce their testosterone levels to 2.5n/mol for at least six months to compete in any female category event internationally. World Athletics argue the rules are needed to ensure fair competition and to protect the female category. Four years after SEMENYA unsuccessfully challenged World Athletics at the Switzerland-based CAS in 2019, the lower chamber of the ECHR stated her rights had been violated by the Swiss government because “it had failed to provide sufficient safeguards for her complaint to be examined effectively”. As a result, the Swiss government referred the case to the Grand Chamber. Although Europe’s top court dismissed the other aspects of the appeal filed by Semenya – Articles 8 (right to respect for private life), 13 (right to an effective remedy) and 14 (prohibition of discrimination) – she was awarded £69,000/€80,000 in damages.
The ECHR ruling cannot be appealed, meaning the case returns to the Swiss federal courts. As it solely concerns the Swiss government, this ruling from the ECHR does not impact/overturn World Athletics’ rules on DSD athletes. SEMENYA has competed sporadically – she represented South Africa in the relay at the 2023 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Bathurst – over the last couple of years and has now gone into coaching. The South African is also a triple world and double Commonwealth champion and has claimed an incredible 21 victories on the Diamond League circuit.
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.
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
