Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 21 March 2024

Posted on 21/03/202423/03/2024 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 21 March to Wednesday 27 March – Sydney Allen, Jude Bell, Matthew May, Zanson Plummer, Tayla Robinson, Ben Rochford and William Sylvester

NEW INDOOR CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to ROSALIND ZEFFERTT who at the Middlesex Championships at Lee Valley, broke 2 and equalled 1 of her own Women’s 60-64 club records.
There were 2 records on 16 March – 200m (35.20i) previous record was (35.80i) at Lee Valley on 5 March, Pole Vault (2.40mi) which equalled her height at Lee Valley on 5 March. The final record was on 17 March in the 60m (9.95i) previous record was (9.96i) at Lee Valley on 21 January.

HERTFORDSHIRE AND MIDDLESEX INDOOR CHAMPIONPIONSHIPS – Took place last Saturday and Sunday at Lee Valley, which was Lee Valley awash with black and white vests on both days. Our numbers competing must have been close to our best championships to date, with many of our recent new members were competing for the first time.
The results were outstanding, with 6 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze Medal in the Hertfordshire Championships, and with 10 Gold, 10 Silver and 7 Bronze Medal in the Middlesex Championships.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWSFEST WEEK 1 – Takes place on Saturday 30 March at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £12 per event for all age-groups, which includes 6 throws. SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Events are Discus, Shot, Hammer & Javelin.
Link to the online entries – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/licc-throwsfest-1/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 24 March, No Entries On The Day

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWSFEST WEEK 2 – Takes place on Sunday 7 April at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £12 per event for all age-groups, which includes 6 throws. SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Events are Discus, Shot, Hammer & Javelin.
Link to the online entries – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/licc-throwsfest-2/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 31 March, No Entries On The Day

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The final fixture of the season took place at Brent Valley Park on 2 March.
Brian is in the process of completing the analysis of all athletes who have taken part in this season along with team league final positions.

BIGISH JUMPS AND THROWS FESTIVAL – Takes place on Saturday 25 May, and has now been confirmed it will be held at the Horspath Track, Oxford. Full details to follow.

SUMMER OPEN MEETINGS 2024
BFTTA SUMMER OUTDOOR MEETINGS – Will take place on Sunday, these are the 2024 dates – 14 April, 19 May TBC, 2 June, 23 June, 28 July and 11 August.
Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)

LEE VALLEY SUMMER SPRINT NIGHTS – Will take place on Wednesday evenings, these are the 2024 dates – 24 April 100m/200m, 8 May Double 100m, 22 May 100m/200m, 5 June Double 100m, 19 June 100m/200m, 3 July Double 100m, 17 July 100m/200m, 31 July Double 100m, 14 August 100m, 14 August 100m/200m (Date is probably incorrect) and 28 August Double 100m.

NEWHAM SUMMER OUTDOOR MEETINGS – Will take place on Sunday, these are the 2024 dates – 26 May, 23 June, 12 July (which is a Friday!), 18 August and 8 or 9 September.
Takes place at the London Marathon Community Track, Marshgate Lane, London (Satnav E20 8ST)

WATFORD OPEN MEETINGS – Currently take place on Wednesday evenings, these are the 2024 dates – 3 April, 17 April, 1 May, 15 May, 29 May, 12 June, 26 June, 10 July, 24 July, 7 August, 21 August and 4 September.
The 3 April meeting will go live on the roster athletics website from 19 March, and thereafter on a 2 week rolling basis. The Watford Harriers website (link above) takes you directly to roster athletics.

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

RESULTS
HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 16-17 March.

HERTFORDSHIRE RESULTS
400m – U20W Straight Final MIA HIGSON U20 won the Bronze Medal (63.06i)
400m – SM Straight Final JOSHUA NAMIECH-OYEBOLA won the Gold Medal (50.71i)
60m Hurdles – U17W Straight Final EVA HIGSON U17 won the Gold Medal (PB 9.44i) taking .08 of a second off her 2023 time
High Jump – U20W Straight Final REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 won the Gold Medal (1.60mi)
Pole Vault – U15B Straight Final NOAH VAN DEN BERGH U15 won the Gold Medal (PB 3.10mi) adding 10cm to his 13 March height, and is ranked UK No.6th equal U15 in 2024
Pole Vault – U17M Straight Final ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH U17 won the Gold Medal (PB 3.90mi) adding 10cm to his 2 March height, and is ranked UK No.9 U17 in 2024, ISSA PHILLIPS-POPE U17 won the Silver Medal (PB 3.60mi)
Shot 6kg – U20M Straight Final BRIAN ANENE U20 won the Gold Medal (10.79mi)

MIDDLESEX RESULTS
60m – U15B H2 JOSHUA NYMAN U15 1st (7.41i), LOUIS ZUN U15 2nd (PB 7.86i) taking .07 of a second off his 28 January time, BEN BAMISAIYE U15 4th (PB 8.26i) taking .32 of a second off his 2022 time, in the Final JOSHUA won the Silver Medal (7.28i), LOUIS finished 6th (7.87i)
60m – U15G H3 MOIESHA SAVAGE U15 1st (8.08i) in the Final MOIESHA won the Gold Medal (8.10i)
60m – U17M H1 ALEX KONSTANTARAS U17 (2nd Claim) 2nd (7.25i), ASHER ESCOBAR U17 4th (PB 7.87i) equalling his 27 January time,, 2 JAIAN SAUNDERS U17 2nd (7.31i), 3 NATHAN HOWELL U17 2nd (7.31i), HARRY PINCHERLE U17 4th (PB 7.57i) taking .17 of a second off his 2023 time, MODEBAYO AKIN-AGUNBIADE U17 5th (8.15i) in Semi-Final 1 JAIAN finished 3rd (7.21i), NATHAN finished 4th (PB 7.24i) taking .07 of a second off his 7 January time, in Semi-Final 2 ALEX finished 2nd (PB 7.18i) taking .05 of a second off his 2023 time, HARRY finished 7th (PB 7.52i) taking .05 of a second off his H3 tme, in the Final ALEX finished 5th (PB 7.18i) equalling his sF2 time, NATHAN finished 6th (7.18i) taking .06 of a second off his SF1 time, JAIAN finished 7th (7.25i)
60m – U17W H1 MAKAYLA BRAI-ALOYE U17 2nd (7.89i), 2 TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (7.89i), 3 ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 2nd (PB 8.18i) in the Final TAMI won the Gold Medal (7.74i), MAKAYLA finished 4th (7.92i), ADANNA finished 6th (PB 8.12i) taking .06 of a second off her H3 time
60m – U20M H1 NATHAN FERNANDES U20 1st (PB 7.19i) taking .07 of a second off his 3 February time, 2 OLIVER LAURENS U20 1st (PB 7.20i) taking .08 of a second off his 3 February time, SEBASTIAN JOSE BEJARANO-RAMIREZ U20 4th (SB 7.46i) in the Final OLIVER won the Silver Medal (7.15i) taking .04 of a second off his H1 time, NATHAN won the Bronze Medal (7.18i) taking .01 of a second off his H1 time
60m – SM H4 BRYAN OGBEBOR U23 2nd (PB 7.38i) equalling his 3 February time, in Semi-Final 2 BRYAN finished 4th (PB 7.35i) taking .03 of a second off his H4 time, in the Final BRYAN finished 6th (PB 7.33i) taking .02 of a second off his SF2 time
60m – SW Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 6th (PB 9.95i) taking .01 of a second off her 21 January time
200m – U15B Straight Final JOSHUA NYMAN U15 won the Gold Medal (24.02i), BEN BAMISAIYE U15 won the Silver Medal (PB 26.43i) taking .16 of a second off his 10 March time
200m – U15G H2 KYRA WILLIAMS U15 4th (PB 29.45i)
200m – U17M H1 JAIAN SAUNDERS U17 1st (23.65i), 2 MODEBAYO AKIN-AGUNBIADE U17 4th (27.03i), ANTON COHEN U17 (DQ) in the Final JAIAN won the Gold Medal (22.71i)
200m – U17W H1 TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (25.08i) in the Final TAMI won the Gold Medal (24.84i)
200m – U20M Straight Final CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 4th (PB 25.09i)
200m – SW Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 6th (SB 35.20i) taking .60 of a second off her 17 February time
300m – U17W H1 DINA SILVERMAN U17 2nd (PB 42.86i), 2 ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 1st (42.25i), ELLA BUCKLEY U17 3rd (SB 44.10i) in the Final ADANNA won the Bronze Medal (42.20i), DINA finished 4th (PB 42.68i) taking .18 of a second off her H1 time, ELLA finished 6th (44.99i)
400m – U20M Straight Final JADEN AULIS U20 won the Bronze Medal (PB 53.4i) taking 1.65 seconds off his 7 January time
400m – U20W Straight Final MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U20 won the Gold Medal (59.48i) taking 2.11 seconds off her 20 January time, CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (61.39i), LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U20 won the Bronze Medal (SB 63.53i) taking .06 of a second off her 4 February time
800m – U17M Straight Final JOHN DIRACLES U17 won the Bronze Medal (PB 2:13.97i)
800m – U20M Straight Final JACOB CLEMENT U20 won the Gold Medal (2:03.78i)
1500m – U20M Straight Final CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (PB 4:25.68i), NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (PB 4:30.86i)
60m Hurdles – U15G Straight Final KYRA WILLIAMS U15 5th (PB 10.19i) taking .22 of a second off her 2023 time, SIENNA OAKLEY-MEDWINTER U15 6th (PB 10.78i)
60m Hurdles – U17M Straight Final SETH RENNIE-RODDY U17 won the Silver Medal (PB 9.04i) taking .35 of a second off his 2023 time
60m Hurdles – U17W Straight Final MACIE SUTHERLAND U17 won the Silver Medal (PB 9.70i) taking .50 of a second off her 2022 time
60m Hurdles – U20M Straight Final SEBASTIAN JOSE BEJARANO-RAMIREZ U20 won the Bronze Medal (SB 8.87i)
60m Hurdles – U20W Straight Final ALINA COFIE U20 won the Gold Medal (8.92i), AZARIA NWANKWO U20 won the Bronze Medal (SB 10.14i)
High Jump – U17M Straight Final JAMES WALTERS U17 won the Silver Medal (PB 1.75mi)
High Jump – U17W Straight Final AMY HALLETT U17 finished 4th (PB 1.30i) equalling her 2023 height
Pole Vault – SW Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 finished 5th (PB 2.40mi) equalling her 2023 height
Long Jump – SW Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 won the Bronze Medal (3.50mi)
Shot 3kg – U17W Straight Final ELSA SHABANI U17 won the Gold Medal (12.45mi), KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 won the Silver Medal (SB 10.05mi) adding 45cm to her 14 January put
Shot 4kg – U20M Straight Final NAOMI OGGUNIYI U20 won the Silver Medal (SB 8.21mi) adding 41cm to her 14 January put

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSSCOUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Pontefract on 16 March.
David Minter Junior Boys 3180m – JESSE ABRAHAMS U15 (Middlesex) 48th (10.50) the winner was Yaried Alem of West Yorkshire (9.58) 343 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Sussex (196 points), 2nd Hertfordshire (218), 3rd London (220), 9th Middlesex (455) 43 teams finished

David Minter Junior Girls 3180m – AIMEE PORTER U13 (Hertfordshire) 62nd (12.05), AMBER JACKSON U15 (Middlesex) 235th (13.10) the winner was Kitty Scott of Surrey (10.45) 339 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (87 points), 2nd Essex (144), 3rd West Yorkshire (328), 8th Middlesex (531), 26th Hertfordshire (899) 42 teams finished

David Minter Intermediate Boys 4495m – ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 (Middlesex) 68th (16.30), EUAN PHILLIPS U15 (Middlesex) 162nd (17.11), AIDAN MCAVOY U17 (Middlesex) 205th (17.33) the winner was Jake Meyburgh of Surrey (15.02) 329 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Kent (169 points), 2nd Surrey (190), 3rd Essex (272), 17th Middlesex (771), 21st Hertfordshire (816) 42 teams finished

David Minter Intermediate Girls 3540m – POSIE SHAW U15 (Middlesex) 100th (14.20), EDIE WOODINGS U15 (Middlesex) 210th (15.09) the winner was Olivia Forrest of Essex (12.30) 349 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Sussex (164 points), 2nd Surrey (210), 3rd Essex (250), 16th Middlesex (712), 28th Hertfordshire (1001) 43 teams finished

David Minter Senior Boys 5970m – HENRY DOVER U20 (Suffolk) 5th (19.41), ADAM O’GORMAN U17 (Middlesex) 83rd (21.32) the winner was Aron Gebremarium of West Midlands (19.15) 307 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Cambridgeshire (167 points), 2nd Surrey (224), 3rd Kent (272), 7th Suffolk (433), 13th Middlesex (690), 14th Hertfordshire (694) 36 teams finished

David Minter Senior Girls 4135m – CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (Middlesex 2nd Claim) (18.14) the winner was Innes Fitzgerald of Devon (14.22) 307 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Devon (183 points), 2nd Surrey (307), 3rd Berkshire (333), 13th Hertfordshire (583), 24th Middlesex (860) 39 teams finished

PODIUM FESTIVAL 5K – Took place at Leicester on 16 March
5000m – RO5 BENJAMIN WILLS U23 (HCA) 1st (PB 15.01) taking 14 seconds off his 2021 time

THE TEN – Took place at San Juan, California, USA on 16 March
10000m – SM A CHARLES HICKS (Stanford University) 19th (PB 27:33.58) taking 6.58 seconds off his 2022 time, and is ranked UK No.2 in 2024

VELOCITY FEST 14 – Took place at Kingston, Jamaica on 16 March
10000m – SM A ZHARNEL HUGHES 1st (SB 20.40) and is ranked UK No.1 in 2024

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when.

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,166 events – 206,120 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 9,528 first timers – 26,614 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – Since the beginning of this year, 370,000 runners, walkers and volunteers around the world have taken part in parkrun!

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 16 March.
PAUL LEWIS V50 6th (21.30) this was his 208th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Fulbourn Hospital on 16 March.
THOMAS KEARNS 1st (19.19) this was his 20th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gunpowder on 16 March.
JO KENT V55 17th (20.24) this was her 133rd Parkrun, RUFUS KENT U23 18th (20.26) this was his 56th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 16 March.
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 254th (29.46) this was his 324th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Harrow on 16 March.
EMILIA ECONOMU 8th (20.13) this was her 4th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Kesgrave on 16 March.
ROSS HAMMOND U17 3rd (PB 17.51) this was his 36th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 16 March.
STUART SINGER V60 26th (22.33) this was his 412th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 160th (27.40) this was his 262nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 16 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 218th (45.46) this was his 295th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Perry Lakes, Perth, Australia on 16 March.
STUART MOORE V60 127th (30.19) this was his 224th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Southwick Country on 16 March.
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 19th (22.44) this was his 33rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Worthing on 16 March.
DANIEL NICHOLS V40 13th (17.44) this was his 54th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAYS, TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 21 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL – The SBH 2024 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 ‘Fixtures and Results’ section.

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 24 March at Milton Keynes.Start times U15/U17 Men 11.00am, Men 12.00pm 6 stages of 4.8km, 6 stages of 7.2km, Women 1.00pm 4 stages of 4.8km, 2 stages of 7.2km
Entries Closed

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 3 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 100m, 19.15pm High Jump, 19.30pm 1500m between (Heat also 4:20 to 5:30), 20.10pm 1500m between (Heat also sub 4:20), 21.00pm 3000m.
Link to entries on roster athletics, which is now open – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?id=24558&cc=GBR&page=0&from=2024-02-25&to=2024-04-06
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 14 April at the Stuart Storey Track, Wodson Park, Wadesmill Road, Ware (Satnav SG12 0UQ).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2024 For Matchess 1 and 3
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 11 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 12 April

BFTTA OUTDOOR SERIES 1 – Takes place on Sunday 14 Aprill at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=1&date__gte=2024-02-26&date__lte=2024-04-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on#
Entries Closing Date Saturday 6 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 17 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – TBC
Link to entries on roster athletics, although entries scheduled to be open from 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 possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

TCS MONEY LONDON MINI MARATHON – Takes place on Saturday 20 April close to Temple Station and finishes on The Mall.
Note: You will have to be pre-selected by your respective London Borough or UK Region.

TCS MONEY LONDON MARATHON – Takes place on Sunday 21 April from Greenwich. We should have a few runners representing the Stripes.
Note: You will have to enter yourself.

LEE VALLLEY 100M/200M SPRINTS NIGHT – Takes place on Wednesday 24 April at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable 19.00pm 100m, 20.00pm 200m estimated start time, or 20 minutes after the end of the last 100m race.
Entry is via Open Track, anticipated to open to enter from 27 March – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=1&date__gte=2024-02-26&date__lte=2024-04-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on#
Entries Closing Date Saturday 6 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER MARCH 2024 – Attached is this months newsletter which contains recent results, selection policies for various International championships. also various fixture information from March to August – Englnd Athletics Throws Newsletter March 2024

OLYMPIC GAMES 2024 – Take place in Paris from the 26 July until the 11 August. The Athletics take place from the 1 August until the 11 August.

Link to the Olympic Games website for the schedule for all events – https://www.paris2024.org/en/competition-schedule-olympic-games/
Detailed schedule for events will be issued later this year
Link to the Olympic Games website to register for tickets – https://tickets.paris2024.org/en/

PARALYMPIC GAMES 2024 – Take place in Paris, from the 28 August until the 8 September.
Link to the Paralympic Games website for the schedule for all events – https://www.paris2024.org/en/competition-schedule-paralympic-games/
Link to the Paralympic Games website to register for tickets – https://tickets.paris2024.org/en/

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 5 posts this week.

The following posts were all taken at the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Indoor Championships at Lee Valley on 16-17 March. Lee Valley

The first post contains 2 photographs of our 60m Hurdlers – the first photograph features MACIE SUTHERLAND with her U17 silver medal, AZARIA NWANKO with her U20 bronze medal and ALINA COFIE with her U20 gold medal (All Middlesex). The second photograph features EVA HIGSON with her U17 gold medal (Hertfordshire).

The second post features NAOMI OGUNNIYI celebrating with her U20 Shot silver medal (Middlesex).

The third post features JOSHUA NAMIECH-OYEBOLA who was about to receive his Senior Men 400m gold medal (Hertfordshire)

The fourth post contains 5 photographs – the first photograph features TAMI GEORGE who completed an excellent sprint double, winning the U17 60m and 200m titles (Middlesex), next shows MOIESHA SAVAGE celebrating with her U15 60m gold medal (Middlesex), next our U20m sprinters OLIVER LAURENS and NATHAN FERNANDES on the podium, OLIVER won the silver and NATHEN the bronze medal (Middlesex), next JAIAN SAUNDERS celebrating after winning the U17 200m title (Middlesex), finally our Hertfordshire Pole Vaulters who certainly hit the heights at Lee Valley, L to R ISSA PHILLIPS-POPE U17 silver, ISAAC VAN DEN BURGH U17 gold and NOAH VAN DEN BURGH U15 gold.

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

To follow our newInstagram account, from your own account, by searching for ‘shaftesbury_barnet’ or by clicking https://www.instagram.com/shaftesbury_barnet/
To Members and Parents, if you wish for any photographs to be posted on Instagram, please email them to sbh.instagram@outlook.com If you can at the same time give details on when and where the photographs was taken, plus any other comments.
Please feel free to post photographs of any special occasion, for example, your wedding day, an addition to the family.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2024 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – The 2024 Summer Fixture Card is now published on the SBH Website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference.
The Information on upcoming fixtures will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter, plus the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Fixtures and Results’ section.
Link to Fixture Card – A SBH Summer 2024 Fixture Card Front Sheet Re-Issued 10-03-24 B SBH Summer 2024 Fixture Card Fixtures Re-Issued 09-03-24 – 8 May LICC Fixture Added

STONEX STADIUM MEMBERSHIP – To use the StoneX Stadium facilities for training, SBH members are required to pay a fee. You can register as a member (which is free) which then entitles you to a discount. This is the link to the form to apply for membership – StoneX Membership (1) as of 30 October 2023

JAMIE BATH MEMBERS MASSAGE SERVICE – Since joining SBH he has been working closely with TY HOLDEN in his quest for Athlete and Athletics Development. To help support the club members he has (with the club’s support) set up a Members Massage Service available on club nights at a small charge of £15 (as compared to outside masseurs who charge £60) to simply cover materials and insurance.
Please contact JAMIE at jamiebath@live.co.uk or text him on 07902 592561. You can also see him on training nights for availability.

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT – The document has been put together with contributors from LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM and JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMILIA ECONOMU, ALAN WELLER, KAREN HARRISON, TIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIE – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 20 April 2023
If you wish to contribute your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document.

CODES OF CONDUCT – SBH have now adopted the UK Athletics (UKA) and the Home Country Athletics Federations (HCAF) Codes of Conduct which set out national standards of conduct for all clubs, coaches, officials, volunteers and athletes in the sport. The purpose of the codes are to clarify what behaviours are acceptable and unacceptable, the standards of practice expected and the basis for challenging and improving practice. The Codes are similar to our previous Codes of Conduct which were part of the previous ClubMark scheme. All club member and anyone undertaking a relevant role must agree to abide by the codes of conduct. The Codes of Conduct have now been put onto our Website, please read these to understand the commitments you are making by being a member of SBH.
Link to the Code of Conduct document – Codes Of Conduct Booklet 2021 (1)

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF INTEREST CAN BE FOUND ON THE SBH WEBSITE BY USING THIS LINK – http://sbharriers.co.uk/
Section ‘About Us’, includes Annual Reports, Best Performance Trophy Awards, Individual And Relay Best Performances By Year, Club Records and SBH All-Time Top 10 T&F Performances.
Section ‘Team Managers And Competitions’, shows details of Track & Field, Cross Country and Road Relays Team Managers.
Section ‘Future Information/Results’, includes Information On Each Fixture, Summer & Winter Fixture Cards, Winter X/C Points Tables and Winter Club Championships Winners.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW CLUB KIT – They are now available to purchase from our club kit supplier, Supreme Sports – click on the link for the full range – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/
By opening the link, you will be on the front page, which displays the men’s items. Click on SBH LADIES for the women’s items, or click on SBH KIDS for the young athletes’ items.

CLUB HOODIES– With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £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 JUMPS CLUB AT STONEX STADIUM – The current arrangements until further notice are that Pole Vault training is on Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 18.30pm to 21.00pm. High Jump training is on Wednesday’s from 18.45pm to 21.00pm.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend.

SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2024 Summer Fixture Card, which gives full details of Traing and Coaching – A SBH Summer 2024 Fixture Card Front Sheet Re-Issued 10-03-24

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

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

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

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 14 March 2024

Posted on 14/03/202414/04/2024 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 14 March to Wednesday 20 March – Carole Brown, Hannah Foster, Amy Goddard, Robert Lightowler, Finn Maccarthy, Fellan McGuigan, Daniel Nichols, Emmanuella Owusu-Bempah and William Ryle-Hodges

HENRY DOVER – Congratulations to HENRY who has selected for the GB&NI Under 20 Men’s team, for the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on 20 March.
In last December’s European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, HENRY finished in 6th place in the Under 20 race, and the GB&NI team won the Silver Medal, 2 points behind Ireland.

RESULTS
NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The final fixture of the season took place at Brent Valley Park on 2 March.
The fixture, hosted by Ealing Eagles Running Club had the athletes running through some challenging mud and pools of water as a result of the deluge of rain that fell early on Saturday morning on to ground already very wet. The Eagles rose to the challenge and with some last minute changes to the course the runners were skirted around the deepest of the ponds that had formed. This was a first ever cross country event in the park and I think it was enjoyed by all.
Many thanks to Brian Fowler and his team in organising the 59th season of the NWLL.

Brian is in the process of completing the analysis of all athletes who have taken part in this season along with team league final positions.

There were top 5 finishes from Under 11 Boys DENNYS PASCAL 1st, WILLIAM STOCKDALE 2nd and ARI RUBENSTEIN 5th, Under 11 Girls GRACE ROONEY 2nd and SIENNA DARCY 5th, Under 17 Men AIDEN MACAVOY 3rd.

Under 11 Boys (1700m) – DENNYS PASCAL 1st (6.42), WILLIAM STOCKDALE 2nd (6.49), ARI RUBENSTEIN 5th (7.21), DANIYAL JANMOHAMED 7th (7.28), LUCAS XIE 8th (7.31), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN 11th (7.49), RYLE SINGARAYER 18th (8.12) 45 runners finished
Team Result – 1st SBH (15 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (53) 3rd Ealing Eagles (67) 11 teams finished.

Under 11 Girls (1700m) – GRACE ROONEY 2nd (7.42), SIENNA DARCY 5th (8.04), ISABELLE HUDSON 7th (8.38), LILY JANMOHAMED 13th (9.07), SUNNY SHAW 14th (9.09), KEENYAH ADELISE 18th (9.32) the winner was S Davis of Thames Valley Harriers (7.36) 24 runners finished
Team Result – 1st SBH (27 points), 2nd Barnet & District (55), 3rd Highgate Harriers (58) 11 teams finished.

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – TAHA COCKERELL 8th (11.44) the winner was Archie Charles of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (10.56) 26 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st London Heathside (30 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (30), 3rd Trent Park (74), 7th SBH (89) 10 teams finished
Under 13 Girls (3000m) – OLIVIA ABBOTT 8th (12.49), ELFIE SHAW 22nd (14.49) the winner was M Keam George of Thames Valley Harriers (11.42) 22 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Harrow (29 points), 2nd Barnet & District (39), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (42), 6th SBH (76) 8 teams finished.

Under 15 Boys (3800m) – LADDIE SHAW 15th (14.19) the winner was Sam Turner of London Heathside (12.32) 23 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st London Heathside (42 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (50), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (63), 11th SBH (87) 11 teams finished

Under 15 Girls (3800m) – No SBH runners, the winner was Sonny Allen of Highate Harriers (14.06) 10 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st London Heathside (26 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (32), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (39), 4th SBH (44) 6 teams finished

Under 17 Men (4800m) – AIDAN MCAVOY 3rd (18.11), JOHN-MICHAEL DIRACLES 6th (18.28) the winner was Zacheria Atek of Harrow (17.41) 17 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (35 points), 2nd Harrow (43), 3rd SBH (47) 7 teams finished

Under 17 Women (4800m) – No SBH runners, the winner was K Simakova of Thames Valley Harriers (19.12) 14 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Thames Valley Harriers (26 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (30), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (46) 5 teams finished

CAU INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS INC WORLD TRIAL, ALSO BRITISH ATHLETICS CROSS CHALLENGE – Took place at Wollaton Park on 9 March

Under 13 Boys 3000m – EDWARD PASCAL U13 (Middlesex) 158th (11.51) the winner was Theo Creed of Surrey (10.22) 297 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (60 points), 2nd Sussex (82), 3rd Hertfordshire (95), 12th Middlesex (273) 40 teams finished

Under 13 Girls 3000m – AIMEE PORTER U13 (Hertfordshire) 26th (11.52) the winner was Summer Smith of Essex (11.05) 298 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Essex (38 points), 2nd Yorkshire (77), 3rd North East (118), 5th Middlesex (160), 17th Hertfordshire (366) 40 teams finished

Under 15 Boys 4000m – ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 (Middlesex) 33rd (13.03), EUAN PHILLIPS U15 (Middlesex) 148th (13.56) the winner was Joseph Scanes of Kent (12.03) 295 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Scotland West (55 points), 2nd Scotland East (63), 3rd Greater Manchester (68), 9th Hertfordshire (242), 10th Middlesex (263) 41 teams finished

Under 15 Girls 4000m – The winner was Olivia Forrest of Essex (13.40) 294 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Scotland East (63 points), 2nd Surrey (72), 3rd Yorkshire (104), 6th Middlesex (133), 23rd Hertfordshire (479) 42 teams finished

Under 17 Men 6000m – GIANLEO STUBBS U17 (Hertfordshire) 18th (18.15) the winner was James Alexander of Scotland West (17.28) 290 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Scotland West (39 points), 2nd Yorkshire (94), 3rd Kent (120), 13th Middlesex (281), 13th Hertfordshire (306) 43 teams finished

Under 17 Women 5000m – The winner was Zara Redmond of Scotland West (17.01), 15th Middlesex (283), 33rd Hertfordshire (586) 266 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Scotland West (31 points), 2nd Berkshire (56), 3rd North East (103) 40 teams finished

Under 20 Men 8000m – HENRY DOVER U20 (Essex) 3rd (22.37), NOAH CLARKE U20 (Middlesex 2nd Claim) 135th (28.15) the winner was Aron Gebremariam of Warwickshire (22.23) 155 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (66 points), 2nd Yorkshire (88), 3rd Scotland West (99), 4th Essex (117), 7th Hertfordshire (151), 15th Middlesex (293) 21 teams finished

Under 20 Women 6000m – EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (Middlesex 2nd Claim) 66th (23.01), CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (Middlesex 2nd Claim) 75th (23.19) the winner was Innes Fitzgerald of Devon (18.52) 166 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (80 points), 2nd Kent (94), 3rd Yorkshire (136), 6th Middlesex (176), 12th Hertfordshire (236) 25 teams finished

Senior Men 10000m – JEREMY DEMPSEY 6th (27.11), DYLAN EVANS (Middlesex) 15th (27.32), BENJAMIN WILLS U23 (Hampshire HCA) 48th (28.29), WILLIAM RYLE-HODGES (Middlesex) 124th (30.03) the winner was Calum Johnson of North East (26.36) 285 runners finished
Team Result – 1st North East (182 points), 2nd Yorkshire (298), 3rd Northern Ireland (306), 9th Hampshire (413), 11th Middlesex (498) 30 teams finished

Senior Women 8000m – INDIRA PATEL U23 (Hertfordshire) 13th (26.00) the winner was Abbie Donnelly of Lincolnshire (24.16) 257 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Surrey (162 points), 2nd Yorkshire (184), 3rd Kent (208), 10th Hampshire (609), 14th Hertfordshire (665) 28 teams finished

BFTTA OPEN INDOOR MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 10 March
100m – SX A01 DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 1st (PB 14.36i), MIA BEGGI-RAYMOND U11 5th (PB 17.25i), A05 NATALIA PANKO U15 5th (PB 14.44i), A08 AARA KAMARA U15 2nd (PB 12.83i), MOIESHA SAVAGE U15 4th (PB 13.04i), A09 TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (PB 12.14i) and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2024, A10 ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 1st (PB 12.87i) and is ranked UK No.7 U17 in 2024, A11 MORAYO IDRIS U17 3rd (PB 13.62i), A16 MICHAEL OBIWULU U11 1st (PB 14.56i), KENDRICK OGANYO U11 2nd (PB 14.72i), IMIKAN EDOHO U11 3rd (PB 15.09i), ARTHUR PINCHERLE U11 5th (PB 15.91i), A17 LUCAS DAVIS U13 1st (PB 13.53i) and is ranked UK No.1 U13 in 2024, A19 ASHER ESCOBAR U17 1st (PB 12.24i), JOLOMI DEMEYIN U15 4th (PB 13.34i), A20 MODEBAYO AKIN-AGUNBIADE U17 3rd (PB 12.46i), LOUIS XUN U15 4th (PB 12.46i), A21 JOSHUA NYMAN U15 1st (PB 11.32i) and is ranked UK No.1 U15 in 2024, HARRY PINCHERLE U17 2nd (PB 11.76i) and is ranked UK No.5 U17 in 2024, A25 EUGENE RIZA 1st (PB 12.15i), B01 MIA finished 3rd (17.49i), B04 DAMI finished 4th (PB 14.25i) taking .11 of a second off her A01 time, NATALIA finished 5th (14.81i), B07 MORAYO finished 3rd (PB 13.61i) taking .01 of a second off her A11 time, B10 MOIESHA finished 2nd (PB 12.82i) taking .22 of a second off her A08 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U15 in 2024, B11 AARA finished 2nd (PB 12.71i) taking .12 of a second off her A08 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U15 in 2024, ADANNA finished 5th (PB 12.93i), B13 TAMI finished 1st (12.21i), B14 KENDRICK finished 1st (PB 14.69i) taking .03 of a second off his A16 time, IMIKAN finished 3rd (PB 15.08i) taking .01 of a second off his A16 time, ARTHUR finished 4th (16.39i), B15 MICHAEL finished 4th (14.58i), B16 JOLOMI finished 2nd (13.40i), LUCAS finished 3rd (13.65i), B19 MODEBAYO finished 1st (12.57i), B20 LOUIS finished 4th (PB 12.46i) equalling his A20 time, and is ranked UK No.6 U15 in 2024, B22 EUGENE finished 3rd (12.22i), ASHER finished 5th (12.41i), B24 HARRY finished 3rd (11.83i), B28 JOSHUA finished 5th (11.39i)
200m – SX 1 MICHAEL OBIWULU U11 1st (PB 30.49i) taking .32 of a second off his 2023 time, KENDRICK OGANYO U11 2nd (PB 30.88i) taking .51 of a second off his 2023 time, 2 LUCAS DAVIS U13 3rd (29.05i), 3 BEN BAMISAIYE U15 3rd (PB 26.59i) taking .49 of a second off his 7 January time, 4 LOUIS XUN U15 3rd (PB 25.97i) taking .29 of a second off his 28 January time, 5 ASHER ESCOBAR U17 3rd (PB 25.23i) taking .23 of a second off his 1 January time, 7 JOSHUA NYMAN U15 3rd (24.04i)
200m – SW 2 NATALIA PANKO U15 2nd (PB 30.33i), 4 VERA DOUDKO U15 5th (SB 29.06i), 6 MOIESHA SAVAGE U15 5th (SB 28.38i), 7 AARA KAMARA U15 2nd (PB 26.76i) taking .06 of a second off her 11 February time, MORAYO IDRIS U17 4th (PB 28.52i) taking .14 of a second off her 7 January time, 10 TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (24.83i), 11 LYDIA ROGERS 5th (SB 28.83i)
400m – SX 4 MATEI FRUNZA U20 3rd (PB 53.15i) taking .72 of a second off his 1 January time
600m – SX 2 ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 3rd (PB 1:48.19i), 5 CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 1:31.15i) taking 1.25 seconds off his 2021 time
800m – SX 1 SIENNA DARCY U13 4th (PB 2:41.04i) taking 9.68 seconds off her 7 February time, 2 DINA SILVERMAN U17 1st (2:19.21i)

RUNNING2TIME BRUNEL INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Took place at Uxbridge on13 March
100m – SX A10 ESTHER AKTI U23 2nd (PB 13.66i), B08 ESTHER finished 2nd (PB 13.59i) taking .07 of a second off her A10 time
Pole Vault – SX ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH U17 1st (3.70mi), THOMAS ROBERTSON U17 2nd (SB 3.50mi) equalling his 31 January height, NOAH VAN DEN BERGH U15 5th (PB 3.00mi) equalling his 31 January height, and is ranked UK No.8 U15 in 2024, ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 7th (SB 2.30mi) equalling her 18 February height, and is ranked UK No.1 V60 in 2024

BIDEFORD HALF MARATHON – To place at Bideford on 10 March
NATHAN GODDARD U23 3rd (SB 70.52) taking 8 minutes and 24 seconds off his 2023 time

NN CPC LOOP DEN HAAG 10K – To place at The Hague, Netherlands on 10 March
NAOMI TASCHIMOWITZ 14th (SB 34.08), MATTHEW GRANT 17th (SB 34.13)

EUROPEAN THROWING CUP – Took place at Leiria, Portugal on 9-10 March
Shot 7.26kg – SM A SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 2nd (20.98m)
Discus 2kg – SM A NICK PERCY 8th (59.60m)

SURREY AND SUSSEX INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Carshalton on 9-10 March
Long Jump – SM SY PAUL OGUN (HCA) won the Gold Medal (SB 7.08mi) adding 17cm to his 3 February jump

CAMPEONATO DE ESPANA SUB20 – Took place at Salamanca, Spain on 9-10 March
200m – SM H2 CAI CRAWFORD U20 2nd (21.93i), S1 CAI finished 2nd (21.97i)

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM WINTER THROWS AND DISTANCE – Took place at Birmingham on 9 March
5000m – SM R3 SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U23 4th (PB 15:49.04) taking 2.40 seconds off his 2022 time, JOSHUA FISHER U20 8th (PB 16:01.15)

ESSEX AND EASTERN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 2-3 March
400m – U20M H1 AIDAN GAFFEY U20 3rd (PB 53.34i) taking .10 of a second off his 2023 time, in the Final AIDAN finished 4th (PB 52.94i) taking .40 of a second off his H1 time
Pole Vault – U15B Straight Final NOAH VAN DEN BERGH U15 won the Silver Medal (2.70mi)
Pole Vault – U17M Straight Final ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH U17 won the Gold Medal (PB 3.80mi) equalling his 2023 height, and is ranked UK No.10 in 2024
Long Jump – U15G Straight Final GRACE NYAONGO U15 6th (4.57mi)
Triple Jump – U17M Straight Final HARLEY HENRY U17 won the Silver Medal (PB 13.15mi) and is ranked UK No.9 U17 in 2024
Triple Jump – U17W Straight Final ULANI MCCABE-HUGGINS U17 won the Bronze Medal (PB 9.85mi)

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…
1,180 events – 202,233 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 8,859 first timers – 23,786 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – Did you know … It’s St Patrick’s Day this week parkrun Ireland have had over 67,000 new PBs in the past year!

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 9 March.
PAUL LEWIS V50 3rd (20.45) this was his 207th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gunpowder on 9 March.
JO KENT V55 21st (20.29) this was her 132nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 9 March.
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 330th (33.37) this was his 323rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Harrow on 9 March.
DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 17th (21.08) this was his 9th Parkrun, LILY JANMOHAMED U11 54th (24.07) this was her 8th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Harrogate on 9 March.
ROBERT SHIPLEY (HCA) 2nd (17.33) this was his 2nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Kesgrave on 9 March.
ROSS HAMMOND U17 3rd (18.26) this was his 35th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lake Claremont, Perth, Australia on 9 March.
STUART MOORE V60 118th (31.30) this was his 223rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lordship Recreational Ground on 9 March.
TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U17 1st (PB 16.57) this was his 53rd Parkrun,

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone River Park on 9 March.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 107th (26.44) this was his 164th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 9 March.
ADAM O’GORMAN U17 1st (16.48) this was his 14th Parkrun, JORDAN PEARLMAN U17 2nd (PB 16.58) this was his 3rd Parkrun, JACOB CLEMENT U17 3rd (PB 17.10) this was his 8th Parkrun, CALEB HILTON U15 6th (18.35) this was his 18th Parkrun, XANDER REESE U13 7th (PB 18.38) this was his 2nd Parkrun, BEN KASPAR U13 11th (19.11) this was his 1st Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 30th (PB 21.18) this was his 261st Parkrun, LUCIA CASALENUOVO U13 46th (22.37) this was her 1st Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 50th (22.57) this was his 411th Parkrun, ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 58th (23.14) this was her 2nd Parkrun, ASHER HORBACKI U20 60th (23.24) this was her 8th Parkrun, OLIVIA ABBOTT U13 62nd (23.28) this was her 3rd Parkrun, MEGAN HAMMOND U15 93rd (25.15) this was her 4th Parkrun,

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 9 March.
AIDAN MCAVOY U20 3rd (17.18) this was his 5th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at The Old Showfield on 9 March.
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 32nd (22.02) this was his 32nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Upton Park on 9 March.
JAMES DAVIS U23 69th (28.03) this was his 52nd Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAYS, TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 14 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL – The SBH 2024 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 ‘Fixtures and Results’ section.

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 16 March at Pontefract.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 30 March at Belgade, Serbia

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 14 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL – Please enter yourself and pay the appropiate fee. Also note, especially Lee Valley, that events may close before any closing date, if that event is fully subscribed.

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 16 March and Sunday 17 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Entries Closed

EUROPEAN MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Torun, Poland from Sunday 17 March to Sunday 24 March.

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 3 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – TBC
Link to entries on roster athletics, although entries scheduled to be open from 19 March – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?id=24558&cc=GBR&page=0&from=2024-02-25&to=2024-04-06
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

BFTTA OUTDOOR SERIES 1 – Takes place on Sunday 14 Aprill at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=1&date__gte=2024-02-26&date__lte=2024-04-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on#
Entries Closing Date Saturday 6 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 17 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – TBC
Link to entries on roster athletics, although entries scheduled to be open from 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 possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

OXFORD CELEBRATES 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF BANNISTERS SUB-FOUR WITH FESTIVAL OF MILING – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

May 6 will see a community mass mile in Oxford city centre together with BMC races at Iffley Road and much more. On May 6 in 1954, a 25-year-old medical student called ROGER BANNISTER created arguably the most iconic moment in the history of athletics. Racing at Iffley Road athletics track in Oxford and helped by training partners and pacemakers CHRIS CHATAWAY and CHRIS BRASHER, he collapsed over the finish line hoping to have made history. After a tense wait the announcer said: “The result of the one mile… time… three…” The rest of the words were drowned out by the cheers of the watching crowd as Bannister became the first man to break four minutes. It had beautiful synchrony with four laps of one minute. It was also considered impossible by many. But BANNISTER ran (3:59.4) to enter athletics immortality. Over the years there have been several memorable celebrations of the anniversary. Sadly BANNISTER himself died in 2018, though, so he will not be here for the 70th anniversary, which takes place in less than two months’ time on Monday May 6.

There were tentative plans last year to stage a celebratory event in Loughborough, but the East Midlands university got wind of the considerable efforts by Oxford University and the British Milers’ Club to stage an event in Oxford, so they stepped aside and, now, Oxford has announced its exciting plans. Oxford University Athletic Club (OUAC) and the University of Oxford, supported by Oxfordshire County Council, will host a celebration of the life and legacy of BANNISTER with a community mass mile through the centre of the city and an international track meeting. Starting at 9am, waves of runners in the community mile will leave St Aldate’s in the centre of the city before running down Oxford’s High Street before finishing on Iffley Road, where they will collect their finisher’s medal on the track itself.

The community mile is open to participants of all ages and abilities with World Athletics sponsoring waves for local schoolchildren as part of the governing body’s Global Kids’ Athletics Day, while thousands of people from Oxford and beyond are invited to join in a common celebration of community, sport, and physical activity. With entries limited, participants are encouraged to sign up and secure a place in this historic event. Tickets are available here.

Later that day, athletes from across the country will compete in a series of track races organised by OUAC and the BMC, supported by England Athletics. The races will include heats for athletes aged nine and over, as well as para-athletes and competitive club runners from around 2.30pm to 6pm.

Finally – and precisely 70 years after BANNISTER set off – the meet will conclude with men’s and women’s elite miles, where a new generation of athletes will test their limits under the watchful eye of past mile world record holders. Tickets available here.

Spectators are welcome at Iffley Road Track throughout the day, with food and drink stalls, a pop-up World Athletics museum, plus health and fitness groups. In the late afternoon, there will also be a presentation of World Athletics Heritage Plaques in recognition of Bannister’s achievement and the contribution of OUAC – which is 164 years old – to the development of athletics. Tickets will be available free-of-charge, with advance registration recommended here.

These celebrations build on a series of university initiatives designed to open its sports facilities to the wider community, particularly local schoolchildren. Last autumn, pupils from Greyfriars School spent one day per week participating in sport and attending engaging academic talks. An expanded scheme will offer a similar programme to more East Oxford schools this summer. Also this summer, work will begin on a state-of-the-art renovation of Iffley Road Track following a substantial investment by the University. University of Oxford’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor IRENE TRACEY, said: “I grew up with a love of sport and remain a keen runner, committed to the transformative benefits of sport. Breaking the four-minute mile barrier has endured as a defining achievement in sporting history. The Bannister Miles will be a fitting way to mark this legacy, achieved at the University 70 years ago, and the Bannister Community Mile through the streets of Oxford will be a fitting way to celebrate together with our community ROGER’S landmark achievement.”

THURSTAN BANNISTER, Sir ROGER’S younger son, said: “After retiring from competitive athletics, my father continually encouraged elite athletes and amateur runners of all ages, partly in his role as the first chairman of the Sports Council (now Sport England). The track and community miles will be exciting to watch, and I am sure many runners will find them so inspiring, they will shatter their PRs and other records.”

WHY THE BOARDLESS LONG JUMP IDEA HAS STRUGGLED TO TAKE OFF – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Latest on World Athletics’ controversial rule change proposals, plus the parkrun stats squabble, ultra runners in the Dragons’ Den and why Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s rivalry with Josh Kerr is tame compared to the 1980s.

One of the most interesting events at the World Indoor Championships did not take place in the Emirates Arena but a couple of miles away instead at a Coaches’ Club get-together on St Vincent Street in Glasgow city centre. Superbly organised by former British athletics coaching supremo FRANK DICK and supported by World Athletics, the final afternoon included a presentation on the controversial long jump proposals. JAKOB LARSEN and FLORIAN WEBER took to the stage to explain the background to the ideas followed by an interview with JON RIDGEON, the World Athletics chief executive who inadvertently broke the news about plans for a “boardless long jump” during a podcast earlier this year.

Listening to World Athletics’ side of the story in more detail, it was impossible not to have sympathy for them. The idea has been lambasted but is in a very early testing phase and has to clear several hurdles before it will be introduced at major international events in 2026 at the earliest. It’s one of four long jump innovations that World Athletics is looking at. Also, there is no guarantee it will even be introduced. In other words, it’s not the fait accompli that many assume it is. RIDGEON said World Athletics had a duty to look at potential changes because data tells them that certain events are struggling to maintain their appeal in an increasingly competitive sporting world. Current long jump rules, he added, were invented well over a century ago when there was no television or social media, not to mention the kind of hi-tech equipment that has the ability to revolutionise the sport if we make smart use of it. Of course the ideas aren’t particularly new. According to myth and legend, JESSE OWENS jumped further than nine metres in the 1930s when the need to hit a take-off board was removed. In addition, there is a chapter devoted to “the boardless long and triple jump” in the brilliant 1993 book The Future of Track & Field by masters athlete and Stanford professor ALPHONSE JUILLAND.

Following current world No.1 Miltos Tentoglou’s widely publicised criticism of the ideas, though, in addition to four-time Olympic long jump champion CARL LEWIS’S fierce comments on social media, there were some voices of discontent at the Coaches’ Club event itself. Coaching giants YANNICK TREGARO and CHARLES VAN COMMENEE asked some challenging questions, although DICK defended World Athletics’ efforts by encouraging his fellow coaches to have an open mind and not to kill an idea “when it’s a baby”.

TREGARO and VAN COMMENEE were not the only coaches in the room, but it was a relatively sparsely attended event. To be fair, additional viewers were able to tune into the conference via Zoom and the final session of the World Indoor Championships was set to begin around an hour after the long jump presentation. Still, it’s a shame LARSEN, WEBER and RIDGEON had such a small audience. Herein lies a problem. On one hand World Athletics claims it is keen to undergo a rigorous ‘consultation’ process with transparent communication of their ideas to change the sport. Yet on the flipside, RIDGEON admits his podcast comments on the new rules slipped out and that the wider athletics community accidentally heard about the ideas “too soon”. What’s more, LARSEN, WEBER and RIDGEON clearly put a lot of time and effort into preaching to a limited number of people at this Coaches’ Club event. So it’s a shame the event was not more widely available on YouTube, for example. As a curious spectator and long-time AW writer attending the event, I was also discouraged from reporting on any of the information shown on the presentation slides and my request for a copy of the video recording of the session was politely rejected. “The session was to inform/exchange with coaches onsite only,” I was told, “with the recording for internal use”. All of which is a pity as I would have enjoyed writing a more detailed article on these interesting and much-talked about proposals.

INNES FITZGERALD IN WORLD CROSS U-TURN – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

European under-20 champion makes dramatic decision to travel to Belgrade for global champs on March 30 as she joins ABBIE DONNELLY, JESS WARNER-JUDD and WILL BARNICOAT in GB team.

When INNES FITZGERALD won the under-20 women’s race at the Inter-Counties Cross Country Championships and World Trials in Nottingham last Saturday, she had little intention of racing at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on March 30. But after weighing up the travel options she has now decided make the long journey, probably via a number of trains, from her home in Devon in south-west England to the Balkans of south-east Europe.

“In the lead-up to the Inter-Counties, Innes did not think she would be doing the World Cross,” her coach GAVIN PAVEY told AW. “But she’s since decided the travel is do-able.” It means the 17-year-old distance runner will take on the might of east Africa after winning the European title in style in Brussels in December. She finished fourth in the Euro Cross in Turin 15 months ago but that was after a gruelling journey to Italy on the Eurostar and trains where she had little sleep. FITZGERALD’S eco-friendly stance on travel is well-publicised and she turned down a GB vest for the World Cross Country Championships in Australia last year because she could not justify to herself doing a long-haul flight.

OLYMPIC GAMES 2024 – Take place in Paris from the 26 July until the 11 August. The Athletics take place from the 1 August until the 11 August.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Videos and Photographs contributed with many comments. There are no posts this week.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023-2024 WINTER POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES – Currently the updated Winter Points and Club Championship tables are published on the SBH website.
Link to the Final Winter Points tables, as the National Championships was cancelled, the tables are based on the 10 February Metropolitan League results – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2023-2024 Final Issue 24-02-24 Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2023-2024 Final Issue 24-02-24
Link to the updated Club Championships table, following the 27 January Southern Championships – SBH Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2023-2024 Updated 27-01-24 Final Issue
Please select a document, following this you can print a copy for future reference.

CLUB HOODIES– With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £35 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 7 March 2024

Posted on 29/02/202407/03/2024 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 7 March to Wednesday 13 March –Angus Brown, Ashwin Fowkes-Gajan, Larissa Giles, Eva Higson, Genoa Howat, Ebenezer Joseph, Camerln Knight. Ethan Moss, Lina Nielsen, Onaope Sogbesan and Lucas Xie

RECENT NEW MEMBER – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to CHEUK-WING CHAN

SBH 2024 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Will be issued tomorrow by email, also will be avaible on the SBH Website.
Information on all fixtures will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter, also they can be found on the SBH Website in the ‘Fixtures & Results’ section.

WATFORD OPEN MEETINGS 2024 – Currently take place on Wednesday evenings, these are the 2024 dates – 3 April, 17 April, 1 May, 15 May, 29 May, 12 June, 26 June, 10 July, 24 July, 7 August, 21 August and 4 September.
The 3 April meeting will go live on the roster athletics website from 19 March, and thereafter on a 2 week rolling basis.The Watford Harriers website (link above) takes you directly to roster athletics.

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 3 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – TBC
Link to entries on roster athletics, although entries scheduled to be open from 19 March – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?id=24558&cc=GBR&page=0&from=2024-02-25&to=2024-04-06
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

OTHER SUMMER OPEN MEETINGS 2024 – I have obtained information for the Lee Valley sprint nights, BFTTA and Newham open meetings. These are those details;

LEE VALLEY SUMMER SPRINT NIGHTS 2024 – Will take place on Wednesday evenings, these are the 2024 dates – 24 April 100m/200m, 8 May Double 100m, 22 May 100m/200m, 5 June Double 100m, 19 June 100m/200m, 3 July Double 100m, 17 July 100m/200m, 31 July Double 100m, 14 August 100m, 14 August 100m/200m (Date is probably incorrect) and 28 August Double 100m.

BFTTA SUMMER OUTDOOR MEETINGS 2024 – Will take place on Sunday, these are the 2024 dates – 14 April, 19 May TBC, 2 June, 23 June, 28 July and 11 August.
Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)

BFTTA OUTDOOR SERIES 1 – Takes place on Sunday 14 Aprill at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=1&date__gte=2024-02-26&date__lte=2024-04-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on#
Entries Closing Date Saturday 6 April
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

NEWHAM SUMMER OUTDOOR MEETINGS 2024 – Will take place on Sunday, these are the 2024 dates – 26 May, 23 June, 12 July (which is a Friday!), 18 August and 8 or 9 September.
Takes place at the London Marathon Community Track, Marshgate Lane, London (Satnav E20 8ST)

RESULTS
NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The final fixture of the season took place at Brent Valley Park on 2 March.
Apologies but the results are still to be published.

NATIONAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough on 3 March.
2400m XC – Year 5 WILLIAM STOCKDALE U11 won the Gold Medal (9.08) 269 runners finished, see photograph on SBH Instagram page

BRITISH MASTERS AF WINTER THROWS – Took place at Horspath, Oxford on 2 March.
WT 9.08kg – W35 EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 14.65m) and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2024
Discus 1kg – W35 EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 40.84m) and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2024
Javelin 600g – W35 EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 17.99m) and is ranked UK No.5 V35 in 2024

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Glasgow on 1-3 March
Shot 7.26kg – SM SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 1oth (20.36mi)
4x400m Relay – SW H2 GB&NI 1st (SB 3:26.40) LINA NIELSEN ran on Leg 1 and ran (52.52) in the Final GB&NI won the Bronze Medal with a National Record (3:26.36) LAVIA NIELSEN ran on Leg 1 (51.43) LINA on Leg 2 (51.58) AMA PIPI on Leg 3 (51.99) and JESSIE KNIGHT on Leg 4 (51.43)

LOUGHBOROUGH POLE VAULT INVITATIONAL – Took place at Loughborough on 1 March
Pole Vault – SW JADE IVE (HCA) 1st (4.25mi)

FRIDAY NIGHT 5K UNDER THE LIGHTS – Took place at Battersea Park on 16 February
Race 2 JUDE BELL 7th (15.07) taking 23 seconds off his 2023 time, Race 3 FREYA STAPLETON U2313th (PB 16.32) taking 36 seconds off her 2021 time, NICOLA PAYNE 61st (PB 18.33) taking 10 seconds off her 2023 time, Race 4 JAKE SHELLEY 3rd (SB 14.03), EHSAN RAHIMI 47th (PB 16.21)

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…
1,070 events – 178,517 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 7,685 first timers – 17,842 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – Did you know … Women and girls have volunteered at parkrun more than 1,000,000 times in the past 12 months

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 2 March.
PAUL LEWIS V50 6th (22.50) this was his 206th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Ashford on 2 March.
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 29th (22.17) this was his 31st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cassiobury on 2 March.
INDIRA PATEL U23 1st (PB 18.19) this was her 38th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cottesloe, Perth, Australia on 2 March.
STUART MOORE V60 76th (32.58) this was his 222nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Grovelands on 2 March.
JO KENT V55 49th (24.37) this was her 131st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hampstead Heath on 2 March.
JAMES SOTHCOTT 38th (23.49) this was his 28th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Kesgrave on 2 March.
ROSS HAMMOND U17 3rd (18.16) this was his 34th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Harrow on 2 March.
TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U17 1st (17.01) this was his 52nd Parkrun, GUY FAWCETT U17 2nd (17.43) this was his 21st Parkrun, JAI DARYANANI U17 13th (20.03) this was his 8tht Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Northala Fields on 2 March.
JAMES DAVIS U23 65th (28.24) this was his 51sth Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 2 March.
BERTIE SHELLEY 6th (19.51) this was his 6th Parkrun, CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 8th (20.21) this was her 13th Parkrun, EDIE WOODINGS U17 11th (20.56) this was her 2nd Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 26th (22.22) this was his 260th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V35 56th (24.55) this was his 410th Parkrun,

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 2 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 158th (44.33) this was his 294th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pymmes on 2 March.
EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 8th (20.01) this was her 294th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 2 March.
JACOB CLEMENTS U17 1st (17.26) this was his 7th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 2 March.
DINA SILVERMAN U17 3rd (21.29) this was her 3rd Parkrun, ELIZABETH DA TERESA U17 14th (24.57) this was her 3rd Parkrun

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

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 9 March at Wollaton Park, Nottingham.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 16 March at Pontefract.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 30 March at Belgade, Serbia

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 7 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL – Please enter yourself and pay the appropiate fee. Also note, especially Lee Valley, that events may close before any closing date, if that event is fully subscribed.

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 16 March and Sunday 17 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Entries Closed

EUROPEAN MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Torun, Poland from Sunday 17 March to Sunday 24 March.

OLYMPIC GAMES 2024 – Take place in Paris from the 26 July until the 11 August. The Athletics take place from the 1 August until the 11 August.

Congratulations to KYRA WILLIAMS who was the Jack Petchey Achievement Award winner for February 2024, she is congratulated by JACQUI AGYEPONG and ANNA HIGSON

Congratulations to LARISSA WILSON who was the Jack Petchey Achievement Award winner for March 2024, she is congratulated by COLIN GODFREY

Congratulations to WILLIAM STOCKDALE who won the Year 5 Gold Medal at the National Primary Schools XC Championships at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough on 3 March.

Congratulations to ISAAC and NOAH VAN DEN BERGH who at the Essex and Eastern Championships, ISAAC U17 took the Gold Medal (3.80m) and NOAH U15 took the Silver Medal (2.70m)

Congratulations to Under 11 Girls SUNNY SHAW, GRACE ROONEY and KEENYAH ADELISE with their North West London league trophy secured in very wet conditions at Brent Valley Park, Hanwell

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2024 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – The 2024 Summer Fixture Card will be issued around the middles of March.

CLUB HOODIES– With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £35 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 29 February 2024

Posted on 28/02/202410/03/2024 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 29 February to Wednesday 6 March – Joanna Blair, James Davis, Miguel Gonzalez, Fiona Groom, Paul Lewis, Andrew Magnall, Lily Parris, Stephen Potter, Glen Quayle, Milo Rynehart, Dian Taylor and Georgina Warmate

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to SCOTT LINCOLN who has been selected for the GB&NI team in Glasgow on 1-3 March.

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS ON TV – Is being shown on BBC2 – Friday 9.30am to 2.15pm, 6.45pm to 10.00pm – Saturday 9.30am to 1.15pm, 6.40pm to 10.15pm – Sunday 9.30am to 12.15pm, 6.30pm to 10.15pm.

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS CANCELLED – This was the message we received from JOHN TEMPERTON of the English Cross Country Association last Friday 23 February.

The ECCA very much regret to announce that despite every effort possible being made, we are unable to hold the National Championships at Weston Park on Saturday. Thursday saw torrential rain for many hours, and much of the Park including parking areas are underwater. Falling on already saturated ground, this made conditions impossible for parking. We have spent the last 24 hours exploring every possible alternative, but we have not been able to solve the parking issues.
We will now explore all possible options, to hold our Championships at a suitable future date. We sincerely apologise for all the logistical and financial problems that this will cause to Clubs and individuals. Further announcements will be made as soon as we can do so with any certainty.

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE RE-SCHEDULED – The following was posted on the ECCA website on Monday 26 February.

Following many meetings with various interests, The ECCA is now able to update you on the future plans for the 2024 National Championships. We have rescheduled the 2024 Championships at Weston Park during September (the exact date will be issued within a week from now). We recognise the importance of holding an annual Championships so have taken the decision to break with tradition and use a September date.
Details will be published as soon as possible, but we will be using age groups as per the 2023/2024 cross country season. So existing age groups will be used in September.

SBH 2023-2024 CROSS COUNTRY POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Following the above re-scheduling of the National XC Championships, we have taken the decision that the final points totals will be based on the 10 February Metropolitan League results.

The Under 11 Boys and Girls final winners were published in the 15 February SBH Weekly Newsletter.

The Under 13 to Veteran Men and Women results are now based on the best 5 out of 6 results. Just to explain that some athletes have only completed 4 races. Therefore based on the National entries, the age-groups Under 13 to Under 20 winners as shown on the 10 February tables could not have been caught or overtaken. The only age-group that is not the case is the Under 17 Men, but as ADAM O’GORMAN was entered for the National, it would have been his 5th counting race, in which he would have ended up as the winner.
Congratulations to the following winners – Under 13 Boys EDWARD PASCAL, Under 15 Boys ARTHUR PHILLIPS, Under 17 Men ADAM O’GORMAN, Under 20 Men No Runners – Under 13 Girls AIMEE PORTER, Under 15 Girls POSIE SHAW, Under 17 Women PHOEBE MUSIC, Under 20 Women EVIE WINSTON

The Senior and Veteran Men and Women the same applies as above.
Congratulations to the following winners – Senior Men THOMAS BUTLER, Masters Men 40-49 JOEL PHILLIPS, Masters Men 50-59 TIM BUTLER, Masters Men 60-69 PHILIP CUNNINGHAM – Senior Women NICOLA PAYNE

Link to the final Men and Women tables – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2023-2024 Final Issue 24-02-24 Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2023-2024 Final Issue 24-02-24

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five takes place this Saturday 2 March at Brent Country Park, Hanwell, West London (SatNav W7 3BP).
You may wish to Google Hanwell Zoo for an overview of the area and the location of the park. The approach roads in the Greenford area are mostly within the London 20 mph zone so beware of being zapped by cameras.
The course will be on paths within Brent Valley Park, close to Hanwell Zoo.
The first races will be at 12 noon and at the conclusion of the final event the season awards will be presented.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Will our athletes please see TY HOLDEN who will give you a race number

Map showing the course for the 4 races

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 24 March at Milton Keynes.
Start times U15/U17 Men 11.00am, Men 12.00pm 6 stages of 4.8km, 6 stages of 7.2km, Women 1.00pm 4 stages of 4.8km, 2 stages of 7.2km
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 12 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

2024 TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES – The 2024 Summer Fixture Card is almost complete, and will be issued in 2-3 week’s time.
The season will be hectic from April to July, as this year sees the Olympic Games taking part in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August, with the athletics starting on 1 August until 11 August.

The following fixtures are the 4 leagues that Shaftesbury compete in, all athletes will be selected by their respective Team Manager. On many of the fixtures there are non-scoring events, therefore please contact your respective Team Manager on what events are available, and whether you will be competing.

Eastern Young Athletes League – For age-groups U13, U15 & U17 Men and Women. There are 4 fixtures, following these there is a league final for the top 6 clubs in the league, and a plate final for clubs finishing 7th to 12th in the league.
Fixtures – Sunday 14 April at Ware, Sunday 5 May at Watford, Sunday 2 June at Sandy, Sunday 21 July at StoneX Stadium, the final is on Sunday 8 September at StoneX Stadium.
Middlesex Young Athletes League – For age-groups U11, U13, U15 & U17 Men and Women. There are 4 fixtures.
Fixtures – Saturday 27 April at Finsbury Park, Sunday 19 May at Perivale, Sunday 16 June at Harrow, Saturday 6 July at Parliament Hill.
UK Youth Development League – For age-groups U17 & U20 Men and Women. There are normally 4 fixtures, but fixture 4 scheduled for Saturday 3 August has been cancelled due to the Olympic Games taking place. Following the 3 fixtures will be the YDL final for the top 2 clubs from each region.
Fixtures – Sunday 28 April at Windsor, Sunday 26 May at Hemel Hempstead, Sunday 30 June at StoneX Stadium, the final is on Saturday 31 August at to be advised.
National Athletic League – For age-groups U17 & U20 athletes can be selected if they have reached the qualifying standard & Senior Men and Women. There are 4 fixtures.
Fixtures – Saturday 1 June at Chelmsford, Saturday 22 June at StoneX Stadium, Sunday 7 July at Stevenage, Saturday 3 August final at Bedford.
SCVAC Veterans League – Still awaiting fixture details.
London Inter Club Challenge – For all age-groups including U11s. Open to all athletes, with 50% discount for SBH athletes.
Fixtures – Saturday 30 March Throwsfest 1 at StoneX Stadium, Sunday 7 April Throwsfest 2 at StoneX Stadium, Saturday 13 July at StoneX Stadium, Saturday 17 August at StoneX Stadium, Sunday 1 September at StoneX Stadium. Note: There will be midweek Hurdles fixtures at StoneX Stadium, dates to be finalised.
Other Major Fixtures – 7-12 June European Championships at Rome, 28-30 June UK Championships at Manchester, 12-13 July English Schools Championships at Birmingham, 18-21 July European Under 18 Championships at Slovakia, 19-21 July England Under 20 and Senior Combined Events, plus Track and Field Championships venue TBC, 26-28 July England Age-Group Combined Events, plus Track and Field Championships venue TBC, 1-11 August Olympic Games at Paris, 27-31 August World U20 Championships at Lima, Peru.

They take place at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Link to all information including link to enter a meeting – https://watfordharriers.org.uk/open-meets
The 3 April meeting will go live on the roster athletics website from 19 March, and thereafter on a 2 week rolling basis.The Watford Harriers website (link above) takes you directly to roster athletics.
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

RESULTS
BUCS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Sheffield on 23-25 February
60m – SM H9 BRYAN OGBEBOR (Kingston University) 6th (7.46i), H12 SYDNEY MENDES U23 (Middlesex University) 3rd (PB 7.10i) taking .04 of a second off his 21 January time, in Semi-Final 2 SYDNEY finishes 7th (7.16i)
60m – SW H9 ESTHER AKITI U23 (Middlesex University) 5th (8.37i)
200m – SM H12 SYDNEY MENDES U23 (Middlesex University) 2nd (PB 22.78i) taking .12 of a second off his 2023 time, , in Semi-Final 1 SYDNEY (DNS)
400m – SM H4 JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 (Hertfordshire University) 2nd (50.35i) equalling his 4 February time, H7 JULIAN PRIEST U23 (Birmingham University) 2nd (50.95i) in Semi-Final 2 JULIAN finished 6th (50.99i) in Semi-Final 5 JUBRIL finished 4th (SB 50.14i) taking .21 of a second off his 4 February time
400m – SW H1 EMILY NEWNHAM U23 (Loughborough Students) 1st (56.64i), H4 VANESSA ANSUAA U23 (Kings College University) 3rd (SB 61.09i) in Semi-Final 2 EMILY finished 1st (54.42i) in the Final EMILY set a meeting record in winning the Gold Medal (SB 53.06i) taking .64 of a second off her 17 February time, and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2024
800m – SW H4 LIA RADUS (Imperial College) 3rd (2:26.51i)
3000m – SM H3 ISAAC HIRSHMAN CHANDLER (Birmingham University) 3rd (SB 8:33.07i)
60m Hurdles – SM H2 CRAIG MONCUR U23 (Birmingham University) 3rd (PB 8.34i) taking .09 of a second off his 7 February time, H3 RUBEN HEDMAN U23 (St Mary’s Richmond University) 2nd (PB 7.93i) taking .04 of a second off his 3 February time, in the Final RUBEN finished 4th (PB 7.92i) taking .01 of a second off his H3 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2024
High Jump – SM Qualification A KIMANI JACK U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (1.88mi) in the Final KIMANI won the Gold Medal (2.12mi)
High Jump – SW Qualification B EVELYNE FONTEYNE U23 (Bath University) 2nd (1.63mi) in the Final EVELYNE won the Silver Medal (1.75mi)
Long Jump – SM Qualification A JOSH WOODS U23 (Birmingham University) 2nd (6.77mi), Qualification B CRAIG MONCUR U23 (Birmingham University) 3rd (7.02mi) in the Final JOSH finished 5th (SB 7.04mi) adding 6cm to his 17 February jump, and is ranked UK No.6 U23 in 2024, CRAIG finished 6th (7.01mi)
Triple Jump – SM Qualification B JOSH WOODS U23 (Birmingham University) 2nd (14.46i) in the Final JOSH finished 4th (SB 15.07mi) adding 27cm to his 17 February jump, and is ranked UK No.7 U23 in 2024
Triple Jump – SW Qualification A TRINITY O’CONNOR U23 (Birmingham University) 12th (9.87i), Qualification B RUTH-ANN OTARUOH U23 (Sheffield University HCA) 5th (11.63i) in the Final RUTH-ANN finished 6th (11.89mi)
Shot 7.26kg – SM Qualification A CRAIG MONCUR U23 (Birmingham University) 3rd (13.06mi) in the Final CRAIG finished 8th (PB 13.25mi) adding 6cm to his 21 January put

ENGLAND MASTERS AA INTER-AREA CHALLENGE – Took place at Lee Valley on 25 February
60m – M50 1 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 (SCV) 3rd (SB 7.95i) and is ranked UK No.8 V50 in 2024
200m – M50 1 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 (SCV) 3rd (25.94i) and is ranked UK No.4 V50 in 2024
60m Hurdles – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (EM 2nd Claim) 1st (8.83i)
High Jump – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 (SCV) 2nd (SB 1.50mi) and is ranked UK No.3 Equal V50 in 2024
Pole Vault – W50 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 (SCV) 2nd (2.25mi)
Long Jump – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (EM 2nd Claim) 1st (SB 5.64mi) and is ranked UK No.1 V50 in 2024
Long Jump – W50 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 (SCV) 7th (3.45mi)
Shot 3kg – W50 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 (SCV) 8th (SB 5.58mi)
Shot 4kg – W35 EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim SCV) 3rd (10.76mi) and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2024

SM WINTERWURF – Took place at Lucerne, Switzerland on 25 February
Javelin 800g – SM DANIEL BAINBRIDGE 3rd (70.05m)

LONDON WINTER 10K – Took place at London on 25 February
BRADLEY SINGER V35 (PB 44.19) taking 1 minute 36 seconds off his 2022 time

INTERNATIONAL TRACK MEET – Took place at Christchurch, New Zealand on 24 February
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 3rd (62.94m)

CAMPEONATO DE ANDALUCIA SUB20 – Took place at Antequera, Spain on 24 February
200m – SM H2 CAI CRAWFORD U20 1st (22.42i), A CAI finished 1st (SB 21.90i) taking .01 of a second off his 11 February time, and is ranked UK No.8 U20 in 2024

IVY LEAGUE HEPTAGONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA on 24 February
60m Hurdles – SW H1 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 6th (8.80i)

WORLD ATHLETCS INDOOR TOUR GOLD – Took place at Madrid, Spain on 23 February
Shot 7.26kg – SM SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 7th (20.82mi)

ASUN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Gainesville, Florida, USA on 23-24 February
5000m – SM KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 (Eastern Kentucky University) 4th (SB 14:31.09i) and is ranked UK No.10 U23 in 2024

KEN SHANNON LAST CHANCE INVITATIONAL – Took place at Seattle, Washington, USA on 23-24 February
Heptathlon – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 3rd (PB 5668 points) adding 50 points to his 2023 total, and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2024 – 60m 4th (SB 7.05i) taking .26 of a second off his 10 February time – 1000m 3rd (SB 2:43.48i) taking 6.30 seconds off his 26 February time – 60m Hurdles 3rd (8.18i) – High Jump 9th equal (1.89mi) – Pole Vault 8th equal (4.459mi) – Long Jump 2nd (PB 7.23mi) adding 11cm to his 13 January jump, and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2024 – Shot 7.26kg 3rd (13.71mi)

RUNNING2TIME BRUNEL INDOOR SERIES – Took place at Uxbridge on 21 February
Pole Vault – U17M ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH U17 1st (SB 3.70mi)
Long Jump – SX JAI-SHAMMAH LEWIN 3rd (SB 6.14mi)

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…
1,054 events – 196,674 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 8,854 first timers – 20,976 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – Did you know … 6,000 parkrunners have a birthday on the 29 February

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 24 February.
JOEL PHILLIPS V45 3rd (PB 21.03) this was his 94th Parkrun, AMBER JACKSON U15 8th (22.40) this was her 17th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Edgbaston Reservoir on 24 February.
JAMES DAVIS U23 160th (25 53) this was his 50th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 24 February.
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 397th (35 09) this was his 322nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Harrow on 24 February.
DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 17th (PB 20.59) this was his 8th Parkrun, LILY JANMOHAMED U11 69th (24.42) this was her 7th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Kesgrave on 24 February.
ROSS HAMMOND U17 1st (18.17) this was his 33rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lordship Recreational Ground on 24 February.
AIDAN MACAVOY U17 2nd (17.16) this was his 4th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 24 February.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 96th (26.11) this was his 163rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 24 February.
RAFI GAYER U17 1st (PB 16.52) this was his 5th Parkrun, TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U17 2nd (17.40) this was his 51st Parkrun, OLIVIA ABBOTT U13 33rd (PB 22.51) this was her 2nd Parkrun, STUART SINGER V35 39th (23.33) this was his 409th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 102nd (26.48) this was his 259th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 24 February.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 238th (43.35) this was his 293rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Perry Lakes, Perth, Australia on 24 February.
STUART MOORE V60 155th (32.18) this was his 221st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pymmes on 24 February.
ZACK JOSEPHS U15 9th (PB 19.25) this was his 14th Parkrun, SAM CLEMENTS U13 16th (PB 20.16) this was his 8th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 24 February.
ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 3rd (16.35) this was his 65th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at The Old Showfield on 24 February.
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 18th (21.45) this was his 30th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Valentines on 24 February.
EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (19.49) this was her 37th Parkrun, JO KENT V55 (2nd Claim) 13th (20.51) this was her 130th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 29 FEBRUARY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL – The SBH 2023-2024 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet are available on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 9 March at Wollaton Park, Nottingham.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 16 March at Pontefract.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 30 March at Belgade, Serbia

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 29 FEBRUARY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL – Please enter yourself and pay the appropiate fee. Also note, especially Lee Valley, that events may close before any closing date, if that event is fully subscribed.

BUCS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Friday 23 February to Sunday 25 February.
Entries Closed

ENGLAND MASTERS INDOOR CHALLENGE – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Sunday 25 February.
Note: Team selection will be via area clubs

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Glasgow from Friday 1 March to Sunday 3 March
Note: You will be selected following the UK trials

ESSEX AND EASTERN COUNTIES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 2 March and Sunday 3 March. Age-group U13 up to Senior.
Entries Closed

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 16 March and Sunday 17 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Link to Hertfordshire online entries – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?cc=GBR&page=0&from=2024-03-01&to=2024-03-30
Link to Middlesex entries online – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=7&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on
Link to Kent entries online – http://kcaa.org.uk/onlineregs/newmeeting9.php?MeetID=1
Link to Middlesex full fixture information – Middlesex Indoor Championships 16-03-24
Closing Dates for Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent is Friday 1 March
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

EUROPEAN MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Torun, Poland from Sunday 17 March to Sunday 24 March.

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 23 March at Milton Keynes.Start times U15/U17 Men 11.00am, Men 12.00pm 6 stages of 4.8km, 6 stages of 7.2km, Women 1.00pm 4 stages of 4.8km, 2 stages of 7.2km
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 12 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NEXT GENERATION TRY OUT KIDS’ ATHLETICS AHEAD OF WORLD INDOORS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

On the eve of the major championships in Glasgow, the global governing body’s young athlete initiative takes place in the city. With only a week to go until the start of the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, local school children have been given a unique opportunity to take part in a fun festival of athletics. For some it meant getting their first taste of the No.1 Olympic sport, too. Kids’ Athletics is a free and exciting programme created by World Athletics to get children and young people across the world moving. The programme uses the power of athletics to inspire children and young people, wherever they are, to be more active, develop their skills and confidence, and to connect with the sport for life. The Kids’ Athletics day took place at Haghill Primary School, only a stone’s throw away from Glasgow’s Emirates Arena where world champions will be crowned. The day offered local children the chance to immerse themselves in the sport, participating in a series of adapted athletics events to develop core skills, including the standing long jump, speed bounds, seated ball throw and group relay challenges.

The pupils were given a score card to record their own efforts, the focus being on the individual and their only competition is with themselves. Bringing together 190 children aged 8-10, six local schools (Haghill Primary School, Alexandra Parade Primary School, Golfhill Primary School, Carntyne Primary School, Barmulloch Primary School, St Denise Primary School) are involved in the programme, with the aim of creating pathways into the sport through collaboration with local community driven initiatives. One such local initiative is the Dennistoun Community Sports Club (DCSH), which works in association with Glasgow Life and sportscotland to support the community and increase engagement in sport and physical activity. Already involved with renowned local athletics club – Shettleston Harriers, the DACSH aims to offer a pathway to young individuals into sport and it is hoped this event will help to uncover some of Scotland’s new athletics stars, following in the footsteps of local icons LAURA MUIR, JEMMA REEKIE and JOSH KERR.

Former Scottish track and field star and event ambassador, EILIDH DOYLE, said: “Athletics has such a varied range of running, jumping and throwing events, as well as being the core skills of so many other sports, it really does offer something for everyone. It is great seeing all these youngsters getting the opportunity to have a go today and more importantly being connected with people and places where they can continue to develop their interest in the sport. “Athletics is about having fun and it has been great to see all the smiley faces here today, cheered on by the event mascot Scottee, who was having his own warm-up for the championships!”

PAAVO NURMI’S MEDALS RETURNING TO PARIS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently

Five golds won by “The Flying Finn” in 1924 to form part of new exhibition in French capital. The last time the summer Olympics were staged in Paris, back in 1924, PAAVO NURMI was one of the standout performers. As he created history by winning no fewer than five gold medals in a single Games, he was dubbed as “The Flying Finn”, “The Phantom Finn” or “The Finnish Running Marvel”. Now, 100 years on from his incredible feats of athleticism, NURMI’S medals are returning to the French capital for the first time since he was awarded them for winning the 1500m, 5000m, the 3000m team event and two cross-country events in a remarkable four-day spell.

In the 1920s, the Finn was known across the world for his middle and long distance running abilities, filling arenas wherever he went. Paris 1924 established his enduring legend, with his five victories remaining the most athletics gold medals ever won by one athlete at a single Games.

Nurmi’s medals will go on display in the museum of the Monnaie de Paris on the left bank of the Seine and form part of a larger exhibition of Olympic medals. “D’or, d’argent, de bronze. Une histoire de la médaille Olympique”, organised by the museum of the French mint to mark the Olympic Games of Paris 2024, offers a fascinating exploration of the history of the Olympic medal, highlighting its evolution through the editions of the modern Olympic Games. The exhibition opens to the public from March 27 and will run until September 22. “World Athletics is delighted that the family of PAAVO NURMI, the PAAVO NURMI Games, the City of Turku and the museum of the Monnaie de Paris have partnered with our own Museum of World Athletics to return one of the most famous sets of Olympic medals to the French capital for the first time since they were won there a century ago,” said World Athletics President SEB COE. “During the year of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, we are celebrating the outstanding achievements of The Flying Finn PAAVO NURMI who in 1924 won a still unsurpassed haul of five Olympic Athletics gold medals in a single edition of the Games. “As famous as the Hollywood stars of his day, lauded by US presidents, NURMI was the first truly global sports star. NURMI ended his career with nine golds and three Olympic silver medals and 22 ratified world records but his achievements in Paris 1924, including an outrageous 1500m and 5000m double won with only an hour rest between the two finals, marked the zenith of his career.”

OLYMPIC GAMES 2024 – Take place in Paris from the 26 July until the 11 August. The Athletics take place from the 1 August until the 11 August.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2024 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – The 2024 Summer Fixture Card will be issued around the middles of March.

SBH 2023-2024 WINTER POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES – Currently the updated Winter Points and Club Championship tables are published on the SBH website.
Link to the Final Winter Points tables, as the National Championships was cancelled, the tables are based on the 10 February Metropolitan League results – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2023-2024 Final Issue 24-02-24 Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2023-2024 Final Issue 24-02-24
Link to the updated Club Championships table, following the 27 January Southern Championships –SBH Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2023-2024 Updated 27-01-24 Final Issue
Please select a document, following this you can print a copy for future reference.

CLUB HOODIES– With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £35 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 22 February 2024

Posted on 22/02/202422/02/2024 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 22 February to Wednesday 28 February – Esther Akiti, Karl Bulman, Thomas Butler, Jacob Clement, Tia Daly, Vanessa Gavenaite, Barry Haws, Anthony Jackson, Sienna Oakley-Medwinter, David Parker, Ehsan Rahimi, Alana Samji, Ariel Sota and James Todd,

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to LINA NIELSEN who has been selected for the GB&NI team in Glasgow on 1-3 March. LINA is a member of the 4x400m relay squad.
UK Athletics say they have prioritised medal hopes when picking the team. The squad might grow in size, too, as there is the chance athletes might be added later this week if they place highly enough in the world rankings. Shot putters AMELIA STRICKER and SCOTT LINCOLN fall into this category.

NEW INDOOR CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to EMILY NEWNHAM who lowered her own Under 23 400m club record, with a time of (53.70i) in the UK Championships in Birmingham on 17 February. EMILY’S previous club record was (54.18i) set in Sheffield on 7 February 2024.

NEW INDOOR CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to CHARLES HICKS who in lowered his own 5000m club record, with a time of (13:09.38i) in Boston, USA on 16 February, which is a European qualification time. CHARLES’ previous club record was (13:22.05i) set in Chicago, USA on 10 February 2023.

NEW INDOOR CLUB RECORDS – Congratulations to ROSALIND ZEFFERTT who lowered 2 of her own V60 club records at the British Masters Indoor Masters at Lee Valley on 17-18 February. Firstly in the 200m ROSALIND ran (35.80i), previous record (36.12i) and the Long Jump (3.51mi) previous record (3.43mi)

2024 TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES – With the cross country coming to a close in around 3 weeks time, I am already in the process of compiling the 2024 Summer Fixture Card. The season will be hectic from April to July, as this year sees the Olympic Games taking part in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August, with the athletics starting on 1 August until 11 August.

Eastern Young Athletes League – For age-groups U13, U15 & U17 Men and Women. There are 4 fixtures, following these there is a league final for the top 6 clubs in the league, and a plate final for clubs finishing 7th to 12th in the league.
Fixtures – Sunday 14 April at Ware, Sunday 5 May at Watford, Sunday 2 June at Colchester, Sunday 21 July at StoneX Stadium, the final is on Sunday 8 September at StoneX Stadium.
Middlesex Young Athletes League – For age-groups U11, U13, U15 & U17 Men and Women. There are 4 fixtures.
Fixtures – Saturday 27 April at Finsbury Park, Sunday 19 May at Perivale, Sunday 16 June at Harrow, Saturday 6 July at Parliament Hill.
UK Youth Development League – For age-groups U17 & U20 Men and Women. There are normally 4 fixtures, but fixture 4 scheduled for Saturday 3 August has been cancelled due to the Olympic Games taking place. Following the 3 fixtures will be the YDL final for the top 2 clubs from each region.
Fixtures – Sunday 28 April at Windsor, Sunday 26 May at Hemel Hempstead, Sunday 30 June at StoneX Stadium, the final is on Saturday 31 August at to be advised.
National Athletic League – For age-groups U17 & U20 athletes can be selected if they have reached the qualifying standard & Senior Men and Women. There are 4 fixtures.
Fixtures – Saturday 1 June at Chelmsford, Saturday 22 June at StoneX Stadium, Sunday 7 July at Stevenage, Saturday 3 August final at Bedford.
SCVAC Veterans League – Still awaiting fixture details.
London Inter Club Challenge – For all age-groups including U11s. Open to all athletes, with 50% discount for SBH athletes.
Fixtures – Saturday 30 March Throwsfest 1 at StoneX Stadium, Sunday 7 April Throwsfest 2 at StoneX Stadium, Saturday 13 July at StoneX Stadium, Saturday 17 August at StoneX Stadium, Sunday 1 September at StoneX Stadium. Note: There will be midweek Hurdles fixtures at StoneX Stadium, dates to be finalised.
Other Major Fixtures – 7-12 June European Championships at Rome, 28-30 June UK Championships at Manchester, 12-13 July English Schools Championships at Birmingham, 18-21 July European Under 18 Championships at Slovakia, 19-21 July England Under 20 and Senior Combined Events, plus Track and Field Championships venue TBC, 26-28 July England Age-Group Combined Events, plus Track and Field Championships venue TBC, 1-11 August Olympic Games taking place in Paris, 27-31 August World U20 Championships at Lima, Peru.

They take place at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Link to all information including link to enter a meeting – https://watfordharriers.org.uk/open-meets
The 3 April meeting will go live on the roster athletics website from 19 March, and thereafter on a 2 week rolling basis.The Watford Harriers website (link above) takes you directly to roster athletics.
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

RESULTS
UK ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS INCLUDING EUROPEAN TRIALS – Took place at Birmingham on 17-18 February
60m – SM H1 KRISHAWN AIKEN 8th (6.98i), H2 JOHN OTUGADE (DQ), H3 JORDAN WATSON-BROWNE 3rd (6.86i) in Semi-Final 1 JORDAN finished 7th (6.87i)
200m – SM H4 KRISHAWN AIKEN 2nd (21.69i) in Semi-Final 1 KRISHAWN finished 4th (21.74i)
400m – SM H5 JAMAL RHODEN-STEVENS (DNF)
400m – SW H1 EMILY NEWNHAM U23 2nd (SB 53.70i) taking .48 of a second off her 7 February time, and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2024, also a new Club Record, H3 LINA NIELSEN 1st (53.05i), H4 HAYLEY MCLEAN 3rd (SB 55.21i) taking .05 of a second off her 4 February time, in Semi-Final 2 LINA finished 1st (SB 52.06i) taking .75 of a second off her 3 February time, in Semi-Final 3 EMILY finished 3rd (54.21i) in the Final LINA won the Silver Medal (SB 51.95i) taking .11 of a second off her SF2 time, and is ranked UK No.4 in 2024
800m – SM H2 ROBERT SHIPLEY (HCA) 4th (1:52.85i), H3 SAM WIGGINS 5th (SB 1:54.47i)
3000m – SM Straight Final MARK PEARCE 9th (SB 7:56.85i)
60m Hurdles – SM H1 RUBEN HEDMAN U23 2nd (8.02i), H4 CRAIG MONCUR U23 4th (8.45i), in the Final RUBEN finished 8th (8.11i)
60m Hurdles – SW H4 JESSICA HUNTER 1st (8.29i), in the Final JESSICA won the Bronze Medal (8.27i)
High Jump – SM Straight Final AKIN COWARD won the Bronze Medal (SB 2.12mi) equalling his 4 February height, and is ranked UK No.4 in 2024, KIMANI JACK U23 5th equal (2.04mi)
High Jump – SW Straight Final EVELYNE FONTEYNE U23 5th (1.74mi)
Pole Vault – SW Straight Final JADE IVE (HCA) won the Silver Medal (4.31mi)
Triple Jump – SM Straight Final JOSH WOODS U23 6th Medal (SB 14.80mi) adding7cm to his 14 January jump, and is ranked UK No.6 U23 in 2024, DANIEL LEWIS 8th (14.27mi)
Shot 7.26kg – SW Straight Final SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) won the Gold Medal (20.08mi)

BRITISH MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 17-18 February
60m Hurdles – M50-55 Straight Final GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (8.57i)
200m – W60 H1 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 4th (SB 35.80i) taking .32 of a second off her 20 January time
400m – M45 H2 KOJO KYEREME V45 won the Bronze Medal (PB 54.10i) and is ranked UK No.3 V35 in 2024. KOJO with his medal.

Pole Vault – W55+ Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 won the Bronze Medal (SB 2.30mi) adding 6cm to her 20 January height, and is ranked UK No.1 V60 in 2024
Long Jump – W60-65 Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 5th (SB 3.51mi) and is ranked UK No.5 V60 in 2024
Triple Jump – W55+ Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 4th (7.37mi)
Shot 4kg – W35-45 Straight Final EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) won the Bronze Medal (SB 11.76mi) adding 24cm to her 11 February put, and is ranked UK No.3 V35 in 2024

HVEZDY v NEHVIZDECH – Took place at Nehvizdy, Czech Republic on 20 February
Shot 7.26kg – SM SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 4th (20.74mi)

WORLD UNIVERSITY CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Muscat, Oman on 17-18 February
10,282m – SM JEREMY DEMPSEY U23 (GB&NI) 24th (31.22)
Team Results – This is only results published, which are the Men/Women teams combined 1st France (40 points), 2nd Spain (53), 3rd GB&NI (80)

UK WINTER THROWS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Loughborough on 17 February
Discus 2kg – SM GREGORY THOMPSON 1st (SB 55.74m) and is ranked UK No.3 in 2024, GEORGE EVANS 2nd (SB 53.77m) and is ranked UK No.4 in 2024
Javelin 800g – SM DANIEL BAINBRIDGE 1st (SB 71.42m) and is ranked UK No.1 in 2024

BOSTON UNIVERSITY DMR CHALLENGE – Took place at Boston Massachusetts, USA on 16 February
3000m – SM CHARLES HICKS (Stanford University) (SB 7:57.05i) during 5000m race
5000m – SM CHARLES HICKS (Stanford University) 6th (SB 13:09.38i) taking 12.67 seconds off his 2023 time, and is ranked UK No.5 in 2024. This is an European qualification time and a new Club Record.

4J STUDIOS SCOTTISHATHLETICS NATIONAL INDOORCHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS – Took place at Grangemouth on 16-18 February
60m – SW H2 SELINA HENDERSON 1st (SB 7.90i) taking .07 of a second off her 3 February time, in the final SELINA HENDERSON won the Silver Medal (SB 7.79i) taking .11 of a second off her H2 time
Long Jump – SW Straight Final SELINA HENDERSON 2nd (SB 5.38mi) adding 22cm to her 3 February jump
Shot 7.26kg – SM Straight Final ANGUS MCINROY V35 won the Gold Medal (SB 14.31mi) adding 19cm to his 21 January put, and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2024

LEE VALLEY MIDDLE DISTANCE OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 14 February
800m – SX 3 THOMAS CADWALLADER U17 6th (2:09.13)
1500m – SX 5 EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 6th (PB 4:38.01) taking 39.99 seconds of her 2020 indoor best, and is ranked UK No.10 U20 in 2024

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,113 events – 214,480 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 10,009 first timers – 24,857 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – Did you know … The record number of global parkrun events we’ve had in one week is 3,062!

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 17 February.
PAUL LEWIS V50 18th (26.06) this was his 205th Parkrun, JOHN KELLY V70 28th (27.49) this was his 25th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Burnham & Highbridge on 17 February.
AIMEE PORTER U13 3rd (18.11) this was her 9th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Bushey on 17 February.
DANIEL NICHOLS V40 33rd (18.13) this was his 53rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Dulwich on 17 February.
FINN MACCARTHY U23 5th (15.59) this was his 80th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Harrow on 17 February.
DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 12th (PB 21.54) this was his 7th Parkrun, LILY JANMOHAMED U11 33rd (PB 23.53) this was her 6th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 17 February.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 88th (25.15) this was his 162nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Kesgrave on 17 February.
ROSS HAMMOND U17 1st (18.11) this was his 32nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lordship Recreational Ground on 17 February.
SAM CLEMENTS U13 13th (19.51) this was his 7th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 17 February.
BRADLEY SINGER V35 24th (PB 21.32) this was his 258th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V35 47th (23.11) this was his 408th Parkrun, ERIN GIBLIN U15 53rd (23.39) this was her 5th Parkrun, PHOEBE MUSIC U17 65h (24.28) this was her 7th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 17 February.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 250th (41.57) this was his 292nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rickmansworth on 17 February.
CALEB HILTON U15 5th (17.10) this was his 17th Parkrun, JESSE ABRAHAMS U15 8th (17.54) this was his 8th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Southampton on 17 February.
ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER 10th (18.20) this was his 5th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at University Parks on 17 February.
JO KENT V55 60th (21.08) this was her 129th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH – The SBH 2023-2024 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet are available on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 24 February at Western Park, Telford, Shropshire.
Start Times 11.00am 57th U17 Women (5000m), 11.25am 21st U15 Boys (4000m), 11.45pm 54th U13 Girls (3000m), 12.05pm 78th U17 Men (6000m), 12.30pm 20th U13 Boys (3000m), 12.45pm 58th U15 Girls (4000m), 1.05am 32nd U20 Women (6000m), 1.35pm 91st Senior Women (8000m), 2.20pm 76th U20 Men (10000m), 3.00pm 136th Senior Men (12000m)
This is the link to the National website, giving information, travel and site map http://www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/the-national-cross-country-championships/venue/
Entries Closed

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS VENUE – The venue for this season’s English National Cross Country Championships returns to the Midland’s and another new one has been chosen with the event taking place this time at Weston Park, near Telford along the A5 to Cannock. With the entrance via Shrewsbury Gate on that road and is scheduled for Saturday 24th February.

The address of the venue is Weston under Lizard, which is a small village nearby. In appearance it is very much an estate village because of Weston Park the family seat of the Earls of Bradford. The lizard bit coming from the proximity of Lizard Hill. The element ‘Weston’ deriving from the Old English, west-tun meaning ‘west farmstead.’

Situated minutes from major motorways and with easy access to mainline train stations, Weston’s location and road network can deal with all sorts of capacity. There is over a 1000 acres of Capability Brown parkland at Weston and this will be a good test for those taking part in the 2024 event with undulating parkland and quality grass.

This will be 136th time a Senior Men’s Championship will be staged since the first in 1876 while the latest ones are the Under 13 and Under 15 Boys first stage in 2003. Once again, the traditional distances will be raced with Senior Men running 12K and the Senior Women 8K. and the finish is adjacent to the wonderfully named Temple of Diana.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five takes place on Saturday 2 March at Brent Country Park, Hanwell, West London (SatNav W7 3BP).
The course will be on paths within Brent Valley Park, close to Hanwell Zoo.
The first races will be at 12 noon and at the conclusion of the final event the season awards will be presented.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Will our athletes please see TY HOLDEN who will give you a race number

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 9 March at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 16 March at Pontefract.
Note: You you will selected by your respective County Team Manager

WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 30 March at Belgade, Serbia

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 22 FEBRUARY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH – Please enter yourself and pay the appropiate fee. Also note, especially Lee Valley, that events may close before any closing date, if that event is fully subscribed.

BUCS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Friday 23 February to Sunday 25 February.
Entries Closed

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Glasgow from Friday 1 March to Sunday 3 March
Note: You will be selected following the UK trials

ENGLAND ATHLETICS U15 AND U17 COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 9 March and Sunday 10 March.
Please use this link to enable you to enter – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?c=GBR&page=0&from=2024-03-01&to=2024-03-30
Entries Closing Date Sunday 25 February
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

EUROPEAN MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Torun, Poland from Sunday 17 March to Sunday 24 March.

BRITISH FANS ONLY TRAIL THE FRENCH FOR 2024 OLYMPIC TICKETS PURCHASED – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Not since London 2012 have the Summer Olympic Games come this close to the British Isles, but in 2024, they’ll be taking place just across the Channel. To say that athletics fans backing Team GB are excited about the prospect of going to the Games would be an understatement, as relayed by the mass of tickets purchased by Brits. As it turns out, only the French have purchased more tickets than the British, who have collected over 500,000 tickets so far. A mere 212.98 miles away from London as the plane flies, Paris is that perfect mix of proximity, iconic, and prestige. Everyone wants to see Paris for themselves, and the 2024 Olympics will be the perfect excuse. Not only will it be easy to get there and explore everything, but Great Britain also boasts several athletes worth following to France and back.

A whole host of medal hopefuls – Great Britain’s got a fleet of world-class athletes, who’re doing exceptionally well, in line to perform at the 2024 Olympics. One such competitor is MOLLY CAUDERY. The Brit has started her year in great form with 4.83 metres cleared in Val-de-Reuil for Meeting de l’Eure on January 28. Most impressively, that’s an eight-centimetre improvement on what was her personal best. Another athlete raring to gun for the podium across the Channel is EILISH MCCOLGAN. Yet to land an Olympic medal, the Scottish long-distance runner was riding high in her last outings, getting the European 10,000m Cup gold in 2021 and then the Commonwealth Games gold in 2022. She also managed to break the California record for a British runner in the 10,000m race after the Commonwealth Games. In other events, there’s a lot of momentum behind Delicious Orie (super-heavyweight boxing), ANDREA SPENDOLINI-SIRIEIX (diving), JAKE SHARMAN (artistic gymnast), BEN PATTISON (800m runner), EMMA FINUCANE (track cyclist), and TOBY ROBERTS (sport climber). All of them are being earmarked as podium contenders at Paris 2024.

Easy to get to the nearby capital – While it’s not the closest foreign capital city to the United Kingdom, Paris certainly isn’t far off. In fact, your average flight from London to Paris is only around one hour and 20 minutes. In addition, the journey is far from pricey – cheap flights to Paris are relatively common because almost all major UK airports provide flight paths to the metropolis and popular airlines such as Air France, Delta Air Lines and Lufthansa offer competitive deals. Tourists can get value for money by booking in advance or opportunistically when last-minute bargains pop up. Of course, getting there is one thing, but what about the journey afterwards? The trek from the airport to the city that you want to spend your time in can be tedious, but luckily for fliers to Paris, it’s a breeze. The usual landing place, Charles de Gaulle Airport, is just 15 miles away. So, it takes around 45 minutes to get into the city, or you can get on the 30-minute RER B train line directly to multiple stops in and around the capital. Alternatively, if you want to just get a nice, quiet, and private trip into Paris, a taxi can cost as little as €30 and take up to an hour at the most. Paris is nearby, relatively speaking, easy to fly to for cheap, has great access routes to and around the city, and there’ll be a bunch of Brits out there gunning for medals. Knowing this, it’s easy to see why so many British athletics fans have snapped up tickets to the 2024 Summer Games!

HENRY RONO WORLD RECORD-BREAKING KENYAN TRAILBLAZER, DIES AGES 72 – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph of HENRY with NICK ROSE taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

The prodigious talent set four world records in 81 days in 1978 but career was thwarted by alcoholism and Olympic boycotts. Long before KELVIN KIPTUM and ELIUD KIPCHOGE rewrote the distance running record books, HENRY RONO set the athletics world on fire with his exploits. One of the pioneers in Kenyan distance running, RONO set an incredible four world records in the space of 81 days during the summer of 1978. If it wasn’t for an Olympic boycott and an addiction to alcohol, he might have achieved much more, too. His first world record came over 5000m when he took more than four seconds off Dick Quax’s mark with (13:08.4) in Berkeley, California, on April 8, 1978. Just over a month later the 26-year-old sliced more than two seconds off ANDERS GARDERUD’S world 3000m steeplechase record with (8:05.4) in Seattle. The following month he ran (27:22.47) for 10,000m to take eight seconds off SAMSON KIMOBWA’S world record. On June 27 at the Bislett Games in Oslo he notched up his fourth world record with (7:32.1) to beat BRENDAN FOSTER’S mark by three seconds. In 1981 he set another world record of (13:06.20) for 5000m in Knarvik, Norway. At major championships, his finest moment was at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton when he won the 5000m and 3000m steeplechase.

RONO was a popular figure in the UK, too. During his brilliant 1978 season, for example, he won the AAA 5000m title as a guest from WILSON WAIGWA and NICK ROSE, whereas at the end of the season he was out-sprinted by STEVE OVETT in a classic ‘front runner versus the kicker’ duel over two miles where Ovett ran a world record of (8:13.51) to RONO’S (8:14.66). Such achievements led to him gracing the cover of AW and you can only wonder what he might have achieved over the marathon. His career would soon fizzle out, though, due to a drinking problem. After being brought up in the near-pristine environment of the Kenyan countryside and working for the Kenyan Army during his early years, RONO was led astray with drink and junk food while studying at Washington State University and travelling the European track circuit. Olympic boycotts did not help his career either with Kenya not taking part in either the 1976 or 1980 Games. Such is his legacy, though, some of his world records lasted a decade whereas his US collegiate 5000m mark was only broken in 2022 by ABDI NUR.

After putting on weight and losing his form, his jobs after athletics included being a cargo loader and an athletics coach in Albuquerque. Then, in 2019 and known to be suffering from ill health and lack of money, a crowd-funding project began to raise money so he could return from the United States to Kenya to start coaching young athletes.

COULD THE LONG JUMP CHANGE FOREVER? – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently

World Athletics is planning to trial replacing the take-off board with a take-off zone at lower-level competitions this season, The long jump is one of the oldest track and field disciplines and was the only known jumping event to be part of ancient Greece’s original Olympics pentathlon. Then, athletes used halteres – the equivalent of modern-day dumbbells – to propel themselves forward into a temporary dug up area that would, in theory soften the landing. Each of the five disciplines in the ancient pentathlon – long jump, discus, javelin, stadion (180m sprint) and wrestling – acted as a form of training for warfare. Unsurprisingly, the long jump mirrored the crossing of obstacles such as streams and ravines. The long jump was one of the inaugural events at the 1896 Olympics and in 1948 women competed in it for the first time at the Games. The standing long jump, where athletes didn’t run up and instead stood at the edge of the sandpit, was also an Olympic event between 1900-1912. For generations, athletes have refined their craft on a traditional 40m long track runway which includes a run-up area, take-off board of 20cm in length and sandpit.

The rules are pretty simple. The distance recorded is from the take-off board to the mark in the sand where the athlete initially lands. The person with the furthest jump wins. If an athlete takes off with any part of their foot on or past the foul line then the jump is declared void and no distance is recorded. The foul line used to be made of plasticine, meaning an indentation equalled a no jump. This has now been replaced by laser sensors at elite level competitions. Now, the long jump format all might be about to change.

World Athletics are planning a new trial for measuring long jump take-offs where they’ll replace the take-off board with a take-off zone. This is after data from the World Championships in Budapest highlighted a third of attempts were no-jumps. To mitigate that, jumps would be measured from the front of the athlete’s take-off foot within a zone and not behind a board.

“It will mean that every jump counts and it adds to the jeopardy and drama in the competition,” World Athletics CEO JON RIDGEON told the Anything But Footy podcast. “We’ll measure from where the athlete takes off to where they land in the pit. You cannot make change in a sport that was basically invented 150 years ago without some controversy. “If you have dedicated your life to hitting that take-off board perfectly and then suddenly we replace it with a take-off zone, I totally get that there might be initial resistance. “We will spend this year testing it in real life circumstances with very good athletes. If it doesn’t pass testing, we will never introduce it. We are not going to introduce things on a whim.”

Athletes past and present have not shied away from voicing their opinions on the prospective changes to the long jump. World long jump champion IVANA SPANOVIC posted on Instagram: “W*F? Make it make sense, please.” Meanwhile, 2016 world indoor long champion MARQUIS DENDY also stated: “Is this real?” Over on Twitter, quadruple Olympic long jump champion CARL LEWIS tweeted: “Actually, it wouldn’t change the distances that much. You would just see more bad jumps measured.”

World Athletics are also planning to create a special made for television global three-night event in 2026, when there are no Olympics or World Championships. If the long jump trials are successful, then a take-off zone could be rolled out in elite competitions from 2026 onwards. In theory, it could be used for World Athletics’ new global event and further ahead the LA 2028 Olympics. The landscape of the sport could look quite different in a few years.

HOW A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION AT THE SPANISH INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently

A mother and daughter made history at this past weekend’s Spanish Indoor Championships (February 16-18) after competing against each other in the 1500m. A 31-year gap separates ALEJANDRA GALVEZ (46) and DANIELA SIERRA (15) but they became the first mother/daughter combination to ever run in the same race at the Spanish Indoor Championships. GALVEZ, who last year broke the W45 world indoor 800m record with (2:12.99), was the oldest athlete in the championships. Safe to say, her daughter was the youngest. Incredibly, the pair got the last two places amongst the 36 registered athletes in the 1500m. Sadly, they didn’t qualify for the final. GALVEZ and SIERRA finished 10th and 12th with times of (4:38.59) and (4:49.85). However, they captured the hearts and imagination of the athletics community. AW caught up with GALVEZ and SIERRA about the feeling of competing against each other, the emotions involved and what is next for both of them.

You’ve been all over the media in Spain and had so much attention at the Spanish Indoor Championships, so how do you feel – ALEJANDRA (Mother): The truth is that it comes to you from everywhere. You don’t even have to look for it. We get news via WhatsApp and Instagram. I’ve even got more followers on Instagram! On the one hand, I’m a bit hooked on social media these days. But on the other hand, I can’t wait to turn it off, to be honest. We’re getting so much exposure. But we love it too. DANIELA (Daughter): My friends write to me asking me what I’m doing appearing on their television. I don’t know! I haven’t even found out what has happened. I haven’t processed it yet.

You just made it to the Spanish Indoor Championships. You were the last two out of the 36 competitors on the list. How did you receive the news – ALEJANDRA We had rejected the possibility [of being at the championships]. We had calculated that we had to run around 4:35 to qualify. We went for that time at the Andalusian Championships. We were pushing each other to achieve that time and we were disappointed because at the end we clocked (4:37) and we thought that time would never get us in the list. One day though, I was working an afternoon shift [Digestive Doctor in Almería] and I got a message from the competitions coordinator at the Cueva de Nerja Club [a team from the city of Nerja (Málaga) where ALEJANDRA and DANIELA both run] saying that we had qualified – myself in the 800m and DANIELA for the 1500m. Being honest, at first it didn’t suit us. We had already organised our training for Daniela’s upcoming competitions. But when I got home, my husband and DANIELA told me that I had also qualified for the 1500m. That’s when I thought it would be amazing for the two of us to be in the 1500m. Mother and daughter. It’s a very nice generational relay! It would also be DANIELA’S first national championships. Supported by our team and our coach, we wanted to have this experience and started looking for tickets to travel to the championships. DANIELA: I like to see which athletes go and which athletes don’t go before a competition. When I saw my mum on the list, it was a surprise and a huge motivation. We both said we should go for it.

At the regional championships in Andalusia, DANIELA beat ALEJANDRA. In the national championships, it was the other way around. Do you want to play the tiebreaker race at the outdoors season – ALEJANDRA Well, she [DANIELA] is still ahead of me because we ran a meeting before and she surpassed me in the last 30 metres. So, in fact, we’ve had three 1500m races and it’s 2-1 to her! We had thought of another challenge for the outdoors though. As I’m an 800m runner and DANIELA is also starting to train it this year, we want to try to get the standard for the outdoor championships. It’s more difficult than what we’ve done now.

Talking a bit about your careers as athletes… ALEJANDRA, the first time you competed in a championships was 30 years ago in Seville and you did the pentathlon. Shortly after, you participated in the outdoor national championships in 2002 and ran the 800m. And until 2020, you didn’t return to the track. What happened during all that time – ALEJANDRA Between the combined events to the 800m, I started studying medicine in Madrid. The first year there involved a lot of practical classes in the afternoon and it all became too much for me. In the end, I focused on my studies because my parents were making the effort to pay for them. That was the decision I made at the time but I never really stopped doing some sport, even if it was just to maintain my own health.

During my fourth year doing medicine, I had more free time in the afternoons. So, I decided to come back and I spoke to GUILLERMO FERRARO, one of the best middle and long distance coaches in Spain. In less than four months I finished second at the Spanish U23 Championships. At some point I considered taking on the sport more professionally but it coincided with the residency programme. So I went back to medicine and did my residency in the gastroenterology department. That’s when I gave athletics up for good for 16 years.

As well as being a doctor, you also have three girls. How do you manage your professional life, your personal life, and your life as an athlete – ALEJANDRA: Well, as my husband states, we are a team. We have made our family life around sport, and I think we are all happy with it. Sometimes more, sometimes less. You have to find the right balance to ensure that all the members of the team are happy.

Since you came back, you have competed at the nationals three years in a row, have set the W45 world indoor 800m record and were nominated for Female Master Athlete of 2023. Did you expect all this when you decided to return to athletics – ALEJANDRA: It wasn’t so much what I achieved last year, but the repercussions it had in Almería. I was chosen as the woman of the year in sport and this gave me the opportunity to go to schools, talk to children and encourage them to participate in athletics. Above all, many female athletes related to me and I helped them to continue in the sport. I love athletics so much and it’s something everyone should have in their lives.

Daniela, you’ve already managed to compete at a national senior championships. What are your hopes for the future as an athlete? How does your mother inspire you – DANIELA For this season, my biggest goal is to achieve the qualifying mark for the European U18 Championships.

I’d love to represent Spain at an Olympics, Worlds or European Championships in my career.

I’m lucky to have my mum and she helps me with everything in training. She encourages me when I don’t feel like training, she’s there when my coach isn’t around and supports me in every decision. An athlete around my age told me this past weekend that I was lucky to have such an amazing role model.

How would you promote athletics to all youngsters of your age – DANIELA: I would get rid of the idea that athletics is only about running. My classmates ask me a lot if I just go to the track and run and that’s it. Since I was a child, I’ve done many other things. I’ve tried everything. That’s how I fell in love with athletics. I spend a lot of time on the track with my friends. I need it. Even on days when I have to study a lot, I prefer to go for an hour to train, to clear my head, to have fun and then come back with my batteries recharged. It’s so much better than spending the whole afternoon studying.

Finally, who are your idols in athletics – DANIELA With DANIELA GARCIA [European U23 800m champion], we had a special connection this weekend. If we had to choose someone, we would choose our close and wonderful person, MARIANO GARCIA. ALEJANDRA In my life as an athlete, athletes like JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE, who was the best heptathlete when I was a teenager, have been great reference points for me. I’m also good friends with MAIITE MARTINEZ and we can relate to each other.

OLYMPIC GAMES 2024 – Take place in Paris from the 26 July until the 11 August. The Athletics take place from the 1 August until the 11 August.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

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

SBH 2023-2024 WINTER POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TABLES – Currently the updated Winter Points and Club Championship tables are published on the SBH website.
Link to the updated Winter Points tables, following the 10 February Metropolitan League – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2023-2024 Updated 10-02-24 Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2023-2024 Updated 10-02-24
Link to the updated Club Championships table, following the 13 January Metropolitan League – SBH Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2023-2024 Updated 13-01-24
Please select a document, following this you can print a copy for future reference.

CLUB HOODIES– With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £35 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

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