Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 18 April 2024

Happy Birthday from Thursday 18 April to Wednesday 24 April – Louis Cross, Victoria Godfrey, Lola McCann-Ezekiel, Andrew Millett, Tristan Procida, Joe Purbrick, Robert Rigby, Sean Sutherland, Alan Weller, Tariq Wild and Ben Winfield

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to FARRAH GEORGIADES, JOSEPH GOATER and ISSA PHILLIPS-POPE

EMILY NEWNHAM U23, LINA NEILSEN AND CHARLIE DOBSON BAHAMAS BOUND – Congratulations to EMILY, LINA and CHARLIE will be representing GB&NI at the World Athletic Relays in Nassau, Bahamas on 4-5 May. They are in their respective 4x400m relay teams, with the objective to qualify all relay teams for the Paris Olympic Games.

BETH POTTER WINS SUPERTRI E WORLD TITLE 2024  The following article was published on the World Triathlon website recently.

British triathlon star Beth Potter has been crowned the the supertri E World Triathlon Champion powered by Zwift after an epic battle with French racer Cassandre Beaugrand in London on 13 April. The 27-year-old BEAUGRAND would suffer from cramp in her calf on the final run leg of the day but held onto second place, with American star Katie Zafares producing an impressive third place on her supertri E debut.

POTTER and BEAUGRAND were largely inseparable throughout the first eight triathlon disciplines, with POTTER finally breaking BEAUGRAND’S resolve with 500m to go of the final run leg in front of a raucous home crowd at the London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Park. Having won the Esports worlds in 2022, POTTER’S victory adds another world title to her trophy cabinet and lays down a huge marker before this summer’s Paris Olympic Games, where the 32-year-old and BEAUGRAND are set for another major battle.

“It was my season opener today and I didn’t know where my form was at, so I’m really happy to take the win,” said POTTER at the finish. “I didn’t go too hard in the third swim and had to bide my time until the final run.”

The London Aquatics Centre in Queen Elizabeth Park was the host of the World Champs, with 10 women’s triathletes qualifying from the morning heats. These included the two favourites for this summer’s Paris Olympics, France’s CASSANDRE BEAUGRAND and BETH POTTER of the UK, who were going head-to-head for the first time in 2024 in London. Joining them was supertri regular KATIE ZAFARES (USA), but sadly home favourite Vicky Holland and rising Hungarian star Fanni Szalai both missed out on qualification.

The World Championship race consisted of 3 Stages over the supertri E format, with a 200m Swim – 4km Bike – 1km Run followed by a 1km Run – 4km Bike – 200m Swim before a final 200m Swim – 4km Bike – 1km Run.

The final stage saw a Pursuit start based on the time difference accumulated across the first two stages, with the athlete with the fastest times starting first.

STAGE 1 – Swim: 200m CASSANDRE BEAUGRAND (FRA) led the pace on the day’s first discipline, exiting the water after 2:12mins, five seconds ahead of POTTER – Bike: 4km Onto the day’s first Zwift bike leg and BEAUGRAND’S lead was cut in half by POTTER at the halfway stage, with POTTER pulling level at the 3km stage. The 34-year-old American KATIE ZAFARES was just four seconds back, with POTTER and BEAUGRAND exiting the bikes together – Run: 1km BEAUGRAND’S seamless T2 saw her onto the treadmill first, with POTTER in her shadow. POTTER would make the pass at the halfway stage, with ZAFARES and Tanja Neubert (GER) dropping 10secs back. POTTER’S lead by the end of the run would be five seconds ahead of BEAUGRAND and 19secs ahead of ZAFARES. 1-0 to the Scot.

STAGE 2 – Run: 1km Stage 2’s opening run began with POTTER and BEAUGRAND remaining inseparable at the front of the field, with ZAFARES in close proximity. POTTER and BEAUGRAND would exit the treadmill together, with ZAFARES 3secs back – Bike: 4km Onto the Tacx smart trainers and POTTER would create an instant lead of 2secs over her French rival courtesy of a faultless transition, with ZAFARES 4secs behind. POTTER would regularly push out of the saddle but BEAUGRAND would stubbornly stay right behind, while ZAFARES would push a bigger gear and lower cadence to remain in third. By T2, the gap between POTTER and BEAUGRAND was minimal, with the two race favourites exchanging glances at they entered the swim – Swim: 200m POTTER again produced the best transition to enter the water first, but BEAUGRAND had drawn level by the 50m mark. POTTER wouldn’t give up her lead, however, edging BEAUGRAND to the finish to set up an epic final showdown. ZAFARES would be 12secs in arrears. 

STAGE 3 – Swim: 200m  The pursuit-style start saw POTTER enter the water with a 5sec advantage over BEAUGRAND and 30secs over ZAFARES, who had a 29sec lead over NEUBERT in fourth. BEAUGRAND was quick to reduce the deficit to POTTER and was alongside her with 100m to go. The two were level at the 150m mark, but BEAUGRAND was to nudge ahead by the swim’s finale – Bike: 4km POTTER would lose precious seconds at the start of the final bike leg, with BEAUGRAND now 12-metres ahead of POTTER. Riding side-by-side on the Tacx turbos, the gap between the athletes would remain at 12-metres as they pushed 300+ watts and speeds over 40km/h. BEAUGRAND would finally increase the gap to POTTER by 2secs by T2. The scene would be set for an epic climax on the run – Run: 1km POTTER would begin the final run leg courtesy of yet another textbook transition, establishing a 1sec lead over BEAUGRAND by 100m and 5secs by 500m. With BEAUGRAND visibly in pain, POTTER’S minute back. The German pair of NEUBERT and Lena Meibner would finish fourth and fifth respectively.

STATUS ON OPEN MEETINGS – These are the fixtures which are now open for you to enter yourself, which are as follows. Changes this week in Red.
BFTA Series14 April Entries Closed, 19 May Closing Date 12 May and 2 June Closing Date 26 May, 23 June Open To Enter Closing Date 16 June (All entries on Opentrack)
Lee Valley24 April Closing Date 23 April , 8 May Closing Date 7 May, 22 May Closing Date 21 May, 5 June Closing Date 4 June (All entries on Opentrack)
Newham26 May Open To Enter, Closing Date 23 May (All entries on Entry4sports)
Watford17 April Entries Closed, 1 May Open To Enter, Closing Date 29 April (Entries on Roster Athletics)
Please remember there is a possibility that the limits may be taken up before the closing date.

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 2024 is £19. The current total is £99 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
EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The first of four fixtures took place at Ware on 14 April.
The following results are still provisional.

What a superb start to the season, and congratulations to our athletes which included many of our new members who have joined us over the past 6 months. Also many thanks to our Team Managers and Officials, also the many parents who brought their boy or girl to Ware.
Our points total of 689 was the highest of the 4 fixtures held, with Chelmsford finishing with 678.5 points at Thurrock, Dacorum finishing with 668 points at Stevenage and Havering finishing with 638 points at Norwich.

Our next fixture is on Sunday 5 May at Watford, in which our next opponets are Braintree, Brentwood Beagles, Peterborough & Nene Valley, St Albans and Watford.

Match Result – 1st SBH (689 points), 2nd Herts Phoenix (567.5), 3rd Basildon (501), 4th Colchester Harriers (271), 5th Orion and Ilford (257.5), 6th Harlow (176)

100m – U13B A LUCAS DAVIS U13 1st (14.4 nwr), B NOSA URUBUSI U13 2nd (PB 14.7 nwr) Non Scoring DANIEL MURRAY U13 (PB 16.3 nwr),
100m – U13G A KAYIKUNMI OMIDIJI U13 1st (PB 13.5 nwr) taking .02 of a second off her 2023 time, B LEXI MAI U13 1st (PB 14.5 nwr) Non Scoring LILA COHEN U13 (PB 14.6 nwr), DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 (14.9 nwr), ELLA APPIAH-SPICK U13 (PB 15.5 nwr) taking 1.28 seconds off her 2023 time
100m – U15B A JOSHUA NYMAN U15 1st (PB 11.7 nwr) taking .2 of a second off his 2023 time, B DIJANI BARNOR U15 1st (SB 12.0 nwr) Non Scoring LOUIS XUN U15 (12.6 nwr), BEN BAMISAIYE U15 (SB 13.8 nwr), ISLEY AKENIZI NORTON U15 (13.9 nwr), TIRENI GEORGE U15 (14.7 nwr), MATTHEW MURRAY U15 (PB 15.4 nwr)
100m – U15G A AARA KAMARA U15 1st (SB 13.0 nwr) B MOIESHA SAVAGE 1st (SB 13.2 nwr) Non Scoring NATALIA PANKO U15 (PB 14.3 nwr), ANNA ANENE U15 (PB 13.5 nwr) taking .2 of a second off her 2 July time
100m – U17M A B JAIAN SAUNDERS U17 2nd (11.2 nwr) taking .07 of a second off his 2023 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U17 in 2024, B KHYAN MARKLAND U17 1st (PB 11.3 nwr) taking .04 of a second off his 2023 time, and is ranked joint UK No.8 U17 in 2024, Non Scoring NATHAN HOWELL U17 (SB 11.8 nwr), SAVAN MALIK U17 (PB 12.7 nwr), ASHER ESCOBAR U17 (SB 12.8 nwr), MODEBAYO AKIN-AGUNBIADE U17 (SB 13.0 nwr)
100m – U17W A TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (SB 12.2 nwr) and is ranked UK No.1 U17 outdoors in 2024, B MAKAYLA BRAY-ALOIE U17 1st (SB 12.6 nwr) and is ranked UK No.6 U17 outdoors in 2024, Non Scoring FOYIN SONOIKI U17 (SB 13.3 nwr), SHAMMAH ST JOHN U17 (SB 14.0 nwr)
200m – U13B A LUCAS DAVIS U13 1st (29.7 nwr), B JENSON DAY U13 1st (PB 31.5 nwr)
200m – U13G A KAYIKUNMI OMIDIJI U13 1st (SB 28.2 nwr), B LEXI MAI U13 1st (PB 31.7 nwr) Non Scoring LILA COHEN U13 (31.2 nwr), DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 (31.4 nwr), ELLA APPIAH-SPICK U13 (34.4 nwr)
200m – U15B A JOSHUA NYMAN U15 1st (24.1 nwr) taking .5 of a second off his 2023 time, B LOUIS XUN U15 2nd (PB 25.6 nwr) taking .56 of a second off his 2023 time, Non Scoring BEN BAMISAIYE U15 (SB 27.8 nwr), CHAYIL JOHN U15 (SB 28.7 nwr), ISLEY AKENIZI NORTON U15 (SB 29.2 nwr),
200m – U15G A AARA KAMARA U15 1st (SB 27.1 nwr), B HOLLY RYAN U15 1st (PB 25.8 nwr) taking .7 of a second off her 2023 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U15 outdoors in 2024, Non Scoring MOIESHA SAVAGE U15 (SB 27.9 nwr), ANNA ANENE U15 (28.8 nwr), VERA DOUDKO U15 (29.4 nwr), NATALIA PANKO U15 (PB 32.0 nwr) taking 1.12 seconds off her 2023 time
200m – U17M A JAIAN SAUNDERS U17 4th (SB 29.5 nwr), B KHYAN MARKLAND U17 1st (SB 23.6 nwr) Non Scoring NATHAN HOWELL U17 (SB 24.7 nwr), SAVAN MALIK U17 (PB 25.9 nwr), ASHER ESCOBAR U17 (PB 26.0 nwr) taking .61 of a second off his 2023 time, MODEBAYO AKIN-AGUNBIADE U17 (SB 27.9 nwr)
200m – U17W A TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (SB 25.8 nwr), B MAKAYLA BRAY-ALOIE U17 1st (SB 26.3 nwr) Non Scoring FOYIN SONOIKI U17 (29.2 nwr)
300m – U13B Non Scoring CHAYIL JOHN U13 (PB 44.1)
300m – U15B A DIJANI BARNOR U15 1st (PB 37.3) taking .40 of a second off his 2023 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U15 in 2024, B SAM DARCY U15 2nd (PB 44.1) taking 2.96 seconds off his 2023 time
300m – U15G A HOLLY RYAN U15 1st (PB 40.6) taking .61 of a second off her 1 April time, and is ranked UK No.1 U15 outdoors in 2014, B ELIZABETH OTHULO U15 3rd (PB 49.6) Non Scoring JESSICA ADAMS U15 (PB 48.6)
300m – U17W A ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 2nd (SB 43.2), B ELLA BUCKLEY U17 1st (SB 43.9) Non Scoring SHAMMAH ST JOHN U17 (SB 45.0), TAYLA ROBINSON U17 (PB 45.0)
400m – U17M A AUSTIN WARD U17 2nd (PB 52.6), B JOE COX U17 1st (SB 54.3) Non Scoring SETH RENNIE-RODDY U17 (PB 56.2)
800m – U13B A BEN KASPAR U13 1st (SB 2:31.6), B JENSON DAY U13 1st (PB 2:43.6) Non Scoring ROAN PARKES U13 (PB 2:33.1) taking .84 of a second off his 2023 time
800m – U13G A SIENNA DARCY U13 1st (SB 2:41.1), B ABIGAIL ROSS U13 1st (PB 2:51.9) taking 3.87 seconds off her 2023 time, Non Scoring HOLLY CLARKE U13 (PB 3:00.4) taking .86 of a second off her 2023 time, ELFIE SHAW U13 (SB 3:05.0), LOIS CLARKE U13 (PB 3:06.9)
800m – U15B A EDWARD PASCAL U15 2nd (SB 2:27.7), B LADDIE SHAW U15 1st (SB 2:29.2) Non Scoring ETHAN MOSS U15 (SB 2:36.0)
800m – U15G A ELIZABETH OTHOLU U15 3rd (SB 2:32.9)
800m – U17M A EUAN PHILLIPS U17 2nd (SB 2:08.8), B JARED MORRIS U17 2nd (PB 2:16.7) taking 7.64 seconds off his 2022 time
800m – U17W A DINA SILVERMAN U17 1st (SB 2:27.6)
1500m – U13B A DENNYS PASCAL U13 1st (PB 4:51.7) taking 9.60 seconds off his 2023 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U13 in 2024, B TAHA COCKERELL U13 1st (SB 5:22.0)
1500m – U13G A LUCIA CASALENUOVO U13 1st (SB 5:47.2), B GRACE ROONEY U13 1st (PB 5:48.4)
1500m – U15B A CALEB HILTON U15 3rd (SB 4:46.6), B JESSE ABRAHAMS U15 1st (4:52.0)
1500m – U15G A AIMEE PORTER U15 1st (SB 5:12.3), B AMBER JACKSON U15 1st (SB 5:38.3)
1500m – U17M A ARTHUR PHILLIPS U17 2nd (SB 4:21.0), B JOHN-MICHAEL DIRACLES U17 1st (PB 4:30.8) Non Scoring MATTHEW MAY U17 (PB 4:44.2) taking 8.79 seconds off his 3 April time
1500m – U17W A ADANNA MAZINWOSU 4th (SB 5:40.7)
70m Hurdles – U13G A SIENNA DARCY U13 2nd (PB 14.3 nwr), B LUCIA CASALENUOVO U13 2nd (SB 15.7 nwr) Non Scoring LEXI MAI U13 (PB 14.6 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U13B A SETH SAUNDERS U13 1st (PB 15.3 nwr), B BEN KASPAR U13 1st (PB 16.8 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U15G A KYRA WILLIAMS U15 2nd (PB 13.0 nwr) taking .05 of a second off her 6 April time, B SIENNA OAKLEY MEDWINTER U15 1st (PB 15.0 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U15B A SAM DARCY U15 2nd (PB 15.5 nwr) taking 2.88 seconds off his 2023 time
80m Hurdles – U17W A EVA HIGSON U17 1st (SB 13.0 nwr), B TALYA ROBINSON U17 2nd (PB 14.4 nwr)
100m Hurdles – U17M A SETH RENNIE-RODDY U17 1st (PB 15.0 nwr), A RIAN SHAH U17 1st (PB 16.7 nwr) Non Scoring ASHER ESCOBAR U17 (PB 16.5 nwr)
High Jump – U13B A TAHA COCKERELL U13 3rd (PB 1.20m) equalling his 2023 height, B DENNYS PASCAL U13 1st (PB 1.15m)
High Jump – U13G A SIENNA DARCY U13 4th (PB 1.10m)
High Jump – U15B A DIJANI BARNOR U15 1st (PB 1.60m) adding 10cm to his 2023 height, B EDWARD PASCAL U15 1st (1.50m) adding 10cm to his 2023 height
High Jump – U15G A ELIZABETH OTHULO U15 4th (SB 1.30m), B SIENNA OAKLEY MEDWINTER U15 2nd (PB 1.25m)
High Jump – U17M A RIAN SHAH U17 1st (PB 1.78m) adding 2cm to his 2022 height
High Jump – U17W A ELLA BUCKLEY U17 2nd (SB 1.53m), B ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 2nd (PB 1.45m) equalling her 2023 height
Pole Vault – U15M NOAH VAN DEN BERGH U15 1st (2.90m)
Pole Vault – U17M ISAAC VAN DEN BURGH U17 1st (3.73m) Non Scoring THOMAS ROBERTSON U17 (SB 3.50m) equalling his 13 March height, ISSA PHILLIPS-POPE U17 (2nd Claim) (3.20m), WILLIAM SYLVESTER U17 (3.10m)
Long Jump – U13B A SETH SAUNDERS U13 3rd (PB 3.66m nwr), B JENSON DAY U13 2nd (PB 3.49m nwr)
Long Jump – U13G A DAMI ADEKUNLE U13 1st (4.03m nwr) adding 52cm to her 2022 jump, B LIXI MAI U13 2nd (PB 3.66m nwr)  Non Scoring EDIE RENNIE-RODDY U13 (PB 2.62m nwr) adding 22cm to her 2023 jump
Long Jump – U15B A BEN BAMIISAIYE U15 3rd (SB 4.36m nwr), B LOUIS XUN U15 5th (PB 3.71m nwr)
Long Jump – U15G A GRACE NYAONGO U15 1st (4.43m nwr) Non Scoring VERA DOUDKO U15 (SB 3.91m nwr), SIENNA OAKLEY MEDWINTER U15 (PB 3.61m nwr)
Long Jump – U17M A RIAN SHAH 2nd (SB 5.20m nwr), B NATHAN HOWELL 2nd (SB 4.61m nwr)
Long Jump – U17W A ULANI MCCABE-HUGGINS U17 1st (SB 4.78m nwr) adding 6cm to her 14 January jump, B MILLI BRIDGEMAN-ATHANASATOS U17 1st (4.49m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17M A JOE COX U17 2nd (SB 10.55m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17W A MILLI BRIDGEMAN-ATHANASATOS U17 1st (9.78m nwr)
Shot 2.72kg – U13G A LUCY COX U13 3rd (PB 5.08m), B LILA COHEN U13 2nd (PB 4.31m)
Shot 3kg – U15G A MALIA ANDERSON U15 1st (PB 9.17m) adding 11cm to her 17 March put, B MOIESHA SAVAGE U15 1st (SB 6.49m)
Shot 3kg – U17W A ELSA SHABANI U17 2nd (11.85m), B KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 1st (9.76m)
Shot 4kg – U15B A MILO RYNEHART U15 1st (PB 12.10 nwr) adding 37cm to his 2023 put, and is ranked UK No.9 U15 in 2024, B TOBILOBA AYETAN U15 1st (PB 10.20m nwr) adding 50cm to his 2023 put
Shot 5kg – U17M A JAVON WILLIAMS U17 2nd (PB 11.19m), B AUSTIN WARD U17 1st (PB 8.45m)
Discus 1kg – U13B A LUCAS DAVIS U13 2nd (PB 13.98m), B SETH SAUNDERS U13 1st (PB 12.23m)
Discus 1.25kg – U15B A MILO RYNEHART U15 1st (PB 31.94 nwr) adding 22cm to his 2023 throw, and is ranked UK No.4 U15 in 2024, B TOBILOBA AYETAN U15 1st PB (22.18m nwr)
Discus 1kg – U15G A MALIA ANDERSON U15 1st (SB 20.43m), B ANNA ANENE U15 1st (PB 17.40m)
Discus 1kg – U17W A ELSA SHABANI U17 2nd (SB 20.99m), B MAIREAD MCGRATH U17 1st (PB 18.69m) adding 1.74m to her 2023 throw
Discus 1.25kg – U15B A TOBILOBA AYETAN U15 1st (PB 22.18m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A JAVON WILLIAMS U17 3rd (PB 19.55m)
Hammer 4kg – U15B A MILO RYNEHART U15 1st (SB 39.00m)
Hammer 3kg – U15G A MALIA ANDERSON U15 1st (SB 27.58m)
Hammer 3kg – U17W A ELSA SHABANI U17 1st (41.50m), Non Scoring KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 (SB 42.41m) taking 2cm off her 7 April throw, MAIREAD MCGRATH U17 (32.80m)
Hammer 5kg – U17M A ALON TAYLOR U17 2nd (PT 19.29m)
Javelin 400g – U13B A DENNYS PASCAL U13 3rd (PB 15.74m), B ROAN PARKES U13 2nd (PB 10.15m) adding 41cm to his 2023 throw
Javelin 400g – U13G A KAYIKUNMI ODIMIDIJI U13 1st (PB 12.17m)
Javelin 500g – U15G A VERA DOUDKO U15 6th (PB 9.42m), B JESSICA ADAMS U15 4th (PB 5.33m)
Javelin 500g – U17W A MAIREAD MCGRATH U17 3rd (PB 22.77m), B ELSA SHABANI U17 2nd (SB 13.71m)
Javelin 700g – U17M A ALON TAYLOR U17 2nd (PB 34.11m) adding 3.58m to his 7 April throw, B JAVON WILLIAMS U17 1st (PB 12.78m)
4x100m Mixed Relay – U13 A 1st (SB 58.3) MAKAYLA BRAI ALOIE, TAMI GEORGE, KHYAN MARKLAND, JAIAN SAUNDERS, U13 B 1st (SB 61.1) MILLI BRIDGMANN ATHANASATOS, FOYIN SOINIKI, NATHAN HOWELL, RIAN SHAH, U15 A 1st (SB 49.1) AARA KAMARA, HOLLY RYAN, LOUIS XUN, DIJANI BARNOR, U15 B 1st (SB 54.2) ANNA ANENE, MOIESHA SAVAGE, RYAN ISLEYNORTON, BEN BAMISAIYE, U17 A (DQ) KAYIKUNMI OMIDIJI, LEXI MAI, LUCAS DAVIS, SETH SAUNDERS, U17 B (DQ) DAMI ADEKUNIE, LILA COHEN, JENSON DAY, NOSA URUBUSI

BE FIT TODAY OUTDOOR SERIES – Took place at Lee Valley on 14 April
100m – SM A06 RUBEN CARDOSO U20 2nd (PB 11.39 w1.1) taking .27 of a second off his 2023 time, 7 EUGENE RIZA 6th (12.31 w1.1), 10 MALACHI AMADI U20 5th (SB 10.95 w0.3) taking .50 of a second of his 6 April time, and is ranked UK No.6 U20 in 2024, B02 EUGENE finished 3rd (12.21 w1.2), 5 RUBEN finished 2nd (11.37 w3.2) taking .02 of a second off his A06 time
100m – SW A09 NIAH AKINTOKUN U20 2nd (12.20 w1.7), B07 NIAH finished 4th (SB 12.10 w2.8) taking .10 of a second of her A09 time
200m – SM 2 ALEX KONSTANTARAS U17 (2nd Claim) 5th (PB 23.11 w0.6) taking .07 of a second off his 2023 time, 8 COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 6th (SB 22.75 w2.9) taking .19 of a second off his 7 April time

CHARNWOOD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Loughborough on 14 April
Discus 1kg – SW B ALEXANDRA BALTAZAR-HALL U23 2nd (SB 46.27m) adding 3.16m to her 2 April throw, and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2024
Javelin 700g – SW B JO BLAIR V35 (HCA) 1st (SB 44.19m) and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2024

MARK CAWTE MEMORIAL OPEN MEETING – Took place at Swindon on 14 April
Long Jump – SW LYDIA ROGERS 3rd (4.41m nwr)

LEAMINGTON SPRING THROWS FESTIVAL – Took place at Leamington on 13-14 April
Shot 4kg – SW CHEUK-WING CHAN V35 3rd (PB 6.97m) adding 23cm to her 7 April put
Discus 1kg – SW CHEUK-WING CHAN V35 2nd (PB 16.31m)

OK THROWS SERIES – Took place at Romona, Oklahoma, USA on 13-14 April
Discus 2kg – SM 3 NICK PERCY 5th (65.37m)

RADLEY OPEN MEETING – Took place at Abingdon on 13 April
2000m Steeplechase – U20M CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 6:35.03) taking 15.24 seconds off his 2023 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U20 in 2024

LARRY ELLIS INVITATIONAL – Took place at Princeton, New Jersey, USA on 12-13 April
100m Hurdles – SW H3 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 2nd (14.59 w0.9) in the next race LILY finished 2nd (SB 14.32 w-1.5) taking .03 of a second off her 30 March time, and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2024

TOM JONES INVITATIONAL – Took place at Gainesville, Florida, USA on 12-13 April
100m – SM 4 JOHN OTUGADE 2nd (SB 10.29 w0.1) and is ranked UK No.1 in 2024
200m – SM 3 MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (PB 20.42 w1.0) taking .09 of a second off his 2023 time, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2024
400m – SM 5 MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (SB 46.32) and is ranked UK No.2 in 2024
400m – SW 5 LILY BECKFORD 5th (56.63)
100m Hurdles – SW H3 JESSICA HUNTER 3rd (SB 13.54 w2.1)

UCONN NORTHEAST CHALLENGE – Took place at Storrs, Connecticut, USA on 12-13 April
100m – SW 4 LARISSA GILES U23 (Yale University) 7th (12.68 w0.2)

BEACH INVITATIONAL – Took place at Long Beach, California, USA on 12-13 April
Pole Vault – SM D GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Long Beach State University) 6th (SB 4.86m) adding 45cm to his 6 April height, and is ranked UK No.6 U23 in 2024

FRIDAY NIGHT UNDER THE LIGHTS 10K – Took place at Battersea Park on 12 April
THOMAS BUTLER 3rd (SB 30.24)

ALEXANDER VIDAL SPRINT SERIES – Took place at Sportcity on 10 April
300m – SX 2 SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD U20 5th (SB 45.33)

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…
1,207 events – 204,104 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 11,595 first timers – 29,801 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – Almost 18,000 first-timers attended a parkrun event last weekend!

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Bedford on 13 April.

IZZY THOMPSON 152nd (27.14) this was her 2nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Blandford on 13 April.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 152nd (35.52) this was his 244th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Cassiobury on 13 April.
MARTIN GREY V80 495th (36.27) this was his 30th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Glossop on 13 April.
MARK COTTLE V35 3rd (19.34) this was his 22nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Grovelands on 13 April.
SAM CLEMENTS U13 14th (PB 21.03) this was his 10th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Hackney Marshes on 13 April.
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 263rd (27.50) this was his 327th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Hampstead Heath on 13 April.
JOEL PHILLIPS V45 35th (21.32) this was his 95th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Harrow on 13 April.
DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 9th (PB 20.54) this was his 11th Parkrun, LILY JANMOHAMED U11 67th (25.23) this was her 9th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Hove Promenade on 13 April.
JAMES DAVIS U23 398h (26.58) this was his 54th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Lowestoft on 13 April.
BARRY HAWES V50 31st (22.21) this was his 44th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Medina, Isle ofWight on 13 April.
TIM PARKIN V45 40th (23.08) this was his 3rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Mile End on 13 April.
JO KENT V55 46th (20.39) this was her 136th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Oak Hill on 13 April.
BRADLEY SINGER V35 30th (PB 21.12) this was his 266th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 54th (22.59) this was his 416th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Panshanger on 13 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 271st (45.47) this was his 299th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Sunny Hill on 13 April.
ESTAFANIA PALANCA U20 59th (PB 31.48) this was her 2nd Parkrun

UPCOMING TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 18 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 22 MAY – 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.

SUMMER OPEN MEETINGS 2024 – The link will open the document that has the dates for all fixture dates for BFTA, Lee Valley, Newham and Watford fixtures and updated up to the 11 April – All Summer Open Meetings 2024 Updated 18 April 2024
The Information including how to enter for each fixture, will be published below as and when known.

TCS MINI LONDON MARATHON – Takes place on Saturday 20 April close to Temple Station and finishes on The Mall.
Note: The teams have been selected for the London Borough of Barnet, which include many Shaftesbury athletes. 

TCS 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, now open to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=3&date__gte=2024-03-20&date__lte=2024-06-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 23 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.

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Saturday 27 April at the Finsbury Park Athletics Track (Satnav N4 2NQ).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 25 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 26 April. 

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 The first fixture of three takes place on Sunday 28 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Track, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable UKYDL UAG Timetable 2024
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

WATFORD OPEN MEETING Takes place on Wednesday 1 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable 19.00pm 100m, 19.15pm 1500m between 4 minutes 40 seconds to 5 minutes 30 seconds, 20.15pm 1500m sub 4 minutes 40 seconds, 21.15pm 3000m.
Link to entries on roster athletics https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=25113
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.

BUCS CHAMPIONSHIPS  Takes place from Saturday 4 May to Monday 6 May at the Manchester Regional Arena, Gate 13, Ethiad Campus, Rowsley Street, Manchester (M11 3FF)
Entries Closed

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 2  The second of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 5 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable EYAL Timetable 2024 For Matches 2 and 4
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 2 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 3 May 

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE HURDLES NIGHT Due to take place on Wednesday 8 May has now been cancelled.

LEE VALLLEY DOUBLE 100M SPRINTS NIGHT Takes place on Wednesday 8 May 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 1st round, 2nd round will follow the last race of the 1st round.
Entry is via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/lvac1001001/
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 7 May
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.

HERTFORDSHIRE AND BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 May and Sunday 12 May. at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women
Link to enter on Roster athletics – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?nextUrl=L3B1YmxpYy9jb21wZXRpdGlvbnM%2FaWQ9MjQ5NDUmY2M9R0JSJmZyb209MjAyNC0wMy0yMyZ0bz0yMDI0LTA2LTMwJnBhZ2U9MQ%3D%3D&cc=GBR&page=2&from=2024-04-03&to=2024-06-28
Entries Closing Date Sunday 30 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.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 May and Sunday 12 May at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women
Link to enter on Opentrack and Information – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=2&date__gte=2024-03-20&date__lte=2024-06-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date Sunday 30 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 15 May 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.

WORLD PARA ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS  Takes place from Friday 17 May to Sunday 25 May at Kobe, Japan.
Link to their website for all information https://en.kobe2022wpac.org/schedule/

NIGHT OF THE 10000m PBs – Takes place on Saturday 18 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Established in 2013, the 2022 races incorporates the UK 10,000m Championships. Taking place at Parliament Hill Athletics Track, it will also provide a key performance indicator for athletes targeting the Olympic Games in Paris later in the summer. Free for spectators against a backdrop of music and entertainment, the high-quality open races are sure to be an event for all the family
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events 800m and 10000m
Link to entries https://www.nightofthe10kpbs.com/race-entry/
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.

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The second fixture of four takes place on Sunday 19 May at the Perival Park Athletics Track, Stockdove Way, Perivale, Greenford (Satnav UP6 8TJ).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 16 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 17 May. 

LOUGHBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL Takes place on Sunday 19 May at the Loughborough University Track, Ashby Road, Loughborough (Satnav LE11 3TU).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Note: There are Guest Entries, but limited, this is the link https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/sports/athletics/loughborough-international-athletics/

BFTTA OUTDOOR SERIES Takes place on Sunday 19 May TBC at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Entry is via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/bft11111/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 12 May
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.

LEE VALLLEY 100M/200M SPRINTS NIGHT Takes place on Wednesday 22 May 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, and not open as yet –
Entries Closing Date TBC
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

JURGEN SCHULT’S LONG-STANDING WORLD DISCUS RECORD FALLS TO MYKOLAS ALEKNA  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Young Lithuanian throws (74.35m) to beat 38-year-old mark at the Ramona Throws Festival in Oklahoma. History was made at the Ramona Throws Festival in Oklahoma as MYKOLAS ALEKNA, the 21-year-old discus throwing talent from Lithuania, took advantage of windy conditions at the venue to break JURGEN SCHULT’S long-time world record of (74.08m) with (74.35m). The East German SCHULT’S mark – the oldest world record in men’s track and field – was set in similarly gusty conditions in Neubrandenburg on June 6, 1986. Not only was this 16 years before ALEKNA was born but the Lithuanian’s famous father, VIRGILIJUS, was still only 14 at the time.  VIRGILIJUS went on to win Olympic titles at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 in addition to world titles in 2003 and 2005. If he can translate this kind of form to future major championships, ALEKNA  junior could surpass his father when it comes to silverware.

With some of the world’s best throwers queuing up to take advantage of the great conditions in Oklahoma, ALEKNA’S throw was first announced as (74.41m) before being declared as (74.35m). Until this weekend, ALEKNA senior also stood No.2 on the world all-time rankings with a best of (73.88m) from 2000 – just 20cm behind SCHULT’S world record. Amazingly ALEKNA  junior did not start to take the discus seriously until he was around 16 years old. Before that he played football as a striker and did events like high jump. But once focusing on the discus he has shown immense ability. After winning world and European under-20 titles, he won the European senior crown in 2022 aged 19.

Also in 2022 he became the youngest world discus medallist in history with silver in Eugene – another amazing achievement in an event where the top athlete usually peak when they are much older. What’s more, last year he became the youngest athlete to throw over 70 metres with (71.00m) in Berkeley, California. But now he is the world record-holder with a full series that included: (72.21m), (70.32m), (72.89m), (70.51m), (74.35m) and (70.50m). A psychology student at California State University, he will now be aiming to win Olympic gold in Paris this summer.

LONDON MARATHON TO HONOUR KELVIN KIPTUM  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Tribute is planned for the fastest marathon runner in history, who died in a car accident in February. The TCS London Marathon will pay homage to KELVIN KIPTUM, the men’s world marathon record-holder who sadly lost his life in a car crash, with a series of tributes this Sunday (April 21). KIPTUM won last year’s London Marathon in a course record of (2:01:25), narrowly missing ELIUD KIPCHOGE’S previous world record by just 16 seconds. Last October, KIPTUM then blitzed KIPCHOGE’S mark of (2:01:09) with a stunning (2:00:35) at the Chicago Marathon, becoming the first ever person to go sub-2:01 over 26.2 miles. Ahead of this season, KIPTUM was the heavy favourite to win the Olympic marathon gold medal in Paris and there were even hopes he could break the two-hour barrier at the recent Rotterdam Marathon (April 14). However, on February 11, the 24-year-old Kenyan was tragically killed in a car accident alongside his coach GERVAIS HAKIZIMANA. The news shocked the sporting world and tributes poured in from all over the globe.

The London Marathon has therefore decided to honour KIPTUM before the elite races begin on Sunday. There will be a 30-second round of applause, a video of KIPTUM’S life and performances will be played and GEOFF WIGHTMAN, who is one of the announcers at the London Marathon, will also speak. KIPTUM’S family won’t be present though. “We want to celebrate the man,” says HUGH BRASHER, Event Director of the London Marathon. “We’ll be doing this in conjunction with the BBC, as well, in terms of what they’re doing. “There’ll be some words that GEOFF will say, just to remind people [of KIPTUM] and celebrate his short but impactful life.” Women’s world marathon record-holder TIGIST ASSEFA will make her first appearance in London and expectation is high. At last year’s Berlin Marathon, she ran (2:11:53), taking an astonishing two minutes and 11 seconds off BRIGID KOSGEI’S previous world record of (2:14:04). ASSEFA and KOSGEwill go head-to-head in London but they will also be joined by 2019 world champion RUTH CHEPNGETICH, Olympic champion PERES JEPCHIRCHIR and 2022 London winner YALEMZERF YEHUALAW. This means three of the four fastest women in history are in the race.

“I think what she [ASSEFA] did in Berlin redefined my thoughts of what would probably happen in my lifetime,” adds BRASHER, Event Director of the London Marathon. “We’ll be doing this in conjunction with the BBC, as well, in. “Do I believe that a woman is capable of sub-2:10 and it will happen in my lifetime? Yes. I go back to what PAULA RADCLIFFE did in 2003 when she ran (2:15:25) and that world record stood for 16 years. “These things go in cycles and you’d had a period of time where Paula’s record wasn’t broken for such a long time. Now we’ve got these new athletes whose minds are not so much defined by the past but the future instead.” With any record-breaking performance at a marathon, talk of the ‘super shoes’ is not far away. When ASSEFA ran (2:11:53), she wore a prototype of Adidas’s Adizero Adios Pro Evo 1s, one of the lightest racing shoes ever created. How much should we embrace the ever evolving technology and is there also an impact for those who aren’t just elite athletes?

“Without a doubt, the shoes have made a difference,” says BRASHER. “The research has shown that the benefits vary for different [elite] athletes. It does depend on your game, so sometimes an athlete will have more of an advantage than someone else. “It is also really helping the recovery [for mass runners]. Everyone’s talking about the speed and 100% it helps but it’s also aiding consistency and where the recovery is much better. The impact on your muscles is far more reduced.

Read More: 2024 London Marathon preview

“The last time I did a marathon was London in 2003. I did it six weeks after my father had passed away and I did it on no training. For quite a few days, I couldn’t really walk down the stairs afterwards.

“With the increase in times, it has meant that for next year’s race, we’ve had to reduce the good for age times – the automatic qualification marks to get into the London Marathon.” Technology is not just exclusive to shoes though. DAVID WEIR, who will be competing in his 25th consecutive London Marathon, will be buoyed by the fact that he has a new wheelchair, the same one used by MARCEL HUG, who is the defending champion in the British capital and last weekend claimed an incredible seventh Boston Marathon crown. Three years ago WEIR called HUG’S chair, helped designed by companies Swiss Side and Orthotec, a “Ferrari”. “If I was asked to predict one winner this weekend it would have to be MARCEL HUG,” BRASHER tells AW. “But the fact that DAVID WEIR is coming into London with this new wheelchair and is the most decorated winner of the London Marathon, I wouldn’t bet on it. “I think overall, technology has always been at the forefront of moving society on.” In a significant and historic moment for disability sport, the London Marathon will also be the first marathon in the world where prize money for both wheelchair and able-bodied athletes will be exactly the same.

The London Marathon wheelchair races were already the richest in the world. However, a further increase of $54,500 to the prize money means the total prize pot now stands at $308,000, creating parity with the able-bodied athletes. This means that all winners in the elite races of the London Marathon will receive $55,000, with the runner-up earning $30,000 and third-place $22,500.

 BRASHER has hailed this as a “landmark move” and one that means the London Marathon will be the “most diverse and equitable” one in the world. The expectation is for 50,000 runners to cross the finish line on Sunday with Brasher describing it as “the biggest London Marathon yet”. JASMIN PARIS, who became the first woman in history to complete the prestigious yet gruelling Barkley Marathons, will also be an official London Marathon starter alongside double Olympic middle-distance champion KELLY HOLMES.

THE DAY BANNISTER RAN A ‘DEMO’ MILE  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Ahead of the BANNISTER MILES anniversary event in Oxford on May 6, GAVIN RILEY recalls a prophetic ‘demonstration mile’ featuring ROGER BANNISTER at Motspur Park in 1953. When ROGER BANNISTER achieved athletics immortality 70 years ago by becoming the first athlete to run the mile in under four minutes, it was the realisation of an ambition he had nursed privately for more than a year.

As a member of the last generation of “gentleman” athletes – well-educated, academically gifted, assured of a rewarding professional future – BANNISTER had to assume the role of the gifted amateur whose sport was merely a hobby and secondary to his core lifestyle. Hence his 40-minute lunchtime training sessions and exit from the sport at the age of 25. Because of how society expected “Oxbridge” athletes to conduct themselves, BANNISTER could not be openly ambitious in his quest to run the first sub-four mile. But his ambition, desperately intense, was fleetingly on public display almost a year before his historic achievement in clocking 3:59.4 at Oxford in May 1954 – and I (aged 16) was there to witness it.

The occasion was the Surrey schools championships on a blisteringly hot June Saturday in 1953 at Motspur Park, scene of SYDNEY WOODERSON’S one-mile and half-mile world records before the war. The diminutive Wooderson was also there that day, to be honoured in a march-past by the hundreds of schoolboy athletes. The meeting was enjoying a lunchtime break when an electrifying but curious announcement was made over the loudspeaker: R G BANNISTER, the British record-holder, was about to run a demonstration mile. It is hard to imagine in this blasé, communication-overload age the dramatic impact of that out-of-the-blue news. For eight years, since the last year of the war, the world record had stood at (4:01.4). Talk of a four-minute mile had been rife all spring and early summer. WES SANTEE in the United States (4:02.4), JOHN LANDY in Australia (4:02.0) and BANNISTER (4:03.6) were all closing in on the magic mark. SANTEE, it was known, was to make another attempt that very day. So what was the purpose of BANNISTER’S unscheduled appearance? Was it merely a demonstration mile? Or did he mean business? We were soon to find out. The 24-year-old British champion and two companions, training partner CHRIS BRASHER and tall Australian Olympian DON MACMILLAN, quickly went to the start line. From my vantage point on a grassy bank at the beginning of the back straight, I sweatily clutched my cheap stopwatch.

BANNISTER himself, wary of journalists, disappeared immediately after the race with Brasher and CHRIS CHATAWAY to climb remote mountains in Wales. On his return he refused to say anything to the press when the “record” was rejected. Privately, he accepted the ruling, though he indicated he would have taken a different view if he had beaten four minutes. Surprisingly, he maintained he knew nothing before the race about the tactics that were employed. Less surprisingly, officialdom had the last word. In those days Britain wielded considerable influence in world athletics, and the international body subsequently followed the BAAB’s lead in framing rules regarding pacemaking. My abiding memory of that glorious June day at Motspur Park is of going into the dressing rooms beneath the stand shortly after BANNISTER’S electrifying run. The great man was in the shower, oblivious of people passing by. As he soaped himself he was deep in thought, his eyes fixed on some distant horizon. It was as if he had glimpsed history yet to come and knew beyond doubt exactly what his place in it would be.

At the gun MACMILLAN tore into the lead, followed by BANNISTER. A puzzled roar went round the ground when it was seen that BRASHER was only jogging. Then all eyes returned to the fast-moving pair who were churning their way round the smooth black cinders. The first lap was completed in just under a minute – right on four-minute schedule. As MACMILLAN powered past me and down the back straight for the second time, I heard BANNISTER call: “Faster, DON, faster!” Clearly this was no demonstration mile. Halfway was reached in a tick under two minutes, and shortly after MACMILLAN and BANNISTER swept past my vantage point for the third time, the straining Australian dropped out. BANNISTER drove on alone down the back straight to the far bend, where the jogging BRASHER’S role suddenly became clear. Glancing repeatedly over his left shoulder and calling encouragement to the British champion, BRASHER picked up the pace and the pair strode through the three-quarter mark in 3:01.8. On the last lap BANNISTER battled magnificently against his mounting oxygen debt, and to the wild excitement of my schoolmates my watch clocked him at (4:01.0) – a new world record.

Alas, the drama of the occasion had warped my judgment and the official time was announced as (4:02.0). It was the third fastest mile of all time, a British and British Empire (Commonwealth) record. At least, that was the way the sporting public saw it. Officialdom took a different view. Meeting just two weeks later, the British Amateur Athletics Board (BAAB) ratified BANNISTER’S (4:03.6), set at Oxford in May. But faced with a precedent (which no bureaucracy welcomes) it disallowed his Motspur Park effort on the basis that it did not regard individual record attempts to be in the best interests of athletics. The board said it had no doubt the time was accomplished, and it appreciated the public enthusiasm for record performances and the natural and commendable desire for athletes to accomplish them. However, it did not consider the event was a bona fide competition according to the rules. BANNISTER’S momentous achievement barely made the three London Saturday evening papers. But extensive press coverage on the Sunday and the Monday concentrated on the secrecy surrounding the record attempt and paid little attention to the race tactics.

ENGLAND ATHLETICS APRIL THROWS NEWSLETTER I recently received this months edition from NICK RIDGEON of EA.
The content is varied and interesting including upcoming events from April to August – Throws Newsletter Apr-24

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 is 1 post this week.

Photograph of our 4 Pole Vaulters  THOMAS ROBERTSON, NOAH VAN DEN BURGH, ISAAC VAN DEN BURGH and ISSY PHILLIPS-POPE at the Eastern Young Athletes League fixture at Ware last Sunday.

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 30-03-24 – 8 May LICC Fixture Cancelled

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 WELLERKAREN HARRISONTIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIEShaftesbury 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 LINKhttp://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 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER




Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 11 April 2024

Happy Birthday from Thursday 11 April to Wednesday 17 April – Leon Biss, Charlotte Harris, Yann Janssen, Scarlett Kent, Eljone Kruger, Dylan Michel, Michael Obiwulu, Ray Powell and Roberto Roncarati

NICK PERCY GOES No.2 ON THE UK ALL-TIME DISCUS RANKINGS  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

Scottish record, European and Olympic qualifying mark of (67.73m) for the 29-year-old in Oklahoma on Saturday. Improving his PB by more than two metres, NICK PERCY went from No.10 to No.2 on the UK all-time rankings with a mighty (67.73m) discus throw in Oklahoma on Saturday. Only UK record-holder LAWRENCE OKOYE has thrown further with his national record of (68.24m) from 2012.

PERCY also improved his own Scottish record of (65.00m) – which was achieved at the UK Champs in 2022 – and the mark was a qualifying standard for the European Championships in Rome this summer and Olympic Games in Paris. PERCY won medals in discus and hammer at the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2011 and was runner-up in the European Under-20 Championships in 2013. He has gone on to compete in the World Championships twice, the European Champs and Commonwealth Games, placing fifth in the latter in 2022, but Paris would be his first Olympics.

NEW CLUB RECORD  NICK’S performance above eclipses GREGORY THOMPSON’S (65.56m) which he set in Philadelphia on 27 April 2019.

HOLLY RYAN’S OUTSTANDING 2024 HOLLY joined SBH in November 2023, and had a very busy year including setting an outdoor personal best (41.14). 2024 has been exceptional, starting on 14 January finishing 3rd (42.16i) in the Southern Indoor Championships, some 4 weeks later HOLLY produced a blistering run to become the English 300m Indoor Champion at Sheffield, producing a personal best (40.18i) a club record and putting her UK No.1 U15 in 2024 and UK No.3 U15 on the all-time list.

HOLLY started her outdoor season on 1 April in the Yeovil open meeting, and competing against mostly U17 runners, produced a 300m personal best (41.11) ranking her UK No.1 U15 in 2024. This is also a new Club Record, eclipsing the (41.7) set by SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD at St Ives on 14 September 2020.

CONGRATULATIONS TO AMBER JACKSON AMBER who is the April winner of the JACK PETCHEY award. AMBER is coached by JEREMY SOTHCOTT and she has been an ever present over the country in 2024.

TCS MONEY LONDON MINI MARATHON – The following Shaftesbury runners have been selected to compete for the London Borough of Barnet. There are 6 runners that make up a team.

Under 13 Boys – SAM CLEMENTS, BEN KASPAR, ETHAN MOSS, ROAN PARKES, EDDIE PASCAL and XANDER REESE
Under 13 Girls – OLIVIA ABBOTT, LUCIA CASALENUOVO, AIMEE PORTER and ELFIE SHAW Reserve 2 HOLLY CLARKE
Under 15 Boys – JESSE ABRAHAMS, CALEB HILTON, JARED MORRIS, ARTHUR PHILLIPS and EUAN PHILLIPS Reserve 1 ZAK JOSEPHS Reserve 2 LADDIE SHAW
Under 15 Girls – ERIN GIBLIN, MEGAN HAMMOND, AMBER JACKSON and POSIE SHAW 
Under 17 Men – RAFI GAYER, TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE, ADAM O’GORMAN and GIANLEO STUBBS Reserve 1 JORDAN PEARLMAN Reserve 2 GUY FAWCETT Reserve 3 JACOB CLEMENT
Under 17 Women – ELIZABETH DA TERESA, ADANNA MAZINWOSU, PHOEBE MUSIC, DINA SILVERMAN and EDIE WOODINGS

If any other Shaftesbury athlete is competing for another Borough or UK Region, can you please email me your details to – alanweller111@gmail.com

STATUS ON OPEN MEETINGS – These are the fixtures which are now open for you to enter yourself, which are as follows. Changes this week in Red.
BFTA Series14 April Entries Closed, 19 May Closing Date 12 May and 2 June Closing Date 26 May (All entries on Opentrack)
Lee Valley24 April Closing Date 23 April , 8 May Closing Date 7 May, 22 May Closing Date 21 May, 5 June Closing Date 4 June (All entries on Opentrack)
Newham26 May (Not open as yet) (All entries on Opentrack)
Watford17 April (Not open as yet) (Entries on Roster Athletics)
Please remember there is a possibility that the limits may be taken up before the closing date.

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 2024 is £19. The current total is £99 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
LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWSFEST – Took place at StoneX Stadium on 7 April
Shot 3kg – U17W ELSA SHABANI U17 2nd (11.67m), KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 3rd (9.98m)
Shot 4kg – W35 CHEUK-WING CHAN V35 1st (PB 6.74m)
Shot 6kg – M50 MIGUEL GONZALEZ-BETANCOURT V50 1st (PB 12.30m) adding 27cm to his 30 March put, and is ranked UK No.4 V50 in 2024
Discus 2kg – SM A REUBEN VAUGHAN 1st (PB 50.24m) adding 26cm to his 2023 throw, and is ranked UK No.7 in 2024
Hammer 3kg – U17W A ELSA SHABANI U17 1st (PB 43.66m) adding 37cm to her 30 March throw, and is ranked UK No.8 U17 in 2024, KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 2nd (SB 42.43m) adding 4.05m to her 30 March throw, MAIREAD MCGRATH U17 3rd (35.62m)
Hammer 4kg – SW AMY CLEMENS 2nd (SB 47.28m) adding 2m to her 30 March throw, and is ranked UK No.6 in 2024
Hammer 7.26kg – SM JAMES HAMBLIN 3rd (SB 51.56m)
Javelin 600g – W35 CHEUK-WING CHAN V35 1st (PB 14.19m) and is ranked UK No.9 V35 in 2024
Javelin 700g – U17M ALON TAYLOR U17 2nd (PB 30.47m) adding 4.98m to his 2023
Javelin 700g – M50 MIGUEL GONZALEZ-BETANCOURT V50 1st (38.91m)

OKLAHOMA THROWS SERIES – Took place at Ramona, Oklahoma, USA on 7 April
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 2nd (PB 67.73m) adding 2.73m to his 2022 throw, see report at the top of this Newsletter

GENERALI BERLINER HALBMARATHON – Took place at Berlin, Germany on 7 April
JAMIE DEE 67th (PB 69.49)

BLACKHEATH AND BROMLEY AC OPEN MEETING – Took place at Bromley on 7 April
200m – SX 1 COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 2nd (SB 22.94 w-0.1) and is ranked UK No.1 T20 in 2024

BEDFORDSHIRE AAA OPEN – Took place at Sandy on 6 April
Discus 1kg – SX A EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) 2nd (SB 43.31m) adding 1.20m to her 30 March throw, and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2024

BRUTUS HAMILTON INVITATIONAL – Took place at Berkeley, California, USA on 6 April
Discus 2kg – SM B JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 2nd (SB 39.71m) adding 5.42m to his 29 March throw, and is ranked UK No.7 U23 in 2024

GAMECOCK INVITATIONAL – Took place at Columbia, South Carolina, USA on 6 April
100m – SM H4 MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (10.46 w2.4) in the next race MICHAEL finished 4th (PB 10.34 w1.9) taking .04 of a second off his 2019 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2024
200m – SM 1 MICHAEL OHIOZE 2nd (SB 20.78 w2.3)

HARVARD v YALE – Took place at New Haven, Connecticut, USA on 6 April
100m – SW 1 LARISSA GILES U23 (Yale University) 2nd (12.52 w2.0)
800m – SM LIAM GARRETT (Yale University 2nd Claim) 7th (SB 2:00.98)

LEE VALLEY APRIL OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 6 April
Only the provisional field event results available, regarding the track events, these are the names of the SBH athletes entered
Hammer 3kg – U17W KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 3rd (37.95m)
100m – U20M MALACHI AMADI U20
100m – SW ESTHER AKITI U23
200m – U15G VERA DOUDKO U15, GRACE NYAONGO U15 and KYRA WILLIAMS U15
200m – U17M HARLEY HENRY U17
200m – U20M MALACHI AMADI U20
200m – U20W MIA HIGSON U20 and ULANI MCCABE-HUGGINS U20
200m – SM ANDREW LI
200m – SW NIA AKINTOKUN, VANESSA ANSUAA U23 and HAYLEY MCLEAN
300m – U20M AIDAN GAFFEY U20
300m – SW INDEA ADAMS-BURNETT and VANESSA ANSUAA U23
800m – U20W OLIVE HARVEY-DEW U20
75m Hurdles – U15G KYRA WILLIAMS U15
100m Hurdles – U20W NIAH AKINTOKUN U20 and AZARIA NWANKWO U20

PENN INVITATIONAL – Took place at Franklin Field, Pennsylvania, USA on 6 April
3000m – SM B JOSHUA FISHER U20 8th (SB 9:05.70)
High Jump – SW LILY HOLT U23 6th (SB 1.60m)
Long Jump – SM JOSH WOODS U23 1st (PB 7.41 w4.1) adding 25cm to his 2022 time

HURRICANE ALUMNI INVITATIONAL – Took place at Coral Gables, Florida, USA on 5-6 April
100m – SW 2 EVE WRIGHT U23 5th (SB 11.97 w1.0) and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2024
100m Hurdles – SW 3 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 3rd (14.47 w0.1)

SOUTH FLORIDA INVITATIONAL – Took place at Tampa, Florida, USA on 5-6 April
400m – SW 1 LILY BECKFORD 7th (SB 55.15)

TRITAN INVITE – Took place at San Diego, California, USA on 5-6 April
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Long Beach State University) 15th (SB 4.41m)

PARIS 5K – Took place at Paris on 5 April
LIZZIE BIRD 20th (PB 15.49) taking 4 seconds off her 2020 time

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 3 April
100m – SX 2 HOLLY RYAN U15 2nd (PB 12.40 w1.5) taking .14 of a second off her 2023 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U15 in 2024
1500m – SX 2 MAX WINFIELD U20 4th (SB 4:14.68), 3 MATTHEW MAY U17 1st (PB 4:52.99) taking 27.12 seconds off his 2023 time, 4 GIANLEO STUBBS U20 9th (SB 4:08.50), 6 JESSE ABRAHAMS U15 6th (PB 4:46.39) taking 1.65 seconds off his 2023 time, 10 NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 10th (SB 4:27.84)

DADA MIDWEEK OPEN SERIES – Took place at Derby on 2 April
Discus 1kg – SX ALEXANDER BALTAZAR-HALL U23 1st (SB 43.11m) and is ranked UK No.5 U23 in 2024

LEE VALLEY MINITHON – Took place at Lee Valley on 23 March
Year 3 BoysBENI LEWISON U9 7th (121 points) 60m (10.68), 200m (36.97), Shot (4.72m)
Year 3 GirlsNOOR EMAAN OBAIDULLAH U9 6th (135 points) 60m (11.97), Shot (5.87m), Turbo (8.25m), AMELIA MUSMAR U9 10th (104 points) 60m (11.21), 200m (40.74), Shot (4.00m)
Year 4&5 BoysMICHAEL OBIWULU U11 3rd (161 points) 60m (8.90), 60m Hurdles (11.10), 200m (31:74), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U11 8th (155 points) 60m (9.17), 200m (32.57), 600m (1:58), SHAAYAN RANMAL U11 22nd (96 points) 60m (9.92), 200m (34.14), Shot (11.25m), KENDRICK OGANYO U11 64th (96 points) 60m (10.15), 60m Hurdles (12.23), JAMES KING U11 67th (96 points) 60m (10.15), 60m Hurdles (12.23), 600m (1:58)
Year 4&5 GirlsTEMI JAIYEOLA U11 4th (158 points) 60m (9.17), 200m (30.20), Long Jump (3.36m), KEENYAH ADELISE U11 8th (152 points) 60m (10.43), 200m (37.79), Long Jump (2.33m), NADIA MARAS U11 41st (122 points) 60m (9.69), 200m (31.71), 600m (2:04.01), NAYAH BOBB-SEMPLE U11 95th (139 points) 60m (10.03), 200m (33.37), 600m (2:19.20), TOLU ADENKUNLE U11 73rd (84 points) 200m (40.83), Shot (3.17m), Turbo (5.25m)
Year 6&7 BoysLUCAS DAVIS U11 3rd (169 points) 60m (8.59), 200m (27.93), Long Jump (3.52m), NOSA URUBUSI U13 11th (159 points) 60m (8.90), 200m (30.00), Long Jump (3.58m), SETH SAUNDERS U13 17th (153 points) 60m Hurdles (11.49), 600m (1:57), Long Jump (3.58m), HARRISON HENDERSON U13 31st (110 points) 60m (8.94), 200m (29.12), 600m (1:58.6)
Year 6&7 GirlsDAMI ADENKUNLE U13 16th (167 points) 60m (9.00), 200m (30.38), Long Jump (3.41m), SIENNA DARCY U13 18th (165 points) 60m (9.29), 200m (31.63), 600m (1:54m), ELLA APPIAH-SPICK U13 30th (151 points) 60m (9.72), 200m (32.79), Long Jump (3.17m), ELINOR JOHNSON U13 51st (114 points) 200m (34.76), Long Jump (2.18m), Shot (3.92m)

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…
1,113 events – 206,775 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 9,7873 first timers – 17,347 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – In March, parkrun had over 1.8 million instances of participation, the largest in parkrun history! – This is more instances of participation than in all of 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 put together

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Aldenham on 6 April.
PAUL LEWIS V50 21st (25.42) this was his 211th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Blandford on 6 April.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 204th (37.47) this was his 243rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Fell Foot, Newby Bridge on 6 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 186th (44.37) this was his 298th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Hackney Marshes on 6 April.
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 302nd (29.38) this was his 326th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Hasenheide, Germany on 6 April.
STUART SINGER V60 51st (22.29) this was his 415th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Kesgrave on 6 April.
ROSS HAMMOND U17 4th (18.24) this was his 38th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Oak Hill on 6 April.
JOSHUA BOWMAN U15 25th (21.26) this was his 4th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 55th (23.25) this was his 265th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Queen Elizabeth on 6 April.
JAMES DAVIS U23 49th (29.54) this was his 53rd Parkrun

UPCOMING TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 11 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 15 MAY – 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.

SUMMER OPEN MEETINGS 2024 – The link will open the document that has the dates for all fixture dates for BFTA, Lee Valley, Newham and Watford fixtures and updated up to the 11 April – All Summer Open Meetings 2024 Updated 11 April 2024
The Information including how to enter for each fixture, will be published below as and when known.

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 Closed

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 not open as yet
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: The teams have been selected for the London Borough of Barnet, which include many Shaftesbury athletes. 

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, now open to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=3&date__gte=2024-03-20&date__lte=2024-06-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 23 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.

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Saturday 27 April at the Finsbury Park Athletics Track (Satnav N4 2NQ).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 25 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 26 April. 

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 The first fixture of three takes place on Sunday 28 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Track, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable UKYDL UAG Timetable 2024
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  Takes place on Wednesday 1 May 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 not open as yet
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.

BUCS CHAMPIONSHIPS  Takes place from Saturday 4 May to Monday 6 May at the Manchester Regional Arena, Gate 13, Ethiad Campus, Rowsley Street, Manchester (M11 3FF)
Entries Closed

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 2  The second of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 5 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable EYAL Timetable 2024 For Matches 2 and 4
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 2 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 3 May 

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE HURDLES NIGHT Due to take place on Wednesday 8 May has now been cancelled.

LEE VALLLEY DOUBLE 100M SPRINTS NIGHT Takes place on Wednesday 8 May 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 1st round, 2nd round will follow the last race of the 1st round.
Entry is via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/lvac1001001/
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 7 May
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.

HERTFORDSHIRE AND BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 May and Sunday 12 May. at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women
Link to enter on Roster athletics – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?nextUrl=L3B1YmxpYy9jb21wZXRpdGlvbnM%2FaWQ9MjQ5NDUmY2M9R0JSJmZyb209MjAyNC0wMy0yMyZ0bz0yMDI0LTA2LTMwJnBhZ2U9MQ%3D%3D&cc=GBR&page=2&from=2024-04-03&to=2024-06-28
Entries Closing Date Sunday 30 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.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 May and Sunday 12 May at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women
Link to enter on Opentrack and Information – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=2&date__gte=2024-03-20&date__lte=2024-06-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date Sunday 30 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 15 May 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.

INSANE STATS BEHIND RUSS COOK’S RUN ACROSS AFRICA  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

The “Hardest Geezer” became the first person in history to run the full length of the continent, It’s not your typical run in the park.

Over the past year, RUSS COOK – AKA “The Hardest Geezer”, has trekked across Africa, with the aim of being the first person in history to run from the continent’s most southerly to northerly point.

It’s a journey that started out in Cape Agulhas, South Africa – Africa’s most southerly point – on April 23, 2023 and ended in Ras Angela, Tunisia – Africa’s most northerly point – on April 7, 2024.

During his journey COOK encountered a variety of issues, from being held at gunpoint in Angola and kidnapped in the Congo by a gang of men armed with machetes to visa troubles getting into Algeria and health scares such as recurring back pain. That didn’t stop the 27-year-old from Worthing, West Sussex. Overcoming adversity time and time again, and more often than not running alone, COOK counted down the miles. It was fitting that during the final stretch to Ras Angela, he was joined by a myriad of supporters who had flown in to run with him on the last leg of of the journey.

When he crossed the line, COOK was reunited with his girlfriend EMILY and later on in the evening drank a long awaited strawberry daiquiri. What makes his achievement even more impressive is when you delve into the numbers.

His journey from Cape Agulhas to Ras Angela was an astonishing 16,295km/10,125 miles. The fact that it took him 352 days to complete the journey means that COOK averaged out 46.3km/28.7 miles per day for almost a year. That’s the equivalent of 386 marathons. No surprise he went through 30 pairs of trainers. COOK also travelled through 16 countries: South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Algeria, and Tunisia. In total, COOK completed approximately 19 million steps during that period. The longest single run he did in one day was 110km, 241 days into the journey.

Nicknamed ‘Project Africa’, COOK’S aim is to raise £1m for The Running Charity and Sandblast. He is no stranger to challenges and previously ran from Istanbul to London while he also holds the record for the fastest marathon while pulling a car. COOK’S claim to be the first person to run the length of Africa has been challenged by the World Runners Association (WRA). They state that JESPER KENN OLSEN from Denmark was the first person to run the length of Africa, running the 12,791km distance from Egypt to South Africa. The counterargument is that OLSEN’S journey wasn’t from the continent’s most northerly to southerly point.

DALEY THOMPSON DOCUMENTRY SET FOR JULY RELEASE  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph take by MARK SHEARMAN taken at Edinburgh in 1986.

Sky Documentaries and will feature the life story of the Olympic decathlon legend this summer. One of sport’s most compelling characters and arguably Britain’s greatest ever track and field athlete will star in a television documentary this summer. It promises to shed new light into DALEY THOMPSON’S life and is timed to coincide with the eve of the Paris Olympics and the 40th anniversary of the 1984 Los Angeles Games, where he won his second Olympic title. Sky Documentaries say they have gained “unprecedented access and never seen before archive”. They add: “The film chronicles his legendary sporting achievements, from the streets of London’s Notting Hill to Greece’s Olympia, the site where his iconic event began during the Ancient Games.” In what sounds like a warts-and-all look at his life, THOMPSON reveals the struggles he faced on the road to success. There are contributions as well from his close friend and World Athletics president SEB COE, former decathlon rival JURGEN HINGSEN and CAITLYN JENNER, who, as BRUCE JENNER, won the 1976 Olympic decathlon crown and acted as a mentor to THOMPSON ahead of his 1980 Olympic victory in Moscow and subsequent world records.

Olympic heptathlon champion DENISE LEWIS and sprint icon LINFORD CHRISTIE are also among those who make contributions. THOMPSON said: “It took me a long time to realise I was an introvert living an extroverted life, and I’ve been fortunate to keep most of that life to myself. “Nearing pensioner hood, I’d like to share some of the good and a few disappointments, with my kids who don’t believe any of my adventures but mainly with people who are looking and hoping to be inspired. My message is simple: your altitude is dictated by your attitude, ‘believe in you’.” JACK OLIVER, head of co-productions at Sky added: “With the Olympics around the corner, we are thrilled to be working with The Mob Film Company and Abacus Media Rights to tell DALEY’S story, a true sporting legend and one of the best decathletes of our time.

“With unprecedented access, exclusive archival footage and a host of brilliant contributors, we hope to give viewers a behind the scenes glimpse at the complex journey of one man, who became Britain’s greatest all around athlete.” VADIM JEAN, director at The Mob Film Company said: “As a teenager at the time in the 1980s, DALEY was my sporting hero. I never imagined that 40 years later I’d have the privilege of making a film that I hope does justice to his legacy as the ultimate Olympic superstar. “It’s an honour to be able bring together my love of film and sport to tell DALEY’S incredible, inspirational story for the screen and reveal what it would take to be greatest all-around athlete the world has ever seen.”

SEB COE: I’VE ALWAYS BEEN COMMITTED TO MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR ATHLETES  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

World Athletics president explains the thinking behind “historic” move to award $50,000 to Olympic gold medallists in Paris, SEB COE insists that World Athletics’ move to become the first international sports governing body to award prize money at the Olympic Games is the latest step in a commitment to improve the support given to athletes. In what the organisation described as a “landmark”, “historic” and “pivotal” moment, it was announced that Olympic gold medallists in athletics disciplines at this summer’s Games in Paris will each receive $50,000. A total prize pot of $2.4 million has been ring-fenced from the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) revenue share allocation, which is received by World Athletics every four years. The $50,000 prize will go to winners of the 48 track and field events, with athletes in relay teams sharing the money. There is a further commitment to extend the prize money at a tiered level to Olympic silver and bronze medal winners at the LA Olympics in four years’ time.

“I’ve always been committed where I possibly can to making life a little bit easier for the athletes and I hope this does that,” said COE, the men’s Olympic 1500m champion in 1980 and 1984. “There is a big distinction between our World Championships and the Olympic Games so if that contribution helps in allowing an athlete to stay in the sport for a little bit longer or to prepare in a more cohesive or strategic way then there’s a welfare element in all of that as well. “It’s 40 years this year since I competed in Los Angeles. The world has changed a lot since then. When I started out in the British team, it was a 75p meal voucher, a second-class rail ticket or 10p a mile petrol or whatever was cheaper.” Asked if it was right that additional money would be going towards athletes already at the top end of the earning scale in the sport when there are others who are operating on a financial knife edge, COE added: “This is one element of the support mechanisms that we have in play in world athletics.

“Over the course of a four-year cycle, we commit $24 million to all our events, including World Championships indoors, on our race walks, cross country, World Youth, World Junior Championships, and this is an additional prize money pot of $2.4 million on top of that. “Over the course of just one year, some $13 million goes into the development of our sport – so that’s north of $50 million over that four-year cycle. Then of course we fund the Athletic Integrity Unit, which is also there to protect the birthright of the athletes and their ability to compete in a drug-free environment. We are doing all sorts of things to meet with those challenges.”

The IOC responded to the move by stating: “It is up to each International Federation and National Oylmpic Committee to determine how to best serve their athletes and the global development of their sport.” To some, paying competitors will go against Olympic the spirit. Asked what he would say to that more view, COE responded:  “To be honest, if I’d been asked this question 30 or 40 years ago, I’d have probably been in that camp too but I fundamentally understand, by spending a large portion of my time with athletes, the pressures they’re under now the world has dramatically changed.”

He added: “I think you would find the single biggest contributor over the career of an athlete will be friends, family, local communities and modest contributions at a local level to get careers kick started. “And remember an athlete will often have been out there in dedicated training, relying on the largesse of family and friends for the best part of a decade before they make it to the public visibility that a podium finish gives them. “I know that an athlete winning an Olympic title, you can’t really put a monetary value on it, but you do know there will be some sources of finance available. This is our way of reflecting modestly that we understand what this process is about and to help move that financial viability. “So I don’t really see this being at variance with the overwhelming principle over the welfare of the athletes, the ability of the athletes to compete and to train, and to have the wherewithal to do it safely and securely. I think that is being met here. I think it is the right thing to do, we will continue to do that and hopefully, as we grow the sport, we can be more expansive in what we can do.”

ENGLAND ATHLETICS APRIL THROWS NEWSLETTER I recently received this months edition from NICK RIDGEON of EA.
The content is varied and interesting including upcoming events from April to August – Throws Newsletter Apr-24

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 is 1 post this week.

Photograph of AMBER JACKSON and her coach JEREMY SOTHCOTT, celebrating after winning the JACK PETCHEY award for April.

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 30-03-24 – 8 May LICC Fixture Cancelled

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 WELLERKAREN HARRISONTIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIEShaftesbury 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 LINKhttp://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 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER




Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 4 April 2024

Happy Birthday from Thursday 4 April to Wednesday 10 April – Alexandra Baltazer-Hall, Ben Bellisario, Grant Brown, Phillip Crout, Richard Goodman, Phillipa Lowe, Phoebe Music, Paul Simons, Claire Spurway, Alon Taylor and Amelia Wills

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE HURDLES NIGHT Due to take place on Wednesday 8 May has now been cancelled.

ENGLAND ATHLETICS APRIL THROWS NEWSLETTER I recently received this months edition from NICK RIDGEON of EA.
The content is varied and interesting including upcoming events from April to August – Throws Newsletter Apr-24

STATUS ON OPEN MEETINGS – These are the fixtures which are now open for you to enter yourself, which are as follows. Changes this week in Red.
BFTA Series14 April Closing Date 6 April, 19 May Closing Date 12 May and 2 June Closing Date 26 May (All entries on Opentrack)
Lee Valley24 April Closing Date 23 April , 8 May Closing Date 7 May, 22 May Closing Date 21 May, 5 June Closing Date 4 June (All entries on Opentrack)
Newham26 May (Not open as yet) (All entries on Opentrack)
Watford17 April (Not open as yet) (Entries on Roster Athletics)
Please remember there is a possibility that the limits may be taken up before the closing date.

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 2024 is £19. The current total is £99 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.

HERTFORDSHIRE AND BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 May and Sunday 12 May. at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women
Link to enter on Roster athletics – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?nextUrl=L3B1YmxpYy9jb21wZXRpdGlvbnM%2FaWQ9MjQ5NDUmY2M9R0JSJmZyb209MjAyNC0wMy0yMyZ0bz0yMDI0LTA2LTMwJnBhZ2U9MQ%3D%3D&cc=GBR&page=2&from=2024-04-03&to=2024-06-28
Entries Closing Date Sunday 30 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.

 MIDDLESEX COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 May and Sunday 12 May at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women
Link to enter on Opentrack and Information – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=2&date__gte=2024-03-20&date__lte=2024-06-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date Sunday 30 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.

RESULTS
LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWSFEST – Took place at StoneX Stadium on 30 March
Shot 3kg – U17W ELSA SHABANI U17 1st (11.93m), KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 2nd (SB 10.09m) adding 4cm to her 17 March put
Shot 6kg – U20M ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (14.19m)
Shot 6kg – M50 MIGUEL GONZALEZ-BETANCOURT V50 1st (PB 12.03m)
Discus 1kg – SW B EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) 2nd (SB 42.11m) adding 21cm to her 24 March throw, and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2024
Discus 2kg – SM A GABOR KISS V40 1st (PB 37.52m)
Discus 2kg – SM B REUBEN VAUGHAN 1st (SB 47.90m) and is ranked UK No.9 in 2024
Hammer 3kg – U17W A ELSA SHABANI U17 1st (PB 43.29m) adding 2.43m to her 2023 throw, and is ranked UK No.6 U17 in 2024, KEIRA LAKE-BRYAN U17 3rd (SB 38.38m)
Hammer 3kg – U17W B MAIREAD MCGRATH U17 1st (PB 35.71m)
Hammer 4kg – SW A AMY CLEMENS 1st (SB 45.28m)
Hammer 6kg – U20M ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 51.23m) and is ranked UK No.4 U20 in 2024
Javelin 500g – U17W HANNAH PHILLIPS U15 3rd (PB 26.05m) and is ranked UK No.9 U15 in 2024
Javelin 700g – M50 MIGUEL GONZALEZ-BETANCOURT V50 1st (PB 40.46m)
Javelin 800g – SM MILAN TRAJKOVIC 1st (SB 52.32m)

FALKIRK VICTORIA HARRIERS INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Took place at Grangemouth on 30 March
Shot 7.26kg – SM 1 ANGUS MCINROY V35 1st (13.59mi)

UCONN DOG FIGHT – Took place at Storrs, Connecticut, USA on 30 March
100m – SW 3 LARISSA GILES U23 (Yale University) 3rd (SB 12.44 w1.3) and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2024
200m – SW 6 LARISSA GILES U23 (Yale University) 2nd (SB 26.57 w2.4) taking .12 of a second off her 10 February time

SAM HOWELL INVITATIONAL – Took place at Princeton, New Jersey, USA on 30 March
200m – SW 3 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 5th (SB 25.80 w2.8)
100m Hurdles – SW H2 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 1st (SB 14.35 w0.9) in her next race LILY finished 5th (SB 14.35 nwr) equalling her H2 time

STANFORD INVITATIONAL – Took place at Stanford, California, USA on 29-30 March
110m Hurdles – SM H4 JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 4th (SB 14.85 w-2.7) and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2024
Pole Vault – SM I GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Long Beach State University) (NH)
Shot 7.26kg – SM CB JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 13th (PB 14.28m) adding 22cm to his 2023 put, and is ranked UK No.7 U23 in 2024
Discus 2kg – SM CA JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 13th (SB 34.29m) and is ranked UK No.10 U23 in 2024

ST ALBANS EASTER 10K – Took place at St Albans on 29 March
PAUL LEWIS V50 40th (SB 39.24 3rd V50)

RALEIGH RELAYS – Took place at Raleigh, North Carolina, USA on 28-30 March
1500m – SM 11 LIAM GARRETT (Yale University 2nd Claim) 14th (SB 4:00.58)
3000m Steeplechase – SM 3 KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 (Eastern Kentucky University) 1st (PB 8:42.07) taking 13.52 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U23 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…
1,164 events – 224,614 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 10,733 first timers – 23,841 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – In March, there has been more than 41,000 parkrunners volunteering all over the world

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Aldenham on 30 March.
PAUL LEWIS V50 21st (24.49) this was his 210th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Avondale on 30 March.
EUAN PHILLIPS U15 1st (PB 18.39) this was his 42nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Blandford on 30 March.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 242nd (39.30) this was his 242nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Felixstowe on 30 March.
ROSS HAMMOND U17 4th (PB 17.57) this was his 37th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Hampstead Heath on 30 March.
JAMES SOTHCOTT 36th (PB 22.57) this was his 29th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Harrow on 30 March.
DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 19th (21.26) this was his 10th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Highbury Fields on 30 March.
AIDAN MCAVOY U17 4th (17.26) this was his 7th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Lordship Recreational Ground on 30 March.
SAM CLEMENTS U13 17th (20.01) this was his 9th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Monsal Trail on 30 March.
SCARLETT  KENT U23 14th (19.15) this was her 66th Parkrun, JO KENT V55 32nd (20.47) this was her 135th Parkrun, RUFUS KENT U23 33rd (20.47) this was his 57th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Oak Hill on 30 March.
JOSHUA BOWMAN U15 23rd (PB 21.20) this was his 3rd Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 24th (21.26) this was his 264th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 38th (22.23) this was his 414th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Panshanger on 30 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 277th (49.10) this was his 297th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Perry Lakes, Perth, Australia on 30 March.
STUART MOORE V60 127th (29.03) this was his 226th Parkrun

UPCOMING TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY  4 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 8 MAY – 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.

SUMMER OPEN MEETINGS 2024 – The link will open the document that has the dates for all fixture dates for BFTA, Lee Valley, Newham and Watford fixtures and updated up to the 4 April – All Summer Open Meetings 2024 Updated 4 April 2024
The Information including how to enter for each fixture, will be published below as and when known.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWSFEST WEEK 2Takes 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.
Entries Closed

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 not open as yet
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, now open to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=3&date__gte=2024-03-20&date__lte=2024-06-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 23 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.

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Saturday 27 April at the Finsbury Park Athletics Track (Satnav N4 2NQ).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 25 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 26 April. 

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 The first fixture of three takes place on Sunday 28 April at the Thames Valley Athletics Track, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable UKYDL UAG Timetable 2024
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  Takes place on Wednesday 1 May 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 not open as yet
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.

BUCS CHAMPIONSHIPS  Takes place from Saturday 4 May to Monday 6 May at the Manchester Regional Arena, Gate 13, Ethiad Campus, Rowsley Street, Manchester (M11 3FF)
Entries Closed

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 2  The second of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 5 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable EYAL Timetable 2024 For Matches 2 and 4
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 2 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 3 May 

LEE VALLLEY DOUBLE 100M SPRINTS NIGHT Takes place on Wednesday 8 May 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 1st round, 2nd round will follow the last race of the 1st round.
Entry is via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/lvac1001001/
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 7 May
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.

CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY FOLLOWS NINE GB ATHLETES IN RUN-UP TO PARIS GAMES  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

The National Lottery has joined forces with Channel 4 to allow a peek behind the scenes as stars such as KEELY HODGKINSON, HANNAH COCKCROFT and JOSH KERR approach the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris. Some of Britain’s biggest track and field stars will be heading into the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris this summer with Channel 4 cameras following their preparations and training. Two fly-on-the-wall documentaries, in partnership with The National Lottery, will provide a unique insight into the journey these athletes take and the sacrifices they make to be able to compete for Olympic or Paralympic gold.

Nine athletes will allow fans a behind-the-scenes peek of what it takes to succeed at the very highest level of the sport. Episode one will follow four athletes that all have the dream of becoming the next Olympic champion in track and field, while episode two will shine a spotlight on five outstanding Paralympians as they set out on a mission to light up the stadium in Paris. The series will explore what it takes to be a professional athlete heading to an Olympic and Paralympic Games. Each athlete has a unique story to tell, and the series will follow their gruelling training sessions, championship battles and the challenge of trying to qualify for the Games. Viewers will be introduced to the high-performance support environment, enabled by National Lottery players, including coaches, nutritionists, physiotherapists and psychologists. This team that sits behind every National Lottery-supported elite athlete will give a unique insight into the mentality and physicality of an elite sportsperson fighting to represent their country.

The nine athletes set to take part in the documentary are just some of the over 1,000 elite athletes on UK Sport’s National Lottery-funded World Class Programme. They are: HANNAH COCKCROFT, KEELY HODGKINSON, JOSH KERR, MORGAN LAKE, NATHAN MAGUIRE, FUNMI ODUWAIYE, JONNIE PEACOCK, ZAK SKINNER and JAKE WIGHTMAN.

KEELY HODGKINSON, Olympic 800m silver medallist, said: “Getting to compete at an Olympic Games and representing your country is such a special feeling, but people watching from their TVs at home never see what it takes to reach the start line. National Lottery players have transformed Athletics and Para-Athletics in the UK but you don’t often see how that investment powers us to win. You don’t see the hours in the gym, the time spent with physiotherapists, nutritionists, strength and conditioning, and our coaches working through our training plans. None of this would be possible without that investment. “Being part of this documentary will give people an insight into how we train, our day-to-day lives before a major competition and the challenges you have to overcome to race against the best in the world. I love my sport and I want to let people see what goes into those few minutes on the track in front of the world.”

JONNIE PEACOCK, two-time Paralympic gold medallist, said: “This is an incredible opportunity for us as athletes to give people a behind-the-scenes look into what preparation for a Games looks like. We as a country have been really successful in track and field over the years and that is in large part thanks to National Lottery investment. It enables us to have World class facilities and support. This, paired with hours and hours of intense training, is why we’re a global force. I’m excited to take fans on the journey with us to Paris.” 

JACK BUCKNER, CEO of British Athletics, said: “I love track and field and I’m absolutely thrilled that we can shine a light on our great sport and the stars within it as the nation builds up to Olympic and Paralympic fever this summer. The series allows us to show the transformational impact that The National Lottery has had on our sport in the last 30 years. Investment into facilities, support staff, camps, competitions and more means that our athletes are the very best prepared they can be. “The documentary will reveal the highs and the lows of our athletes as they bid to be their best at the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer. Allowing National Lottery players and fans to see behind-the-scenes will make them that bit prouder when our athletes line up in Paris. “I am very grateful for the teams at Channel 4 and The National Lottery for bringing this series to life with us – it’s going to be an epic watch!”

ANDRIA VIDLER, CEO of National Lottery Operator Allwyn, said: “As the new operator of The National Lottery, we are committed to finding exciting new ways to enable everyone to know the difference they make every time they buy a ticket. This documentary promises to deliver just that. “The transformation of elite UK sport thanks to National Lottery funding has been extraordinary. To see how every penny raised makes a difference through facilities, coaches and support staff, means that all National Lottery players can feel that they have played their part when they see one of our Olympic or Paralympic heroes competing this summer.”

JOE BLAKE-TURNER, Commissioning Editor, Sport, at Channel 4, added: “We’re used to seeing the end product, but now we’re going to be able to give Channel 4 viewers a real sense of the sweat and sacrifice needed to succeed at the elite level of athletics – whether disabled or able bodied. It’s one of several insightful pieces of content we have ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympics.”

STEVE BACKLEY ON HOW TO REVIVE BRITAIN’S AILING THROWS EVENTS  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photogragh take by MARK SHEARMAN taken at Crystal Palace in 1990.

Former javelin world record-holder says the nation’s struggling throwing disciplines could be addressed by starting with the schools.As STEVE BACKLEY tells it, the javelin chose him rather than the other way round. Having started his schoolboy athletics journey as a middle-distance athlete, he soon realised he “didn’t have the ticket to the party” when it came to that particular discipline. He loved athletics, though, and wanted to keep that connection to the sport. When he attended a meeting and saw former British international GARY JENSON throwing, he was intrigued. “It just made sense to me,” says the now 54-year-old. “There are very few times in life, where you come across something and go: ‘I can see why that works and that if I do this and this then that will happen’. You just feel like you’re at home. It’s a very comfortable feeling, knowing that you’re wielding something you were destined to be working with.”

He carried that feeling with him throughout a career which saw him break the world record, win two Olympic silver medals and a bronze, two world silvers, the European title four times and the Commonwealth title three. Coached by JOHN THROWER and pushed to excel by the likes of MICK HILL, BACKLEY was the latest in a line of celebrated British javelin throwers, such as Olympic champion TESSA SANDERSON and world champion FATIMA WHITBREAD. He fed off a momentum that was already in motion but, since his retirement 20 years ago, it has largely been lost. TROWER’S work was dismantled when the governing body decided to go in another direction. “I remember writing to them and saying: ‘Look, this is what’s going to happen’. And that’s why we are where we are,” says BACKLEY

The current situation leaves him looking for answers. He is quick to acknowledge there is a lot of good work being done, there is talent emerging and there have been bright spots. There’s LAWRENCE OKOYE’S impressive European discus bronze from 2022, NICK MILLER’S two Commonwealth hammer victories and sixth place in the Tokyo Olympic final, plus SCOTT LINCOLN’S Commonwealth shot put bronze. When it comes to para sport, too, the likes of HOLLIE ARNOLD, DAN PEMBROKE, ALED DAVIES and DAN GREAVES are no strangers to major throws success. But Backley sees what he calls “pockets of passion” rather the kind of joined up thinking he experienced in his pomp. BACKLEY remains the last British man to contest an Olympic javelin final or compete in the event at a world championships. GOLDIE SAYERS, 2008 Olympic medallist, was the last on the female side, while SOPHIE HITCHON’S hammer bronze in Rio is the last Olympic medal of any sort from a British thrower.

“The success we had with what JOHN TROWER did in the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s was down to him pulling people together, putting smart people together and good things happened,” says BACKLEY. “That was dismantled but we need that glue again.” Going about tackling the issues facing this side of athletics is a multi-faceted problem which won’t be ω solved quickly. But BACKLEY sees one glaring area at the root of it. Namely, that schoolchildren’s experiences with the disciplines are fleeting. In a different era of health and safety, he can remember he and his friends being allowed into his school’s PE cupboard to take a javelin out on to the playing fields at lunchtime, and asking the footballers to shuffle their match over a bit so he could practice a throwing technique still in its infancy.

Now, though, the athletics offering for most pupils falls into the category of blink and you’ll miss it. If BACKLEY had his way, this would be the first area to be addressed. “I think the problem is that athletics is treated as one sport and, as we know, it’s not only one sport,” says the BBC commentator, who also works in property management and motivational speaking. “Excluding the combined events, outdoor track and field athletics has 19 different disciplines. “So if athletics has a space in the curriculum to the same level as basketball or gymnastics or whatever, it means that those disciplines are diluted. So take my event, the javelin. If it’s one of 19 disciplines when athletics is seen as one event then what that actually means on a year by year basis is that a child going through the curriculum will have one experience with a javelin. One. One with a high jump, one with a discus and so on. That’s all a PE teacher will have available if they follow the curriculum – and that just doesn’t work. “It can happen, of course, but what are the chances of falling in love with something when you have so little exposure to it? And what if you were off school that day? That was your one chance. It barely gets an intro.”

BACKLEY knows it will take the initiative of some purposeful, driven individuals to start turning the tide. He is also more than happy to offer his wealth of experience to the cause. But that has been the case for 20 years now. “I often wonder what I could do personally,” he says. “I remember taking an idea to UK Athletics when I first retired. I had this idea that in many ways athletics is built on a series of mentorships. So you might have a local coach or somebody who an athlete could speak to and the higher you go, the better the mentor becomes. “Why don’t we design a mentor scheme so that a club athlete can speak to the county athlete, the county athlete can speak to the regional champion, the regional champion speaks to the national champion, the national champion can speak to the most recently retired, and they’re overseen by the champion who’s long since retired and has time to devote to it? That at least puts in place a ladder you can ascend by sharing information.“ And I remember the feedback at the time questioned whether everyone has that mentality. I was really surprised because I just assume that people have that sharing mentality. I think they do generally.” He adds: “I retired 20 years ago and I could count on one hand how many people have approached me asking for help. I’m working with a shot putter at the moment. Their coach approached me and we do a weekly or fortnightly zoom or phone call as a way of offloading ideas. But there’s very little activity, considering how many former champions are still out there. I remember LYNN DAVIES saying something similar. People just don’t get tapped up.”

BACKLEY cites the work of people like DAVID TURNER at Loughborough University, who coaches Arnold and reigning British champion BEHAH WALTON, as well as shot put specialist PAUL WILSON, mentor of 2022 world champion CHASE EALEY and eight-time British champion LINCOLN, as reason to believe that all is not lost. He can also see clues to a way back  through what is happening with some of the British team on the track. “The conversation is similar in the throws to what we were saying about the middle-distances in the late 1990s or early 2000s. It was: ‘We were so good in the 80s and 90s’,” says BACKLEY. “But what I see now is the successes of JOSH KERR, JAKE WIGHTMAN, KEELY HODGKINSON, LAURA MUIR and all the others are more manufactured in that they seem to come from a well-structured, supportive system of development. “There are some clues there in how to go about this. There’s some great stuff going on. We just need more of the same.”

Britain’s emerging throws talents
KENNY IKEJI
Age: 
21
Event: Hammer
His PB throw of 77.92m won the 2023 NCAA title, set a British U23 record and put him third on the British all-time list.

ANNA PURCHASE
Age:
 24
Event: Hammer
The 2022 Commonwealth finalist also reached the world final in Budapest last year.hael Allison MICHAEL ALLISON
Age: 
19
Event: Javelin
Britain’s only field event medallist at the European U20 Championships last year, winning bronze, his PB of 76.97m puts him fourth on Britain’s all-time under-20 list.

BEKAH WALTON
Age:
 24
Event: Javelin
The three-time British champion’s PB of 59.76m put her fourth on the British all-time list.

CHARLOTTE PAYNE
Age: 
21
Event: Hammer
The youngest British female ever to throw 70m won European U23 silver last year and was a late addition to the British team at the World Championships

ZARA OBAMARKINWA
Age:
 19
Event: Discus
The Blackheath & Bromley athlete broke the 16-year-old UK under-20 record with 55.99m when winning bronze at the UK Champs

SEB COE CALLS FOR MORE EURO NATIONS TO SUPPORT WORLD CROSS  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

World Athletics president says “cross country, properly used in the modern training regimen, is an ageless and timeless concept” at pre-champs press conference in Belgrade. On the eve of the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, only five countries have proudly competed at every meeting since the modern event began in 1973. United States, Britain, Spain, France and Italy are part of an exclusive club of ever-presents but that number is set to fall to four nations this weekend due to Italy not sending any athletes to the Serbian capital.

Ironically, an Italian athlete, PAOLA PIGNI, won the first two women’s world cross-country titles in 1973 and 1974. There will be no athletes in Belgrade from Finland either, who claimed the first-ever men’s crown in ’73 courtesy of PEKKA PAIVARINTA. Times have changed. An incredible 85% of the line-ups at the 1973 event in Belgium were from Europe with just 7.7% from Africa and no athletes at all from continents like Asia and South America. In contrast, last year’s championships in Australia, consisted of 34.8% Africans and only 11.3% Europeans, with 15.2% from North America, 23.5% from Oceania, 12.4% from Asia and 1.8% from South America.

“We’ve got work to do – there’s no doubt about that,” said COE at Friday’s pre-event press conference in Belgrade’s Old Court Palace. “Africa consistently support these championships. But I’d like to see more of our European nations supporting and travelling to these championships. And that’s not just because they are our championships but it’s because I’ve always genuinely believed that cross country, properly used in the modern training regimen, is an ageless and timeless concept.”

COE was asked the question about the health of the event by letsrun.com, who, like AW, do their best to support the event with coverage. COE added: “So, there’s work to do, but it’s an important property and it has an historic place in the athletics landscape.” Italy and Finland aside, there are also no-shows this weekend from Germany, Belgium, Turkey, Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland among others. The solitary Dutch entrant, SIFAN HASSAN, has withdrawn, while Norway’s only competitor is three-time European champion KAROLINE BJERKELI GROVDAL. This is despite the championships being held in Europe. Fellow athletes having a focus on training camps at this time of year, GROVDAL suggests, is one of the reasons more of her fellow Norwegian athletes aren’t in Belgrade. JAKOB INGEBRIGTSEN, for example, is in Flagstaff, Arizona, preparing for the summer track season.

In recent days a vintage video recording of the 1984 World Cross Country Championships in the United States did the rounds on social media as it was the 40th anniversary of the race. CARLOS LOPES of Portugal stormed to victory ahead of England’s TIM HUTCHINGS and Welshman STEVE JONES – in those days the home countries competed separately instead of a GB & NI team – with PAT PORTER of the United States fourth. WILSON WAIGWA of Kenya was the leading African in fifth, however, with Ethiopia winning the men’s team title. One reason athletes will give for skipping this weekend’s championships is that they want to focus on the Olympics. But the men’s winner in 1984, LOPES, plus the women’s champion, MARICICIA PUICA of Romania, went on to win the Olympic titles in Los Angeles a few months later in the marathon and 3000m respectively. The next World Cross is in Tallahassee, United States, in January 2026. Traditionalists might shirk at the event being held shortly after Christmas but perhaps it might attract more runners as it will mean the cross-country season is wrapped up effectively before the indoor season gets going.

COE talked on Friday about “the coherence of a calendar being really important” and working with European Athletics to create a “critical mass of cross-country running” in the December to January period. “There needs to be,” he added, “a greater understanding and rhythm to the season for fans around the world.” Read MoreWorld Cross 2024 news

With temperatures in Belgrade unseasonably warm ahead of Saturday’s race, holding an event in January might make most events a little cooler, too. COE said: “The big challenge for all global sports right now is staging events in a sensible and sequenced way and doing it in a way which is changing climactically by the year – and probably posing more problems in future as governments are not grasping the challenge as they should – so this is a challenge that myself and my successors are going to be dealing with for a long time.”

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 2 posts this week.

Video of High Jump coach GRANT BROWN demonstrating an advanced technique

3 photographs taken at the 23 March Lee Valley Minithon, currently the results are still to be published. the first photographs features TEMI JAIYEOLA and the remaining two group photographs of our athletes.

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 30-03-24 – 8 May LICC Fixture Cancelled

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 WELLERKAREN HARRISONTIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIEShaftesbury 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 LINKhttp://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 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER




Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 28 March 2024

Happy Birthday from Thursday 28 March to Wednesday 3 April – Dominic Bannister, Douglas Curwin-Reed, Abigail Edwards, James Isaacs, Sharon Jackson, Patrick Pearce, Abigail Ross, Roger Simons, Jeremy Sothcott, Neville Thompson, Tim Underhill and Kyra Williams

RECENT NEW MEMBER – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to MILLI BRIDGMAN-ATHANASATOS

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWSFEST WEEK 2Takes 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.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee.

STATUS ON OPEN MEETINGS – These are the fixtures which are now open for you to enter yourself, which are as follows;
BFTA Series14 April Closing Date 6 April, 19 May Closing Date 12 May and 2 June Closing Date 26 May (Entries on Opentrack)
Lee Valley24 April Closing Date 23 April (Entries on Opentrack)
Newham – None at present (Entries on Opentrack)
Watford3 April Closing Date 2 April (Entries on Roster Athletics)
Please remember there is a possibility that the limits may be taken up before the closing date.

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
SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Milton Keynes on 24 March.
Leg distances – Even numbers 4.8km, Odd numbers 7.2kg.

Senior MenSBH 29th (4:49.00) Leg 1 THOMAS BUTLER (26.22), Leg 2 SAM WIGGINS U23 (15.12), Leg 3 NATHAN GODDARD U23 (29.09), Leg 4 ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN U20 (16.55), Leg 5 SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U20 (29.46), Leg 6 NICK ANDREWS V40 (17.48), Leg 7 FINN MACCARTHY U23 (29.59), Leg 8 JAMES TRAPMORE V45 (20.00), Leg 9 EHSAN RAHIMI (29.42), Leg 10 TIM PARKIN V45 (23.36), Leg 11 KEVIN WALDEN V40 (34.21), Leg 12 JOSHUA FISHER U20 (16.12)
Team Results – 1st Highgate Harriers (4:09.56), 2nd Cambridge & Coleridge (4:12.09), 3rd Hercules Wimbledon (4:12.27), 29th SBH (4:49.00) 39 teams finished

Senior Women – No SBH Team
Team Results – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (2:11.58), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (2:13.08), 3rd Belgrave Harriers (2:13.48) 16 teams finished

NATIONALE-NEDERLANDEN POLMARTEN WARZAWSKI HALF MARATHON – Took place at Warsaw, Poland on 24 March
KIERAN CLEMENTS 2nd (67.16)

HILLINGDON 20 – Took place at Hillingdon on 24 March
NICOLA PAYNE 56th 4th Woman (PB 2:27.32)

WATFORD HARRIERS JUNIOR CHALLENGE – Took place at Cassiobury Park on 23 March
1250m XC – U11 LILY JANMOHAMED U11 5th (5.16)
2500m XC – U15 DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 3rd (9.37), LILY JANMOHAMED U11 29th (11.25)

EKU SPRING INVITATIONAL – Took place at Richmond, Kentucky, USA on 22 March
1500m – SM 1 KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 (Eastern Kentucky University) 1st (PB 3:45.89) taking .41 of a second off his 2023 time

AZTEC INVITATIONAL – Took place at San Diego, California, USA on 21-22 March
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Long Beach State University) (NH)

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…
1,197 events – 207,388 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 9,665 first timers – 23,244 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – There are 554 parkrunners with the surname of March!

1000 VOLUNTEER CLUB – On Saturday 23 March 2024 at Riddlesdown, NICKI CLARK became the first person in the 1,000 volunteer milestone club.

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Aldenham on 23 March.
PAUL LEWIS V50 2nd (20.36) this was his 209th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Amsterdamse Bos on 23 March.
BRADLEY SINGER V35 23rd (21.33) this was his 263rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Fell Foot, Newby Bridge on 23 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 146th (44.16) this was his 296th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Hackney Marshes on 23 March.
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 372nd (33.52) this was his 325th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Jersey on 23 March.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 77th (26.06) this was his 165th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Long Eaton on 23 March.
INDIRA PATEL U23 2nd (17.11) this was her 39th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Lordship Recreational Ground on 23 March.
SCARLETT  KENT U23 16th (19.41) this was her 65th Parkrun, JO KENT V55 30th (20.58) this was her 134th Parkrun,

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Oak Hill on 23 March.
AIDAN MCAVOY U17 3rd (PB 17.17) this was his 6th Parkrun, EDWARD PASCAL U13 6th (PB 18.56) this was his 6th Parkrun, JOSHUA BOWMAN U15 40th (22.09) this was his 2nd Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 57th (23.13) this was his 413th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Perry Lakes, Perth, Australia on 23 March.
STUART MOORE V60 148th (29.59) this was his 225th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Sunny Hill on 23 March.
PHILIP SHELLEY V60 31st (28.54) this was his 53rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at The Old Showfield on 23 March.
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 20th (21.12) this was his 34th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5KTook place at Woodhouse Moor on 23 March.
BEN KELLY U23 47th (21.39) this was his 22nd Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAYS, TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY  28 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 1 MAY – 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.

SUMMER OPEN MEETINGS 2024 – The link will open the document that has the dates for all fixture dates for BFTA, Lee Valley, Newham and Watford fixtures – All Open Meetings 2024
The Information including how to enter for each fixture, will be published below as and when known.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWSFEST WEEK 1Takes 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.
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.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWSFEST WEEK 2Takes 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.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee.

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, now open to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=3&date__gte=2024-03-20&date__lte=2024-06-30&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 23 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.

BRITAIN WIN 50 EUROPEAN MASTER GOLDS IN TORUN, POLAND INCLUDING FIVE FOR CLAIRE ELMS  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Britain won a half century of gold and 165 medals at the championships which featured a full range of indoor events starting at the M35s and all the way up to the M95s plus winter throws and a cross- country and marathon.

The most successful UK athlete in terms of golds was W60 record-setter CLARE ELMS who was the only athlete in Torun to win the 800m, 1500m, 3000m and cross-country quadruple and had the Euro Masters had a 10km and half-marathon like the World Masters and not a marathon, then she probably would have attempted even more. The day after her 1500m win, she was competing for her club Kent AC in the area road relays in Milton Keynes.

Mother of four girls, NIA RUTTER, who has appeared in Gladiators in the past, won two golds and seven medals to be the most bemedalled Brit overall. In terms of records this time, the most successful Briton was HELEN GODSELL, who set a W70 world mark at 200m and an European record at 60m. IRIE HILL improved her own world mark in the W55 pole vault while M55 Darren Scott at 200m and W70 Caroline Powell at 400m, set European records.

The biggest name there was DWAIN CHAMBERS who won the M45 at a canter in his first masters championships and the former world indoor champion says he will be back for more. Given his past misdemeanour, some believe he shouldn’t be getting the attention, but his presence was welcomed by the athletes and his races were the best attended and it gave a buzz to an event that otherwise would have been largely ignored by the media.

Britain’s most successful event though was the hurdles with seven victories including four successive golds for the men.

The Poles had a few recent internationals competing and with home advantage and filling almost every event they won 102 golds and 250 medals though Germany got 261 medals and 94 golds. Spain were unusually the third most successful nation with 56 golds but Britain won 37 more medals than the Spaniards.

KOJO KYEREME WINS A GOLD AND SILVER IN TORUN, POLAND  KOJO sent me an update on his excellent performances in Torun. Firstly on the 20 March the M45 800m took place, with KOJO drawn in Heat 2 and finished 2nd (2:10.96i),the Final took place the next day and was a close race with RAMON GONZALEZ of Spain taking the Gold medal (2:01.87i) with KOJO taking the Silver medal (2:02.48i).

The M45 1500m heats took place on the 22 March with KOJO drawn in Heat 2 and finished 4th (SB 4:25.89i), the Final took place the next day, with KOJO looking refreshed, he ran an excellent race and took the Gold medal (SB 4:04.01i) taking 21.88 seconds off his H2 time, and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2024, getting revenge on GONZALEZ who finished 3rd (4:06.59i).

Photograph of KOJO celebrating following his Silver and Gold Medal performance.

MOWA TO MAKE ITS MARK AT BANNISTER MILE EVENT  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken from the MOWA museum.

The Museum of World Athletics is creating a display of magnificent mile-related memorabilia in Oxford on May 6, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first sub-four-minute mile will feature a number of vintage items thanks to the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) and the global governing body’s Heritage department. There will be a display at Iffley Road in Oxford from Saturday May 4 to Monday May 6 and it will include…

The original programme from May 6, 1954, autographed by Roger Bannister, Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher.

PAAVO NURMI (1925 bronze bust). DIANE LEATHER (silvered spikes, first woman to run a sub-5min mile on May 29. 1954). RON DELANY (Silver bowl. 1959 Philadelphia Inquirer Mile). HERB ELLIOTT (1960 Olympic singlet). JIM BEATTY (1962 world record spikes as the first man to run sub-4min indoors). KIP KEINO (1965 Morley Mile Trophy).

STEVE CRAM (1980 Moscow Olympics tracksuit). SEB COE (1984 LA Olympics spikes and singlet). EAMONN COGHLAN (Wanamaker Mile Trophy and world indoor mile record spikes).

ABDI BILE (1987 World Champs singlet). HICHAM EL GUERROUJ (1995 World Indoor Champs singlet). GABRIELA SZABO (2001 World Champs singlet). BERNARD LAGAT (2010 World Indoor Champs singlet). GUDAF TSEGAY (World indoor 1500m record spikes, 2021). JAKE WIGHTMAN (2022 World Champs spikes). FAITH KIPYEGON (2023 World Champs spikes).

In total the 17 athletes above include seven Olympic and five world 1500m champions and seven world mile record-breakers, the first man to go sub-3.30 for the 1500m, the first men to go sub-4 in the mile indoors and outdoors, the first woman inside five minutes, the current outdoor world record-holders for both the men’s and women’s miles, the women’s indoor 1500m record-holder, and four runners, each world indoor mile record-breakers, who have between them won 20 Wanamaker Mile titles. The Bannister Miles event on May 6 will see a mass community mile on the roads plus a series of BMC races on Monday afternoon. You can find out more here.

This follows the recent Museum of World Athletics event in Glasgow city centre earlier this month where, among other things, COE announced the awarding of a World Athletics Heritage Plaque in the posthumous category of ‘Legend’ to ‘The Flying Scotsman’ ERIC LIDDELL. The presentation of the plaque took place in front of an invited audience of 150 guests that included 1980 Olympic 100m champion ALLAN WELLS and 2000 Olympic heptathlon champion DENISE LEWIS, who earlier in the ceremony had made donations of historic clothing and shoes from their competition careers to the Museum of World Athletics.

MALAYSIA REJECTS CHANCE TO HOST 2026 COMMONWEALTH GAMES  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

The Asian country last hosted Games in 1998 and was offered £100m to host the 2026 edition. Malaysia has rejected the opportunity to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, meaning that it could be cancelled for the first time since World War Two. The Malaysian government was offered £100m by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) but that was regarded as “insufficient” and the time frame was also too short. Malaysia’s sports ministry said the offer “would not cover the overall cost of hosting a large-scale sports event”. Malaysian government spokesperson FAHMI FADZIL added: “If we had a longer time, we would definitely do it, but because there’s such a short time, we definitely can’t do it. “When we assessed the viability of hosting the Games, the length of time needed and the cost was seen to be particularly prohibitive.”

The Australian state of Victoria was the initial host of the 2026 Games but pulled out last summer due to rising costs. Gold Coast, which hosted the Games back in 2018, then stepped in but they themselves withdrew last December, citing the same issues.

With five out of the past six editions having been held in either the UK or Australia, a change of scenery would’ve been a welcome sight for organisers, who will now just hope to keep the Games alive. That’s because the Canadian province of Alberta – the initial host for 2030 – also backed out last year, with 2030 being the 100th anniversary of the Games. It means the Commonwealth Games doesn’t have a host for either 2026 or 2030 and questions will now be asked if Birmingham 2022 will end up being the last ever edition. Over 5000 athletes from 72 nations competed at Birmingham 2022, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire.

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 no posts this week.

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 WELLERKAREN HARRISONTIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIEShaftesbury 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 LINKhttp://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 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER




Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 21 March 2024

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 2Takes 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 CHAMPIONSHIPSTook 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 3180mJESSE 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 3180mAIMEE 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 4495mARTHUR 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 3540mPOSIE 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 5970mHENRY 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 4135mCHARLOTTE 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 5KTook place at Aldenham on 16 March.
PAUL LEWIS V50 6th (21.30) this was his 208th Parkrun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PARKRUN 5KTook 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

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWSFEST WEEK 1Takes 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.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee.

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.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWSFEST WEEK 2Takes 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.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee.

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 WELLERKAREN HARRISONTIM UNDERHILL, GLEN WATTS, JOANNA WINFIELD, SHAUN CLIFFORD and EUAN MACKENZIEShaftesbury 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 LINKhttp://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 09.11.21StoneX Stadium Certificate

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER