Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 20 July 2023

Posted on 20/07/202321/07/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 20 July to Wednesday 26 July – Akin Coward, Renee Diomar, Sara Duodu, Nathan Howell, Mick Jones, Jonathan Klein, Calvin Lawrence, Victor Odiaka, Yaroslav Poleuktov, Jack Redford and Seth Rennie-Roddy

CHARLES HICKS WIN 5000M GOLD IN ESPOO – Congratulations to CHARLES who won the European Under 23 5000m title (13:35.07) in Espoo, Finland on 14 July. HENRY MCLUCKIE finished in 7th place (13:52.11). ALLANAH FASHANU was a member of the 4x100m relay squad, but did not run, the relay team won the Gold Medal.
Full report follows the upcoming fixtures.

PARKRUN 100 CLUB – Congratulations to LENARD MICHEL who at the Canons Park Parkrun completed his 100th race.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2022. The SBH annual subscription, as from 1 December 2022 as approved at the AGM on Tuesday 29 November is £65 and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2023 is £17. The current total is £82 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 – Took place at Chelmsford on 16 July.
Match Result – 1st Chelmsford (744 points), 2nd SBH (633), 3rd Thurrock (452), 4th Brentwood Eagles (339), 5th Bedford (236.5), 6th Braintree (203.5)
Apologies but there are no provisional results available as yet.

Top 6 Provisional League Positions After 4 Fixtures – Following our 2nd place at Chelmsford, we have now moved up to 2nd place – 1st Chelmsford (24 league points – 2987 match points), 2nd SBH (22 – 2740), 3rd Havering (227 – 2739.5), 4th Dacorum (22 – 2523), 5th Basildon (22 – 2290), 6th Ipswich (20 – 2248)

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP 1B – Took place at Woodford on 15 July.
Match Result – 1st Blackheath (545 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (525.5), 3rd Glasgow Jaguars (465), 4th SB (444), 5th Sale Harriers (423.5), 6th Birchfield Harriers (386), 7th Swansea Harriers (372), 8th Newham & Essex Beagles (252)

LEAGUE TABLE AFTER 2 ROUNDS – (1) Thames Valley Harriers (2) Harrow (3) Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (4) Blackheath & Bromley (5) Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (6) Glasgow Jaguars W (7) Sale Harriers (8) SBH (9) Birchfield Harriers (10) Trafford, (11) Sheffield (12) Notts (13) Swansea Harriers (14) Newham & Essex Beagles (15) Chelmsford (16) Crawley

TEAMS IN GLASGOW – SBH v Woodford Green & Essex Ladies, Glasgow Jaguars, Newham & Essex Beagles, Thames Valley Harriers, Sheffield, Trafford, Chelmsford
To maintain our TOP 8 position we need to finished in the TOP 3 in Glasgow !!!

The results are on Opentrack, and they are incomplete, and to be checked and updated once on the PO10.

100m – SM A KRISHAWN AIKEN 2nd (PB 10.14 w7.4), B PHOENIX LYON 3rd (PB 10.63 w3.2)
100m – SW A SHEREEN CHARLES V35 8th (PB 12.63 w4.6), B LYDIA ROGERS 6th (13.25 w5.3)
200m – SM A KRISHAWN AIKEN 3rd (20.90 w4.6), B PHOENIX LYON 3rd (21.46 w5.6)
200m – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 6th (24.58 w3.1), B LYDIA ROGERS 7th (27.43 w4.3)
400m – SM A SAM HAZELL 6th (49.77), B ZICO JONES U17 4th (50.73)
400m – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (54.99), B SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD U20 6th (59.72)
800m – SM A THOMAS PATRICK 2nd (1:53.87), B DYLAN EVANS 7th (2:04.28)
800m – SW A LARISSA WILSON U17 7th (2:18.71), B DINA SILVERMAN U17 4th (2:22.30)
1500m – SM A THOMAS PATRICK 3rd (4:07.17), B DYLAN EVANS 4th (4:13.26)
5000m – SM A THOMAS BUTLER 1st (14:53.29), B LUCA STUBBS U23 2nd (15:39.17)
100m Hurdles – SW A EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 8th (16.35 w3.0)
110m Hurdles – SW A EDSON GOMES 2nd (PB 13.80 w1.7), B JAMI SCHLUETER 1st (PB 14.24 w3.6)
400m Hurdles – SM A STEVEN GARRETT 4th (56.27), B JUBRIL ADENIJI 2nd (56.90)
400m Hurdles – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (58.05)
3000m Steeplechase – SM A GLEN WATTS V35 4th (10:61.21)
Pole Vault – SM A ETHAN WALSH 2nd (5.01m), B TOLU AYO-OJO 3rd (4.21m)
Pole Vault – SW No Result Shown
High Jump – SM A AKIN COWARD 1st (2.11m), B EDSON GOMES 3rd (1.81m)
High Jump – SW A EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 2nd (1.66m), B LILY HOLT U23 2nd (1.61m)
Long Jump – SM A BEN MCGUIRE 8th (6.40m w???), B BRADLEY DAVIES-PUGHE U23 6th (5.07m w???)
Long Jump – SW A TANI SONOIKI U20 5th (4.30m w???), B LYDIA ROGERS 3rd (4.13m w???)
Triple Jump – SM A JOSH WOODS U23 2nd (14.68m w???), B TOLU AYO-OJO 3rd (11.91m w???)
Triple Jump – SW A TRINITY O’CONNOR 8th (8.98m w???), B LYDIA ROGERS 5th (8.90m w???)
Shot 7.26kg – SM A GREGORY THOMPSON 3rd (15.79m), B OLIVER GRAHAM U20 2nd (12.63m)
Shot 4kg – SW A PHILIPPA DAVENALL 7th (9.79m), B TRINITY O’CONNOR 6th (9.00m)
Discus 2kg – SM A GREGORY THOMPSON 1st (57.93m), B REUBEN VAUGHAN 1st (45.89m)
Discus 1kg – SW A SHADINE DUQUEMIN 3rd (51.48m), B PHILIPPA DAVENALL 6th (30.53m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM A OLIVER GRAHAM U20 3rd (59.28m), B GREGORY THOMPSON 2nd (46.42m)
Hammer 4kg – SW A PHILIPPA DAVENALL 4th (57.47m)
Javelin 800g – SM A DANIEL BAINBRIDGE 2nd (59.76m), B JAMI SCHUELTER U20 2nd (45.40m)
Javelin 600g – SW A EVELYNE FONYEYNE U20 4th (31.81m), B HAYLEY MCLEAN 2nd (26.06m)
4x100m Relay – SM 3rd (41.95) JUBRIL ADENIJI, SAM HAZEL, PHOENIX LYON, KRISHAWN AIKEN, SW 7th (51.21) SHEREEN CHARLES, LILY HOLT, LYDIA ROGERS, EVELYNE FONTEYNE
4x400m Relay – SM 6th (3:30.33) STEVEN GARRET (53.3), JUBRIL ADENIJI (52.8), ZICO JONES (53.9), SAM HAZEL (50.4), SW 2nd (3:55.69) LARISSA WILSON (60.0), DINA SILVERMAN (61.2), SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD (60.5), HAYLEY MCLEAN (54.0)

Non Scoring
100m – SM NS3 EDSON GOMES 4th (10.85 w???)
100m – SW NS1 ANNA ROSE U20 7th (PB 12.45 w???), NS3 LYDIA ROGERS 5th (13.26 w???)
200m – SM NS STEVEN GARRETT 3rd (23.96 w1.6)
400m – SW NS VANESSA ANSUAA ??? (PB 12.45 w???)

NEWHAM & ESSEX BEAGLES OPEN MEETING – Took place at London (CT) on 16 July.
100m – SM A2 KRISHAWN AIKEN 4th (10.51 w1.6), A6 ZANSON PLUMMER 1st (10.45 w3.0), A10 BEN MCGUIRE 2nd (SB 10.88 w3.3) taking .12 of a second off his 7 June time, A16 KHYAN MARKLAND U17 5th (PB 11.41 w1.7) taking .05 of a second off his 24 June time, B2 ZANSON finished 1st (10.37 w3.6), KRISHAWN finished 2nd (10.39 w3.6), B7 BEN finished 4th (10.96 w1.1), B14 KHYAN finished 6th (PB 11.34 w3.3) taking .07 of a second off his A16 time
100m – SW A2 REBECCA JEGGO (HCA) 6th (12.15 w2.0), B3 REBECCA finished 4th (12.06 w2.3)
200m – SM A2 JORDAN WATSON-BROWN 1st (21.06 w3.1), KRISHAWN AIKEN 2nd (SB 21.14 w3.1) taking .03 of a second off his 16 June time, A7 JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 4th (22.75 w1.6), A11 KHYAN MARKLAND U17 5th (PB 23.58 w0.6) taking .12 of a second off his 2 July time
400m – SW 2 EMILY NEWNHAM U20 1st (53.45), 3 VANESSA ANSUAA U23 1st (60.11)
100m Hurdles – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 2nd (14.17 w2.4)

SIAB INTERNATIONAL – Took place at Grangemouth on 15 July.
200m – U17M EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 (England) 1st (21.55 w-3.0)
3000m – U17M GIANLEO STUBBS U17 (England) 3rd (PB 8:39.04) taking 3.40 seconds off his 5 April time, and is ranked UK No.6 U17 in 2023
4 x 100m Relay – U17M EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 ran on leg 2 in the England team which won with a meeting record (41.20)
Match Result – 1st England (512 points), 2nd Ireland (318), 3rd Wales (266.5)

GOLDEN STAG MILE – Took place at Finsbury Park on 14 July.
Mile – SX 1 THOMAS BUTLER 1st (PB 4:08.37) taking 7.51 seconds off his 2018 time, 2 NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 10th (4:54.89), 3 CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 15th (5:09.67), 4 DANIEL NICHOLS V40 14th (SB 5:20.91), 6 CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 6th (5:26.98), 7 NICOLA PAYNE 8th (PB 5:26.42) taking 3.07 seconds off her 3 June time, TIM BUTLER V55 11th (SB 5:48.64), 8 PAUL LEWIS V50 2nd (PB 5:33.45)

MORTON GAMES – Took place at Dublin on 14 July.
Shot 7.26khg – SM SCOTT LINCOLN (2nd Claim) 1st (20.29m)

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Birmingham on 12 July.
1500m – Mens A KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 4th (PB 3:47.28) taking .10 of a seconds off his 2022 time
5000m – Mens A THOMAS PATRICK U23 5th (PB 14:15.26)

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 12 July.
800m – SX 2 MEGAN HAMMOND U15 10th (PB 2:36.88) taking 1.32 seconds off her 14 June time, 7 AMITAI BLOOM U15 7th (2:22.16), EDWARDS PASCAL U13 8th (2:22.69), LADDIE SHAW U13 13th (2:27.64), 9 DINA SILVERMAN U17 7th (PB 2:15.81) taking .06 of a second off her 25 June time, POSIE SHAW U15 11th (2:20.12), 10 YEDIDYA MAXWELL U15 4th (PB 2:14.01) taking .46 of a second off his 14 June time, CALEB HILTON U15 6th (2:15.84), SCARLETT KENT U23 12th (2:19.40), 12 LARISSA WILSON U17 9th (2:12.86), CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 12th (2:18.00), 13 NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 12th (2:13.80), 16 GILAD NACHSHEN U23 7th (SB 1:59.19) taking 1.52 seconds off his 21 June time, JONATHAN BOARDMAN U23 10th (PB 2:01.76) taking .60 of a second off his 17 May time, 19 BENJAMIN GOSTICK U20 1st (1:56.94)

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM OPEN MEETING – Took place at Birmingham on 12 July.
1500m – SM 2 KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 4th (PB 3.47.28) taking .10 of a second off his 2022 time
5000m – SM THOMAS PATRICK U23 5th (PB 14.15.26)
100m Hurdles – SW H1 LILY HOLT U23 1st (14.96 w1.7) in the Final race LILY finished 1st (14.97 w0.4)
110m Hurdles – SM H1 CRAIG MONCUR U23 2nd (PB 15.49 w2.4) taking .01 of a second off his 30 April time, in the Final race CRAIG finished 2nd (15.66 w-0.3)
Shot 4kg – SX TRINITY O’CONNOR U23 1st (PB 9.53m) adding 16cm to her 2019 put
Discus 2kg – SX CRAIG MONCUR U23 1st (PB 37.78m) adding 1.75m to his 28 May throw

CHARNWOOD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Loughborough on 12 July.
100m – SX 7 SELINA HENDERSON 7th (SB 12.49 w2.1) taking .04 of a second off her 5 May time
Long Jump – SX B BOLU COKER 1st (6.15m nwr), SELINA HENDERSON 4th (5.19m nwr)

PARIS 23 WORLD PARA CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Paris on 9-17 July.
400m – SM T20 SF2 COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 4th (SB 48.19) taking 1.11 seconds off his 27 may time, and is ranked UK No.1 T20 in 2023, in the Final COLUMBA finished 6th (48.90)

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE DIVISION 1 – Took place at Bromley on 9 July.
100m – SM NS2 ALEX STAPLETON U23 5th (PB 12.29 w-0.4)
400m Hurdles – SW A LILY PARRIS U23 (2nd Claim) 1st (No Time)
Shot 7.26kg – SM NS ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 13.14m)
Discus 1kg – SW A EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) 1st (40.96m), STACEY GONZALEZ V45 5th (SB 22.97m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM B ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (40.87m)
Hammer 4kg – SW A EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) 1st (46.22m)

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE DIVISION 2 NORTH AND EAST – Took place at St Albans on 9 July.
400m – SW A SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD U20 2nd (60.6)
800m – SW A NICOLA PAYNE 3rd (PB 2:27.7) taking 17.41 seconds off her 2022 time
1500m – SW A NICOLA PAYNE 4th (PB 5:04.0) taking 23.60 seconds off her 2018 time

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE DIVISION 3 NORTH – Took place at Bedford on 9 July.
100m – SW A EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 6th (SB 14.1 nwr)
200m – SM A CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 25.6 nwr), B NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 26.8 nwr) taking 2.60 seconds off his 18 June time
200m – SW A CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 26.8 nwr) taking .30 of a second off her 20 May time
400m – SM A NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 4th (PB 58.0) taking .20 of a second off his 18 June time, B JAIAN SAUNDERS U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 58.0)
400m – SW A CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (59.0)
800m – SM A CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (2:14.2)
800m – SW A EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 3rd (2:25.8)
1500m – SM A NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (4:54.0)
1500m – SW A EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (5:04.2)
100m Hurdles – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 1st (14.7 nwr)
High Jump – SM B GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 2nd (1.60m)
Long Jump – SM A CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 3rd (5.03m nwr)
Long Jump – SW A CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (PB 4.07m nwr) adding 26cm to her 2021 jump
Triple Jump – SM B JAIAN SAUNDERS U17 (2nd Claim) 4th (PB 5.55m nwr)
Javelin 600g – SW A JO BLAIR V350 (2nd Claim) 1st (38.50m)
Javelin 800g – SM A CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 6th (18.10m)

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…
1,109 events – 161,029 walkers, joggers and runners – 24,058 volunteers – 8,063 first-timers – 19,366 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Grovelands on 15 July.
LENARD MICHEL V50 25th (22.14) this was his 101st Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 260th (39.11) this was her 92nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 15 July.
ANDREW HOLMES V55 157th (29.15) this was his 62nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maylands Peninsula, Perth, Australia on 15 July.
STUART MOORE V60 24th (28.11) this was his 199th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pont Y Bala on 15 July.
CHARLENE JACOBS-CONRADIE V40 4th (PB 18.43) this was her 23rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Seaton on 15 July.
ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 1st (17.52) this was his 62nd Parkrun, JOEL PHILLIPS V45 14th (21.17) this was his 91st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Shorne Woods on 15 July.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 36th (26.02) this was his 149th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sizewell on 15 July.
PHILIP SHELLEY V60 34th (28.26) this was his 39th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 20 JULY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 16 AUGUST – The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The fourth fixture of four takes place on Saturday 22 July at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
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 20 July as the declarations have to be in on Friday 21 July.

ENGLAND SENIOR AND PARA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, INCLUDES UK COMBINED EVENTS AND CAU CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 22 July and Sunday 23 July at Chelmsford Sports And Athletics Centre, Salerno Way, Chelmsford (Satnav CM1 2EH).
For all entry details and full information please use this link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=15212
Entries Closed

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 26 July at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 200m, 19.15pm Triple Jump, 19.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 21.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No Under 13s
Is not open on roster athletics as yet, this is the link –
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

SOUTHERN COMBINED EVENTS U17, U20 AND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 29 July and Sunday 30 July at the Horspath Athletics Track, Horspath Road, Oxford (Satnav OX4 2RR).
Please Note: For all information including entering yourself online please use this link – http://www.seaa.org.uk/onlineregs/meeting9.php?MeetID=148
Entries Closed

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH – The fourth fixture of four takes place on Sunday 30 July at the K2 Crawley Leisure Centre, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley (Satnav RH11 9BQ).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – UK YDL UAG 2023 Timetable
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE SPRINT HURDLES OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 2 August at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
For age-groups U13 and above.
This is the link for you to enter yourselves, fixture is now not open to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=4&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date TBC

ENGLAND U17 & U15 COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 5 August and Sunday 6 August at the Manchester Regional Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
For all entry details and full information please use this link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=15476
Entries Closed

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 5 – The fifth of five fixtures takes place on Sunday 6 August at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2023
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 3 August as the declarations have to be in on Friday 4 August

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 9 August at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 100m, 19.15pm 400m No under 13s, 19.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 21.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No Under 13s
Is not open on roster athletics as yet, this is the link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?id=14684&cc=GBR&page=0&from=2023-07-18&to=2023-07-25
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE – The third of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 12 August at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to the timetable –
Link to enter, then put 495 in the filter box – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 6 August, No Entries On The Day

SOUTHERN U13, U15 AND U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 12 August and Sunday 13 August at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Link to enter – http://www.seaa.org.uk/onlineregs/meeting9.php?MeetID=150
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 1 August

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE 100m/200m SPRINTS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 16 August at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
For age-groups U13 and above.
100m Men 19.00, 100m Women 19.30, 200m Men 20.00, 200m Women 20.30 times are estimated.
This is the link for you to enter yourselves, fixture not open to enter as yet – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=5&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on
Closing date TBC or once an event reaches full capacity.

MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL – Due to take place on Wednesday 16 August has bed Cancelled.

LEE VALLEY 2023 OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Opentrack, this is the link to enter the 1 April Open Meeting now on Opentrack – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/athletics-competitions
The following fixtures will be available to enter on Opentrack, in the coming weeks.
2 August – Double Sprint Hurdles (Not open to enter yet)
16 August – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting (Not open to enter yet)
30 August – Double 100m Meeting
September – Autumn Throws Fest

WATFORD 2023 OPEN MEETING OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Roster Athletics
Wednesday 26 July – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Not open to enter as yet)
Wednesday 9 August – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Not open to enter as yet)
Wednesday 23 August – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds
Wednesday 6 September – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 100m, 7.40pm 800m, 9.05pm 3000m No under 13

MEGAN KEITH AND CHARLES HICKS WIN 5000M GOLD IN ESPOO – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

The future of British distance running is in good hands if results from the European Under-23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, are anything to go by. Firstly MEGAN KEITH struck gold in the women’s 5000m on Thursday evening (July 13) and then, less than 24 hours later, CHARLES HICKS won the men’s 5000m title on Friday morning. Both athletes won in emphatic style after running away from their rivals in the closing stages. KEITH clocked (15:34.33) to beat MARIA FORERO of Spain by nine seconds, while HICKS eased away from host nation hope EEMIL HELANDER to win by five seconds in (13:35.07). Behind, WILL BARNICOAT took bronze in the men’s race but there was heartache for ELOISE WALKER in the women’s race as she broke clear with GB team-mate KEITH in the latter stages and was still in second place with 150m to go but struggled in the home straight, falling due to exhaustion with 20 metres to go before getting up to finish fifth.

The European Cross-Country Championships in Turin last December proved a good form guide to the action in Espoo. At that event seven months ago, KEITH took under-23 silver behind NADIA BATTOCLETTI, HICKS won the under-23 men’s title and FORERO captured the under-20 women’s crown.

KEITH said: “I told myself when I make a move (with just over 2km to go), I needed to make it decisive and I’m really proud that’s what I did. I’m really happy to come away with the win, as we knew the race was going to be unpredictable. “I looked at the screen around 300m to go, and hoped to have enough to keep going, as I saw I had made a gap. I ran at this track last year, and was disappointed how I ran, but I’ve been working hard since then and gained a lot of experience and I’m really happy with how it has gone.” For KEITH, victory was sweeter still after she missed bronze by just two hundredths of a second at the European Under-20 Championships two years ago.

HICKS’ victory came just five days after finishing fourth in the 5000m at the UK Championships. The Stanford student has also recently agreed to join the Nike Bowerman Track Club in the United States and here in Espoo he breezed away impressively from the competition to take gold with gun-to-tape front-running tactics.

DAVE BEDFORD’S 10000m 50TH ANNIVERSARY – The oldest British Championships record in the book has stood the test of time for an amazing half century. Fifty years ago on 13 July 1973 .at Crystal Palace, the British Championships (officially then the AAA) staged the Olympic Trials
At the time, EDWARD HEATH was Prime Minister and Puppy Love by DONNY OSMOND was the No.1 record in the music charts.

As he had not publicised any record attempt or shown any form that suggested anything special was likely, only 3500 fans were present on the Friday night for a programme of predominantly heats but clearly he had a target as he powered through 1600m in (4:17.4). Surprisingly as he was operating at (26:45) pace, he still had four takers. Even at 3000m (8:08.4) – the second fastest ever split after his Olympic opening, TONY SIMMONS, SEPPO TUOMINEN and BERNIE PLAIN remained. The latter two soon dropped off but at 4000m, SIMMONS surprised BEDFORD by going by and leading before BEDFORD went ahead again and pushed on through the fastest ever halfway time of (13:39.4) with SIMMONS (13:41.0) also running a time previously unsurpassed even by CLARKE and BEDFORD. At 6000m he lapped fellow International cross-country winner MIKE TAGG, who tried to briefly help BEDFORD. From 6400m to 8400m and needing 67 second laps, BEDFORD astonishingly reeled off five successive exact 67.0 laps. At 8000m, he had been 15 seconds up on VIREN’S equivalent but clearly was not going to finish like VIREN did but he had a 19 second buffer at 9km and perhaps more importantly was 10 seconds quicker at that point than CLARKE had ever run. While he had slowed to a 67.8 four out, knowing the record was almost certainly his, his last three got faster and a 60.8 final circuit was wildly received by a stadium of 10,000m aficionados as he took over seven seconds off VIREN’S world mark and 16 seconds off his own British (and former European) record (27:30.80). It was the first world record set in London by a Briton since CHRIS CHATAWAY beat VLADIMIR KUTS in an epic 5000m in 1954.

SIMMONS (28:19.4) and PLAIN (28:30.2) survived their suicidal starts to set PBs despite slowing 40 seconds on their second half’s BEDFORD’S lap times were: 63.0, 64.4, 64.9, 65.1, 65.8, 66.4, 66.2, 66.2, 66.6, 66.0, 65.4, 66.0, 66.8, 66.2, 67.2, 67.8, 67.0, 67.0, 67.0, 67.0, 67.0, 67.8, 66.0, 65.2 and 60.8. In the press conference he said: “I planned this from about a week ago. When I left home I was nervous. I’ve been confident in the past and it has not come off. I had four weeks of really good training and it began to click and last week I knew it was on. Recently I did a session of 2 x 6 laps and I did 6:24 and 6:25 with a jog in between and I wanted to go through in 6:30 tonight (he did 6:29.6). I was conscious of the lap times and got worried with 8 or 9 laps to go as it was feeling quite hard but it should be at that pace! I knew if I kept to 67s I should get the record and kept pushing them as hard as I could.”

This is recording of DAVE’S historic run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TFV0jjRrug

DAVE’S coach was BOB PARKER, who was a very good athletics coach but it’s clear that, to those who worked with him, he was so much more than that. PARKER, inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010 at the age of 80 for his services to coaching, led ALISON WYETH to two Olympics, three World Championships and a 3000m Commonwealth bronze medal, while two-time Olympian MARA YAMAUCHI credits him for laying the foundations of the international marathon success of her later career.

A few years earlier, in 1973, he enjoyed what was perhaps his finest hour when he guided DAVID BEDFORD to the world record over 10,000m. “I joined Shaftesbury Harriers in 1964 and he started coaching me in 1965,” says BEDFORD. “BOB became a second father and his wife SYLVIA a second mother. In truth, they had more influence on my development and life than my parents. “BOB had previously coached some of the older Shaftesbury lads and he was still racing himself. I do remember him running the Poly Marathon in the late 60s with me supporting him on a push bike. Up until the 1970s he was still warming up and down with me at training sessions and overseeing fartlek sessions on Hampstead Heath. “He was always there for all of his athletes. Where he got the energy from no-one knows.” He adds: “I have never heard anyone say a bad word about BOB. I had my first beer with him and I will certainly have my last still thinking of him, ever grateful for his love, care and friendship. “When I started being coached by him I was the 73rd best junior in the English Schools Cross Country Championships and, nine years later, I broke the world record for 10,000m.”

PARKER worked full-time as a builder but always made sure he was on hand to help his athletes and, come Tuesday and Thursday evenings, his house in Harrow was a hive of athletic activity, representing as it did the meeting point from where training sessions would start and finish.

A fond recollection from WYETH demonstrates the lengths to which he was willing to go for his charges. “We used to meet at his house, warmed up by running to the track, did our session and then warmed down by running back to his house,” she says. “On a Thursday, we’d run road reps from his house so basically we used to take over the place. “We were all in and out of the loo all the time so he even had a downstairs toilet built so that he could accommodate us, with everyone queuing up in his house! “He did it himself and it was all because he was fed up of waiting for us lot at the training sessions!” She adds: “He was a really kind-hearted person who also gave us plenty of hard training which helped us progress.
“The Parkside AC women he coached won the national cross country team title eight years in a row (1989-1996). He brought us together as a great team that wanted to run for him and his wife SYLVIA.”
YAMAUCHI also has vivid memories of the Parker residence. “His home was a real base for a lot of athletes,” she says. “His living room was covered in photos of athletes he’d coached. “He had, on his wall, the shield for the national team title and it was there for such a long time that he had a kind of shield-shaped faded patch on his wallpaper, because it was there for 364 days a year for several years.

“He had the stars like DAVE BEDFORD and ALISON WYETH but his group had a lot of depth and he was always welcoming to newcomers.” She adds: “He just loved helping young people develop. When you’re a young person you face a lot of decisions about your life – not just about running – but he was very supportive to all the young athletes he was coaching in those sorts of things. “He didn’t have any children of his own but it was almost like we were all his family. And, of course, it was all completely voluntary. He gave so much of his life, wisdom and energy to helping young athletes.”

BOBS passed away on 20 January 2018, and his funeral was on the 7 February at Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium, and the chapel was absolutely full, with over 50 people paying their respects outside.

BETH POTTER NOW SITS TOP OF THE WORLD TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP RANKINGS – BETH POTTER won silver at the World Triathlon Championship Super Sprint in Hamburg last Sunday. POTTER, 31, was 10 seconds behind France’s CASSANDRE BEAUGRAND, who won in 21 minutes and 35 seconds. The Super Sprint format is a 300m swim, 7.5km bike ride and a 1.75km run.

POTTER finished sixth in the previous race in Cagliari, having won the opening event of the series in Abu Dhabi. “I woke up feeling a bit ill today actually and I’m proud of how I stuck it out and got through the rounds,” said POTTER. “Today I was back where I belong.”

A bronze medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, POTTER won gold in the 2019 European Championships and lifted the 2022 Arena Games Triathlon Series title.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Videos and Photographs contributed with many comments. There are 2 posts this week, will add them to next weeks Newsletter.

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 new Instagram 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 2023 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Can be found on the SBH website –http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

SBH 2022-2023 WINTER CROSS COUNTRY POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURE – The CROSS COUNTRY POINTS TABLE is now available on the SBH Website, and is the final table following the National Championships on the 25 February – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Final Issue 25-02-23 Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Final Issue 25-02-23
The CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP LIST is now available on the SBH Website, and is the Final Issue following the Southern Championships on the 28 January – Men & Womens Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2022-2023 – Updated 28-01-23 Final Issue

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

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

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

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

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

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

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2023– To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved – give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

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

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

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 13 July 2023

Posted on 13/07/202314/07/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 13 July to Wednesday 19 July – Ruben Hedman, Zharnel Hughes, Leslie Odamtten-Addy, Harry O’Hara, Hugh Richards, Valerie Rowe, Paul Ruocco, David Smith, Foyin Sonoiki, Derek Surrey and Hayden Taylor

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to EMMANUEL IJAOLA and KIMBERLY FLACK

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to EMILY NEWNHAM who yet again broke her own Under 20 400m Hurdles Record, when winning the Bronze Medal at the UK Championships (57.13) in Manchester on 9 July. Taking .41 of a second off her 18 June time at Chelmsford (57.54).

RESULTS
UK ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS INCLUDES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS – Took place at Manchester on 8-9 July.
100m – SM H1 CONFIDENCE LAWSON 5th (10.69 w1.3), H2 ZANSON PLUMMER 3rd (10.53 w2.4), H3 OJIE EDOBURUN 3rd (10.45 w1.0), H6 KRISHAWN AIKEN 2nd (10.50 w1.3), H7 PHOENIX LYON 5th (10.64 w2.7) in Semi-Final 1 KRISHAWN finished 6th (10.56 w0.3), in Semi-Final 2 OJIE finished 8th (11.17 w0.9), in Semi-Final 3 ZHARNEL HUGHES finished 1st (10.06 w0.3), in the Final ZHARNEL won the Gold Medal (10.03 w0.0)
100m – SW H2 REBECCA JEGGO (HCA) 7th (12.16 w0.7), H5 HANNAH FOSTER U23 6th (12.12 w0.6)
200m – SW H1 ALANNAH FASHANU U23 5th (24.58 w0.6), H2 HANNAH FOSTER U23 6th (SB 24.33 w2.0) taking .25 of a second off her 18 June time
200m – SM H1 JORDAN WATSON-BROWN 5th (21.12 w1.5), KRISHAWN AIKEN 6th (SB 21.17 w1.5) equalling his 6 June time, H2 PHOENIX LYON 7th (21.48 w1.7), H3 ZHARNEL HUGHES 1st (20.26 w2.3) in the Final ZHARNEL won the Gold Medal (PB 19.77 w2.3) taking .16 of a second off his 2021 time
400m – SM H4 MICHAEL OHIOZE 2nd (47.17) in theFinal MICHAEL won the Bronze Medal (46.41)
1500m – SM H3 THOMAS PATRICK U23 8th (3:46.95)
5000m – SM Straight Final CHARLES HICKS U23 4th (13:44.92)
100m Hurdles – SW H2 MARLI JESSOP U23 3rd (SB 13.42 w0.6) taking .03 of a second off her 1 July time, in the Final MARLI won the Bronze Medal (PB 13.30 w1.6) taking .12 of a second off her H2 time, and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2023
110m Hurdles – SW H1 JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 4th (14.48 w2.1)
400m Hurdles – SW H1 EMILY NEWNHAM U20 2nd (58.48), H2 HAYLEY MCLEAN (DQ), H3 LINA NIELSEN 1st (56.99), OLIVIA ALLBUT U23 4th (61.46) in the Final LINA won the Silver Medal (55.62), EMILY won the Bronze Medal (PB 57.13) taking .41 of a second off her 18 June time, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2023, also a new Club Record
3000m Steeplechase – SW Straight Final AMELIA WILLS U23 (HCA) 6th (10:46.07)
3000m Steeplechase – SM Straight Final KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 4th (9:05.03)
Pole Vault – SM Straight Final ETHAN WALSH 5th (4.85m), GLEN QUAYLE 6th (4.70m)
Pole Vault – SW Straight Final JADE IVE (HCA) 4th (4.15m)
High Jump – SM Straight Final KIMANI JACK U20 5th Equal (2.05m), AKIN COWARD 8th Equal (2.05m)
Long Jump – SM Straight Final BRADLEY DAVIES-PUGHE U23 8th (SB 7.32m w2.3)
Triple Jump – SM Straight Final JOSH WOODS U23 (NM)
Shot 7.26kg – SM Straight Final SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) won the Gold Medal (20.46m)
Discus 1kg – SW Straight Final SHADINE DUQUEMIN 5th (SB 54.58m) adding 34cm to her 17 may throw, and is ranked UK No.6 in 2023, AMY HOLDER (2nd Claim) 6th (54.31m)
Discus 2kg – SM Straight Final NICK PERCY won the Silver Medal (61.26m), GREGORY THOMPSON won the Bronze Medal (58.66m), ZANE DUQUEMIN 4th (56.55m)
Hammer 4kg – SW Straight Final PHILIPPA DAVENALL 10th (57.03m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM Straight Final CHRIS BENNETT 4th (69.00m), OLIVER GRAHAM U23 10th (61.29m)

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE – Took place at StoneX Stadium on 9 July.
100m – SX 1 EDWIN YAMOAH V35 1st (SB 11.45 w-1.1) taking .32 of a second off his 1 April time, ALEX KONSTANTARAS U17 (2nd Claim) 2nd (SB 11.55 w-1.1), JAYDEN KLEIN U20 3rd (SB 11.83 w-1.1), 2 VICTOR ODIAKA U20 1st (PB 11.85 w-0.9) taking .53 of a second off his 2020 time, SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 2nd (12.50 w-0.9), TAMI GEORGE U17 3rd (12.56 w-0.9), SHEREEN CHARLES V35 6th (12.91 w-0.9), 3 EUGENE RIZA 1st (PB 12.44 w1.0) taking .20 of a second off his 2009 time, VANESSA ANSUAA U23 2nd (12.81 w1.0), OLIVER FREEDMAN U15 3rd (PB 12.94 w1.0), ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U17 4th (13.19 w1.0), EVA HIGSON U17 5th (PB 13.61 w1.0) taking .26 of a second off her 21 May time, 4 LOUIS XUN U13 1st (13.03 w2.9), MIA HIGSON U17 2nd (13.14 w2.9), 5 EMMANUEL IJAOLA U17 1st (PB 12.90 w1.8), DAMILOLA BABS-JONAH U17 2nd (PB 13.30 w1.8), JASON OTULE U13 4th (PB 14.55 w1.8) taking .08 of a second off his 24 June time, TIRENI GEORGE U13 5th (14.57 w1.8)
200m – SX 1 JOSHUA NAMIECH-OYEBOLA 1st (23.29 w-1.6) taking .27 of a second off his 16 April time, ALEX KONSTANTARAS U17 (2nd Claim) 3rd (24.27 w1.6), 2 EDWIN YAMOAH V35 1st (SB 24.03 w-2.1) taking .07 of a second off his 2019 time, MATEI FRUNZA U17 2nd (24.91 w-2.1), SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 5th (26.61 w-2.1), VANESSA ANSUAA U23 6th (26.65 w-2.1), 3 RAPHAEL AARON U20 2nd (PB 26.08 w-3.0), MIA HIGSON U17 3rd (27.11 w-3.0), 4 LOUIS XUN U13 1st (26.86 w-2.3), MACIE SUTHERLAND U17 2nd (27.18 w-2.3), LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U20 3rd (27.34 w-2.3), 5 JONATHAN OTULE U15 1st (SB 28.57 w-1.5), EVA HIGSON U17 2nd (PB 28.64 w-1.5) taking .51 of a second off her 2022 time, JASON OTULE U13 4th (31.18 w-1.5)
300m – SX DIJANI BARNOR U15 2nd (PB 39.32)
400m – SX 1 JUBRIL ADENIJI 5th (PB 50.45) taking .77 of a second off his 13 May time, ZICO JONES U17 6th (50.64) 2 AIDAN GAFFEY U17 1st (53.65), MATEI FRUNZA U17 2nd (PB 54.62), RAPHAEL AARON U20 3rd (PB 57.58) taking 1.96 seconds off his 29 May time
800m – SX 1 JOSIAH WILLIAMS-OLLIVIERRE U20 2nd (2:07.25), RAFI GAYER U17 3rd (2:09.03), DINA SILVERMAN U17 5th (2:21.95), PHOEBE MUSIC U17 7th (PB 2:33.18) taking 1.43 seconds off her 2021 time, 2 OMAR MIAH U15 1st (PB 2:40.42), RYLE SINGARAYER U11 3rd (PB 2:45.53), HOLLY CLARKE U13 5th (PB 3:01.26), SABRINA SINGARAYER U13 6th (PB 3:23.96)
1500m – SX JESSE ABRAHAMS U15 4th (4:53.12)

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Loughborough on 12 July.
1500m – Mens A LUCA STUBBS U23 10th (3:59.00)

BMC GOLD STANDARD RACES – Took place at Watford on 12 July.
1500m – Mens A DYLAN EVANS 11th (SB 3:54.43) taking 1.77 seconds off his 31 May time, ISAAC HIRSHMAN CHANDLER U23 13th (3:57.66)

ESAA ENGLISH SCHOOLS AA CUP – Took place at Chelmsford on 8 July.
100m – U16B 4 ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH (Hertfordshire) 5th (PB 12.4 w-0.9) taking 1.90 seconds off 2022 time
Long Jump – U14G ISLA BRASSNET (Hertfordshire) 10th (4.08m nwr)
Discus 1.25kg – U16B 4 ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH (Hertfordshire) 20th (PB 25.36m)

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – Took place at St Albans on 2 July.
Match Result – 1st SBH (653 points), 2nd Dacorum (646.5), 3rd St Albans (484), 4th Norwich (434), 5th Watford (299.5), 6th West Suffolk (95)
Results are provisional, and not on the PO10 yet.

100m – U13B B BEN BAMISAIYE U13 1st (14.1 nwr)
100m – U13G A ISLA BRASSNET U13 3rd (14.6 nwr), B ANNA ANENE U13 1st (PB 13.7 nwr)
100m – U15B A DIJANI BARNOR U15 5th (12.9 nwr), B JOSHUA NYMAN 1st (12.1 nwr)
100m – U15G A GRACE NYAONGO U15 4th (13.9 nwr) B SHENEL OKRAH U15 2nd (14.0 nwr)
100m – U17M A NATHAN FERNANDES U17 1st (11.4 nwr), B KHYAN MARKLAND U17 1st (11.5 nwr)
100m – U17W A TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (12.7 nwr), B MAKAYLA BRAY-ALOIE U17 1st (12.7 nwr)
200m – U13B A LOUIS XUN U13 1st (PB 26.2 nwr) taking .57 of a second off his 21 May time, B BEN BAMISAIYE U13 1st (28.3 nwr)
200m – U13G A VERA DOUDKO U13 1st (28.9 nwr), B JESSE ADAMS U13 1st (PB 29.5 nwr) taking .76 of a second off her 24 June time
200m – U15B A DIJANI BARNOR U15 3rd (26.3 nwr), B LANI JAIYEOLA U15 2nd (PB 25.1 nwr) taking .15 of a second off his 4 June time
200m – U15G B TALYA ROBINSON U15 3rd (29.1 nwr)
200m – U17M A NATHAN FERNANDES U17 1st (PB 23.0 nwr) taking .06 of a second off his 25 June time, B KHYAN MARKLAND U17 2nd (PB 23.7 nwr) taking .13 of a second off his 4 June time
200m – U17W A TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (25.3 nwr), B ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U17 1st (27.3 nwr)
300m – U15B A SETH RENNIE-RODDY U15 2nd (40.7), B EUAN PHILLIPS U15 2nd (PB 41.6) taking .25 of a second off his 24 June time
300m – U15G A ELLA BUCKLEY U15 (2nd Claim) 1st (42.4)
300m – U17W A MAKAYLA BRAY-ALOIE U17 1st (PB 41.9), B MACIE SUTHERLAND U17 1st (43.5)
400m – U17M A AIDEN GAFFEY U17 2nd (53.7), B BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 1st (57.4)
800m – U13B A EDWARD PASCAL U13 2nd (2:24.3)
800m – U13G A HETTIE HOLBROOK U13 2nd (PB 2:40.5) taking .46 of a second off her 24 June time, B OLIVIA ABBOTT U13 1st (2:46.7)
800m – U15B A EUAN PHILLIPS U15 2nd (2:09.8), B LEON BISS U15 1st (2:15.6)
800m – U15G A ELIZABETH OTHOLU U15 4th (2:38.7)
800m – U17M A JACOB CLEMENT U17 2nd (2:04.5), B RAFI GAYER U17 1st (2:13.1)
800m – U17W A DINA SILVERMAN U17 1st (2:23.0), B ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 1st (2:26.3)
1500m – U13B A JOSIAH ALDHAM U13 5th (PB 5:13.7) taking 3.71 seconds off his 21 May time, B TAHA COCKERELL U13 2nd (PB 5:15.2) taking 2.67 seconds off his 4 June time
1500m – U13G A AIMEE PORTER U13 2nd (PB 5:09.5) taking 3.17 seconds off her 10 June time, B LUCIA CASELANUOVO U13 4th (5:51.4)
1500m – U15B A ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 2nd (4:25.8), B CALEB HILTON U15 1st (4:40.6)
1500m – U15G A POSIE SHAW U15 1st (4:51.1)
1500m – U17M A JORDAN PEARLMAN U17 1st (4:23.7), B PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS U17 1st (4:25.4)
1500m – U17W A DINA SILVERMAN U17 1st (5:11.5), B ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 1st (PB 5:13.4) taking 7.70 seconds off her 23 April time
70m Hurdles – U13G A VERA DOUDKO U13 4th (13.2 nwr), B KIMBERLY FLACK U13 1st (PB 12.9 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U13B A TIRENI GEORGE U13 4th (18.6 nwr), B CASEY NGIGE U13 3rd (18.8 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U15G A SIENNA CORBYN U15 5th (SB 13.3 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U15B A HARRY WEBB U15 1st (12.0 nwr), B SETH RENNIE-RODDY U15 1st (12.4 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U17W A MACIE SUTHERLAND U17 3rd (12.8 nwr)
100m Hurdles – U17M A OSCAR RONCARATI U17 3rd (15.4 nwr)
Pole Vault – U15B A ISAAC VAN DER BERGH U15 1st (PB 3.40m) adding 10cm to his 30 June height, and is ranked UK No.5 U15 in 2023
Pole Vault – U17M A ISSA PHILLIPS-POPE U17 1st (PB 3.40m) equalling his 10 June height
Pole Vault – U17W A ABIGAIL EDWARDS U17 1st (3.00m)
High Jump – U13B A LOUIS XUN U13 1st (1.40m), B EDWARD PASCAL U13 2nd (1.25m)
High Jump – U13B A KYRA WILLIAMS U13 5th (1.10m), B KIMBERLY FLACK U13 4th (PB 1.10m)
High Jump – U15B A RIAN SHAH U15 1st (1.66m), B SETH RENNIE-RODDY U15 1st (1.50m)
High Jump – U15G A ELLA BUCKLEY U15 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 1.55m) adding 5cm to her 4 June height, B ELIZABETH OTHOLU U15 2nd (1.30m)
High Jump – U17M A JORDAN NGIGE U17 1st (1.75m), B OSCAR RONCARATI U17 4th (SB 1.50m)
High Jump – U17W A MACIE SUTHERLAND U17 2nd (1.40m)
Long Jump – U13B A BEN BAMISAIYE U13 1st (4.43m nwr), B ELLIOT OYETEY U13 3rd (3.79m nwr)
Long Jump – U13G A ANNA ANENE U13 3rd (PB 3.94m nwr), B VERA DOUDKO U13 3rd (3.26m nwr)
Long Jump – U15B A LANI JAIYEOLA U15 5th (4.44m nwr), B DIJANI BARNOR U15 1st (4.31m nwr)
Long Jump – U15G A ULINA MCCABE HUGGINS U15 2nd (4.55m nwr), B GRACE NYAONGO U15 1st (4.53m nwr)
Long Jump – U17M A VICTOR PAIUSCO U17 4th (5.37m nwr)
Long Jump – U17W A TAMI GEORGE U17 2nd (PB 4.70m nwr) adding 23cm to her 30 April jump, B ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U17 3rd (3.55m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17M A AIDEN GAFFEY U17 2nd (SB 11.46m nwr), B VICTOR PAIUSCO U17 2nd (10.52m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17W A MAKAYLA BRAY-ALOIE U17 4th (PB 10.07m nwr), B GEORGINA CHRISTOPHOROU U17 2nd (PB 7.83m nwr)
Shot 2.72kg – U13G A ISABELLE HEATHCOTE U13 5th (4.79m), B JESSICA ADAMS U13 5th (3.45m)
Shot 3kg – U13B A JAMES TSANGARIDES U13 3rd (6.87m), B BRUNO NOAH U13 1st (PB 6.75m)
Shot 3kg – U15G A ULINA MCCABE HUGGINS U15 5th (7.54m)
Shot 3kg – U17W A EVA HIGSON U17 3rd (7.45m), B GEORGINA CHRISTOPHOROU U17 3rd (SB 6.92m) adding 23cm to her 4 June put
Shot 4kg – U15B A JAVON WILLIAMS U15 1st (PB 12.50m) equalling his 24 June put, B MILO RYNEHART U15 1st (10.71m)
Shot 5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE U17 1st (PB 11.77m) adding 16cm to his 24 June put, B BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 1st (9.86m)
Discus 0.75kg – U13G A ISABELLA HEATHCOTE U13 2nd (13.71m), B KIMBERLY FLACK U13 2nd (PB 10.26m)
Discus 1kg – U13B A BRUNO NOAH U13 2nd (PB 17.55m), B JAMES TSANGARIDES U13 3rd (13.46m)
Discus 1kg – U15G A SHENEL OKRAH U15 4th (12.69m), B TAYLA ROBINSON U15 2nd (PB 12.55m)
Discus 1kg – U17W A GEORGINA CHRISTOPHOROU U17 2nd (22.74m)
Discus 1.25kg – U15B A CHU ONONOGBU U15 1st (44.36m), B MILO RYNEHART U15 1st (PB 31.72m) adding 3.86m to his 24 June throw
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE U17 2nd (PB 38.21m) adding 1.9m to his 24 June throw, B FRED TAYLOR U17 1st (PB 34.56m) adding 52cm to his 24 June throw
Hammer 5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE U17 3rd (15.04m), B MILO RYNEHART U17 1st (42.45m) adding 3.59m to his 1 July throw, and is ranked UK No.10 U15 in 2023
Javelin 400g – U13B A JAMES TSANGARIDES U13 4th (19.93m), B EDWARD PASCAL U13 4th (12.19m)
Javelin 400g – U13G A ISABELLA HEATHCOTE U13 3rd (10.37m), B OLIVIA ABBOT U13 3rd (6.91m)

Javelin 500g – U15G A EVA COPELAND U15 4th (PB 14.58m) adding 1.55m to her 4 June throw, B DESTINY NGIGE U15 3rd (13.35)
Javelin 500g – U17W A EVA HIGSON U17 4th (17.37m), B DINA SILVERMAN U17 4th (PB 4.26)
Javelin 600g – U15B A CHU ONONOGBU U15 2nd (PB 40.02m) adding 8.24m to his 7 May throw, B ALON TAYLOR U15 2nd (28.47m)
Javelin 700g – U17M A FRED TAYLOR U17 2nd (33.56m)
4x100m Relay – U13B 1st (SB 54.8) taking 1.67 seconds off their 21 May time BEN BAMISAIYE, LUCAS DAVIS, EDWARD PASCAL, LOUIS XUN, U13G 1st (55.7) taking 1.04 seconds off their 21 May time ANNA ANENE, JESSE ADAMS, ISAL BRASSNET, VERA DOUDKO, U15B A 1st (SB 48.8) taking .61 of a second off their 21 May time LANI JAIYEOLA, RIAN SHAH, SETH RENNIE-RODDY, JOSH NYMAN, U15G 4th (SB 53.9) SHAMMA ST JOHN, POSIE SHAW, SHENEL OKRAH, ELLA BUCKLEY, U17M A 1st (45.3) VICTOR PAIUSCO, KHYAN MARKLAND, BRANDON KUVAZVINEI, NATHAN FERNANDES, U17W (DQ) MACIE SUTHERLAND, MAKAYLA BRAY ALOIE, ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA, TAMI GEORGE

Non Scoring
100m – U13B LOUIS XUN (13.3 nwr), TIRENI GEORGE (14.6 nwr), LUCAS DAVIS (PB 14.6 nwr), ELLIOT OYETEY (15.2 nwr), JASON OTULE (15.6 nwr)
100m – U13G JESSE ADAMS (14.8 nwr)
100m – U15B LANI JAIYEOLA (12.7 nwr), MODEBAYO AKIN-AGUNBIADE (13.0 nwr)
100m – U17M VICTOR PAIUSCO (11.9 nwr)
100m – U17W ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA (13.2 nwr)
200m – U13B LUCAS DAVIS (PB 29.9 nwr), JASON OTULE (30.7 nwr)
200m – U13G ISLA BRASSNET (PB 28.3 nwr)
200m – U15B JOSHUA NYMAN (PB 25.3 nwr) taking .20 of a second off his 23 April time, MODEBAYO AKIN AGUNBIADE (26.3 nwr)
200m – U15G SHAMMAH STJOHN (PB 27.9 nwr)
300m – U15G SHAMMAH ST JOHN (PB 45.1) taking .07 of a second off her 2 July time
800m – U15B YEDIDYA MAXWELL (2:17.2), AMITAL BLOOM (2:24.6), SAM DARCY (2:46.1)
800m – U17W PHOEBE MUSIC (2:42.8)
1500m – U13B DENNYS PASCAL U11 (PB 5:01.3) taking .49 of a second off his 21 May time
1500m – U15B JESSE ABRAHAMS (4:56.1), LADDIE SHAW (4:59.4), PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN (SB 5:02.5)
1500m – U17M TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE (PB 4:38.9) taking 34.50 seconds off his 2021 time, GUY FAWCETT (4:48.1)
1500m – U17W PHOEBE MUSIC (SB 5:46.3) taking 10.46 seconds off her 4 June time
70m Hurdles – U13G KYRA WILLIAMS (PB 13.0 nwr) taking .31 of a second off her 24 June time
75m Hurdles – U15G GEORGIE CHRISTOPHOROU (PB 14.9 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U15B ASHER ESCOBAR (13.7 nwr)
Pole Vault – U17M ANGUS BROWN (3.30m)
High Jump – U13B CASEY NGIGE (PB 1.25m) equalling his 24 June height
Long Jump – U13G ISLA BRASSNET (4.14m nwr), KYRA WILLIAMS (PB 3.81m nwr)
Javelin 400g – U13B BRUNO NOAH (PB 19.90m)

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,124 events – 179,640 walkers, joggers and runners – 24,567 volunteers – 10,687 first-timers – 20,175 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Bath Skyline on 8 July.
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 70th (25.07) this was his 14th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 8 July.
LENARD MICHEL V50 18th (23.09) this was his 100th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 8 July.
ANDREW HOLMES V55 159th (28.45) this was his 61st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Margaret River, Perth, Australia on 8 July.
STUART MOORE V60 32nd (28.07) this was his 198th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 8 July.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 66th (24.56) this was his 148th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 8 July.
GEMMA DAVIES V45 48th (34.27) this was her 28th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Uckfield on 8 July.
SCARLETT KENT U23 52nd (25.16) this was her 55th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 8 July.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 217th (40.36) this was his 270th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 13 JULY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 9 AUGUST – The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 3 – The third of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 15 July at Ashton Playing Fields, 598 Chigwell Road, WoodfordGreen (Satnav IG8 8AA).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women. This is the link to the timetable –https://www.nationalathleticsleague.org.uk/premiership-eton-woodfood-green-birmingham-2/
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 4 – The fourth of five fixtures takes place on Sunday 16 July at Chelmsford Sports And Athletics Centre, Salerno Way, Chelmsford (Satnav CM1 2EH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2023
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 13 July as the declarations have to be in on Friday 14 July

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE 100m/200m SPRINTS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 19 July at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
For age-groups U13 and above.
100m Men 19.00, 100m Women 19.30, 200m Men 20.00, 200m Women 20.30 times are estimated.
This is the link for you to enter yourselves, all fixtures are now open to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=5&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on
Closing Date TBC or once an event reaches full capacity.

LEE VALLEY 2023 OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Opentrack, this is the link to enter the 1 April Open Meeting now on Opentrack – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/athletics-competitions
The following fixtures will be available to enter on Opentrack, in the coming weeks.
19 July – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting (Open to enter)
2 August – Double Sprint Hurdles (Not open to enter yet)
16 August – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
30 August – Double 100m Meeting
September – Autumn Throws Fest

WATFORD 2023 OPEN MEETING OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Roster Athletics
Wednesday 26 July – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Not open to enter as yet)
Wednesday 9 August – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 23 August – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds
Wednesday 6 September – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 100m, 7.40pm 800m, 9.05pm 3000m No under 13

UK CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUNDUP – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently, the following was a part of that article.

DAY 1 – ZHARNEL HUGHES defies Mancunian monsoon on day one of the UK Champs at Sportcity

Even for a city renowned for its damp weather, the fierce downpour that hit Manchester during the men’s 100m final on the first day of the UK Championships was something to behold. As the heavens opened shortly after 7pm on Saturday (July 8), spectators and officials reached for their umbrellas or ran for cover. As the rain fell, though, ZHARNEL HUGHES reign began as British 100m champion as he sped to victory in (10.03 w0.0). The 27-year-old broke LINFORD CHRISTIE’S 30-year-old British 100m record with (9.83) in New York last month and the former record-holder was among the crowd as the Anguilla-born Brit gave further proof that he’s in the form of his life. Behind, REECE PRESCOD was satisfied to get the second automatic selection spot in the monsoon-like conditions with (10.14), while EUGENE AMO-DADZIE showed his recent (9.93) clocking wasn’t a one-off by taking bronze with (10.18). JEREMIAH AZU was fourth in (10.28) after having earlier run a Welsh record of (10.08) narrowly behind HUGHES in the semi-finals, whereas CJ UJAH, returning from an anti-doping ban, was fifth in (10.31). “It means everything to me to be British champion,” said HUGHES, stopping only briefly to talk to the media given the conditions. “I train in these conditions sometimes in Jamaica, but I am soaked here. These conditions are the worst ever. “It has been a long journey to get the title back that I last won in 2015. I thank my team, my coach and everyone who came to support me. I’ll come back for the 200m tomorrow and hope the conditions are better.”

The other women’s sprint final of the day, the 100m hurdles, was a far more straightforward affair which took place in kinder conditions. British record-holder CINDY SEMBER was a convincing winner as she clocked (12.98 w1.6) to also seal her Budapest place, the Commonwealth bronze medallist coming home ahead of PBs from ISABEL WAKEFIELD (13.05) and MARLI JESSOP (13.30).

Moments earlier JAMES WEST also showed a fine turn of speed as he out-kicked EMILE CAIRESS, TOM MORTIMER and CHARLES HICKS to win the men’s 5000m in (13:42.03). The rain was not as heavy as the runners covered their 12.5 laps of the Sportcity track, but West’s post-race chat with AW was almost aborted as the rain and wind nearly blew caused the media tent to collapse.

After years of combining part-time building work with athletics, SCOTT LINCOLN became a full-time athlete for the first time last winter and it’s paying off as he finds himself in the form of his life. At times he admits he is twiddling his thumbs from time to time. “I’ve watched everything on YouTube and am on to Netflix now,” he jokes. But generally it gives him an invaluable opportunity to fully rest between training sessions and ahead of competitions. He threw (21.10m) at the European Team Championships a fortnight ago in Poland but was disappointed as he felt he was capable of more. In Manchester on Saturday he took his 16th British title – indoors or out – with (20.46m) in wet conditions early on Saturday afternoon ahead of YOUCEF ZATAT’S (18.78m) and PATRICK SWAN’S (17.59m). LINCOLN had mixed feelings about the rain. “I wasn’t exactly doing a rain dance to get it to shower,” he said, but added that the circle at Sportcity is usually better for shot putters when it’s a little wet.

NICK PERCY led the discus with (61.26m) in the second round but LAWRENCE OKOYE bounced back in the third to take the lead with (61.68m). “It wasn’t a great performance but it was a good result,” said OKOYE, who is now based in Loughborough and enjoying a busy summer of competitions ahead of the World Champs in Budapest as he tries to build on the brilliant form he showed in 2022 to win bronze at the European Championships.

DAY 2 – In the quest to challenge for medals at the World Championships this summer, ZHARNEL HUGHES s was briefly hospitalised earlier this year after a particularly gruelling workout. HUGHES was training in Jamaica under GLEN MILLS – the man who guided USAIN BOLT – and had to be given medical help after a tough session of 300m reps. Such hard work has led to him being in the form of his life and on Sunday (July 9) in Manchester he became the first man to seal a 100m and 200m double at the UK Championships since MARLON DEVONISH in 2007. After winning the 100m on Saturday during a freak storm in (10.03), he cruised to victory in the 200m in (19.77) a time that would have broken JOHN REGIS’S British record if it hadn’t been for a 2.3m/sec tailwind. JOE FERGUSON was runner-up with (20.43) with JONA EFOLOKO third in (20.45) and ADAM GEMILI fourth in (20.53). “I am the fastest man in the world and it didn’t happen overnight,” said HUGHES. “It took a lot of hard work. If you were to see some of the clips of me training you will see why I’m so happy with the results. “I push myself tirelessly. I ended up in hospital (earlier this year after training) because I couldn’t breathe and my sugar dropped a little bit. I was forcing myself to hit the times and the recovery times. “That day was a difficult day for training. I over-exerted myself. I didn’t pass out but I couldn’t recover properly and every time I tried to get up I couldn’t stand up for long.

“I’m grateful to see the rewards happening for the hard work. We still have time to go and I can get a lot faster. I know I’m in the shape to run 19 seconds, that’s what is exciting. It can come again.”

LINFORD CHRISTIE, the former UK 100m record-holder, was among the spectators in Manchester and he had some congratulatory words for HUGHES. Coming up in a fortnight, the 27-year-old sprinter will take on FRED KERLEY, NOAH LYLES, ERRIYON KNIGHTON and others at the Diamond League in London before topping up his fitness ahead of Budapest with more hard training sessions.

BUDAPEST ON COURSE FOR UNFORGETTABLE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Hungarian hosts are confident of putting on a brilliant global event and we also take a look at World Athletics’ historical museum in Budapest. With less than 50 days to go before Central Europe’s first World Athletics Championships in Hungary’s capital Budapest, British fans are on course to provide the most overseas spectators at the event next month. Hungarians will of course provide the most with around 90,000 having bought tickets at the beginning of July but Britain (17,494), Germany (14,088), USA (9,794), France (6,673), Spain (6,540), Ireland (5,572), Netherlands (5193), Czech Republic (4584), Italy (4,265) and Poland (4,211) complete the top 10. Hungary does not have a huge athletics fan base and while their athletes are on an upward curve (gaining promotion at last month’s European Team Championships), they have relatively few medal chances, The hammer provides their best hope with Bence Halász, a world and European medalist in recent years.

While the organisers are confident of eventually selling out, there are still tickets remaining with some great deals and it is possible to get a ‘Superheroes’ package for all nine days at the championships for $174 which is significantly less than a good single ticket will cost for the following year’s Olympics athletics programme. While the previous Europeans took place in a big stadium – the Nepstadium – that has now been replaced by a football stadium – the Puskas Arena. The venue for this August is therefore a brand new stadium beside the Danube in a previous wasteland area. It looks a tremendous stadium of a perfect size and not too far out of the city with most arriving by tram though the VIPs will be arriving by boat along the river. It will certainly be a better atmosphere and numbers than at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene.

The CEO of the organisers, Budapest 2023 Zrt, NEMETH BALAZS, is a former well-known television presenter but also a (1:54) 800m runner who has also run marathons. He is not only keen for it to be better than recent events, but also the best World Championships in history. He hopes this will be created by a fast Mondo track (the same as used in Tokyo 2021) together with enthusiastic capacity crowds and the post championships legacy.

The Hungarian event will be the first World Athletics Championship to embrace the World Athletics Sustainability Strategy and its LOC are driven by two main legacy goals: To create a health and well-being legacy by motivating Hungarians to be more active through the incentive programmes and to create a tangible urban regeneration legacy with the development of the new National Athletics Centre which will serve as a competition and training facility in the future as well as a new green park and recreational area for the local community to enjoy. The stadium has geothermal heating and cooling system and energy efficient lighting. While the stadium will hold 30,000 for the championships, post-games the top tier of seating will be removed and converted to a 15,000 capacity stadium with a running track for the general public and trees replacing where the top level of seating is.

As throws are particularly important to Hungarian athletes there are six different hammer and discus circles on the warm-up track, at various angles so they can always have a favourable wind whatever the direction. The organisers environmentally friendly attitude is illustrated by the constructors having an environmental officer to ensure that the local habitat such as owls, swans and beavers were not impacted too much by the building. Heroes Square where the marathon starts and finishes, the marathon course is fundamentally four laps of 10km starting and finishing in the magnificent Heroes Square with a mostly very wide and straight avenue down to the Danube, across the famous Swing Bridge and through a tunnel then a small loop of Buda beside the castle. It is a reasonably flat route – avoiding Buda’s very tough inclines with inclines (such as across the bridge or in the tunnel under the castle) rather than any hills.

I have been fortunate enough to previously attend in Budapest a World Cross-Country Championships in 1994, a European Championships in 1998 (where GB topped the medal table) and a World Masters Championships in 2014 and it’s definitely a fantastic city to visit at any time but a global championships will be particularly special magnified with a strong British team and a huge number of UK supporters.

CASTER SEMENYA WINS APPEAL AT EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

South African athlete was discriminated against by rules that forced her to lower her testosterone levels, according to a judgement from the ECHR. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in favour of CASTER SEMENYA in her appeal against World Athletics’ rules relating to testosterone levels.

SEMENYA has been unable to compete at her best distance of 800m since the introduction of limits by the global governing body on testosterone levels which would have forced her to use medication. Legal challenges in the past to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss Federal Supreme Court were rejected, but the ECHR says her human rights have been violated. In a judgement published on Tuesday (July 11), the ECHR found the Swiss government did not protect the athlete from being discriminated against when its Supreme Court refused to overturn a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport which upheld World Athletics’ rules governing the participation of athletes with DSD. The statement read: “The Court found in particular that the applicant had not been afforded sufficient institutional and procedural safeguards in Switzerland to allow her to have her complaints examined effectively, especially since her complaints concerned substantiated and credible claims of discrimination as a result of her increased testosterone level caused by differences of sex development.”

SEMENYA, who was born with differences of sexual development, argued that taking medication could put her health in danger and that the ruling, which prevented her defending her Olympic 800m title in 2021, denied athletes with DSD the right to rely on their natural abilities. In a statement, the global governing body said: “World Athletics notes the judgement of the deeply divided Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). We remain of the view that the DSD regulations are a necessary, reasonable and proportionate means of protecting fair competition in the female category as the Court of Arbitration for Sport and Swiss Federal Tribunal both found, after a detailed and expert assessment of the evidence. “The case was filed against the state of Switzerland, rather than World Athletics. We will liaise with the Swiss Government on the next steps and, given the strong dissenting views in the decision, we will be encouraging them to seek referral of the case to the ECHR Grand Chamber for a final and definitive decision. In the meantime, the current DSD regulations, approved by the World Athletics Council in March 2023, will remain in place.”

Photograph taken at the LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE on 9 July shows SEAN SUTHERLAND, SHEREEN CHARLES and EDWIN YAMOAH, after they competed in the 100m.

Video taken at the EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE on 2 July, features ISAAC VAN DER BERGH U15 vaulting to a personal best (3.40m) adding 10cm to his 30 June height, and ranks him UK No.5 U15 in 2023

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Can be found on the SBH website –http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

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Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 6 July 2023

Posted on 06/07/202308/07/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 6 July to Wednesday 12 July – Jessie Adams, Ella Appiah-Spick, Carol Backhouse, Columba Blango, David Brooks, Euan Dickson-Earle, Rebekah Gardiner, Alyson Harvey, Gerald Matthew, John Wright

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to JESSIE ADAMS, ISLA BRASNETT and JOLOMI DEMEYIN

COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES – Congratulations to EBUKA NWOKEJI and ZICO JONES who have been selected to represent England and Wales respectively, at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinidad and Tobago on the 4-11 August.
EBUKA will compete in the 100m and 4x100m mixed relay, and ZICO in the 400m.

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE RESULT UPDATE – The following 2 results were incorrect on the PO10, The names for A & B had now been switched, these are correct;
110m Hurdles – U20M A RUBEN HEDMAN 2nd (13.76 w-3.1), B JOSEPH PURBRICK 1st (13.80 w-3.1)
Long Jump – U17M A ALEX KONSTANTARES (2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 5.81m nwr) adding 19cm to his 15 January jump, B VICTOR PAIUSCO 1st (5.44m nwr)

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – Took place at Finsbury Park on 24 June.
The results in last week Newsletter were taken from the Power of 10, but unfortunately they only showed approximately half of our non scoring runners. These are those that were not shown.
100m – U13G NS2 JESSE ADAMS 1st (PB 14.26 w1.0) taking 1.55 seconds off her 10 June time, KYRA WILLIAMS 2nd (PB 14.62 w1.0), ISABELLA HEATHCOTE 4th (16.89 w1.0)
100m – U15G NS1 FAITH LAMPTEY 2nd (PB 13.65 w1.3) taking .37 of a second off her 13 May time, DESTINY NGIGE 7th (PB 14.32 w1.3)
400m – U17M NS1 ADAM O’GORMAN 1st (PB 55.83)
800m – U13G NS1 OLIVIA ABBOTT 1st (PB 2:42.49) taking 4.10 seconds off her 7 May time, JESSE ADAMS 8th (PB 3:15.83)
800m – U15B NS1 PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN 3rd (SB 2:27.77), MATTHEW MAY 7th (PB 2:34.21)
800m – U15G NS1 MEGAN HAMMOND 6th (2:41.24)

RESULTS
ENGLISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Birmingham on 30 June to 1 July.
100m – U15G H2 ANGEL MCLEOD (Middlesex) 2nd (SB 12.31 w2.6) taking .12 of a second off her 10 June time, AARA KAMARA (Hertfordshire) 7th (PB 12.76 w2.6) taking .03 of a second off her 10 June time, H4 MOIESHA SAVAGE (Middlesex) 5th (PB 12.54 w4.5) taking .04 of a second off her 10 June time, in the Final ANGEL won the Gold Medal (12.38 w-0.4)
100m – U17W H4 MAKAYLA BRAI-ALOYE (Middlesex) 6th (13.00 w-2.0)
200m – U17M H1 EBUKA NWOKEJI (Northamptonshire) 1st (21.85 w0.4) in the Final EBUKA won the Gold Medal (PB 21.36 w2.8) taking .23 of a second off his 14 May time
200m – U17W H2 TAMI GEORGE (Middlesex) 2nd (25.20 w0.2) in the Final TAMI won the Bronze Medal (25.31 w0.4)
200m – U20M H2 MALACHI AMADI (Middlesex) 4th (22.51 w-0.1)
300m – U15G H2 ELLA BUCKLEY (Middlesex 2nd Claim) 6th (PB 41.63) taking .48 of a second off her 10 June time
300m – U15B H1 JAIAN SAUNDERS (Middlesex 2nd Claim) 8nd (43.28 w0.8)
400m – U17M H1 ZICO JONES (Middlesex) 3rd (50.13)
400m – U20W H2 CHARLOTTE HARRIS (Middlesex 2nd Claim) 2nd (56.93) in the Final CHARLOTTE finished 6th (59.35)
800m – U17W H2 MYA MAIRS-INGRAM (Middlesex) 2nd (PB 2:09.01) taking 3.29 seconds off her 14 June time, H3 LARISSA WILSON (Middlesex) 3rd (2:12.94) in the Final MYA finished 4th (2:14.05)
1500m – U15B H1 ARTHUR PHILLIPS (Middlesex) 7th (PB 4:18.81) taking 1.03 of a second off his 3 June time
1500m – U15G H2 POSIE SHAW (Middlesex) 11th (4:52.84)
3000m – U17M Straight Final GIANLEO STUBBS (Middlesex) won the Silver Medal (8:56.56)
3000m – U20W Straight Final AIMI WEIGHTMAN (Hertfordshire) finished 5th (9:57.51)
80m Hurdles – U15B H2 HARRY WEBB (Hertfordshire) 2nd (PB 11.42 w1.8) taking .24 of a second off his 27 May time, in the Final HARRY finished 5th (11.66 w-0.3)
80m Hurdles – U17W H2 NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG (Hertfordshire) 2nd (PB 11.46 w3.1) taking .01 of a second off her 30 April time, in the Final NIA finished 5th (PB 11.45 w2.9) taking .01 of a second off her H2 time
High Jump – U15B Straight Final RIAN SHAH (Hertfordshire) 16th (1.64m)
High Jump – U17M Straight Final JORDAN NGIGE (Hertfordshire) 13th (NH)
High Jump – U20W Straight Final REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY (Hertfordshire) 5th (1.69m)
Pole Vault – U15B Straight Final ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH (Hertfordshire) won the Bronze Medal (PB 3.30m) adding 10cm to his 10 June height, THOMAS ROBERTSON(Hertfordshire) finished 4th (PB 3.30m) equalling his 10 June height, and is ranked UK No.4 U15 in 2023
Pole Vault – U17M Straight Final ANGUS BROWN (Hertfordshire) won the Silver Medal (4.30m)
Pole Vault – U17W Straight Final ABIGAIL EDWARDS (Hertfordshire) 5th (3.10m)
Shot 6kg – U20M Straight Final ALASTAIR BROWN (Suffolk 2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (PB 15.74m) adding 54cm to his 24 June put, and is ranked UK No.6 U20 in 2023, TRAVIS SCOTTOW (Hampshire 2nd Claim) finished 6th (14.06m)
Discus 1kg – U17W Straight Final ELKIE BAKER (Middlesex 2nd Claim) won the Bronze Medal (31.82m)
Discus 1.25kg – U15B Straight Final CHU ONONOGBU (Hertfordshire) won the Silver Medal (PB 46.33m) adding 3.03m to his 10 June throw
Discus 1.75kg – U20M Straight Final PHARRELL HAREWOOD (Leicestershire and Rutland) won the Bronze Medal (47.01m)
Hammer 4kg – U20M Straight Final GRACIE JENVEY (Hampshire 2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (48.45m)
Javelin 800g – U20M Straight Final JACOB AXTELL (Hampshire 2nd Claim) 13th (43.48m)

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – Took place at St Albans on 2 July.
Match Result – 1st SBH (641 points), 2nd Dacorum (632.5), 3rd St Albans (464), 4th Norwich (423), 5th Watford (282.5), 6th West Suffolk (80)
Apologies but there an no provisional results published as yet.

SOUTHERN U20/SENIOR INTER COUNTIES – Took place at Horspath on 2 July.
100m – SW REBECCA JEGGO (Essex HCA) 4th (12.49 w-2.7)
200m – SW REBECCA JEGGO (Essex HCA) 2nd (SB 25.41 w0.3)
800m – U20W EMMA MCCLUSKEY (Middlesex 2nd Claim) 4th (2:20.13)
1500m – U20M NOAH CLARKE (Middlesex 2nd Claim) 3rd (4:40.67)
100m Hurdles – U20W ALINA COFIE (Middlesex) 3rd (15.08 w-2.3)
110m Hurdles – U20M RUBEN HEDMAN (Essex) 1st (13.93 w-0.9)
400m Hurdles – SM STEVEN GARRETT (Middlesex) 2nd (55.64)
Shot 7.26kg – SM GREGORY THOMPSON (Middlesex) 2nd (15.72m)
Discus 2kg – SM GREGORY THOMPSON (Middlesex) 1st (57.20m)
Hammer 4kg – SW AMY CLEMENS (Middlesex) 4th (45.43m)
Javelin 600g – SW JO BLAIR V35 (Warwickshire HCA) 3rd (51.99m)
Javelin 800g – SM MILAN TRAJKOVIC U23 (Hertfordshire) 4th (41.33m)

BMC GRAND PRIX – WORLD ATHLETICS CHALLENGER – Took place at Watford on 1 July.
1500m – Mens B THOMAS PATRICK U23 2nd (PB 3:44.39) taking .55 of a second off his 27 May time
3000m – Mens B DYLAN EVANS 9th (SB 8:13.37)
3000m – Womens B GEORGIA BELL 5th (PB 9:06.63) taking 33.88 seconds off her 2022 time

MEETING INTERNAZIONALE CITTA DI NEMBRO – Took place at Nembro, Italy on 1 July.
100m Hurdles – SW H2 MARLI JESSOP 1st (SB 13.45 w1.4) taking .01 of a second off her 10 June time, and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2023, JESSICA HUNTER 2nd (SB 13.48 w1.4) and is ranked UK No.7 in 2023, in the final race JESSICA finished 2nd (13.58 w-0.4), MARLI finished 3rd (13.64 w-0.4)

MEETING ELITE DE TROYES – Took place at Troys, France on 1 July.
400m Hurdles – SW HAYLEY MCLEAN 4th (57.11)

NEWHAM AND ESSEX BEAGLES OPEN MEETING – Took place at Newham on 30 June.
100m – SM Round 1, 1 OJIE EDOBURUN 4th (10.32 w3.1), 7 ZANSON PLUMMER 1st (10.56 w1.2), 14 JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 4th (PB 11.18 w2.1) taking .05 of a second off his 24 May time, Round 2, 1 OJIE EDOBURUN 5th (10.32 w1.8), 2 ZANSON PLUMMER 3rd (SB 10.35 w3.8) taking .16 of a second off his 3 June time, 9 JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 5th (11.20 w1.6)
100m – SW Round 1, 2 ALANNAH FASHANU U23 4th (11.80 w0.5), 9 HANNAH FOSTER U23 1st (12.26 w2.1), Round 2, 2 ALANNAH FASHANU U23 3rd (SB 11.68 w1.8) taking .13 of a second off her 22 April time, and is ranked UK No.10 U23 in 2023, 3 HANNAH FOSTER U23 6th (12:12 w2.3)

ATHLETISSIMA – Took place at Lausanne, Switzerland on 29-30 June.
400m Hurdles – SW LINA NIELSEN 7th (56.62)

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 28 June.
100m – SX 2 JAYDEN KLEIN U20 3rd (PB 11.77 w0.6) taking .25 of a second off his 16 April time
1500m – SX 1 JOSIAH WILLIAMS-OLLIVIERRE U20 2nd (PB 4:28.06) taking 6.83 seconds off his 31 May time, CALEB HILTON U15 10th (PB 4:36.97) taking 3.72 seconds off his 31 May time, 2 NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 2nd (SB 4:24.98) taking 7.74 seconds off his 13 May time, 3 JONATHAN BOARDMAN U23 2nd (SB 4:19.03) taking 7.46 seconds off his 3 May time, 4 JORDAN PEARLMAN U17 4th (PB 4:16.45) taking 4.53 seconds off his 3 May time, PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS U17 5th (PB 4:16.96) taking 7.61 seconds off his 25 June time, LEO RONCARATI U20 12th (4:27.63), 5 ADAM O’GORMAN U17 2nd (PB 4:10.97) taking 5.12 seconds off his 31 May time, 6 MAX WINFIELD U20 9th (PB 4:11.80) taking .18 of a second off his 2022 time, RAFI GAYER U17 13th (4:15.89), 7 BENJAMIN GOSTICK U20 3rd (PB 4:05.97) taking 1.54 seconds off his 31 May time, 8 ALEX WOOD U20 13th (PB 4:15.25), 9 THOMAS BUTLER 1st (SB 3:53.71), LUCA STUBBS U23 7th (PB 3:57.36) taking 1.62 seconds off his 2021 time, 9 THOMAS BUTLER 1st (SB 3:53.71), 10 LADDIE SHAW U15 11th (PB 4:54.17) taking 4.05 seconds off his 31 May time, EDWARD PASCAL U13 12th (PB 4:56.13) taking 2.22 seconds off his 4 June time, 11 YEDIDYA MAXWELL U15 3rd (PB 4:42.51) taking 9.33 seconds off his 4 June time, JESSE ABRAHAMS U15 8th (PB 4:48.24) taking .06 of a second off his 31 May time, TOBY EDWARDS U20 14th (PB 5:06.20) taking 28.50 seconds off his 2018 time, 12 SCARLETT KENT U23 8th (PB 4:39.65) taking 4.85 seconds off her 31 May time
3000m – SX 2 JAI HARYANANI U17 19th (PB 9:56.20) taking 6.83 seconds off his 31 May time, 3 THOMAS BUTLER 1st (PB 8:18.44) taking 5.61 seconds off his 11 June time

EASTERN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Cambridge on 24 June.
Shot 6kg – U20M Straight Final ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (PB 15.20m) adding 41cm to his 17 June put, and is ranked UK No.10 U20 in 2023
Discus 1.75kg – U20M Straight Final ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (40.02m)
Hammer 6kg – U20M Straight Final ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (PB 52.46m) adding 29cm to his 30 April throw, and is ranked UK No.10 U20 in 2023
Javelin 600g – SW Straight Final JO BLAIR V35 (HCA) won the Silver Medal (42.24m)

CHRISTOPHER KIRWIN – Congratulations to CHRISTOPHER who has volunteered as one of the timekeepers on 227 occasions out of the 271 at the Tamar Trails Parkrun since its inception. Due to a long standing knee injury he is unable to take part in the run or to volunteer with other roles. He has concentrated on timekeeping, also training newcomers and establishing good working relationships with run directors. especially training new RDs, as well as with the volunteer giving out the finish tokens – essential that the TKs are in agreement with the token donor.
He has missed a few Saturdays due recovery from fracturing five vertebrae and have occasional Saturdays when he has had schools athletics championships, in which he has been invited to present certificates/medals. He has being Devon Schools AA Chainman for over 20 years before he retired from teaching – also with his wife, has had one or two trips to Spain each year to visit our son who is resident out there. CHRISTOPHER lives in Yelverton, Devon.

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,122 events – 171,641 walkers, joggers and runners – 24,766 volunteers – 8,927 first-timers – 23,973 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 1 July.
PAUL LEWIS V50 1st (19.45) this was his 174th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Bushey on 1 July.
JAMIE HARPER U23 124th (20.51) this was his 24th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 1 July.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 343rd (41.48) this was his 295th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lake Claremont, Perth, Australia on 1 July.
STUART MOORE V60 48th (27.38) this was his 197th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 1 July.
STUART SINGER V60 28th (22.37) this was his 382nd Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 40th (23.05) this was his 99th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 71st (24.43) this was his 233rd Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 151st (29.10) this was her 91st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 1 July.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 202nd (39.42) this was his 269th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Peckham Rye on 1 July.
EUAN MACKENZIE 4th (PB 17.56) this was his 8th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sizewell on 1 July.
PHILIP SHELLEY V60 51st (27.59) this was his 38th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Whitstable on 1 July.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 149th (27.51) this was his 147th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 6 JULY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 2 AUGUST – The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

UK CHAMPIONSHIPS INCLUDING THE TRIAL FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place from Saturday 8 July to Sunday 9 July at the Manchester Regional Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
Link to purchase tickets – https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/events-and-tickets/uk-athletics-championships-manchester-2023/

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE – The second of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 9 July at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entries Closed

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 12 July at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 19.15pm High Jump, 19.25pm BMC, 20.00pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 21.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No Under 13s
Open on roster athletics as yet, this is the link –
Note: Entries Close Saturday 9 July, 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 VALLEY 2023 OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Opentrack, this is the link to enter the 1 April Open Meeting now on Opentrack – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/athletics-competitions
The following fixtures will be available to enter on Opentrack, in the coming weeks.
19 July – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting (Open to enter)
2 August – Double Sprint Hurdles (Not open to enter yet)
16 August – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
30 August – Double 100m Meeting
September – Autumn Throws Fest

WATFORD 2023 OPEN MEETING OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Roster Athletics
Wednesday 12 July – 7.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Open to enter)
Wednesday 26 July – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Not open to enter as yet)
Wednesday 9 August – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 23 August – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds
Wednesday 6 September – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 100m, 7.40pm 800m, 9.05pm 3000m No under 13

HIGH-FLYING HUGHES KEEPS FEET ON THE GROUND – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

British sprinter exudes quiet confidence going into rest of the season after breaking LINFORD CHRISTIE’S British 100m record. ZHARNEL HUGHES is known for his love of flying, but after breaking the British 100m record last weekend in New York he still has his feet firmly on the ground. The 27-year-old, a budding pilot in his spare time, clocked (9.83) to break LINFORD CHRISTIE’S 30-year-old national mark. Yet he kept his post-race celebrations low-key – with some Jamaican food and a stroll around Times Square – and is determined to take the rest of the season step by step as he tackles the UK Championships in Manchester next weekend, the Diamond League in London on July 23 and World Championships in Budapest in August.

He also says he will be content if his (9.83) remains his best time at the end of the summer, too. This doesn’t mean he isn’t ambitious, though. He has his sights set on winning medals. “You don’t always see the fastest times coming out in the finals,” says HUGHES, who is clearly not one for brash predictions. “You just need to be a part of the rumble and if you can be patient and be the most relaxed person in the field then anything is possible.”

The Anguillan-born Brit is coached by GLEN MILLS, the same man who guided USAIN BOLT. HUGHES sometimes bumps into BOLT as they use the same gym, but he hasn’t seen him since the UK record-breaking run. Neither has he had the chance to speak to the man whose record he beat. “When Linford did it (9.87) in 1993) I wasn’t even in existence yet,” he says. “But it’s something that was always on my mind. I always wanted to break the British record eventually and I’m just happy to have done it. “When I ran it in New York, I didn’t know what time I ran until I turned around and saw the clock. I just knew I had executed a good race. There’s a lot still to fix. It felt fast but I didn’t know I broke the record. Looking back at old clips of LINFORD back in his days is something I look at.”

Despite winning the European 200m title in 2022, HUGHES says he has attacked this season with renewed hunger after a slightly disappointing year. “Last season it made me a bit more hungry,” he explains. “I got back and I didn’t want to do any vacation. I just wanted to get back into work. I only took two weeks off from the season just to spend a little time with the family. And it was back to work. “Coach MILLS can be hard at times. But he’s honestly one of the most genuine, down to earth people you’ll ever come across and he wants the best for all of his athletes and I think I’m just happy to be coming to my full potential now with his guidance.” HUGHES believes there is room for improvement too. “We haven’t really started much speed work as yet but this is just speed endurance I’m running off and I’m pretty sure come late July and early August Coach MILLS will start to sharpen up all the bits that need to be sharpened.”

STACEY GONZALES BETANCOURT – Congratulations to STACEY whose has had an outstanding 2023. The highlight was winning a Silver Medal in the Womens 45-49 Pole Vault (3.00m), at the World Indoor Championships in Poland last April. STACEY just missed out on the Gold Medal on count-back, and following the Championships she was ranked No.4 in Europe and No.6 in the World.

The outdoor season started at the LICC at the StoneX Stadium, vaulting (2.90m), which ranked her No.1 in Europe and No.3 in the World. The remainder of this year looks very promising, with the possibility of improving her personal best of (3.00m), and then in 2024 moving up to the 50-54 age-group.

60 YEARS OF THE BRITISH MILERS CLUB – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN of SEB COE in 1983 at Cosford.

The British Milers’ Club was created in 1963 and its origins can be traced back to the pages of AW. Exasperated with the poor performances of middle-distance runners at the time, the endurance coach FRANK HORWILL wrote to this magazine and his mission statement appeared in the June 29 issue that year. “A number of Senior AAA Honorary Coaches,” he said, “wish to start a specialist club for milers (male and female), to be known as the British Milers’ Club. The emblem for this Club will be a Union Jack mounted above a runner.” The letter ignited debate and led to the creation of the ‘BMC’, a specialist organisation which has given training and racing opportunities to generations of leading domestic runners for the past 60 years. HORWILL passed away in 2012, but the legacy of that letter is still very much alive and well.

SEB COE, president of World Athletics, says: “In 1963, when FRANK HORWILL decided he should do something about the slight decline in British distance running, little did he know then just what an impact his actions would have. Thirteen years later, it was at a BMC meeting in 1976 that I made one of my first big breakthroughs over 800m. I went to Stretford as a teenager with a PB of (1:51.8), but came away from there with a lifetime best of (1:47.7), breaking the BMC record in the process. But I am just one of literally thousands of athletes to have benefitted from the BMC.” COE, who won Olympic 1500m titles in 1980 and 1984 and broke world records at 800m, 1000m, 1500m and one mile, added: “The opportunities to set PBs, to achieve qualification marks, or simply gaining quality racing experience at BMC meetings have been invaluable to generations of athletes. Indeed, the British Milers’ Club has transformed the face of middle-distance running in the UK over the past 60 years. No doubt FRANK’S legacy will live on for many more decades through the good work of the BMC.” JACK BUCKNER, chief executive of UK Athletics and 1986 European 5000m gold medallist, said: “The BMC’s impact on the development of endurance athletes over the decades cannot be over-estimated. Their races have given so many opportunities for athletes to compete against great competition exactly when they have needed it over the years. “On a personal level they played a massive part in my career as my 800m PB (1:49.8) was in a BMC race (Crystal Palace, 1981) and I regularly competed in their races from 1977-84, with my coach GEORGE GANDY also a big supporter of their events. “I’ve no doubt of its importance to endurance athletes, particularly middle-distance athletes and I am sure we will be celebrating further milestones in future decades of this fantastic format.”

As an example of the BMC’s impact, look no further than the reigning world men’s 1500m champion JAKE WIGHTMAN. “JAKE went from second place [and PB] in his debut BMC Grand Prix ‘F’ race in 2012 to first place [and PB] at the World Championships over the same distance 10 years later,” says his father and coach, GEOFF. “The BMC founder FRANK HORWILL would be proud of the widespread impact that his invention continues to have.” Aged 17, JAKE finished runner-up to WILL PAULSEN and just ahead of NEIL GOURLEY in (3:51.74) in Manchester that day before racing to global glory a decade later to beat JAKOB INGEBRIGTSEN in Eugene in (3:29.23). GEOFF WIGHTMAN adds: “The BMC is the envy of other nations around the world in the way that it conditions whole generations of athletes to the demands of fast middle and long-distance track racing. Other event disciplines in the UK have modelled themselves on the format but only longer running events can have that crucial element of pace-making.”

Spurred on by HORWILL’S battle cry and ethos, the BMC went from strength to strength through the 1960s and 1970s. To join the club, HORWILL listed 10 membership benefits, which included: “To encourage the attitude of mind that the stopwatch is the ‘enemy’ and not necessarily other Club milers.” A key moment came in June 1969 when Dutch runner MARIA GOMMERS ran (4:36.8) for the women’s mile at Saffron Lane in Leicester – the first world record at a BMC event. The following month, five men broke the four-minute barrier for the mile on the same day at BMC meetings in Motspur Park and Stretford. It was merely a taste of what was to come, as a golden era of middle-distance running saw COE, STEVE CRAM, STEVE OVETT, PETER ELLIOTT, DAVE MOORCROFT and many others making their mark.

The BMC’s growth was not entirely smooth, however. HORWILL’S creation of a BMC South Committee in the early 1980s and the critical tone of his articles in BMC News led to unrest and the resignation of chair HARRY WILSON and other committee members in 1981. TIM HUTCHINGS, one of Britain’s strongest runners during that era, recalls: “I became emergency treasurer of the BMC in the early 80s when there was an attempt to fold the club, with only my old coach FRANK banging the drum for its survival and so it could keep offering race opportunities to good athletes who wanted to make that jump upwards from club athletics.” The BMC survived, though. “I owe an immeasurable debt to the BMC,” HUTCHINGS continues, “having run in dozens of its races from the age of 15 and on through the 1970s and 1980s, run umpteen PBs, and learning how to push hard and be stretched in paced races, how to be positioned and race well, and so much more. “I ran a (3:56) mile in a low-key BMC race at Aldershot of all places, in 1982, again with great pacing. It’s very satisfying to quietly see the club go from strength to strength, helping hundreds of athletes each year and knowing you’ve played a very small part.”

The BMC got back on track in the 1990s with the creation of its nationwide grand prix series. New stars like KELLY HOLMES emerged and the BMC was involved in a memorable meeting in Oxford in 2004 where CRAIG MOTTRAM beat MO FARAH in a mile race on the 50th anniversary of ROGER BANNISTER’S famous sub-four feat. Much has changed since 1963. Led by WIGHTMAN, KEELY HODGKINSON and LAURA MUIR, plus emerging talents like MAX BURGIN and longer distance stars like EILISH MCCOLGAN, standards have never been higher.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Videos and Photographs contributed with many comments. There are 3 posts this week, photographs taken at the YDL.on 25 June, English Schools on 30 June to 1 July and EYAL on 2 July.

YDL features NEVILLE THOMPSON with four of our throwers left to right, PHARELL HAREWOOD U20 Shot (PB 11.51m), Discus (44.47m) and Javelin (PB 38.91m), JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY U17 Javelin (20.00m), NEVILLE, CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 Javelin (SB 18.16m) and BRIAN ANENE U17 Shot (PB 11.61m) and Discus (PB 36.29m).

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS features our Pole Vault trio of ANGUS BROWN U17 who won the Silver Medal (4.30m), THOMAS ROBERTSON U15 who finished 4th (PB 3.30m) and ABIGAIL EDWARDS U17 who finished 5th (3.10m).

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE features our Under 13 relay team of VERA DOUDKO, JESSIE ADAMS, ISLA BRASSNET and ANNA ANENE.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 – Takes place in Budapest, Hungary from 19-27 August 2023.
This is the link for all information including tickets – https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23
This is the link to the qualification system and entry standards – https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62ff627cef4200119b5555be.pdf

Currently we have 2 athletes who have achieved qualification standards – ZHARNEL HUGHES 200m (20.07 w-0.3) and LIZZIE BIRD 3000m Steeplechase (9:07.07)

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Can be found on the SBH website –http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 29 June 2023

Posted on 29/06/202330/06/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 29 June to Wednesday 5 July – Maria Eduardo Araujo, Brenda Atkinson, Jaden Aulis, Jack Fitzpatrick, Jui Hayakawa, Jayden Klein, Louann Lamy, Joanne Miranda, Conor O’Keefe, Thomas Patrick, Sarah Ridley, Seb Rodger, Phillip Richardson, Ray Tucker, Bradley Ukpetan and Geoff Williams

RECENT NEW MEMBER – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to ISABELLE NINAJI

ZHARNEL HUGHES SMASHES UK 100m RECORD – Congratulations to ZHARNEL, who broke LINFORD CHRISTIE’S 30 year old 100m record (9.87) with a blistering (9.83 w1.3) at the USATF NYC Grand Prix in New York on Saturday 24 June. See full report after upcoming fixtures.

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to CHUKWUMA ONONOGBU who set a new Under 15 Boys Discus record (43.30m) at the Hertfordshire Schools Championships at Hemel Hempstead on 10 June. The previous record was by STEVEN MARLOW (43.0m) on the 10 July 1999.

PARKRUN 100 CLUB – Congratulations to TIM UNDERHILL who completed his 100th Parkrun at

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE – The second of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 9 July at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to enter, then put 439 in the filter box – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 2 July, No Entries On The Day

MIDDLESEX SCHOOLS RESULT UPDATE – Recent new member ELKIE BAKER won the Under 15 Girls Discus title with a championship best performance (33.83m), ranking her UK No.1. ELKIE is currently under the guidance of NEVILLE THOMPSON at StoneX Stadium, and since 1 April has added just over 10m to her personal best. Last month she won the Middlesex title at Lee Valley.

RESULTS
UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE UPPER – SOUTHERN PREMIER – Took place at Bromley on 25 June.
Match Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (727.5 points), 2nd Harrow & Dacorum (578), 3rd SBH (534), 4th Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (524), 5th Reading (428), 6th Crawley (391.5)

100m – U17M A EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (10.79 w-1.4), B JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY 1st (11.18 w-2.1)
100m – U17W A TAMI GEORGE 2nd (12.63 w-2.1), B ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA 2nd (13.12 w-1.8)
100m – U20M A JOSEPH PURBRICK 1st (11.08 w-1.5), B NATHAN FERNANDES U17 2nd (11.35 w-1.9)
100m – U20W A NIA AKINTOKUN 1st (12.53 w-2.00), B ANNA ROSE 1st (12.70 w0.0)
200m – U17M A JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY 1st (22.66 w-1.7), B NATHAN FERNANDES 1st (PB 23.06 w0.8) taking .01 of a second off his 17 June time
200m – U17W A TAMI GEORGE 1st (25.13 w-2.2), B ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA 3rd (26.85 w-2.3)
200m – U20M A EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (22.24 w-4.4), B MALACHI AMADI 1st (22.53 w-5.1)
200m – U20W A A NIA AKINTOKUN 1st (25.35 w-0.5), B LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL 2nd (PB 26.76 w-0.9) taking .33 of a second off her 2022 time
300m – U17W A MIA HIGSON 3rd (42.90), B ADANNA MAZINWOSU 2nd (43.07)
400m – U17M A ZICO JONES 2nd (50.01), B BRANDON KUFAZVINEI 4th (55.10)
400m – U20M A ISAAC MOORE 3rd (52.90), B CALLUM SYDENHAM (2nd Claim) 6th (58.89)
400m – U20W A CHARLOTTE HARRIS (2nd Claim) 4th (57.55), B LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL 6th (DQ)
800m – U17M A JACOB CLEMENT 1st (2:03.87), B ADAM O’GORMAN 1st (2:06.34)
800m – U17W A DINA SILVERMAN 1st (PB 2:15.87) taking 2.19 seconds off her 17 May time, B ADANNA MAZINWOSU 1st (2:26.74)
800m – U20M A JOSIAH WILLIAMS-OLLIVERRE 4th (2:05.46), B NOAH CLARKE (2nd Claim) 3rd (2:23.33)
800m – U20W EMMA MCCLUSKEY (2nd Claim) 3rd (2:23.52), B CHARLOTTE HARRIS (2nd Claim) 2nd (2:22.57)
1500m – U17M A JORDAN PEARLMAN 4th (4:24.23), B PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS 2nd (PB 4:24.57) taking 8.18 seconds off his 2021 time
3000m – U17M A RAFAEL GAYER 1st (PB 9:36.39)
3000m – U20M A NOAH CLARKE (2nd Claim) 4th (10:41.32)
80m Hurdles – U17W A NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG 1st (11.81 w-5.3), B EVA HIGSON 2nd (13.06 w-4.4)
100m Hurdles – U17M A OSCAR RONCARATI 4th (15.94 w4.2)
110m Hurdles – U20M A RUBEN HEDMAN 2nd (13.76 w-3.1), B JOSEPH PURBRICK 1st (13.80 w-3.1)
300m Hurdles – U17W A MACIE SUTHERLAND 2nd (PB 46.85) taking .15 of a second off her 17 June time, B EVA HIGSON 1st (56.63)
400m Hurdles – U17M A OSCAR RONCARATI 4th (PB 62.21) ) taking 1.52 seconds off his 28 May time
400m Hurdles – U20W A AZARIA NWANKWO 5th (PB 73.01) taking .62 of a second off her 11 June time
2000m Steeplechase – U20M A CALLUM SYDENHAM (2nd Claim) 1st (7:16.09)
Pole Vault – U17M A ANGUS BROWN 2nd (4.30m)
Pole Vault – U17W A ABIGAIL EDWARDS 2nd (SB 3.20m) adding 10cm to her 12 February height, and is ranked UK No.3 U17 in 2023
High Jump – U17W A MACIE SUTHERLAND 5th (1.25m)
High Jump – U20W A EVELYNE FONTEYNE 1st (1.70m), B REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY 1st (1.55m)
Long Jump – U17M A ALEX KONSTANTARES (2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 5.81m nwr) adding 19cm to his 15 January jump, B VICTOR PAIUSCO 1st (5.44m nwr)
Long Jump – U17W A ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA 5th (3.27m nwr)
Long Jump – U20W A EVELYNE FONTEYNE 3rd (PB 5.27m w0.0) adding 22cm to her 28 May jump, B FREYA PRASHAR 1st (4.51m w2.4)
Triple Jump – U17M A VICTOR PAIUSCO 6th (10.43m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17W A TAMI GEORGE 5th (9.83m nwr)
Triple Jump – U20M A ISAAC MOORE 4th (12.19m nwr), B BRYAN OGBEBOR 3rd (PB 10.34m nwr)
Triple Jump – U20W A B LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL 6th (PB 9.03m nwr), B FREYA PRASHAR 2nd (8.02m nwr)
Shot 5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE 4th (10.81m), B BRANDON KUFAZVINEI 3rd (9.15m)
Shot 3kg – U17W A EVA HIGSON 6th (6.97m)
Shot 6kg – U20M A PHARELL HAREWOOD 3rd (PB 11.51m)
Shot 4kg – U20W A EVELYNE FONTEYNE 4th (PB 9.46m) adding 48cm to her 27 May put, B NAOMI OGGUNIYI 1st (7.61m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE 4th (34.81m)
Discus 1kg – U17W A MIA HIGSON 6th (16.68m)
Discus 1kg – U20W A NAOMI OGGUNIYI 4th (PB 19.73m) adding 1.71m to her 30 April throw
Discus 1.75kg – U20M A PHARELL HAREWOOD 1st (44.47m), B ANGUS BROWN 1st (26.88m)
Hammer 4kg – U20W A NAOMI OGGUNIYI 5th (PB 16.85m) adding 1.17m to her 30 April throw
Javelin 700g – U17M A JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY 6th (20.00m)
Javelin 500g – U17W A EVA HIGSON 5th (19.66m)
Javelin 800g – U20M A PHARELL HAREWOOD 3rd (PB 38.91m), A CALLUM SYDENHAM (2nd Claim) 2nd (SB 18.16m)
Javelin 600g – U20W A EVELYNE FONTEYNE 2nd (PB 30.29) adding 1.89m to her 28 May throw, A NAOMI OGGUNIYI 2nd (PB 23.92m) adding 2.03m to her 30 April throw
4x100m Relay – U17M SBH 1st (SB 42.21) taking .87 of a second off their 28 Mayl time, and is ranked UK No.1 U17 team in 2023 JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY, ZICO JONES, BRANDON KUFAZVINEI, EBUKA NWOKEJI, U17W SBH 5th (62.75) NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, MACIE SUTHERLAND, ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA, TAMI GEORGE, U20M SBH 1st (SB 43.26) taking .56 of a second off their 30 April time, and is ranked UK No.6 U20 team in 2023 NATHAN FERNANDES U17, JOSEPH PURBRICK, BRYAN OGBEBOR, MALACHI AMADI, U20W SBH 3rd (SB 50.14) taking .37 of a second off their 30 April time LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL, AZARIA NWANKWO, NIA AKINTOKUN, ANNA ROSE
4x300m Relay – U17W SBH 2nd (SB 2:52.01) taking 2.81 seconds off their 28 May time, and is ranked UK No.4 U17 team in 2023 MACIE SUTHERLAND, NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, DINA SILVERMAN, ADANNA MAZINWOSU
4x400m Relay – U17M SBH 3rd (SB 3:32.49) taking 3.64 seconds off their 28 May time, and is ranked UK No.4 U17 team in 2023 JACOB CLEMENT, ZICO JONES, BRANDON KUFAZVINEI, ADAM O’GORMAN, U20M SBH 6th (3:45.81) DANIEL BANYARD, JOSIAH WILLIAMS, NOAH CLARKE, CALLUM SYDENHAM, U20W SBH 3rd (SB 4:05.75) LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL, EMMA MCCLUSKEY, MIA HIGSON, CHARLOTTE HARRIS

Non Scoring
80m Hurdles – U17W EVA HIGSON 1st (13.27 nwr)

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – Took place at Finsbury Park on 24 June.
Match Result 1st SBH (94 points), 2nd London Heathside (79), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (68), 4th Harrow and Highgate Harriers (58), 6th Barnet & District (47), 7th Thames Valley Harriers (41), 8th Enfield & Haringey (35)

75m – U11B A DENNYS PASCAL 3rd (PB 10.74 w1.1) taking .24 of a second off his 7 May time, B NOSA URUBUSI 2nd (11.38 w0.6), NS2 SOLOMON PAUL 2nd (PB 11.60 w0.9), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN 4th (PB 12.07 w0.9) taking .46 of a second off his 7 May time, NS3 HARRISON HENDERSON 1st (PB 11.06 w1.9) taking .42 of a second off his 7 May time, KENDRICK OGANYO 2nd (PB 11.47 w1.9) taking .37 of a second off his 7 May time, JONAH TALENGA 3rd (PB 11.49 w1.9), NS4 MICHAEL OBIWULU 1st (PB 11.30 w0.9) taking .31 of a second off his 7 May time
75m – U11G A DAMI ADEKUNLE 2nd (PB 11.00 w1.5) taking .12 of a second off her 7 May time, TEMI JAIYEOLA 4th (PB 11.57 w1.5) taking .53 of a second off her 7 May time, B SIENNA DARCY 2nd (PB 11.81 w0.2) taking .19 of a second off her 7 May time, KEENYAH ADELISE 3rd (PB 11.85 w0.2) taking .55 of a second off her 7 May time
100m – U13B A LOUIS XUN 3rd (PB 12.75 w1.5) taking .16 of a second off his 13 May time, B BEN BAMISAIYE 1st (PB 13.43 w0.6) taking .09 of a second off his 13 May time, NS1 CHAYIL JOHN 1st (PB 13.95 w0.0) taking .29 of a second off his 21 May time, TIRENI GEORGE 2nd (PB 14.22 w0.0) taking .61 of a second off his 21 May time, TIRENI GEORGE 2nd (PB 14.22 w0.0) taking .61 of a second off his 21 May time, NS2 JASON OTULE 4th (PB 14.63 w1.9) taking .06 of a second off his 21 May time
100m – U15B A JOSH RYMAN 3rd (PB 12.30 w0.7), B ANTON COHEN 3rd (12.31 w0.0), NS2 MODEBAYO AKIN-AGUNBIADE 3rd (PB 12.52 w1.2) taking .07 of a second off his 16 April time, ASHER ESCOBAR 4th (PB 12.71 w1.2) taking 19 of a second off his 8 April time, NS3 EESA ADEKUNLE ALI 1st (PB 12.59 w0.9), JONATHAN OTULE 6th (PB 13.94 w0.9) taking .04 of a second off his 2022 time
100m – U13G A ANY JAIYEOLA 2nd (13.87 w0.0), B VERA DOUDKO 1st (14.00 w1.5), NS2 KYRA WILLIAMS 2nd (PB 14.62 w1.0), ISABELLA HEATHCOTE 4th (16.89 w1.0)
100m – U15G A ANGEL MCLEOD 1st (12.49 w0.0), GRACE NYAONGO 4th (13.36 w0.0), ULANI MCCABE-HUGGINS 7th (13.79w0.0), B MOIESHA SAVAGE 1st (12.71 w1.9), AARA KAMARA 2nd (13.03 w1.9), NS1 FAITH LAMPTEY 2nd (PB 13.65 w1.3) taking .37 of a second off her 13 May time, DESTINY NGIGE 7th (PB 14.32 w1.3)
100m – U17M A JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY 1st (11.08 w1.7), B NATHAN FERNANDES 1st (11.18 w1.5), NS KHYAN MARKLAND 1st (PB 11.46 w0.7) taking .06 of a second off his 4 June time, NATHAN HOWELL 2nd (PB 11.51 w0.7) taking .18 of a second off his 10 June time, VICTOR PAIUSCO 3rd (11.52 w0.7), BROWN TAWAMBA 5th (12.61 w0.7)
100m – U17W A MAKAYLA BRAI-ALOYE 1st (12.59 w0.1), B ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA 1st (12.97 w1.6), MIA HIGSON 3rd (13.16 w1.6), LUCY CAMPOS 4th (13.50 w1.6), LYDIA BALL 5th (SB 13.67 w1.6) equalling her 21 May time
300m – U15B A1 SETH RENNIE-RODDY 3rd (39.92), B EUAN PHILLIPS 1st (PB 41.85) taking .31 of a second off his 21 May time, PRINCEVICTORUS JOHN 6th (PB 50.43)
300m – U15G A MEGAN HAMMOND 5th (PB 49.28) taking .74 of a second off her 2022 time
300m – U17W A ADANNA MAZINWOSU 3rd (42.63), B POSIE SHAW 2nd (PB 43.80)
400m – U17M A JADEN AULIS 2nd (54.50), B BRANDON KUFAZVINEI 2nd (55.74)
600m – U11B A DENNYS PASCAL 1st (PB 1:42.53) taking 1.06 seconds off his 7 May time, B HARRISON HENDERSON 2nd (PB 1:45.38) taking 8.72 seconds off his 7 May time, RIO HAYAKAWA12th (2:16.11)
600m – U11G A SIENNA DARCY 1st (PB 1:57.96) taking 2.32 seconds off her 7 May time, B GRACE ROONEY 1st (PB 2:00.49) taking 4.10 seconds off her 7 May time, B1 KEENYAH ADELISE 1st (PB 2:03.74) taking 22.53 seconds off her 7 May time, ABIGAIL ROSS 2nd (PB 2:05.96)
800m – U13B A EDWARD PASCAL 1st (2:28.38), TAHA COCKERILL 6th (PB 2:43.74) taking 2.22 seconds off his 7 May time, B ROAN PARKES 3rd (PB 2:33.94) taking 6.42 seconds off his 7 May time, JOSIAH WILLIAMS 5th (PB 2:37.11) taking 1.03 seconds off his 7 May time
800m – U13G A AIMEE PORTER 2nd (2:34.23), B HETTIE HOLBROOK 1st (PB 2:40.96) taking 6.54 seconds off her 2022 time, NS OLIVIA ABBOTT 1st (PB 2:42.49) taking 4.10 seconds off her 7 May time
800m – U15B A EUAN PHILLIPS 1st (2:10.70), B JESSE ABRAHAMS 6th (2:37.58)
800m – U15G A ELIZABETH OTHULO 2nd (3:36.97), B ERIN GIBLIN 3rd (2:35.93)
800m – U17M A ADAM O’GORMAN 1st (2:05.26), B JOE COX 2nd (2:13.85)
800m – U17W A POSIE SHAW U15 2nd (2:19.59), B PHOEBE MUSIC 5th (2:42.87)
70m Hurdles – U13G A VERA DOUDKO 2nd (12.97 w1.0), B KYRA WILLIAMS 1st (PB 13.31 w0.7)
75m Hurdles – U13B CASEY NGIGE 3rd (PB 14.49 w1.3) taking 2.71 seconds off his 21 May time, BEN BAMIISAIYE 4th (17.63 w1.3)
75m Hurdles – U15G A ANGEL MCLEOD 2nd (PB 11.79 w0.3) taking .32 of a second off her 21 May time, DESTINY NGIGE 4th (PB 13.90 w0.3) taking .20 of a second off her 21 May time
80m Hurdles – U15B A SETH RENNIE-RODDY 1st (PB 12.24 w0.3), ASHER ESCOBAR 2nd (13.01 w0.3)
High Jump – U15B A THOMAS ROBERTSON 1st (3.10m), BA WILLIAM SYLVESTER 1st (3.00m)
High Jump – U17M A ANGUS BROWN 1st (4.20m)
High Jump – U17W A ABIGAIL EDWARDS 1st (3.00m)
High Jump – U13B A LOUIS XUN 2nd (PB 1.45m), B EDWARD PASCAL 1st (1.30m), CASEY NGIGE 2nd (PB 25m) equalling his 21 May height
High Jump – U13G A ANU JAYEOLA 1st (PB 1.35m) equalling her7 May height, B KYRA WILLIAMS 2nd equal (PB 1.15m)
High Jump – U15B A SETH RENNIE-RODDY 2nd (PB 1.60m) adding 5cm to his 5 June height, B ANTON COHEN 1st (PB 1.50m)
High Jump – U15G A ELIZA LEIBOWITZ 3rd (PB 1.35m) adding 5cm to her 7 May height,B DESTINY NGIGE 1st (1.20m)
High Jump – U17M A JOE COX 4th (1.55m)
Long Jump – U11B A NOSA UNBUSI 5th (PB 3.51m nwr) adding 34cm to his 25 March jump, B HARRISON HENDERSON 3rd (PB 3.40m nwr)
Long Jump – U11G A DAMI ADEKUNIE 4th (3.15m nwr), TEMI JAIYEOLA 5th (PB 2.87m nwr) adding 1cm to her 16 April jump, EDIE RENNIE-RODDY 8th (2.25m nwr)
Long Jump – U13B A BEN BAMISAIYE 3rd (SB 4.60m nwr) adding 15cm to his 21 May jump, B CHAYIL JOHN 1st (4.17m nwr)
Long Jump – U13G A ANU JAIYEOLA 2nd (4.16m nwr), B VERA DOUDKO 1st (SB 4.02m nwr) adding 2cm to her 16 April jump
Long Jump – U15B A MODEBAYO AKIN-AGUNBIADE 3rd (PB 4.31m nwr)
Long Jump – U15G A ULANI MCCABE-HUGGINS 1st (4.74m nwr), B GRACE NYAONGO 1st (4.44m nwr)
Long Jump – U17M A VICTOR PAIUSCO 2nd (PB 5.66m nwr) adding 53cm to his 4 June jump, B NATHAN HOWELL 3rd (PB 4.98m nwr) adding 2cm to his 7 May jump, JOE COX 4th (4.67m nwr)
Long Jump – U17W ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA 3rd (PB 4.16m nwr) adding 14cm to her 2022 jump
Shot 3kg – U13B A LOUIS XUN 2nd (7.55m), B JAMES TSANGARIDES 1st (PB 7.40m) adding 39cm to his 4 June put
Shot 2.72kg – U13G A ISABELLA HEATHCOTE 4th (PB 4.82m) adding 36cm to her 4 June put
Shot 4kg – U15B JAVON WILLIAMS 1st (PB 12.50m) adding 20cm to his 10 June put, CHU ONONOGBU 1st (10.06m)
Shot 3kg – U15G A ULANI MCCABE-HUGGINS 5th (8.11m), B MOIESHA SAVAGE 2nd (7.53m)
Shot 5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE 1st (PB 11.61m) adding 22cm to his 23 April put, B BRANDON KUFAZVINEI 2nd (9.13m)
Shot 3kg – U17W A ABIGAIL EDWARDS 7th (PB 6.99m) adding 13cm to her 4 June put, B MIA HIGSON 1st (6.25m)
Discus 1kg – U15G A ELIZABETH OTHULO 4th (PB 17.07m), B MOIESHA SAVAGE 2nd (PB 13.42m)
Discus 1kg – U17W A ABIGAIL EDWARDS 4th (PB 15.44m) adding 1.72m to her 28 May throw, B LUCY CAMPOS 1st (PB 10.76m)
Discus 1.25kg – U15B A CHU ONONOGBU 1st (40.03m), B MILO RYNEHART 1st (PB 27.84m) adding 96cm to his 23 April throw
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE 1st (PB 36.29m) adding 1.48m to his 25 June throw, B FRED TAYLOR 1st (PB 34.04m) adding 1.24m to his 10 June throw, ANGUS BROWN 2nd (29.82m)
Javelin 400g – U13B A JAMES TSANGARIDES 4th (21.17m), B EDWARD PASCAL 1st (PB 18.14m) adding 7.39m to his 7 May throw
Javelin 400g – U13G A ISABELLA HEATHCOTE 3rd (PB 11.25m) adding 4.72m to her 21 May throw, B OLIVIA ABBOTT 2nd (PB 9.99m) adding 1.22m to her 21 May
Javelin 600g – U15B MILO RYNEHART 3rd (30.40m), CHU ONONOGBU 2nd (26.28m)
Javelin 500g – U15G A GRACE NYAONGO 4h (PB 14.32m), B ERIN GIBLIN 1st (PB 7.20m)
Javelin 500g – U17W A LYDIA BALL 3rd (26.22m), B PHOEBE MUSIC 2nd (PB 12.72m) adding 65cm to her 2021 throw
Javelin 700g – U17M A FRED TAYLOR 2nd (PB 34.28m) adding 1.24m to his 10 June throw, B JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY 1st (PB 30.29m) adding 8cm to his 4 June throw

BOYSEN MEMORIAL – Took place at Oslo, Norway on 28 June.
Discus 2kg – SM GREGORY THOMPSON 3rd (58.76m)

GOLDEN SPIKE – Took place at Ostrava, Czech Republic on 27 June.
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 4th (62.98m)

B.A.A 10K – Took place at Boston, Masachusettes, USA on 26 June.
JAMIE DEE 20th (PB 30.33)

BAUHAUS JUNIORENGALA – Took place at Mannheim, Germany on 24-25 June.
400m Hurdles – U20W 3 EMILY NEWNHAM U20 1st (57.73)
4x100m Relay – U20M Race 1 GB 1st (40.20) EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA ran on Leg 2, in Race 2 GB 1 2nd (SB 40.06) EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA ran on Leg 4
4x400m Relay – U20W 1 GB 2nd (SB 3:35.60) EMILY NEWNHAM ran on Leg 2
High Jump – U20M 1 KIMANI JACK U20 3rd (2.07m)

WELSH SENIOR AND U15 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Cardiff on 24-25 June.
100m – SM H2 BEN MCGUIRE 3rd (11.01 w0.8) in Semi-Final 3 BEN finished 7th (11.03 w0.4)
200m – SM H5 BEN MCGUIRE 3rd (22.99 w-2.4)
3000m Steeplechase – SW AMELIA WILLS U23 (HCA) 5th (11:10.80)
Long Jump – SW A SELINA HENDERSON 2nd (5.27m w0.0)
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 1st (62.55m)

USATF NYC GRAND PRIX – Took place at New York, New York, USA on 24 June.
100m – SM ZHARNEL HUGHES 1st (PB 9.83 w1.3) taking .07 of a second off his 22 April time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2023. This is a new UK and SBH record.
400m – SM MICHAEL OHIOZE 6th (46.76)

NUNEATON OPEN MEETING – Took place at Nuneaton on 24 June.
100m Hurdles – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 14.10 w1.5) equalling his 2022 time, and is ranked UK No.2 V50 in 2023

EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS DIVISION 1 – Took place at Chirzow, Poland on 23-25 June.
400m Hurdles – SW A LINA NIELSEN 5th (55.36)
Pole Vault – SW B JADE IVE (HCA) 2nd (PB 4.50m) adding 10cm to her 2022 height, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2023
Shot 7.26kg – SM B SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 2nd (SB 21.10m) adding 37cm to his 11 March put, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2023

LEE VALLEY SPRINTS NIGHT – Took place at Lee Valley on 21 June.
100m – SX 1 JORDAN WATSON-BROWN 4th (10.46 w2.6), JOHN OTUGADE 7th (10.91 w2.6), 2 OJIE EDOBURUN 2nd (10.45 w1.7), 3 PHOENIX LYON 1st (10.65 w1.0), 6 BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 3rd (PB 11.41 w2.97) equalling his 2022 time, B1 OJIE finished 3rd (10.41 w0.7)
200m – SX 1 JORDAN WATSON-BROWN 2nd (SB 20.95 w1.4) taking .37 of a second off his 29 May time, 2 PHOENIX LYON 1st (PB 21.16 w1.3) taking .21 of a second off his 24 May time, 3 MATTHEW OHIOZE 5th (22.64 w1.6), 4 ISAAC MOORE U20 4th (23.05 w2.3), 8 AIDAN GAFFEY U17 1st (PB 23.85 w1.5) taking .96 of a second off his 16 April time

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Eltham on 21 June.
1500m – Men A JOSHUA FISHER U20 11th (4:04.88)

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,106 events – 169,265 walkers, joggers and runners – 24,133 volunteers – 8,478 first-timers – 19,406 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 24 June.
TIM UNDERHILL V55 4th (20.54) this was his 100th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 24 June.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 341st (43.05) this was his 294th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lake Claremont, Perth, Australia on 24 June.
STUART MOORE V60 42nd (28.19) this was his 196th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 17 June.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 90th (25.23) this was his 146th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 24 June.
JO KENT V55 9th (20.49) this was her 110th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 25th (22.17) this was his 381st Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 88th (25.49) this was his 232nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 24 June.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 188th (40.34) this was his 268th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 29 JUNE UNTIL WEDNESDAY 26 JULY – The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Fnday 30 June and Saturday 1 July at the Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (Satnav B42 2LR).
Link for tickets and timetable – https://esaa.org.uk/competitions/track-field-championship/

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 3 – The third of five fixtures takes place on Sunday 2 July at the Westminster Lodge athletic Track, Holywell Hill, St Albans (Satnav AL1 2DJ).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2023
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 29 June as the declarations have to be in on Friday 30 June

SOUTHERN U20 AND SENIOR INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 2 July at the Horspath Athletics And Sports Ground, Horspath Road, Oxford (Satnav OX4 2RR).
Please Note: You will selected by your County Team Manager

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE 100m SPRINTS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 5 July at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
For age-groups U13 and above.
1st Round 19.00. 2nd Round to follow 1st round.
This is the link for you to enter yourselves, currently not open to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=8&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on
Closing Date Monday 2 July or once an event reaches full capacity.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE – The second of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 9 July at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to the timetable –
Link to enter, then put 439 in the filter box – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 2 July, No Entries On The Day

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 12 July at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 19.15pm High Jump, 19.25pm BMC, 20.00pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 21.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No Under 13s
Is not open on roster athletics as yet, this is the link –
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

LEE VALLEY 2023 OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Opentrack, this is the link to enter the 1 April Open Meeting now on Opentrack – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/athletics-competitions
The following fixtures will be available to enter on Opentrack, in the coming weeks.
5 July – Double 100m Meeting (Open to enter)
19 July – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting (Open to enter)
2 August – Double Sprint Hurdles
16 August – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
30 August – Double 100m Meeting
September – Autumn Throws Fest

WATFORD 2023 OPEN MEETING OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Roster Athletics
Wednesday 12 July – 7.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Not open to enter as yet)
Wednesday 26 July – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Not open to enter as yet)
Wednesday 9 August – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 23 August – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds
Wednesday 6 September – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 100m, 7.40pm 800m, 9.05pm 3000m No under 13

ZHARNEL HUGHES SMASHES LINFORD CHRISTIE’S UK 100m RECORD – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

The 27-year-old is now the fastest British runner in history after taking down 30-year-old national mark in New York. ZHARNEL HUGHES has created history by breaking LINFORD CHRISTIE’S long-standing UK 100m of (9.87) with a blistering (9.83 w1.3) at the USATF NYC Grand Prix on Saturday (June 24). Outside athletics, HUGHES is a qualified pilot and here in New York he flew down the track and then really took off in the final stages as he drew away from a world-class field. Racing in the same Icahn Stadium in Manhattan where USAIN BOLT set his first world 100m record of (9.72) a few weeks before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, HUGHES charged out of the blocks from lane six but found himself behind ACKEEM BLAKE of Jamaica, plus CHRISTIAN COLEMAN and BRANDON CARNES of the United States at 30m although he drew level with BLAKE and COLEMAN at 60m. At that point HUGHES sprouted wings and surged clear to win by a tenth of a second from BLAKE with COLEMAN, the 2019 world champion, fading to third in (10.02). HUGHES time initially flashed up as (9.84) but was quickly corrected to (9.83) as he continued running around the bend celebrating and pointing his finger to the air triumphantly before turning around to look at the clock. The joy of victory was then overtaken by a look of astonishment as he realised he’d improved his PB from (9.91) and set a British record to boot.

In a brilliant few days for British sprinting, HUGHES run came at the end of a week that saw EUGENE ARNO-DADZIE enjoy a breakthrough run of (9.93) in Austria, whereas 16-year-old TEDDY WILSON broke MARK LEWIS-FRANCIS’S long-standing UK under-17 record with (10.26) in Germany. “I’m not sure many people expected this, but patience is the word,” HUGHES said. “It’s amazing and something I’ve been working toward for a while.” After what he felt were some underpar results in recent seasons, he said: “I dug deep and I pulled myself out of a dark space. I relaxed more, put the work in, trusted myself and trusted my speed.” CHRISTIE’S British record was set in August 1993 – a couple of years before HUGHES was even born – when he won the world title in Stuttgart ahead of Americans ANDRE CARSON, DENNIS MITCHELL and CARL LEWIS. His( 9.87) was a European record at the time and, aged 33, it came one year after he won the Olympic 100m title in Barcelona.

HUGHES was born in Anguilla but has competed for Britain for a number of years and his career highlights include winning European 100m gold in 2018 and 200m gold in 2022. Coached by GLEN MILLS in Jamaica – the same man who guided BOLT – he is also a regular in the GB sprint relay team and a member of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers in the UK. “Coach MILLS is a great coach,” says HUGHES. “He coached the fastest man in the world and he has an eye for error and will critique everything he sees.” Slightly better known as a 200m runner, in this kind of form he surely has a good chance this summer of breaking another long-time British record – the (19.94) mark set by JOHN REGIS, also at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart.

The European 100m record of 9.80 held by Olympic champion Marcel Jacobs of Italy is also potentially within reach. Find out more about Hughes in our ‘Ask the Athlete‘ interview from 2021 here.

UK all-time men’s 100m
(9.83 w1.3) Zharnel Hughes, New York 2023
(9.87 w0.3) Linford Christie, Stuttgart 1993
(9.91 w1.1) James Dasaolu, Birmingham 2013
(9.93 w-1.2) Reece Prescod, Ostrava 2022
(9.93 w0.1) Eugene Amo-Dadzie, Graz 2023
(9.96 w1.4) CJ Ujah, Hengelo 2014
(9.96 w2.0) Joel Fearon, Bedford 2016
(9.97 w0.2) Dwain Chambers, Seville 1999
(9.97 w2.0) Adam Gemili, Birmingham 2015
(9.98 w0.4) Jason Gardener, Lausanne 1999
(9.99 w0.6) Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Columbia 2017

BETH POTTER WINS MONTREAL TRIATHLON – The following article was published on the Tri247 website recently.

BETH POTTER notched her second WTCS win of the season – and her career – when powering clear late on the run to take the victory in Montreal. The Scot, who was extending Britain’s perfect start to the WTCS season with a fourth straight success, recovered from a 34-seconds deficit after the swim to work her away into a lead group of three on the run alongside LEONIE PERIAULT (FRA) and SUMMER RAPPAPORT (USA). That trio had it between them heading into the last 400 metres but it was POTTER, who landed the season-opener in Abu Dhabi, who found the decisive kick to win by two seconds from PERIAULT, with a further seven seconds back to RAPPAPORT. JEANNE LEHAIR (LUX), who briefly led on the last lap, had to settle for fourth. And there were some significant big names just behind – Katie Zaferes (USA) boosted her Olympic qualifying hopes with fifth, Taylor Knibb (USA) produced a superb display against the odds for sixth, with Cagliari winner Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) seventh.

SWIM – Just two days before KNIBB was an impressive fourth in the US National Time Trial Championship but she collected a 10-second penalty before this event even started after she missed the race briefing as she was flying in from Tennessee. But she reacted in the best way possible, out of the water in third just fractions behind VITTORIA LOPES (BRA) and LENA MEISNER (GER). She had to serve the penalty before the bike leg but a sprint to the transition area meant she was still able to exit in the front group. Most of the main contenders were in there, but not POTTER who had those 34 seconds to make up.

BIKE– The bike leg too was all about KNIBB. She led the 21-strong group at the end of the first of six laps and then produced her customary power-packed burst to surge clear, with RAPPAPORT the only one able to go with her. They’d opened up a 10-seconds gap at the end of lap two and though it held fairly steady, their advantage was 15 seconds at the bell. By the time they reached T2 they had 13 seconds to play with on the run, with ZSANETT BRAGMAYER (HUN) leading the big chase pack.

RUN – It was RAPPAPORT who was out of T2 first and she quickly put a gap between herself and the rest. At the same time BRAGMAYER had moved onto the shoulder of KRIBB and in behind things were starting to close up. LEHAIR was the big mover, so much so that she cut through the field and past RAPPAPORT but her lead didn’t last long and for most of the second and last lap it was PERIAULT, POTTER and RAPPAPORT who had it between them, with the Scot in front where it really mattered. Afterwards she said: “I didn’t have a great swim today but I made sure I stayed really cool and calm – and then worked really hard on the first two laps on the bike. “I had a bit of a niggle going into Cagliari last time so I think that’s why I was a little bit off there so to come here and do that makes me really happy. It’s given me a confidence boost going into the next one.”

WTCS Montreal 2023 results – Saturday 24 June 2023 – 750m / 20km / 5km

Elite Women

Beth Potter (GBR) – 58:10
Leonie Periault (FRA) – 58:12
Summer Rappaport (USA) – 58:19
Jeanne Lehair (LUX) – 58:28
Katie Zaferes (USA) – 58:33
Taylor Knibb (USA) – 58:36
Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) – 58:45
Zsanett Bragmayer (HUN) – 58:46
Taylor Spivey (USA) – 58:51
Maria Carolina Velasquez Soto (COL) – 58:54

WTCS Standings after Montreal (Race 4)

Taylor Spivey (USA) – 2401pts
Summer Rappaport (USA) – 2357pts
Georgia Taylor-Brown (GBR) – 2348pts
Jeanne Lehair (LUX) – 2237pts
Beth Potter (GBR) – 2177pts

OLYMPIC SPRINTER DELLA PASCOE DIES AGED 74 – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN in 1968, DELLA 2nd from left.

Two-time Olympian and former British 100m record-holder was one of Britain’s finest female sprinters in the late 1960s and early 1970s. DELLA PASCOE, who competed in the sprints at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics for Britain, has died aged 74. The former British 100m record-holder, who was married to fellow Olympian ALAN PASCOE, passed away peacefully on Thursday (June 22) after suffering from Parkinson’s Disease in recent years. Born in Southsea on March 28, 1949, as DELLA JAMES, she enjoyed great success as a teenage athlete, winning AAA under-17 titles at 100 and 220 yards in 1965, whereas at the English Schools Championships she took 150 yards gold at Watford in 1965, 100 yards gold in Blackburn in 1966 and English Schools 220 yards gold in Peterborough in 1967. Aged just 19 and competing for London Olympiades, she went to the Mexico Olympics in 1968 where she reached the semi-finals in the 100m. In the quarter-final, though, she tied Dorothy Hyman’s hand-timed UK 100m record of 11.3. In the same year she was also part of a world record-breaking squad in the 4x200m when she combined with MAUREEN TRANTER, JANET SIMPSON and VAL PEAT to clock (1:33.8) at Crystal Palace – a mark that took the mighty East Germans several years to beat.

With PBs of (11.36) for 100m and (23.5) for 200m, she was one of Britain’s best sprinters of the era and went on to represent England in the 100m and 200m at the Commonwealth Games in 1970 in Edinburgh. When it came to national titles she was crowned Women’s AAA indoor 60m champion in 1967 and took indoor 200m gold in 1969, whereas outdoors she won the Women’s AAA 100m title in 1972 in (11.86). In all she won 12 medals at the Women’s AAA Championships. At the 1972 Munich Olympics she was knocked out in the quarter-finals of the 200m but teamed up with ANDREA LYNCH, JUDY VERNON and ANITA NEIL to finish seventh in the 4x100m final in a UK record of (43.71). There was disappointment in 1973, though, when she was controversially overlooked for the 1974. Commonwealth Games team despite finishing top three in the 100m and 200m at the trials. Amid suspicions that she was penalised for being married to ALAN PASCOE, who was building a reputation as an outspoken voice of the athletes, she wasn’t even picked for the relay and decided to retire from the sport.

The PASCOES met as teenagers when ALAN joined the coaching group of DELLA’S father, DOUG JAMES. “ALAN and I met at the running track in Portsmouth,” she told AW in 2017. “I had to slow down for him to catch me.” On her father’s coaching, she added: “When I look back now I think we couldn’t have been fitter. He used to have us jumping over walls and in the stadium we’d go running up the steps, jumping over the barriers. It was very hard but we all used to do it all, and we were all really fit. That was the ground rules of his training – the fitness aspect.”

She worked as a creative arts teacher and later became heavily involved in charity work raising hundreds of thousands of pounds, partly through popular garden parties and quiz nights, in addition to having two children, LUCY and DANIEL.

ANDY BUCHART RUNS ‘PARKRUN’ WORLD RECORD OF (13.45) – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Scottish runner takes down ANDY BADDELEY’S long-standing mark at the Silverknowes event in Edinburgh ANDY BADDELEY’S reign as “parkrun world record-holder” came to an end on Saturday (June 24) when ANDY BUCHART improved his mark by three seconds to (13:45) at the Silverknowes parkrun in north-west Edinburgh. Baddeley ran (13:48) at the Bushy Park event in London in August 2012 and it has stood the test of time since. But BUCHART stormed around the Silverknowes course to claim the record. It is a performance that is sure to get more attention than the 5000m at this weekend’s European Team Championships in Poland, where in-form JONNY DAVIES races for Britain. Judging by the huge amount of attention that parkrun performances attract, it could even overshadow BUCHART’S previous achievements on the track.

BADDELEY once won the Dream Mile in Oslo with (3:49.38), but he later became arguably better known for being the long-time parkrun record-holder. World 1500m champion JAKE WIGHTMAN has also joked in the past that people can relate to his parkrun results moreso than his track times. BUCHART has also enjoyed success on the track and among other things was sixth in the Rio Olympic 5000m final in 2016 in (13:08.61). More recently he has stepped up to 10,000m with a Scottish record of (27:36.77) and Silverknowes was his first “race” since finishing first Brit, in 10th, at the Night of the 10,000m PBs in London in (27:47.43).

Parkrun, of course, famously describe their events as a “run” and not a “race” and the distances of parkrun courses are not always exactly 5km and the ground underfoot varies a lot from event to event.

Organisers describe the Silverknowes course as “scenic, flat and run on generally wide footpaths”, adding “as it borders the Firth of Forth, you can be exposed to the elements. The course is designed to be enjoyable, rather than for pure ‘PB’ speed.”

The 31-year-old Central AC athlete, who is married to 800m international LYNSEY SHARP, has also run (62:58) for the half-marathon and has ambitions of moving up to the marathon in coming years.

The fastest parkrun by a woman in the UK is 15:31 by Melissa Courtney-Bryant set last Christmas in Poole.

VINCO – Is a company that broadcast live events, especially athletics. They sent us access to their site whch has videos of past events and upcoming events.This is the ink – https://www.vincosport.com/

AZARIA NWANKWO looking smooth over the Hurdles.

ABIGAIL EDWARDS in the Pole Vault, with another win.

Currently we have 2 athletes who have achieved qualification standards – ZHARNEL HUGHES 200m (20.07 w-0.3) and LIZZIE BIRD 3000m Steeplechase (9:07.07)

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Can be found on the SBH website –http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 22 June 2023

Posted on 22/06/202322/06/2023 by sbharriers

Happy Birthday from Thursday 22 June to Wednesday 28 June – Orlando Edwards, Poppy Fenwick-Moore, Tami George, Milo Grigson, Amelie Haffner, Marli Jessop, Chay Joboye, Gavin Marcus, Eavion Richardson, Annina Rive, Eugena Riza, Nadeem Shaikh and Natasha Tanner

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to ISAAC MOORE and UGONNA UKACHUKWU

BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL – Congratulation to BRYAN SMITH who has been awarded the British Empire Medal, in the recent honours list. This is how BRYAN received the notification of his honour – The King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty’s Birthday, to approve the award of the British Empire Medal (Civil Division) to the undermentioned:

The British Empire Medal is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. The current honour was created in 1922 to replace the original medal, which had been established in 1917 as part of the Order of the British Empire.

GEOFF MORPHITIS went to the same school as BRYAN, William Ellis Grammar School, and he sent the following article to the editor of the Old Elysian Journal.

I don’t know if any of you know or have heard of BRYAN SMITH. He is a very good friend of mine. He was at WES from 1950 to 1956, he came from St Augustine’s Primary School in Maida Vale. He was a very good athlete at School and joined Shaftesbury Harriers.

DL SMITH was the PE teacher at the time when they played Football in the Autumn term and Rugby in the Spring term. He asked BRYAN to coach the U15 Rugby team when the school abandoned Football and played Rugby throughout the winter. It was during his time at WES that LOCKWOOD left as Headmaster and replaced by BAXTER. He qualified as a teacher in Barnet and was secretary of Middlesex County Schools Athletics Association for over 19 years. His wife, JOYCE SMITH, whom he coached, was a very well-known GB distance runner who represented GB&NI at the 1972 Munich Olympics, running the 1500m, where she was British record holder. He founded the Greater London Cross Country League for Women which was the first Women’s Cross Country League in the UK and, as a result, attracted team entries from throughout the UK.

BRYAN was appointed Race Director of the Avon International Marathon in 1980, by the Mayor of London, which was the first ever Women’s Marathon. This was the first time that roads were closed for a London road race. The success of this event led to the first London Marathon in 1981 and the introduction of the Women’s Marathon at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. JOYCE SMITH won the first two Tokyo Marathons in 1979 and 1980 and then the first two London Marathons in 1981 and 1982. Not surprisingly, BRYAN was appointed UK National Coach for Women’s Marathon. BRYAN lives in Watford.

BRYAN joined the then ‘Shaftesbury Harriers’ on the 10 May1954 (yes 70 years next May).At that time we held club matches at the Maccabi Stadium, Hendon which was knocked down to make way for the M1. We moved to our present home at Copthall Stadium which opened in 1964 for the English Schools and was later converted to an all-weather surface in 1976. In 1983 we built a Clubhouse, helped by a grant from the Sports Council and with much of the work done voluntarily by our own members. In 2013 following Saracens Rugby Club’s decision to relocate to Copthall, the Stadium has been rebuilt with a new stands, an indoor athletics training area and has been renamed “StoneX Stadium”.
BRYAN was one of the many to see the amalgamation of Barnet Copthall Ladies AC with Shaftesbury Harriers in the autumn of 1986.
In the 1984 New Year Honours list JOYCE SMITH was awarded the MBE for services to athletics. DAVE BEDFORD and GEORGE HARRISON were honoured in the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours List. DAVE was awarded the OBE for services to athletics and charitable fundraising, and GEORGE the MBE for services to athletics.

EUROPEAN U23 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to CHARLES HICKS (5000m), HENRY MCLUCKIE (5000m) and ALANNA FASHANU (4x100m Relay) who have been selected for the GB&NI team. The championships take place on the 13-16 July as Espoo, Finland.

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to EMILY NEWNHAM who lowered her own Under 20 400m Hurdles record with a time of (57.54) when winning the England U20 Title at Chelmsford on 17 June. Her previous time was (57.64) at Manchester on 1 May 2023.

RESULTS
ENGLAND ATHLETICS U23 AND U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS AND U20 OPEN – Took place at Chelmsford on 17-18 June.

100m – U20M H2 EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA U20 1st (11.00 w-1.7), H3 EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (10.75 w-2.2) in Semi-Final 1 EMMANUEL finished 4th (SB 10.78 w-0.9) taking .15 of a second off his 31 May time, in Semi-Final 2 EBUKA finished 2nd (10.77 w-1.8), in the Final EBUKA won the Silver Medal (10.64 w-1.4), EMMANUEL finished 4th (10.85 w-1.4)
100m – U23W H1 HANNAH FOSTER U23 5th (12.15 w-1.5) in the Final HANNAH finished 7th (12.02 w0.5)
200m – U23M H4 MATTHEW OHIOZE U23 7th (23.02 w-0.9)
200m – U20W H1 NIAH AKINTOKUN U23 5th (25.54 w-1.1)
200m – U23W H2 HANNAH FOSTER U23 3rd (SB 24.58 w-0.3) taking .25 of a second off her 11 June time, in the Final HANNAH finished 7th (24.87 w-2.5)
400m – U20W H3 CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 7th (58.50)
800m – U20W H1 EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 9th (2:27.94)
800m – U23M H1 LUCA STUBBS U23 6th (1:56.70)
1500m – U23M H1 THOMAS PATRICK U23 4th (3:50.80) in the Final THOMAS finished 5th (3:46.27)
3000m – U20M Straight Final HENRY DOVER U20 7th (SB 8:55.49)
100m Hurdles – U20W H2 AZARIA NWANKWO U20 4th (15.02 w-0.4)
100m Hurdles – U23W H1 MARLI JESSOP U23 2nd (13.95 w-3.0), H2 LILY HOLT U23 7th (14.69 w-2.1) in the Final MARLI won the Bronze Medal (13.79 w-2.0)
110m Hurdles – U20M H2 RUBEN HEDMAN U20 1st (PB 13.85 w-1.5) taking .26 of a second off his 13 May time, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2023, JOSEPH PURBRICKU20 2nd (PB 13.87 w-1.5) taking .14 of a second off his 30 April time, and is ranked UK No.3 U20 in 2023, in the Final JOSEPH won the Silver Medal (14.01 w-2.8), RUBEN won the Bronze Medal (14.04 w-2.8)
400m Hurdles – U20W H1 EMILY NEWNHAM U20 1st (61.01) in the Final EMILY won the Gold Medal (PB 57.54) taking .10 of a second off her 1 May time, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2023
400m Hurdles – U23M Straight Final JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 4th (PB 55.12) equalling his 1 May time, and is ranked UK No.9 U23 in 2023
400m Hurdles – U23W H2 OLIVIA ALBUT U23 3rd (PB 62.01) taking 2.49 seconds off her 14 May time, in the Final OLIVIA finished 4th (PB 60.92) taking .09 of a second off her H2 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2023
3000m Steeplechase – U23M Straight Final KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 won the Bronze Medal (9:01.04)
3000m Steeplechase – U23W Straight Final AMELIA WILLS U23 (2nd Claim) won the Bronze Medal (10:53.01)
High Jump – U20M Straight Final KIMANI JACK U20 won the Silver Medal (2.09m)
High Jump – U23W Straight Final LILY HOLT U23 won the Silver Medal (1.66m)
Long Jump – U23M Straight Final JOSH WOODS U23 finished 5th (6.72m w2.1)
Triple Jump – U20W Straight Final RUTH-ANN OTARUOH U20 (HCA) finished 7th (11.92m w0.9)
Triple Jump – U23M Straight Final JOSH WOODS U23 finished 5th (14.45m w1.5)
Shot 6kg – U20M Straight Final ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) finished 5th (PB 14.79m) adding 29cm to his 15 April throw, and is ranked UK No.10 U20 in 2023
Discus 1.75kg – U20M Straight Final PHARELL HAREWOOD U20 finished 4th (PB 47.41m) adding 14cm to his 6 June throw, and is ranked UK No.7 U20 in 2023
Discus 1kg – U23W Straight Final ALEXANDRA BALTAZAR-HALL U23 finished 5th (43.03m)
Hammer 4kg – U20W Straight Final GRACIE JENVEY U20 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (PB 48.67m) adding 50cm to her 12 June throw, and is ranked UK No.5 U20 in 2023
Hammer 7.26kg – U23M Straight Final OLIVER GRAHAM U23 won the Silver Medal (60.97m)

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP 1B – Took place at Eton on 11 June.
Match Result – 1st Harrow (531.68 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (438.68), 3rd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (419.18), 4th Glasgow Jaguars (364.43), 5th SB (346.93), 6th Newham & Essex Beagles (341.93), 7th Notts (265.18), 8th Crawley (252)
The results are now on the PO10, athletes shown are those who achieved a season or personal best performance.

For a match which saw gloriously calm conditions at one stage during the afternoon, the day ended under a literal raincloud. The National Athletics League Premiership was abandoned with the relays and a host of field events yet to be completed as thunder, lightning, and torrential rain brought the opening match to a halt. The men’s 3,000m was the final event to take place on the track, whilst the women’s pole vault, men’s javelin, and men’s high jump were abandoned with the scorecards only half finished.

200m – SW A HANNAH FOSTER U23 6th (SB 24.83 w1.1) taking .27 of a second off her 14 May time, B ANNA ROSE U20 5th (SB 25.60 w2.1) ) taking .20 of a second off her 28 May time
400m – SM A SAM HAZELL 6th (SB 48.77) ) taking .68 of a second off his 29 May time
400m – SW A VANESS ANSUAA U23 8th (59.54) ) taking .20 of a second off her 13 May time
3000m – SM A THOMAS BUTLER 2nd (PB 8:24.05) ) taking .42 of a second off his 31 May time
100m Hurdles – SW A MARLI JESSOP U23 1st (SB 13.46 w1.8) ) taking .10 of a second off her 10 May time, and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2023
110m Hurdles – SW A EDSON GOMES 2nd (SB 13.85 w0.8) ) taking .08 of a second off his 27 May time
400m Hurdles – SW A AZARIA NWANKWO U20 6th (PB 73.63) ) taking .0 of a second off her 28 May time
3000m Steeplechase – SM A STEVEN GARRETT 5th (SB 10:58.70)
Pole Vault – SM A ETHAN WALSH 1st (SB 5.02m)
Pole Vault – SW A JADE IVE (HCA) 1st (3.40m), B TRINITY O’CONNOR 2nd (3.30m) competition abandoned due to adverse weather
High Jump – SM A SHANDELL TAYLOR 4th (SB 1.75m)
Long Jump – SW A TANI SONOIKI U20 2nd (SB 5.11m w-1.5)
Triple Jump – SW A TRINITY O’CONNOR U23 8th (SB 9.55m w-1.0), B LYDIA ROGERS 6th (SB 8.80m w-0.9)
Shot 7.26kg – SM A GREGORY THOMPSON 2nd (PB 16.39m) adding 6cm to his 2019 put
Shot 4kg – SW A ALEXANDRA BALTAZAR-HALL U23 10th (SB 43.41m)
Discus 1kg – SW A PHILIPPA DAVENALL 6th (PB 43.41m) adding 5.77m to her 2022 throw
Hammer 4kg – SW B AMY CLEMENS 3rd (SB 45.47) adding 1.92m to her 3 June throw
Javelin 800g – SM A MILAN TRAJKOVIC U23 5th (47.95m), B EVAN CAMPBELL U23 9th (36.03m) competition abandoned due to adverse weather
Javelin 600g – SW A JO BLAIR V35 (HCA) 3rd (42.78m), B NAOMI OGUNNIYI U20 7th (PB 21.89m) competition abandoned due to adverse weather

HERTFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Hemel Hempstead on 10 June.
The results are now available on the PO10.
An excellent day for our athletes, with 13 Gold Medals, 6 Silver and 9 Bronze.

100m – U15B H2 LANI JAIYEOLA (Haberdashers School) 7th (PB 12.21 nwr) taking .13 of a second off his 4 June time
100m – U15G H2 AARA KAMARA (Queenswood School) 1st (PB 12.79 nwr) taking .10 of a second off her 4 June time, in the Final AARA won the Bronze Medal (12.83 nwr)
100m – U17M H2 VICTOR PAIUSCO (Haberdashers School) 1st (PB 11.43 nwr) equalling his 4 June time, in the Final VICTOR finished 5th (PB 11.4 nwr) taking .03 of a second off his H2 time
200m – U13B Straight Final BEN BAMISAAIYE (Aldenham School) won the Gold Medal (PB 27.38 nwr) taking .08 of a second off his 14 May time
200m – U15G H1 SHAMMAH ST JOHN (Haberdashers School) 1st (SB 27.5 nwr) taking .72 of a second off her 4 June time, H2 AARA KAMARA (Queenswood School) 2nd (27.4 nwr) in the Final AARA won the Bronze Medal (27.21 nwr), SHAMMAH finished 4th (SB 27.46 nwr) taking .01 of a second off her 2022 time
300m – U15G Straight Final TAYLA ROBINSON (Queenswood School) 4th (PB 45.3) taking 1.12 seconds off her 7 May time
300m – U17W H2 MIA HIGSON (St Michael’s Catholic High School) 3rd (43.97) in the Final MIA won the Gold Medal (41.91)
800m – U17M Straight Final JACOB CLEMENT (Yavneh College) won the Silver Medal (2:01.30), ADAM O’GORMAN (St Michael’s Catholic High School) 4th (PB 2:05.12) taking .01 of a second off his 17 May time, JOE COX (St Michael’s Catholic High School) 7th (PB 2:09.96)
800m – U17W Straight Final DINA SILVERMAN (Haberdashers School) won the Gold Medal (2:21.30)
1500m – U13G Straight Final AIMEE PORTER (Haberdashers School) won the Silver Medal (PB 5:12.67) taking 1.05 seconds off her 31 May time
1500m – U15B Straight Final CALEB HILTON (Townsend School) 6th (4:43.47)
1500m – U17M Straight Final GIANLEO STUBBS (Townsend School) won the Gold Medal (4:06.10), RAFI GAYER (Haberdashers School) won the Bronze Medal (4:20.23), JORDAN PEARLMAN (Haberdashers School) 6th (4:26.09)
1500m – U20M Straight Final MAX WINFIELD (St Georges School) won the Gold Medal (SB 4:14.52) taking 2.15 seconds off his 28 May time
3000m – U20M Straight Final SAMUEL GREENSTEIN (Haberdashers School) won the Gold Medal (8:56.81)
80m Hurdles – U15B H1 RIAN SHAH (Dame Alice Owen School) 1st (12.51 nwr), JIMI ADU (Haberdashers School) 7th (PB 13.34 nwr) taking .28 of a second off his 8 April time, H2 HARRY WEBB (The Hemel Hempstead School) 1st (11.68 nwr), in the Final HARRY won the Gold Medal (11.82 nwr), RIAN finished 6th (12.39 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U17W H1 NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG (Loreto College) 1st (12.20 nwr), EVA HIGSON (St Michael’s Catholic High School) 2nd (PB 12.96 nwr) taking .08 of a second off her 21 May time, in the Final NIA won the Gold Medal (11.77 nwr), EVA finished 4th (PB 12.67 nwr) taking .29 of a second off her H1 time
100m Hurdles – U20W Straight Final ALINA COFIE (Aldenham School) won the Silver Medal (14.62 nwr)
300m Hurdles – U17W Straight Final EVA HIGSON (St Michael’s Catholic High School) won the Silver Medal (PB 52.67) taking 5.18 seconds off her 30 April time
High Jump – U15B Straight Final RIAN SHAH (Dame Alice Owen School) won the Silver Medal (SB 1.67m) adding 1cm to his 23 April height
High Jump – U17M Straight Final JORDAN NGIGE (St Michael’s Catholic High School) won the Bronze Medal (1.78m), JOE COX (St Michael’s Catholic High School) finished 6th (PB 1.60m) adding 5cm to his 21 May height
High Jump – U20W Straight Final REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY (Queens School) won the Gold Medal (PB 1.72m) adding 6cm to her 18 March height, and is ranked UK No.6 U20 in 2023
Pole Vault – U15B Straight Final ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH (St Clement Danes School) won the Silver Medal (PB 3.20m) adding 20cm to his 7 May height, and is ranked UK No.6 U15 in 2023
Pole Vault – U17M Straight Final ANGUS BROWN (Dame Alice Owen School) won the Gold Medal (3.90m)
Pole Vault – U17W Straight Final ABIGAIL EDWARDS (St Clement Danes School) won the Silver Medal (3.00m)
Long Jump – U13B Straight Final BEN BAMISAAIYE (Aldenham School) finished 6th (4.12 nwr)
Long Jump – U15B Straight Final LANI JAIYEOLA (Haberdashers School) finished 10th (4.91 nwr)
Shot 4kg – U15B Straight Final CHU ONONOGBU (Haberdashers School) won the Bronze Medal (11.09m), MILO RYNEHART (Haberdashers School) finished 6th (10.51m)
Discus 1kg – U17W Straight Final GEORGINA CHRISTOPHOROU (Roundwood Park School) won the Bronze Medal (PB 26.76m) adding 2.52m to her 2022 throw
Discus 1.25kg – U15B Straight Final CHU ONONOGBU (Haberdashers School) won the Gold Medal (PB 43.30m) adding 3.94 to his 23 April throw, and is ranked UK No.1 U15 in 2023, HARRY WEBB (The Hemel Hempstead School) finished 4th (SB 27.20m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M Straight Final BRIAN ANENE (St Michael’s Catholic High School) finished 6th (33.07m)
Discus 1.75kg – U20M Straight Final GABE LAMB (St Clement Danes School) won the Gold Medal (PB 43.08m) adding 33m to his 2022 put
Hammer 4kg – U15B Straight Final MILO RYNEHART (Haberdashers School) won the Bronze Medal (PB 38.54m) adding 2.40m to his 4 June throw
Javelin 600g – U15B Straight Final ALBERT TAYLOR (Dame Alice Owen School) finished 10th (PB 28.97m) adding 1.92m to his 4 June throw
Javelin 700g – U17M Straight Final FRED TAYLOR (Dame Alice Owen School) finished 13th (PB 33.56m) adding 13cm to his 4 June throw

MIDDLESEX SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 10 June.
The results are now available on the PO10. Season and personal bests, wind speeds added. Also names changes/added.

100m – U15G H1 ANGEL MCLEOD (Christ’s College Finchley School) finished 1st (SB 12.43 w-0.6) taking .05 of a second off her 7 May time, H3 MOIESHA SAVAGE (No School Shown) finished 1st (PB 12.58 w2.6) taking .08 of a second off her 4 June time, in the Final ANGEL won the Gold Medal (SB 12.43 w-0.6) equalling her H1 time, MOIESHA won the Silver Medal (12.61 w-0.6)
100m – U17M H1 NATHAN FERNANDES (Finchley Catholic High School) finished 2nd (11.34 w0.2), in the Final NATHAN won the Bronze Medal (11.29 w0.1)
100m – U17W H1 TAMI GEORGE (St Michael’s School) finished 1st (12.45 w3.5), POPPY FENWICK-MOORE (Mill Hill County School) finished 4th (PB 13.57 w3.5) taking .25 of a second off her 21 May time, H2 ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA (Mill Hill County School) finished 1st (PB 12.88 w-0.1) taking .05 of a second off her 4 June time, in the Final TAMI won the Gold Medal (12.26 3.5), ONYEBUCHI finished 4th (PB 12.85 3.5) taking .03 of a second off her H2 time, POPPY finished 8th (PB 13.43 3.5) taking .14 of a second off her H1 time
200m – U15B H1 HARRY PINCHERLIE (Mill Hill County School) finished 3rd (24.19 w1.8), H3 ANTON COHEN (Hendon School) finished 2nd (PB 24.45 w1.9) taking .37 of a second off his 21 May time, in the Final HARRY finished 5th (PB 24.01 w-0.1) taking .17 of a second off his 21 May time, ANTON Y finished 7th (24.64 w-0.1)
200m – U17M H1 REUBEN CARDOSO (Finchley Catholic High School) finished 1st (PB 23.36 w0.8) taking .27 of a second off his 30 April time, H2 JAIAN SAUNDERS (Wren School 2nd Claim) finished 1st (PB 22.90 w1.3) taking .17 of a second off his 14 May time, BRANDON KUFAZVINEI (Whitefields School) finished 4th (SB 23.23 w1.3) taking .06 of a second off his 14 May time, in the Final JAIAN won the Gold Medal (PB 22.82 w1.0) taking .08 of a second off his H2 time, BRANDON won the Silver Medal (SB 23.12 w1.0) taking .11 of a second off his H2 time, RUEBEN finished 5th (23.59 w1.0)
200m – U17W H1 MAKAYLA BRAY ALOIE (Ark School) finished 2nd (25.95 w1.1), in the Final MAKAYLA won the Bronze Medal (26.29 w0.4)
300m – U15B H2 SETH RENNIE-RODDY (Compton School) finished 1st (PB 38.88) taking 1.47 seconds off his 13 May, in the Final SETH won the Silver Medal (39.64)
300m – U15G H1 ELLA BUCKLEY (Ashmole School 2nd Claim) finished 1st (PB 42.11) taking .72 of a second off her 7 May time, in the Final ELLA won the Gold Medal (42.5)
300m – U17W Straight Final ADANNA MAZINWOSU (Mill Hill School) won the Gold Medal (PB 42.10) taking .59 of a second off her 30 April time, OLIVE HARVEY-DEW (Archer School) finished 4th (SB 44.96) taking .31 of a second off her 21 May time
400m – U17M H1 JADEN AULIS (Finchley Catholic High School) finished 1st (PB 54.19) taking .32 of a second off his 16 April time, H2 ZICO JONES (Latymer School) finished 1st (52.22) in the Final ZICO won the Gold Medal (51.63), JADEN finished 4th (54.92)
400m – U20W Straight Final CHARLOTTE HARRIS (Mill Hill School 2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (PB 56.89) taking 1.88 seconds off her 28 May time, LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL (King Alfred School) won the Silver Medal (61.51)
800m – U15B H1 LEON BISS (Hendon School) finished 2nd (2:12.42), H2 EUAN PHILLIPS (Finchley Catholic High School) finished 1st (2:12.65) in the Final EUAN won the Silver Medal (2:12.97), LEON won the Bronze Medal (2:14.95)
800m – U15G H1 ELIZABETH OTHULO (Archer School) finished 3rd (2:40.73), MEGAN HAMMOND (Wren School) finished 7th (2:45.43)
800m – U17M H1 LEO RONCARATI (Wren Academy) finished 1st (2:06.76), AUSTIN WARD (Finchley Catholic High School) finished 8th (SB 2:19.27)
800m – U17W Straight Final LARISSA WILSON (Fortismere School) won the Gold Medal (2:14.58), MYA MAIRS-INGRAM (Wren Academy) won the Silver Medal (2:15.42), EMMA MCCLUSKEY (Mill Hill School 2nd Claim) finished 5th (2:23.15)
1500m – U15B Straight Final ARTHUR PHILLIPS (Compton School) won the Gold Medal (4:23.82)
1500m – U15G Straight Final POSIE SHAW (HS School) won the Gold Medal (4:53.39), AMBER JACKSON (Archer School) finished 7th (5:39.58)
1500m – U17W Straight Final EDIE WOODINGS (Mill Hill School) won the Bronze Medal (4:56.33)
1500m – U20M Straight Final NOAH CLARKE (2nd Claim) finished 8th (4:36.83), CALLUM SYDENHAM (2nd Claim) finished 12th (4:48.52)
75m Hurdles – U15G H2 EVA COPELAND (Wren Academy) 3rd (PB 14.81 w3.6) taking .19 of a second off her 4 June time, in the Final EVA finished 7th (PB 14.00 nwr) taking .81 of a second off her H2 time
100m Hurdles – U17M Straight Final OSCAR RONCARATI (Wren Academy) won the Bronze Medal (PB 15.28 w2.0) taking .35 of a second off his 21 May time
300m Hurdles – U17W Straight Final MACIE SUTHERLAND (Henrietta Barnet School) won the Gold Medal (PB 47.87) taking .93 of a second off her 28 May time
High Jump – U15B Straight Final LEON BISS (Hendon School) finished 8th (PB 1.45m) equalling his 7 May height
High Jump – U17W Straight Final MACIE SUTHERLAND (Henrietta Barnet School) won the Bronze Medal (1.40m)
Long Jump – U15B Straight Final HARRY PINCHERLE (Mill Hill School) won the Silver Medal (PB 5.66m nwr) adding 29cm to his 14 May jump
Long Jump – U15G Straight Final ELLA BUCKLEY (Ashmole School 2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (SB 4.76m nwr) adding 5cm to his 14 May jump
Long Jump – U17M Straight Final CAMERON KNIGHT (Harrow Boys School) won the Silver Medal (PB 5.94m nwr) adding 10cm to his 2022 jump, REUBEN CARDOSO (Finchley Catholic High School) finished 7th (4.96m nwr)
Long Jump – U17W Straight Final MAKAYLA BRAY ALOIE (Ark School) won the Silver Medal (4.75m nwr), POPPY FENWICK-MOORE (Mill Hill School) finished 4th (PB 4.36m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17W Straight Final TAMI GEORGE (St Michael’s School) won the Silver Medal (PB 10.15m nwr) adding 11cm to her 4 June jump
Shot 5kg – U17M Straight Final BRANDON KUVAZVINEI (Whitefields School) finished 11th (8.70m)

BMC REGIONAL RACES (MICK MARLOW MEMORIAL) – Took place at Bracknell on 21 June.
3000m – Mens A HENRY MCLUCKIE U23 1st (8:05.48)

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Wormwood Scrubs on 21 June.
800m – Mens B GILAD NACHSHEN U23 6th (SB 2:00.71) taking 6.28 seconds off his 19 April time
800m – Mixed E MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 2nd (2:13.98), EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim ) 7th (2:25.11)
1500m – Mixed B JACOB CLEMENT U17 1st (PB 4:10.66) taking 4.16 seconds off his 31 May time, JONATHAN BOARDMAN U23 11th (4:38.55)

KETTERING TOWN OPEN MEETING – Took place at Kettering on 20 June.
100m – SX 8 JULIAN PRIEST U23 3rd (SB 11.44 w-0.3)
400m – SX 1 SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD U20 2nd (PB 57.90) taking .80 of a second off her 2021 time

SCOTTISH NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE – Took place at Grangemouth on 18 June.
100m – SM 2 BEN MCGUIRE 1st (11.27 w0.0)
200m – SM 1 BEN MCGUIRE 5th (22.73 w-0.7)
Long Jump – SW 1 SELINA HENDERSON 4th (5.27m w3.0)

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE DIVISION 1 – Took place at Eton on 18 June.
Discus 1kg – SW A AMY HOLDER (2nd Claim) 1st (50.78m)

MEETING INTERNACIONAL PRUEBAS COMBINADAS – Took place at Arona, Spain on 17-18 June.
Decathlon – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 8th (7253 points) – 100m (11.01 w1.5), 400m (PB 49.62) taking .39 of a second off his 12 May time, 1500m (PB 4:38.83) taking .89 of a second off his 2022 time, 110m Hurdles (15.09 w0.8), High Jump (1.72m), Pole Vault (4.30m), Long Jump (6.97m w-0.1), Shot 7.26kg (13.82m), Discus 2kg (37.82m), Javelin 800g (PB 52.82m) adding 41cm to his 13 May throw.

MEETING NIKAIA – Took place at Nice, France on 17 June.
Shot 7.26kg – SM SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 1st (20.53m)

TRACK NIGHT VIENNA – Took place at Vienna, Austria on 17 June.
3000m Steeplechase – SM MARK PEARCE 6th (8:40.56)

JAAA BUDAPEST QUEST 2023 SERIES – Took place at Kingston, Jamaica on 17 June.
100m – SM 1 ZHARNEL HUGHES 1st (10.00 w-0.9)

HORST MANDL MEMORIAL – Took place at Graz, Austria on 16 June.
100m – SM H1 KRISHAWN AIKEN 4th (SB 10.49 w-0.7) equalling his 7 May time, in the final race KRISHAWN finished 5th equal (SB 10.44 w0.1) taking .05 of a second off his H1 time
200m – SM 1 KRISHAWN AIKEN 3rd (SB 21.17 w-0.2) taking .21 of a second off his 27 May time

LONDON HEATHSIDE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Finsbury Park on 15 June.
1500m – SX 2 LIAM GARRETT U23 (2nd Claim) 1st (3:56.93)

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 14 June.
800m – SX 2 ETHAN MOSS U13 6th (PB 2:31.57), MEGAN HAMMOND U15 13th (PB 2:38.20) taking .14 of a second off her 21 May time, 3 AIMEE PORTER U13 9th (2:36.24), ZACK JOSEPHS U15 10th (PB 2:40.26) taking 2.04 seconds off his 2022 time, 4 AMITAI BLOOM U15 3rd (PB 2:20.31) taking 3.22 seconds off his 17 May time, 5 EDWARD PASCAL U13 8th (PB 2:22.23) taking 3.28 seconds off his 7 May time, LADDIE SHAW U15 9th (PB 2:22.68) taking 4.57 seconds off his 7 May time, JESSIE ABRAHAMS U15 10th (PB 2:23.65) taking 10.98 seconds off his 2022 time, 6 POSIE SHAW U15 9th (PB 2:17.89) taking 4.68 seconds off her 2022 time, 7 YEDIDYA MAXWELL U15 5th (PB 2:14.47) taking 1.62 seconds off his 21 May time, SCARLETT KENT U23 7th (PB 2:14.95) taking 3.13 seconds off her 2022 time, DINA SILVERMAN U17 12th (2:18.77), 8 TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U17 3rd (PB 2:12.06) taking 4.93 seconds off his 17 May time, MYA MAIR-INGRAM U17 5th (PB 2:12.30) taking 2.06 seconds off her 17 May time, CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 8th (PB 2:12.72) taking 2.76 seconds off her 3 June time, CALEB HILTON U15 10th (PB 2:15.19) taking 4.01 seconds off his 23 April time, EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 12th (2:18.55), 9 ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 3rd (PB 2:06.43) taking 7.75 seconds off his 7 May time, LARISSA WILSON U17 10th (PB 2:12.56) taking .64 of a second off her 20 May time, 10 JOSIAH WILLIAMS-OLIVIERRE U20 4th (PB 2:04.14) taking 4.62 seconds off his 10 May time, EUAN PHILLIPS U15 6th (PB 2:05.90) taking 1.70 seconds off his 17 May time, PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS U17 8th (PB 2:06.77) taking 8.93 seconds off his 2022 time, RAPHAEL AARON U20 13th (PB 2:10.54) taking .02 of a second off his 2022 time, 11 RAFI GAYER U17 3rd (PB 2:02.65) taking 2.76 seconds off his 30 April time, SPIKE BLAKE U20 9th (PB 2:05.65) taking 1.32 seconds off his 2022 time, NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 11th (PB 2:07.26) taking .84 of a second off his 17 May time, 12 ADAM O’GORMAN U17 5th (PB 2:01.32) taking 3.81 seconds off his 17 May time, JONATHAN BOARDMAN U23 8th (2:03.18), 13 BENJAMIN GOSTICK U20 1st (PB 1:56.25), JOSHUA FISHER U20 2nd (PB 1:57.17) taking 2.50 seconds off his 10 May time, JACOB CLEMENT U17 7th (PB 1:58.69) taking 1.62 seconds off his 28 May time, ALEX WOOD U20 9th (PB 1:59.07) taking 4.18 seconds off his 17 May time, 14 LEO RONCARATI U20 5th (PB 1:57.85) taking 1.84 seconds off his 2022 time, 15 DANIEL BANYARD U20 2nd (PB 1:56.03) taking 2.49 seconds off his 17 May time
3000m – SX 2 JORDAN PEARLMAN U17 20th (PB 9:15.40) taking 13.51 seconds off his 19 April time

CAMBRIDGE OPEN MEETING – Took place at St Ives on 14 June.
Mile – SX 1 JEREMY DEMPSEY 1st (PB 3:59.28) taking 1.92 seconds off his 15 April time, and is ranked UK No.6 in 2023

WORTHING TRACK NIGHT – Took place at Worthing on 13 June.
100m – SM 1A JORDAN WATSON-BROWN 1st (SB 10.42 w2.6) taking .01 of a second off his 13 June time, JAMAL RHODEN-STEVENS 3rd (SB 10.55 w2.6) taking .02 of a second off his 29 May time, 2A JORDAN finished 1st (10.43 w1.6), JAMAL finished 3rd (10.60 w1.6)

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,119 events – 170,067 walkers, joggers and runners – 24,381 volunteers – 7,953 first-timers – 23,967 PBs

PARKRUNS SNIPPET – In 2017, then 83-year-old MARGARET SMITH from Brueton parkrun became the oldest woman in parkrun history to join the 250 milestone club. Now having completed over 400 parkruns, she encourages other older people to join the parkrun family to tackle loneliness

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 17 June.
PAUL LEWIS V50 2nd (20.03) this was his 172nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Black Park on 17 June.
KEVIN WALDEN V40 8th (19.16) this was his 18th Parkrun, TIM PARKIN V45 39th (22.13) this was his 2nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 17 June.
LENARD MICHEL V50 17th (23.33) this was his 98th Parkrun , SHONA MICHEL V50 76th (30.49) this was her 90th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 17 June.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 390th (44.10) this was his 293rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lancing Beach Green on 17 June.
DANIEL NICHOLS V40 3rd (17.49) this was his 44th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lake Claremont, Perth, Australia on 17 June.
STUART MOORE V60 45th (28.12) this was his 195th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 17 June.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 90th (25.23) this was his 146th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 17 June.
STUART SINGER V60 28th (22.17) this was his 380th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 62nd (24.10) this was his 231st Parkrun, ANDREW HOLMES V55 177th (30.15) this was his 60th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pymmes on 17 June.
EMILY HATHAWAY U23 3rd (PB 18.42) this was her 30th Parkrun, FINN MACCARTHY U23 5th (19.53) this was his 78th Parkrun, PAUL MACCARTHY V55 7th (PB 19.56) this was his 222nd Parkrun, TIM UNDERHILL V55 12th (21.11) this was his 99th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sharpham Road Playing Fields on 17 June.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 85th (39.32) this was his 267th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Worthing on 17 June.
NICOLA PAYNE 18th (19.00) this was her 70th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 22 JUNE UNTIL WEDNESDAY 19 JULY – The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The third fixture of four takes place on Saturday 24 June at Finsbury Park Athletics Track, Hornsey Gate, Endymlon Road (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 22 June as the declarations have to be in on Friday 23 June.

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH – The third fixture of four takes place on Sunday 25 June at Norman Park, Hayes Lane, Bromley (Satnav BR2 9EF).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – UK YDL UAG 2023 Timetable
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 28 June at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 100m, 19.15pm Long Jump, 19.25pm 1500m no times over 5minute 30 seconds, 21.05pm 3000m no times over 11.00 minutes, no Under 13s
Is not open on roster athletics, this is the link, please check as entries may be open before next weeks Newsletter – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?page=0&cc=GBR&from=2023-04-16&to=2023-05-31
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE – The second of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 9 July at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to the timetable –
Link to enter, then put 439 in the filter box – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 2 July, No Entries On The Day

LEE VALLEY 2023 OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Opentrack, this is the link to enter the 1 April Open Meeting now on Opentrack – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/athletics-competitions
The following fixtures will be available to enter on Opentrack, in the coming weeks.
5 July – Double 100m Meeting (Open to enter)
19 July – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting (Open to enter)
2 August – Double Sprint Hurdles
16 August – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
30 August – Double 100m Meeting
September – Autumn Throws Fest

WATFORD 2023 OPEN MEETING OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Roster Athletics
Wednesday 12 July – 7.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 26 July – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 9 August – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 23 August – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds
Wednesday 6 September – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 100m, 7.40pm 800m, 9.05pm 3000m No under 13

EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS: WHO, WHAT AND WHEN GUIDE – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Poland will be the epicentre of athletics this week with FEMKE BOL, YAROSLAVA MAHUCHIKH and MILTOS TENTOGLOU among those in action. All eyes will be on the Slaski Stadium in Chorzów, Poland, this week with the venue playing host to the European Team Championships. Altogether there are 47 nations battling for honours in three divisions of the competition. For athletics enthusiasts it will provide a six-day feast of track and field. The event takes place in conjunction with the third edition of the European Games and divisions two and three of the athletics action will unfold on June 20-22 with the division one match on June 23-25.

Here are the teams:

First division: Poland, Great Britain, Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, Finland, Belgium, Turkey, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Sweden, Norway, Portugal

Second division: Denmark, Ukraine, Romania, Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Latvia, Croatia, Iceland, Serbia, Cyprus, Moldova, Luxembourg

Third division: Ireland, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Malta, Montenegro, Georgia, Armenia, Andorra, North Macedonia, San Marino, Albania, AASSE (Athletic Association of Small States of Europe), Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Austria, Israel

How to watch – For UK viewers the BBC is planning to show the action whereas you can also see it streamed live here, but look out for news, interviews and updates on the AW website and social media channels, especially the progress of the British team in the division one match. You can view the timetable and results here.

History – The event has a rich heritage and its forerunner – the European, or Europa, Cup – dates back to 1965 with Britain winning the men’s “Super League” title at Gateshead in 1989 and 2000, Munich in 1997, St Petersburg in 1998 and Annecy in 2002 and 2008. At the 1989 event in Gateshead, for example, many of Britain’s top stars at the time competed and the winners included LINFORD CHRISTIE, COLIN JACKSON, JOHN REGIS, TOM MCKEAN, STEVE BACKLEY, KRISS AKABUSI and DALTON GRANT, with the reward of qualification for the IAAF World Cup.

In 2009 the meeting was reinvented as the “European Team Championships” with male and female athletes now in the same squad and competing at the same venue. There were also controversial rules such as field eventers only being allowed a limited number of attempts and an elimination (or devil-takes-the-hindmost) element in distance races, but the ideas were criticised and subsequently dropped). Originally the new European Team Champs was in the form of four leagues, too, but there are now just three divisions. The most recent three editions of the event have been held in Poland – in Bydgoszcz in 2019 and Chorzów in 2021 and now 2023 – with the host nation taking advantage of home support by winning twice on the trot and now going for a hat-trick this week if they can triumph in the first division match.

Athletes in action – FEMKE BOL has been in brilliant form this summer already and represents the newly-promoted top division team, the Netherlands. MILTOS TENTOGLOU is another European champion in action and the Greek long jumper will be up against Italy’s MATTIA FURLANI and Switzerland’s SIMON EHAMMER this week. Hosts Poland have two of their individual European champions from Munich last year in action in the shape of sprint hurdler PIA SKRZYSZOWSKA and hammer thrower WOJCIECHI NOWICKI. Germany is traditionally strong in the throws and has won the overall title five times since 2009. Their squad includes, for example, javelin thrower JULIAN WBER. YEMAN CRIPPA will be looking for maximum points for Italy and is likely to go in the 5000m. There are some big names in the lower divisions too with high jumper YAROSLAVA MAKUCHIKH and long/triple jumper MARYNA BEKH-ROMANCHUK in the Ukraine team in division two. Triple jumper PEDRO PICHARDO, the Olympic, world and European gold medallist, is part of the Portuguese squad.

Since the event transformed from the European Cup to the European Team Championships, British Athletics has used the meeting as more of an opportunity to blood up and coming talent. The 2023 squad has 11 athletes making their GB & Northern Ireland international senior debut, for example. In comparison, defending champions Poland have named a full-strength team. However there are some experienced campaigners in the GB team such as throwers SCOTT LINCOLN, JADE LALLY and LAWRENCE OKOYE, plus sprinter RICHARD KILTY in the relay squad.

Great Britain & Northern Ireland squad

Men: 100m: Jeremiah Azu; 200m: Adam Clayton; 400m: Alex Haydock-Wilson; 800m: Ben Pattison; 1500m: George Mills; 5000m: Jonathan Davies; 110m hurdles: Josh Zeller; 400m Hurdles: Seamus Derbyshire; 3000m steeplechase: Zak Seddon; Long jump: Jack Roach; Triple jump: Jude Bright-Davies; High jump: William Grimsey; Pole vault: Adam Hague; Shot: Scott Lincoln; Discus: Lawrence Okoye; Hammer: Jake Norris; Javelin: Joe Dunderdale; 4x100m: Jeremiah Azu, Oliver Bromby, Adam Clayton, Richard Kilty and Tommy Ramdhan

Women: 100/200m: Bianca Williams; 400m: Ama Pipi; 800m: Issy Boffey; 1500m: Ellie Baker; 5000m: Hannah Nuttall; 100m hurdles: Abigail Pawlett; 400m hurdles: Lina Nielsen; 3000m steeplechase: Maisie Grice; Long jump: Lucy Hadaway; Triple jump: Georgina Forde-Wells; High jump: Laura Zialor; Pole vault: Jade Ive; Shot: Sarah Omoregie; Discus: Jade Lally; Hammer: Charlotte Payne; Javelin: Bekah Walton; 4x100m: Alyson Bell, Amy Hunt, Imani-Lara Lansiquot, Cassie-Ann Pemberton, Aleeya Sibbons and Bianca Williams

Mixed 4x400m: Charlie Dobson, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Carys McAulay (Nick Dakin, Trafford), Laviai Nielsen, Lina Nielsen, Ama Pipi and Brodie Young

Currently we have 2 athletes who have achieved qualification standards – ZHARNEL HUGHES 200m (20.07 w-0.3) and LIZZIE BIRD 3000m Steeplechase (9:07.07)

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Can be found on the SBH website –http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER

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