Happy Birthday from this Thursday 10 March to Page Fairclough, Hannah Foster, Ashwin Fowkes-Gajan, Amy Goddard, Larissa Giles, Eva Higson, Katie Harris, Cameron Knight, Robert Lightowler, Cecilia Martinez-Nunez, Fellan McGuigan, Naias Morgan, Lina Nielsen, Daniel Nichols, Sophie Rabet and Onaope Sogbesan

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to MATTHEW GILLESPIE and GIULIO SABATINI

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following regarding subscriptions.
Our new year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £15 – but increase to £16 if your EA renewal date is after 1 April 2022. The total is £65 – but increase to £66 if your EA renewal date is after 1 April 2022, and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. I will still be collecting subscriptions for the year to 30 September 2021 from those members who did not pay. Thanks GEOFF

BRITISH MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 5-6 March
There were medals galore, as well as performances which just missed a medal. Top winner was GARY SMITH V50 with 3 medals, firstly he won the 60m Hurdles (8.85), followed by winning the Triple Jump with a personal best (12.11m) ranking him UK No.1, finally a silver medal in the High Jump (1.60m). In 2021 he won the 60m Hurdles, Long Jump and Triple Jump. On becoming a veteran in 2016 GARY competed in the Pentathlon in which he was 2nd in 2016 and 2019, and won the title in 2017. His hurdling has been impressive winning the 60m Hurdles in 2018 and 2019, and 2nd in 2020.
ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 won 2 medals, firstly she won the Pole Vault (2.20m) ranking her UK No.2, then the Triple Jump bronze medal (6.87m). ROSALIND has been a consistent performer since 2014 competing week in, week out. In 2019 ROSALIND tried one of the hardest field events, the Pole Vault, and progressed from (1.50m) in April to (2.20m) in December.
LISA WEBB V55 won the 1500m (5:20.17) ranking her UK No.1, prior to this she had won the 1500m four titles from 2017 to 2020, also winning in 2011 and 2012 as well, from 2013 to 2016 finished 2nd three times and would you believe 4th in 2014.
STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 won the Pole Vault with a seasons best (2.50m) ranking her UK No.1. STACEY joined Shaftesbury in 2021 and this was her first major championships.
NENE HARRISON V40 won the 4kg Shot (10.81m) ranking her UK No.2, she had won the Shot three titles in 2017, 2019 and 2020, also 2nd in 2016 and 2021. On becoming a veteran in 2016 NENE competed in the Heptathlon and won the title in 2016 and 2017, and 2nd in 2018.
SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 won the High Jump bronze medal with a personal best (1.55m) ranking him UK No.4 Equal. SEAN joined Shaftesbury in 2019 and won the silver medal in the 2020 400m (58.61)

60m – W60 H2 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 3rd (10.24), in the Final ROSALIND finished 5th (SB 10.12) taking .05 of a second off her 23 January time, and is ranked UK No.7 V60 in 2022
200m – M50 3 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 finished 6th (SB 26.28) and is ranked UK No.10 V50 in 2022
200m – W60 2 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 finished 5th (SB 36.28) and is ranked UK No.10 V60 in 2022
400m – M50 2 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 finished 4th (SB 58.87) taking .47 of second off his 22 January time, and is ranked UK No.8 V50 in 2022
1500m – W55 Straight Final LISA WEBB V55 won the Gold Medal (SB 5:20.17) and is ranked UK No.1 V55 in 2022
60m Hurdles – M50 Straight Final GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (8.85)
High Jump – M50 Straight Final GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (1.60m), SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 won the Bronze Medal (PB 1.55m) equalling his 2021 height, and is ranked UK No.4 Equal V50 in 2022
Pole Vault – W60 Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 won the Gold Medal (PB 2.20m) equalling her 2019 height, and is ranked UK No.2 V60 in 2022
Long Jump – W60 Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 7th (3.13m)
Triple Jump – M50 Straight Final GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (PB 12.11m) adding 23cm to his 2021 jump, and is ranked UK No.1 V50 in 2022
Triple Jump – W60 Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 won the Bronze Medal (6.87m)
Shot 4kg – W40 Straight Final NENE HARRISON V40 won the Gold Medal (SB 10.81m) and is ranked UK No.2 V40 in 2022

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five takes place on Saturday 5 March at Wormwood Scrubs, This was cancelled due to waterlogged course.

RESULTS
SUTCLIFFE INDOOR 60s MEETING – Took place at Eltham on 6 March
60m – SX 1.4 JOSEPH PURBRICK U20 1st (PB 7.12) taking .02 of a second off his 2 January time, 1.9 KIMANI JACK U20 2nd (PB 7.45), 1.10 BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 4th (7.64)
60m – SW 1.11 JANIYA GEORGE U20 3rd (PB 9.19) taking .06 of a second off her 16 February time, 2.11 JANIYA GEORGE U20 finished 1st (PB 9.09) taking .10 of a second off her 1.11 time

QUEENSLAND ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Brisbane, Australia on 5-6 March
Discus 1kg – SW JADE LALLY 1st (61.75m)

MANCHESTER INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Took place at Sportcity on 5 March
Pole Vault – SX B ETHAN WALSH 2nd (4.80m)

OPEN TRACK SURREY MEN’S LEAGUE DIVISION 1 – Took place at Lloyd Park on 5 March
8000m – SM DYLAN EVANS 2nd (26.33)

AOC SPORT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 2 March
60m – U20M H1 ONAOPE SOGBESAN U20 6th (7.30), H2 BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 4th (7.61)

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. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 5 March.
JAKE KESTER U15 18th (PB 24.09) this was his 3rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 5 March.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 178th (27.55) this was his 236th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 5 March.
ANDREW HOLMES V50 1061st (30.53) this was his 35th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 5 March.
STUART SINGER V60 34th (22.10) this was his 321st Parkrun, LILY PLASETT U15 179th (30.19) this was her 16th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 5 March.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 136th (31.44) this was his 213th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pieschener Allee on 5 March.
AMY FRY V35 1st (18.40) this was her 14th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 5 March.
LENARD MICHEL V50 8th (22.11) this was his 73rd Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 56th (59.48) this was her 56th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Wotton on 5 March.
BRADLEY SINGER 8th (23.58) this was his 168th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 10 MARCH UNTIL WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 12 March at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough.

ENGLAND U15 & U17 COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 12 March and Sunday 13 March.
Please use this link for entry information – https://www.englandathletics.org/athletics-and-running/england-competitions/national-championships/2022-championships-calendar-and-results/
Entries Closed

WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place in Belgrade, Serbia on Friday 18 March to Sunday 20 March

LEE VALLEY HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 19 March and Sunday 20 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Link to athletes information and events –
Entries Closed

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 19 March at Hop Farm, Paddock Wood, Kent. Age-Groups U15, U17 & U19

SOUTHERN MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS – Takes place on Sunday 27 March at the Milton Keynes Track, Milton Keynes, Bucks (SatNav MK14 6BN).
Start times Men 12.00noon and Women 1.00pm
Men 6 Stages (4.8km) and 6 Stages (7.2km) – Women 4 Stages (4.8km) and 2 Stages (7.2km)
Entry Close Tuesday 15 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager 

SOUTHERN U15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 29 March at the Milton Keynes Track, Milton Keynes, Bucks (SatNav MK14 6BN).
Start time 11.00am
Entry Close Tuesday 15 March
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

WORLD INDOOR ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022 – Took place this year as a Virtual competition, and took place on 25-26 February. There were many Men & Women categories, and all events were on Concept2 rowing machines.
Shaftesbury featured in the Women’s 500m sprint, in which JADE LALLY currently UK No.1 Discus thrower won the Silver Medal with a time of 1 minute 28.7 seconds. The winner was BIANCE PILOSENO of the USA, in a time of 1 minute 27.3 seconds.
This is the video of the race – https://regatta.time-team.nl/wrich/2022/results/rc62bda20-98fc-44be-ac3a-93003699a786.php

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR OUR FIRST TWO FIXTURES OF 2022 – RAY POWELL has now received information of the first two fixtures, that Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers will be providing a team of volunteers. The fixtures are – The Westminster Mile on Sunday 1 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 20 volunteers needed – Vitality 10k on Monday 2 May, from 8.30 to 16.00, 10 volunteers needed.
The meeting place is the volunteer hub in Green Park.
Please contact CLARE & RAY at ray571m@btopenworld.com

MONDO DUPLANTIS BREAKS OWN POLE VAULT RECORD – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

MONDO DUPLANTIS finally broke his own pole vault world record after clearing (6.19m) at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting –  a World Indoor Tour silver event – in the same city which hosts the World Indoor Championships in just under a fortnight. The 22-year-old Olympic and European champion set the previous record of (6.18m) at the Müller Indoor Grand Prix in Glasgow two years ago and it wasn’t a surprise to see him better that height in the Serbian capital. “I think I’ve tried (6.19m) 50 times,” Duplantis told World Athletics. “It’s been a long time coming. I’ve never had a height that has given me that much trouble and I’ve been jumping for a very long time. It’s a very good feeling because it’s been really hard fought over these past two years to try and get over that next barrier. “I don’t think this is the highest that I’m ever going to jump. There’s going to be a lot more to come. This [Belgrade] is a really good place to jump for championships and I’m going to try and put something else higher up there. “A height like (6.19m) demands perfection and all the numbers have to be perfect. I just figured it out on that last attempt! I’m buzzing to finally get over it.” For weeks he has threatened to clear (6.19m) but every time the bar agonisingly fell. At ISTAF Indoor Berlin on 4 February, the organisers actually set the pyro off because they thought that DUPLANTIS had broken the world record. Unfortunately, he knocked the bar on the way down and he would have to wait.

DUPLANTIS, who has already become world indoor tour champion for 2022, has had an incredible start to the year and has so far cleared (6.02m, 6.03m, 6.04m, 6.05m and now 6.19m). Only 14 men have cleared (6.00m) indoors and the Swede has now recorded heights of (6.17m, 6.18m and 6.19m). Breaking his own world record was quite frankly more when than if. DUPLANTIS now sets his eyes on becoming world indoor champion in Belgrade later this month and he’ll go into the event as the overwhelming favourite. It’s safe to say the Swede has more chance of breaking his own world record and clearing (6.20m) than failing to strike gold and that just emphasises the impact he has made in pole vault. So make athletics more presentable and fun.”

£100k OF FUNDING NEEDED TO SAVE ENGLISH SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

DALEY THOMPSON is one of the most decorated British athletes in history. He has become Olympic decathlon champion twice, was world champion at Helsinki 1983 and is also a two-time European and three-time Commonwealth champion.
Like so many others before and after him, THOMPSON started out at the English Schools Championships and in 1974 came fourth in the inter boys 200m before going on to win the 200m a year later. This was before he decided to do the decathlon, which is rather remarkable given the then 17-year-old finished 18th in the event at the Montreal Olympics in 1976.
Two weeks ago THOMPSON came out in support of English Schools Athletic Association (ESAA) – given the organisation may not make its centenary year in 2025 due to financial struggles after New Balance chose not to renew their sponsorship agreement – after they set up a crowdfunding page to raise £100k to fund this year’s Track and Field Championships.
He tweeted: “Save the ESAA Track & Field Championships. This is the greatest athletics championship in the world.
“Sorry Olympics but you are a close second. They [ESAA] are only three years off being 100! They are also the first port of call for aspiring Olympians. Your tenner will help.”
Now, in an exclusive interview with AW, the double Olympic decathlon champion reiterates his support for the organisation.

“When I was young and growing up everyone wanted to go to the English Schools and win it,” THOMPSON said. “It was absolutely and utterly the biggest competition in the whole world for us. I think it holds a very special place in people’s hearts.
“I think it would be a huge loss to athletics and to the foundations of sport. It really is, or at least it used to be, the place to go. Anybody in our sport has either gone there or attempted to go there.
“I was looking at the previous winners of English Schools that have gone on to the Olympics and the list was endless so that was really good to note that they’d started their journey at English Schools. It’s the beginning for everybody.”

In total, 135 English Schools athletes have won European Championship medals, 35 of them gold while 278 have collected medals at British Empire or Commonwealth Games, of which 81 have claimed gold.
The ESAA has produced 14 Olympic champions and 77 medallists, with Sir Mo Farah the most recent, as well as 71 World Championship medals, of which 13 were gold, the most recent including DINA ASHER-SMITH and KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON in 2019.
One athlete who helped inspire DALEY THOMPSON in his younger days was European 100m bronze medallist and 60m champion ANDREA LYNCH, who herself won the English Schools 100m title in 1970 and 200m title in 1971.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

SEAN SUTHERLAND – Video of SEAN at the British Masters Championships, clearing (1.55m) in winning the M50 High Jump bronze medal.

GARY SMITH – Video of GARY winning the British Masters Championships M50 60m Hurdles (8.85).

ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 – Photograph taken at the British Masters Championships, crossing the line in the 200m (36.28).

NENE HARRISON V40 – Photograph taken at the British Masters Championships, celebrating her gold medal performance in the 4kg Shot (10.81m).

ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 – Photograph taken at the British Masters Championships, celebrating her gold medal performance in the Pole Vault (2.20m).

250m TRAINING SESSION – Photograph of 3 of our athletes, after a hard session.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.