Happy Birthday from this Thursday 13 October to Wednesday 19 October – Corin Bearpark, Geogia Bell, Daniel Bramble, Ruben Cardoso, Mitchel Cox, Henry Dover, Thomas Fernand, John Herries, Ella Green, Anu Jaiyeola, Frankie Johnson, Esther Klein, Jonah Marks, Geoffrey Morphitis, Samuel Ojo, Makuochukwu Okoli, Carys Okolie-Loi, Kerstin Pohlmann, Nicholas Shaw, Hugh Starkey, Naomi Taschimowitz, Adam Thorpe, Ken Tollady, Saugat Pun, Lewis Ward and Rosalind Zeffertt

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to RUBEN CARDOSO, JUI HAYAKAWA, ANDREW LI and ADAM O’GORMAN

NOTICE OF THE 132ND SBH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Notice is hereby given of the 132nd Annual General Meeting of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers to be held at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 29 November 2022 at StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London, NW4 1RL.
Any proposal for a change of rule or notice of any business as per rule 22 must be submitted in writing to the General Secretary by 1 November 2022.
Link to the full details – AGM Notice 2022 A
Link to current rules – SBH Current Rules as of the 13 January 2021

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – Takes place at Claybury this Saturday 15 October.
This is the first race that counts in the SBH Cross Country winter points championships.
Full details including map and timetable are shown in upcoming fixtures below.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – Details of last season, including statistics on consecutive and total races completed etc, can be found further down this Newsletter.

ENGLISH NATIONAL, CHANGE OF VENUE – We have just been informed that the venue for the English National Cross Country Championships, on 25 February has changed. It was to be held at Harwood House, but will now take place at Bolesworth Castle, Cheshire.

COMING IN NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER – First draft of the Indoor Track & Field Fixtures, with early entry information.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 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. Thanks GEOFF

RESULTS
NATIONAL SENIOR MEN’S 6 STAGE, WOMEN’S 4 STAGE AND YOUNG ATHLETES 3 STAGE ROAD RELAYS – Took place last Saturday at Sutton Park, Birmingham.
The position shown on each leg, are the team positions.

Under 13 Boys – SBH 12th (43.55) Leg 1 CALEB HILTON 6th (13.36), Leg 2 LADDIE SHAW 16th (15.40), Leg 3 EDWARD PASCAL 12th (14.39), CALEB HILTON was 6th fastest
Team Results – 1st Wolverhampton & Bilston (39.45), 2nd Herne Hill Harriers (40.45), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District (41.24), 51 teams finished

Under 13 Girls –  No SBH Team
Team Results – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (42.38), 2nd Birtley (43.04), 3rd Chelmsford (43.10), 49 teams finished

Under 15 Boys – SBH 29th (41.57) Leg 1 ARTHUR PHILLIPS 28th (13.19), Leg 2 EUAN PHILLIPS 17th (13.24), Leg 3 THOMAS CADWALLADER 29th (15.14)
Team Results – 1st Sutton & District (37.34), 2nd Wolverhampton & Bilston (37.45), 3rd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (38.08), 65 teams finished

Under 15 Girls –  No SBH Team
Team Results – 1st Wreake & Soar Valley (41.03), 2nd Aldershot, Farnham & District (41.31), 3rd Rotherham Harriers (42.42), 63 teams finished

Under 17 Men – SBH A 30th (39.20) Leg 1 GIANLEO STUBBS 3rd (11.45) also GIANLEO’S time was 4th fastest ime of the race, Leg 2 SPIKE BLAKE 42nd (14.58), Leg 3 JONAH MARKS 30th (12.37), SBH B 45th (41.03) Leg 1 DANIEL BANYARD 61st (13.45), Leg 2 PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS 48th (13.27), Leg 3 JACOB CLEMENT 45th (13.51), SBH C 55th (44.49) Leg 1 JORDAN PEARLMAN 65th (14.32), Leg 2 JAI DARYANANI 58th (15.22), Leg 3 GUY FAWCETT 55th (14.55)
Team Results – 1st Cambridge & Coleridge (35.16), 2nd Rotherham Harriers (35.57), 3rd Morpeth Harriers (36.13), 56 teams finished

Under 17 Women – SBH 15th (44.07) Leg 1 RUBY VINTON 3rd (13.19) also RUBY’S time was 6th fastest ime of the race, Leg 2 NICOLE MCGOVERN 5th (14.33), Leg 3 MYA MAIRS-INGRAM 15th (16.15)
Team Results – 1st Exeter Harriers (40.21), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (41.06), 3rd Wreake & Soar Valley (41.07), 46 teams finished

Senior Men – SBH 4th (1:45.16) Leg 1 JEREMY DEMPSEY U23 5th (17.17), Leg 2 DYLAN EVANS 4th (17.24) DYLAN was 10th fastest on the Leg, Leg 3 HENRY MCLUCKIE U23 4th (17.11) HENRY was 2nd fastest on the Leg, also HENRY’S time was 9th equal fastest ime of the race, Leg 4 KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 5th (18.02), Leg 5 KIERAN CLEMENTS 4th (17.19) KIERAN was 2nd fastest on the Leg, Leg 6 THOMAS BUTLER 4th (18.03)
Team Results – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:43.47), 2nd Leeds City (1:43.42), 3rd Cambridge & Coleridge (1:44.04), 74 teams finished

Senior Women –  No SBH Team
Team Results – 1st Tonbridge (58.26), 2nd Salford Harriers (58.37), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District (59.09), 67 teams finished

SOUTHERN CLUBS TAKE SENIOR TITLES AT SUTTON PARK – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. This is a section taken from the article.
Autumnal sunshine and mild weather greeted the clubs from the three areas to the home of English road relay running on Saturday 8 October. The senior titles at these English Road Running Association (ERRA) Autumn Relays went to Aldershot (Men) and Tonbridge (Women) as the South of England also provided the fastest laps in both races.

Selection for the men’s event was again based on the first 25 clubs in each of the areas with the official South of England championship and the alternative Aldershot relays being awarded eight slots each, with the balance being decided on the following teams’ merits. In the event, all of the extra slots went to clubs from the non-official race. This meant that there were just six from the official Southern championship race and 22 from the alternative Rushmoor event taking the chance to race here. 

CHICAGO MARATHON – Took place at Chicago, USA on 9 October.
BRADLEY SINGER 14431st (PB 3:59.09) taking 12 minutes and 56 seconds off his London time last week

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 Heritage Harbour, Ottowa, Canada on 8 October.
BRADLEY SINGER 8th (22.50) this was his 197th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Dinton Pastures on 8 October.
JAMES DAVIS U23 72nd (27.39) this was his 29th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 8 October.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 242nd (29.23) this was his 265th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Huddersfield on 8 October.
CLAIRE HOBSON 76th (23.15) this was her 152nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Mile End on 8 October.
BAMI FALANA 170th (26.38) this was his 2nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 8 October.
TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U17 4th (PB 19.05) this was his 45th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 17th (21.34) this was his 346th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Poole on 8 October.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 447th (31.35) this was his 181st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Stevenage on 8 October.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 172nd (32.35) this was his 238th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 8 October.
GEMMA DAVIES V40 52nd (55.49) this was her 24th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 6 OCTOBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 2 NOVEMBER – The 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet, are available further down the Newsletter.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place on Saturday 15 October at Claybury, Essex.
Course Location – Claybury Park, Roding Lane North, Woodford Green (Satnav IG8 8NN).
Race HQ – Start/Finish in Claybury Park.
Changing Facilities – Ashton Playing Fields Track, Chigwell Road (Satnav IG8 8AA). 10 minutes walk from course, limited shower facilities. No toilets on course, use Ashton Playing Fields.
Refreshments – Light refreshments throughout the afternoon at the WGEL clubhouse at Ashton Playing Fields. The club bar may be open after the senior men’s race.
Travel – Where possible, please use public transport, walk or cycle. If travelling by car, please car share to reduce the impact and check for restrictions that may be in effect in the area (Ultra Low Emission Zone for example). Please also park with consideration of others, especially if using on-street parking. The league and/or host club(s) do not warrant the accuracy of the information provided so take no responsibility for any fines or charges that may be levied.
Public transport – Woodford Underground Station (Central Line). Take trains with Loughton or Epping destination. 10 minute walk from station along Snakes Lane East to Ashton Playing Fields.
By Car – Use the A406 eastbound /M11 northbound junction and branch left onto A1400 signposted Gants Hill and then A113 at roundabout signposted Chigwell onto Chigwell Road. Ashton Playing Fields IG8 8AA is 800 metres away.
Parking – Approximately 150 spaces at Ashton Playing Fields (IG8 8AA). Parking in the vicinity of Claybury Park is impossible or extremely limited. Please look out for any restrictions and do not block access to any properties. There is virtually no parking in the Roding Lane North area because of residential parking. You are advised to park at Ashton Playing Fields and make the 10 minute walk to the course. You MUST NOT park on the grass triangle in Roding Lane North so as to avoid confrontation with residents. Any inconsiderate parking could jeopardise the future of the races.
To walk to the course from Ashton Playing Fields, take Gaynes Hill Road (opposite) to Roding Lane North (10 Minutes).
Course Details – Parkland setting , undulating course, with one steep climb on each large lap on grass and woodland paths. On certain sections the course width is limited.
Please Note – For the 2022 season, the timings have changed, and all races now start earlier. In addition, it should no longer be necessary for a start to be delayed to allow for finishers in the previous race.
The timetable is approximate and subject to change without notice where necessary. Please plan to arrive early and listen for any announcements. Care is required particularly in the senior men’s race on the narrow downhill start.
Map of Course – Please download map for future use.

Timetable – 12.00 Under 11 Boys (Over 9) (1.5km 1 small lap), 12.05 Under 11 Girls (Over 9) (1.5km 1 small lap), 12.15 Under 13 Boys (3km 2 small laps), 12.30 Under 13 Girls (3km 2 small laps), 12.45 Under 17 Men and Under 15 Boys (4km 1 small and 1 large lap), 13.00 Under 17 Women and Under 15 Girls (4km 1 small and 1 large lap), 13.15 Under 20, Senior and Veteran Women (8km 3 large laps), 14.00 Under 20, Senior and Veteran Men (8km 3 large laps).
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.
Please collect your race numbers from the respective team managers – SIMON KEENE
JEREMY SOTHCOTT or JO KENT
Please go to Start Fitness Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for final information.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE RACE NUMBERS – I have been asked to remind you that your race number must be kept by yourselves, and is to be used for all 5 fixtures.

SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 22 October at Wormwood Scrubs, Linford Christie Stadium, Du Cane Road (SatNav W12 0DF). Enter main car park off Du Cane Road (via Artillery Lane), through 6’6” height/width barrier. Extra parking will be available in the enclosed/fenced hospital parking area. Parking is free in all areas at the week-end.
Timetable – 11.00 U17 & U20 Women (3 x 3km), 11.30 U17 & U20 Men (3 x 3km), 12.10 U13 Girls (3 x 2km), 12.40 U13 Boys (3 x 2km), 13.10 U15 Girls (3 x 2km), 13.35 U15 Boys (3 x 2km), 14.00 Senior Women (3 x 3km), 14.30 Senior Men (4 x 4km). Times are as 2021 fixture.
Entries Closed
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place on Saturday 29 October at Gree)nford. The race headquarters is The Tir Chonail Gaelic Sports Club, at the end of Berkeley Avenue, Greenford (Satnav UB6 0NZ. Directions – turn off Greenford Road (A4127), opposite the entrance to the Glaxo Factory. The playing fields are at the end of Berkeley Avenue.
Car parking spaces is limited and we had considerable problems with too many cars at recent fixtures. If you can share cars please, also do not park on the areas marked out for the course.
Timetable – 11.00 U11 Boys & Girls (2000m), 11.15 U13 Boys & Girls (3000m), 11.40 U15 Boys & Girls (4000m), 12.05 U17 Men & Women. Numbers will be given out close to the start area.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Will any of our Female athletes please see JEREMY SOTHCOTT who will give you a race number

NORTH LONDON CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 29 October at Greenford. The race headquarters is The Tir Chonail Gaelic Sports Club, at the end of Berkeley Avenue, Greenford (Satnav UB6 0NZ). Directions – turn off Greenford Road (A4127), opposite the entrance to the Glaxo Factory. The playing fields are at the end of Berkeley Avenue.
Car parking spaces is limited and we had considerable problems with too many cars at recent fixtures. If you can share cars please, also do not park on the areas marked out for the course.
Timetable – 13.30 U20, Senior & Veteran Women (5 Miles), 14.15 U20, U20, Senior & Veteran Men (5 Miles) around the fields of nearby Hillingdon House Farm.
Entries Close Sunday 16 October.
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

A NEW EXPERIENCE – LESLIE ODAMTTEN-ADDY has been a member of Shaftesbury since 2006, aged 18. He has competed for the club from 60m up to 800m, plus a couple of Parkruns.
I have just received an email saying he had just competed a road race, thinking maybe a 5km, but no the “Berlin Marathon”. This is his story;

This was my first attempt at competing the marathon distance and the prestige of doing so in such a historic city and event certainly did not disappoint! I was fortunate to receive an entry place mid-August and overall preparations went well. Race Plan…enjoy and have fun (and if I’m lucky enough run a fast time).

The Race – 0 to 10km (39.19) The atmosphere at the start line was electric. The crowd and announcers were all cheering for ELUID KIPCHOGE to hopefully produce a special performance. I think we all fed off the positive energy and there was a sense of camaraderie amongst the runners; that perhaps we were going to be part of something special. The energy boost helped as I went through even 5k splits (19mins).
10 to 20km (1:21.02) Despite the quick pace I felt comfortable and worked my way through the field and all pace sections.
Half Way (1:25.56) Just another 21km to go.
Half Way to 30km (2:11.14) Reached a good target crossing 30km. On track for a sub 3hour finish.
30km to 40km (3:20.59) It was this point I realised something was wrong L . I had sharp pains through my quad muscle, and it became difficult to flex my knee. I tried to use the energy of the crowd and will power but alas the pain became so severe that I had to walk/jog the remaining marathon distance.
42km Finish (3:36.20) The aim was to try and finish in one piece. The sense of relief and elation was mixed but certainly happy to compete my first marathon.

Bittersweet but the experience was special, especially the adulations from the crowds and all the volunteers. I’m on the road to recovery…one ultrasound and MRI later…i have a treatment plan in place. See you at the start line soon.

THE BIRMINGHAM CREW – Currently we have athletes at either Birmingham or Loughborough University. Recently a social evening was held at Birmingham, with theme “Club Vests”. As you can see from the photograph, they certainly looked pretty sharp. From left to right JOSH WOODS, LILY HOLT, TRINITY O’CONNOR, CRAIG MONCUR and EVAN CAMPBELL.

LLOYD COWAN BURSARY OPEN FOR COACHES AND YOUNG ATLETES – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
Former SBH member LLOYD COWAN passed away on 11 January 2021, of Covid-19 at the relatively young age of 58. He unfortunately had underlying medical issues having recently suffered a stroke. LLOYD competed for us in the BAL in the mid-90’s. He set a club record for the 110m Hurdles with (13.75) in 1994 which is still 3rd on the SBH all-time list. He then moved up to 400m Hurdles and in 1995 ran (50.79) for 6th on the current SBH all-time list. LLOYD had his greatest success in coaching CHRISTINE OHURUOGU to Olympic Gold and countless other medals in International Championships.

Grants of up to £500 will be awarded to athletics coaches and to unfunded athletes with potential, aged between 16 and 23, for whom cost is a barrier to accessing developmental opportunities in athletics. The application window closes 23:59 on October 13. The selection process will take place the following week when the Grants Committee will meet to consider every submission. Decisions will be confirmed by the end of October. Sixty percent of UK-wide applicants received grants in the first edition of the award in 2021. European under-18 medallists TENDAI NYABADZA [1500m], REBECCA GRIEVE [Girls Medley Relay] and under-17 indoor 60mH British record-holder JAIDEN DEAN were among the first athlete recipients. GWENNAN LEWIS and ANITA RICHARDSON, who guides under-20 talent Success Eduan, were two of the coaches to receive awards. View the LLOYD COWAN Bursary guidance and application forms for athletes and coaches here.

The Lloyd Cowan Bursary was set up in memory of LLOYD COWAN MBE, who believed that no one with sporting potential should be held back by lack of support and opportunities. The Bursary awards grants of up to £500 once a year, both to qualified coaches and to unfunded athletes, aged 16-23, for whom cost is a barrier to accessing developmental opportunities in athletics.  LLOYD was an international athlete before hanging up his spikes and becoming one of the UK’s most successful coaches. He guided many leading British sprinters, including World, Olympic and Commonwealth 400m champion CHRISTINE OHURUOGU and European 110m hurdles champion ANDY TURNER. Tragically LLOYD died in January 2021, aged 58, after contracting COVID-19.

For more information about LCB contact lloydcowanbursary@youthcharter.org.

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, photographs taken at the National Road Relays at Sutton Park on 8 October. Also “The Birminham Crew” featured just above.

THOMAS BUTLER – Running the 6th and final Leg, starting the final climb to the finish line, bringing the Senior Men’s team home in an oustanding 4th place.

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.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 – Takes place in Budapest, Hungary from 19-27 August 2023.
This is the link to the qualiication standards – https://olympics.com/en/news/world-athletics-championships-2023-qualifying-standards-entry-budapest
Currently we have 4 athletes who have achieved qualification standards – ZHARNEL HUGHES 200m (20.07 w-0.3), ELLIE BAKER 800m (1:59.52), KYLE LANGFORD 800m (1:44.49) and LIZZIE BIRD 3000m Steeplechase (9:07.07)

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2022-2023 WINTER FIXTURE CARD –Was issued on the 4 September 2022.
The 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card is now available on the SBH Website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
The 2022-2023 Winter Information Sheet is now available on the SBH Website, which shows which races you can compete in, for the Cross Country Points Championships and the Cross Country Individual Club Championships. Also the Metropolitan League timetable and contact details for the SBH Cross Country and Road Relay Team Managers – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-information/

SBH 2022-2023 WINTER CROSS COUNTRY POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURE – The Initial Draft of the CROSS COUNTRY POINTS TABLE is now available on the SBH Website, and will be updated following the first Metropolitan League fixture on the 15 October – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-points-tables/
The Initial Draft of the CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP LIST is now available on the SBH Website, and will be updated following the Metropolitan League fixture on the 3 December – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-club-championships/

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE 2021-2022 SEASON – The following link shows the following – Final league positions, Points and club championship winners, SBH athletes consecutive races, SBH athletes races completed to date – Start Fitness Metropolitan League Statistics For 2021-2022 Season

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.