Happy Birthday from this Thursday 14 October to Kelvin Aye, Corin Bearpark, Georgia Bell, Daniel Bramble, Mityrae Brooks, Gerald Collins, Mitchel Cox, Charlie Dobson, Henry Dover, Freddie Ford, Ella Green, Emilia Greenfield, George Groom, Lloyd Hanley-Byron, John Herries, Frankie Johnson, Esther Klein, Megan McInnes, Dionne Milne, Geoffrey Morphitis, Carys Okolie-Loi, Samuel Ojo, Louis Pelta, Kerstin Pohlmann, Sofia Potter, Sauget Pun, Hugh Starkey, Naomi Taschimowitz, Adam Thorpe, Ken Tollady and Jessica Yefet

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to PAUL MACCARTHY and JOSHUA NAMIECH-OYEBOLA

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 – Notice is hereby given of the 131st Annual General Meeting of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers to be held on Tuesday 30 November at StoneX Stadium. Link to notice – SBH AGM Notice 2021

STONEX STADIUM EAST STAND INDOOR AREA – After 10 months usage of the indoor area as an NHS Vaccination Centre, it has now been transferred back and is available for inddor athletics training. Please contact your coach for the times of the sessions.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following regarding subscriptions.
Our new year stared on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £15. The total is £65 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNTNAME: 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 to30 September 2021 from those members who did not pay. Thanks GEOFF

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place this Saturday 16 October at Claybury, Essex. Changing is at Ashton Playing Fields Track, 588 Chigwell Road, Woodford Green, Essex (Satnav IG8 8AA). Changing rooms and Showers available Ashton Playing Fields from 11.30, although hot water tends to be limited.
Parking – Approximately 150 spaces at Ashton Playing Fields and limited parking on Roding Lane North and nearby residential roads. Please DO NOT park on grass verges, look out for any restrictions and do not block access.
HQ to Course – 10 minutes from Ashton Playing Fields to Claybury Park, Roding Lane North (Satnav IG8 8NN).
Course Description – Parkland setting, undulating course, with one steep climb per large lap, on grass and woodland paths.
Public Transport – Woodford underground station (Central Line) is 10 minutes walk away from Ashton Playing Fields. If you get off an eastbound train, you need to walk under the pedestrian subway and walk downhill, down Snakes Lane East. Bus numbers 275 and W14 stop at the gates to Ashton Playing Fields.
Directions From Major Roads – From the eastbound A406, branch left and merge onto the A1400 (signposted Gants Hill). At Charlie Brown’s roundabout, take the first left exit onto the A113 (signposted Chigwell). Go straight ahead through three sets of traffic lights (including a crossing set for pedestrians) and turn left into Ashton Playing Fields just after you go under a road bridge.
Timetable – 12.25 Under 11 Boys (Over 9) (1500m), 12.30 Under 11 Girls (Over 9) (1500m), 12.40 Under 13 Boys (3000m), 12.45 Under 13 Girls (3000m), not before 13.00 Under 17 Men and Under 15 Boys (4200m), not before 13.03 Under 17 Women and Under 15 Girls (4200m), not before 13.30 U20, Senior and Veteran Women (8100m), not before 14.35 U20, Senior and Veteran Men (8100m).
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.  Map of course;

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.

SBH WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – The Start Fitness Metropolitan League fixture at Claybury, is the first fixture for all age-groups, that count towards this Winter’s Points Championships. So lets have a record turnout for Claybury.

NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS – Took place last Saturday at Sutton Park, Birmingham.
The day proved to be of mixed fortunes, top of the shop were our Under 17 Women with a superb run, finished winning the Silver Medals in a time of (40.51) the team from Leg 1 AIMI WEIGHTMAN (13.45), Leg 2 RUBY VINTON (13.38) and Leg 3 NICOLE MCGOVERN (13.28), next were our Senior Men who with an outstanding run, finished winning the Bronze Medals in a time of (1:44.06), the team from Leg 1 JEREMY DEMPSEY (17.10), JAKE SHELLEY (17.14), DYLAN EVANS (17.18), LIAM DEE (17.09), MARK PEARCE (17.57) and KIERAN CLEMENTS (17.18). The last time the 6 stage was run was in 2018, in which the team finished 7th (1:47.47) in which the team included JAKE, MARK and KIERAN. Our Under 17 Men finished in 8th place (36.57) with recent new member HENRY DOVER running the fastest time of the day (11.42), we also finished ‘B’ and ‘C’ teams. Finally our Under 15 Boys finished in 16th place (41.33).
On the minus side, it was dissapointing to see that we had not teams in the Under 13 Boys/Girls, Under 15 Girls and Senior Women races.

Under 13 Boys (Each Leg 3.88km) – Team Result – 1st Wolverhampton & Bilston (41.24), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (41.45), 3rd North Somerset (42.16) 33 teams finished
Fastest Legs – 1st JAKE MEYBURGH Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (12.16), 2nd FRED JONES Wolverhampton & Bilston (12.47), 3rd EVAN GRIME Salford Harriers (13.12)

Under 13 Girls (Each Leg 3.88km) – Team Result – 1st Liverpool Harriers ‘A’ (43.17), 2nd Liverpool Harriers ‘B’ (43.45), 3rd Rotherham Harriers (38.55) 34 teams finished
Fastest Legs – 1st HOLLY CROSS Liverpool Harriers ‘A’ (14.08), 2nd ERIN FAY Liverpool Harriers ‘B’ (14.27), 3rd GRACE IGOE Rotherham Harriers (14.28)

Under 15 Boys (Each Leg 3.88km) – SBH 16th (41.33) Leg 1 GIANLEO STUBBS 1st (12.11), Leg 2 JACOB CLEMENT 15th (15.02), Leg 3 JORDAN PEARLMAN 16th (14.20)
Team Result – 1st Birchfield Harriers (38.50), 2nd Holland Sports (38.55), 3rd Vale Royal (38.55), 16th SBH (41.33) 48 teams finished
Fastest Legs – 1st ROBERT PRICE Vale Royal (12.07), 2nd GIANLEO STUBBS SBH (12.11), 3rd ASH BURGESS Birchfield Harriers (12.27)

Under 15 Girls (Each Leg 3.88km) – Team Result – 1st Wreake & Soar Valley (40.24), 2nd Rotherham Harriers (40.40), 3rd Bedford & County (42.30) 52 teams finished
Fastest Legs – 1st SHAKIRA KING Wreake & Soar Valley (13.06), 2nd Equal ZOE GILBODY Wreake & Soar Valley and FREYA MURDOCH Stockport (13.11)

Under 17 Men (Each Leg 3.88km) – SBH 8th (36.57) Leg 1 HENRY DOVER 1st (11.42), Leg 2 SAMUEL GREENSTEIN 8th (12.53), Leg 3 ABDIRAHIM HAMUD 8th (12.22), SBH ‘B’ 22nd (38.37) Leg 1 JOSHUA FISHER 36th (12.58), Leg 2 JONAH MARKS 23rd (12.45), Leg 3 LEO RONCARATI 22nd (12.54), SBH ‘C’ 24th (39.03) Leg 1 JACK DAVIS-BLACK 40th (13.04), Leg 2 SPIKE BLAKE 26th (12.48), Leg 3 BENEDICT WHITTLE 24th (13.11)
Team Result – 1st Wirral (35.34), 2nd Cambridge & Coleridge (35.48), 3rd Saint Edmunds Pacers (36.23), 8th SBH (36.57), 22nd SBH ’B’ (38.37), 24th SBH ‘C’ (39.03) 51 teams finished
Fastest Legs – 1st HENRY DOVER SBH (11.42), 2nd WILLIAM STRICKLEY Wirral (11.44), 3rd GEORGE KEEN Cambridge & Coleridge (11.47)

Under 17 Women (Each Leg 3.88km) – SBH won the Silver Medals (40.51) Leg 1 AIMI WEIGHTMAN 5th (13.45), Leg 2 RUBY VINTON 2nd (13.38), Leg 3 NICOLE MCGOVERN 2nd (13.28)
Team Result – 1st Vale Royal (40.40), 2nd SBH (40.51), 3rd Kettering Town Harriers (41.52) 38 teams finished
Fastest Legs – 1st ALICE BATES  Kettering Town Harriers (13.17), 2nd ELLIE LOOSLY Cambridge & Coleridge (13.18), 3rd GRACE ROBERTS Vale Royal (13.20), 5th Equal NICOLE MCGOVERN SBH (13.28), 10th RUBY VINTON SBH (13.38)

Senior Men (Each Leg 5.848km) – SBH won the Bronze Medals (1:44.06) Leg 1 JEREMY DEMPSEY 9th (17.10), Leg 2 JAKE SHELLEY 1st (17.14), Leg 3 DYLAN EVANS 2nd (17.18), Leg 4 LIAM DEE 2nd (17.09), Leg 5 MARK PEARCE 3rd (17.57), Leg 6 KIERAN CLEMENTS 3rd (17.18)
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:42.44), 2nd Leeds City (1:43.47), 3rd SBH (1:44.06) 74 teams finished
Fastest Legs – 1st JACK ROWE Aldershot, Farnham & District (16.33), 2nd EMIEL CAIRESS Leeds City (16.46), 3rd Equal OMAR AHMED Birchfield Harriers and HUGO MILNER Derby (16.47)

Senior Women (Each Leg 4.33km) – Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District ‘A’ (59.03), 2nd Aldershot, Farnham & District ‘B’ (1:00.14), 3rd Lincoln Wellington (1:00.29) 63 teams finished
Fastest Legs – 1st NICOLE TAYLOR Tonbridge (13.56), 2nd HANNAH IRWIN Cambridge (14.03), 3rd ABBI DONNELLY Lincoln Wellington (14.04)

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Blandford on 9 October.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 79th (30.37) this was his 157th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 9 October.
LOUIS PELTA U17 5th (PB 19.38) this was his 46th Parkrun, LAUREN MALTZ U17 68th (27.27) this was her 16th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cassiobury on 9 October.
THOMAS CADWALLADER U15 9th (19.10) this was his 9th Parkrun, TIM UNDERHILLV50 20th (19.57) this was his 88th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Coventry on 9 October.
BEN WINFIELD U 1st (16.42) this was his 16th Parkrun,

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Guildford on 9 October.
JAMES DAVIS 164th (26.45) this was his 27th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 9 October.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 283rd (33.39) this was his 215th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 9 October.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 87th (25.04) this was his 97th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 9 October.
JAMES SARNER 9th (20.05) this was his 5th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 138th (27.22) this was his 149th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Stevenage on 9 October.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 278th (46.40) this was his 197th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Woking on 9 October.
REBECCA HOUNSELL 13th (19.51) this was her 59th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 9 October.
DYLAN MICHEL U20 2nd (PB 18.02) this was his 43rd Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 6th (23.00) this was his 64th Parkrun, KAYLA MICHEL U23 26th (28.31) this was her 31st Parkrun

ROYALS CHALLENGE – Took place at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA on 8 October.
8000m – SM B MITCHEL COX U23 (Queens University) 162nd (34.57)

RUN THROUGH HYDE PARK 10k – Took place at Hyde Park on 6 October.
BRADLEY SINGER 117th (SB 54.21)

SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 23 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).
Entries Close Friday 8 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager 

74TH LIDDIARD TROPHY/NORTH OF THE THAMES CHAMPIONSHIPS – Cancelled.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The second North West London League takes place on Saturday 30 October at Uxbridge. Race headquarters being provided at Hillingdon Stadium, Gatting Way, Uxbridge (SatNav UB8 1ES).
Timetable – North West London League 12.30 U11 Boys & Girls (2000m), 12.40 U13 Boys & Girls (3000m), 12.55 U15 Boys & Girls (4000m), 13.15 U17 Men & Women (5000m). 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

Map of the course;

Car parking and local transport;

Timetable – 12.30 U11 Boys & Girls (2000m),12.40 U13 Boys & Girls (3000m),12.55 U15 Boys & Girls (4000m),13.15 U17 Men & Women (5000m). 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 30 October at Uxbridge. Race headquarters being provided at Hillingdon Stadium, Gatting Way, Uxbridge (SatNav UB8 1ES).
Timetable – 14.00 Under 20 & Senior Women (8000m), 14.45 Under 20 & Senior Men (8000m). Numbers will be given out close to the start area.
Entries Close Saturday 16 October.
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 6 November at Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (SatNav NG18 4JR).
Timetable – 10.45 U20 Women (3 x 2.5K), 10.57 U17 Women (3 x 2.5K), 11.26 U13 Boys (3 x 2K), 11.50 U13 Girls (3 x 2K), 12.15 U20 Men (3 x 3K), 12.40 U17 Men (3 x 3K), 13.06 U15 Girls (3 x 2K), 13.30 U15 Boys (3 x 2K), 13.50 Senior Women (3 x 3K), 14.40 Senior Men (4 x 5K).
Entries Close Friday 15 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES BATON RELAY COMMENCES – On 7 October 2021, the Queen has set in motion a global relay of the Commonwealth Games baton in her first major event at Buckingham Palace since the Covid pandemic began.
The Queen began the relay on Thursday by passing the baton to Paralympic gold medallist KADEENA COX who carried it on the first leg of its 90,000-mile, 269-day journey, which travels through 72 Commonwealth nations and territories ahead of the Games in 2022.
The Baton will inspire people of the Commonwealth to come together and host moments of celebration ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The Baton has been specially created by designers and technologists from the West Midlands in a unique collaboration that fuses science, technology, engineering and art.

The international route spans an impressive 269 days, spending between two and four days in each nation or territory, covering approximately 90,000 miles (140,000 kilometres), with over 7,500 Baton bearers trusted with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to carry the Baton in their community.
During the visit, each nation and territory will host events and activities that showcase untold stories from Baton bearers, athletes, and young people who are striving for change in their community, as well as showcasing a project that address one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The Baton will witness moments of celebration, visit local schools and explore iconic landmarks. Over the course of the Relay, the Baton will spend Christmas Eve in the Seychelles, will bring in the New Year in the Maldives and will be in Jamaica over the Easter weekend.
Flying out from Birmingham Airport, the first stop on the Relay is Cyprus on 9 October, shortly followed by Malta on 12 October.
Arriving in Africa on 16 October, the Baton will take in the rich cultures of all 19 Commonwealth countries on the continent, as well as a stop on the volcanic island of Saint Helena.
After three days in Pakistan, the Baton will spend New Year’s Day in the Maldives, before visiting Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and spending four days in India between 12-15 January 2022.
The Baton will journey across Southeast Asia, visiting Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam in January, and travelling to the Pacific Islands in February, including a visit to the smallest island in the Commonwealth, Nauru.
New Zealand will host the Baton on Commonwealth Day during a visit from 12 until 15 March, before four days in Australia (17-20 March), hosts of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
The Baton will spend two months travelling around the Caribbean and Americas, including visits to The Bahamas, Jamaica and Barbados, and reaching the islands of St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines.
From here, the Baton will spend four days in Canada, arriving on 26 May 2022, before visiting Gibraltar.
After stopping off at the Falkland Islands, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man in first three weeks of June, the Relay will have an extended duration of five days in Scotland, four in Northern Ireland, five in Wales and 25 days covering the length and breadth of England.
The global journey will conclude at the Birmingham 2022 Opening Ceremony where the final Baton bearer will return the Baton to Her Majesty The Queen.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE.
I am progressing slow but sure, and anticipate publishing the Individual Winners and Teams in next weeks Newsletter.
Link to the NWLL website which has the results from 2009 to 2020 – http://www.british-athletics.co.uk/nwll/

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES, OPEN FOR VOLUNTEERS – Birmingham 2022 are looking for more than 13,000 spirited, dedicated and dynamic volunteers to be the heartbreak of the Commonwealth Games, a community of passionate people coming together to help deliver the biggest sporting and cultural event the West Midlands have ever seen. As part of the Commonwealth Collective, you’ll be the public face of Birmingham 2022, the heart and soul of the Games experience for athletes, officials, spectators, and a global audience of more than one billion.