Happy Birthday from Thursday 16 February to Wednesday 15 February – Evelyn Barter, Barry Chisholm, Bradley Davies-Pughe, Vera Doudko, Yash Gandi, Malcolm Gesthuysen, Mei Hayakawa, David Josephs, Dalton McGuigan, Sophia Parvizi-Wayne, Nikita Petrov, Gary Smith, Neil Turner and Morgan Webster

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to SHANDELL TAYLOR and REUBEN VAUGHAN

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT– Just a reminder, if you have your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document. I will put together all comments/photographs into a SBH memorial document, and will publish it in the 23 February Newsletter.
The current contributors are LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM and JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL, EMI ECONOMU and MYSELF

THE TCS LONDON MINI MARATHON – Takes place on Saturday 22 April and is run over the last 2.6k of the London Marathon course.
To be in with a chance of representing Team Barnet, athletes who want to qualify will need to have done a parkrun any time from 1st Jan to Saturday 11th March this year and the result submitted no later than 13th March using the online form (link below)
You can do any Parkrun in the UK and the remaining Saturdays to qualify are on 18th, 25th February or 4th, 11th March.
Eligibility for each age category in the 2023 event is based on the participant’s age on Wednesday 31 August 2022, as follows:
*Under-17* (Years 11 and 12): must have been aged 15 or 16 on Wednesday 31 August 2022
*Under-15* (Years 9 and 10): must have been aged 13 or 14 on Wednesday 31 August 2022
*Under-13* (Years 7 and 8): must have been aged 11 on Wednesday 31 August 2022*
Fill | TCS Mini London Marathon 2023 – Team Barnet Consent Form

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks JEREMY

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 is £16 from 1 April 2022 (this increases to £17 as from 1 April 2023 renewals). The current total is £81 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.

MARCH INDOOR FIXTURES – The following 4 fixtures are now available to enter;

ESSEX AND EASTERN COUNTIES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 4 March and Sunday 5 March. Age-group U13 up to Senior.
To enter please use this link, although there is no information as yet on their website – https://easternaa.com/
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 22 February
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee 

BRITISH MASTERS INDOOR PENTATHLON AND 3000M CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 11 March. Guests are welcome. Please use this link to enable you to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/bmaf-ipen/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 26 February
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee 

ENGLAND ATHLETICS U15 AND U17 COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 11 March and Sunday 12 March.
Please use this link to enable you to enter – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=12350
Entries Closing Date Monday 20 February
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

HERTFORDSHIRE, MIDDLESEX AND KENT INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at Lee Valley on Saturday 18 March and Sunday 19 March, for all age-groups excluding U13s.
Link to Hertfordshire entry information, you can either enter by post or enter online at http://www.hertscaaa.org.uk/fixtures7.html
Link to Middlesex entries online – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=7&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on
Link to Kent entries online – http://kcaa.org.uk/onlineregs/newmeeting9.php?MeetID=1
Entries Closing Dates for Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Kent is Thursday 2 March
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

ENGLANDS ATHLETICS U20/U17 & U15 CHAMPIONSHIPS – We had 15 athletes competing, with ZICO JONES U17 becoming English Champion in the 400m, then we had a Silver Medal from ABIGAIL EDWARDS U17 in the Pole vault, and Bronze Medals from ANGEL MCLEOD U15 in the  60m, RUBEN HEDMAN U20 in the  60m Hurdles, KIMANI JACK U20 in the High Jump and ANGUS BROWN U17 in the Pole Vault

SBH WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – The Under 11 Boys & Girls championships has now been completed, following the Metropolitan League fixture on 11 February. Congratulations to the Top 3.
Under 11 Boys – 1st BEN KASPAR (32 points), 2nd DENNYS PASCAL (30), 3rd JOSIAH ALDHAM (27). Under 11 Girls – 1st SIENNA DARCY (32 points), 2nd GRACE ROONEY (28), 3rd ELFIE SHAW and LUCIA CASALENUOVO (23). Note: The points totals are based on the best 4 results of the 6 fixtures that were available.

PARKRUN 150 CLUB – Congratulations to JOHN DRYDEN who competed his 150th race at Guildford last Saturday.

RESULTS – APOLOGIES BUT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, RESULTS HAVE TAKEN SOMETIMES 2 WEEKS TO SHOW ON THE POWER OF 10. IT HAS BECOME A NIGHTMARE TO TRACK MISSING RESULTS. IF THESE GET MISSED ON THE NEWSLETTER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five took place last Saturday at Trent Park. The weather was overcast and mild and running conditions near perfect.

It has been another outstanding season for Shaftesbury, with the young athletes in dominating form, and our senior men after some early season hiccups, ended up in 2nd place overall. Hopefully, with the amount of talented senior women we have, we can make an improved showing next season.

Thank you to all our athletes who turned out in all weather condition, and the many recent new members who have made their presence felt. Also a thank you to the many parents, supporters and team managers. Before the results, instead of naming our team, I will give an assessment of how team went for each age-group.

Under 11 Boys – Has been an outstanding season for the team, winning all 5 fixtures, and became league champions by some 134 points (last season they finished 3rd). Individually JOSIAH ALDHAM and PRINCE-MOSES JOHN competed in all 5 fixtures, with TAHA COCKERELL, BEN KASPAR, JAMES MOUDART and DENNYS PASCAL competed in 4.

Under 11 Girls – This season has been a vast improvement (last season they finished 7th). In the 5 fixtures have been close with Woodford Green & Essex Ladies, and they won the 2nd fixture at Welwyn. The team ended up the season in 2nd place behind WG&EL, by only 29 points. Individually SIENNA DARCY and ELFIE SHAW competed in all 5 fixtures, with GRACE ROONEY competed in 4.

Under 13 Boys – Has been an outstanding season for the team, after finishing joint 1st with WG&EL at Claybury, they went on to win 3 of the 4 remaining fixtures. And became league champions by 14 points over WG&EL (last season they became champions by 13 points over WG&EL). Individually SAM DARCY and LADDIE SHAW competed in all 5 fixtures, with JESSIE ABRAHAMS, CALEB HILTON, EDDIE PASCAL and AARON YACOBI competed in 4.

Under 13 Girls – The team has had a good season, but with a couple of indifferent results, they eventually finished in 6th place (last season they finished 4th). Individually MEI HAYAKAWA and AMDER JACKSON competed in 4 fixtures, with VERA DOUDKO and JAI HAYAKAWA competed in 3 and 2 respectively.

Under 15 Boys/Under 17 Men – Has been an outstanding season for the team, defending the title they won last season, winning 3 of the 5 fixtures, winning by 24 points over WG&EL. Individually ARTHUR PHILLIPS competed in all 5 fixtures, with DANIEL BANYARD, JAI DARYANANI, JARED MORRIS and EUAN PHILLIPS competed in 4.

Under 15 Girls/Under 17 Women – Unfortunately this is the 2nd season we have struggled with numbers on the line, which meant we finished this season in 8th place (last season we finished 11th). Individually ELIZABETH DA TERESA competed in all 5 fixtures, with ERIN GIBLIN and POSIE SHAW competed in 4.

Senior Men – After what you call a dodgy start at Claybury, the team then responded by winning 2 of the next 4 fixtures, which meant we finished in a comfortable 2nd place, and promotion to Division 1. The Veteran Men were very outstanding, and finished the season in 5th place, we have the potential to push for promotion next season (last season they finished 5th). Individually ARTHUR PHILLIPS competed in all 5 fixtures, with THOMAS BUTLER, MARK COTTLE, PHILIP CUNNINGHAM, PAUL MACCARTHY and TIM UNDERHILL competed in 4.

Senior Women – We are capable of doing much better, and finished the season in 10th place, just avoiding relegation (last season they finished 6th). Individually JO KENT competed in all 5 fixtures, with ABI GREEN and NICOLA PAYNE competed in 3 and 2 respectively..

Results
Under 11 Boys (Team 4 to score) – DENNYS PASCAL 2nd (7.28 1st 9 year old), JOSIAH ALDHAM 3rd (7.30 2nd 10 year old), TAHA COCKERELL 4th (7.33 3rd 10 year old), ROAN PARKES 7th (7.38 5th 10 year old), BEN KASPAR 10th (7.45 6th 10 year old), JAMES MOUDART 15th (8.04 12th 10 year old), THOMAS FELLOWS 17th (6.14 13th 10 year old), RYLE SINGARAYER 27th (8.17 20th 10 year old), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN 31st (8.24 11th 9 year old), the 9 year-old winner was Ted Bainbridge (Guest) (7.22) 50 runners finished – 20 9 year olds and 30 10 year olds.
Team Result – 1st SBH (192 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (161), 3rd SBH B (143) 18 teams finished
Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st SBH (835 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (701), 3rd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (514), 4th SBH B (473).

Under 11 Girls (Team 4 to score) – GRACE ROONEY 7th (8.25 2nd 9 year old), SIENNA DARCY 10th (8.30 3rd 9 year old), ELFIE SHAW 17th (9.10 9th 10 year old), the 9 year-old winner was Elsa Valon of Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (8.15), the 10 year-old winner was Violet Muraidhar of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (7.40) 31 runners finished – 14 9 year olds and 17 10 year olds.
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (76 points), 2nd SBH (59), 3rd Barnet & District (48) 12 teams finished
Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (454 points), 2nd SBH (425), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (358)

Under 13 Boys (Team 4 to score) – CALEB HILTON 4th (10.39), JESSIE ABRAHAMS 7th (11.02), EDDIE PASCAL 8th (11.08), LADDIE SHAW 13th (11.27), ETHAN MOSS 27th (11.53), HAMISH DOVER 33rd (12.25), SAM DARCY 37th (12.36) the winner was James Branch of Herts Phoenix (10.28) 43 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st SBH (144 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (127), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (113), 10th SBH B (35) 15 teams finished
Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st SBH (704 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (690), 3rd Hillingdon (638), 11th SBH “B” (198) 

Under 13 Girls (Team 4 to score) – MEI HAYAKAWA 9th (12.14), OLIVIA ABBOTT 22nd (13.18), ELIZA LEIBOWITZ 38th (14.59), VERA DOUDKO 40th (15.24) the winner was Jorjia March of Barnet & District (11.12) 43 runners finished.
Team Result – 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (105 points), 2nd London Heathside (98), 3rd Trent Park (97),9th SBH (65) 16 teams finished
Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st Trent Park (548 points), 2nd London Heathside (531), 3rd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (518), 6th SBH (375) 

Under 15 Boys/Under 17 Men (Team 4 to score) – RAFI GAYER U17 5th (14.01 5th U17), ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 9th (14.23 3rd U15), DANIEL BANYARD U17 12th (14.42 8th U17), JAI DARYANANI U17 16th (14.49 9th U17), JARED MORRIS U15 17th (14.49 8th U15), GUY FAWCETT U17 18th (14.50 10th U17), THOMAS CADWALLADER U15 22nd (15.13 10th U15), ADAM O’GORMAN U17 23rd (15.21 13th U17), JACOB CLEMENT U17 41st (16.09 20th U17)  the winner of U15 race was Luka Norden of Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (14.10), the winner of U17 race was Michael Cattini of Harrow (13.28) 59 runners finished – 32 U15 and 27 U17 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (215 points), 2nd SBH (198), 3rd Herts Phoenix (165), 4th SBH ‘B’ (160), 19th SBH ‘C’ (19) 22 teams finished
Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st SBH (1173 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (1149), 3rd Herts Phoenix (1016), 8th SBH ‘B’ (753), 23rd SBH ‘C’ (103) 

Under 15 Girls/Under 17 Women (Team 4 to score) – ERIN GIBLIN U15 29th (18.33 19th U15), ELIZABETH DA TERESA U17 35th (19.34 13th U17), EVIE WINSTON U17 39th (20.09 15th U17), PHOEBE MUSIC U15 43rd (21.08 26th U15)  the winner of the U15 race was Kiera Shaw of Herts Phoenix (15.24), the winner of the U17 race was Lauren Russell of Highgate Harriers (14.48) 48 runners finished – 31 U15 runners finished and 17 U17 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (164 points), 2nd London Heathside (153), 3rd Herts Phoenix (149), 9th SBH (50) 17 teams finished
Team Result After 5 Fixtures – 1st London Heathside (821 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (805), 3rd Herts Phoenix (702), 8th SBH (419) 

Senior Men (Senior Team 12 to score, Veteran Team 5 to score) – THOMAS BUTLER 5th (24.53, JOSHUA FISHER U20 32nd (27.02 3rd U20), FINN MACCARTHY U20 53rd (28.03), GARY PELOSI 54th (28.05), ASHWIN FOWKER-GAJAN U20 55th (28.06), LEO RONCARATI U20 92nd (29.15), DANIEL NICHOLS 109th (29.50), JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 117th (30.02), ROBERT RIGBY V60 126th (30.24 1st V60), KEVIN WALDEN V40 154th (31.18), JOEL PHILLIPS V45 234th (34.05), TIM UNDERHILL V50 241st (34.26), ETHAN HAMILTON 267th (35.17), BARRY HAWS V50 277th (35.42), PHILIP CUNNINGHAM V55 351st (42.25) the winner was Jacob Allen of Highgate Harriers (23.53) 370 runners finished.
Team Result – Division 2 – 1st SBH (983 points), 2nd Trent Park (921), 3rd Herts Phoenix (866), 12 teams finished
Team Result After 5 Fixtures – Division 2 – 1st Trent Park (5420 points), 2nd SBH (4941), 3rd London Frontrunners (4611)
Veterans Division 2 – 1st Eton Manor (235 points), 2nd Ealing Eagles (214), 3rd Herts Phoenix (205) 5th SBH (176) 12 teams finished
Veterans Division 2 After 5 Fixtures – 1st Ealing Eagles (1082 points), 2nd Eton Manor (1082), 3rd Barnet & District (865), 5th SBH (805) 

Senior Women (Senior Team 5 to score, Veteran Team 4 to score) – NICOLA PAYNE 14th (31.49), JO KENT V55 (2nd Claim) 45th (34.16 2nd V55) the winner was Hannah Viner of Highgate Harriers (29.02) 161 runners finished.
Team Result – Division 2 – 1st Eton Manor (185 points), 2nd Harrow (177), 3rd Barnet & District (164), 9th SBH (45) 12 teams finished
Team Result After 5 Fixtures – Division 2 – 1st Harrow (1046 points), 2nd Barnet & District (849), 3rd Herts Phoenix (701), 10th SBH (266)

Howard Williams Trophy (Juniors) – 1st Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (9 Wins, 101 points), 2nd SBH (10, 95), 3rd London Heathside (1, 85)
Howard Williams Trophy (Seniors) – 1st London Heathside (3 Wins, 44 points), 2nd Victoria Park & Tower Hamlets (0, 44), 3rd Highgate Harriers (4 42), 13th SBH (0, 21)

Link to the Start Fitness Metropolitan League results – https://www.metleague.run/results/ now select ‘Read More’ on Race 4, now select ‘Spreadsheet Results Link’

THESE ARE THE SBH ATHLETES CURRENT CONSECUTIVE RACES, FOLLOWING THE TRENT PARK FIXTURE ON 11 FEBRUARY

(10) MARK COTTLE SM, PAUL MACCARTHY V55
(7) PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U11, BARRY HAWS V45 & V50
(6) ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15, FINN MACCARTHY U20, JOEL PHILLIPS V45
(5) JOSIAH ALDHAM U11, SIENNA DARCY U11, ELFIE SHAW U11, JAMES MOUDART U11, SAM DARCY U13, LADDIE SHAW U13, ELIZABETH DA TERESA U17, JO KENT V55
(4) ERIN GIBLIN U15, THOMAS BUTLER SM, TIM UNDERHILL V50, PHILIP CUNNINGHAM V55
(3) TAHA COCKERILL U11, THOMAS FELLOWS U11, DANIEL BANYARD U17, JAI DARYANANI U17, DANIEL NICHOLS SM, JONNY SHAW V50
(2) BEN KASPAR U11, GRACE ROONEY U11, PHOEBE MUSIC U15, GUY FAWCETT U17, JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20, KEVIN WALDEN V40, ROBERT RIGBY V60, NICOLA PAYNE SW
The current record for consecutive appearances is held by JOHN KELLY, who completed 28 races between 1985 to 1990.

SBH WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS, THESE ARE THE TOP 3 POSITIONS FOLLOWING THE TRENT PARK FIXTURE ON 11 FEBRUARY

Under 13 Boys – 1st CALEB HILTON and EDDIE PASCAL (32 points), 3rd LADDIE SHAW (29) – Under 15 Boys – 1st ARTHUR PHILLIPS (40 points), 2nd EUAN PHILLIPS and JARED MORRIS (33) – Under 17 Men – 1st DANIEL BANYARD (31 points), 2nd JAI DARYANANI (29), 3rd TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE and JACOB CLEMENT (24) – Under 20 Men – 1st FINN MACCARTHY (34 points), 2nd JONATHAN BOARDMAN (21), 3rd ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN (18) – Senior Men – 1st THOMAS BUTLER (58 points), (2nd)  MARK COTTLE (39 points), 3rd DANIEL NICHOLS (30) – Masters Men 40-49 – 1st JOEL PHILLIPS (37 points). 2nd KEVIN WALDEN (16), 3rd CHRIS HERON (8) – Masters Men 50-59 – 1st BARRY HAWS (33 points). 2nd TIM UNDERHILL (26), 3rd PAUL MACCARTHY (25) – Masters Men 60-69 – 1st ROBERT RIGBY (32 points)

Under 13 Girls – 1st MEI HAYAKAWA (40 points), 2nd AMBER JACKSON (28), 3rd JUI HAYAKAWA (20) – Under 15 Girls – POSIE SHAW (32 points), 2nd ERIN GIBLIN (28), 3rd PHOEBE MUSIC (20) – Under 17 Women – 1st ELIZABETH DA TERESA (39 points), 2nd EVIE WINSTON (15), 3rd NICOLE MCGOVERN (8) – Under 20 Women – 1st ABI GREEN (24 points), 2nd ELANA RONCARATI (8) – Senior Women – 1st NICOLA PAYNE (15 points), 2nd ELANA DIMMER, EMILIA ECONOMU and NAOMI TASCHIMOWITZ (8 points) – Masters Women 40-49 – 1st VICTORIA DAWES (8 points)

Link to the Men/Women Winter Points tables updated up to the 11 February – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Updated 11-02-23  Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Updated 11-02-23

ENGLANDS ATHLETICS U20/U17 & U15 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Sheffield on 11-12 February.
60m – U17M H5 EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (7.05), in Semi-Final 1 EBUKA finished 2nd (PB 6.98) taking .02 of a second off his 14 January time, in the Final EBUKA finished 4th (PB 6.96) taking .02 of a second off his SF1 time, and is ranked UK No.6 U17 in 2023
60m – U17W H1 TAMI GEORGE U17 4th (8.09), ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U17 7th (8.28)
60m – U15W H1 ANGEL MCLEOD U15 1st (PB 7.79) Equalling her 11 February time, in Semi-Final 2 ANGEL finished 1st (PB 7.77) taking .02 of a second off her H1, in the Final ANGEL won the Bronze Medal (PB 7.73) taking .04 of a second off his SF2 time, and is ranked UK No.3 U15 in 2023
200m – U17M H2 EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (SB 22.64) taking .12 of a second off his 15 January time, in Semi-Final 3 EBUKA finished 2nd (PB 22.39) taking .08 of a second off his 2022 time, and is ranked UK No.7 U17 in 2023, in the Final EBUKA finished 4th (22.46)
200m – U15W H4 ANGEL MCLEOD U15 2nd (SB 26.19) taking .42 of a second off her 8 January time, in Semi-Final 3  ANGEL finished 3rd (SB 26.19) taking .05 of a second off her H4 time
400m – U17M H1 ZICO JONES U17 1st (51.02), in the Final ZICO won the Gold Medal (SB 49.88) taking .91 of a second off his 15 January time, and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2022
800m – U17W H1 LARISSA WILSON U17 5th (SB 2:19.04) taking 3.88 seconds off her 28 January time, H2 DINA SILVERMAN U17 6th (SB 2:20.19) taking .76 of a second off her 8 February time
60m Hurdles – U20M H1 RUBEN HEDMAN U20 2nd (7.93), in the Final RUBEN won the Bronze Medal (PB 7.90) taking .02 of a second off his 4 February time, and is ranked UK No.4 U20 in 2023
60m Hurdles – U17W H1 NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 2nd (8.93), in Semi-Final 3 NIA finished 2nd (8.94), in the Final NIA finished 6th (8.98)
High Jump – U20M Straight Final KIMANI JACK U20 won the Bronze Medal (2.05m)
Pole Vault – U17M Straight Final ANGUS BROWN U17 won the Bronze Medal (3.70m)
Pole Vault – U17W Straight Final ABIGAIL EDWARDS U17 won the Silver Medal (SB 3.10m)
Pole Vault – U20W Straight Final MANON BAINES U20 finished 6th (3.35m) adding 10cm to her 15 January height, and is ranked UK No.2 U20 in 2023
Triple Jump – U20W Straight Final TANI SONOKI U20 finished 9th (11.03m)

Photographs of ZICO after receiving his Gold Medal, also with his coach TY HOLDEN. Then ANGEL after receiving her Bronze Medal

SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS AA CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 12 February.
60m – M35 5 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 2nd (PB 7.86) taking .07 of a second off his 2022 time, and is ranked UK No.6 V50 in 2023, 6 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 2nd (SB 7.87) and is ranked UK No.7 V50 in 2023
200m – M50 1 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (25.72), JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V50 2nd (SB 25.81) and is ranked UK No.6 V50 in 2023
400m – M35 3 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 2nd (SB 59.25) and is ranked UK No.4 V50 in 2023
400m – W35 1 CLAIRE SPURWAY V40 1st (PB 66.57) and is ranked UK No.1 V40 in 2023
60m Hurdles – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 8.72)
High Jump – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 2nd (SB 1.50m) and is ranked UK No.4 V50 in 2023
Pole Vault – W45 STACEY GONZALES BETANCOURT V45 1st (SB 2.90m) and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2023
Pole Vault – W60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 1st (2.20m)
Long Jump – M50 JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V50 2nd (PB 5.24m) adding 14cm to his 2022 jump, and is ranked UK No.4 V50 in 2023
Shot 5kg – M60 MARK HOLDEN-AIKHOMU V60 3rd (10.40m)

WORLD ATHLETIS INDOOR TOUR BRONZE – Took place at Dortmund, Germany on 12 February.
1500m – SW ELLIE BAKER 2nd (4:10.30)

DUBAI 10K ROAD RACE – Took place at Dubai on 12 February.
STUART SINGER V60 279th (SB 46.17), BRADLEY SINGER 315th (SB 46.56)
STUART and BRADLEY celebrating in the glorious sunshine

CHEMIST WAREHOUSE ADELAIDE INVITATIONAL – Took place at Adelade, Australia on 12 February.
Discus 1kg – SW JADE LALLY V35 1st (60.28m)

WORLD ATHLETIS INDOOR TOUR GOLD – Took place at New York, New York, USA on 11 February.
800m – SM KYLE LANGFORD 4th (SB 1:46.98) taking .75 of a second off his 4 February time, and is ranked UK No.4 in 2023

SCOTTISH STUDENTS ATHLETIS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Emirates, Arena on 11 February.
60m – SM H3 BEN MCGUIRE (Glasgow University) 3rd (7.32)
3000m – SM Straight Final RORY MUIR (Aberdeen University) won the Gold Medal (PB 8:34.65) taking 1.43 seconds off his 2016 time
High Jump – SW Straight Final CLAIRE MCGARVEY U23 (Glasgow University) won the Gold Medal (1.74m)

BU DAVID HEMERY VALENTINE INTERNATIONAL – Took place at Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 10-11 February.
Mile – SM 15 LIAM GARRETT U23 (Yale University) 3rd (PB 4:07.11) taking 6.97 seconds off his 28 January time
3000m – SM 2 JAMIE DEE (Iona College) 3rd (PB 7:53.69) taking 1.18 seconds off his 2022 time, and is ranked UK No.9 in 2023

DANIEL DIXON MEMORIAL INTERNATIONAL – Took place at Lynchburg, Virginia, USA on 10-11 February.
Mile – SM 1 MITCHEL COX (Queens University North Carolina) 6th (PB 4:05.33) taking .50 of a second off his 2022 time
3000m – SM 2 MITCHEL COX (Queens University North Carolina) 2nd (PB 8:15.54) taking .89 of a second off his 21 January time

HUSKY CLASSIC – Took place at Seattle, Washington, USA on 10-11 February.
60m – SM H3 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 5th (PB 7.17) taking .01 of a second off his 2022 time
Shot 7.26kg – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 2nd (PB 14.06m) adding 13cm to his 28 January put, and is ranked UK No.6 U23 in 2023

SDU CLASSIC – Took place at Brookings, South Dakota, USA on 10-11 February.
Pole Vault – SM B GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 3rd (SB 4.90m) adding 5cm to his 21 January height, and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2023

WISCONSIN BADGERS WINDY CITY INVITATIONAL – Took place at Chicago, Illinois, USA on 10-11 February.
5000m – SM 1 CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 1st (PB 13.22.05) and is ranked UK No.1 in 2023, which ranks him UK No.6 on the UK all-time list 

ARMAGH INTERNATIONAL 5K ROAD RACE – Took place at Armagh, Northern Ireland on 9 February.
HENRY MCLUCKIE U23 1st (PB 13.37) taking 36 seconds off his 2020 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2023, KIERAN CLEMENTS 18th (SB 14.00), MARK PEARCE 23rd (PB 14.02) taking 3 minutes and 12 seconds off his 2017 time

AYO FALOLA DREAM MILE – Took place at Lee Valley on 8 February.
400m – SW HAYLEY MCLEAN 3rd (54.78)
800m – U15B EUAN PHILLIPS U15 2nd (SB 2:14.61)
800m – U13B EDWARD PASCAL U13 2nd (PB 2:27.10) taking 2.09 seconds off his 2022 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U13 in 2023, DENNYS PASCAL U13 3rd (PB 2:36.40) taking 4.24 seconds off his 2022 time
800m – SW 2 DINA SILVERMAN U17 4th (SB 2:20.93) taking 2.43 seconds off her28 January time 

STEEL CUP – Took place at Sheffield on 8 February.
60m – SM 1 TARIQ WILD U23 (Manchester University) 1st (7.00), 6 JOSH WOODS U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (7.14)
High Jump – SM EVAN CAMPBELL U23 (Birmingham University) 3rd (SB 1.85m) equalling his 22 January height
Pole Vault – SM CRAIG MONCUR U23 (Birmingham University) 5th (4.00m), EVAN CAMPBELL U23 (Birmingham University) 6th (PB 3.80m) adding 16cm to his 2022 vault
Long Jump – SM JOSH WOODS U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (6.96m)
Shot 7.26kg – SM CRAIG MONCUR U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (11.72m)

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cannons Park on 11 February.
LOUIS PELTA U20 18th (24.52) this was his 64th Parkrun

PARKRU N 5K– Took place at Guildford on 11 February.
JOHN DRYDEN V75 272nd (35.08) this was his 150th Parkrun

PARKRU N 5K– Took place at Hackney Marshes on 11 February.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 202nd (28.25) this was his 282nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 11 February.
ANDREW HOLMES V55 188th (32.42) this was his 45th Parkrun

PARKRU N 5K– Took place at Norwich on 11 February.
JOSEPH HEATHER U20 3rd (17.28) this was his 40th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 11 February.
ZACK JOSEPHS U13 7th (PB 19.32) this was his 10th Parkrun, DAVID JOSEPHS V45 12th (20.42) this was his 23rd Parkrun

PARKRU N 5K– Took place at Sunny Hill on 11 February.
LENARD MICHEL V50 12th (26.02) this was his 91st Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 22nd (31.04) this was her 79th Parkrun

UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY AND ROAD RELAY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH – The updated 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet, are available further down the Newsletter.

WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 18 February at Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 25 February at Bolesworth Castle, Chester
Start Times 11.00am 56th U17 Women (5000m), 11.25am 20th U15 Boys (4000m), 11.45pm 53rd U13 Girls (3000m), 12.05pm 77th U17 Men (6000m), 12.30pm 19th U13 Boys (3000m), 12.45pm 57th U15 Girls (4000m), 1.05am 31st U20 Women (6000m), 1.35pm 90th Senior Women (8000m), 2.20pm 75th U20 Men (10000m), 3.00pm 135th Senior Men (12000m)
This is the link to the National website, giving information, travel and site map http://www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/the-national-cross-country-championships/venue/
Entries Closed

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five takes place on Sunday 5 March at Harrow School (SatNav HA1 3GF).
The first race starts at 11.00am.
Link to NWLL information – NWLL All Information For Harrow School 05-03-23
Map of course

Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Will our athletes please see TY HOLDEN who will give you a race number

UK CAU INTER COUNTIES CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 March at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough.
Note: You will selected by your respective County Team Manager 

ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 18 March at Wollaton, Park, Nottingham.
Note: You will selected by your respective County Team Manager

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 16 FEBRUARY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH – The following fixtures are now open for entries, therefore please enter yourselves and pay the appropriate fee, but be aware that fixtures could close before the closing date, due to events being full.

BRITISH MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 18 February and Sunday 19 February.
Entries Closed

UK ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EUROPEAN TRIALS – Takes place at the Utilita Arena, King Edwards Road, Birmingham (Satnav B1 2AA) on Saturday 18 February and Sunday 19 February. Athletes will be invited to compete.
Link to apply for tickets – https://www.koobit.com/uk-athletics-indoor-championships-e5431

ENGLAND MASTERS INDOOR CHALLENGE – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Sunday 26 February.
Note: Team selection will be via area clubs

ESSEX AND EASTERN COUNTIES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 4 March and Sunday 5 March. Age-group U13 up to Senior.
To enter please use this link, although there is no information as yet on their website – https://easternaa.com/
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 22 February
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee 

BRITISH MASTERS INDOOR PENTATHLON AND 3000M CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Saturday 11 March. Guests are welcome. Please use this link to enable you to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/bmaf-ipen/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 26 February
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee 

ENGLAND ATHLETICS U15 AND U17 COMBINED EVENTS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 11 March and Sunday 12 March.
Please use this link to enable you to enter – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=12350
Entries Closing Date Monday 20 February
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

SPRINTS COACH RON RODDAN DIES – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph of RON and LINFORD in Sheffield in 1992 taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

Tributes pour in for coaching legend who was best known for guiding LINFORD CHRISTIE to Olympic gold. It is hard to think of an athletics coach more committed to the cause of helping athletes reach their potential than RON RODDAN. The 91-year-old, who died in the early hours of Friday (Feb 10), dedicated himself to the sport for several decades guiding, most notably, LINFORD CHRISTIE to world and Olympic 100m titles. RODDAN was born in Crewe but moved to London with his family as a child and joined Thames Valley Harriers shortly after World War II in 1947. He was a good club-level sprinter, winning medals at the Middlesex Championships and running the quarter-mile in (50.2), but later found his true calling as a sprints coach and from 1964 onwards guided several dozen athletes to international level. Like many coaches, he fell into the role by accident too. When his own coach retired, RODDAN was encouraged by his clubmates to take over. “Initially, I carried on with what my coach had taught us, but then I went on courses, met other coaches and began to put my own ideas to work,” he later recalled. RODDAN also combined coaching with a job as an engineer. He had a spell in of national service in the Army, too, before becoming a Geological Society laboratory technician until he was made redundant in 1990. His coaching initially took place in Alperton and then at West London Stadium – an arena that would later be named after CHRISTIE – and he coached athletes of all standards. “My athletes getting PBs or just running better than they thought they were capable of… those moments make me feel that it is all worthwhile,” he said.

RODDAN’S first major successes were MICK HAUCK, who developed into a (46.75) 400m runner, plus DICK STEANE, who set a British 200m record of (20.66) at the Mexico City Olympics. Many more followed before that day in 1979 when the 19-year-old CHRISTIE approached RODDAN. He had placed second in the English Schools 200m and his best times were just (10.7) and (21.8). CHRISTIE clearly had talent but in those early days lacked self-discipline. “He just wouldn’t come training and only did when he felt like it,” RODDAN recalled. Following the 1984 season, by which time CHRISTIE’S PBs were down to (10.44) and (21.38), RODDAN gave him an ultimatum on the lines of “either work seriously or don’t waste my time.” It worked and in 1985 he clocked a wind-assisted (10.20) and early in 1986 he won his first international title, the European indoor 200m gold. Later that year he succeeded ALLAN WELLS as UK record-holder for 100m before going on to win Olympic 100m gold in Barcelona in 1992 and the world title in Stuttgart in 1993. Inspired by his mentor, CHRISTIE later went into coaching himself.

The Independent once wrote of RODDAN: “He is always there (for CHRISTIE). He has been since a teenage CHRISTIE first ambled into the Thames Valley Harriers club and took a half-hearted interest in being a sprinter. “RODDAN diverted him from a life of freewheeling to one of extraordinary dedication that turned him into a millionaire Olympic champion and his coach into . . . well in to being slightly better known, perhaps a bit better off, a lot better travelled, but at the end of the day still the guy who turns up in the middle of December at the grandly named, badly under-funded Linford Christie stadium. There he gives as much attention to kids with not a hope in the world of emulating CHRISTIE as he does to Olympians.” In addition to guiding CHRISTIE to his major triumphs, RODDAN also coached 2000 Olympic medallists DARREN CAMPBELL and KATHARINE MERRY. He has also had input with athletes such as FRANKIE FREDERICKS, BRUNY SURIN, JOICE MADUAKA and JAMIE BAULCH, plus many more.  RODDAN had a quiet, modest personality but was forthright with his views. He was a regular letter writer to AW and would often call the magazine to voice his concerns over the sport. “I’m not pushy,” he once said. “I’m the opposite to what most sprinters are. They’re brash, loud and extroverted. I don’t know what it is but I just seem to be approachable.”

As recently as 2017, for example, he wrote to the magazine to argue that the medal tally by British athletes at the World Championships in London that year was poor given the amount of funding. “Over the last decade,” he said, “coaching has gone downhill. Go back to the system of the 1980s and ’90s where 6-8 national coaches work with club coaches and their athletes. This way everyone helps each other to improve.” In his later years, not surprisingly, he earned a number of accolades such as the RON PICKERING Memorial Award for Services to Athletics and in 2016 he was inducted into the England Athletics hall of fame. Announcing his death, CHRISTIE’S management agency Nuff Respect said: “It is with deep sadness that we heard the news that the amazing and irreplaceable RON RODDAN passed away. RON was a valued coach at Thames Valley Harriers which came to be his second home, but his relationships reached far beyond West London. “His coaching achievements are too many to mention but the most obvious is the Olympic, world, Commonwealth and European medals that LINFORD won with RON by his side and the Olympic medals won by KATHARINE MERRY and DARREN CAMPBELL at the Sydney Olympics. “RON was devoted to his athletes, brutally honest, pushing them to their absolute best. This most modest of men was at his happiest with a stopwatch in his hand, standing trackside.” CHRISTIE himself once said that money and medals aside, the thing he prized most at the end of a race was “seeing a smile on RON’S face”.

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 (1 video and 2 photographs) this week.

HENRY MCLUCKIE – Video of his record breaking 5K win in the Armagh International 5K Road Race, with a personal best (13.37)

METROPOLITAN LEAGUE ON 11 FEBRUARY – 2 photographs – the first features CALEB HILTON, EDDIE PASCAL, LADDIE SHAW, JESSIE ABRAHAMS and DENNYS PASCAL, the second features OLIVIA ABBOTT and MEI HAYAKAWA

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 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 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 updated and issued on the 4 November 2022.
The Updated 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card is now available on the SBH Website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/  Fixture Card Updated 04-11-22 UK Indoor & Hertfordshire X/C Dates Confirmed.
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 CROSS COUNTRY POINTS TABLE is now available on the SBH Website, and has been updated following the Metropolitan League on the 11 February – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Updated 11-02-23  Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Updated 11-02-23
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

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

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.