Happy Birthday from Thursday 17 April to Wednesday 23 April – Victoria Godfrey, Lola McCann-Ezekiel, Joseph Purbrick, Zurrell Quaye-Murray, Robert Rigby, Sean Sutherland, Alan Weller and Tariq Wild

HELP WANTED – PARENTS – we need your help to ensure your child can compete at all their events this season!
Volunteering to help on the track or field at just a couple of our home and away fixtures in 2025, will give us certainty early on that the meetings can go ahead. It’s a fun way to be involved on the day, you will still be free to watch your child’s events, lunches and refreshments are always provided at our home fixtures and at most away ones too.

Please contact either GERALD ALTERMAN or ROSALIND ZEFFERTT for further information or complete this form SBH 2025 Summer Availability.
GERALD: (SBH Officials Secretary; athletics@marksman.plus.com: 07956 825781)
ROSALIND: (SBH Officials Co-ordinator: anglo.japan@outlook.com: 07973 822874)

JACK PETCHEY AWARD – Congratulations to YUSRA ECHOUAFNI who won the JACK PETCHEY AWARD for April. YUSRA who trains for sprint hurdles, under the guidance od JACQUI AGYEPOUNG and ANNA HIGSON, whose personal best for the 80m Hurdles is (13.56) set in the EYAL last year. Photograph of YUSRA with her award in on the SBH Instagram page.

LINA NEILSEN DISCUSSES LIVING HER LIFE WITH MS – LENA wrote this revealing article on how her life has been, following being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 17. The article was published in the newspaper “i” on Saturday 15 February.

I’m an Olympic medallist with MS – this is why I went public with my diagnosis. Team GB athlete LINA NEILSEN is starting treatment for multiple sclerosis – a decade after being diagnosed. She tells The i Paper she now wants to help others too.  “For a long time, it was the worst day of my life.” LINA NEILSEN was 17 when she was rushed to hospital with paralysis of her right side. Doctors eventually diagnosed her with multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system. Nielsen had to learn how to walk all over again, and used track and field to push her into jogging, running and sprinting.

A decade later, she helped the Great Britain 4x400m squad win bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics, along with her twin sister LAVIAI, who also has the disease. Now 28, LINA wants to use her platform as an athlete to provide others with support and hope, having recently agreed to start treatment after years of avoiding it.  “Anytime I speak about MS, I just think about myself at 17, and what it meant for 17-year-old LINA to hear that diagnosis,” NEILSEN says. “I always wanted a thread of hope, or someone to tell me, ‘Hey, it will be fine, it’s not as scary as you think it is, you can still navigate life’.” Her first symptoms presented when she was 13, but she found it hard to explain to doctors what was going on with her body. She says: “I remember saying to one of the nurses after I ended up in A&E, ‘I can move my arm, but I can’t move my hand. I can make a fist, but I can’t close the fist. The movements are very slow, and I can’t hold a cup with the left hand, but I can with the right hand.’ I just couldn’t explain it. “I’ll never forget the nurse said to me, ‘Are you just doing this to get out of school?’ “It was so confusing. I kind of felt like I had failed. My mum was so worried.

“Even people who are much older can’t explain what’s going on in the body, because it’s just such a weird condition, and sometimes the symptoms that end up manifesting are so strange. The first mention of MS came when NEILSEN started having double vision in 2013, “but it was an optician, so I was like ‘whatever’,” but it was not until her terrifying attack of paralysis that doctors began to take NEILSEN seriously. She was able to communicate the various symptoms she had experienced over the last four years, and received her diagnosis. The dream of competing at the Olympic Games had already entered her mind after volunteering at London 2012. However, it was only after she narrowly missed out on qualifying for the World Championships in 2019 that she started to think that she could make it a reality. She did qualify for the Worlds three years later, only to suffer a relapse the night before her race, which caused her to reveal her diagnosis publicly for the first time. “I noticed at the time when I had that relapse that there were a lot of comments on social media like, ‘Oh, she must have been stressed, she must have been nervous, stress is a trigger for me,’” NEILSEN says. “Stress, I’ve noticed within myself, is not a trigger, but a lot of people pool everyone with MS into one box, so I understand why that could be the obvious answer.

“But I personally think it was the food and all these people being in one place, because the World Championships in Oregon was very similar to the [Olympic] village, but a very condensed village. People are bringing in different viruses and different illnesses. “When I looked back at it, I thought, ‘God, we were just too congested.’ So I must have had a trigger from either the food, which was awful, or the amount of people there.”

She had to request special dispensation from anti-doping authorities, which was granted, to undergo a course of steroids to help her recover from that relapse, which negatively impacted her training for months. And when she made it to the Olympics two years later, the memories of her nightmare in Oregon came flooding back. NEILSEN says it was like having post-traumatic stress disorder. ”When I got into the village in Paris I was so excited, and as soon as I saw all these different athletes from different countries and the food hall, I immediately had a panic attack that I did not prepare for,” NEILSEN adds. “I didn’t think that was going to happen, but I thought this, ‘This could trigger me, and then I could have another relapse and my Olympic dreams could be shattered.’

“It’s another complex layer added to the hard life that it is being an athlete. It’s just life with a chronic condition, especially something like MS which is so uncertain.” Team GB were at least staying on “The Island”, a secluded HQ in the middle of the Seine, but the standard and quantity of the food in the village left much to be desired. “We actually all lost a little bit of weight,” NEILSEN reveals. “For the distance runners, it was fantastic, because lighter means faster. “However, for the distance, for the sprinters, lighter means slower. It’s actually one of the reasons I decided to race heavier this year, because I know what it means to race light, and it’s not fun. So yeah, I’m 6kg heavier this year!” Diet is not the only thing that has changed for the 28-year-old, who is targeting the world finals in Tokyo at the end of the season. After achieving her Olympic dream, NEILSEN took the plunge to start treatment for her MS. “I always said to my consultant, I didn’t want to start treatment because I wasn’t sure how it would affect my training,” she says. “It took 10 years for me to make that step, but all the paranoia that I had before and all the fears that I had about how it would affect my training went out the window.”

LEE VALLEY OPEN MEETINGS – They have have not published their fixtures.

UPCOMING FIXTURES – I have now shown as 2 sections – The first section covers the fixtures that SBH compete in and other major fixtures – The second section covers the Open Meeting fixtures, that you have to enter yourselves.

SUMMER OPEN MEETINGS – These are the BFTTA, Lee Valley and Watford fixtures, dates highlighted in RED are open to enter – all information those fixtures that are open to enter, can be found in the ‘Open Meeting Upcoming Fixtures‘ section, which follows the ‘SBH Upcoming Fixtures For The Next 6 Weeks‘ section.

BFTTA OPEN MEETINGS – Takes place at Lee Valley – April 21, May 18, June 1, July 20, August 30.
LEE VALLEY OPEN MEETINGS – Takes place at Lee Valley – Fixtures still to be published.
WATFORD OPEN MEETINGS – Takes place at Watford – April 30, May 14 and 28, June 11 and 25, July 9 and 23, August 6 and 20, September 3.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2024. The current SBH annual subscription is £85 (following the recent 2024 SBH AGM) and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2025 is £20. The current total is £105 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

RESULTS
Just to clarify, that the results I publish can be different to those that are shown on the Power of 10. The differences relate to seasons and personal best performances. For example in the recent EYAL results, an athlete in the 200m ran (24.1), and on his profile his season’s best was shown as (23.88) indoors. As the 200m indoors and outdoors are totally different type of events, I had shown the (24.1) as a season’s best. Regarding Master athletes any personal best performances relate to their current age-groups, as Club Records for Masters age-groups are in 5 year periods.

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The first fixture of four took place at Cambridge on 13 April.
What a superb start to the season, saw the team carrying on their 2024 success, following finishing 2nd to Chelmsford in the season end Top 6 Final. We started the 2025 season with a trip to Cambridge, and our team had a outstanding win, beating 2nd place Ipswich by some 68 points.

Match Result – 1st SBH (713.5 points), 2nd Ipswich (645.5), 3rd Cambridge & Coleridge (599), 4th Herts Phoenix (568), 5th Watford (408), 6th Colchester & Tendering (364), 7th Harlow (261)

100m – U13B A MICHAEL OBIWULU U13 1st (PB 13.4 nwr) taking .58 of a second off his 2024 time, B NOSA URUBUSI U13 1st (PB 13.5 nwr) taking .50 of a second off his 2024 time, and is ranked UK No.10 U13 in 2025, Non Scoring JAMES TSUI U13 (PB 13.7 nwr) taking .08 of a second off his 2024 time, KORE OMIDIJI U13 (SB 14.3 nwr), DANIEL MURRAY U13 (PB 15.2 nwr)
100m – U13G A DIYA PALMER U13 2nd (PB 14.3 nwr), B NAYLAH ADEEKO U13 2nd (PB 14.1 nwr), Non Scoring GEORGINA WARMATE U13 (PB 14.1 nwr), TEMI JAIYEOLA U13 (PB 14.1 nwr) taking .66 of a second off her 2024 time, AYOTUNDE ALFONSO U13 (PB 14.4 nwr), ELLA APPIAH-SPICK U13 (PB 15.0 nwr) taking .02 of a second off her 2024 time, AIMIE ZHENG U13 (PB 15.0 nwr), MIA BEGGI-RAYMOND U13 (PB 16.7 nwr) taking .29 of a second off her 2024 time
100m – U15B A LOUIS XUN U15 2nd (11.8 nwr) taking .20 of a second off his 2024 time, B ZAYNE SERVIS HOBSON U15 1st (PB 12.3 nwr), Non Scoring MATTHEW MURRAY U15 (PB 13.9 nwr)
100m – U15G A ANU JAIYEOLA U15 1st (12.7 nwr) taking .04 of a second off her 2024 time, B KAYIKUNMI OMIDIJI U15 1st (12.9 nwr) taking .14 of a second off her 2024 time, Non Scoring ANASHE MAPANZURE U15 (PB 13.9 nwr), AVERY ANDOH U15 (PB 13.9 nwr) taking .11 of a second off her 9 March time, KAIA VAUGHAN U15 (PB 14.0 nwr) taking .50 of a second off her 2024 time, LEXI MAI U15 (PB 14.0 nwr) taking .10 of a second off her 2024 time, PRECIOUS EBOH U15 (PB 14.7 nwr), LEXIE JONES U15 (PB 14.7 nwr)
100m – U17M A ANGEL-GIFFORD MIYA U17 2nd (11.4 nwr) taking .14 of a second off his 2024 time, B TYLER HOLDEN AIKHOMU U17 1st (SB 11.5 nwr), Non Scoring LANI JAIYEOLA U17 (SB 11.7 nwr), ASHER ESCOBAR U17 (PB 11.8 nwr) taking .27 of a second off his 2024 time, EESA ADEKUNLIE-ALI U17 (SB 11.9 nwr), KEYLLAN GENTET U17 (PB 12.1 nwr) taking .10 of a second off his 2024 time, MODE AKIN-ADEKUNBIADE U17 (PB 12.1 nwr) taking .07 of a second off his 2024 time, KACEI GRIFFITH U17 (PB 12.3 nwr), JEREMIAH ELLIOT U17 (SB 12.4 nwr)
100m – U17W A TIA AKINOLA U17 1st (SB 12.3 nwr), B HOLLY RYAN U17 1st (PB 12.1 nwr) taking .07 of a second off her 2024 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U17 in 2024, Non Scoring MOIESHA SAVAGE U17 (SB 12.9 nwr), SHENEL OKRAH U17 (SB 13.4 nwr), PHOEBE SOLOMONS U17 (PB 13.7 nwr)
200m – U13B A NOSA URUBUSI U13 2nd (28.9 nwr) taking .30 of a second off his 2024 time, B SETH SAUNDERS U13 1st (29.5 nwr) taking .01 of a second off his 2024 time, Non Scoring PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U13 (PB 31.7 nwr) taking .57 of a second off his 2023 time, MICHAEL OBIWULU U13 (SB 32.3 nwr)
200m – U13G A GEORGINA WARMATE U13 1st (PB 29.3 nwr), B SIENNA DARCY U13 1st (PB 29.0 nwr) taking 1.68 seconds off her 2024 time, Non Scoring TEMI JAIYEOLA U13 (PB 30.5 nwr), AYOTUNDE ALFONSO U13 (PB 30.7 nwr)
200m – U15B A LOUIS XUN U15 2nd (SB 25.8 nwr), B BEN BAMISAIYE U15 2nd (SB 26.8 nwr)
200m – U15G A ANU JAIYEOLA U15 1st (SB 27.5 nwr), B KAYIKUNMI OMIDIJI U15 1st (SB 27.4 nwr), Non Scoring AVERY ANDOH U15 (PB 31.5 nwr), LEXI MAI U15 (SB 33.1 nwr)
200m – U17M A ANGEL-GIFFORD MIYA U17 3rd (SB 24.5 nwr), B TYLER HOLDEN AIKHOMU U17 1st (SB 24.5 nwr), Non Scoring ASHER ESCOBAR U17 (PB 24.7 nwr) taking .07 of a second off his 2024 time, KEYLLAN GENTET U17 (SB 25.7 nwr), MODE AKIN-ADEKUNBIADE U17 (SB 26.1 nwr), JEREMIAH ELLIOT U17 (SB 26.3 nwr)
200m – U17W A TIA AKINOLA U17 2nd (PB 26.8 nwr), B ELLA BUCKLEY U17 1st (SB 27.5 nwr), Non Scoring PHOEBE SOLOMONS U17 (PB 30.5 nwr)
300m – U15B A BEN BAMISAIYE U15 2nd (PB 41.8) taking .30 of a second off his 2024 time, B JOLOMI DEYEMIN U15 1st (SB 43.1)
300m – U15G A KYRA WILLIAMS U15 3rd (46.8) taking .04 of a second off her 2024 time
300m – U17W A HOLLY RYAN U17 1st (SB 40.1), B ELLA BUCKLEY U17 1st (SB 43.0), Non Scoring ANNABELLE PANWAR U17 (PB 51.4)
400m – U17M A JOSHUA NYMAN U17 2nd (PB 53.4), B LANI JAIYEOLA U17 2nd (PB 54.9)
800m – U13B A PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U13 3rd (SB 2:39.4)
800m – U13G A SIENNA DARCY U13 1st (SB 2:34.0), B KEENYAH ADELISE U13 1st (PB 2:41.5) taking 6.17 seconds off her 2024 time
800m – U15B A AARON HIDALGO-HUDI U15 3rd (PB 2:20.3)
800m – U17M A CALEB HILTON U17 4th (2:08.1) taking 2.56 seconds off his 2024 time, B SAM DARCY U17 1st (2:14.5) taking 6.76 seconds off his 2024 time
800m – U17W A GEORGIA SUMMERS U17 5th (PB 2:46.2)
1500m – U13B A LEWIS WARD U13 2nd (PB 4:55.7), B JAKE MICHALIK U13 3rd (PB 5:19.5) taking 10.65 seconds off his 2024 time
1500m – U13G A AMELIA WILKES U15 2nd (PB 5:42.1)
1500m – U15B A ROAN PARKES U15 5th (SB 5:08.6)
1500m – U17M A ARTHUR PHILLIPS U17 2nd (4:21.2), B SAM TURNER U17 1st (4:22.2) taking 1.5 seconds off his 2024 time, Non Scoring JESSE ABRAHAMS U17 (PB 4:23.8) taking 1.74 seconds off his 2 April time, LADDIE SHAW U17 (4:51.4)
1500m – U17W A POSIE SHAW U17 1st (4:38.3)
70m Hurdles – U13G A SIENNA DARCY U13 1st (11.8 nwr) taking .94 of a second off her 2024 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U13 in 2025, B AIMIE ZHENG U13 3rd (PB 14.6 nwr), Non Scoring MIA BEGGI-RAYMOND U13 (PB 14.8 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U13B A SETH SAUNDERS U13 1st (12.5 nwr) taking 2.27 seconds off his 2024 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U13 in 2025, B DANIEL MURRAY U13 2nd (PB 15.8 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U15G A KYRA WILLIAMS U15 1st (12.1 nwr), B LEXI MAI U15 2nd (SB 14.4 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U15B A KAYDEN THOMAS U15 1st (SB 11.9 nwr), B ROAN PARKES U15 1st (PB 14.9 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U17W B SURAYA FROST U17 1st (SB 12.4 nwr)
100m Hurdles – U17M A SETH RENNIE-RODDY U17 1st (SB 14.4 nwr), B ASHER ESCOBAR U17 1st (PB 15.3 nwr) taking .24 of a second off his 2024 time
High Jump – U13B A JAMES TSUI U13 2nd (1.35m), B LEWIS WARD U13 3rd (PB 1.10m)  
High Jump – U15B A ROAN PARKES U17 3rd (SB 1.30m)
High Jump – U17W A ELLA BUCKLEY U17 2nd (SB 1.40m), B AMY HALLETT U17 2nd (1.30m)
Pole Vault – U15B A NOAH VAN DEN BURGH U15 1st (3.60m)
Pole Vault – U17M A ISAAC VAN DEN BURGH U17 1st (PB 4.20m) adding 16cm to his 2024 height, and is ranked equal UK No.4 U17 in 2025, Non Scoring THOMAS ROBERTSON U17 (3.70m), WILLIAM SYLVESTER U17 (3.20m)
Long Jump – U13B A JAMES TSUI U13 1st (PB 4.43m nwr) equalling his 26 January jump, B SETH SAUNDERS U13 1st (4.15m nwr) adding 17cm to his 2024 jump
Long Jump – U13G A KEENYAH ADELISE U13 6th (3.27m nwr), Non Scoring KAIA VAUGHAN U15 (SB 3.56m), MIA BEGGI-RAYMOND U15 (SB 2.94m), AIMIE ZHENG U15 (PB 2.23m)
Long Jump – U15B A KAYDEN THOMAS U15 1st (PB 5.40m nwr) adding 1.66m to his 2024 jump, B BEN BAMISAIYE U15 2nd (SB 4.37m nwr), Non Scoring MATTHEW MURRAY U15 (PB 3.85m)
Long Jump – U15G A ANU JAIYEOLA U15 3rd (SB 4.42m nwr), B LEXIE JONES U15 2nd (PB 3.96m nwr), Non Scoring ANASHE MAPANZURE U15 (PB 3.23m)
Long Jump – U17M A HARLEY HENRY U17 1st (PB 5.63m nwr) adding 14cm to his 2024 jump, B KACIE GRIFFITH U17 1st (PB 5.24m nwr)
Long Jump – U17W A GRACE NYAONGO U17 1st (4.87m nwr), B ULANI MCCABE-HUGGINS U17 2nd (SB 4.17m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17M A HARLEY HENRY U17 1st (13.11m nwr), B KACIE GRIFFITH U17 1st (10.46m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17W A ULANI MCCABE-HUGGINS U17 1st (9.49m nwr)
Shot 2.72kg – U13G A CATALEA PETRENCU U13 5th (PB 4.24m), B NAYLAH ADEEKO U13 4th (PB 3.62m)
Shot 3kg – U13B A NOSA URUBUSI U13 1st (7.42m), B AIMON PETRENCU U13 2nd (PB 5.03m)
Shot 3kg – U15G A PRECIOUS EBOH U15 4th (PB 8.04m), B LEXI MAI U15 7th (PB 10.68m) and is ranked equal UK No.7 U15 in 2025
Shot 3kg – U17W A ULANI MCCABE-HUGGINS U17 4th (SB 7.90m), B SHENEL OKRAH U17 1st (SB 7.55m)
Shot 4kg – U15B A AARON HIDALGO-HUDI U15 3rd (PB 14.35m), B DAVID HIDALGO-HUDI U15 1st (PB 12.05m)
Shot 5kg – U17M A TOBILOBA AYETAN U17 2nd (12.00m), B LAPE LAGUSDA U17 2nd (PB 3.58m)
Discus 1kg – U13B A AIMON PETRENCU U13 3rd (PB 11.46m), B PRINCE-MOSES JOHN U13 3rd (PB 6.93m)
Discus 0.75kg – U13G A GEORGINA WARMATE U13 5th (PB 9.86m), B CATALEA PETRENCU U13 2nd (PB 7.68m)
Discus 1.25kg – U15B A AARON HIDALGO-HUDI U15 3rd (PB 14.35m), B DAVID HIDALGO-HUDI U15 1st (PB 12.05m)
Discus 1kg – U15G A LEXI JONES U15 7th (PB 10.68m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A TOBILOBA AYETAN U17 2nd (PB 21.20m), B MODE AKIN-AGUNBIADE U17 1st (PB 21.40m)
Discus 1kg – U17W A SHENEL OKRAH U17 2nd (SB 15.28m), B ANNABELLE PANWAR U17 3rd (PB 10.67m)
Hammer 5kg – U17M A TOBILOBA AYETAN U17 1st (PB 23.51m)
Javelin 400g – U13B A AIMON PETRENCU U13 3rd (PB 14.33m)
Javelin 400g – U13G A CATALEA PETRENCU U13 5th (PB 8.90m), B AYOLUNDE ALFONSO U13 5th (PB 4.12m)
Javelin 500g – U15G A KYRA WILLIAMS U15 6th (PB 11.57m) adding 3.10m to her 2024 throw, B ANASHE MAPANZURE U15 3rd (PB 10.36m)
Javelin 500g – U17W B ANNABELLE PANWAR U17 2nd (PB 14.32m)
Javelin 600g – U15B A DAVID HIDALGO-HUDI U15 5th (PB 9.24m), B AARON HIDALGO-HUDI U15 3rd (PB 8.93m)
4x100m Mixed Relay – U13 A 2nd (58.0) SIENNA DARCY, DIYA PALMER, MICHAEL OBIWULU, NOSA URUBUSI, B 2nd (59.1) GEORGINA WARMATE, NAYLA ADEEKO, SETH SAUNDERS, JAMES TSUI, U15 A 1st (51.3) KAYIKUNMI OMIDIJI, ANU JAIYEOLA, ZAYN SERVIS HOBSON, LOUIS XUN, U15 B 1st (57.0) PRECIOUS EBOH, ANASHE MAZANPURE, PRINCE-MOSES JOHN, BEN BAMISAIYE, U17M A 1st (47.3) TIA AKINOLA, HOLLY RYAN, ANGEL-GIFFORD MIYA, JOSHUA NYMAN, U17M B 1st (49.6) ELLA BUCKLEY, MOIESHA SAVAGE, TYLER HOLDEN-AIKHOMU, HARLEY HENRY

EUROPEAN RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Leuven, Belgium on 12-13 April
10K Road – BETH POTTER 14th (32.16)

ARKANSAS SPRING INVITATIONAL – Took place at Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA on 12 April
200m – SM 5 JADEN SMITH U23 (Arkansas University) 2nd (SB 20.80 w4.0)

YALE/HARVARD V OXFORD/CAMBRIDGE – Took place at New Haven, Connecticut, USA on 12 April
100m – SW LARISSA GILES U23 (Yale University) 4th (12.46 w5.4)

WOODFORD GREEN WITH ESSEX LADIES OPEN MEETING – Took place at Woodford Green on 12 April
Discus 2kg – SM GABOR KISS V40 1st (40.76m)

KINGSTON AND POLY AC OPEN MEETING – Took place at Kingston on 12 April
Discus 1kg – U17W ELKIE BAKER U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 40.07m) adding 1.50m to her 2024 throw, and is ranked UK No.1 U17 in 2025

44 FARMS TEAM INVITATIONAL – Took place at College Station, Texas, USA on 11-12 April
100m Hurdles – SW 3 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 7th (SB 14.58 w2.6) taking .55 of a second off her 4 April time
110m Hurdles – SM 2 JOSEPH PURBRICK U23 (Iowa State University) 6th (PB 14.52 w3.7) taking .36 of a second off his 28 March time

HIGHGATE HARRIERS 1879 SPRING OPEN MEETING – Took place at Parliament Hill on 9 April
High Jump – SX AKHALIA COLLINS U20 7th (PB 1.46m) equalling her 2023 height, ZULEIKHA COLLINS U20 8th (SB 1.46m)
Shot 3kg – W50 STACEY GONZALEZ V50 1st (8.07m)
Discus 1kg – W50 STACEY GONZALEZ V50 1st (25.67m)

MINITHON – Took place at Lee Valley on 22 March
Year 3 Boys – CAMERON MORTON 8th (114 points) 60m (10.35), 200m (36.58), Long Jump (2.00m), THEODORE BETTRIDGE 10th (111 points) 60m (11.03), 200m (38.96), Long Jump (2.33m)
Year 3 Girls – VALENTINA BJERG 1st (149 points) 60m (9.09), 200m (31.84), Long Jump (2.66m), ANEESA SPENCER 7th (120 points) 60m (10.22), 200m (37.97), Long Jump (1.88m)
Year 4&5 Boys – JAMES KING 17th (150 points) 60m (9.59), 60m Hurdles (11.84), Turbo Javelin (9.25m), SHAAYUN RANMAL 25th (194 points) 60m (9.59), 200m (32.27), Long Jump (3.28m), Turbo Javelin (9.50m) best 3 counted, KWABANA DABANKA 36th (136 points) 60m (9.79), 60m Hurdles (11.87), Long Jump (2.57m)
Year 4&5 Girls – ANAYA COLLINS 6th (158 points) 60m (9.39), 60m Hurdles (11.21), 200m (32.55), ANNIE LEON 9th (154 points) 60m (9.19), 200m (31.46), Long Jump (3.19m), NAYAH BOBB-SEMPLE 16th (147 points) 60m (9.58), 200m (31.36), Long Jump (2.85m), NOOR EMAAN ODAIDULLAH 23rd (141 points) 60m (11.61), Shot (6.36m), Turbo Javelin (12.50m), TOLU ADEKINLE 27th (138 points) 60m (10.09), 200m (36.69), Long Jump (3.21m), ANYA BOWRY 32nd (135 points) 60m (9.65), 200m (32.79), Long Jump (2.30m), ELSIE BETTRIDGE 42nd (130 points) 60m Hurdles (12.70), 200m (35.99), 600m (2:16.58), NADIA MARAS 50th (125 points) 60m (10.58), 200m (36.14), Long Jump (2.44m)
Year 6&7 Boys – NOSA URUBUSI 3rd (173 points) 60m (8.55), 200m (29.36), Shot (7.56m), SETH SAUNDERS 51st (56 points) 60m (8.62)
Year 6&7 Girls – DAMI ADEKUNLE 5th (188 points) 60m (8.76), 200m (29.85), Long Jump (4.14m), GEORGINA WARMATE 7th (177 points) 60m (8.94), 200m (29.51), 600m (1.59), KEENYAH ADELISE 17th (166 points) 200m (29.78), 600m (1.53), Long Jump (3.41m), ELLA APPIAH-SPICK 24th (159 points) 60m (9.27), 200m (30.76), Long Jump (3.33m), AYOTUNDE ALFONSO 38th (150 points) 60m (8.84), 200m (31.71), Long Jump (2.29m)

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.

LINK TO PARKRUN RESULTS – This is the Link I use to obtain the current week’s Parkrun results, if you go to the bottom of the results, you can obtain the previous weeks results – parkrun.com/results/consolidatedclub/?clubNum=1018.
The results shown are for those SBH athletes that added SBH when they registered for Parkrun.

How to use results – Scroll down to the first Parkrun, Which will show you how many SBH runners had competed. To get all the runners details, click on “View Full Results” which will show all runners that had competed at that event. Scroll down to the first SBH athlete, which will his or her age, also if they have a OB, by clicking on the athletes name, this will show you how many Parkruns they have competed in sinc registering.

PARKRUNS MILESTONE VESTS – You can purchase these from 50 to 500, this is the link – https://shop.parkrun.com/collections/milestone-run-walk-vests

PARKRUNS IN THE UK – Last Saturday at parkruns in the UK, there were…
1,280 events – 265,070 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 13,771 first timers – 36,760 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 12 April
PAUL LEWIS V50 5th (21.21) this was his 254th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Bartley Park on 12 April
ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER 116th (39.58) this was his 17th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 12 April
LENARD MICHEL V55 29th (22.37) this was his 141st Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 117th (27.58) this was her 144th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Fell Foot, Newby Bridge on 12 April
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 339th (40.31) this was his 342nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Gladstone on 12 April
TAHA COCKERILL U13 70th (24.29) this was his 2nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Grovelands on 12 April
SAM CLEMENTS U15 9th (PB 19.35) this was his 16th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 12 April
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 388th (31.16) this was his 367th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Harwich on 12 April
ROSS HAMMOND U20 32nd (25.02) this was his 76th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 12 April
AIDEN MCAVOY U17 1st (17.25) this was his 14th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER V35 24th (21.42) this was his 318th Parkrun, DYLAN HEPWORTH U23 25th (21.49) this was his 40th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 52nd (23.28) this was his 465th Parkrun

SBH UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 17 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 28 MAY – The SBH 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section.

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH – The first fixture of three takes place on Sunday 27 April at the Norman Park Community Sports Centre, Norman Park, Hayes Lane, Bromley (Satnav BR2 9EJ).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2025
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The first fixture of four takes place on Saturday 3 May at the Perival Park Athletics Track, Stockdove Way, Perivale, Greenford (Satnav UP6 8TJ).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 1 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 2 May. 

BUCS CHAMPIONSHIPS  – Takes place from Saturday 3 May to Monday 5 May at the Manchester Regional Arena, Gate 13, Ethiad Campus, Rowsley Street, Manchester (M11 3FF)
Entries Closed

HERTFORDSHIRE AND BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 10 May and Sunday 11 May at the Bedford International Athletic Stadium, Barkers Lane, Bedford (Satnav MK41 9SB).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women
Link to enter on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bedstfc/
Entries Closing Date Friday 25 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

MIDDLESEX COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 10 May and Sunday 11 May at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women
Link to enter on Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/middxtfo/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 27 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

SCVAC VETERANS LEAGUE – Takes place on Monday 12 May at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups 35 and above Men/Women
Note: You will have to be a 2nd claim member of Barnet & District AC. Just turn up and you may be selected (dependant on you current performances), otherwise you can compete as a guest

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE  – The second of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 18 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL-Timetable-2025-matches-2-and-4-v1 (1)
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 15 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 16 May 

LOUGHBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL – Takes place on Sunday 18 May at the Loughborough University Track, Ashby Road, Loughborough (Satnav LE11 3TU).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Note: There are Guest Entries, but limited, this is the link https://www.lboro.ac.uk/sport/sports/athletics/loughborough-international-athletics/
Note: You will selected by your respective team – Loughborough athletes will compete against teams representing England, Wales, Scotland, GB&NI Under-20s and the National Athletics League

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH – The second fixture of three takes place on Sunday 25 May at the Thames Valley Athletics Track, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2025
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

BIGISH JUMPS AND THROWS FESTIVAL – Takes place on Monday 26 May at the Chelmsford Athletics Stadium, 84-64 Salermo Way, Chelmsford. (Satnav CM1 2EH)
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Events – High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Pole Vault, Shot, Discus, Javelin and Hammer
Link for entries – www.bedfordgames.co.uk
Entries Open Monday 14 April, Entries Closing Date Monday 19 May
Note: You will have to enter yourselves and pay the appropriate fee

OPEN MEETING UPCOMING FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 17 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 14 MAY, THEN THOSE THAT ARE OPEN TO ENTER FOLLOWING THE 21 MAY.

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Monday 21 April at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 300m, 600m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entries Closed

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 14 May at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 7.00pm 400m no under 13s, 7.15pm BMCs, 7.50pm 800m no times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.10pm 3000m no times over 11 minutes, no under 13s
Link to entries on roster athletics, although entries are not open yet –
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 18 May at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111118/
Entries Closing Date Saturday 10 May
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 1 June at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111119/
Entries Closing Date Friday 23 April
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

BFTTA OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 20 July at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Events – 75m, 100m, 150m, 200m, 400m, 800m, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Entry is now open via Open Track – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2025/GBR/bft111120/
Entries Closing Date Friday 11 July
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a probability that the limits for some or all events will be taken up well before the closing date

MYKOLAS ALEKNA SHATTERS OWN DISCUS RECORD IN OKLAHOMA – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

 The Lithuanian improves his own mark of (74.35m) and becomes the first person in history to throw over 75 metres. MYKOLAS ALEKNA has shattered his own world discus record by more than a metre, with a best throw of (75.56m) at the Oklahoma Throws Series in Ramona (April 13). With its gusty conditions and favourable tailwinds, the meeting is a regular date in the calendar for the world’s best throwers and has become somewhat of a pilgrimage in recent years.

ALEKNA, who secured the Olympic discus silver medal in Paris last summer, broke JURGEN SCHULT’S now historic world record of (74.08m) with (74.35m) at the same event last year. This time round the Lithuanian raised the bar again and bettered his distance not once but twice, recording marks of (75.56m) and (74.89m).

In one of the greatest ever discus competitions, five athletes went beyond 70 metres and seven surpassed 69 metres. MATT DENNY went second on the discus all-time list three days ago with (74.25m) and the Olympic bronze medallist improved his mark to (74.78m) in Ramona. LAWRENCE OKOYE, 13 years after throwing (68.24m) in Halle, broke his British record with a best throw of (70.76m). Compatriot NICK PERCY recorded a distance of (67.73m) at last year’s edition and got close with (67.04m) this year.

Elsewhere, SAM MATTIS, who threw (70.08m) to place second behind DENNY three days ago, improved his best to (71.27m) and was third overall. Germany’s CLEMENS PRUFER recorded a distance of (71.01m) and finished fourth with OKOYE fifth.

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.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2025 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2025 Summer Fixture Card has now been published on the SBH Website on 20 March 2025. This is the link to the fixture card, which you can access and print for future reference – https://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
Information on each fixture will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletters – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY POINTS RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s points tables, following the National Championships at Parliament Hill on 22 February –Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25     Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2024-2025 Final Issue 22-02-25

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACES – Take place throughout the season, the final winners hve now been determined.
Link to the final Men and Women’s Club Championship winners, following the 25 January Southern Championships – SBH Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2024-2025 Updated 25-01-25

STONEX STADIUM MEMBERSHIP – To use the StoneX Stadium facilities for training, SBH members are required to pay a fee. You can register as a member (which is free) which then entitles you to a discount. This is the link to the form to apply for membership – SBH StoneX Membership 2024-2025  The entrance fee on the membership form, cover the period 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025.

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

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

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

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

CLUB HOODIES– With well over eight hundred hoodies already in circulation, this is your opportunity to join the club. The bright red hoody is made to order and has your name embroidered on the front along with the club badge and has the Club name on the back. We now have 2 styles, the original pull over style at £37 + P&P or the new one with a full zip at £40 + P&P.
Here is the link to the Supreme Sports website which if you click on it, will take YOU to the new Club Hoody and allow you to then view the full range of Club kit online – https://www.supreme-sports.co.uk/webshop/schools-and-clubs/shaftesbury-barnet-harriers/

ACCESS TO SBH CLUBHOUSE – The new Keyholders to the outside door are TY HOLDEN, CLYDE GORDON, NEVILLE THOMPSON, GREG THOMPSON, COLIN GODFREY and YAMILLE ALDAMA who all use the Clubhouse outside of normal stadium opening hours. GEOFF MORPHITIS and DAVE BEDFORD will also have a key. All other key fob holders can continue to gain access to the clubhouse via the (New) West Stand Entrance and the Trackside Door to the Clubhouse.
Link to note and details for further information – SBH Club House Door 20-01-23

PHOTOGRAPH’S – From time to time we have photographs of our members taken at meetings or presentations which we would like to use both on the website or incorporated within our report to our local newspaper. Can you please let me know if you do NOT want your photograph to be published. Also, I would appreciate if you could send me any photographs, which I can then publish on the website and newsletter.

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

CAN YOU HELP PLEASE – I would welcome any contributions From Yourselves, any impending marriages, or additions to the family, any running or competing incidents, also past warm weather training/holidays (No Club 24 please). Currently the response has been excellent, but if you have anything that could make it into next week’s Newsletter – please email me.

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF SHAFTESBURY INFORMATION – Currently I notify members (by email) using “MailChimp”. The reason I changed, was in November 2017 “Gmail” put a limit of 100 addresses that users could send to in a 24-hour period, and currently I send to approximately 850 members each issue.

On seeking technical advice “MailChimp” was recommended as the best way for SBH to go forward. There is one thing you should be aware off is that when you receive an email from me, the footer at the bottom has 4 options, of which one is “Unsubscribe Me From List”. Could I ask you not to select this as if you do you will be automatically removed from my distribution list.

SBH MIDWEEK POLE VAULT CLUB AT STONEX STADIUM – The current arrangements until further notice are that Pole Vault training is on Monday’s and Wednesday’s from 18.30pm to 21.00pm. Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend.

SBH HIGH JUMPS GROUP AT STONEX STADIUM – High Jump training takes place on Monday’s from 19.00pm to 21.00pm. These sessions will be run by our High Jump Coach GRANT BROWN. There will be a charge of £10 per session.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk in advance and let him know if you are planning to attend

SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Winter 2024-2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 02-09-24

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2025 – To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved – give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

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

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

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER – alanweller111@gmail.com