Happy Birthday from Thursday 19 June to Wednesday 25 June – Oliver Barribal, Tami George, Zehra Kizilgoz, Rayyan Kaderbhoy, Paul Maccarthy and Natasha Tanner
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)
RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to MARKO MANKOVSKY and JAMES STEYN
NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to NAOMI TASCHIMOWITZ who broke the Women’s 35-39 500m track record with a time of (16:06.75) at the Fast 5000 at Mason-Laffitte, France on 7 June. The previous Club Record was (16.13.38) by LUCY ELLIOTT set at Crystal Palace on 6 August 2005.
PARKRUN 350 CLUB – Congratulations to RUSSELL DEVITT V75 who completec his 350th Parkrun last Saturday at Panshanger.
PARKRUN 50 CLUB – Congratulations to RICHARD SAMUEL V70 who completec his 50th Parkrun last Saturday at Kuchenholtz, Germany.
REQUEST FROM TEAM MANAGERS – We are asking that you reply to team managers when they contact you? It’s very difficult to select a team if the athletes don’t reply especially when we can see that they have read the text. Even if they are unavailable the team managers need to know!
SBH CLUB RECORDS – I have carried out a review of athletes performances on the PO10, Following this I have found the odd record that had not been picked up, also events that not included in the club record list (mainly U9/U11 and veteran athletes). Another reason is some results can be posted on the PO10 a week or so late, and it is almost impossible to no they have been included on the PO10.
To help in identifying a club record, I have produced a single document, for example ‘Men’s Club Track and Road Records Outdoors’ and all events from Under 9 up to Masters 70+ are shown on one page. Also probably fortnightly is to review the clubs section on the PO10, this identifies every performance for every age-group, based on all results published on the PO10.
These are those documents – A Club Outdoor Track And Road Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 14-06-25 B Club Outdoor Field Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 14-06-25 C Club Indoor Track Records For All Men Age Groups Updated 14-06-25 D Club Indoor Field Records For All Men Age-Groups Updated 14-06-25 E Club Outdoor Track And Road Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 14-06-25 F Club Outdoor Field Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 14-06-25 G Club Indoor Track And Field Records For All Women Age Groups Updated 14-06-25
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, covers the period 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025. The entrance fee charges have not been increased from the 1 May 2025 as yet, we will be advised of any changes when they take place. Please us the 2024-2025 membership form until further notice.
LEE VALLEY OPEN MEETINGS – They have not published their fixtures yet, although they now say they will be imminent. I sent them an email on 31 May, and have not received a reply as yet.
WATFORD OPEN MEETINGS – To avoid disappointment, please remember the each meeting opens on the lunchtime of the preceding meeting and other than sprints are normally full within about 48 hours. Therefore the 25 June fixture will be open from the 10 June on the ‘Roster’ site.
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.
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 third fixture of four took place at Stevenage on 15 June.
Apologies but the results are still to be published. The match and top 6 positions are provisional.
Match Result – 1st Stevenage/HAWCS (688.5 points), 2nd SBH (688), 3rd Bedford (650), 4th Brentwood Eagles (486), 5th Watford (466), 6th Basildon (441.5), 7th Harlow (385)
Top 6 Positions After 3 Matches – 1st Chelmsford (21 league points – 2544 match points), 2nd Norwich (19 – 2228.5), 3rd Havering (19 – 2199), 4th SS Athletics/Enfield & Haringey (19 – 2188), 5th SBH (19 – 2167.5), 6th Stevenage/HAWCS (17 – 1891.5)
SPARKASSEN GALA– Took place at Regensberg, Germany on 14-15 June.
400m Hurdles – SW 1 EMILY NEWNHAM U23 1st (55.47)
STAR ATHLETICS SPRINT SERIES– Took place at Winter Gardens, Florida USA on 14-15 June.
200m – SM 2 MICHAEL OHIOZE 4th (SB 20.79 w2.6) taking .13 of a second off his 25 April time
400m – SM 2 MICHAEL OHIOZE 4th (SB 46.75)
WELSH U13, U15, U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS– Took place at Swansea on 14-15 June.
1500m – U15G Straight Final AIMI PORTER U15 won the Bronze Medal (PB 4:45.72) taking 4.42 seconds off her 7 June time
MIDDLESEX SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 14 June.
200m – JB H1 LOUIS XUN U15 (St James) 1st (24.65 w-0.7), H2 JOLOMI DEYEMIN U15 (St James) 3rd (PB 25.96 w-1.8) taking .35 of a second off his 3 May time, in the Final LOUIS won the Silver Medal (24.49 w-3.2), JOLOMI finished 6th (PB 25.73w-3.2) taking .23 of a second off his H2 time
200m – JG H1 ERYKAH OSOBU U15 (Ark) 2nd (SB 27.21 w-1.9) taking .09 of a second off her 18 May time, in the Final ERYKAH won the Bronze Medal (27.30 w-4.0)
200m – IB H1 TYLER HOLDEN-AIKHOMU U17 (Compton) 1st (23.59 w-4.0), H2 ANGEL-GIFFORD MIYA U17 (Whitefields) 3rd (24.44 w-3.1) in the Final TYLER won the Bronze Medal (23.43 w-1.6), ANGEL-GIFFORD finished 4th (23.97 w-1.6)
300m – IG H1 ELLA BUCKLEY U17 (Ashmole) 1st (42.65)in the Final ELLA won the Silver Medal (PB 41.28) taking .03 of a second off her 10 May time
800m – JB Straight Final AARON HIDALGO-HUDI U15 (Compton) won the Silver Medal (PB 2:09.8) taking 5.00 seconds off his 18 May time
800m – IB Straight Final SAM DARCY U17 (FCH) won the Silver Medal (2:04.02) taking 2.37 seconds off his 11 June time, JACOB SUGARMAN U17 (JFS) 11th (2:26.57)
1500m – JB Straight Final BEN KASPAR U15 7th (4:43.81)
1500m – IB Straight Final ARTHUR PHILLIPS U17 (Compton) won the Bronze Medal (PB 4:07.18) taking .83 of a second off his 28 May time, JESSE ABRAHAMS U17 (Jcoss) 5th (4:15.31)
1500m – IG Straight Final POSIE SHAW U17 (TTA) won the Gold Medal (4:43.61)
80m Hurdles – IG Straight Final SURAYA FROST U17 (CCF) won the Gold Medal (12.99 w-2.2), SIENNA OAKLEY-MEDWINTER U17 (Archer) 4th (PB 14.49 w-2.2)
100m Hurdles – IB Straight Final SETH REDDY-RODDY U17 (Compton) won the Gold Medal (13.81 w-1.6), ASHER ESCOBAR U17 (Jcoss) won the Bronze Medal (PB 14.92 w-1.6) equalling his 25 May time
High Jump – JB Straight Final CHAYIL JOHN U15 (Highgate) 8th equal (1.45m)
High Jump – IG Straight Final AMY HALLETT U17 (East Barnet) won the Bronze Medal (PB 1.43m) adding 3cm to her 3 May height
Long Jump – IB Straight Final KEYLLAN GENTET U17 (Whitefields) won the Silver Medal (PB 5.86m nwr) adding 52cm to his 2024 height
Discus 1kg – IG Straight Final ELKIE BAKER U17 (Fortismere 2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (38.25m) championship best performance
UK 10000M CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Birmingham on 14 June.
10000m – SM 1 THOMAS BUTLER 3rd (PB 29:31.47) taking 38.33 seconds off his 2024 time
UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM T&F FESTIVAL – Took place at Birmingham on 14 June.
Mile – SX 1 HELENA AGHOLOR 7th (5:45.36)
High Jump – SM KIMANI JACK U23 3rd (2.12m)
Javelin 800g – SM JAMES DAVIS 4th (SB 24.96m)
Decathlon – SM EVAN CAMPBELL 1st (PB 7282 points) adding 494 points to his 2024 total, and is ranked UK No.5 in 2025 – 100m (PB 11.33 w-1.0) taking .08 of a second off his 2024 time, 400m (PB 51.09) taking .31 of a second off his 2024 time, 1500m (SB 4:47.28), 110m Hurdles (SB 15.08 w1.5), High Jump (SB 4.20m) equalling his 8 February height, Pole Vault (SB 1.97m) adding 13cm to his 9 February height, Long Jump (PB 6.87 w3.1) adding 4cm to his 2024 height, Shot 7.26kg (14.58m), Discus 2kg (40.00m), Javelin 800g (SB 50.21m) adding 2.86m to his 11 May throw
CRAIG MONCUR U23 2nd (PB 7161 points) adding 101 points to his 2024 total, and is ranked UK No.7 in 2025 – 100m (PB 11.17 w-1.0) taking .23 of a second off his 2023 time, 400m (PB 50.47) taking .46 of a second off his 2024 time, 1500m (SB 4:45.56), 110m Hurdles (SB 15.05 w1.5) taking .04 of a second off his 4 May time, High Jump (SB 179m) adding 1cm to his 18 January height, Pole Vault (4.00m), Long Jump (PB 7.23m w0.9) adding 22cm to his 2024 height, Shot 7.26kg (12.23m), Discus 2kg (39.58m), Javelin 800g (SB 53.75m)
BWAA/BWRA GRAND PRIX MEETING – Took place at Stoke Mandeville on 14 June.
Shot 4kg – SM MICHAEL NICHOLLS F44 1st (SB 9.91m) adding 26cm to his 12 April put
IMMOBEL INFINITY MEETING– Took place at Nivelles, Belgium on 14 June.
400m Hurdles – SW 3 HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (57.20)
MEETING OF THE STARS IN BIALYSTOK– Took place at Bialystok, Poland on 14 June.
Shot 7.26kg – SM SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 1st (20.91m)
BMC RECORD BREAKER RACES– Took place at Belfast on 14 June.
800m – Men’s D KOJO KYEREME V50 5th (2:01.33)
EAP MALTA INTERNATIONAL– Took place at Marsa, Malto on 14 June.
100m – SM A KRISHAWN AIKEN 6th (10.52 w1.4)
200m – SM A KRISHAWN AIKEN 3rd (20.96 w0.3)
Long Jump – SW A LESHAWN CLIFFORD U23 4th (SB 5.39m w2.3) adding 2cm to her 10 May jump
Triple Jump – SW SHANARA HIBBERT 7th (SB 13.06m w0.0) adding 43cm to her 10 May jump, and is ranked UK No.9 in 2025
ALDERSHOT, FARNHAM AND DISTRICT OPEN MEETING – Took place at Aldershot on 12 June.
200m – SX 2 EMMANUEL IJAOLO U20 5th (PB 24.52 w-1.3) taking .18 of a second off his 2024 time
1000m – U11X 2 DANIYAL JANMOHAMED U11 1st (PB 3:22.06), LILY JANMOHAMED U11 9th (PB 3:51.16)
NCAA DI CHAMPIONSHIPS– Took place at Eugene, Oregon, USA on 11-14 June.
3000m Steeplechase – SM 1 KRISTIAN IMROTH 1st (PB 8:30.65) taking .01 of a second off his 18 April time, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2025, in the next race KRISTIAN finished 12th (8:49.06)
BMC REGIONAL RACES– Took place at Loughborough on 11 June.
1500m – Men’s A JOSHUA FISHER U23 13th (4:02.92)
CHARNWOOD OPEN MEETING– Took place at Loughborough on 11 June.
Pole Vault – SX MANON BAINES U23 5th (3.70m), GENNY HOWAT 6th (3.50m)
HERCULES WIMBLEDON 3000m FESTIVAL NIGHT– Took place at Wimbledon on 11 June.
Pole Vault – SX 10 JEREMY DEMPSEY 2nd (SB 8:04.96)
WATFORD OPEN MEETING– Took place at Watford on 11 June.
200m – SX 1 TAYLA ROBINSON U17 2nd (PB 27.75 w-1.2) taking .31 of a second off her 27 April time, 2 ADANNA MAZINWOSU U20 2nd (26.23 w-0.3)
800m – SX 1 MATTHEW MAY U17 9th (2:16.08), 2 SAM DARCY U17 3rd (PB 2:06.57) taking 4.17 seconds off his 11 May time, NOAH CLARKE U23 (2nd Claim) 6th (2:09.83), 3 JESSE ABRAHAMS U17 3rd (PB 2:05.53) taking 2.87 seconds off his 3 May time, 4 CALEB HILTON U17 3rd (PB 2:04.15) taking 1.26 seconds off his 16 April time, 4 ARI RUBENSTEIN U13 6th (PB 2:35.20) taking 1.87 seconds off his 3 May time, PHOEBE MUSIC U20 12th (2:56.57) taking 1.87 seconds off his 3 May time, 5 JACOB SUGARMAN U17 2nd (PB 2:21.34) taking 7.92 seconds off his 7 June time, EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 2:25.07) taking 3.51 seconds off her 25 May time, 6 ADAM O’GORMAN U20 1st (SB 1:59.54) taking 3.08 seconds off his 16 April time, 6 SIENNA DARCY U13 8th (PB 2:25.41) taking 2.11 seconds off her 11 May time, 7 GIANLEO STUBBS U20 2nd (PB 1:56.65) taking 1.22 seconds off his 2023 time, 8 GILAD NACHSHEN U23 10th (SB 1:59.72) taking 1.22 seconds off his 2023 time, 9 JACOB CLEMENT U20 3rd (PB 1:55.98) taking 1.57 seconds off his 27 April time
There are two SX 4 & 6 races shown in the results
3000m – SX 2 SAM TURNER U17 3rd (PB 9:03.95) taking 4.69 seconds off his 11 May time, JOHN-MICHAEL DIRACLES U20 6th (PB 9:08.90) taking 48.84 seconds off his 2024 time
SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS LEAGUE– Took place at Stevenage on 9 June.
200m – M50 2 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (26.2 nwr)
200m – W50 DELPHINE DIERS V50 2nd (32.5 nwr)
High Jump – M35 JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V55 2nd (PB 1.55m) adding 10cm to his 9 February height, and is ranked UK No.5 V55 in 2025
High Jump – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 2nd (SB 1.50m) equalling his 22 February height, and is ranked UK No.9 equal V50 in 2025
High Jump – W50 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 4th (SB 1.05m) equalling her 17 May height, and is ranked UK No.10 V60 in 2025
Long Jump – M35 JOHNSON OGUNNIYI V55 2nd (SB 5.04m nwr) adding 20cm to his 9 February jump, and is ranked UK No.3 V55 in 2025
Long Jump – M50 CLYDE GORDON V55 7th (SB 3.37m nwr)
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…
1,247 events – 247,730 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 12,725 first timers – 31,833 PBs
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 14 June
PAUL LEWIS V50 2nd (20.20) this was his 261st Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 14 June
LENARD MICHEL V55 12th (22.19) this was his 149th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Grovelands on 14 June
SAM CLEMENTS U15 14th (20.16) this was his 17th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 14 June
BARRY CHISHOLM V65 378th (30.46) this was his 373rd Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hanworth on 14 June
JAMES TRAPMORE V45 3rd (20.26) this was his 76th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Kesgrave on 14 June
ROSS HAMMOND U20 71st (23.23) this was his 84th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Kuchenholz, Germany on 14 June
RICHARD SAMUEL V70 13th (22.51) this was his 50th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 14 June
BRADLEY SINGER V35 64th (23.53) this was his 326th Parkrun
PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 14 June
RUSSELL DEVITT V75 511th (57.01) this was his 350th Parkrun
SBH UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 19 JUNE UNTIL WEDNESDAY 30 JULY – 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.
SBH TRACK AND FIELD OPEN MEETING – The first of five fixtures takes place on Saturday 21 June at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Age-Groups 100m, 200m, 800m, 1500m for U11 upwards. 300m, 3000m for U15 upwards. 400m, 5000m for U17 upwards. Hurdles and Field events for U13 upwards.
Events: 100m, 200m, 300m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 5000m, 70m Hurdles, 75m Hurdles, 80m Hurdles, 100m Hurdles, 110m Hurdles, 300m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles, Pole Vault, High Jump, Shot, Discus, Javelin and Hammer
Entries Closed
QUADKIDS – Takes place prior to the SBH Track and Field Open Meeting on Saturday 21 June
CLYDE GORDON and TY HOLDEN will be managing the event, with registration from 09.30am, first event starts at 10.00am, and completion around 11.30am. Quadkids is primarily for school years 3 to 7 inclusive, ie age 7 to 12 and includes the four core disciplines of running (600m), throwing (Vortex Howler), jumping (Long Jump) and sprinting (75m). All are welcome and Parents you may be asked to join in by helping out on maybe one of the events.
MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The third fixture of four takes place on Saturday 28 June at the Bannister Outdoor Sports Centre, Uxbridge Road, Harrow (Satnav HA3 6SW).
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 Wednesday 25 June as the declarations have to be in on Thursday 26 June.
SOUTHERN U20 AND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 28 June and Sunday 29 June at the Horspath Athletics Track, Horspath Road, Oxford (Satnav OX4 2RR).
Entries Closed
NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE – The second of three fixtures takes place on Saturday 5 July at the Moorsway Stadium, Derby (Satnav DE24 9HY)
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable –NAL Premiership Timetable 2025
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager
SOUTHERN COMBINED EVENTS U17, U20 AND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 5 July and Sunday 6 July at the Horspath Athletics Track, Horspath Road, Oxford (Satnav OX4 2RR).
Please Note: For all information including entering yourself online please use this link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=26434
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 24 June
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee.
UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH – The third fixture of three takes place on Sunday 6 July at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
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
SCVAC VETERANS LEAGUE – Takes place on Monday 7 July 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
ENGLISH SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Fnday 11 July and Saturday 12 July at the Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (Satnav B42 2LR).
Link for tickets and information – https://esaa.org.uk/competitions/track-field-championship/
SBH JUMPS OPEN MEETING – The second of five fixtures takes place on Sunday 13 July at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry Fees: £5 for SBH members, £7.50 subsequent events. £10 for non SBH members.
Age-Groups TBC
Events: High Jump.Pole Vault, Long Jump, Triple Jump
Link for information and to enter – not on Opentrack yet
Entries Closing Date TBC
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
EUROPEAN UNDER 23 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place from Thursday 17 July to Sunday 20 July in Bergen, Norway.
Please Note: You will selected for these Championships
LONDON ANNIVERSARY GAMES INCLUDING CLUB CONNECT RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 19 July at the London Stadium, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (Satnav E20 2ST).
MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The fourth fixture of four takes place on Sunday 20 July at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 17 July as the declarations have to be in on Friday 18 June.
EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The fourth of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 27 July at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
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 24 July as the declarations have to be in on Friday 25 July.
SCVAC VETERANS LEAGUE – Takes place on Monday 28 July at the Bannister Outdoor Sports Centre, Uxbridge Road, Harrow (Satnav HA3 6SW)
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
ENGLAND U20, U23 AND SENIOR, SENIOR TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, ALSO U20 AND SENIOR COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Friday 25 July to Sunday 27 July at the Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham (Satnav B42 2LR).
This is the link to enter – https://www.englandathletics.org/competitions-and-events/national-championships/2024-championships/#ea
Entries Closing Date Sunday 13 July
OPEN MEETING UPCOMING FIXTURES, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 19 JUNE UNTIL WEDNESDAY 30 JULY.
WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 25 June at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm BMCs, 7.50pm 1500m no times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.10pm 3000m no times over 11 minutes, no under 13s
To avoid disappointment, please remember the each meeting opens on the lunchtime of the preceding meeting and other than sprints are normally full within about 48 hours. Therefore the 25 June fixture will be open from the 10 June on the ‘Roster’ site.
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
WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 9 July 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 800m no times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m no times over 11 minutes, no under 13s
To avoid disappointment, please remember the each meeting opens on the lunchtime of the preceding meeting and other than sprints are normally full within about 48 hours. Therefore the 9 July fixture will be open from the 24 June on the ‘Roster’ site.
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
TRACK ACADEMY OUTDOOR MEETING – Takes place on Thursday 17 July at the Willesden Sports Centre, Donnington Road, London (Satnav N10 3QX).
Timetable: 6.30pm U11 75m & Long Jump, 6.45pm 100m Round 1, 7.15m 400m, 7.35pm 800m, 7.50pm Mile Run all ages, 8.00pm 100m Round 2, 8.30pm 200m
Link to enter – https://data.opentrack.
Entries Closing Date Sunday 13 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
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
WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 23 July at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm BMCs, 7.50pm 1500m no times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.10pm 3000m no times over 11 minutes, no under 13s
To avoid disappointment, please remember the each meeting opens on the lunchtime of the preceding meeting and other than sprints are normally full within about 48 hours. Therefore the 23 July fixture will be open from the 8 July on the ‘Roster’ site.
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
BRITISH 400M HURDLING ON THE RISE IN 2025 – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
ALASTAIR CHALMERS superlative run this past weekend was yet more evidence of Great Britain’s athletes excelling over the distance. Cast your mind back to last year’s UK Athletics Championships and the moment when ALASTAIR CHALMERS attempted to qualify for the Paris Olympics. To guarantee selection for the Games, the British hurdler needed to run faster than the automatic qualification mark of 48.70, given he narrowly missed out with 48.76 at the European Championships. However, things quickly unravelled in Manchester after Chalmers left his blocks before the starting gun. As was his right, the Guernsey athlete ran under protest and, with the mindset of proving all the doubters wrong, he stormed round the track in a championships record of (48.53). Crucially, it was also under the time needed to qualify for the Olympics. Would the result stand though? CHALMERS had claimed that the reason for such a quick reaction was because he heard noise in the crowd. Almost two hours after he finished the race, officials upheld his appeal and agreed with his argument.
CHALMERS, with his very last opportunity, had qualified for the Games, later stating that it went from being “the worst day” of his life to “the best”. With the automatic qualification standard for this year’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo being (48.50) instead of (48.70), you might’ve thought that athletes would find it tougher to meet that mark. But, in the last few weeks, a myriad of Great Britain’s male British hurdlers have upped their game and taken things to the next level. CHALMERS has once again led the way. This past weekend, the 25-year-old recorded a personal best of (48.30) – following times of (49.13) and (48.61) this season – to win from lane two in Rehlingen, Germany. That means that the Guernsey athlete has, in early June, almost certainly booked his spot on the plane to the Japanese capital.
Not far behind CHALMERS on the 2025 lists is SEAMUS DERBYSHIRE, who decimated his personal best of (49.29) with (48.47) – also under the automatic world qualification mark – at the Josef Odlozil Memorial around a fortnight ago. Then, at last month’s IFAM Outdoor Meet in Brussels, JOSH FAULDS, JAKE MINSHULL, ALEX KNIBBS and TYRI DONOVAN all ran under 50 seconds, the former two going sub-49 over the distance. FAULDS won a highly competitive race in damp conditions, recording a time of (48.59) in the Belgian capital – a mark that is under the UKA consideration standard (48.70) for this year’s World Athletics Championships. MINSHULL’S (48.88) means he is just short of that UKA mark, while KNIBBS (49.08) and DONOVAN (49.45) also improved their bests by some margin. OLIVER PARKER, at the age of 19, has also run (51.02), putting him third on the European under-20 list so far this season.
In the women’s 400m hurdles LINA NIELSEN, who went sixth on the UK all-time list with (54.43) at last summer’s European Championships, continues to lead the way. EMILY NEWNHAM has had an impressive season so far and, alongside her two relay medals from the European Indoor Championships, improved her personal best from (56.85) to (55.20) in Brussels. Last month, HAYLEY MCLEAN took almost a second off her best as well, taking down her mark of (56.56) to (55.48).
A lot of observers would likely say ‘it’s about time’. A distance synonymous with British success – the country boasts three Olympic and two world champions – the 400m hurdles has captured the imagination of fans and onlookers across many different generations. DAVID BURGHLEY, who switched to politics after his athletics exploits – he served as a Conservative MP for Peterborough from 1931 until 1943 – became Olympic 400m hurdles champion at the Amsterdam 1928 Games.
At the Mexico 1968 Olympics, DAVID HEMERY produced a world record on his way to topping the podium, with his mark of (48.12) lasting until 1972 when JOHN AKI-BUA ran (47.82) at the Munich Games. And who can forget SALLY GUNNELL at Barcelona 1992? In dominant fashion, the Brit clocked (53.23), seeing off American duo SANDRA FARMER-PATRICK and JANEENE VICKERS to secure the gold medal in Spain. A year later, GUNNELL would go on to win the world title in Stuttgart, setting a world record of (52.74) in the process. DAI GREENE, who secured the gold medal in Daegu 12 years ago, is Great Britain’s other world 400m hurdles champion. KRISS AKABUSI, at the age of 32 years and 272 days, is still the oldest male world 400m hurdles medallist – he claimed bronze at Tokyo 1991 – to this day. He backed that up with Olympic bronze in Barcelona a year later.
JOHN SHERWOOD and TASHA DANVERS also secured respective Olympic bronzes in the distance at the Mexico City 1968 and Beijing 2008 Games. From the likes of KARSTEN WARHOLM to SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE, there is fierce international competition nowadays, so any British athlete will have their work cut out at the highest level of the sport. However, it’s undeniable that there is clear progress in the 400m hurdles domestically and it will be fascinating to see how it unfolds, with both the men’s and women’s events at the UK Athletics Championships looking unmissable. Let’s hope it stays that way as well.
MONDO DUPLANTIS RISES TO THE OCCASION IN STOCKHOLM – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
For a man who always seems so laidback and unhurried, MONDO DUPLANTIS has been on a fast track to producing an extraordinary body of sporting work. The Olympic Stadium in Stockholm has borne witness to many remarkable moments since it was opened for the 1912 Games, but the darling of the home crowd breaking the pole vault world record for a 12th time with a clearance of (6.28m) on Sunday (June 15) – and at the first time of asking – must surely rank high among them all.
There is a “walk of fame” on the way into the arena to commemorate notable achievements to have taken place within its walls. It won’t be long until DUPLANTIS’ name is carved into that pantheon. The significance and weight of that is part of the reason why DUPLANTIS wanted to break the world record in the city he calls home and at the Bauhaus Galan Diamond League meeting. He might have been born in Louisiana, but with a Swedish mother and extended family, he chose to compete internationally for the Scandinavian nation and in a stadium where he first competed at the age of 11. This was, as he put it, his “big dream” and it became reality in remarkable style. Many of that extended family were there to see it for themselves, too.
DUPLANTIS entered the competition at (5.60m), which he cleared with little trouble. The same applied for his subsequent leaps of (5.70m), (5.80m), (5.90m) and (6.00m). By then the competition was comfortably won, with Australian KURTIS MARSCHALL the opponent who got closest with his clearance of (5.90m). That left the stage clear for the star man to do “the thing” and the bar went straight to (6.28m), once centimetre higher than the mark he set indoors in France earlier this year. There have been occasions, such as during the Paris Olympics last summer, when the two-time outdoor world champion has heightened the drama by breaking the world record with his very last attempt. This time, he needed just one.
“I feel full to the brim right now,” he said, as the dust settled after the raucous celebrations during which he tore off his shirt and ran into the crowd. “The first time I jumped in this stadium when I was 11 years old it was rainy, cold and I jumped right under 4m. It was quite high for how young I was. I’ve jumped a lot here and they etch the names of world record holders here. “The last one was a long time ago. My mum was in the stands when PATRIK SJOBERG broke the [high jump] world record in 1986. I think there’s a common denominator here, she’s a lucky charm. It’s going to be really special to have my name etched in the stadium. It’s the most beautiful stadium in my biased opinion. It’ll be one of the greatest memories for me in my career.” The two-time Olympic champion is a keen musician and even released a track called Bop earlier this year. He insists there is another on the way soon. When it comes to the day job, he just produces hit after hit.
MEMOROBILIA AVAILABLE, ARE YOU INTERESTED – An Athletics enthusiast, who I’ve known for many years as a senior official, wishes to dispose of part of his collection of Athletics related books and programmes. These have been acquired since the 1950’s, and would certainly be of interest to serious collectors. They include: –
Books – from the 1920’s to 1960
AAA Championship Programmes from 1932 to 1967 (incomplete)
White City Programmes from 1937 to 1967 (incomplete)
British Olympic Association – Official Reports – 1936 Berlin, 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki, and 1956 Melbourne
A Real once only opportunity for a serious athletics enthusiast to acquire part of a collection which currently includes:
Association of Track & Field Statisticians Annuals – from the first publication in 1951 (majority edited by Peter Matthews)
The “SPALDINGS” Annual sports reviews mainly Athletics from 1923 to 1939.
United States Track & Field Statistical Annuals from 1983 to 1988.
Worldwide Track & Field Performances Through the Years – Volume 2 (1937 – 1944) and Volume 3 (1945 -1950)
If interested, please contact me, geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com / 07976 994302
ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the May issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – Throws Community Newsletter May-25
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT– To follow our newInstagram 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.
SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM– Since the account was setup, there has been an amazing amount of Videos and Photographs contributed with many comments. There are no posts this week.
THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS
‘MEMBERMOJO’ SECURE MEMBERS SYSTEM – We have implemented a new secure member system to allow members to join and renew their membership online. (You can also delete yourself from our records if you are no longer a member, or you can request deletion from sean.sutherland@yahoo.ca)
Your basic contact information has been imported. Please check and update your data so that we can have up-to-date information. View your profile using the instructions below, check your data and update as necessary. You will also be able to renew your record when it is close to expiring (within a month of expiry). Payments will still be made via bank transfer.
Link to document which gives information to existing members on the system, and how to use it – Membermojo Instructions To Use For Existing Members May 2025
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/
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. The entrance fee charges have not been increased from the 1 May 2025, we will be advised of any changes when they change. Please us the 2024-2025 membership form.
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 2025 Summer Fixture Card, which gives details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Summer 2025 Fixture Card Front Sheet Issued 20-03-25
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