Happy Birthday from this Thursday 19 May to Krishawn Aiken, Shaka Bunsie, Sophie Connor, Sienna Corbyn, Liam Dee, Toby Edwards, Joshua Fisher, Zoe Holley, Rebecca Jeffrey, Lucy Johnson, Junior Gibril Mansaray, Elizabeth Newnham, Gabriel Nwankwo, Leonie Onyems and Michael Stamatogiannis

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Last week-end the County Championships took place. Congratulations to all our winners from BEDFORDSHIRE – HANNAH FOSTER U23 (200m and 400m) – BERKSHIRE–AMY HOLDER (Discus) – BUCKINGHAMSHIRE – CLAUDIA KERRY-ROGER U20 (Discus) – CAMBRIDGESHIRE – IONA NEWBEGIN U23 (100m and 200m), MORGAN WEBSTER (400m), HANNAH RIDLEY (800m), JOSEPH PURBRICK U20 (110m Hurdles) – ESSEX – HAYLEY MCLEAN (200m) – HAMPSHIRE – TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (Shot and Discus), JESSICA-CHARLIE BENNETT U20 (Hammer) – HERTFORDSHIRE – ARIANA GOMES U20 (100m), GERALD MATTHEW (100m), VANESSA ANSUAA U20 (200m), GERALD MATTHEW (200m), INDEA ADAMS-BURNETT (200m), PHILLIPA LOWE (400m), HARRY WEBB U15 (80m Hurdles), EDSON GOMES (110m Hurdles), ABIGAIL EDWARDS U15 (Pole Vault), MICHAEL ADEBAKIN U23 (Long Jump), SARAH RIDLEY (Shot), KATIE WEBB U20 (Discus) – KENT – KACEY WALTERS U20 (Triple Jump) – MIDDLESEX – DIJANI BARNOR U13 (100m), MOIESHA SAVAGE U13 (100m), ANGEL MCLEOD U15 (100m), NIA AKINTOKUN U17 (100m), ZICO JONES U17 (200m), ANNA ROSE U17 (200m), CALEB HILTON U13 (800m), JACOB CLEMENT U17 (800m), ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 (1500m), SIENNA CORBYN U15 (75m Hurdles), ASHER ESCOBAR U15 (80m Hurdles), NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 (80m Hurdles), RUTH-ANN OTARUOH U20 (Triple Jump), NATHAN FOX (Triple Jump), AMY CLEMENS (Hammer) – SURREY – CONFIDENCE LAWSON (200m),  JADE IVE (Pole Vault), PAUL OGUN (Long Jump) – YORKSHIRE – SCOTT LINCOLN (Shot).

There are still a few results to be published

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. Thanks GEOFF

LOUGHBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL MEETING – Takes place this Sunday 22 May.
The meeting includes teams from Loughborough University, Great Britain and Northern Ireland Under 20’s, England Athletics, Scottish Athletics, Welsh Athletics, British Universities and the National Athletic League compete.

These are the Shaftesbury athletes who have been selected for the various teams;
England – EVE WRIGHT (100m and 4x100m Relay), LILY BECKFORD (400m), HAYLEY MCLEAN (400m Hurdles), JAMAL RHODEN-STEVENS (4x400m Relay), JADE IVE (Pole Vault), JADE LALLY (Discus), GREGORY THOMPSON (Discus)
GB & NI Under 20 – MARLI JESSOP (100m Hurdles), JESSICA CHARLIE BENNETT (Hammer), EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA (4x100m Relay)
National Athletic League – ALANNAH FASHANU (100m and 4x100m Relay), EDSON GOMES (110m Hurdles and 4x100m Relay), JOSH FAULDS (4x400m Relay), SHADINE DUQUEMIN (Discus)
Scotland – CLAIRE MCGARVEY (High Jump), DAVID SMITH (High Jump), NICK PERCY (Discus), ANGUS MCINROY (Shot), KRISHAWN AIKEN (4x100m Relay)
British Universities and Welsh teams still to be announced.

CHANGE OF JULY LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE FIXTURE DATE – The London Inter Club Challenge fixture scheduled to take place on Sunday 24 July, will now take place on Saturday 23 July at StoneX Stadium.

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – The next meeting is on Wednesday 18 May
The events are 400m, 800m and Triple Jump. This is the link to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/whatopen04/

NIGHT OF THE 10000m – Took place at Parliament Hill on 14 May.
JOHN KELLY went and commented – fantastic! Who said athletics was a dying sport?!, also RONAN BREEN was there and also commented – It was a great event and the beer helped.
We had 2 runners, firstly in the 10000m Men Race 4 KOJO KYEREME V45 finished 3rd with a seasons best (30:53.45) which ranks him UK No.1 V45 in 2022, there is a video of him on the SBH Instagram account. Incidentally KOJO is part of #highgate10k folklore as the only athlete to compete in every event since it started in 2013.

In Race 5 TOM BUTLER finished 6th with a personal best (30:27.66) after surging through the field of 35 runners in the second half of the race, JOANNA sent me a photograph of TOM in action.

In the EMSLEY CARR MILE, HENRY MCLUCKIE U23 finished 9th with a personal best (3:59.24) which ranks him UK No.2 U23 in 2022.

RESULTS
NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP ROUND 1A  – Took place at Sportscity on 7 May.
Team Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (453 points), 2nd SBH (440), 3rd Trafford (428), 4th Birchfield Harriers (354), 5th City of Sheffield (352), 6th City of Glasgow (349), 7th Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (336), 8th Bristol & West (271)

100m – SM A JOHN OTUGADE 4th (SB 10.55 w-2.3) taking .01 of a second off his 1 May time, B KRISHAWN AIKEN 2nd (SB 10.73 w-0.7), Non Scoring B EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA U20 1st (SB 10.69 w-1.3) taking .23 of a second off his 24 April time, and is ranked UK No.3 U20 in 2022, EDSON GOMES 5th (11.12 w-1.3), C CONFIDENCE LAWSON 2nd (SB 10.94 nwr), ZANSON PLUMMER 3rd (SB 10.95 nwr)
100m – SW A EVE WRIGHT 1st (11.71 nwr), B ALANNAH FASHANU 1st (11.83 w0.9), Non Scoring A MARLI JESSOP U20 2nd (SB 12.64 w-1.3), B ALANNAH FASHANU 1st (11.93 w-1.1), HANNAH FOSTER 2nd (12.18 w-1.1), JESSICA HUNTER 3rd (SB 12.26 w-1.1)
200m – SM A JORDAN WATSON-BROWN 4th (21.79 w-0.9), B CONFIDENCE LAWSON 3rd (SB 22.08 w-2.7), Non Scoring A GERALD MATTHEW 1st (SB 21.82 w-1.0), B KRISHAWN AIKEN 1st (21.84 w-1.1)
200m – SW A HANNAH FOSTER 3rd (24.22 w-1.5), B LILY BECKFORD 1st (24.73 w-1.9), Non Scoring EVE WRIGHT 1st (24.44 w0.9)
400m – SM A SAM HAZELL 5th (SB 48.23), Non Scoring COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 1st (49.70)
400m – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 2nd (54.67), B VANESSA ANSUAA U20 3rd (60.09)
800m – SM A ABDIRAHIM HAMUD U20 4th (1:58.37), B RORY MUIR 6th (SB 2:03.58)
800m – SW A NICOLE MCGOVERN U17 2nd (2:12.79), B CHARLENE JACOBS-CONRADIE V40 4th (SB 2:34.42) and is ranked UK No.5 V40 in 2022
1500m – SM A ANTONIO CONRADIE U20 5th (PB 4:34.94) taking 12.95 seconds off his 2019 time
1500m – SW A CHARLENE JACOBS-CONRADIE V40 7th (SB 5:30.76)
3000m – SW A CHARLENE JACOBS-CONRADIE V40 6th (SB 11:10.15) and is ranked UK No.6 V40 in 2022
5000m – SM A RORY MUIR 7th (PB 16:30.81), B ANTONIO CONRADIE U20 7th (PB 18:00.57)
2000m Steeplechase – SW A CHARLENE JACOBS-CONRADIE V40 6th (SB 8:46.21) and is ranked UK No.2 V40 in 2022
110m Hurdles – SM A EDSON GOMES 1st (SB 14.02 w-0.6)
110m Hurdles – SW A JESSICA HUNTER 1st (SB 13.63 w-1.9) taking .11 of a second off her 7 May time, and is ranked UK No.7 in 2022
400m Hurdles – SM MORGAN WEBSTER (DNF), B JAMES DAVIS 6th (SB 74.49)
400m Hurdles – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (SB 57.22) taking .06 of a second off her 30 April time, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2022
4x100m Relay – SM SBH 2nd (SB 40.86) and is ranked UK No.2 team in 2022 CONFIDENCE LAWSON, JOHN OTUGADE, ZANSON PLUMMER, JORDAN WATSON-BROWN
4x100m Relay – SW SBH 2nd (SB 46.95) and is ranked UK No.2 team in 2022 MARLI JESSOP U20, JESSICA HUNTER, HANNAH FOSTER, EVE WRIGHT
4x400m Relay – SM SBH (DQ) MORGAN WEBSTER (50.1), KRISHAWN AIKEN (48.7), COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 (50.1), SAM HAZELL (47.8)
4x400m Relay – SW SBH 1st (SB 3:50.91) and is ranked UK No.1 team in 2022 MARLI JESSOP U20 (64.3), HANNAH FOSTER (58.5), HAYLEY MCLEAN (54.2), LILY BECKFORD (55.9)
Pole Vault – SM A TOLU AYO-AYO U23 7th (SB 4.10m) adding 50cm to his 16 April height
Pole Vault – SW A TRINITY O’CONNOR 4th (3.40m), B MANON BAINES U20 1st 39.30m)
High Jump – SM A AKIN COWARD 2nd (1.90m), B LEWIS MCGUIRE 4th (1.90m)
High Jump – SW A CLAIRE MCGARVEY U23 2nd Equal (1.70m), B EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 2nd (1.60m)
Long Jump – SM A ADE MASON 6th (SB 5.87m w-0.5), B LEWIS MCGUIRE 8th (SB 5.11m w-0.2)
Long Jump – SW A EAVION RICHARDSON 1st (SB 5.54m w-1.2), B JAZZ SEARS U23 6th (SB 4.89m w0.0)
Triple Jump – SM A DANIEL LEWIS 1st (SB 14.86m w1.3), B ADE MASON (NM)
Triple Jump – SW A EAVION RICHARDSON 7th (11.22m nwr), B JAZZ SEARS (NM)
Discus 2kg – SW A NICK PERCY 1st (61.28m), B GREGORY THOMPSON 1st (54.90m)
Discus 1kg – SW A SHADINE DUQUEMIN 1st (53.47m), B ALEXANDRA BALTAZAR-HALL U20 1st (44.88m)
Shot 7.26kg – SW A SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 1st (19.73m), B ANGUS MCINROY V35 1st (14.19m)
Shot 4kg – SW A ALEXANDRA BALTAZAR-HALL U20 1st (PB 10.71m), B PHILIPPA DAVENALL 3rd (SB 10.54m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM A CHRIS BENNETT 2nd (69.75m), B OLIVER GRAHAM U23 5th (59.05m)
Hammer 4kg – SW A PHILIPPA DAVENALL 1st (56.13m), B AMY CLEMENS 3rd (48.99m)
Javelin 800g – SM A MILAN TRAJKOVIC U20 2nd (PB 59.46m) adding 1.92m to his 24 April throw, and is ranked UK No.8 U20 in 2022, B ANGUS MCINROY V35 4th (SB 26.88m)
Javelin 600g – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 5th (SB 20.53m), B EAVION RICHARDSON 3rd (PB 19.56m)

BEDFORDSHIRE AND HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Bedford on 14-15 May
All results are for Hertfordshire, unless otherwise stated

100m – U17W Straight Final MIA HIGSON U17 won the Silver Medal (PB 13.34 w0.1) taking .04 of a second off her 16 April time
100m – U20W Straight Final ARIANA GOMES U20 won the Gold Medal (PB 14.05 w1.0) taking .02 of a second off her 16 April time
100m – SM Straight Final GERALD MATTHEW won the Gold Medal (SB 10.70 w0.8) taking .18 of a second off his 16 April time, EDSON GOMES won the Silver Medal (PB 10.96 w0.8) taking .07 of a second off his 16 April time, SAM HAZELL 5th (SB 11.41 w0.8)
200m – U15G Straight Final LYDIA BALL U15 4th (28.53 w-3.1)
200m – U17M Straight Final AIDAN GAFFEY U17 won the Bronze Medal (PB 25.71 w-1.2) taking 3.07 seconds off his 2019 time
200m – U17W Straight Final MIA HIGSON U17 won the Bronze Medal (27.08 w-2.4)
200m – U20W Straight Final VANESSA ANSUAA U20 won the Gold Medal (26.93 w-2.9)
200m – SM Straight Final GERALD MATTHEW won the Gold Medal (21.93 w-1.2), SAM HAZELL won the Silver Medal (SB 22.76 w-1.2)
200m – SW Straight Final HANNAH FOSTER U23 (Bedfordshire) won the Gold Medal (24.57 w-2.4), INDEA ADAMS-BURNETT won the Gold Medal (28.08 w-2.4)
400m – U17M Straight Final AIDAN GAFFEY U17 4th (59.60)
400m – U20W Straight Final VANESSA ANSUAA U20 won the Bronze Medal (61.04)
400m – SW Straight Final PHILLIPA LOWE (HCA) won the Gold Medal (SB 54.30), HANNAH FOSTER U23 (Bedfordshire) won the Gold Medal (SB 55.10) and is ranked UK No.10 U23 in 2022
800m – U13G Straight Final TIA DALEY U13 5th (PB 2:52.20)
800m – U15B Straight Final THOMAS CADWALLADER U15 won the Silver Medal (2:13.22)
80m Hurdles – U15B Straight Final HARRY WEBB U15 won the Gold Medal (12.68 w0.0)
110m Hurdles – SM Straight Final EDSON GOMES won the Gold Medal (14.32 w-0.4)
Pole Vault – U15G Straight Final ABIGAIL EDWARDS U15 won the Gold Medal (2.50m)
Long Jump – SM Straight Final MICHAEL ADEBAKIN U23 won the Gold Medal (SB 4.64m w2.7) adding 21cm to his 19 February jump
Shot 4kg – SW Straight Final SARAH RIDLEY won the Gold Medal (SB 9.77m)
Discus 1kg – U20W Straight Final KATIE WEBB U20 won the Gold Medal (SB 34.77m) adding 3.65m to his 24 April throw
Discus 1.25kg – U15B Straight Final HARRY WEBB U15 won the Silver Medal (PB 28.46m) adding 51cm to her 8 May throw
Javelin 500g – U15G Straight Final EVA HIGSON U15 won the Bronze Medal (PB 21.67m) adding 2.89m to her 1 May throw

MIDDLESEX CENTENARY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 14-15 May
100m – U13B H1 BEN BAMISAIYE U13 3rd (14.27 w-0.4), NATHAN HERMAN U13 5th (PB 16.18 w-0.4), H2 DIJANI BARNOR U13 1st (PB 13.19 w0.2) taking .01 of a second off his 1 May time, LANI JAIYEOLA U13 2nd (13.27 w0.2), JIMI ADU U13 3rd (SB 14.42 w0.2) taking .08 of a second off his 1 May time, in the Final DIJANI won the Gold Medal (PB 13.04 w-0.5) taking .15 of a second off his H2 time, and is ranked UK No.8 U13 in 2022, LANI won the Bronze Medal (13.44 w-0.5), BEN finished 5th (14.37 w-0.5), JIMI finished 7th (15.04 w-0.5)
100m – U13G H1 MOIESHA SAVAGE U13 1st (SB 13.19 w0.1), H2 FAITH LAMPTEY U13 4th (PB 14.24 w0.1) taking .09 of a second off her 2021 time, H3 ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U15 2nd (13.50 w-1.0), TAYLA ROBINSON U15 6th (14.49 w-1.0) in the Final MOIESHA won the Gold Medal (12.73 w-1.1), ONYEBUCHI finished 5th (13.43 w-1.1)
100m – U15B H1 NATHAN HOWELL U15 3rd (PB 12.02 w0.5) taking .58 of a second off his 1 May time, ASHER ESCOBAR U15 5th (SB 13.91 w0.5) taking .59 of a second off his 1 May time, H2 HARRY PINCHERLE U15 3rd (PB 12.62 w0.0) taking .28 of a second off his 1 May time, in the Final NATHAN finished 5th (12.21 w-0.5), HARRY finished 8th (12.71 w-0.5)
100m – U15G H1 ANGEL MCLEOD U15 1st (PB 12.60 w-0.7) equalling her 1 May time, and is ranked UK no.8 U15 in 2022, SHENEL OKRAH U15 4th (PB 13.99 w-0.7) taking .21 of a second off her 1 May time, H2 ANNALUCIA HARLLEY U15 3rd (PB 13.71 w0.8) taking .09 of a second off her 2021 time, H3 ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U15 2nd (13.50 w-1.0), TAYLA ROBINSON U15 6th (14.49 w-1.0) in the Final ANGEL won the Gold Medal (12.73 w-1.1), ONYEBUCHI finished 5th (13.43 w-1.1)
100m – U17M H1 MALACHI AMADI U17 1st (SB 11.34 w-2.2) taking .16 of a second off his 24 April time, OLIVER LAURENS U17 6th (12.04 w-2.2), BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 7th (12.04 w-2.2), H2 ZICO JONES U17 2nd (11.37 w-2.0), EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 3rd (11.56 w-2.0) in the Final ZICO won the Silver Medal (PB 10.95 w0.7) taking .25 of a second off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.6 U17 in 2022, MALACHI won the Bronze Medal (PB 11.05 w0.7) taking .09 of a second off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.10 U17 in 2022, EBUKA finished 4th (PB 11.15 w0.7) taking .25 of a second off his 1 May time
100m – U17W H1 NIA AKINTOKUN U17 1st (SB 12.20 w0.2) taking .66 of a second off her 24 April time, and is ranked UK No.5 U17 in 2022, H2 ANNA ROSE U17 1st (12.91 w-1.7), TOSIN JOKOSENUMI U17 2nd (SB 13.09 w-1.7) taking .45 of a second off her 24 April time, in the Final NIA won the Gold Medal (12.26 w1.0), ANNA won the Bronze Medal (SB 12.70 w1.0) taking .10 of a second off her 1 May time, TOSIN finished 4th (SB 12.86 w1.0) taking .23 of a second off her H2 time
100m – U20M H1 YANN JANSSEN U20 6th (PB 12.46 w-1.8)
100m – SM H2 PHOENIX LYON U23 2nd (SB 11.32 w0.3), EUGENE RIZA 6th (13.34 w0.3) in the Final PHOENIX finished 7th (SB 11.20 w-0.2) taking .12 of a second off his H2 time
200m – U13B Straight Final DIJANI BARNOR U13 won the Silver Medal (26.70 w0.5), LANI JAIYEOLA U13 won the Bronze Medal (27.69 w0.5), BEN BAMISAIYE U13 4th (29.55 w0.5), NATHAN HERMAN U13 5th (34.19 w0.5)
200m – U15B H1 ASHER ESCOBAR U15 5th (28.19 w0.5), H2 NATHAN HOWELL U15 2nd (25.12 w1.0), HARRY PINCHERLE U15 3rd (26.17 w1.0) in the Final NATHAN finished 4th (25.23 w0.7), HARRY finished 5th (25.61 w0.7)
200m – U15G H1 ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U15 4th (27.99 w1.0), ANNALUCIA HARLLEY U15 6th (PB 28.70 w1.0) taking .49 of a second off her 19 March time, H2 TAYLA ROBINSON U15 4th (29.86 w0.5) in the Final ONYEBUCHI finished 5th (27.84 w1.0)
200m – U17M Straight Final ZICO JONES U17 won the Gold Medal (22.70 w-2.8), EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 won the Silver Medal (23.05 w-2.8), OLIVER LAURENS U17 finished 6th (24.38 w-2.8)
200m – U17W Straight Final ANNA ROSE U17 won the Gold Medal (SB 26.08 w-2.0) taking .26 of a second off her 16 January time, NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 won the Silver Medal (26.27 w-2.0), DAISY FEINSON U17 8th (31.26 w-2.0)
200m – SM H1 PHOENIX LYON U23 4th (22.95 w-2.3) in the Final PHOENIX finished 5th (SB 22.56 w-1.0) taking .06 of a second off his 19 March time
300m – U17W Straight Final LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U17 5th (43.84), AZARIA NWANKWO U17 6th (44.90)
400m – SM H2 ALEXANDER EVELEGH 3rd (SB 52.22) in the Final ALEXANDER finished 5th (SB 52.16) taking .06 of a second off his H2 time
800m – U13B Straight Final CALEB HILTON U13 won the Gold Medal (2:35.73), XANDER REESE U13 won the Silver Medal (2:41.71)
800m – U13G Straight Final ELIZABETH OTHULO U13 won the Silver Medal (2:41.90)
800m – U17M Straight Final JACOB CLEMENT U17 won the Gold Medal (PB 2:03.99) taking 4.91 seconds off his 2021 time, DANIEL BANYARD U17 won the Silver Medal (PB 2:07.79) taking 1.00 seconds off his 8 May time
800m – U20M Straight Final JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 won the Silver Medal (SB 2:04.51) taking 1.35 seconds off his 20 April time
800m – U20W Straight Final NATASHA TANNER U20 won the Silver Medal (SB 2:26.21)
1500m – U15B Straight Final ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 won the Gold Medal (PB 4:35.43) taking 12.37 seconds off his 1 May time, EUAN PHILLIPS U15 4th (PB 4:37.76) taking 8.40 seconds off his 4 May time
1500m – U20M Straight Final JOSHUA FISHER U20 won the Bronze Medal (PB 4:09.75) taking 2.05 seconds off his 4 May time, SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U20 5th (PB 4:11.24) taking .77 of a second off his 2021 time
70m Hurdles – U13G Straight Final VERA DOUDKO U13 won the Silver Medal (14.76 w1.2), ELIZABETH OTHULO U13 won the Bronze Medal (16.01 w1.2)
75m Hurdles – U13B Straight Final JIMI ADU U13 won the Silver Medal (PB 13.07 w0.5) taking .63 of a second off his 1 May time, and is ranked UK No.7 U13 in 2022
75m Hurdles – U15G Straight Final SIENNA CORBYN U15 won the Gold Medal (PB 12.38 w-0.1) taking .42 of a second off her 1 May time
80m Hurdles – U15B Straight Final ASHER ESCOBAR U15 won the Gold Medal (PB 14,18 w2.3) taking .82 of a second off his 1 May time
80m Hurdles – U17W Straight Final NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 won the Gold Medal (PB 12.27 w1.6) taking .63 of a second off her 24 April time
100m Hurdles – SW Straight Final ALINA COFIE U20 won the Silver Medal (PB 15.26 w-0.9) taking .63 of a second off her 24 April time
Pole Vault – SW Straight Final STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 won the Bronze Medal (2.60m), ROSALIND ZEFFEERTT V60 5th (2.10m)
Long Jump – U13B Straight Final LANI JAIYEOLA U13 won the Silver Medal (4.32m w-0.8), JIMI ADU U13 won the Bronze Medal (SB 4.08m w-2.5) adding 17cm to his 8 May jump
Long Jump – U15G Straight Final SIENNA CORBYN U15 6th (4.18m w0.9)
Long Jump – U17M Straight Final EBUKA NWANKWO U17 won the Silver Medal (5.66m nwr)
Long Jump – U20M Straight Final YANN JANSSEN U20 won the Silver Medal (PB 5.69m nwr)
Triple Jump – U20W Straight Final RUTH-ANN OTARUOH U20 (2dn Claim) won the Gold Medal (11.94m nwr)
Triple Jump – SM Straight Final NATHAN FOX won the Gold Medal (SB 15.30m nwr)
Hammer 4kg– SW Straight Final AMY CLEMENS won the Gold Medal (48.68m)

BERKSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Bracknell on 14-15 May
Discus 1kg – SW Straight final AMY HOLDER (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (51.41m)

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Horspath on 14-15 May
Discus 1kg – U20W Straight Final CLADIA KERRY-ROGER U20 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (37.79m)
Discus 1.25kg – U15B Straight Final GILES KERRY-ROGER U15 won the Silver Medal (PB 14.68m)

CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Cambridge on 14-15 May
100m – U20M Straight Final JOSEPH PURBRICK U20 won the Silver Medal (PB 10.85 w-0.4) taking .06 of a second off his 3 April time
100m – SW Straight Final IONA NEWBEGIN U23 won the Gold Medal (12.55 w-0.5)
200m – SW Straight Final IONA NEWBEGIN U23 won the Gold Medal (SB 26.07 w-0.2)
400m – SM Straight Final MORGAN WEBSTER won the Gold Medal (49.79)
800m – SW Straight Final HANNAH RIDLEY won the Gold Medal (SB 2:24.18)
110m Hurdles – U20M Straight Final JOSEPH PURBRICK U20 won the Silver Medal (PB 14.20 w-0.7) taking .50 of a second off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.3 U20 in 2022

ESSEX COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Chelmsford on 14-15 May
200m – SW Straight Final HAYLEY MCLEAN won the Gold Medal (SB 24.81 w-0.8) equalling her 6 April time

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took pla at Portsmouth on 14-15 May
Long Jump – U17M Straight Final TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (6.02m w0.9)
Shot 5kg – U17M Straight Final TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (14.71m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M Straight Final TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (PB 50.56m) adding 5.42m to his 27 March throw, and is ranked UK No.3 U17 in 2022
Hammer 4kg – U20W Straight Final JESSICA-CHARLIE BENNETT U20 (2nd Claim) won the Gold Medal (PB 56.11m) adding 1.90m to her 10 May throw, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2022, GRACIE JENVEY U20 (2nd Claim) won the Silver Medal (44.57m)

KENT COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Gillingham on 14-15 May
Triple Jump – SW KACEY WALTERS U20 won the Gold Medal (PB 12.04 w2.2) adding 17cm to her 6 February jump (Her 12.04m was originally posted as a legal jump, the officials are currently looking into the result). If the result is updated KACEY will be ranked UK equal No.6 in 2022. 

SURREY COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Kingston on 14-15 May
200m – SM H3 CONFIDENCE LAWSON 1st (SB 21.82 w0.1) taking ,26 of a second off his 7 May time, in the Final CONFIDENCE won the Gold Medal (SB 21.70 w-0.1) taking ,12 of a second off his H3 time
Pole Vault – SW Straight Final JADE IVE (HCA) won the Gold Medal (4.20m)
Long Jump – SM Straight Final PAUL OGUN (HCA) won the Gold Medal (7.29m w-0,5)

YORKSHIRE COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Cudworth on 14-15 May
200m – SM H2 ROBERT SHIPLEY (HCA) 4th (SB 22.94 w-0.7) in the Final ROBERT finished 7th (SB 22.60 nwr) taking ,34 of a second off his H2 time
Shot 7.26kg – SM Straight Final SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) won the Gold Medal (0.17m)

BMC GRAND PRIX – Took place at Birmingham on 14 May
800m – Women B NICOLE MCGOVERN U17 8th (2:20.70)
1500m – Men C THOMAS PATRICK U23 3rd (PB 3:49.26) taking 1.48 seconds off his 2021 time, PHILLIP CROUT 12th (SB 3:55.58)

LEE LAST CHANCE – Took place at Cleveland, Tennessee, USA on 14 May
1500m – SM 4 MITCHEL COX (Queens University North Carolina) 5th (PB 3:44.39) taking 1.50 seconds off his 29 April time

LIGA JOMA DE CLUBES DH HOMBRES J2 – Took place at Sagunto, Spain on 14 May
1500m – SM ISAAC HIRSHMAN CHANDLER U23 5th (PB 3:54.19) taking .01 of a second off his 2021 time

PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Eugene, Oregon, USA on 14 May
100m – SM D JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 3rd (11.19 w0.0)
400m – SM D JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 5th (52,58)
1500m – SM D JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 4th (4:40.37)
10000m – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 1st (28:11.17)
110m Hurdles – SM D JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 2nd (14.86 w1.0)
High Jump – SM D JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 4th (1.81m)
Pole Vault – SM D JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 5th (4.31m)
Long Jump – SM D JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 6th (6.60m nwr)
Shot 7.26kg – SM D JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 4th (12.53m)
Discus 2kg – SM D JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 7th (33.44m)
Javelin 800g – SM D JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 4th (PB 50.12m) adding 16cm to his 14 April throw
Decathlon – SM JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 3rd (6887points)
PRINCETON ELITE INVITATIONAL – Took place at Princeton, New Jersey, USA on 14 May
5000m – SM 1 JAMIE DEE (Iona College) 6th (14:06.35)

APU LAST CHANCE – Took place at Azusa, California, USA on 14 May
200m – SM 1 MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (PB 20.71 w1.8) taking .17 of a second off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.6 in 2022
400m – SM 1 MICHAEL OHIOZE 2nd (SB 46.64) taking 1.47 seconds off his 29 April time

NSIC CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Aberdeen, South Dakota, USA on 12-4 May
Pole Vault – SM GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 3rd (4.98m)

LEE VALLEY SPRINTS MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 11 May
100m – SX 1.5 ALEX BEECHEY (2nd Claim) 5th (10.86 w0.2), 1.16 WERONIKA KALINSKI U17 3rd (PB 13.62 w0.2) taking .16 of a second off his 10 April time, 1.17 JANIYA GEORGE U20 3rd (PB 14.91 w0.4), 2.3 ALEX finished 5th (10.95 w0.1), 2.14 WERONIKA finished 4th (13.64 w0.3), 2.15 JANIYA finished 4th (PB 14.83 w0.6) taking .08 of a second off his 1.17 time

PARKRUN – Can you make sure that you are registered as ‘Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers’, as the link I use to select all results only shows SBH athletes. If anyone is also officiating can you please contact me and advise me where and when. 

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 14 May.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 202nd (28.35) this was his 245th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Irchester Country on 14 May.
TOM CAREY V35 22nd (22.53) this was his 18th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at March on 14 May.
GLEN WATTS V35 1st (16.36) this was his 14th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 14 May.
BRADLEY SINGER 39th (21.55) this was his 178th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 45th (22.19) this was his 330th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 14 May.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 162nd (32.56) this was his 223rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rising Sun on 14 May.
MATTHEW ARMSTRONG V35 2nd (16.43) this was his 9th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 14 May.
DYLAN MICHEL U20 1st (19.06) this was his 47th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 38th (57.28) this was her 62nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Woking on 14 May.
REBEKAH HOUNSELL 5th (PB 19.22) this was her 67th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 19 MAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 16 JUNE – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 2 – The second fixture of four takes place on Saturday 21 May at the Finsbury Park Athletics Track, Endymion Road (Satnav N4 1EE).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
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 18 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 19 May. 

LONDON ANNIVERSARY GAMES –  Takes place on to Saturday 21 May at the Alexander Stadium, Walsall Road, Birmingham (Satnav B42 2LR).
For full information on tickets and how to get there please use this link – http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/

LOUGHBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL – Takes place on Sunday 22 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/ 

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 2 – The second fixture of four takes place on Saturday 28 May at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager 

ENGLAND SENIOR & U20 COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 28 May and Sunday 29 May in Birmingham, venue to be confirmed.
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women. For all entry details and full information please use this link
http://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics/english-national-championships
Note: You will have to enter yourselves and pay the appropriate fee.

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 2 – The second of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 4 June at the Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Pococks Lane, Eton, Windsor (Satnav SL4 6HN).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women. This is the link to the timetable – 2022-NAL-Timetable-OTF-2
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 2  – The second of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 5 June at the Westminster Lodge athletic Track, Holywell Hill, St Albans (Satnav AL1 2DJ).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – http://eyal.org.uk/resource-downloads/ select 2022 6 club matches
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 3 June as the declarations have to be in on Friday 4 June

UPCOMING SOUTHERN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPONSHIPS – Have just been published on the SEAA website, and are as follows;
Under 20 and Senior Championships – Are on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.
Under 15 and 17 3000m Championships – Are on Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.
Under 20 and Senior Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 9 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 28 June. You will be selected by respective county.
Under 15, 17, 20 and Senior Combined Events Championships – Are on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 12 July.
Under 13, 15 and 17 Championships – Are on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 August at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 2 August.
Under 15 and 17 Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 10 September at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 30 August. You will be selected by respective county.

This is the link to the full SEAA prospectus, which gives full details of each championship – 2022 Southern Outdoor Track & Field Prospectus (2)

BETH POTTER WINS 2022 ARENA GAMES ESPORT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES – Photograph of BETH with her dog CHARLIE.

In the women’s third and final contest in the 2022 Arena Games Triathlon series, ZSANNETT BRAGMEYER of Hungary surprised the field to take a 4 seconds margin of victory over super runner BETH POTTER of Great Britain. POTTER, who won the first Arena Games event in Munich and took 2nd in the final event in Singapore on 7 May, took the overall title in the first eSports World Triathlon Championship series by a 713 to 645 points margin over BRAGMEYER. Olympic silver medalist GEORGIA TAYLOR-BROWN of Great Britain took third on the final day – 36 seconds behind BRAGMEYER – and finished third in the series, 19 points behind BRAGMEYER.
BRAGMEYER overcame a long and exhausting path to win the day as she had to race five races, having had to qualify through the repechage. POTTER’S day took a lot out of her too. “I was in a wall of pain today” POTTER spoke with a grimace immediately after the race.

Stage 1 – Super swimmer LEARMONTH gained little on the swim, but charged the bike and built a 7 seconds lead on GEORGIA TAYLOR-BROWN with POTTER 2 seconds further arrears and they approached the curved treadmill run. With a fast transition, POTTER advanced to second place, while SIAN RAINSLEY passed TAYLOR-BROWN for third place.
That left POTTER clear for the win, RAINSLEY in second six seconds behind with ZSANNETT BRAGMEYER in third (+9.7).

Stage 2 – In this run-bike-swim order stage, BRAGMEYER and POTTER were close on the bike, and ZSANNETT made up 3 seconds in the run through transition. Utilizing her superior swim skills, ZSANNETT opened a short lead on POTTER and with TAYLOR-BROWN and ANABEL KNOLL 21 and 23 seconds back in 3rd and 4th.

Stage 3 – Back to a classic swim-bike-run final stage, which is conducted in a pursuit format, POTTER and ZSANNETT started the swim well ahead over RAINSLEY. After the swim, ZSANNETT and POTTER arrived at the bikes virtually tied with TAYLOR-BROWN and RAINSLEY 20-plus seconds arrears. POTTER once again made up time in the run through transition. On the final run segment, BRAGMEYER r gritted her teeth to secure the day’s victory by 4 seconds.

Women Final Results – 1. ZSANNETT BRAGMEYER (HUN), 2. BETH POTTER (GBR) +0:04, 3. GEORGIA TAYLOR-BROWN (GBR) +0:36

Final Championship Standings – 1. BETH POTTER (GBR) – 713 points, 2. ZSANNETT BRAGMEYER (HUN) – 645 points, 3. GEORGIA TAYLOR-BROWN (GBR) – 626 points

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES REVEALS QUEEN’S BATON RELAY ROUTE THROUGH ENGLAND – Birmingham 2022 announces much-anticipated route for the 16^th edition of Queen’s Baton Relay, ahead of this summer’s Commonwealth Games

Host Nation, England, will welcome the Relay this summer with every region involved. Route begins in London on 2 June with five-day celebration coinciding with Platinum Jubilee before travelling the country and concluding at the Opening Ceremony
Journey will visit 180 cities, towns and villages over 29 days. From depths of Nottingham‘s historic cave network, to the heights of Blackpool’s iconic Tower Ballroom, the Relay will take in some of nation’s best-loved landmarks
Travelling via land, air and sea, more than 180 communities in England will experience the Queen’s Baton on a route spanning 2,500 miles (4,000 kilometres). From energetic cities and historic market towns, to rolling countryside and rugged coastline, the Baton will head as far south as Cornwall and as far north as Northumberland.
Free-to-access landmark cultural moments will bring communities together in anticipation for the Games – the largest multi-sport event in the UK since London 2012

IS LONG JUMP THE HARDEST TRACK AND FIELD EVENT? – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Nine-time Olympic and eight-time world champion CARL LEWIS sparks debate on social media. Is the long jump the hardest track and field event?

That’s the question that nine-time Olympic and eight-time world champion CARL LEWIS asked on Twitter, off the back the incredible stat that LEWIS and 21-year-old US prodigy MATTHEW BOLING are the only two athletes in history to go sub-10 over 100m, sub-20 over 200m and to have cleared (8.00m) in the long jump. “What is it going to take for everyone to understand the incredible skill to takes to long jump far,” LEWIS said. “You are in the air one second. Think about all of the motions in the air in that time. “You must hit an eight-inch board with all of the conditions considered. You must leave the board at a certain angle within a few degrees. Your body angle must be correct to get maximum velocity. “All while running your fastest. Until you understand how to do it, you will not understand how difficult it is. Oh and by the way, speed has nothing to do with jumping far without all of these factors. So let’s put the idea that the sprinters can do it to bed. MIKE POWELL didn’t hear it.” Few are more qualified than Lewis to understand the athleticism, dynamism and technique of the long jump. The 60-year-old American won four Olympic golds (LA 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996) and two world golds (Helsinki 1983 and Rome 1987) in the discipline and held the world record – he broke his own one twice – from 1981 until MIKE POWELL cleared (8.95m) in 1991. It’s a world record that still stands today and no one in the last decade has got near it. The closest was current world long jump champion TAJAY GAYLE, who jumped (8.69m) to go 10th on the all-time list to win gold in Doha three years ago. The fact is, though, the top four all-time spots are still held by POWELL, BOB BEAMON, LEWIS and ROBERT EMMIYAN – who all competed in the 20th century.

It’s a similar story in the women’s field. The world record of (7.52m), held by Olympic bronze and European silver medallist GALINA CHISTYAKOVA, was set in 1988, while the second, third and fourth all-time spots – made up of JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE, HEIKE DRECHSLER and ANISOARA CUSMIR-STANCIU – are held by athletes who were around before 2000. In that sense, LEWIS most definitely has a point. The fact that the world records of both men’s and women’s long jump have lasted for an age speaks of the volumes of the difficulty of the discipline. Yet long jump isn’t the only event in athletics to have long standing marks.

On the men’s side, the discus and hammer throw world records were both set in 1986 – a full five years before POWELL set the current unbeatable mark in the long jump – by JURGEN SCHULT and YURIY SEDYKH respectively. You have to go all the way back to 1983 for the oldest world record in women’s athletics, set by JARMILA KRATOCHVILOVA in the 800m. The caveat to that is of course taking historic world records with a pinch of salt given the 1980s was an era when drugs abuse in athletics was prevalent at an elite level, but just looking at how long world records have lasted isn’t the only measure of working out the ‘hardest track and field event’.

Take the heptathlon or decathlon for example. Is it fair to say that being the champion over seven or ten events is harder than one? Or do you have to be so technically talented in the long jump that you’d have a better chance of being an all-round athlete over a multitude of disciplines? With the long jump – unless you were part of the Diamond League final three format – you also had six attempts, unlike the field events where one mistake in a race can cost you a medal.

In terms of technicality, the pole vault is up there as one of the trickiest to master. It’s no surprise to hear that current Olympic champion and world record holder MONDO DUPLANTIS started vaulting at the age of three. Or the 800m? It’s a discipline which tests the nature of athletes’ tactical awareness as it does their proficiency for stamina and it’s so rare that athletes just dominate races. The outlier to that was in 2012 when world record-holder DAVID RUDISHA stormed to Olympic gold in what was essentially a time trial for the Kenyan, with SEBASTIAN COE calling it “the most extraordinary piece of running I have probably ever seen”. If you’re talking about bettering current world records on the track then just add the 400m hurdles to the list. At last year’s Tokyo Olympics KARSTEN WARHOLM and SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN clocked (45.94) and (51.46) respectively and you’d be surprised if either surpassed those marks this year.

Finally, there’s the men’s shot put and women’s triple jump, events which RYAN CROUSER and YULIMAR ROJAS have taken to new heights in recent years. Between 1901 and 1991 the long jump world record improved by 17.61% but that is dwarfed by both the men’s shot put and women’s triple jump which have seen improvements from the first to current world records of 50.3% and 52.5% respectively.

Read More: How master the art of long jump

It’s totally understandable why LEWIS believes the long jump is the hardest track and field event – given he won more Olympic medals in the event than anyone else – and it will be interesting to see if renowned multi-discipline specialists like FRED KERLEY or MICHAEL NORMAN attempt it in the future. Yet this is a debate which will just go on and on because there’s no one single measurement and everyone will have a different answer to such a subjective question. The hardest to win a medal in? The hardest to reach a world class level in? The hardest to train for? Maybe there’s some kind of highly intelligent athletics calculator out there which can give us a definitive answer.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. The following is an update of this week’s contributions.

There are the posts, following NICK PERCY’S discus post.

Eastern Young Athletes League on 1 May – Under 17 Women 4x100m, our relay team of ANNA ROSE, MIA HIGSON, NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL winning in a time of (51.2).
Eastern Young Athletes League on 1 May – Under 15 Boys 1500m, taken during the race and shows left to right ARTHUR PHILLIPS PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN and EUAN PHILLIPS, EUAN won the A race with a personal best (4:47.7), ARTHUR won the B race with a personal best (4:47.8) and PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN won the non scoring race with a personal best (4:49.5).
Eastern Young Athletes League on 1 May – Under 17 Women 200m, LUCY CAMPOS finishing 2^nd in the non scoring race with a seasons best (28.6).
Eastern Young Athletes League on 1 May – Under 15 Girls 4x100m, our relay team of MACIE SUTHERLAND, ANGEL MCLEOD, BUCHI ODIAKA, SIENNA CORBYN winning in a time of (51.2).

Vitality 10K on 1 May – Four of our runners celebrating after the finish, from left to right MICHAEL KEREN V35 961st (41.40), AARIF JEEVANJEE V50 1581st (44.47), PAUL LEWIS V50 598th (39.19) and DAVID GREENSTEIN V55 1179th (42.55).

Eastern Young Athletes League on 1 May – Under 17 Men 400m, from left to right AIDEN GAFFEY 2nd in the non scoring race (59.6), JADEN AULIS 1st in the non scoring race (58.8) and BRANDON KUFAZVINEI who won the B race with a personal best (55.0).

National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Men Javelin 800g, MILAN TRAJKOVIC U20 who finished 2nd in the A race with a personal best (59.46m) which ranks him UK No.8 U20 in 2022.
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Men 400m, SAM HAZELL who finished 5th in the A race with a seasons best (48.23).
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Women High Jump, CLAIRE MCGARVEY who finished equal 2nd in the A event with (1.70m).
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Women 100m, EVE WRIGHT who finished 2nd in the A race with (11.71).
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Women 400m Hurdles, HAYLEY MCLEAN who when winning the A race with a seasons best (57.22) which ranks her UK No.3 in 2022.
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Men Hammer 7.26kg, CHRIS BENNETT who is sitting and contemplating his next effort, he finished 2nd in the A event with (69.75m).
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Women 400m, VANESSA ANSUAA U20 striding out around the bend, she finished 2nd in the B race with (60.09).
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Men Hammer 7.26kg, OLIVER GRAHAM who is waiting by the hammer circle, he finished 5th in the B event with (59.05m).
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Women 4x400m, our relay team of HANNAH FOSTER, MARLI JESSOP U20, HAYLEY MCLEAN and LILY BECKFORD following their outsanding win (3:50.91) which ranks them the UK No.1 team in 2022.
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Men 800m, RORY MUIR who finished 6th with a seasons best (2:03.58).
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Men Pole Vault, TOLU AYO-AYO who finished 7th with a seasons best (4.10m).
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Women Hammer 4kg, PHILIPPA DAVENALL who is approaching the hammer circle, she had an excellent win with (56.13m).
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Men 4x100m, video of our relay team of CONFIDENCE LAWSON, JOHN OTUGADE, ZANSON PLUMMER and JORDAN WATSON-BROWN and finished 2nd with a seasons best (40.86) which ranks them the UK No.2 team in 2022.
National Athletics League on 7 May – Senior Women 800m, NICOLE MCGOVERN U17 who finished 2nd in the A race with (2:12.79)

Night of the 10000m on 14 May – Video of KOJO KYEREME V45 in the Men’s Race 4 in which he finished 3rd with a seasons best (30:53.45) which ranks him UK No.1 V45 in 2022.
Night of the 10000m on 14 May – Photograph of TOM BUTLER after the Men’s Race 5 surrounded by well wishers, TOM he finished 6th with a personal best (30:27.66) after surging through the field of 35 runners in the second half of the race.

There is also a photograph of NEELAM KADERBHOY, it is still hard to come to terms with her untimely death, at the age of 52. I believe we should consider creating a yearly award, to commemorate NEELAM’S almost 40 years with Shaftesbury.

BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.