Happy Birthday this week to Phillip Crout, Theodore Gatward, Richard Goodman, Phillipa Lowe, Alfredo Melao, Marie Sato, Ethan Thomas, Barry Walsh
MEDALS AT EUROPEAN MASTERS – Congratulation to NENGI OSSAI V35 who won Gold and Silver Medals in the 60m and 200m (respectively), and GREG DUNSON V50 who won the Gold Medal in the (60m Hurdles). At the European Indoor Masters Championships which took place in Torun, Poland on 23-28 March.
60m – M35 Heat 1 NENGI OSSAI V35 1st (SB 7.06) taking .05 of a second off his 7 March time, in Semi-Final 2 NENGI finished 1st (SB 7.01), in the Final NENGI won the Gold Medal with a personal best (6.97) taking .02 of a second off his 2014 time, and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2015. A certain Dwayne Chambers is No.1.
200m – M35 Heat 2 NENGI OSSAI V35 2nd (22.67), in Semi-Final 1 NENGI finished 1st (SB 22.34) taking .33 of a second off his Heat time, in the Final NENGI won the Silver Medal (22.35) and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2015.
60m Hurdles – M50 Straight Final GREG DUNSON V50 won the Gold Medal with a seasons best (8.82) taking .12 of a second off his 7 March time, and is ranked UK No.2 V50 in 2015.
For the remaining newsletter information and results
NEW MEMBER – We are pleased to welcome to Shaftesbury recent new member George Evans U20. George was ranked the 2014 UK No.1 U17 with his Shot put of 17.24m (5k) and UK No. 2 in the Discus with 55.32m (1.5k). He has joined us from Inverness to get better competition. His targets this year include GB selection for the World Youths Championships in Colombia in July and selection for Scotland in the Commonwealth Youths in Samoa in early September. George is currently ranked UK No.4 U20, with his Shot put of 16.32m (6k) in the Scottish U20 Indoor Championships in February.
SOUTHERN ROAD RELAY VICTORY – Congratulation to the Senior Men’s team who won the Southern 12 Stage Relay at Milton Keynes on 29 March, the team with a balance of experienced and junior runners, winning by just over 2 minutes. Of course not forgetting team manager TONY JACKSON who has had his fair share of disappointments over the past few years, well done. Our last win was in 2007 where we beat Belgrave Harriers by 30 seconds. Regarding Robbie Lightowler when he entered the track at the end of his leg the high winds blew the hammer cage netting onto the track and Robbie caught his foot in the net and took a nasty tumble grazing his shoulder and hand.
The race consists of 6 Long Legs of (7664m), and 6 Short Legs of (5053m). The positions shown below for example 1st – 4th represent finishing position on that Leg, then team position after that Leg.
Leg 1 MATTHEW GRANT 22nd (25.50), Leg 2 ANTHONY WHITEMAN V40 2nd – 13th (15.41), Leg 3 RICHARD GOODMAN U23 2nd – 2nd (23.19), Leg 4 EUAN MACKENZIE U23 7th – 3rd (16.37), Leg 5 KOJO KYREME V40 1st – 1st (24.04), Leg 6 ROBBIE LIGHTOWLER U20 7th – 1st (16.18), Leg 7 DAN WATTS 1st – 1st (24.19), Leg 8 SAM GRIFFITHS U20 12th – 1st (16.58), Leg 9 MATTHEW ARMSTRONG 3rd – 1st (24.50), Leg 10 BEN ROCHFORD U20 4th – 2nd (16.38), Leg 11 GLEN WATTS 2nd – 1st (24.32), Leg 12 KYLE LANGFORD U20 4th – 1st (16.21).
Fastest Times Long Legs (Top 20) 1st John Mcdonnell of Luton (23.18), 2nd Richard Goodman (23.19), 8th Kojo Kyreme (24.04), 13th Dan Watts (24.19), 18th Glen Watts (24.32), Fastest Times Short Legs (Top 20) 1st John Beattie of Newham & Essex Beagles (14.57), 5th Anthony Whiteman (15.41), Team Positions 1st Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (4:05.27), 2nd Kent AC (4:07.33), 3rd Newham & Essex Beagles (4:08.54)
Link with photos of the 12 Stage http://garymitchellphotography.zenfolio.com/f19660270
SOUTHERN WOMEN’S ROAD RELAY – The Southern Women’s 6 Stage Relays (Road) took place in Milton Keynes on 29 March, unfortunately we had a somewhat depleted team.
All Legs were (5053m). The positions shown below for example 1st – 4th represent finishing position on that Leg, then team position after that Leg.
Leg 1 VICTORIA WALKER U23 8th (18.22), Leg 2 RACHEL FELTON V35 1st – 2nd (17.29), Leg 3 CECILIA MARTINEZ-NUNEZ U23 31st – 14th (22.36)
Fastest Times (Top 20) 1st Emelia Gorecka of Aldershot, Farnham & District (16.32), 6th Rachel Felton (17.29), Team Positions 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:49.17), 2nd Belgrave Harriers (1:53.12), 3rd Cambridge & Coleridge (1:54.44)
NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The final fixture of the season took place at Wormwood Scrubs on 28 March. It is 6 months since the first fixture on 27 September and for many of our runners have also competed in the Metropolitan League plus the various Championship races throughout the winter. Saturday was another successful day for team managers JO KENT and TONY SMITH seeing a win from MAAYAN RADUS plus top five finishes from GABRIELLA KYRIACOU (2nd), THOMAS PATRICK (2nd), LUCA STUBBS (2nd) and SCARLETT KENT (5th). Also there were team wins by the Under 13 Girls and Under 15 Boys, the Under 17 Women came 2nd and the Under 15 Girls were in 3rd place. s
Attached is a photograph after the awards presentation – standing left to right Anusha Bulman, Kayla Michel, Gabriella Kyriacou, Scarlett Kent, Lidia Kyriacou and Mia Groom, kneeling Aimi Weightman, Elina Bulman, Luca Stubbs and Dylan Michel
Under 11 Girls (1200m) – MAAYAN RADUS 1st (4.44), ELINA BULMAN 8th (5.14), 27 finishers, Team Result 1st Thames Valley Harriers (30 points), 2nd Cookham (36), 3rd London Heathside (36), 4th Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (37)
Under 11 Boys (2000m) – LUCA STUBBS 2nd (7.10), DYLAN MICHEL 6th (7.33), LEO STUBBS 25th (8.22), 51 runners finished. The winner was R. McGonagle of London Heathside (7.03). Team Result 1st Highgate Harriers (29 points), 2nd Cookham (76), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (78), 5th Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (85)
Under 13 Girls (2000m) – SCARLETT KENT 5th (7.48), MIA GROOM 8th (7.55), SOPHIA STAAB 10th (8.03), GEMMA HARPER 14th (8.16), LOUANN LAMY 19th (8.26), 33 runners finished. The winner was C. Buckley of Thames Valley Harriers (7.15). Team Result 1st Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (21 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (24), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (42)
Under 13 Boys (2800m) – MATTI HARRIS 6th (10.39), 34 runners finished. The winner was K.Imroth of Dacorum & Tring (9.49). Team Result 1st Trent Park (38 points), 2nd Harrow (49), 3rd Highgate Harriers (54), 8th Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (111)
Under 15 Girls (2800m) – LIDIA KYRIACOU 7th (11.15), GEORGIA LEE 10th (11.34), KAYLA MICHEL 13th (11.47), ANUSHA BULMAN 20th (12.38), 26 runners finished. The winner was I.Weir of Thames Valley Harriers (10.05). Team Result 1st Thames Valley Harriers (6 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (24), 3rd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (30)
Under 15 Boys (4000m) – THOMAS PATRICK 2nd (13.54), HENRY ROCHA 6th (14.38),
RUFUS KENT 10th (14.47), 23 runners finished. The winner was Lucillo Burrell of Thames Valley Harriers (13.42). Team Result 1st Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (43 points), 2nd Trent Park (48), 3rd London Heathside (50)
Under 17 Women (4000m) – GABRIELLA KYRIACOU 2nd (15.54), 7 runners finished. The winner was G.Fear of Highgate Harriers (14.53). Team Result 1st Highgate Harriers (10 points), 2nd Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers (14), 3rd Enfield & Haringey (16)
Under 17 Men (4700m) – 15 runners finished. The winner was M.Farah of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (16.22). Team Result 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (23 points), 2nd Trent Park (32), 3rd London Heathside (33)
SBH DOMINATE THE NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – These are the final League and Individual positions, SBH individuals (who are in the top five).
Final team positions – Under 11 Boys 1st Highgate Harriers (48 points), 2nd SBH (42), 3rd Harrow (37), Under 13 Boys 1st Trent Park (45 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (41), 3rd Harrow (41), 4th SBH (38), Under 15 Boys 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (42 points), 2nd London Heathside (39), 3rd SBH (35), Under 17 Men 1st Trent Park (46 points), 2nd London Heathside (44), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (39), 5th SBH (20). Aggregate of all age-groups 1st Trent Park (143 points), 2nd SBH (135), 3rd Harrow (126)
Under 11 Girls 1st SBH (47 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (41), 3rd Barnet (31), Under 15 Girls 1st Highgate Harriers (46 points), 2nd SBH (43 points), 3rd Harrow (38), Under 15 Girls Equal 1st SBH and Thames Valley Harriers (43 points), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (41), Under 17 Women 1st SBH (48 points), 2nd London Heathside (37), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (18), Aggregate of all age-groups 1st SBH (181 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (124), 3rd London Heathside (124)
Individual positions – Under 11 Boys Equal 1st Luca Stubbs and R.McGonagle of London Heathside (198 points), 3rd Dylan Michel (186), Under 15 Boys 5th Rufus Kent (170), Under 17 Men 5th Oliver Greenstein (159), Under 11 Girls 1st Mia Radus (197 points), Equal 2nd Aimi Weightman and Sydney Allen (192), Under 15 Girls Equal 3rd Lidia Kyriacou and L.Stewart of Ealing (180), Under 17 Women 1st Gabriella Kyriacou (196), 3rd Rebecca Andreou (174).
CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONS – Congratulation to MAAYAN RADUS and LUCA STUBBS who became Under 11 Club Champions at last Saturdays NWLL fixture.
CROSS COUNTRY POINTS TABLES – The Under 11,13 & 15 Boys and Girls age-group were finalised at last Saturdays NWLL fixture. Congratulations to the following;
Boys – Under 11 1st Luca Stubbs 32 points, 2nd Dylan Michel 28, 3rd Samuel Greenstein 24 – Under 13 1st Daniel Greenstein 29 points, 2nd Freddie Shiret 27, Equal 3rd Finn Harvey and Matti Harris 24 – Under 15 1st Rufus Kent 23 points, Equal 2nd George Groom and Jamie Harper 16.
Girls – Under 11 1st Maayan Radus 32 points, Equal 2nd Sydney Allen and Aimi Weightman 28 – Under 13 1st Scarlett Kent 32 points, Equal 2nd Lia Radus and Sophia Staab 23 – Under 15 1st Lidia Kyriacou 32 points, Equal 2nd Kayla Michel and Georgia Lee 23.
CARRY ON CAMPING – A fun new ITV series is going on a summer holiday and you could be part of it. 12 Yard Production are looking for fun and lively pairs of all ages to set up camp across Europe. If you this could be for you see the attached Flyer.
HIGHGATE HARRIERS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 15 April at Parliament Hill Fields, on-line entry only – no entries on the night. Entries will close when event is full or otherwise at midnight on 14 April.
ENGLAND ATHLETICS NEWSLETTER – This is the link showing their current information, March Issue 2
RUN! LONDON NEWSLETTER – This is the link showing their current information, which is worth a read as it has many interesting sections. March Issue http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=593e83c3ed041a839b72f1c09&id=0828cb56a5&e=12c253a365
UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS
ON THE TRACK & FIELD FIXTURES YOU WILL FIND A LINK TO THE TIMETABLE – ONCE YOU ACCESS THE TIMETABLE A NOTICE POPS UP, I CAN ASSURE YOU IT IS SAFE TO OPEN THAT FILE
NATIONAL MENS 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. Entrance to park for parking will be “Town Gate” (Satnav B73 6BU). Start Times 12.00noon Men, 12.20pm Women. Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager
UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE SOUTHERN PREMIER 1 (UNDER 17/20 MEN/WOMEN) – The first of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 18 April at Ridlins Wood Athletic Track, Woodcote Road, Stevenage (Satnav SG2 9QZ). For timetable please use this link
http://www.ukydl.org.uk/Amended%20Timetables%202015%20UAG.pdf
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager – Colette Hurley or Geoff Morphitis
EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE (UNDER 13/15/17 MEN/WOMEN) – The first of five fixtures takes place on Sunday 19 April at Thurrock Athletics Stadium, Blackshots Lane, Grays Essex (Satnav RM16 2QT). For parking please use this link
For timetable please use this link http://www.eyal.org.uk/USERIMAGES/EYAL%20Timetable%202015.pdf
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager Joyce Smith or Jeremy Sothcott
LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE (ALL AGE-GROUPS INCLUDING U13s) – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 19 April at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR). Is free to all members of Shaftesbury, but why not bring a friend and introduce him to athletics (there is a charge of £2 per event for non-members). Registration opens at 10.30am, and closes 30 minutes before the published start time. For timetable please use this link
http://londonathletics.org/sites/default/files/LICCTimetableLV190415.pdf?_ga=1.162448892.1946802400.1403095593 all events are for both male and female age-groups unless stated. All juniors and seniors welcome as U17s, U15s and U13s will be at the EYAL.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and register.
RESULTS – TRACK AND FIELD UNLESS STATED
The Berlin Halbmarathon (Road) took place on 29 March
BETH ANDERSON V35 (2:00.01)
The Liverpool Half Marathon (Road) took place on 29 March
PAUL SIMONS V50 (2nd Claim) 49th (1st V50 80.17)
The Havering Spring Warm Up Open (Outdoors) took place in Hornchurch on 29 March
100m – U17M Race 1 DOMINIC ASHWELL (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 11.2)
100m – SW ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V50 4th (PB 16.6)
Long Jump – SW ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V50 2nd (3.58m)
Javelin 600g – SW JOANNA BLAIR (HCA) 1st (SB 46.26m)
The Lee Valley U13/U15 Open (Indoors) took place on 29 March
60m – U15B Race 2.2 GABE YAWITCH 2nd (8.53)
200m – U15B Race 1 GABE YAWITCH 3rd (28.19), Race 2 JUDAH YAWITCH 2nd (PB 31.03)
800m – U14B JUDAH YAWITCH U13 1st (PB 2:28.9) taking .33 of a second off his 2014 time
The Barrie Strange Memorial Throws Open (Outdoors) took place in Horspath on 28 March
Hammer 4kg – U20W REBECCA KEATING 1st (PB 57.17) adding 1.39m to her 2014 throw, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2015. She is within touching distance of the European Junior qualification distance of 59m
The Bedfordshire AAA Open Meeting (Outdoors) took place in Sandy on 28 March
Shot 5kg – U17M BILLY PRAIM-SINGH (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 14.12m) adding 77cm to his 2014 put, and is ranked UK No.6 U17 in 2015
Discus 1.5kg – U17M BILLY PRAIM-SINGH (2nd Claim) 1st (SB 33.27m) and is ranked UK No.10 U17 in 2015
Hammer 5kg – U17M BILLY PRAIM-SINGH (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 59.58m) adding 69cm to his 2014 throw, and is ranked UK No.3 U17 in 2015
The UCF Invitational (Outdoors) took place in Orlando, Florida, USA on 27-28 March
1500m – MARILYN OKORO 1st (SB 4:27.90)
The Arizona State Pac-12 Big Ten Invitational (Outdoors) took place in Tempe, Arizona, USA on 27-28 March
Discus 2kg – NICK PERCY U23 (Nebraska University) 3rd (SB 54.95m) and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2015
The Midland Counties Open (Indoors) took place in Birmingham on 28-29 March
High Jump – SW VICTORIA DRONSFIELD 1st (SB 1.83m)
The South West University Championships (Outdoors) took place in Exeter on 25 March
1500m – SM ALEX WARNAKULASURIYA U23 (Exeter University) 11th (4:29.2)
High Jump – SW KATE JONES U23 (UWE) 1st (SB 1.45m)
Javelin 800g – SM JOE BAMFORD U23 (Exeter University 2nd (SB 48.69m) and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2015
The Windsor, Slough & Eton 5k (Road place at Lake Dornay, Eton on 22 March
DAVID STONE U13 (18.12)
RESULTS – I endeavor to publish as many results as possible, as my main source is the power of 10 website. Unfortunately all races do not make the PO10. Therefore feel free to e-mail me the race, date and result if you have it, if not the result there is a good chance I can find it on Google.
PARKRUN RESULTS
28 March – GLADSTONE – DAVID LAMY V45 28th (23.51), ISABELLE LAMY V45 63rd (27.48) – GUILDFORD – JOHN DRYDEN V65 95th (25.46) – HAMPSTEAD HEATH – EMILY RENWICK U13 84th (First Time 25.21) – OAK HILL – JAMES SOTHCOTT U20 2nd (18.47, JEREMY SOTHCOTT V50 23rd (22.02), SUSIE MCDONALD V45 70th (28.49) – ST ALBANS – CLAIRE SIMM 121st (23.53)
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 used.
Please click on the link to access the SBH Website http://sbharriers.co.uk. We would welcome any comments you may have on the website.
ALLIANZ PARK Main Switchboard telephone number is 0203 675 7200, then press 4 for Athletics.
CHARGES FOR USING ALLIANZ PARK – The current charges for using Allianz Park are as follows – Adult Daily entry fee £4.00 – Junior (U18) Daily entry fee £2.00 – Concession (Students and Over 65) Daily entry fee £3.00.
As a member of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers you can apply for a form which will give you membership of Allianz Park, you can pick up the form from the reception at Allianz Park. Any official coach of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers gains entry free of charge.
Charges for those with a membership form are as follows – Adult Daily entry fee £3.60, Monthly fee £22.00, Annual fee £264.00 – Junior (U18) Daily entry fee £1.80, Monthly fee £11.00, Annual fee £132.00 – Concession (Students and Over 65) Daily entry fee £2.70, Monthly fee £16.50, Annual fee £198.00.
All membership enquiries should be directed towards beckyhall@saracens.net or Jenny Poll who will be at Allianz Park (Tuesday and Thursday Evenings) in the West Stand, you contact her at athletics@allianzpark.com or her direct phone number is 0203 675 7252.
England Athletics London Region and the Saracens Foundation have appointed IAN BANNISTER as the Urban Athletics Activator for the London Borough of Barnet. IAN is based at Allianz Park and can be contacted on 0203 675 7243 or by email on ianbannister@saracens.net
Alan