Happy Birthday from Thursday 20 July to Wednesday 26 July – Akin Coward, Renee Diomar, Sara Duodu, Nathan Howell, Mick Jones, Jonathan Klein, Calvin Lawrence, Victor Odiaka, Yaroslav Poleuktov, Jack Redford and Seth Rennie-Roddy

CHARLES HICKS WIN 5000M GOLD IN ESPOO – Congratulations to CHARLES who won the European Under 23 5000m title (13:35.07) in Espoo, Finland on 14 July. HENRY MCLUCKIE finished in 7th place (13:52.11). ALLANAH FASHANU was a member of the 4x100m relay squad, but did not run, the relay team won the Gold Medal.
Full report follows the upcoming fixtures.

PARKRUN 100 CLUB – Congratulations to LENARD MICHEL who at the Canons Park Parkrun completed his 100th race.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2022. The SBH annual subscription, as from 1 December 2022 as approved at the AGM on Tuesday 29 November is £65 and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2023 is £17. The current total is £82 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

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – Took place at Chelmsford on 16 July.
Match Result – 1st Chelmsford (744 points), 2nd SBH (633), 3rd Thurrock (452), 4th Brentwood Eagles (339), 5th Bedford (236.5), 6th Braintree (203.5)
Apologies but there are no provisional results available as yet.

Top 6 Provisional League Positions After 4 Fixtures – Following our 2nd place at Chelmsford, we have now moved up to 2nd place – 1st Chelmsford (24 league points – 2987 match points), 2nd SBH (22 – 2740), 3rd Havering (227 – 2739.5), 4th Dacorum (22 – 2523), 5th Basildon (22 – 2290), 6th Ipswich (20 – 2248)

NATIONAL ATHLETICS LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP 1B – Took place at Woodford on 15 July.
Match Result – 1st Blackheath (545 points), 2nd Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (525.5), 3rd Glasgow Jaguars (465), 4th SB (444), 5th Sale Harriers (423.5), 6th Birchfield Harriers (386), 7th Swansea Harriers (372), 8th Newham & Essex Beagles (252)

LEAGUE TABLE AFTER 2 ROUNDS – (1) Thames Valley Harriers (2) Harrow (3) Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (4) Blackheath & Bromley (5) Woodford Green & Essex Ladies (6) Glasgow Jaguars W (7) Sale Harriers (8) SBH (9) Birchfield Harriers (10) Trafford, (11) Sheffield (12) Notts (13) Swansea Harriers (14) Newham & Essex Beagles (15) Chelmsford (16) Crawley

TEAMS IN GLASGOW – SBH v Woodford Green & Essex Ladies, Glasgow Jaguars, Newham & Essex Beagles, Thames Valley Harriers, Sheffield, Trafford, Chelmsford
To maintain our TOP 8 position we need to finished in the TOP 3 in Glasgow !!!

The results are on Opentrack, and they are incomplete, and to be checked and updated once on the PO10.

100m – SM A KRISHAWN AIKEN 2nd (PB 10.14 w7.4), B PHOENIX LYON 3rd (PB 10.63 w3.2)
100m – SW A SHEREEN CHARLES V35 8th (PB 12.63 w4.6), B LYDIA ROGERS 6th (13.25 w5.3)
200m – SM A KRISHAWN AIKEN 3rd (20.90 w4.6), B PHOENIX LYON 3rd (21.46 w5.6)
200m – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 6th (24.58 w3.1), B LYDIA ROGERS 7th (27.43 w4.3)
400m – SM A SAM HAZELL 6th (49.77), B ZICO JONES U17 4th (50.73)
400m – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (54.99), B SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD U20 6th (59.72)
800m – SM A THOMAS PATRICK 2nd (1:53.87), B DYLAN EVANS 7th (2:04.28)
800m – SW A LARISSA WILSON U17 7th (2:18.71), B DINA SILVERMAN U17 4th (2:22.30)
1500m – SM A THOMAS PATRICK 3rd (4:07.17), B DYLAN EVANS 4th (4:13.26)
5000m – SM A THOMAS BUTLER 1st (14:53.29), B LUCA STUBBS U23 2nd (15:39.17)
100m Hurdles – SW A EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 8th (16.35 w3.0)
110m Hurdles – SW A EDSON GOMES 2nd (PB 13.80 w1.7), B JAMI SCHLUETER 1st (PB 14.24 w3.6)
400m Hurdles – SM A STEVEN GARRETT 4th (56.27), B JUBRIL ADENIJI 2nd (56.90)
400m Hurdles – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (58.05)
3000m Steeplechase – SM A GLEN WATTS V35 4th (10:61.21)
Pole Vault – SM A ETHAN WALSH 2nd (5.01m), B TOLU AYO-OJO 3rd (4.21m)
Pole Vault – SW No Result Shown
High Jump – SM A AKIN COWARD 1st (2.11m), B EDSON GOMES 3rd (1.81m)
High Jump – SW A EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 2nd (1.66m), B LILY HOLT U23 2nd (1.61m)
Long Jump – SM A BEN MCGUIRE 8th (6.40m w???), B BRADLEY DAVIES-PUGHE U23 6th (5.07m w???)
Long Jump – SW A TANI SONOIKI U20 5th (4.30m w???), B LYDIA ROGERS 3rd (4.13m w???)
Triple Jump – SM A JOSH WOODS U23 2nd (14.68m w???), B TOLU AYO-OJO 3rd (11.91m w???)
Triple Jump – SW A TRINITY O’CONNOR 8th (8.98m w???), B LYDIA ROGERS 5th (8.90m w???)
Shot 7.26kg – SM A GREGORY THOMPSON 3rd (15.79m), B OLIVER GRAHAM U20 2nd (12.63m)
Shot 4kg – SW A PHILIPPA DAVENALL 7th (9.79m), B TRINITY O’CONNOR 6th (9.00m)
Discus 2kg – SM A GREGORY THOMPSON 1st (57.93m), B REUBEN VAUGHAN 1st (45.89m)
Discus 1kg – SW A SHADINE DUQUEMIN 3rd (51.48m), B PHILIPPA DAVENALL 6th (30.53m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM A OLIVER GRAHAM U20 3rd (59.28m), B GREGORY THOMPSON 2nd (46.42m)
Hammer 4kg – SW A PHILIPPA DAVENALL 4th (57.47m)
Javelin 800g – SM A DANIEL BAINBRIDGE 2nd (59.76m), B JAMI SCHUELTER U20 2nd (45.40m)
Javelin 600g – SW A EVELYNE FONYEYNE U20 4th (31.81m), B HAYLEY MCLEAN 2nd (26.06m)
4x100m Relay – SM 3rd (41.95) JUBRIL ADENIJI, SAM HAZEL, PHOENIX LYON, KRISHAWN AIKEN, SW 7th (51.21) SHEREEN CHARLES, LILY HOLT, LYDIA ROGERS, EVELYNE FONTEYNE
4x400m Relay – SM 6th (3:30.33) STEVEN GARRET (53.3), JUBRIL ADENIJI (52.8), ZICO JONES (53.9), SAM HAZEL (50.4), SW 2nd (3:55.69) LARISSA WILSON (60.0), DINA SILVERMAN (61.2), SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD (60.5), HAYLEY MCLEAN (54.0)

Non Scoring
100m – SM NS3 EDSON GOMES 4th (10.85 w???)
100m – SW NS1 ANNA ROSE U20 7th (PB 12.45 w???), NS3 LYDIA ROGERS 5th (13.26 w???)
200m – SM NS STEVEN GARRETT 3rd (23.96 w1.6)
400m – SW NS VANESSA ANSUAA ??? (PB 12.45 w???)

NEWHAM & ESSEX BEAGLES OPEN MEETING – Took place at London (CT) on 16 July.
100m – SM A2 KRISHAWN AIKEN 4th (10.51 w1.6), A6 ZANSON PLUMMER 1st (10.45 w3.0), A10 BEN MCGUIRE 2nd (SB 10.88 w3.3) taking .12 of a second off his 7 June time, A16 KHYAN MARKLAND U17 5th (PB 11.41 w1.7) taking .05 of a second off his 24 June time, B2 ZANSON finished 1st (10.37 w3.6), KRISHAWN finished 2nd (10.39 w3.6), B7 BEN finished 4th (10.96 w1.1), B14 KHYAN finished 6th (PB 11.34 w3.3) taking .07 of a second off his A16 time
100m – SW A2 REBECCA JEGGO (HCA) 6th (12.15 w2.0), B3 REBECCA finished 4th (12.06 w2.3)
200m – SM A2 JORDAN WATSON-BROWN 1st (21.06 w3.1), KRISHAWN AIKEN 2nd (SB 21.14 w3.1) taking .03 of a second off his 16 June time, A7 JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 4th (22.75 w1.6), A11 KHYAN MARKLAND U17 5th (PB 23.58 w0.6) taking .12 of a second off his 2 July time
400m – SW 2 EMILY NEWNHAM U20 1st (53.45), 3 VANESSA ANSUAA U23 1st (60.11)
100m Hurdles – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 2nd (14.17 w2.4)

SIAB INTERNATIONAL – Took place at Grangemouth on 15 July.
200m – U17M EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 (England) 1st (21.55 w-3.0)
3000m – U17M GIANLEO STUBBS U17 (England) 3rd (PB 8:39.04) taking 3.40 seconds off his 5 April time, and is ranked UK No.6 U17 in 2023
4 x 100m Relay – U17M EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 ran on leg 2 in the England team which won with a meeting record (41.20)
Match Result – 1st England (512 points), 2nd Ireland (318), 3rd Wales (266.5)

GOLDEN STAG MILE – Took place at Finsbury Park on 14 July.
Mile – SX 1 THOMAS BUTLER 1st (PB 4:08.37) taking 7.51 seconds off his 2018 time, 2 NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 10th (4:54.89), 3 CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 15th (5:09.67), 4 DANIEL NICHOLS V40 14th (SB 5:20.91), 6 CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 6th (5:26.98), 7 NICOLA PAYNE 8th (PB 5:26.42) taking 3.07 seconds off her 3 June time, TIM BUTLER V55 11th (SB 5:48.64), 8 PAUL LEWIS V50 2nd (PB 5:33.45)

MORTON GAMES – Took place at Dublin on 14 July.
Shot 7.26khg – SM SCOTT LINCOLN (2nd Claim) 1st (20.29m) 

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Birmingham on 12 July.
1500m – Mens A KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 4th (PB 3:47.28) taking .10 of a seconds off his 2022 time
5000m – Mens A THOMAS PATRICK U23 5th (PB 14:15.26)

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 12 July.
800m – SX 2 MEGAN HAMMOND U15 10th (PB 2:36.88) taking 1.32 seconds off her 14 June time, 7 AMITAI BLOOM U15 7th (2:22.16), EDWARDS PASCAL U13 8th (2:22.69), LADDIE SHAW U13 13th (2:27.64), 9 DINA SILVERMAN U17 7th (PB 2:15.81) taking .06 of a second off her 25 June time, POSIE SHAW U15 11th (2:20.12), 10 YEDIDYA MAXWELL U15 4th (PB 2:14.01) taking .46 of a second off his 14 June time, CALEB HILTON U15 6th (2:15.84), SCARLETT KENT U23 12th (2:19.40), 12 LARISSA WILSON U17 9th (2:12.86), CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 12th (2:18.00), 13 NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 12th (2:13.80), 16 GILAD NACHSHEN U23 7th (SB 1:59.19) taking 1.52 seconds off his 21 June time, JONATHAN BOARDMAN U23 10th (PB 2:01.76) taking .60 of a second off his 17 May time, 19 BENJAMIN GOSTICK U20 1st (1:56.94)

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM OPEN MEETING – Took place at Birmingham on 12 July.
1500m – SM 2 KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 4th (PB 3.47.28) taking .10 of a second off his 2022 time
5000m – SM THOMAS PATRICK U23 5th (PB 14.15.26)
100m Hurdles – SW H1 LILY HOLT U23 1st (14.96 w1.7) in the Final race LILY finished 1st (14.97 w0.4)
110m Hurdles – SM H1 CRAIG MONCUR U23 2nd (PB 15.49 w2.4) taking .01 of a second off his 30 April time, in the Final race CRAIG finished 2nd (15.66 w-0.3)
Shot 4kg – SX TRINITY O’CONNOR U23 1st (PB 9.53m) adding 16cm to her 2019 put
Discus 2kg – SX CRAIG MONCUR U23 1st (PB 37.78m) adding 1.75m to his 28 May throw

CHARNWOOD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Loughborough on 12 July.
100m – SX 7 SELINA HENDERSON 7th (SB 12.49 w2.1) taking .04 of a second off her 5 May time
Long Jump – SX B BOLU COKER 1st (6.15m nwr), SELINA HENDERSON 4th (5.19m nwr)

PARIS 23 WORLD PARA CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Paris on 9-17 July.
400m – SM T20 SF2 COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 4th (SB 48.19) taking 1.11 seconds off his 27 may time, and is ranked UK No.1 T20 in 2023, in the Final COLUMBA finished 6th (48.90)

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE DIVISION 1 – Took place at Bromley on 9 July.
100m – SM NS2 ALEX STAPLETON U23 5th (PB 12.29 w-0.4)
400m Hurdles – SW A LILY PARRIS U23 (2nd Claim) 1st (No Time)
Shot 7.26kg – SM NS ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 13.14m)
Discus 1kg – SW A EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) 1st (40.96m), STACEY GONZALEZ V45 5th (SB 22.97m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM B ALASTAIR BROWN U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (40.87m)
Hammer 4kg – SW A EMMA BEARDMORE V35 (2nd Claim) 1st (46.22m)

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE DIVISION 2 NORTH AND EAST – Took place at St Albans on 9 July.
400m – SW A SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD U20 2nd (60.6)
800m – SW A NICOLA PAYNE 3rd (PB 2:27.7) taking 17.41 seconds off her 2022 time
1500m – SW A NICOLA PAYNE 4th (PB 5:04.0) taking 23.60 seconds off her 2018 time

SOUTHERN ATHLETICS LEAGUE DIVISION 3 NORTH – Took place at Bedford on 9 July.
100m – SW A EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 6th (SB 14.1 nwr)
200m – SM A CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 25.6 nwr), B NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (SB 26.8 nwr) taking 2.60 seconds off his 18 June time
200m – SW A CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 26.8 nwr) taking .30 of a second off her 20 May time
400m – SM A NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 4th (PB 58.0) taking .20 of a second off his 18 June time, B JAIAN SAUNDERS U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 58.0)
400m – SW A CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (59.0)
800m – SM A CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (2:14.2)
800m – SW A EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 3rd (2:25.8)
1500m – SM A NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (4:54.0)
1500m – SW A EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (5:04.2)
100m Hurdles – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 1st (14.7 nwr)
High Jump – SM B GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 2nd (1.60m)
Long Jump – SM A CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 3rd (5.03m nwr)
Long Jump – SW A CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 5th (PB 4.07m nwr) adding 26cm to her 2021 jump
Triple Jump – SM B JAIAN SAUNDERS U17 (2nd Claim) 4th (PB 5.55m nwr)
Javelin 600g – SW A JO BLAIR V350 (2nd Claim) 1st (38.50m)
Javelin 800g – SM A CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 6th (18.10m)

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.

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…
1,109 events – 161,029 walkers, joggers and runners – 24,058 volunteers – 8,063 first-timers – 19,366 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Grovelands on 15 July.
LENARD MICHEL V50 25th (22.14) this was his 101st Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 260th (39.11) this was her 92nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 15 July.
ANDREW HOLMES V55 157th (29.15) this was his 62nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maylands Peninsula, Perth, Australia on 15 July.
STUART MOORE V60 24th (28.11) this was his 199th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Pont Y Bala on 15 July.
CHARLENE JACOBS-CONRADIE V40 4th (PB 18.43) this was her 23rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Seaton on 15 July.
ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 1st (17.52) this was his 62nd Parkrun, JOEL PHILLIPS V45 14th (21.17) this was his 91st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Shorne Woods on 15 July.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 36th (26.02) this was his 149th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sizewell on 15 July.
PHILIP SHELLEY V60 34th (28.26) this was his 39th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 20 JULY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 16 AUGUST – The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/  

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The fourth fixture of four takes place on Saturday 22 July at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
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 20 July as the declarations have to be in on Friday 21 July.

ENGLAND SENIOR AND PARA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, INCLUDES UK COMBINED EVENTS AND CAU CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 22 July and Sunday 23 July at Chelmsford Sports And Athletics Centre, Salerno Way, Chelmsford (Satnav CM1 2EH).
For all entry details and full information please use this link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=15212
Entries Closed

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 26 July at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 200m, 19.15pm Triple Jump, 19.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 21.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No Under 13s
Is not open on roster athletics as yet, this is the link –
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day. 

SOUTHERN COMBINED EVENTS U17, U20 AND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 29 July and Sunday 30 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 – http://www.seaa.org.uk/onlineregs/meeting9.php?MeetID=148
Entries Closed

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH – The fourth fixture of four takes place on Sunday 30 July at the K2 Crawley Leisure Centre, Pease Pottage Hill, Crawley (Satnav RH11 9BQ).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – UK YDL UAG 2023 Timetable
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE SPRINT HURDLES OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 2 August at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
For age-groups U13 and above.
This is the link for you to enter yourselves, fixture is now not open to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=4&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date TBC

ENGLAND U17 & U15 COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 5 August and Sunday 6 August at the Manchester Regional Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
For all entry details and full information please use this link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=15476
Entries Closed

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 5  – The fifth of five fixtures takes place on Sunday 6 August at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2023
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 August as the declarations have to be in on Friday 4 August

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 9 August at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 100m, 19.15pm 400m No under 13s, 19.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 21.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No Under 13s
Is not open on roster athletics as yet, this is the link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?id=14684&cc=GBR&page=0&from=2023-07-18&to=2023-07-25
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.  

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE – The third of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 12 August at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to the timetable –
Link to enter, then put 495 in the filter box – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 6 August, No Entries On The Day 

SOUTHERN U13, U15 AND U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 12 August and Sunday 13 August at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
Link to enter – http://www.seaa.org.uk/onlineregs/meeting9.php?MeetID=150
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 1 August 

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE 100m/200m SPRINTS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 16 August at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
For age-groups U13 and above.
100m Men 19.00, 100m Women 19.30, 200m Men 20.00, 200m Women 20.30 times are estimated.
This is the link for you to enter yourselves, fixture not open to enter as yet – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=5&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on
Closing date TBC or once an event reaches full capacity. 

MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL – Due to take place on Wednesday 16 August has bed Cancelled.

LEE VALLEY 2023 OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Opentrack, this is the link to enter the 1 April Open Meeting now on Opentrack – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/athletics-competitions
The following fixtures will be available to enter on Opentrack, in the coming weeks.
2 August – Double Sprint Hurdles (Not open to enter yet)
16 August – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting (Not open to enter yet)
30 August – Double 100m Meeting
September – Autumn Throws Fest

WATFORD 2023 OPEN MEETING OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Roster Athletics
Wednesday 26 July – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Not open to enter as yet)
Wednesday 9 August – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Not open to enter as yet)
Wednesday 23 August – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds
Wednesday 6 September – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 100m, 7.40pm 800m, 9.05pm 3000m No under 13

MEGAN KEITH AND CHARLES HICKS WIN 5000M GOLD IN ESPOO – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

The future of British distance running is in good hands if results from the European Under-23 Championships in Espoo, Finland, are anything to go by. Firstly MEGAN KEITH struck gold in the women’s 5000m on Thursday evening (July 13) and then, less than 24 hours later, CHARLES HICKS won the men’s 5000m title on Friday morning. Both athletes won in emphatic style after running away from their rivals in the closing stages. KEITH clocked (15:34.33) to beat MARIA FORERO of Spain by nine seconds, while HICKS eased away from host nation hope EEMIL HELANDER to win by five seconds in (13:35.07). Behind, WILL BARNICOAT took bronze in the men’s race but there was heartache for ELOISE WALKER in the women’s race as she broke clear with GB team-mate KEITH in the latter stages and was still in second place with 150m to go but struggled in the home straight, falling due to exhaustion with 20 metres to go before getting up to finish fifth.

The European Cross-Country Championships in Turin last December proved a good form guide to the action in Espoo. At that event seven months ago, KEITH took under-23 silver behind NADIA BATTOCLETTI, HICKS won the under-23 men’s title and FORERO captured the under-20 women’s crown.

KEITH said: “I told myself when I make a move (with just over 2km to go), I needed to make it decisive and I’m really proud that’s what I did. I’m really happy to come away with the win, as we knew the race was going to be unpredictable. “I looked at the screen around 300m to go, and hoped to have enough to keep going, as I saw I had made a gap. I ran at this track last year, and was disappointed how I ran, but I’ve been working hard since then and gained a lot of experience and I’m really happy with how it has gone.” For KEITH, victory was sweeter still after she missed bronze by just two hundredths of a second at the European Under-20 Championships two years ago.

HICKS’ victory came just five days after finishing fourth in the 5000m at the UK Championships. The Stanford student has also recently agreed to join the Nike Bowerman Track Club in the United States and here in Espoo he breezed away impressively from the competition to take gold with gun-to-tape front-running tactics.

DAVE BEDFORD’S 10000m 50TH ANNIVERSARY – The oldest British Championships record in the book has stood the test of time for an amazing half century. Fifty years ago on 13 July 1973 .at Crystal Palace, the British Championships (officially then the AAA) staged the Olympic Trials
At the time, EDWARD HEATH was Prime Minister and Puppy Love by DONNY OSMOND was the No.1 record in the music charts.

As he had not publicised any record attempt or shown any form that suggested anything special was likely, only 3500 fans were present on the Friday night for a programme of predominantly heats but clearly he had a target as he powered through 1600m in (4:17.4). Surprisingly as he was operating at (26:45) pace, he still had four takers. Even at 3000m (8:08.4) – the second fastest ever split after his Olympic opening, TONY SIMMONS, SEPPO TUOMINEN and BERNIE PLAIN remained. The latter two soon dropped off but at 4000m, SIMMONS surprised BEDFORD by going by and leading before BEDFORD went ahead again and pushed on through the fastest ever halfway time of (13:39.4) with SIMMONS (13:41.0) also running a time previously unsurpassed even by CLARKE and BEDFORD. At 6000m he lapped fellow International cross-country winner MIKE TAGG, who tried to briefly help BEDFORD. From 6400m to 8400m and needing 67 second laps, BEDFORD astonishingly reeled off five successive exact 67.0 laps. At 8000m, he had been 15 seconds up on VIREN’S equivalent but clearly was not going to finish like VIREN did but he had a 19 second buffer at 9km and perhaps more importantly was 10 seconds quicker at that point than CLARKE had ever run. While he had slowed to a 67.8 four out, knowing the record was almost certainly his, his last three got faster and a 60.8 final circuit was wildly received by a stadium of 10,000m aficionados as he took over seven seconds off VIREN’S world mark and 16 seconds off his own British (and former European) record (27:30.80). It was the first world record set in London by a Briton since CHRIS CHATAWAY beat VLADIMIR KUTS in an epic 5000m in 1954.

SIMMONS (28:19.4) and PLAIN (28:30.2) survived their suicidal starts to set PBs despite slowing 40 seconds on their second half’s BEDFORD’S lap times were: 63.0, 64.4, 64.9, 65.1, 65.8, 66.4, 66.2, 66.2, 66.6, 66.0, 65.4, 66.0, 66.8, 66.2, 67.2, 67.8, 67.0, 67.0, 67.0, 67.0, 67.0, 67.8, 66.0, 65.2 and 60.8. In the press conference he said: “I planned this from about a week ago. When I left home I was nervous. I’ve been confident in the past and it has not come off.  I had four weeks of really good training and it began to click and last week I knew it was on. Recently I did a session of 2 x 6 laps and I did 6:24 and 6:25 with a jog in between and I wanted to go through in 6:30 tonight (he did 6:29.6). I was conscious of the lap times and got worried with 8 or 9 laps to go as it was feeling quite hard but it should be at that pace! I knew if I kept to 67s I should get the record and kept pushing them as hard as I could.”

This is recording of DAVE’S historic run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TFV0jjRrug

DAVE’S coach was BOB PARKER, who was a very good athletics coach but it’s clear that, to those who worked with him, he was so much more than that. PARKER, inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010 at the age of 80 for his services to coaching, led ALISON WYETH to two Olympics, three World Championships and a 3000m Commonwealth bronze medal, while two-time Olympian MARA YAMAUCHI credits him for laying the foundations of the international marathon success of her later career.

A few years earlier, in 1973, he enjoyed what was perhaps his finest hour when he guided DAVID BEDFORD to the world record over 10,000m. “I joined Shaftesbury Harriers in 1964 and he started coaching me in 1965,” says BEDFORD. “BOB became a second father and his wife SYLVIA a second mother. In truth, they had more influence on my development and life than my parents. “BOB had previously coached some of the older Shaftesbury lads and he was still racing himself. I do remember him running the Poly Marathon in the late 60s with me supporting him on a push bike. Up until the 1970s he was still warming up and down with me at training sessions and overseeing fartlek sessions on Hampstead Heath. “He was always there for all of his athletes. Where he got the energy from no-one knows.” He adds: “I have never heard anyone say a bad word about BOB. I had my first beer with him and I will certainly have my last still thinking of him, ever grateful for his love, care and friendship. “When I started being coached by him I was the 73rd best junior in the English Schools Cross Country Championships and, nine years later, I broke the world record for 10,000m.”

PARKER worked full-time as a builder but always made sure he was on hand to help his athletes and, come Tuesday and Thursday evenings, his house in Harrow was a hive of athletic activity, representing as it did the meeting point from where training sessions would start and finish.

A fond recollection from WYETH demonstrates the lengths to which he was willing to go for his charges. “We used to meet at his house, warmed up by running to the track, did our session and then warmed down by running back to his house,” she says. “On a Thursday, we’d run road reps from his house so basically we used to take over the place. “We were all in and out of the loo all the time so he even had a downstairs toilet built so that he could accommodate us, with everyone queuing up in his house! “He did it himself and it was all because he was fed up of waiting for us lot at the training sessions!” She adds: “He was a really kind-hearted person who also gave us plenty of hard training which helped us progress.
“The Parkside AC women he coached won the national cross country team title eight years in a row (1989-1996). He brought us together as a great team that wanted to run for him and his wife SYLVIA.”
YAMAUCHI also has vivid memories of the Parker residence. “His home was a real base for a lot of athletes,” she says. “His living room was covered in photos of athletes he’d coached. “He had, on his wall, the shield for the national team title and it was there for such a long time that he had a kind of shield-shaped faded patch on his wallpaper, because it was there for 364 days a year for several years.

“He had the stars like DAVE BEDFORD and ALISON WYETH but his group had a lot of depth and he was always welcoming to newcomers.” She adds: “He just loved helping young people develop. When you’re a young person you face a lot of decisions about your life – not just about running – but he was very supportive to all the young athletes he was coaching in those sorts of things. “He didn’t have any children of his own but it was almost like we were all his family. And, of course, it was all completely voluntary. He gave so much of his life, wisdom and energy to helping young athletes.”

BOBS passed away on 20 January 2018, and his funeral was on the 7 February at Hendon Cemetery and Crematorium, and the chapel was absolutely full, with over 50 people paying their respects outside.

BETH POTTER NOW SITS TOP OF THE WORLD TRIATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP RANKINGS – BETH POTTER won silver at the World Triathlon Championship Super Sprint in Hamburg last Sunday. POTTER, 31, was 10 seconds behind France’s CASSANDRE BEAUGRAND, who won in 21 minutes and 35 seconds. The Super Sprint format is a 300m swim, 7.5km bike ride and a 1.75km run. 

POTTER finished sixth in the previous race in Cagliari, having won the opening event of the series in Abu Dhabi. “I woke up feeling a bit ill today actually and I’m proud of how I stuck it out and got through the rounds,” said POTTER. “Today I was back where I belong.”

A bronze medallist at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, POTTER won gold in the 2019 European Championships and lifted the 2022 Arena Games Triathlon Series title.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Videos and Photographs contributed with many comments. There are 2 posts this week, will add them to next weeks Newsletter.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT – Many thanks to SEAN SUTHERLAND who undertook a review on the best way forward, following this a decision was made to set up a new account, and SEAN has now set that account up.
To follow our new Instagram account, from your own account, by searching for ‘shaftesbury_barnet’ or by clicking https://www.instagram.com/shaftesbury_barnet/ 
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Please feel free to post photographs of any special occasion, for example, your wedding day, an addition to the family.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 – Takes place in Budapest, Hungary from 19-27 August 2023.
This is the link for all information including tickets – https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2023 SUMMER FIXTURE CARD – Can be found on the SBH website –http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

SBH 2022-2023 WINTER CROSS COUNTRY POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURE – The CROSS COUNTRY POINTS TABLE is now available on the SBH Website, and is the final table following the National Championships on the 25 February – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Final Issue 25-02-23  Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Final Issue 25-02-23
The CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP LIST is now available on the SBH Website, and is the Final Issue following the Southern Championships on the 28 January – Men & Womens Cross Country Club Championship Winners 2022-2023 – Updated 28-01-23 Final Issue

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.