Happy Birthday from Thursday 22 August to Wednesday 28 August – Brian Anene, Tolu Ayo-Ojo, Ian Bannister, Elana Dimmer, Afolabi Fasogbon, Ross Hammond, Eleni Kaponi, Deanna Koranteng-Addo, Olivia Lava, Oliver Laurens, Philip Shelley, Ellie Spain and Liam Grey Thompson

METROPOLTAN LEAGUE FIXTURES ANNOUNCED – The 5 fixtures for the 2024-2025 season were published this week. They are as follows – 12 October at Claybury, 9 November at Horsenden Hill, 30 November at Uxbridge, 11 January at Welwyn Garden City and 8 February at Trent Park.

The races are for age-groups Under 11 to Masters Men & Women. The timetable is 12.00pm 2000m U11 Boys and Girls, 12.10pm 3000m U13 Boys, 12.20pm 3000m U13 Girls, 12.30pm 4000m U17 Men/U15 Boys, 12.40pm 4000m U17 Women/U15 Girls, 13.00pm 7000m-8000m U20/Senior Women/Veteran Women, 13.45pm 7000m-8000m U20/Senior Men/Veteran Men.

Please refer to the SBH Weekly Newsletter for the latest fixture information, as sometimes the fixture organiser may make small adjustments to the distances and/or race times. Also they normally publish a map of the course at the same time.

You do not have to be entered prior to the fixture, just turn up and run by seeing the Team Manager on the day who will give you your race number. Please prior to the season commencing, can you give your name to your Team Manager, if you intend competing in any of the fixtures. The reason being is the Metropolitan Administrator allocates a unique number to each of our athletes. That number is used throughout the season, therefore once you complete your first race, keep that number and re-use the next time you compete.

The Metropolitan Cross Country League was formed on 23 March 1966 with eight clubs attending. The first fixture of the League was held at Chingford Row/Hainault Forest on 29 October 1966 with over 260 runners competing in the two races. As of last season there were 24 clubs competing.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE FIXTURES ANNOUNCED – The 5 fixtures for the 2024-2025 season were published this week. They are as follows – 28 September at Greenford, 2 November at Kingsbury, 23 November at Trent Park, 1 February at Hampstead Heath Extension and 1 March at Greenford.

This is the 60th season of the NWLL, of which BRIAN FOWLER has been the man behind the success of the League for so many years that I can remember.

The races are for age-groups Under 11 to Under 17 Men & Women. The timetable normally commences from 12.00pm until 13.10pm. With distances from 2000m up to 5000m, details of all fixtures will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter.
You do not have to be entered prior to the fixture, just turn up and run by seeing the Team Manager on the day who will give you your race number.

WATFORD OPEN MEETING (IS NOW OPEN TO ENTER)  – Takes place on Wednesday 4 September at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Link to entries on roster athletics – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=25719
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE – Takes place on Sunday 1 September at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £12 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to enter on opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/licc3/
Entries Closing Date Friday 30 August. No Entries On The Day

MEMOROBILIA AVAILABLE, ARE YOU INTERESTED – An Athletics enthusiast, who I’ve known for many years as a senior official, wishes to dispose of part of his collection of Athletics related books and programmes. These have been acquired since the 1950’s, and would certainly be of interest to serious collectors. They include: –
Books – from the 1920’s to 1960
AAA Championship Programmes from 1932 to 1967 (incomplete)
White City Programmes from 1937 to 1967 (incomplete)
British Olympic Association – Official Reports – 1936 Berlin, 1948 London, 1952 Helsinki, and 1956 Melbourne

If interested, please contact me, geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com / 07976 994302

ENGLAND ATHLETICS THROWS COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER – Just received the August issue from NICK RIDGEON of England Athletics – EA Throws Newsletter August 2024

SOUTHERN SENIOR MEN’S, WOMEN’S AND YOUNG ATHLETES ROAD RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 21 September at the Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot (Satnav GU11 2ET).
Timetable – 10.30 U13 Boys (3 x 3000m), 10.58 U13 Girls (3 x 3000m), 11.26 U15 Boys (3 x 3000m), 11.53 U15 Girls (3 x 3000m), 12.30 U17 Men (3 x 4600m), 12.32 U17 Women/Masters Women 40+ & 50+ (3 x 4600m), 13.35 U20/Senior Women (4 x 6000m), 15.15 U20 & Senior Men (6 x 6000m), 15.15 Masters 40+ & 50+ & 60+ Men (4 x 6000m)
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager
Entries Closing Date Thursday 5 September

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2023. The current SBH annual subscription is £80 and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2024 is £19. The current total is £99 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

RESULTS
Just to clarify, that the results I publish can be different to those that are shown on the Power of 10. The differences relate to seasons and personal best performances. For example in the recent EYAL results, an athlete in the 200m ran (24.1), and on his profile his season’s best was shown as (23.88) indoors. As the 200m indoors and outdoors are totally different type of events, I had shown the (24.1) as a season’s best.
The Power of 10 publishes separate UK rankings for indoor and outdoor performances.

WORLD MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Gothenburg, Sweden on 13-25 August
100m – W35 H3 SHEREEN CHARLES V35 2nd (12.91 w-1.3) in Semi-Final 2 SHEREEN finished 4th (12.80 w-0.5) in the Final SHEREEN finished 8th (12.71 w-0.6)
800m – M45 H6 KOJO KYEREME V45 1st (2:02.81) in the Final KOJO won the Silver Medal (1:58.89)
400m Hurdles – M35 H1 STEVEN GARRETT V35 1st (SB 53.23) taking .38 of a second off his 8 June time, and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2024, in the Final STEVEN won the Silver Medal (53.59)

ERIC LIDDELL 131ST SCOTTISH ATHLETICS SENIOR/U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Grangemouth on 17-18 August
100m – SM H1 KRISHAWN AIKEN 1st (10.91 w0.2), H4 BEN MCGUIRE 4th (SB 11.26 w1.9) in Semi-Final 1 KRISHAWN finished 1st (10.48 w0.8) in Semi-Final 2 BEN finished 6th (SB 11.14 w1.5) taking .12 of a second off his H4 time, in the Final KRISHAWN won the Gold Medal (10.43 w3.0)
200m – SM H2 KRISHAWN AIKEN 2nd (22.48 w2.1) in Semi-Final 2 KRISHAWN finished 1st (21.57 w2.4) in the Final KRISHAWN won the Silver Medal (21.19 w3.5)
High Jump – SW Straight Final CLAIRE MCGARVEY shared the Bronze Medal (1.59m)
Long Jump – SM Straight Final BEN MCGUIRE finished 8th (6.83m w1.6)
Discus 2kg – SM Straight Final NICK PERCY won the Gold Medal (62.36m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM Straight Final CHRIS BENNETT won the Silver Medal (SB 59.99m)

NEWHAM AND ESSEX BEAGLES OPEN MEETING – Took place at Stratford on 18 August
100m – SM A04 EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA U23 5th (10.79 w1.7), A05 ZANSON PLUMMER 3rd (10.65 w1.8), A016 JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 3rd (PB 11.01 w2.2) taking .03 of a second off his 2023 time, B05 ZANSON finished 1st (10.65 w0.6), B07 EMMANUEL finished 7th (11.00 w1.5), B11 JUBRIL finished 6th (11.13 w1.2)
100m – SW A01 RENEE REGIS U20 1st (PB 11.18 w2.7) taking .02 of a second off her 2023 time, A02 EVE WRIGHT U23 3rd (11.72 w0.4), A06 HANNAH FOSTER U23 6th (SB 12.68 w0.1), A07 VANESSA ANSUAA U23 6th (12.54 w1.7), B01 RENEE finished 1st (PB 11.12 w3.7) taking .06 of a second off her A01 time, B02 EVE finished 2nd (11.62 w1.3), B07 VANESSA finished 7th (12.68 w3.4), B08 HANNAH finished 3rd (SB 12.66 w2.1) taking .02 of a second off her A06 time
200m – SM 13 KHYAN MARKLAND U17 1st (PB 22.76 w1.9) taking .24 of a second off his 19 May time, 18 RAPHAEL AARON U23 2nd (25.54 w2.4)
200m – SW 3 HAYLEY MCLEAN 4th (24.91 w1.7)
400m – SM 3 COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 5th (51.55)
400m – SW 2 HAYLEY MCLEAN 2nd (SB 55.02) taking .09 of a second off her 11 May time

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Gateshead on 18 August
800m – Men’s A ROBERT SHIPLEY (HCA) 2nd (PB 1:50.55) taking .07 of a second off his 24 July time

UNDER 20 INTERNATIONAL – Took place at Eton on 17 August
100m – U20M CAI CRAWFORD U20 2nd (10.86 w-0.8)
Pole Vault – U20W MANON BAINES U20 (England B) 1st (3.55m)

SOUTHAMPTON INVITATIONAL THROWS – Took place at Winchester on 16 August
Hammer 4kg – SX GRACIE JENVEY U20 2nd (47.73m)

FALMOUTH ROAD RACE – Took place at Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA on 16 August
7 Miles – LIAM DEE 14th (PB 33.34)

ALDERSHOT, FARNHAM & DISTRICT OPEN MEETING – Took place at Aldershot on 15 August
Shot 7.26kg – SM RUBEN VAUGHAN 2nd (12.20m)
Discus 2kg – SM RUBEN VAUGHAN 1st (42.47m)

TRACKSMITH AMATEUR MILE – Took place at Stratford on 15 August
Mile – SX 12 GARY PELOSI V35 9th (4:36.43)

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Eltham on 14 August
3000m – Men’s A ALEXANDER LEPRETRE (HCA) 1st (SB 8:17.58)

BE FIT TODAY OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 11 August
100m – SM A07 JOSEPH GOATER U20 4th (11.51 w-1.0), VICTOR PAIUSCO U20 6th (11.74 w-1.0), B11 JOSEPH finished 6th (11.62 w-0.5), B13 VICTOR finished 2nd (11.52 w1.3)
100m – SW A07 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 4th (15.99 w1.2), B10 ROSALIND finished 1st (16.02 w0.7)
400m – SX 3 JOSHUA NAMIECH-OYEBOLA 1st (PB 49.42) taking .11 of a second off his 22 June 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.

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…
1,122 events – 236,860 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 11,865 first timers – 29,723 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – In July, we had nearly 90,000 new registrations!

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 5 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 22 AUGUST UNTIL WEDNESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER – The SBH 2024 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website, in which you can Access/Print a copy for future reference. Also the majority of fixtures Information can be found on the SBH Website under the ‘Upcoming Fixtures’ section. 

MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL – Takes place on Saturday 24 August at the Manchester Regional Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF)
Link to Information – https://www.englandathletics.org/team-england/manchester-international/

BFTTA OUTDOOR SERIES – Takes place on Monday 26 August at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR)
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Entries Closed

WORLD UNDER 20 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place from Tuesday 27 August to Saturday 31 August in Lima, Peru.
Please Note: You will selected for these Championships

PARALYMPIC GAMES OVERALL TIMETABLE 2024 – Take place in Paris,France from the Friday 30 August to Sunday 8 September.
Link to the overall timetable for all sports – https://medias.paris2024.org/uploads/2024/01/Competition-Schedule-by-session-Events-V4.pdf
Detailed athletics timetable to be issued in due course.

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE FINAL – Takes place on Sunday 1 September at the Manchester Regional Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester(Satnav M11 3FF)
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE – Takes place on Sunday 1 September at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £12 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to enter on opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/licc3/
Entries Closing Date Friday 30 August. No Entries On The Day

QUADKIDS – Takes place prior to the London Inter Club Challenge on Snnday 1 September
CLYDE GORDON will be managing the event, with TY HOLDEN assisting, registration is from 09.30am, first event starts at 10.00am, and completion around 11.30am, and is free to enter for Shaftesbury members and is £4 for non-members. Quadkids is primarily for school years 3 to 7 inclusive, ie age 7 to 12 and includes the four core disciplines of sprinting (75m), throwing (Vortex Howler), jumping (Long Jump) and running (600m). All are welcome and Parents you may be asked to join in by helping out on maybe one of the events

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 4 September at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Link to entries on roster athletics – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=25719
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee. There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

SOUTHERN U20 AND SENIOR INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 7 September at the Horspath Athletics And Sports Ground, Horspath Road, Oxford (Satnav OX4 2RR).
Please Note: You will selected by your County Team Manager

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE TOP 6 FINAL  – Takes place on Sunday 8 September at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL)
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager

SOUTHERN U15 AND U17 INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Sunday 8 September at the Horspath Athletics And Sports Ground, Horspath Road, Oxford (Satnav OX4 2RR).
Please Note: You will selected by your County Team Manager

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 14 September at Western Park, Telford, Shropshire
Start Times 12.00am 57th U17 Women (5000m), 12.25am 21st U15 Boys (4000m), 12.45pm 54th U13 Girls (3000m), 13.05pm 78th U17 Men (6000m), 13.30pm 20th U13 Boys (3000m), 13.45pm 58th U15 Girls (4000m), 14.05am 32nd U20 Women (6000m), 14.35pm 91st Senior Women (8000m), 15.20pm 76th U20 Men (10000m), 16.00pm 136th Senior Men (12000m)
Entries Closed

SOUTHERN SENIOR MEN’S, WOMEN’S AND YOUNG ATHLETES ROAD RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 21 September at the Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot (Satnav GU11 2ET).
Timetable – 10.30 U13 Boys (3 x 3000m), 10.58 U13 Girls (3 x 3000m), 11.26 U15 Boys (3 x 3000m), 11.53 U15 Girls (3 x 3000m), 12.30 U17 Men (3 x 4600m), 12.32 U17 Women/Masters Women 40+ & 50+ (3 x 4600m), 13.35 U20/Senior Women (4 x 6000m), 15.15 U20 & Senior Men (6 x 6000m), 15.15 Masters 40+ & 50+ & 60+ Men (4 x 6000m)
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager
Entries Closing Date Thursday 5 September

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place on Saturday 28 September at the Tir Chonail Gaelic Sports Club, at the end of Berkeley Avenue, Greenford (Satnav UB6 0NZ).
For age-groups U11, U13, U15 & U17 Boys and Girls.
Directions – turn off Greenford Road (A4127), opposite the entrance to the Glaxo Factory. The playing fields are at the end of Berkeley Avenue.
Car parking – There will be no parking permitted on the grass adjacent to the course. Please make maximum car share use, travel via public transport to Greenford Station (Central Line) or seek parking in nearby roads or on Greenford Road where there should be plenty of space, then make the shor walk to the race HQ.
Timetable – 12.00 U11 Boys & Girls (2000m), 12.15 U13 Boys & Girls (3000m), 12.40 U15 Boys & Girls (4000m), 13.05 U17 Men & Women (5000m).
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Will any of our Female athletes please see TY HOLDEN who will give you a race number
Timetable still to be confirmed

MIDDLESEX 10K ROAD RACE – Takes place on Sunday 29 September, from Victoria Park Harriers clubhouse (Satnav E9 5EG). Age-group U17 and above.
Link for information and to enter – https://englandathletics.sport80.com/public/wizard/e/28217/home
Entries Closing Date Thursday 26 September

UPDATE ON 2024-2025 WINTER SEASON – With the Olympics coming to an end this Sunday, it will only be 3 weeks before the track and field season comes to an end,

Currently the SBH 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card is almost complete, which should be published towards the end of this month.

Please remember that many of the Cross Country and Road Relay fixtures, require our Team Managers to enter athlete names, and in most cases entries have to be submitted between 3 to 6 weeks before the fixture date. Therefore please keep your respective Team Manager up to date on your availability.

Regarding Indoor Fixtures, you are required to enter a fixture yourself, and pay the appropriate fee.

Link to details of SBH of Cross Country Team Managers – https://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/cross-country/team-managers/
Link to details of SBH of Road Relay Team Managers – https://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/road-running/team-managers/

These are the current fixture dates/venues;
Cross Country
Metropolitan League – 12 October at Claybury, 9 November at Horsenden Hill, 30 November at Uxbridge, 11 January at Welwyn Garden City and 8 February at Trent Park.
North West London League – 28 September at Greenford, 2 November at Kingsbury, 23 November at Trent Park, 1 February at Hampstead Heath Extension and 1 March at Greenford.
National Championships – Sep 14 National, Shropshire (cancelled from February), Nov 2 Relays, Mansfield, Fen 22 National, Parliament Hill.
Regional Championships – Oct 19 Southern Relays, Wormwood Scrubs, Jan 25 Southern Championships, Beckenham
Other Fixtures – Oct 26 North London Championships, TBC, Nov 2 Liddiard Trophy, Kingsbury, Nov 16 London Championships and Youth Games, Parliament Hill, Nov 23 Fraternity/Sorority Cups, Trent Park, Nov 23 UK Cross Challenge Inc European Trials, Liverpool, Dec 7 SEAA Masters and Inter Counties, TBC, Dec 8 European Championships, Turkey, Jan Hertfordshire/Middlesex Championships, TBC, Feb 1 British Universities Championships, TBC, Mar 8 CAU Inter Counties Championships, TBC, Mar 15 English Schools Championships, Suffolk

Road Relays
Sep 21 Southern 6 and 4 Stage, Aldershot, Oct 5 National 6 and 4 Stage, Sutton Park, Mar 30 Southern 12 and 6 Stage, Milton Keynes, April 12 National 12 and 6 Stage, Sutton Park

London Marathon
Apr 26 Mini London Marathon, Embankment, Apr 27 London Marathon, Greenwich

Indoor Major Fixtures
Jan 18-19 England U20/Senior Combined Events Championships, Sheffield, Jan 26 British Masters Pentathlon and 3000m Championships, Sheffield, Feb 8-9 England U15/U17/U20/ Championships, Sheffield, Feb 15-16 British Universities Championships, Sheffield, Feb 22-23 UK Championships, Birmingham, Mar 6-9 European Senior Championships, Netherlands, Mar 8-9 England U15/U17/U20 Combined Events Championships, Sheffield, Mar 15-21 World Masters Championships, Florida, Mar 21-23 World Senior Championships, China

Lee Valley Indoor Fixtures
Dec 1 Open Meeting, Dec 14-15 Southern U15/U17/U20 and Senior Combined Events Championships, Jan 1 Open Meeting, Jan 11-12 Southern U13/U15/U17 Championships, Jan 18-19 London U20/Senior Games, Jan 25-26 London U13/U15/U17 Games, Feb 1-2 Southern U20/Senior Championships, Feb 12 Ayo Falola Dream Mile, Feb 19 Middle Distance Open Meeting, Mar 22-23 British Masters Championships

The following Lee Valley fixture dates are still to be published – Be Fit Today Open Meetings, VAC and EMAC Championships, England Inter Area Championships, Essex and Eastern Championships, Middlesex, Herts and Kent Championships

PARIS OLYMPICS STATISTICAL REVIEW – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Surely Paris rivals London and Sydney as one of the best Olympics ever and the big and enthusiastic crowds in the Stade de France enjoyed some thrilling athletics. It was a brilliant championships for athletics and a good one for the Brits. I do feel the timetable could be tweaked here and there, though. Why have women’s 4x400m heats on the same day as the 400m final, for example? The repechage was an interesting idea but surely should have been trialled elsewhere? It was fun to watch and gave athletes two chances but predictably if you weren’t good enough to get through the first round then while the better athletes get a day of rest, those who did survive the repechage have to then take on the better and rested athletes while they have an extra race in their legs. It certainly didn’t work for 1500m runners which was the longest event that had it. It might work for sprinters or hurdlers who have a niggle! Had they not had repechage then more athletes would have gone through the first time. Also why were there only two 5000m heats? Why not have three races? It was clearly too many and because so many fell and they had the ridiculous policy of giving most of those who do fall a second chance, we ended up with far too many in the final. Here is my round-up of the statistical data. 

Multiple medallists in Paris – 3 golds: Gabrielle Thomas, 2 golds: Beatrice Chebet, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Rai Benjamin, 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze: Femke Bol, 1 gold, 2 bronze: Sifan Hassan, 1 gold and 1 silver: Julien Alfred, Kaylyn Brown, Faith Kipyegon, Lieke Klaver, Shamier Little, Cathelijn Peeters, María Pérez, Sha’Carri Richardson, Bryce Deadmon, Vernon Norwood, Brian Pintado, Letsile Tebogo, 1 gold, 1 bronze: Melissa Jefferson, Álvaro Martín and Noah Lyles
1 silver, 1 bronze: Alex Haydock-Wilson, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Samuel Reardon
2 bronzes: Amber Anning, Jemima Montag, Jasmine Moore, Laviai Nielsen, Nicole Yeargin and Grant Fisher

Medal table – A record 27 different countries took gold but not South Africa, Italy, France and Poland.
1 USA 14-11-9, 2 KEN 4-2-5, 3 CAN 3-1-1, 4 NED 2-1-3, 5 ESP 2-1-1, 6 NOR 2-1-0, 7 GBR 1-4-5, 8 JAM 1-3-2, 9 ETH 1-3-0, 10 AUS 1-2-4 

Most medals – 43 different countries won medals. The leading nation in the placings table not to win a medal was Switzerland in 22nd and other leading nations to miss out were Portugal, Cuba, Colombia, Nigeria, Finland and Ireland.
1 USA 34, 2 KEN 11, 3 GBR 10, 4 AUS 7, Eq 5 JAM/NED 6, 7 CAN 5, Eq 8 ESP/GER/CHN/ETH 4

Placings Table – 75 countries placed an athlete in the top 8
1 USA 322, 2 KEN 112, 3 GBR 100, 4 ETH 78, 5 JAM 70, Eq 6 ITA, NED 65, 8 CAN 54, 9 GER 51, 10 AUS 50

Defending champions – Only 10 athletes defended from Tokyo three years earlier.
Shot: Crouser, Discus: Allman, Pole Vault: Duplantis, Long Jump: Tentoglou, Steeplechase: El Bakkali, 400H: McLaughlin-Levrone, Heptathlon: Thiam, 1500m: Kipyegon, M4x400: USA, W4x400: USA

World records – (3:07.41) mixed 4x400m USA, (6.25m) pole vault Duplantis, (50.37) 400m hurdles McLaughlin-Levrone, World best: (2:50:31) marathon race walk mixed relay ESP 

Olympic records (4 above plus) – (26:43.14) 10,000m Cheptegei, (3:27.65) 1500m Hocker, (8:52.76) steeplechase Yavi, (70.00m) discus Stona, (92.97m) javelin Nadeem, (48.17) 400m Paulino, (2:06:26) marathon Tola, (3:51.29) 1500m Kipyegon, (2:54.43) 4x400m USA, (2:22:55) marathon Hassan 

MEN 
100m For the first time all eight finalists were sub-10 seconds and the times from fourth to eighth were the fastest in that position. Noah Lyles was seventh at 50m in (5.61) to leader Kishane Thompson’s (5.56) and ran his fastest 10m between 60m to 70m with 0.82, Thompson’s (9.80) is the fastest ever Olympic semi while Richardson’s (9.95) is the fastest ever non-qualifying time. 
200m – Letsile Tebogo’s 50m splits were (5.70), (4.42),( 4,53) and (4.81). He took the lead at 120m.
Kenny Bednarek led at 100m in 10.10. Even with Covid, Lyles’ (19.70) was the fastest third place time in history and not just the Olympics. Bednarek’s (19.96) was the fastest ever Olympic first round heat.
400m – Quincy Hall’s time was the second fastest ever Olympic time and Matthew Hudson-Smith’s the third best (and quickest non winning time at any meeting) as best marks for places two to fifth were set and a record five athletes broke 44 in the same race. Hall ran 100m splits of (11.01), (9.99), (10.81) and (11.59) to the Brit’s (10.81),( 9.81), (10.73) and (12.09). Jereem Richards led at 200m in (20.46). A record eight athletes chose not to take up their repechage places. The (44.43) by Botswana’s Busang Kebinatshipi and Bapayo Ndori became the quickest ever non qualifying marks in the semi final. Michael Norman clocked the fastest ever Olympic first round mark of (44.10).
800m – Best marks for place for 2nd to 7th were set in the final and 0.01 of a second is the smallest winning margin replacing Dave Wottle’s 0.03 1972 win. Emmanuel Wanyonyi’s 200m splits were (24.4), (25.9), (25.2) and (25.7). Marco Arop ran a faster second lap with (50.1). Wanyonyi’s (1:43.32) is the fastest ever Olympic semi final time while Crestan’s (1:43.72) is the fastest ever time not to qualify. 
1500m – Nuguse’s (3:27.80) and Ingebrigtsen’s (3:28.24)  are the fastest for that position in any race.
Hocker ran laps of (55.6), (56.6), (55.8) and covered his last 400m in (53.3) and last 1200m in (2:45.7). Kerr ran (53.9) for his last 400m. Ingebrigtsen ran his fastest 200m of (27.1) between both 100m and 300m and 1200m and 1400m but Hocker and Nuguse ran theirs in the last 200m with both (26.3) to Kerr’s (26.6). With that win USA (5-7-5) have overhauled GBR (5-7-4) as the most successful ever nation. Essayi’s (3:32.49) became the fastest ever non qualifying mark for a final. Riva’s (3:32.84) in the repechage was quicker than the previous first round best.
5000m – It was Norway’s first ever gold at 5000m. Ingebrigtsen ran the last 1000m in (2:21.1), his last 3000m in (7:35.4) and final 400m in (53.3) though his fastest 100m split of (13.1) was up to the bell as Hagos Gebrhiwet ran a (26.4) 200m up to the bell. Grant Fisher’s (39.8) was the fastest closing 300 metres but it was 19th-placer Dawit Seare who ran the quickest last 100m of (12.7!) 
10,000m – The first 13 finishers broke the previous Olympic record and the 0.32 spread for medals is the smallest ever. The marks for places six to 13 were the fastest in any 10,000m in history.
Joshua Cheptegei ran a (55.0) last 400m and a (2:25.9) final kilometre. His second half was (13:17.2). 
3000m steeplechase – Soufiane El Bakkali became the third steeplechaser to retain his Olympic title and the 0.42 difference between the medallists was a record closest Olympic finish. El Bakkali’s final 400m was (57.5). 
Marathon – Best Olympic places first to eighth and the last finisher Mongolia’s Ser-Od Bat-Ochir, a former member of Morpeth Harriers when he was based in the UK, became the first athlete in history to compete in six Olympic marathons. Tamirat Tola put his fastest 5km split in from 30km to 35km with (14:02) but even faster in that section was bronze medallist Benson Kipruto’s (13:56).
110m hurdles – Grant Holloway was headed at the first hurdle by Daniel Roberts but thereafter was first at every hurdle. He was 0.24 clear at the eighth hurdle but lost 0.14 over the closing two hurdles where he was the slowest of the eight finalists. Rasheed Broadbell’s (13.09) made him the fastest ever Olympic bronze medallist. Holloway clocked the fastest ever Olympic first round time of (13.01). 
400m hurdles – The three 2021 medallists returned but in a different order. Karsten Warholm led up to hurdle seven but Rai Benjamin ran 0.74 quicker over the last five hurdles. Benjamins’s differentials still slowed between every hurdle as he ran (3.59), (3.61), (3.68), (3.82), (3.83), (3.87), (4.00), (4.37) and (4.57) up to the last hurdle. Warholm’s (47.57) was the fastest ever first round time. 
High Jump – Hamish Kerr’s area record equalling 2.36m won him gold in a jump-off despite two earlier failures at 2.31m. Mutaz Essa Barshim won a record fourth medal. 
Pole Vault – Mondo Duplantis became the second to defend his title but surprisingly his winning margin of 30cm is not a record as the 1920 title was won by 39cm! 
Long Jump – Miltiadis Tentoglou became the first athlete to defend this century and his winning jump was timed at 41.5kmh as he had just 0.8cm on the board. Furlani’s (8.34m) tied the third best ever Olympic mark.
Triple Jump – Jordan Diaz became first the triple jumper to win Olympics, world under-20 and world under-18 and European championships as Cuban-born athletes took all three medals but Cuba won no medals! His phases were (6.44m), (5.33m) and (6.09m). The hop was the worst of his five jumps. 
Shot – Ryan Crouser became the most successful ever Olympic putter as he won his third consecutive title as he and Joe Kovacs finished one-two also for the third time. 
Discus – This event saw one of the biggest surprises of the Games as Jamaica won their first medal in the event and the 3cm winning margin for Roje Stona tied the lowest margin from 1904. The best Olympic marks were set from places one to six.
Hammer – Ethan Katzberg’s (84.12m) is the second longest Olympic mark as for the first time since 2013, Poland failed to win an Olympics or World Championships hammer medal. 
Javelin – It was Pakistan’s first ever Olympic gold medal in any individual sport. Fourth-placer Jakub Vadlejch’s 4cm margin from a medal is the closest ever and the fifth to seventh marks (87.72m) to (86.16m) were the greatest in any competition. Roderick Dean’s (82.48m) became the longest ever Olympic non-qualifying mark. 
Decathlon – Markus Rooth was another shock winner with a previous global best of eighth in Budapest having been seventh overnight. Lindon Victor’s (53.91m) discus and Niklas Kaul’s (77.78m) javelin were both Olympic decathlon records. Kaul moved up from 20th overnight to eighth with a 4404 second day. 
20km Walk – Best marks for places three to eighth were set and the difference between third and fourth of one second is the smallest ever. Pintado covered his last kilometre in (3:31). Callum Wilkinson achieved 5km splits of (20:21), (20:02), (20:02) and (20:06). 
4x100m – The 0.11 difference between the three medallists is surprisingly the smallest ever at the Olympics. Canada’s splits were Aaron Brown (10.43), Jerome Blake (8.98), Brendon Rodney  (9.20) and Andre De Grasse (8.89) compared to GB’s Jermiah Azu (10.51), Louie Hinchliffe (9.03), Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (9.29) and Zharnel Hughes (8.78) – Hughes’ split was the equal fastest of the entire race. 
4x400m – Best all time marks for places for 2nd to 6th were recorded – overall not just Olympics.
USA’s splits were Chris Bailey (44.45), Vernon Norwood (43.26), Bryce Deadmon (43.54) and (43.18) for Rai Benjamin compared to Botswana’s (44.30) by Ndori, (43.39) for Kebinatshipi, (43.80) for Pesala and (43.04) by Tebogo. Britain’s were (44.51) by Haydock-Wilson, (43.09) by Hudson-Smith, (44.90) by late replacement Lewis Davey and (43.33) for Dobson. In the heats they ran Reardon (45.68), Hudson-Smith (43.87), Toby Harries (45.02) and (44.31) for Dobson. Botswana’s (2:57.76) is the fastest ever heat time at the Olympics led off by Tebogo’s (44.33).

WOMEN 
100m Julien Alfred’s (10.72) is the fourth fastest Olympic time. She led all the way – 50m in (5.96) and 60m in (6.89) and in none of the 10 100m splits did Sha’Carri Richardson close the gap.
Daryll Neita was third at 50m in (6.07). Jamaica, who swept the medals in Tokyo, failed to get on the podium for the first time since 1988. Gemima Joseph’s (11.13) is the fastest ever non-qualifier from the heat. 
200m – Gabby Thomas won USA’s seventh gold in this event with 50m splits of (6.18), (4.92), (5.18) and (5.55). She took the lead at 80m. Dina Asher-Smith was leading at 60m and third at 180m and ran splits of (6.16), (4.99), (5.31) and (5.76) to Neita’s (6.27), (4.97), (5.26) and (5.73). 
400m – Paulino went fourth all-time with her (48.17) as for the first time ever all eight finishers went sub-50. Her 100m splits were (11.87), (10.94), (11.97) and (13.39). Amber Anning ran (11.95), (11.44), (12.58) and (13.32) and her last 50m of (6.79) was easily the quickest of anyone in the race and much faster than Paulino’s (7.02). Salwa Eid Naser’s (49.08) was the fastest Olympic semi-final time and Paulino’s (49.42) was the fastest ever first round. 
800m – Keely Hodgkinson’s 200m splits were (27.1), (31.3), (30.0) and (28.4). Only the Soviet Union have now won more golds than Britain’s three. Jemma Reekie’s (1:58.01) became the fastest ever non qualifying time in her semi. Tsige Duguma’s (1:57.90) was the fastest ever heat. 
1500m – Faith Kipyegon became the first athlete to win three golds as best Olympic marks for were set from first to eighth and best all time in any race for 3rd, 4th and 5th. Kipyegon’s laps were (59.8), (63.7) and (63.6) and she produced a final 400m of (59.3). Georgia Bell ran (60.4), (63.6) and (63.4) and ran a (60.4) last circuit. Laura Muir ran (61.7), (63.9) and (62.7) and ran a (60.5) last lap and (2:04.0) for her final 800m to Bell’s (2:05.0). Gudaf Tsegay’s (3:55.10) was the fastest ever Olympic semi-final time while Lizakowska’s (3:57.31) is the fastest time to miss qualifying. Tsegay’s (3:58.84) as also the fastest ever first round heat.
5000m – Beatrice Chebet’s (14:28.56) is the second fastest ever Olympic time (behind Cheruiyot’s (14:26.17) from 2016 as best Olympic marks were set from second to eighth. Chebet’s (2:33.5) is the fastest ever known last kilometre and she also ran (8:22.40 for her last 3000m and sub-four minutes for her last 1500m. 
10,000m – Chebet ran a (57.5) last 400m but even quicker was runner-up Nadia Battocletti’s (57.4).
Less than two seconds covered the top six with 10 athletes contesting the final lap. 
Marathon – Sifan Hassan became the first woman to win a medal in the 5000m, 10,000m and marathon and it was the closest ever Olympic marathon with a three-second winning gap and best places were set from first to seventh. She covered the last 2195m in (6:45) which was quicker than four of the men’s top 10. Namibia’s Helalia Johannes became the first woman to complete five Olympic marathons when finishing 68th in (2:38:36).
3000m steeplechase – The first four broke the Olympic record as best marks were set in any race ever for places four to ten. Winfred Yavi covered her kilometres in (2:56.1), (3:02.1) and (2:54.6) and final 400m in (65.6). Lizzie Bird’s British record consisted of splits of (2:58.4), (3:06.3) and (2:59.7). In the same heat, Chemutai’s (9:10.51) became the fastest qualifying time while Bouzayani’s (9:10.91) became the fastest non-qualifying mark. 
100m hurdles – The (12.33) and (12.34) first two times are the second and third fastest time in the Olympics and 0.01 of a second tied the smallest winning margin of 1976 and 1996. Winner Masai Russell was fifth at hurdle five in (6.38), fourth at hurdle nine and still third over hurdle ten. Her hurdle differentials were unusually consistent with (1.04), (1.01), (0.97), (0.96). (0.94). (0.95), (0.95), (0.96) and (0.96). The (12.50) by Tobi Amusan and Pia Skrzyszowska were the fastest ever non-qualifying Olympic times. 
400m hurdles – Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone became the first to defend in the event with a record winning margin of (1.50) seconds and her (50.37) is according to the all-event scoring tables the best ever women’s performance in history with 1322 points bettering Florence Griffith Joyner’s (10.49) for 100m which scored 1314 points. The American led all the way with hurdle differentials of (3.88), (4.02), (4.05), (4.16), (4.27), (4.43), (4.52), (4.65) and (4.82). She was (22.02) at hurdle five. Interestingly, after a slow start, Femke Bol covered the first hurdle to the sixth hurdle marginally quicker than the winner but paid for it on the second half. McLaughlin-Levrone’s (52.13) is the fastest ever Olympic semi time while (53.90) by Zeney Geldenhuys became the fastest ever non-qualifier. Bol’s (53.38) was the fastest ever Olympic first round time.
High Jump – Unusually, due to the shared bronze, two nations Ukraine and Australia won two medals in the same event. 
Pole Vault – Nina Kennedy won Australia’s first gold at this event as only 11 vaulters cleared (4.55m), nine athletes who cleared (4.40m) first time also advanced meaning a 20-woman final. 
Long Jump – Tara Davis-Woodhall’s winning jump was achieved with a 38.3kmh take-off speed and she had four jumps at (6.93m) or better. Jasmine Moore achieved a double jumps bronze after earlier winning a medal in the triple jump. 
Triple Jump – Thea Lafond achieved a (15.02m) national record for Dominica with phases of (5.43m), (4.64m) and (4.95m) with runner-up Shanieka Ricketts producing a longer hop (5.72m) and step (5.28m) but losing considerable ground on the step.
Shot – The 20.00m final throw of Yemisi Ogunleye is the shortest winning distance since 2004 but conditions were affected by an earlier rain storm. 
Discus – Valarie Allman successfully defended as Sandra Elkasevic added a bronze to her two golds and is now the most successful female Olympics discus thrower in history. Allman’s (69.59m) is the longest ever qualification throw, whereas (62.54m) by Veronica Fraley is the longest non-qualifier. 
Hammer – Camryn Rogers ensured a first ever Canadian hammer double. The difference between third and fourth of 4cm is the smallest ever as the world’s greatest hammer thrower Anita Włodarczyk just missed out. 
Javelin – Haruka Kitaguchi’s (65.80m) is the shortest winning distance since 1980 but she won easily though well under a metre covered the next four.
Heptathlon – Nafi Thiam became the first ever three-time winner but Britain, with three golds, three silvers and three bronzes, remain the most successful nation. Event to event it was 3-3 with a tie in the high jump between the top two with Thiam only a centimetre up in the long jump but gaining a crucial 166 point gap in the javelin despite KJT’s PB. 
20km Walk – Jiayu Yang’s time is second fastest ever in the Olympics as best marks were set for for places four to six. She produced her fastest kilometre at the end with a (4:07). 
4x100m – USA won with splits of (11.46), (9.98), (10.25) and (10.09) compared to GB’s (11.02), (10.13), (10.37) and (10.33) with the latter not helped by two disappointing final changeovers. Nigeria’s (42.70) equalled the best ever Olympic non-qualifying time. 
4x400m – USA won the Olympic title in the second fastest time ever of (3:15.27), only 0.10 behind the 1988 Soviet’s world record and with a record margin of (4.23) seconds. Their splits were (49.48) by Shamier Little, (47.71) by McLaughlin-Levrone, (49.30) for Thomas and (48.78) for Alexis Holmes.
Britain had splits of (51.43) by Victoria Ohuruogu, (49.40) by Laviai Nielsen, (49.9) for Nicole Yeargin and (49.01) for Anning as they broke the British mark in third. Bol ran (48.62) on the anchor leg to secure Netherlands second. In the heats Britain uniquely ran a totally different team to the final with legs from Yemi Mary John (51.62), Hannah Kelly (50.52). Jodie Williams (51.38) and Lina Nielsen (51.20).
Mixed 4×400 Relay – The times in the final from second to fourth were the fastest in any competition and the winning time fell 0.01 short of USA’s time in the heats of (3:07.41) by Vernon Norwood (44.47), Shamier Little (49.32), Bryce Deadmon (44.17) and Kaylyn Brown (49.45). In the final the quartet ran (44.46). (49.39), (44.66) and (49.23) and were narrowly beaten by Netherlands. The Dutch quartet was Eugene Omalla (45.26), Lieke Klaver (49.26), Isaya Klein Ikkink (44.91) and Femke Bol (48.00). Britain were a clear third in another UK record thanks to legs of Sam Reardon (44.98), Laviai Nielsen (49.81), Alex Haydock-Wilson (44.36) and Amber Anning (48.86). In the heats it was Reardon (45.61), Nielsen (49.72), Haydock-Wilson (44.73) and Yeargin (50.55). 
Mixed Walks Relay – The first ever Olympic event with two athletes each doing 10km was not particularly exciting but Spain only sixth at halfway eventually won by almost a minute. 

British placings – Britain’s 10 medals was the most since the boycott-affected 1984 Games and was clearly a highly successful performance boosted by some outstanding British records hough Hodgkinson’s 800m gold was the highlight. However the stunning runs from Kerr and Hudson-Smith, both denied gold by late American rushes, are surely the match of most British gold medals from the past given the all-time ranking of both performances. Half the medals are relays as Britain uniquely won medals in all five events. Yes, with only one team per nation, medals are easier to win than in individual events where you can be up against three Americans but it was still an exceptional effort. Should the mixed 4x400m relay be given more prominence? While Britain did field eventual finalist Amber Anning in the final, the team didn’t risk Charlie Dobson who did not ultimately make a loaded final but had he run Britain would have probably won gold.

And there were a few near misses although the only real disappointment was Molly Caudery in the pole vault not making the final after taking her opening height at (4.55m) when (4.40m) would have made the final. UKA will say the hard selection policy paid off and their policy of targetting top eight is justified. However well over half the team did not make the top 12 in individual events and never were going to based on their 2024 bests but I’m glad they were selected. However, that doesn’t mean those who were offered places by World Athletics and refused by UKA should not have gone. Jake Norris, a former world under-20 champion, made the European final in Rome and while the Olympics were taking place he threw (76.71m) – a distance that would have easily made the Paris final. Phil Norman missed the 3000m steeplechase qualifying standard by a fraction on a windy day in Manchester and ran the fastest time by a Briton since 1992 but his invite was turned down. Kenneth Rooks, who only got into the Olympics via a world rankings spot, ended up finishing second for the United States.

UKA say their tough standards raise performances but many think it is penalising British athletes, demoralises athletes and is killing off a number of events and ensuring they are getting a lower media profile and putting off prospective participants as well as disappointing UK supporters and viewers. There were 18 events in Paris with no British participants. Jacob Fincham-Dukes aside, British field eventers did not have a successful championships and it’s probably not going to get better unless they give more encouragement to these events.

1st Hodgkinson 800m (1:56.72)
2nd Thompson-Johnson Heptathlon (6844 points), 2nd Hudson-Smith 400m (43.44) (European/UK rec), 2nd Kerr (3:27.79) 1500m (UK rec), 2nd Women’s 4x100m (41.85)
3rd Bell (3:52.61) 1500m (UK rec), 3rd Women’s 4x400m (3:19.72) (UK rec), 3rd Men’s 4x100m (37.61), 3rd Men’s 4x400m (2:55.83) (European rec), 3rd Mixed 4x400m (3:08.01) (UK rec)
4th Neita (10.96) 100m (10.92) ht, 4th Asher-Smith 200m (22.22), 4th Cairess Marathon (2:07:29)
5th Neita 200m (22.23), 5th Anning 400m (49.29) (UK rec), 5th Muir 1500m (3:53.37) PB, 5th Fincham-Dukes Long Jump (8.14m)
7th Bird 3000m steeplechase (9:04.35) (UK rec)
8th Burgin 800m (1:43.84) (1:43.50) sf PB
9th Reekie 800m (1:58.01) sf
10th Williams 200m (22.58) sf, 10th O’Dowda Heptathlon (6280 points), 10th Gourley 1500m (3:30.88)
11th Asher-Smith 100m (11.10) sf (11.01) ht, 11th Hinchliffe 100m (9.97) sf, 11th Dobson 400m (44.48) sf
12th Laviai Nielsen 400m (50.69) sf (50.36) ht
13th Gill 800m (1:58.47) sf
14th Hughes 100m (10.01) sf
15th Walcott-Nolan 1500m (3:58.08) SF PB, 15th McColgan 10,000m (31:20.51), 15th Knight 400m hurdles (54.90), 15th Lake High Jump (1.88m), 15th Giles 800m (1:45.46) sf
16th Pattison 800m (1:45.57) sf (1:45.56) ht, 16th Wilkinson 20km Walk (1:20:31)
17th Lansiquot 100m (11.21) sf (11.10) ht
1th^h Ohuruogu 400m (51.14) sf (50.59 repechage)
20th Percy Discus (61.81m) qualifying
21st Mills 5000m (13:32.32), 21st Ojora 110m hurdles (13.47) (13.35) ht, 21st Lincoln Shot (19.69m) qualifying
23rd Keith 10,000m (33:19.92), 23rd Sember 100m hurdles DNF (12.72) ht – ranked 10th, 23rd Mills 1500m (3:37.12) sf (3:33.56) repecharge
24th Chalmers 400mH (56.52) (48.98) ht – ranked 18th, 24th Okoye Discus (61.17m) qualifying
25th Lina Nielsen 400m hurdles (91.22) (54.65) ht – ranked 8th
26th Pratt 3000m steeplechase (9:27.26) ht
28th Bradshaw Pole Vault (4.20m) qualifying
31st Atkin 5000m (14:02.46) ht
35th Dever 5000m (14:13.48) ht
46th Evans Marathon (2:33:01), 46th Sesemann Marathon (2:13:08)
57th Mahamed Marathon (2:15:19)
78th Harvey Marathon (2:51:03)
Caudery Pole Vault no height qualifying
Azu 100m DQ ht
Hauger-Thackery Marathon DNF

No Brits were in the men’s 200m, 10,000m, 3000m steeplechase, High Jump, Pole Vault, Triple Jump, Hammer, Javelin, Decathlon, and the women’s 5000m, long jump, triple jump, shot, discus, hammer, javelin, 20km walk and mixed walks relay.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup, there has been an amazing amount of Videos and Photographs contributed with many comments. There are no posts this week.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT– Many thanks to SEAN SUTHERLAND who undertook a review on the best way forward, following this a decision was made to set up a new account, and SEAN has now set that account up.

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2024-2025 WINTER FIXTURE CARD – The SBH 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card is currently being produced by myself. The majority of the major fixtures have now been confirmed, and I anticipate the Metropolitan and North West London League dates/venues to be published later this month. I intend issuing the SBH Winter Fixture Card in early September, with the Indoor Fixtures being confirmed in October/Early November.

The remaining 2024 Summer Fixture information can be found on the upcoming fixtures in the SBH Weekly Newsletter on the SBH website, this is the link to the current SBH Weekly Newsletter – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

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

JAMIE BATH MEMBERS MASSAGE SERVICE – Since joining SBH he has been working closely with TY HOLDEN in his quest for Athlete and Athletics Development. To help support the club members he has (with the club’s support) set up a Members Massage Service available on club nights at a small charge of £15 (as compared to outside masseurs who charge £60) to simply cover materials and insurance.
Please contact JAMIE at jamiebath@live.co.uk or text him on 07902 592561. You can also see him on training nights for availability.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FACEBOOK – Photographs can be found on the SBH page.

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

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

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

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

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

SBH TRAINING AND COACHING – Please see the 2024 Summer Fixture Card, which gives full details of Training and Coaching – A SBH Summer 2024 Fixture Card Front Sheet Re-Issued 10-03-24

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2024 – To all athletes young & old – are you aware of the SBH Pole Vault sessions held at StoneX Stadium on Monday & Wednesday evenings from 18.30pm. We have room to coach more of you, why not come along and watch a session and the get involved – give it a try NOW.
Please contact the session administrator CLYDE GORDON at clydeg67@hotmail.co.uk for more details.

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

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

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

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

ALAN WELLER – SBH NEWSLETTER EDITOR AND WEBSITE MANAGER