Happy Birthday from this Thursday 25 November to Clifford Barley, Amy Bream, Arial Carmel, Emily Dunne, Seyi Fari, Daist Freinson, Oliver Greenstein, Tosin Jokosenumi, Neo Mohammadian, Rory Muir, Rian Shah, Milan Trajkovic, Pascaline Wangui, Fergus Watson, Katie Webb, Lucy Woodward and Charlee Yearwood

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to MATTHEW GILLESPIE, ALEXANDRA HALL, ELJONE KRUGER, TRAVIS SCOTTOW and AXEL TIRINZONI

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 – Attached is the Agenda for the 131st Annual General Meeting of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, which is being held this Tuesday 30 November at StoneX Stadium, East Stand 100 Club at 19.30. Also attached is the current SBH Constitution and Rules dated 24 November 2020, Annual Report 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2021 and Best Performance Awards 2021. The presentation of the 2021 awards follows straight after the AGM.

Link to Agenda – SBH AGM Agenda 2021 Final (7)   Link to Constitution and Rules – SBH Constitution November 2021    Link to Annual Report – SBH Annual Report 2020-2021 Final    Link to Best Performance Awards 2021 – SBH Best Performance Awards 2021

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following regarding subscriptions.
Our new year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £15. The total is £65 and should now be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please let me know when payment is made. I will still be collecting subscriptions for the year to 30 September 2021 from those members who did not pay. Thanks GEOFF

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The third fixture of five takes place this Saturday 27 November at Trent Park, Cockfosters Road, Middlesex (SatNav EN4 0PS). The start is close to the car park which is accessible from the western gate of Trent Park, found on the left-side before reaching Cockfosters underground station (Piccadilly line).
Timetable – 12.45 Under 11 Boys and Girls (2400m), 13.00 Under 13 Boys and Girls (3000m), 13.20 Under 15 Boys and Girls (4000m), 13.40 Under 17 Men and Women (5000m) distances are approximate. Numbers will be given out close to the start area.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Will any of our Female athletes please see JEREMY SOTHCOTT who will give you a race number

FRATERNITY AND SORORITY CUPS – Takes place this Saturday 27 November at Trent Park, Cockfosters Road, Middlesex (SatNav EN4 0PS). The start is close to the car park which is accessible from the western gate of Trent Park, found on the left-side before reaching Cockfosters underground station (Piccadilly line).
Timetable – 14.30 for Men/Women – Junior, Senior and Veteran. Numbers will be given out close to the start area.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. 

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE AND FRATERNITY/SORORITY CUPS INFORMATION – Link to Information – 27-11-21 NWLL and Fraternity Cup Information at Trent Park  and Maps 27-11-21 NWLL and Fraternity Cup Course Maps at Trent Park

LONDON YOUTH GAMES – Took place last Saturday at Parliament Hill Fields.
The weather was bright and dry with virtually no mud, even in those conditions the course at Parliament Hill would still be one of the hardest tests of cross country running of any course in the country. An excellent day for the London Borough of Barnet, with team manager TY HOLDEN having a very successful day. Individually we had 2 winners, firstly GIANLEO STUBBS in the Under 15 Boys who won by a clear 10 seconds, then NICOLE MCGOVERN running for the London Borough of Hillingdon had a runaway win by some 34 seconds. We also had 2 runners-up, firstly POSIE SHAW in the Under 13 Girls was just headed by a small margin of 2 seconds, the in the Under 17 Men’s race ABDIRAHIM HAMUD also running for the London Borough of Hillingdon, finished 2nd by a margin of 16 seconds.
Finally, our ever present squad of Under 13 Boys were making their presence felt at the front of the race, with ARTHUR PHILLIPS finishing 4th, EUAN PHILLIPS 10th and PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN 14th.

The photograph shows Shaftesbury athletes who were all running for the ‘London Borough of Barnet’, left to right POSIE SHAW, AMBER JACKSON, ERIN GIBLIN, ANNABELLE PANWAR, LADDIE SHAW, CHARLIE CUTLER, EUAN PHILLIPS, ARTHUR PHILLIPS, MAX PANWAR, PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN, ZACK JOSEPHS, LUKE RUMBLE (not member), LEONARDO DIALLO (not member), KEEYAN SHAH and PRINCE-MOSES JOHN (too young to run)

Still awaiting the team results for each race, but the overall team results are as follows – Male 1st Bromley, 2nd Barnet, 3rd Southwark – Female 1st Bromley, 2nd Richmond, 3rd Wandsworth –

Under 11 Boys – HENRY RYAN (Barnet) 20th (6.01), XANDER REESE (Barnet) 22nd (6.03), the winner was Callum Whiteside of Tower Hamlets (5.27) 153 runners finished.

Under 11 Girls – VERA DOUDKO (Barnet) 59th (7.22), JASMYN PERRIN (Barnet) 78th (7.37), the winner was Summer Smith of Havering (5.44) 154 runners finished.

Under 13 Boys – ARTHUR PHILLIPS (Barnet) 4th (7.24), EUAN PHILLIPS (Barnet) 10th (7.34), PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN (Barnet) 13th (7.45), CHARLIE CUTLER (Barnet) 48th (8.15), JARED MORRIS (Barnet) 61st (8.20), MAX PANWAR (Barnet) 87th (8.37), LADDIE SHAW (Barnet) 92nd (8.40), ZACK JOSEPHS (Barnet) 95th (8.43), the winner was Joseph Scanes of Bromley (7.13) 206 runners finished.

Under 13 Girls – POSIE SHAW (Barnet) 2nd (8.03), ERIN GIBLIN (Barnet) 58th (9.21), NYAH CAMPBELL-CAINE (Barnet) 62nd (9.25), MEGAN HAMMOND (Barnet) 84th (9.37), ANABELLE PANWAR (Barnet) 129th (10.06), the winner was Jorija March of Enfield (8.01) 205 runners finished.

Under 15 Boys – GIANLEO STUBBS (Barnet) 1st (10.15), PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS (Barnet) 14th (11.04), THOMAS CADWALLADER (Croydon) 16th (11.05), AUSTIN WARD (Barnet) 59th (11.53), JACOB CLEMENT (Barnet) 64th (11.56), TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE (Barnet) 68th (12.02) 180 runners finished.

Under 15 Girls – DINA SILVERMAN (Barnet) 17th (8.17), MYA MAIRS-INGRAM (Barnet) 44th (8.40), WERONIKA KALINSKI (Barnet) 122nd (9.46), PHOEBE MUSIC (Barnet) 131st (9.55), the winner was Adela Svihalkova of Kensington & Chelsea (7.34) 177 runners finished.

Under 17 Men – ABDIRAHIM HAMUD (Hillingdon) 2nd (16.37), JOSHUA FISHER (Barnet) 7th (17.24), LEO RONCARATI (Barnet) 8th (17.33), SPIKE BLAKE (Haringey) 11th (17.38), JACK DAVIS-BLACK (Barnet) 22nd (17.59), JONAH MARKS (Barnet) 37th (18.39) 117 runners finished.

Under 17 Women – NICOLE MCGOVERN (Hillingdon) 1st (11.13), ASHER HORBACKI (Barnet) 64th (14.36), LILI FOWKES-GAJAN (Enfield) 90th (17.03) 96 runners finished.

Photograph of POSIE SHAW (on the left) celebrating at the medal ceremony.

LONDON CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place last Saturday at Parliament Hill Fields.
Senior Men (10000m) – ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN U20 48th (38.35), JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 125th (42.28), ROBERT RIGBY V60 172nd (43.48), JONNY SHAW V50 213th (44.49), DAVID GREENSTEIN V55 284th (47.42), TIM UNDERHILL V50 285th (47.44), BARRY HAWS V45 319th (49.30), DANNY DIGWEED 326th (50.04), PAUL MACCARTHY V55 336th (50.38), the winner was Sayed Taha Ghafari of Highgate Harriers (33.57) 432 runners finished.

Senior Women (6000m) – ELANA DIMMER 46th (24.52), NATASHA TANNER U20 67th (25.46), ELANA RONCARATI U20 74th (26.00), the winner was Holly Dixon of Cambridge Harriers (22.19) 289 runners finished.

NAAA DIV 1 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Tallahassee, Florida, USA on 202 November.
10000m – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 4th (28.48)

NAAA DIV 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Saint Leo, Florida, USA on 202 November.
10000m – SM MITCHEL COX (Queens University) 135th (32.59)

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Blandford on 20 November.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 98th (31.14) this was his 162nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 20 November.
LOUIS PELTA U17 8th (20.42) this was his 47th Parkrun, LAUREN MALTZ U17 50th (29.12) this was her 20th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 20 November.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 198th (30.30) this was his 221st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 20 November.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 124th (26.47) this was his 101st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Nonsuch on 20 November.
KOJO KYEREME V45 1st (17.12) this was his 18th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 20 November.
BRADLEY SINGER 23rd (PB 21.34) this was his 154th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 27th (21.56) this was his 308th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Stevenage on 20 November.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 279th (40.23) this was his 203rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 20 November.
LENARD MICHEL V50 4th (22.09) this was his 67th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V45 15th (27.37) this was her 48th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Woking on 20 November.
REBECCA HOUNSELL 23rd (20.55) this was her 61st Parkrun

UK CROSS CHALLENGE INCLUDING EUROPEAN TRIAL – Takes place on Saturday 27 November at Sefton Park, Croxteth Drive, Liverpool (SatNav L17 3AA).
Timetable – 10.30 European Men’s (1500m), 10.35 European Women’s (1500m), 10.45 Under 11 Boys (2000m), 10.55 Under 11 Girls (2000m), 11.05 Under 13 Girls (3000m), 11.20 Under 13 Boys (3000m), 11.35 Under 15 Girls (3000m), 11.50 Under 15 Boys (3000m), 12.05, Under 17 and 20 Women (4400m), 12.25, Under 17 Men (5500m), 12.45, Under 20 Men (6700m), 13.05, Senior Women (8100m), 14.05, Senior Men (9800m)
Link for all Information, includes on how to enter – https://www.uka.org.uk/competition/running/cross-challenge-series/the-british-athletics-cross-challenge/liverpool/
Entries Close Friday 19 November
Note: You need to enter yourselves

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The third fixture of five takes place on Saturday 4 December, course is at Hillingdon Sports Centre, Hillingdon House Farm, Park Road, Uxbridge (Satnav UB10 0RQ).
Race headquarters – Hillingdon Athletics Stadium, Gatting Way, Uxbridge(Satnav UB8 1ES). HQ to course walk time: 2 minutes.
Changing facilities – Men’s & Women’s changing rooms and toilets within athletic stadium and football pavillion. Please do not use the facilities within the main sports centre.
Course Description – Parkland setting, undulating course, with one steep climb per large lap, on grass and woodland paths. Option of small river crossing if conditions on the day allow.

Map of Course

Public Transport – Hillingdon & Uxbridge Metropolitan and Picadilly lines 10-15 minute walk from course. U1 and U2 buses stop within 3 minutes’ walk of Sports Centre.
Directions from major roads – Next to A40 Swakeleys Roundabout Junction, then follow signs for Hillingdon Sports and Leisure centre.
Parking – Limited free parking within Uxbridge College car park on the right of Gatting Way before the sports centre carpark. There are ONLY 50 pay and display parking speces allocated for this fixture outside the stadium frpm 12pm onwards. Parking in the main sports centre car park is not permitted. Please car share if driving, as the car park can be very busy with places at a premium.

Map of car parking 

Timetable – 12.20 U11 (Over 9) Boys (up to 2km), 12.25 U11 (Over 9) Girls (up to 2km), 12.40 U13 Boys (3km), 12.45 U13 Girls (3km), 13.00 U17 Men and U15 Boys (4km), 13.05 U17 Women and U15 Girls (4km), 13.35 U20, Senior and Veteran Women (8km), 14.35 U20, Senior and Veteran Men (8km). The first 4 races there will be no river crossing, decision on the other races to be done on the morning of the fixture.
Note: You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run.
Please collect your race numbers from the respective team managers – SIMON KEENE, JEREMY SOTHCOTT and JO KENT
Please go to Start Fitness Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for final information.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE RACE NUMBERS – I have been asked to remind you that your race number must be kept by yourselves, and is to be used for all 5 fixtures.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACE – The Start Fitness Metropolitan League fixture on Saturday 4 December, is the Club Championship race for the following age-groups – Under 20 Men, 5 Miles Senior Men and Masters Men 40+

SOUTHERN INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 December at Horspath Sports Ground, Oxford (SatNav OX4 2RR).
Timetable – 11.00 U13 Girls (Approximately 3k), 11.20 U13 Boys (Approximately 3k), 11.40 U15 Girls (Approximately 4k), 12.25 U15 Boys (Approximately 4k), 12.50 U17 Men (Approximately 5k), 13.15 U17 Women (Approximately 5k), 13.40 U20 Women and Senior Women (Approximately 6k)
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your County Team Manager

 SOUTHERN MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 11 December at Horspath Sports Ground, Oxford (SatNav OX4 2RR).
Timetable – 11.45 Women 40+ 50+, 60+, M70+ (Approximately 6k), 14.10 Men 40+, 50+, 60+ (Approximately 10k)
Entries Close Friday 26 November
Note: If you wish to be entered please contact your Team Manager

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE RESULTS FROM 2009 TO 2022 –Link to the NWLL website which has the results from 2009 to 2022 – http://www.british-athletics.co.uk/nwll/

LIVERPOOL CROSS CHALLENGE AND EUROPEAN TRIALS, WHO, WHAT AND WHEN – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

On 12 December, the best cross-country runners in Europe will descend on the Sport Ireland Campus on the outskirts of Dublin for the European Championships. The 27th edition of the event was due to be staged in the Irish capital last year but was postponed due to the pandemic, which means there has been a two-year gap since the championships were last held. Back then – in Lisbon in 2019 – Great Britain won all of the senior and under-20 team titles plus the mixed relay gold. Traditionally, the GB squad is the strongest at the event and the selection trials for next month’s championships take place in Liverpool’s Sefton Park this Saturday 27 November. Since the Euro Cross began in 1994, Britain has won more than twice as many medals as any other country and more than three times as many gold medals.

The Course – Sefton Park features rolling grassland with no major hills but it can become boggy in parts if the weather is wet. The Euro Trials has been staged at the venue for a number of years so many athletes will be familiar with it. A popular course generally, it also staged the New Balance English Schools Championships in March last year, which was arguably the last big domestic athletics event to take place before the coronavirus pandemic caused widespread event cancellations and the first nationwide lockdown.

Women’s Contenders – JESSICA JUDD, CHARLOTTA ARTER and ABBIE DONNELLY led Britain to team gold two years ago in Lisbon and they are all entered to race in this weekend’s trials again.  JUDD led the team home that day in sixth place and she has enjoyed a good 2021 with, among other things, 5000m and 10,000m appearances at the Tokyo Olympics. ARTER won the Cross Challenge event in Cardiff last month and will be joined in Liverpool by training partner and 2019 Euro Cross team-mate JENNY NESBITT, who has also shown good form this winter so far. DONNELLY, meanwhile, looked in great form at the Saucony English Cross County Relays in Mansfield at the start of this month. KATE AVERY is another member of the 2019 team who is in the trials entries this weekend. At her best she won individual silver and team gold at both the 2014 and 2015 Euro Cross events and is working back to full fitness following injury problems. JESS GIBBON, winner of the Cross Challenge meeting in Milton Keynes recently, is another obvious contender.

Men’s Contenders – ANDY BUTCHART led the GB men’s team to gold two years ago in Lisbon and the Olympic 5000m finalist heads the entries for the trials this weekend. JONNY MELLOR, better known these days as a marathon man, is returning to the country this winter for the first time in a few years and certainly has the class to make an impact. Then there is the versatile Cardiff runner JAKE SMITH, English National champion CALUM JOHNSON, in-form OMAR KADAR, Southampton brothers MAHAMED and ZAK MAHAMED, plus talents like TOM KEENE, TOM MORTIMER, SAM CHARLTON, SAM DICKENSON, ALFIE MANTHORPE, SOL SWEENEY and LIAM DEE.

Mixed Relay – A trial for the mixed relay at the European Championships will be held for the first time with entries such as Olympic 800m finalist ALEX BELL, plus European indoor 1500m silver medallist HOLLY ARCHER, ELLIE BAKER, JAMES MCMURRAY, GEORGE MILLS, ISSY BOFFEY, HANNAH NUTTALL. Short-course cross-country trials for British teams have been held in the past but for the World not European cross-county championships. HELEN CLITHEROE and STEVE VERNON – both of whom are now leading coaches – each won the event several times at the turn of the millennium when there was the need to select a squad for the World Cross. Even KELLY HOLMES once ran the short-course trial before going on to make the Olympic podium. Now short-course trial races – which kick off the programme at 10.30am on Saturday – have been resurrected to pick two men and two women to run the 4x1500m in Dublin next month. Britain will be defending the title too after BELL, MCMURRAY, SARAH MCDONALD and JONNY DAVIES combined to take the title two years ago.

Under-20 Contenders- MEGAN KEITH has been in great form this autumn and is one of the stand-out names in the under-20 line-ups. She was 27th at the 2019 Euro Cross in Lisbon and, two years older, will be hoping to improve on that in Dublin next month. The junior entries also include multiple national champion BEA WOOD and CHARLOTTE ALEXANDER plus two of the track stars of the summer, KANE ELLIOTT and HENRY MCLUCKIE, whereas recent Milton Keynes winner HAMISH ARMITT, OSIAN PERRIN and ETHAN HUSSEY add to the quality.

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