Happy Birthday from Thursday 26 September to Wednesday 2 October – Margaret Beacham, Taylon Brookes, Elliot Burcher, Philippa Davenall, Victoria Godfrey, Lily Holt, Colette Hurley, Constantine Kondylis, Alex Lytrides, Mayank Mishra, Ulani McCabe-Huggins, Lia Radus, Robert Shipley, Kevin Walden and Alexander Wood

134TH SBH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – Notice is hereby given of the 134th Annual General Meeting of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers to be held at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 26th November 2024 at StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon, London, NW4 1RL.  Any proposal for a change of rule or notice of any business as per rule 22 must be submitted in writing to the General Secretary by Tuesday 29th October 2024.
Link to AGM Notice – AGM Notice 2024

LEE VALLEY INDOOR FIXTURES – The following fixture are now open to enter. Please remember to enter as early as possible, to avoid not to be disappointed.

LEE VALLEY INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Monday 1 December, at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR).
Events are 60m, 300m, 600m, 60m Hurdles and Long Jump. For all age-groups including U13s.
Entries Opened Sunday 1 September
To enter please use this link – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/decopen/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 24 November – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

Link to the 4 Lee Valley indoor fixtures – New Year Day open meeting Wednesday 1 January, London U20 and Senior Games Saturday 18 January and Sunday 19 January, London U13, U15, U17 Games Saturday 25 January and Sunday 26 January, Middle Distance open meeting Wednesday 19 February. They will be open to enter on Opentrack from Tuesday 1 October.
Details of the 4 fixtures – Indoor Fixture Fixtures Opening 1 October 2024

LEE VALLEY MINITHON INDOOR FIXTURES – Is for School years 3 to 7, in which you compete in 3 events from the following – 60m, 200m, 600, 60m Hurdles, High Jump (Year 6 and 7 only), Long Jump, Shot Put and Javelin (Year 6 and 7 only).
There are 3 fixtures on Saturday 19 October, Saturday 17 December and Saturday 22 March.
Link to information guide on the Minithon – Information Guide For Lee Valley Minithon
To enter please use this link – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/kids-activities#%20
Entries Closing Date Wednesday 16 October – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

BE FIT TODAY INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Sunday 8 December, at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR).
Events are 60m, 200m, 300m, 600m, 800m, 60m Hurdles, High Jump (2 spaces left), Long Jump and Triple Jump. For all age-groups including U13s.
To enter please use this link – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2024/GBR/bftta-indoor-1/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 1 December – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

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

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.

SOUTHERN ROAD RELAYS – Took place at Aldershot on 21 September.
What a great afternoon, with the Senior Men had their best result for many a year, and finished 2nd behind Cambridge & Coleridge.
There was thunder and lightning forecast, but it did not materialise. But Aldershot was hit by a tornado on the Friday night, so one patch that is normally bone dry was very muddy.

Under 13 Boys – SBH 7th (32:46.49) Leg 1 DENNYSPASCAL U13 5th (10:15.56), Leg 2 HARRISON HENDERSON U13 17th (11:22.15), Leg 3 JENSON DAY U13 7th (11:08.78)
Team Result – 1st Hercules Wimbledon (31:04.11), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (31:19.50), 3rd Reading (31:53.14), 7th SBH (32:46.49) 41 teams finished

Under 13 Girls – No SBH team
Team Result – 1st Brentwood Beagles (33:34.40), 2nd St Edmunds Pacers (33:48.84), 3rd Chelmsford (34:07.32) 30 teams finished

Under 15 Boys – SBH 17th (30:52.78) Leg 1 EDWARD PASCAL U15 38th (10:24.73), Leg 2 CALEB HILTON U15 23rd (10:18.63), Leg 3 JESSE ABRAHAMS U15 17th (10:09.42)
Team Result – 1st Cambridge & Coleridge (28:29.48), 2nd Dacorum (28:37.89), 3rd Herne Hill Harriers (28:48.24), 17th SBH (30:52.78) 61 teams finished

Under 15 Girls – SBH 25th (35:53.52) Leg 1 AIMEE PORTER U15 7th (10:242.28), Leg 2 AMBER JACKSON U15 18th (12:17.63), Leg 3 OLIVIA ABBOTT U15 25th (12:53.62)
Team Result – 1st Chelmsford (30:36.20), 2nd Brentwood Beagles (30:57.71, 3rd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (31:00.94), 25th SBH (35:53.52) 47 teams finished

Under 17 Men – SBH 32nd (47:35.61) Leg 1 JOHN-MICHAEL DIRACLES U17 24th (15:03.72), Leg 2 JARED MORRIS U17 32nd (16:22.75), Leg 3 EUAN PHILLIPS U17 32nd (16:09.13)
Team Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (43:05.51), 2nd Sutton & District (43:32.78), 3rd City of Norwich (43:53.84), 32nd SBH (47:35.61) 60 teams finished

Under 17 Women – No SBH team
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (50:09.96), 2nd Lewes (50:17.48), 3rd Chelmsford (50:35.54) 29 teams finished

Senior Men – SBH won the Silver Medal (1:49.08) Leg 1 THOMAS BUTLER 6th (18:06.26), Leg 2 DYLAN EVANS 1st (17:54.65), Leg 3 JAMIE DEE 1st (17:48.36), Leg 4 JUDE BELL 3rd (18:54.54), Leg 5 JEREMY DEMPSEY 2nd (18:31.17), Leg 6 LIAM DEE 2nd (17:52.83)
Team Result – 1st Cambridge & Coleridge (1:48.36), 2nd SBH (1:49.08), 3rd Bedford & County (1:50.01) 87 teams finished

Senior Women – No SBH team
Team Result – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:25.35), 2nd Cambridge & Coleridge (1:26.33), 3rd Thames Valley Harriers (1:26.51) 45 teams finished

VITALITY WESTMINSTER MILE – Took place at Westminster on 21 September.
Senior Men – NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 30th (PB 4.54) taking 1 minite and 45 seconds off his 2019 time, 377 runners finished
Senior Women–EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 8th (5.33) taking 26 seconds off her 2019 time, 393 runners finished

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…
1,228 events – 231,607 walkers, joggers, runners and volunteers – 11,715 first timers – 32,315 PBs

COMPLETELY USELESS RANDOM FACT – In the UK, the average finish time for parkrun is the slowest it’s ever been

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 6 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER – 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.

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 short 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. Please see TY HOLDEN who will give you a race numbe

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

NATIONAL ROAD RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 5 October at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Town Gate Entrance, Birmingham (Satnav B73 6BU).
Timetable – 11.00 U13 Boys (3 Legs of 3.88km), 11.05 U13 Girls (3 Legs of 3.88km), 12.00 U15 Boys (3 Legs of 3.88km), 12.05 U15 Girls (3 Legs of 3.88km), 12.50 U17 Men (3 Legs of 3.88km), 12.55 U17 Women (3 Legs of 3.88km), 14.00 Senior Men (6 Legs of 5.848km). 14.10 Senior Women (4 Legs of 4.33km). Note: The Senior Men have to qualify at the Southern Relays.
Entries Closing Date Friday 27 September
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The first fixture of five takes place on Saturday 12 October at Claybury, Essex.
The following will be updated once the full information is published on the Metropolitan League website.
Course Location – Claybury Park, Roding Lane North, Woodford Green (Satnav IG8 8NN).
Race HQ – Start/Finish in Claybury Park.
Changing Facilities – Ashton Playing Fields Track, Chigwell Road (Satnav IG8 8AA). 10 minutes walk from course, limited shower facilities. No toilets on course, use Ashton Playing Fields.
Refreshments – Light refreshments throughout the day in the WGEL clubhouse at Ashton Playing Fields. The club bar will be open after the final race.
Travel – Where possible, please use public transport, walk or cycle. If travelling by car, please car share to reduce the impact and check for restrictions that may be in effect in the area (Ultra Low Emission Zone for example). Please also park with consideration of others, especially if using on-street parking. The league and/or host club(s) do not warrant the accuracy of the information provided so take no responsibility for any fines or charges that may be levied.
Public transport – Woodford Underground Station (Central Line). Take trains with Loughton or Epping destination. 10 minute walk from station along Snakes Lane East to Ashton Playing Fields.
By Car – Use the A406 eastbound /M11 northbound junction and branch left onto A1400 signposted Gants Hill and then A113 at roundabout signposted Chigwell onto Chigwell Road. Ashton Playing Fields IG8 8AA is 800 metres away.
Claybury is outside the Ultra Low Emmission Zone, this is a Link to the map showing the new Ultra Low Emmission Zone, which is in Green – ulez-boundary-map-part-2
Link to check if your car is chargeable for the ULEZ – https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/
Parking – Approximately 150 spaces at Ashton Playing Fields (IG8 8AA). Parking in the vicinity of Claybury Park is impossible or extremely limited. Please look out for any restrictions and do not block access to any properties. There is virtually no parking in the Roding Lane North area because of residential parking. You are advised to park at Ashton Playing Fields and make the 10 minute walk to the course. You MUST NOT park on the grass triangle in Roding Lane North so as to avoid confrontation with residents. Any inconsiderate parking could jeopardise the future of the races.
To walk to the course from Ashton Playing Fields, take Gaynes Hill Road (opposite) to Roding Lane North (10 Minutes).
Course Details – Parkland setting , undulating course, with one steep climb on each large lap on grass and woodland paths. On certain sections the course width is limited.
The timetable is approximate and subject to change without notice where necessary. Please plan to arrive early and listen for any announcements. The timetable is approximate and subject to change without notice where necessary. Please plan to arrive early and listen for any announcements. Care is required particularly in the senior men’s race on the narrow downhill start.
Map of Course – Awaiting to be published.
Timetable – 12.00 Under 11 Boys/Girls Over 9 (1.5km), 12.10 Under 13 Boys (3km), 12.20 Under 13 Girls (3km), 12.30 Under 15 Boys  and Under 17 Men (4.2km), 12.45 Under 15 Girls and Under 17 Women (4.2km), 13.00 Under 20, Senior and Veteran Women (8.1km), 13.45 Under 20, Senior and Veteran Men (8.1km).
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 or JO KENT

Information as published on the Metropolitan League web site – Race 1 – Claybury – 14-10-2023
Please go to Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for final information.

Information above to be updated, as it is for the 2023 fixture.

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.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE WINTER POINTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – This race is 1 of the fixtures that count in the winter points championships.

SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 19 October at Wormwood Scrubs, Linford Christie Stadium, Du Cane Road (SatNav W12 0DF). Enter main car park off Du Cane Road (via Artillery Lane), through 6’6” height/width barrier. Extra parking will be available in the enclosed/fenced hospital parking area. Parking is free in all areas at the week-end.
Wormwood Scrubs is within the Ultra Low Emmission Zone, this is a Link to the map showing the new Ultra Low Emmission Zone, which is in Green –
Link to check if your car is chargeable for the ULEZ – https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/driving/check-your-vehicle/
Timetable – 11.00 U17 & U20 Women (3 x 3km), 11.30 U17 & U20 Men (3 x 3km), 12.10 U13 Girls (3 x 2km), 12.40 U13 Boys (3 x 2km), 13.10 U15 Girls (3 x 2km), 13.35 U15 Boys (3 x 2km), 14.00 Senior Women (3 x 3km), 14.30 Senior Men (4 x 4km).
Entries Closing Date Friday 6 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager
Awaiting details from the SEAA website, the above information is based on the 2023 fixture

NORTH LONDON CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 26 October (Date and Venue to be confirmed).
Age-groups U20, Senior and Masters.
Timetable – 13.30 Senior Women (8000m), 14.15 Senior Men (8000m).
Entries Closing Date TBC
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

ENGLISH SCHOOLS 36TH COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to RAMSEY GILL U15 who was representing Hertfordshire in the Junior Boys Pentathlon. It took place on 21/22 September at Northwood Stadium, Stoke-On-Trent. The event was reduced to 4 events due to torrential rain and lightning, it was a shame to end the day that way especially as RAMSEY was hoping for another PB in the 800m.

RAMSEY finished 17th with 2128 points, with Hertfordshire finished 3rd with 6355 points, Essex won with 6861 points, Kent were 2nd with 6785 points.
Result – 80m Hurdles (PB 13.3 w-1.0) taking .97 of a second off his 22 June fight, Shot 4kg (10.65m), Long Jump (PB 5.49m w-1.5) adding 8cm to his 22 June jump, High Jump (PB 1.71m) adding 12cm to his 22 June height.

WHY KEELY HODGKINSON’S BEACH SESSIONS COULD WORK FOR YOU – The following article was published on Athletics Weekly website recently. Photographs taken by MARK SHEARMAN. The 1st was taken on the dunes at Merthyr-Mawr in South Wales, the 2nd features Frank Horwill at Le Touuquet, France in 1997.

Olympic 800m champion is the latest in a long list of runners who have included sand dune workouts in their training with great success. Fashionable training techniques for today’s endurance runners double include tempo efforts, cross-training and of course Norwegian-style double threshold sessions. Thanks to KEELY HODGKINSON, though, sand dune running is making a comeback. The Olympic 800m champion puts herself through gruelling workouts on the beach at Formby, especially during the winter base building period. Situated a short drive from her home in Manchester, the 22-year-old travels there to train with coach TREVOR PAINTER’S group. “It’s a really brutal session,” says PAINTER. “It’s formulates your mind as well as your physiology.” Running hard on the beach and especially up sand dunes is nothing new for middle and long distance runners, of course. The efforts build strength and stamina and promote good running form as the body struggles to get a grip on the soft, uneven surface.

Coincidentally 124 years before HODGKINSON stormed to gold in Paris, another British 800m runner called ALFRED TYSOE won the men’s Olympic title – also in Paris – after having done much of his preparations on the sand dunes of South Shore in Blackpool, a few miles north of Formby. Not only did TYSOE win that Olympic 800m title in 1900 but soon afterwards won a head-to-head match race over three-quarters of a mile against the Olympic 1500m gold medallist CHARLES BENNETT. The victory over BENNETT earned him the title of “undisputed middle-distance champion of the world” and TYSOE’S fitness had been built on the sand dunes of the popular tourist town in Lancashire, although he died aged just 27 after a bout of pleurisy. An obituary in Athletic News in October 1901 said it was “probable that in distances from 880 yards up to one mile he had no superior in the amateur ranks” and added he was “a natural runner with a graceful, raking stride and splendid finishing powers”.

What’s more, TYSOE ran similar times to HODGKINSON and the men’s world record at the time for 880 yards was (1:53.4) – a fraction slower than the women’s world 800m record of 1:53.28 that HODGKINSON has in her sights. Whereas TYSOE’S is something of a forgotten champion, the training that led to HERB ELLIOTT’S 1960 Olympic 1500m victory – in a world record of (3:35.6) to boot – are better known. ELLIOTT famously went to Portsea on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia, to train under coach PERCY CARUTTY every weekend. During that period he endured countless repetitions up and down dunes in addition to living off raw food and bathing in the ocean.

British middle-distance runners have also used sand dunes at Merthyr Mawr in South Wales for many years and STEVE OVETT, among others, was a regular visitor to the area to embark on tough hilly workouts, often in bare feet. Training on the beach was of course also popularised in the multiple Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire. More recently, the ultra-distance race the Marathon d’Sables has become known as one of the toughest footraces on earth, partly because the sand underfoot makes it so challenging. There have even beach races in the UK such as the Blyth Sands event in the North East of England, the Red Bull ‘quicksand’ race in Margate and beach races down Blackpool beach too. So what are you waiting for? Throw away those super shoes this weekend and hit the beach instead.

MY PERSONAL MEMORIES OF MERTHYR-MAWR – Back in the early 1990s I had the privelege of training with BOB and SYLVIA PARKER plus the Harrow Parkside women. Training included track sessions in the summer (not my favourite), and road repetitions in the Winter from BOB’S house in North Harrow. In late September BOB would organise a training weekend in South Wales, in which around 25 of us took over a hotel in Ogmore-by-Sea.

We all arrived in the early evening on Friday, then we all set off to nearby Bridgend for a meal, then back for an early night. Saturday we set off at 10am with BOB leading the way on his bike, it was a 2 mile run to the main road following the east bank of the River Ogmore, on reaching the main road we crossed the bridge, then turned to run along the west bank of the River Ogmore to the dunes of Merthyr-Mawr. On route is Ogmore Castle which was built in 1106.

Saturday we had 2 sessions, firstly we were to face Big Bertha, which is a vertical wall of sand and was around 120m in length. We did warm up sprints (minus shoes) up and down the beach, following this we attacked Big Bertha three times. The afternoon session BOB marked out a course of some 800m, we had 6 teams of 3 athletes, this was to be a relay race with each athlete running 10 laps.
Sunday around 11am involved running to Merthyr-Mawr, then we ran some 7 miles up and down the beach.

Saturday night the younger ones went clubbing in Brifgend, whilst the remainder of us sat chatting around the living room fire.
BOB and SYLVIA’S record with the Parkside Women during the 1990s was unbelievable, winning numerous National road relays. On the country they won 6 National titles, ANDREA WHITCOMBE 1990, 1991 and 1997, KATY MCCANDLESS (USA) 1995, ALISON WYETH 1996 and MARA MYERS 1998.
As MARA YAMAUCHI, went on the compete in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, finishing 6th in the Marathon (2:27.29).

BRITISH ATHLETICS COACH PETER STANLEY DIES – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph taken by MARK SHEARMAN.

PETER STANLEY worked with world triple jump record-holder JONATHAN EDWARDS, among others, in addition to holding top coaching positions at national governing bodies. PETER STANLEY, one of Britain’s best-known and highly regarded coaches, has died aged 70 following a short illness. STANLEY worked with athletes such as world triple jump record-holder JONATHAN EDWARDS and former British long jump record-holder CHRIS TOMLINSON during his coaching career. Such successes led him to be appointed head of field and combined events at UK Athletics, a post he held from 2014 until retiring from coaching in 2020. Earlier he had worked as a national coach mentor, he was England team leader at the Commonwealth Games and was the head of coaching and development at UKA.

In 2018 he was awarded the UK Coaching Lifetime Achievement award and in 2019 received the prestigious RON PICKERING Memorial Award for Services to Athletics as part of the British Athletics Writers’ Awards in London. Although best known as the man who guided EDWARDS to his world triple jump record and Olympic and world titles, STANLEY also coached TOMLINSON and Brazilian JADEL GREGORIO, the 2007 world triple jump silver medallist, among others.

STANLEY was born in Devon and worked as a civil engineer. “I suppose being a civil engineer has helped,” he once said about his athletics coaching. “I tend to look at things in straight lines and angles – and in terms of conservation of power and maximum explosion of energy.”

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

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 and Information Sheet is now available on the SBH Website. Please access these and print a copy for your reference. Link to the Fixture Card and Information Sheet – https://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
Document explaining what is contained on the Fixture Card and Information Sheet – SBH 2024-2025 Winter Fixture Card – Information on Front Sheet, Fixtures And Information Sheet
Any changes/information will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter as and when available, this is the link to the current and previous SBH Weekly Newsletter – https://sbharriers.co.uk/news/

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY POINTS RACES – Take place throughout the season, these are races that are available to run.
Under 11 Boys and Girls – All 5 Metropolitan League fixtures, plus Hertfordshire or Middlesex Championships. Best 4 out of 6 results to count.
Under 13, Under 15, Under 17, Under 20, Senior and Masters Men and Women – All 5 Metropolitan League fixtures, plus Southern and National. Best 5 out of 7 results to count.
Updated points tables will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter and Website, following each fixture.

SBH 2024-2025 CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RACES – Take place throughout the season, these are races that are available to run.
Under 11 Boys and Girls – Metropolitan League on 11 January at Welwyn Garden City.
Under 20 Men, 5 Miles Senior Men and Masters Men 40+ – Metropolitan League on 30 November at Uxbridge.
Under 13, Under 15, Under 17, and 9 Miles Senior Men – Southern Championships on 25 January at Beckenham.
Under 13, Under 15, Under 17, Under 20, Senior and Masters 40+ Women – Southern Championships on 25 January at Beckenham.
Updated document of winners will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter and Website, following each fixture.

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