Happy Birthday from Thursday 27 July to Wednesday 2 August – Hamish Dover, John Dryden, Joshua Edwards, Evelyne Fonteyne, Martin Grey, Charlene Jacobs-Conradie, Thomas Kearns, Naomi Ogunniyi, Matthew Ohioze, Edie Rennie-Roddy and James Sarner

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to TOBILOBA AYETAN and AMY HALLETT

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to EMILY NEWNHAM who broke her second club record in the last 2 weeks. This time is the Under 20 400m record, when winning the Silver Medal at the England Senior Championships (52.15) in Chelmsford on 23 July. The previous record was held by SABRINA BAKARE (52.77) set on the 12 July 2013 at Donesk, Ukraine.

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to ZHARNEL HUGHES who broke his own 200m Senior Men club record (19.73 w1.6) at the London Stadium on 23 July. His previous record was (19.93 w-0.3) in Boston, USA on the 23 May 2021.

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to ZICO JONES, JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY, BRANDON KUFAZVINEI, EBUKA NWOKEJI who broke the Under 17 Men 4x100m record with a time of (41.23) at the Club Connect relays at the London Stadium on 23 July. The previous record was held by REMI JOKOSENUMI, EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA, NICHOLAS SHAW, ANDREW NICOLAOU (42.01) set on the 21 July 2019 at the London Stadium.

NEW CLUB RECORD – Congratulations to LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL, MIA HIGSON, NIA AKINTOKUN, ANNA ROSE who broke the Under 20 Women 4x100m record with a time of (48.40) at the Club Connect relays at the London Stadium on 23 July. The previous record was held by DJANIRA DA COSTA, SABRINA BAKARE, ENI OYESANYA, STEFFI WILSON (48.56) set on the 8 September 2013 at Birmingham.

NEAR MISS – The Under 20 Men team (42.06) were .03 of a second off the current club record (42.03) set in 1988.

PARKRUN 200 CLUB – Congratulations to STUART MOORE V60 who at the Parkrun at Perry Lakes in Perth, Australia completed his 200th race.

PARKRUN 150 CLUB – Congratulations to CLIFF GOLDING V65 who at the Jersey Parkrun completed his 150th race.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – Our new Club year started on 1 October 2022. The SBH annual subscription, as from 1 December 2022 as approved at the AGM on Tuesday 29 November is £65 and the current England Athletics annual registration from 1 April 2023 is £17. The current total is £82 and should be paid NOW to; ACCOUNT NAME: SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS, BANK: HSBC, ACCOUNT NUMBER: 41308378, SORT CODE: 400426 – Please advise GEOFF MORPHITIS by email (geoffrey.morphitis@capeandd.com) when payment has been made.

ZHARNEL HUGHES COMPLETES UK RECORD SPRINT DOUBLE – Congratulations to ZHARNEL who took 0.21 seconds off the previous 200m mark of (19.94) set by JOHN REGIS at the 1993 World Championships.
Shortly after waking up on Sunday morning ahead of another history-making day, ZHARNEL had a premonition (19.73). And so he picked up his phone and entered the 200m time he expected to run in front of 50,000 fans at London’s Diamond League meeting later that afternoon.

RESULTS
ENGLAND ATHLETICS SENIOR AND DISABILITY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Chelmsford on 22-23 July.
100m – SM H2 TARIQ WILD U23 4th (10.88 w-0.1)
100m – SW H2 REBECCA JEGGO (HCA) 6th (12.36 w-1.2)
200m – SM H1 JORDAN WATSON-BROWN 3rd (21.68 w0.0), PHOENIX LYON 5th (21.85 w0.0), H2 KRISHAWN AIKEN 2nd (21.61 w-2.9) in the Final JORDAN finished 4th (21.46 w-0.3), KRISHAWN finished 7th (21.66 w-0.3)
400m – SW H2 EMILY NEWNHAM U20 2nd (PB 53.23) taking .12 of a second off her 31 May time, in the Final EMILY won the Silver Medal (PB 52.15) taking 1.08 seconds off her H2 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2023, also a new Club Record
100m Hurdles – SW H2 MARLI JESSOP U23 2nd (13.87 w-0.3) in the Final MARLI won the Bronze Medal (13.56 w-0.5)
400m Hurdles – SM H1 STEVEN GARRETT 6th (SB 54.75) taking .11 of a second off his 21 June time
400m Hurdles – SW H1 HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (57.88) in the Final HAYLEY won the Gold Medal (56.38)
Pole Vault – SM Straight Final ETHAN WALSH won the Silver Medal (SB 5.02m) equalling his 11 June height
High Jump – SW Straight Final LILY HOLT U23 4th (1.70m)
Long Jump – SM Straight Final JOSH WOODS U23 4th (6.90m w1.7)
Triple Jump – SM Straight Final JOSH WOODS U23 4th (15.06m w2.2)
Triple Jump – SW Straight Final RUTH-ANN OTARUOH U20 (HCA) 6th (SB 12.28m w1.2) adding 28cm to her 11 June jump
Discus 1kg – SW Straight Final SHADINE DUQUEMIN won the Silver Medal (52.46m), AMY HOLDER (HCA) won the Bronze Medal (51.70m), ALEXANDRA BALTAZAR-HALL U23 finished 9th (40.91m)
Discus 2kg – SM Straight Final NICK PERCY won the Gold Medal (62.10m), GREGORY THOMPSON won the Silver Medal (57.53m), REUBEN VAUGHAN finished 10th (44.48m)
Hammer 4kg – SW Straight Final PHILIPPA DAVENALL 5th (59.86m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM Straight Final OLIVER GRAHAM U23 6th (58.32m)
Decathlon – SM CRAIG MONCUR U23 5th (6775 points) 100m (11.77 w-1.1), Long Jump (PB 6.90m w3.0) taking .01 of a second off his 27 May time, Shot 7.26kg (12.76m), High Jump (1.75m), 400m (51.39), 110m Hurdles (15.77 w-0.8), Discus 2kg (36.12m), Pole Vault (4.03m), Javelin 800g (PB 54.50m) adding 90cm to is 2022 throw, 1500m (4:41.34)

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – The final match took place at the StoneX Stadium on 22 July.
Match Result –  1st SBH (92 points), 2nd London Heathside (74), 3rd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (66), 4th Harrow (63), 4th Highgate Harriers (61), 6th Barnet & District (45), 7th Thames Valley Harriers (42), 8th Enfield & Haringey (35), 9th Ealing Eagles (20)

Final Match Result Top 3 (Provisional) –  1st SBH (369 points), 2nd London Heathside (303), 3rd Harrow (264)

The results are provisional, and will be updated when they are published on the PO10.

150m – U11B A DENNYS PASCAL 1st (21.89 w-2.5) B HARRISON HENDERSON 2nd (22.75 w-2.0)
150m – U11G A DAMI ADEKUNLE 2nd (23.32 w-3.6), B SIENNA DARCY 2nd (25.68 w-3.2)
200m – U13B A LOUIS XUN 3rd (26.38 w-1.8), B JADEN EFORO 1st (26.95 w-1.4), NS CHAYIL JOHN 1st (28.11 w-1.8), JOLOMI DEMEYIN 2nd (30.40 w-1.8)
200m – U15B A ANTON COHEN 5th (25.03 w-1.6), B EESA ADEKUNLE ALI 3rd (26.30 w-1.0)
200m – U13G A JESSE ADAMS 2nd (29.28 w-2.1), B KANAI MENSAH MOORE 2nd (30.49 w-1.4), NS NATAKIA PANKO 2nd (33.12 w-1.4)
200m – U15G A AARA KAMARA 2nd (27.15 w0.0), B MOIESHA SAVAGE 2nd (28.44 w-2.1)
200m – U17M A ZICO JONES 1st (22.50 w-1.8), B NATHAN FERNANDES 2nd (23.59 w-1.4)
200m – U17W A TAMI GEORGE 2nd (26.04 w-2.2), B MAKAYLA BRAI-ALO 1st (26.45 w-2.0)
800m – U11B A DENNYS PASCAL 1st (2:24.53) championship best performance, B HARRISON HENDERSON 1st (2:32.77)
800m – U11G A SIENNA DARCY 1st (2:42.47), B GRACE ROONEY 1st (2:47.45)
1500m – U13B A EDWARD PASCAL 2nd (4:54.29), B TAHA COCKERILL 2nd (5:21.45), NS THOMAS FELLOWS 2nd (5:30.29)
1500m – U13G A JUI HAYAKAWA 1st (5:35.84), B LUCIA CASALENUOVO 1st (5:54.36), NS OLIVIA ABBOTT 1st (5:42.99)
1500m – U15B A PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN 2nd (4:51.3), B LADDIE SHAW 2nd (5:02.0), NS ZAK JOSEPHS 2nd (5:19.1), JOSHUA BOWMAN 3rd (5:23.5), MATTHEW MAY 3rd (5:24.5)
1500m – U15G A POSIE SHAW 2nd (5:00.4)
1500m – U17M A GIANLEO STUBBS 1st (4:06.7) championship best performance, B AUSTIN WARD 2nd (4:57.5)
1500m – U17W A ADANNA MAZINWOSU 3rd (5:14.7), B PHOEBE MUSIC 2nd (5:37.5), NS PHOEBE KEMP 1st (5:36.4)
70m Hurdles – U13G A KYRA WILLIAMS 1st (12.27 w-3.3), B VERA DOUDKO 1st (13.03 w-3.3)
75m Hurdles – U13B TIRENI GEORGE 3rd (17.27 w-2.8)
75m Hurdles – U15G A ELIZABETH OTHULU 4th (14.21 w-4.0), B SIENNA CORBYN 1st (13.27 w-4.0.)
80m Hurdles – U15B A RIAN SHAH 2nd (12.23 w-1.4), GABRIEL NWANKWO 2nd (13.19 w-1.4)
High Jump – U13B A LOUIS XUN 1st (1.30m)
High Jump – U13G A PRECIOUS EBOH 3rd Equal (1.20m), B KYRA WILLIAMS 1st (1.10m)
High Jump – U15B A RIAN SHAH 2nd (1.70m)
High Jump – U15G A ELIZA LEIBOWITZ 6th (1.35m), B ELIZABETH OTHULU 1st (1.25m)
High Jump – U17M A JOE COX 3rd (1.50m)
High Jump – U17W A MACIE SUTHERLAND 1st (1.50m), B ABIGAIL EDWARDS 1st (1.25m)
Long Jump – U11B A SOLOMON PAUL 3rd (3.62m nwr), B HARRISON HENDERSON 1st (3.28m nwr)
Long Jump – U11G A DAMI ADEKUNIE 2nd (3.32m nwr), B SIENNA DARCY 4th (2.83m nwr)
Long Jump – U13B A CHAYIL JOHN 4th (4.10m nwr)
Long Jump – U13G A KYRA WILLIAMS 4th (3.72m nwr), B TALIA BARIN 4th (3.26m nwr)
Long Jump – U15B A DIJANI BARNOR 3rd (4.61m nwr)
Long Jump – U15G A ULANI MCCABE-HUGGINS 4th (4.08m nwr)
Long Jump – U17W A  MAKAYLA BRAY ALOIE 5th (4.02m nwr), B TAMI GEORGE 1st (4.71m nwr), NS FOYIN SONOIKU 2nd (4.03m nwr)
Shot 3kg – U13B A LOUIS XUN 1st (7.85m), B JAMES TSANGARIDES 1st (7.29m), NS NOAH BRUNO 1st (6.08m)
Shot 2.72kg – U13G A PRECIOUS EBOH 1st (7.69m)
Shot 4kg – U15B JAVON WILLIAMS 1st (11.17m), B TOBILOBO AYETAN 1st (9.70m)
Shot 3kg – U15G A ULANI MCCABE-HUGGINS 5th (8.30m)
Shot 5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE 2nd (11.49m), B BRANDON KUFAZVINEI 1st (8.79m)
Shot 3kg – U17W A EVA HIGSON 2nd (6.96m), B ABIGAIL EDWARDS 1st (6.87m)
Discus 1kg – U13B A JAMES TSANGARIDES 1st (16.99m), B BRUNO NOAH 1st (14.55)
Discus 1kg – U13G A ISABELLA HEATHCOTE 2nd (12.39m), B ANNA ANENE 2nd (11.64m)
Hammer 3kg – U15G A SHENEL OKRAH 6th (8.29m)
Hammer 3kg – U17M A MIA HIGSON 3rd (9.90m)
Hammer 5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE 2nd (21.55m)
Javelin 3kg – U13B A JAMES TSANGARIDES 2nd (23.94m), B BRUNO NOAH 1st (20.05)
Javelin 400g – U13G A ISABELLA HEATHCOTE 3rd (11.025m)
Javelin 600g – U15B JAVON WILLIAMS 3rd (17.97m)
Javelin 500g – U15G A ELIZABETH OTHULU 7th (9.57m)
Javelin 500g – U17W A EVA HIGSON 4th (5.62m), B ABIGAIL EDWARDS 1st (15.63m)
Vortex – U11B DENNYS PASCAL (38.53m), ARI RUBENSTEIN (22.65m)
Vortex – U11G SOPHIA CLOONEY (14.34m), GRACE ROONEY (12.98m), DAMI ADEKUNLE (12.35m)

4x100m Relay – U11B 1st (64.37) HARRISON HENDERSON, KENDRICK OGANYO, PRINCE-MOSES JOHN, DENNYS PASCAL, U11G 1st (66.29) SIENNA DARCY, KEENYAH ADELISE, GRACE ROONEY, DAMI ADEKUNKE, U11G NS 4th (69.80) ELLA APPIAH SPICK, ABIGAIL ROSS, LUCIA CASANALEIVO U13, SOPHIA CLOONEY, U13G 1st (57.58) KANAI MENSAH MOORE, TALIA BARIN, ANNA ANENE, JESSICA ADAMS, U13G NS Mixed 1st (63.65) PRECIOUS EBOH, OLIVIA ABBOT, KYRA WILLIAMS, JOLOMI DEYEMIN, U15B 1st (49.8) EESA ADEKUNLE ALI, RIAN SHAH, DIJANI BARNOR, ANTON COHEN, U15G 1st (51.7) AARA KAMARA, SHENEL OKRAH, POSIE SHAW, MOIESHA SAVAGE, U17M 1st (45.4) VICTOR PAIUSCO, NATHAN FERNANDES, BRANDON KUFAZVINEI, ZICO JONES, U17W NS 1st (49.2) RUBEN CARDOSO, GIANLEO STUBBS, KHYAN MARKLAND, NATHAN HOWELL, U17W 1st (50.3) NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, MAKAYLA BRAY ALOIE, ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA, TAMI GEORGE, U17W NS 1st (53.4) MACIE SUTHERLAND, MIA HIGSON, LUCY CAMPOS, FOYIN SONOIKU

Photograph of many of our athletes, celebrating after winning the Middlesex Young Athletes League at the StoneX Stadium. They won all 4 of the fixtures in retaining the trophy.

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE – Took place at Chelmsford on 16 July.
Match Result – 1st Chelmsford (744 points), 2nd SBH (662), 3rd Thurrock (451), 4th Brentwood Eagles (344), 5th Bedford (236.5), 6th Braintree (202.5)
The results are available on the PO10.

Top 6 Provisional League Positions After 4 Fixtures – 1st Chelmsford (24 league points – 2987 match points), 2nd Havering (227 – 2739.5), 3rd SBH (22 – 2739), 4th Dacorum (22 – 2525), 5th Basildon (22 – 2284), 6th Ipswich (20 – 2248)

100m – U13B A LOUIS XUN U13 1st (13.0 nwr), B JOLOMI  DEYEMIN U13 3rd (PB 14.5 nwr)
100m – U13G A ANU JAIYEOLA U13 1st (13.6 nwr), B KANAI MENSAH MOORE U13 1st (PB 14.4 nwr)
100m – U15B A JOSHUA NYMAN U15 3rd (PB 12.0 nwr) equalling his 16 july time, B ANTON COHEN U15 1st (12.5 nwr)
100m – U15G A MOEISHA SAVAGE U15 2nd (12.9 nwr) B AARA KAMARA U15 1st (13.3 nwr)
100m – U17M A ALEX KONSTANTARAS U17 (2nd Claim) 2nd (11.6 nwr), B VICTOR PAIUSCO U17 2nd (11.6 nwr)
100m – U17W A TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (12.6 nwr), B MAKAYLA BRAY-ALOIE U17 1st (12.9 nwr)
200m – U13B A LOUIS XUN U13 1st (26.8 nwr), B EDWARD PASCAL U13 1st (PB 28.6 nwr) taking .70 of a second off his 23 April time
200m – U13G A ANU JAIYEOLA U13 1st (28.5 nwr), B VERA DOUDKO U13 1st (29.4 nwr)
200m – U15B A DIJANI BARNOR U15 3rd (25.5 nwr), B ANTON COHEN U15 1st (25.0 nwr)
200m – U15G A MOIESHA SAVAGE U15 1st (27.0 nwr), B AARA KAMARA U15 1st (27.3 nwr)
200m – U17M A ZICO JONES U17 1st (22.6 nwr), B BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 3rd (23.8 nwr)
200m – U17W A TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (25.6 nwr), B MAKAYLA BRAY-ALOIE U17 1st (26.7 nwr)
300m – U15B A DIJANI BARNOR U15 2nd (39.8), B EUAN PHILLIPS U15 2nd (41.8)
300m – U15G A SHENEL OKRAH U15 3rd (PB 46.2), B ELIZA LIEBOWITZU15 4th (PB 52.0)
300m – U17W A MIA HIGSON U17 1st (43.0), B MACIE SUTHERLAND U17 1st (PB 42.8) taking .51 of a second off her 21 May time
400m – U17M A AIDEN GAFFEY U17 1st (54.1), B MATEI FRUNZA U17 1st (PB 54.5) taking .12 of a second off his 9 July time
800m – U13B A EDWARD PASCAL U13 1st (2:24.2)
800m – U13G A HETTIE HOLBROOK U13 2nd (PB 2:38.0) ) taking 2.50 seconds off her 2 July time, B OLIVIA ABBOTT U13 3rd (2:46.4)
800m – U15B A EUAN PHILLIPS U15 2nd (2:11.6), B LEON BISS U15 3rd (2:20.6)
800m – U15G A ERIN GIBLIN U15 3rd (2:36.4), B ELIZABETH OTHOLU U15 3rd (2:36.5)
800m – U17M A JOSEPH COX U17 2nd (PB 2:09.2) taking .76 of a second off his 10 June time, B AUSTIN WARD U17 1st (SB 2:09.8) taking 9.47 seconds off his 10 June time
800m – U17W A MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 1st (2:14.4), B ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 1st (2:27.8)
1500m – U13B A TAHA COCKERELL U13 2nd (5:21.1)
1500m – U13G A LUCIA CASELANUOVO U13 3rd (PB 5:40.4) taking 6.81 seconds off her 16 April time, B KYRA WILLIAMS U13 2nd (PB 6:56.5)
1500m – U15B A CALEB HILTON U15 3rd (4:44.8), B PRINCE VICTORUS JOHN U15 3rd (PB 4:48.7) taking .80 of a second off his 2022 time
1500m – U15G A POSIE SHAW U15 1st (4:50.9)
1500m – U17M A ADAM O’GORMAN U17 3rd (PB 4:10.7) taking 3.80 seconds off his 10 June time, B TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U17 3rd (PB 4:38.3) taking 4.93 seconds off his 17 May time
1500m – U17W A ADANNA MAZINWOSU U17 2ndt (PB 5:13.2) taking .20 of a second off her 2 July time, B PHOEBE MUSIC U17 2nd (SB 5:40.8) taking 5.50 seconds off her 2 July time
70m Hurdles – U13G A KYRA WILLIAMS U13 2nd (12.4 nwr) taking .60 of a second off her 2 July time, B VERA DOUDKO U13 1st (13.1 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U13B A TIRENI GEORGE U13 3rd (17.8 nwr)
75m Hurdles – U15G A ELIZABETH OTHOLU U15 4th (14.3 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U15B A RIAN SHAH U15 1st (12.1 nwr)
80m Hurdles – U17W A NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 1st (12.1 nwr), B MACIE SUTHERLAND U17 1st (13.1 nwr)
100m Hurdles – U17M A TRISTAN LEE U17 2nd (PB 18.0 nwr), A MATEI FRUNZA U17 2nd (PB 23.1 nwr)
Pole Vault – U15B A ISAAC VAN DEN BERGH U15 1st (PB 3.60m) adding 20cm to his 2 July height, and is ranked UK No.3 U15 in 2023
Pole Vault – U17M A ANGUS BROWN U17 1st (4.20m)
Pole Vault – U17W A ABIGAIL EDWARDS U17 1st (SB 4.20m) equalling her 25 June height
High Jump – U13B A LOUIS XUN U13 3rd (1.40m), B EDWARD PASCAL U13 1st (PB 1.35m) adding 1cm to his 4 June height
High Jump – U13G A PRECIOUS EBOH U13 1st (PB 1.31m), B KYRA WILLIAMS U13 2nd (PB 1.15m) equalling her 24 June height
High Jump – U15B A RIAN SHAH U15 2nd (PB 1.75m) adding 5cm to his 2022 height, B ANTON COHEN U15 2nd (PB 1.50m) equalling his 24 June height
High Jump – U15G A ELLA BUCKLEY U15 (2nd Claim) 2nd (1.45m), B ELIZA LIEBOWITZ U15 2nd (1.30m)
High Jump – U17M A JOSEPH COX U17 6th (PB 1.45m), B NATHAN CANT U17 3rd (1.40m)
High Jump – U17W A MACIE SUTHERLAND U17 2nd (PB 1.45m) equalling her 28 May height, B YUSRA ECHOUAFNI U17 2nd (1.30m)
Long Jump – U13B A JOLOMI  UDEYEMIN U13 5th (PB 2.75 nwr), B TIRENI GEORGE U13 5th (PB 2.47m nwr)
Long Jump – U13G A ANU JAIYEOLA U13 2nd (4.31m nwr), B VERA DOUDKO U13 1st (SB 4.06m nwr) adding 4cm to her 24 June jump
Long Jump – U15B A RIAN SHAH U15 2nd (5.17m nwr), B LANI JAIYEOLA U15 2nd (4.78m nwr)
Long Jump – U15G A ULINA MCCABE HUGGINS U15 3rd (4.70m nwr), B GRACE NYAONGO U15 2nd (4.63m nwr)
Long Jump – U17M A ALEX KONSTANTARAS U17 (2nd Claim)  4th (5.73m nwr), B VICTOR PAIUSCO U17 2nd (5.62m nwr)
Long Jump – U17W A MAKAYLA BRAY ALOIE U17 4th (4.31m nwr), B ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U17 2nd (PB 4.30m nwr) adding 14cm to her 24 June jump
Triple Jump – U17M A AIDAN GAFFEY U17 3rd (11.34m nwr), B VICTOR PAIUSCO U17 3rd (10.76m nwr)
Triple Jump – U17W A TAMI GEORGE U17 1st (10.05m nwr), B GEORGINA CHRISTOPHOROU U17 3rd (7.79m)
Shot 2.72kg – U13G A PRECIOUS EBOH U13 2nd (PB 7.56m), B KANAI MENSAH MOORE U13 3rd (PB 5.73m)
Shot 3kg – U13B A JAMES TSANGARIDES U13 2nd (7.13m), B BRUNO NOAH U13 1st (PB 6.92m) adding 17cm to his 2 July put
Shot 3kg – U15G A ULINA MCCABE HUGGINS U15 3rd (7.19m), B MOIESHA SAVAGE U15 3rd (6.83m)
Shot 3kg – U17W A EVA HIGSON U17 4th (PB 7.63m) adding 4cm to her 23 April put, B ABIGAIL EDWARDS U17 3rd (6.92m)
Shot 4kg – U15B A JAVON WILLIAMS U15 3rd (12.02m)
Shot 5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE U17 1st (11.55m), B BRANDON KUVAZVINEI U17 2nd (9.00m)
Discus 0.75kg – U13G A PRECIOUS EBOH U13 2nd (PB 18.95m)
Discus 1kg – U13B A JAMES TSANGARIDES U13 1st (20.21m), B BRUNO NOAH U13 1st (17.18m)
Discus 1kg – U15G A SHENEL OKRAH U15 5th (14.80m), B ELIZABETH OTHULU U15 4th (12.01m)
Discus 1kg – U17W A GEORGINA CHRISTOPHOROU U17 3rd (23.10m), B ABIGAIL EDWARDS U17 1st (PB 17.13m) adding 1.69m to her 24 June throw
Discus 1.25kg – U15B A JAVON WILLIAMS U15 3rd (PB 21.68m)
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE U17 1st (36.40m), B FRED TAYLOR U17 1st (PB 35.28m) adding 72cm to his 2 July throw
Hammer 5kg – U17M A BRIAN ANENE U17 3rd (18.72m)
Javelin 400g – U13B A JAMES TSANGARIDES U13 2nd (22.79m), B BRUNO NOAH U13 1st (19.79m)
Javelin 400g – U13G A HETTIE HOLBROOK U13 5th (PB 10.40m) adding 2.16m to her 2022 throw, A OLIVIA ABBOT U13 3rd (PB 10.92m) adding 30cm to her 24 June throw
Javelin 500g – U15G A GRACE NYAONGO U15 5th (11.99m), B ELIZA LIEBOWITZ U15 4th (PB 8.43m)
Javelin 500g – U17W A LYDIA BALL U17 1st (26.05m), B EVA HIGSON U17 2nd (14.45m)
Javelin 600g – U15B A ALON TAYLOR U15 1st (29.59m), B JAVON WILLIAMS U15 2nd (PB 23.03m)
Javelin 700g – U17M A FRED TAYLOR U17 3rd (31.94m)
4x100m Relay – U13B 2nd (55.0) JOLOMI DEMEYIN, EDWARD PASCAL, TIRENI GEORGE, LOUIS XUN, U13G 1st (55.9) KANAI MENSAH MOORE, JESSE ADAMS, VERA DOUDKO, ANU JAIYEOLA, U13G NS (58.2) ELIZA LIEBOWITZ, ELIZABETH OTHOLU, ZYRA MILLER, SHENEL OKRAH, U15B 2nd (SB 48.3) taking .50 of a second off their 2 July time, LANI JAIYEOLA, ANTON COHEN, ESSA ADEKUNLE ALI, JOSHUA NYMAN, U15G 2nd (SB 51.0) ELLA BUCKLEY, AARA KAMARA, GRACE NYAONGO, MOISHA SAVAGE, taking 1.12 seconds off their 21 May time, U17M A 1st (45.0) VICTOR  PAIUSCO, ALEX KONSTANTARAS, BRANDON KUVAZVINEI, ZICO JONES, U17W 1st (50.9) NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, MAKAYLA BRAY ALOIE, ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA, TAMI GEORGE, U17W NS (53.0) MACIE SUTHERLAND, MIA HIGSON, LUCY CAMPOS, ADANNA MAZINWOSU

Non Scoring
100m – U13B JONATHAN OTULE (14.3 nwr), TIRENI GEORGE (14.7 nwr), JASON OTULE (14.9 nwr)
100m – U15B LANI JAIYEOLA (12.5 nwr), ESSA ADEKUNLE ALI (12.6 nwr)
100m – U15G ELLA BUCKLEY (2nd Claim) (PB 13.0 nwr), GRACE NYAONGO (PB 13.3 nwr) taking .05 of a second off her 4 June time, ZYRA MILLER (PB 13.8 nwr) taking .13 of a second off her 2022 time, SHENEL OKRAH (13.8 nwr)
100m – U17M NATHAN HOWELL (11.9 nwr), EMMANUEL IJOOLA (13.1 nwr)
100m – U17W ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA (13.0 nwr), NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG (13.1 nwr), LYDIA BALL (13.7 nwr), LUCY CAMPOS (13.8 nwr), YUSRA ECHOUAFNI (PB 14.5 nwr)
200m – U13B JASON OTULE (30.0 nwr), JALOMI DEMEYIN (PB 30.6 nwr)
200m – U13G JESSICA ADAMS (30.0 nwr), KANAI MENSAH MOORE (PB 30.5 nwr)
200m – U15B JOSHUA NYMAN (PB 24.6 nwr) taking .70 of a second off his 2 July time, LANI JAIYEOLA (PB 25.1 nwr) equalling his 6 July time, ESSA ADEKUNLE ALI (PB 25.4 nwr)
200m – U15G ZYRA MILLER (PB 29.5 nwr)
200m – U17M MATEI FRUNZA (SB 24.5 nwr) taking .41 of a second off his 9 July time, NATHAN HOWELL (24.6 nwr), TRISTAN LEE (PB 25.1 nwr) taking 1.28 seconds off his 2022 time, THOMAS HAPETA (27.7 nwr)
200m – U17W MIA HIGSON (27.3 nwr), LUCY CAMPOS (29.4 nwr)
300m – U17W ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA (PB 43.8) taking 1.41 seconds off her 2022 time
400m – U17M TRISTAN LEE (PB 56.3) taking 3.10 seconds off his 21 May time, THOMAS HAPETA (PB 61.3)
800m – U15B SAM DARCY (2:44.9)
Pole Vault – U15B THOMAS ROBERTSON (PB 3.60m) adding 15cm to his 8 July height, WILLIAM SYLVESTER (PB 3.10m) adding 10cm to his 24 June height
Long Jump – U17M EMMANUEL IJOOLA (4.82m nwr)

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

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

TEAMS IN GLASGOW – SBH v Woodford Green & Essex Ladies, Glasgow Jaguars, Newham & Essex Beagles, Thames Valley Harriers, Sheffield, Trafford, Chelmsford

To maintain our TOP 8 position we need to finished in the TOP 3 in Glasgow !!!
The results are on the PO10.

100m – SM A KRISHAWN AIKEN 2nd (PB 10.14 w7.4) taking .11 of a second of his 2022 time, B PHOENIX LYON 3rd (10.63 w3.2), NS C EDSON GOMES 4th (SB 10.85 nwr) taking .49 of a second of his 1 May time, C GERALD MATTHEW 5th (11.0 nwr)
100m – SW A SHEREEN CHARLES V35 8th (PB 12.63 w4.6), B LYDIA ROGERS 6th (SB 13.25 w5.3) taking .01 of a second of her 15 July time, NS A LYDIA ROGERS 5th (13.26 nwr), NS B ANNA ROSE U20 7th (SB 12.45 nwr) taking .20 of a second of her 11 June time
200m – SM A KRISHAWN AIKEN 3rd (SB 20.90 w4.6) taking .24 of a second of his 16 July time, B PHOENIX LYON 3rd (21.46 w5.6), NS STEVEN GARRETT 3rd (SB 23.96 w1.6)
200m – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 6th (24.58 w3.1), B LYDIA ROGERS 7th (SB 27.43 w4.3) equalling her 16 April time
400m – SM A SAM HAZELL 6th (49.77), B ZICO JONES U17 4th (50.73)
400m – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (54.99), B SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD U20 6th (59.72)
800m – SM A THOMAS PATRICK U23 2nd (1:53.87), B DYLAN EVANS 7th (SB 2:04.28)
800m – SW A LARISSA WILSON U17 7th (2:18.71), B DINA SILVERMAN U17 4th (2:22.30)
1500m – SM A THOMAS PATRICK U23 3rd (4:07.17), B DYLAN EVANS 4th (4:13.26)
5000m – SM A THOMAS BUTLER 1st (SB 14:53.29), B LUCA STUBBS U23 2nd (15:39.17)
100m Hurdles – SW A EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 8th (16.35 w3.0)
110m Hurdles – SW A EDSON GOMES 2nd (PB 13.80 w1.7) taking .02 of a second of his 2022 time, B JAMI SCHLUETER U23 1st (PB 14.24 w3.6) taking .12 of a second of his 31 March time
400m Hurdles – SM A STEVEN GARRETT 4th (56.27), B JUBRIL ADENIJI U23 2nd (56.90)
400m Hurdles – SW A HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (58.05)
3000m Steeplechase – SM A GLEN WATTS V35 4th (SB 10:61.21) and is ranked UK No.3 V35 in 2023
Pole Vault – SM A ETHAN WALSH 2nd (5.01m), B TOLU AYO-OJO U23 3rd (SB 4.21m) adding 21cm to his
Pole Vault – SW A JADE IVE (HCA), B TRINITY O’CONNOR U23, Cancelled for health & safety reasons due to strong winds
High Jump – SM A AKIN COWARD 1st (2.11m), B EDSON GOMES 3rd (SB 1.81m)
High Jump – SW A EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 2nd (1.66m), B LILY HOLT U23 2nd (1.61m)
Long Jump – SM A BEN MCGUIRE 8th (6.40m w3.3), B BRADLEY DAVIES-PUGHE U23 6th (5.07m w2.7)
Long Jump – SW A TANI SONOIKI U20 5th (5.24m w4.3), B LYDIA ROGERS 6th (4.13m w4.1)
Triple Jump – SM A JOSH WOODS U23 2nd (14.68m w3.6), B TOLU AYO-OJO U23 3rd (11.91m w3.9)
Triple Jump – SW A TRINITY O’CONNOR U23 8th (8.98m w4.2), B LYDIA ROGERS 5th (8.90m w1.8)
Shot 7.26kg – SM A GREGORY THOMPSON 3rd (15.79m), B JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 2nd (12.63m)
Shot 4kg – SW A PHILIPPA DAVENALL 7th (SB 9.79m), B TRINITY O’CONNOR U23 6th (9.00m)
Discus 2kg – SM A GREGORY THOMPSON 1st (57.93m), B OLIVER GRAHAM U23 7th (22.03m Injured)
Discus 1kg – SW A SHADINE DUQUEMIN 3rd (51.48m), B PHILIPPA DAVENALL 6th (30.53m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM A OLIVER GRAHAM U23 3rd (59.28m), B GREGORY THOMPSON 2nd (SB 46.42m)
Hammer 4kg – SW A PHILIPPA DAVENALL 4th (57.47m)
Javelin 800g – SM A DANIEL BAINBRIDGE 2nd (59.76m), B JAMI SCHUELTER U23 2nd (45.40m)
Javelin 600g – SW A EVELYNE FONYEYNE U20 4th (PB 31.81m) adding 52cm to her 25 June throw, B HAYLEY MCLEAN 2nd (PB 26.06m) adding 1.10m to her 2016 throw
4x100m Relay – SM 3rd (SB 41.95) JUBRIL ADENIJI, SAM HAZEL, PHOENIX LYON, KRISHAWN AIKEN, SW 7th (SB 51.21) SHEREEN CHARLES, LILY HOLT, LYDIA ROGERS, EVELYNE FONTEYNE
4x400m Relay – SM 6th (SB 3:30.33) STEVEN GARRET (53.3), JUBRIL ADENIJI (52.8), ZICO JONES (53.9), SAM HAZEL (50.4), SW 2nd (SB 3:55.69) LARISSA WILSON (60.0), DINA SILVERMAN (61.2), SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD (60.5), HAYLEY MCLEAN (54.0)

LONDON ATHLETICS MEET – Took place at the London Stadium on 23 July.
200m – SM ZHARNEL HUGHES 3rd (PB 19.73 w1.6) taking .04 of a second off his 9 July time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2023.
3000m Steeplechase – SW LIZZIE BIRD 11th (SB 9:59.12) and is ranked UK No.6 in 2023, this was LIZZIE’S first race since recovering from Glandular Fever.
Shot 7.26kg – SM SCOTT LINCOLN (HCA) 9th (20.48m)

CLUB CONNECT RELAYS – Took place at the London Stadium on 23 July.
4x100m Relay – Under 17 Men 2nd (PB 41.23) ZICO JONES, JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY, BRANDON KUFAZVINEI, EBUKA NWOKEJI taking .78 of a second off their 2019 time, and are ranked UK No.2 U17 club in the UK, Under 17 Women 5th (SB 48.56) NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, MAKAYLA BRAY ALOIE, ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA, TAMI GEORGE taking 1.11 seconds off their 28 May time, and are ranked UK No.8 U17 club in the UK, Under 20 Men 3rd (SB 42.06) RUBEN HEDMAN, NATHAN FERNANDES U17, JAIAN SAUNDERS U17 (2nd Claim), MALACHI AMADI taking 1.20 seconds off their 25 June time, and are ranked UK No.3 U20 club in the UK, Under 20 Women 4th (SB 48.40) LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL, MIA HIGSON, NIA AKINTOKUN, ANNA ROSE taking 1.74 seconds off their 25 June time, and are ranked UK No.7 U20 club in the UK

Many thanks to ANNA HIGSON who sent these outstanding photographs.

The new Club Record Under 17 Men’s team of ZICO JONES, JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY, BRANDON KUFAZVINEI, EBUKA NWOKEJI 

The Under 17 Women’s team of NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, MAKAYLA BRAY ALOIE, ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA, TAMI GEORGE

The new Club Record Under 20 Women’s team of LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL, MIA HIGSON, NIA AKINTOKUN, ANNA ROSE

All the team which include RUBEN HEDMAN, NATHAN FERNANDES, JAIAN SAUNDERS, MALACHI AMADI

TRACK ACADEMY OPEN MEETING – Took place at Willesden on 20 July.
100m – SM A1 JIMMY THORONKA 2nd (10.61 w1.8), A3 BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 5th (11.74 w2.1), B1 JIMMY finished 2nd (PB 10.53 w2.2) taking .01 of a second off his 2018 time, B3 BRYAN finished 1st (11.54 w0.3)

SPITZEN LEICHTATHLETIK LUZERN – Took place at Lucerne, Switzerland on 20 July.
400m Hurdles – SW 1 LINA NIELSEN 1st (55.21)

LEE VALLEY SPRINTS MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 19 July.
100m – SX 1 MALACHI AMADI U20 3rd (10.84 w0.2), 4 ALANNA FASHANU U23 4th (12.01 w0.2), 6 RAPHAEL AARON U20 6th (PB 12.64 w1.0), 7 NIA AKINTOKUN U20 5th (SB 12.23 w-0.2) taking .29 of a second off her 30 April time
200m – SX 4 ALANNAH FASHANU U23 6th (24.33 w0.9), 5 AIDAN GAFFEY U17 2nd (24.30 w0.4), 8 RAPHAEL AARON U20 2nd (PB 25.88 w0.4) taking .20 of a second off his 9 July time, 10 YASMIN PALMER U23 3rd (SB 27.26 w0.3) taking .66 of a second off her 16 April time, AZARIA NWANKWO U20 4th (PB 27.37 w0.3)

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Eltham on 19 July.
5000m – Mixed A GEORGIA BELL 6th (PB 15:39.26) taking 20.44 seconds off her 2022 time

MEETING ACROBALENO ATLETICAEUROPE – Took place at Celle Ligure, Italy on 19 July.
100m – SM 8 KRISHAWN AIKEN 3rd (10.67 w-0.7)
200m – SM 1 KRISHAWN AIKEN 2nd (21.32 w0.2)

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…
1,137 events – 161,183 walkers, joggers and runners – 24,012 volunteers – 7,817 first-timers – 21,740 PBs

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Aldenham on 22 July.
PAUL LEWIS V50 9th (20.37) this was his 176th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Canons Park on 22 July.
SHONA MICHEL V50 68th (29.59) this was her 93rd Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 69th (30.35) this was his 102nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 22 July.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 356th (35.57) this was his 296th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hampstead Heath on 22 July.
SCARLETT KENT U23 34th (22.16) this was her 56th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Huntstanton Promenade on 22 July.
GLEN WATTS V35 38th (27.26) this was his 16th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 22 July.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 95th (25.02) this was his 150th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 22 July.
DAVID JOSEPHS V45 27th (21.02) this was his 28th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Perry Lakes, Perth, Australia on 22 July.
STUART MOORE V60 69th (28.08) this was his 200th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sizewell on 22 July.
PHILIP SHELLEY V60 57th (27.11) this was his 40th Parkrun

UPCOMING ROAD RELAY AND TRACK AND FIELD FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 27 JULY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 23 AUGUST – The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/  

SOUTHERN COMBINED EVENTS U17, U20 AND SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 29 July and Sunday 30 July at the Horspath Athletics Track, Horspath Road, Oxford (Satnav OX4 2RR).
Please Note: For all information including entering yourself online please use this link – http://www.seaa.org.uk/onlineregs/meeting9.php?MeetID=148
Entries Closed

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

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE SPRINT HURDLES OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 2 August at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
For age-groups U13 and above.
This is the link for you to enter yourselves, fixture is now open to enter –https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=3&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=GBR&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 1 August

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

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 5  – The fifth of five fixtures takes place on Sunday 6 August at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13, U15 & U17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – EYAL Timetable 2023
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager, Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 3 August as the declarations have to be in on Friday 4 August

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 9 August at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 100m, 19.15pm 400m No under 13s, 19.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 21.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No Under 13s
Is open on roster athletics, this is the link – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions/details/about?id=24163
Entries Closing Date Moday 7 August, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.  

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

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

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE 100m/200m SPRINTS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 16 August at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
For age-groups U13 and above.
100m Men 19.00, 100m Women 19.30, 200m Men 20.00, 200m Women 20.30 times are estimated.
This is the link for you to enter yourselves, fixture now open to enter – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/lvac10020004/
Closing date TBC or once an event reaches full capacity. 

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

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place from Saturday 19 August to Sunday 27 August at Budapest, Hungary.

LEE VALLEY 2023 OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Opentrack, this is the link to enter the 1 April Open Meeting now on Opentrack – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/athletics-competitions
The following fixtures will be available to enter on Opentrack, in the coming weeks.
2 August – Double Sprint Hurdles (Now open to enter)
16 August – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting (Now open to enter)
30 August – Double 100m Meeting
September – Autumn Throws Fest

WATFORD 2023 OPEN MEETING OUTDOOR FIXTURES – The following will be available for you to enter on Roster Athletics
Wednesday 9 August – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.30pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Now open to enter)
Wednesday 23 August – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds
Wednesday 6 September – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 100m, 7.40pm 800m, 9.05pm 3000m No under 13

ZHARNEL HUGHES 100M RACE IN THE UK CHAMPIONSHIPS – Even for a city renowned for its damp weather, the fierce downpour that hit Manchester during the men’s 100m final on the first day of the UK Championships was something to behold. As the heavens opened shortly after 7pm on Saturday 8 July, spectators and officials reached for their umbrellas or ran for cover. As the rain fell, though, ZHARNEL HUGHES reign began as British 100m champion as he sped to victory in (10.03 w0.0). The following photographs were sent to us from ENGLAND ATHLETICS, and were taken by GETTY IMAGES.

The sequence of photographs start at the midway point, through to the finish, and finally ZHARNEL embracing the rain after his outstanding win.

WHAT DOES THE FUTURE OF ATHLETICS LOOK LIKE? – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

This athletics summer might be at the half-way point, but a look back through the output of the AW social media channels and website, shows a huge level of interest and engagement in the sport – that there is a feeling of momentum gathering. It all served as a welcome reminder that all is not entirely unwell with athletics and that the potential for growth is very real. There’s just one, key problem. For that growth to happen, the audience is going to have to widen. As athletics fans we are able to gorge on this feast but how many people outside of the sport’s bubble are aware of events unfolding? Changing that is no easy task, with every single sport on the planet vying for the attention of not just the next generation but also potential new recruits.

How do you start doing it? One person trying to come up with an answer is LAURA HILLYARD. An athlete turned events director and producer, since beginning to hone her craft at the Loughborough. International 10 years ago she has worked across some of athletics’ very biggest showcases – from the Commonwealth Games to the Olympics. However, she also decided to step outside of her favourite sport to see what others were doing. This led to her working within the British Basketball League (BBL) and, in particular, revamping the London Lions team Game Nights at the Copper Box Arena and Wembley Arena. The lessons she has learned through doing so, she believes, could help athletics to re- establish the foothold it once had on the sporting landscape. HILLYARD was at both Night of the 10,000m PBs and Loughborough International back in May. She agrees both provided reasons to be cheerful but she also couldn’t escape the feeling that they were already preaching to the choir. There should be more focus, she believes, on those new disciples. “What Highgate has done brilliantly is to tap into a community within the sport and it has reignited a fire within people to get involved,” says HILLYARD, who can still be found most days at London’s Mile End track, training under the guidance of coach CHRIS ZAH, as well as regularly competing at National Athletics League meetings.

“But the community being tapped into – ie the running community – was one that already existed. It attracts distance running people, distance running brands, but does distance running actually attract kids? I didn’t see many running around. And how many people in the crowd at Loughborough weren’t already connected to athletics in some way? “I think the events that are going to attract new people to the sport will be the sprints, the explosive stuff – the stuff that today’s kids have that short attention span for and that they’re doing in school. No kid is running for 10,000m at school. If we want to inspire the next generation, we need to activate events that kids are familiar with.” A key part of that process will be education, which applies to prospective spectators and fans of all ages. While there will always be those in the crowd who know everything from the hurdles to the high jump, in the current climate how well are the ins and outs of an athletics meeting really explained to the watching public? “Not everyone automatically knows what’s going on,” says HILLYARD of an area in which she has seen basketball excel. “When there’s a three-pointer, for example [a basket scored from beyond the three-point line], we’ll play a specific sting to the crowd, which is a cue for them to shout and show three fingers. We’ll do the same for various other aspects of the game but it’s explained to the crowd before play begins and it makes them better understand what’s going on. “In athletics, we could be replicating that with things like the start of the 100m, too, where we encourage the crowd to shush themselves rather than the stadium announcer doing it. It makes the spectators feel like an active part of it, in the same way as clapping for the long jump does.” This is all part of what’s called “the show” in basketball. The game is the performance and Hillyard feels athletics would do well to think of a meeting in the same way.

Last year’s Commonwealth Games was a success story, with crowds flocking to and lapping up all of the athletics sessions – even the ones which only featured low-key qualifying heats. There were activation areas on the way to the stands, clever use of music and then presenters in specific areas of the stadium whose job it was to showcase different aspects of the action and to activate the crowd. The fans need to be welcomed into the fold, to be given a reason to care about what they are watching – the equivalent of being the 12th player on the football pitch – which brings us to another crucial aspect of an event. The storytelling. Rather than waiting until the athletes have arrived on the start line to highlight who they are and what they have achieved, could there be snippets about them broadcast to the crowd in advance? What about a drip feed and hyping up of the current crop of stars across social media in the days leading up to the event?

As HILLYARD points out, there are content creators in the community chomping at the bit to be involved. She feels more could be done to make their skills feel valued by the sport before they are lost to another sport or industry. “Tell the crowd what the athletes have done, where they’re from, build that anticipation up and up and up, perhaps encourage the crowd to choose a side” she says. “A big challenge is the duration that you’ve got to keep that level of entertainment up for but you could do that easily if the audio is good across the arena, and you could have someone conducting that whole thing. “It just takes someone stepping back from the competition schedule, and going: ‘Where are the downtimes? And what are we going to do in the downtimes?’ Because that’s where sport presentation is paramount – it’s what’s happening when the sport isn’t happening, because that’s when you lose people. We’re just using what’s been tried and tested before.” There is a major opportunity to come with the London Diamond League returning this weekend (July 23). To upscale events doesn’t necessarily have to take vast sums of money, which UK Athletics currently doesn’t have in any case. However, HILLYARD feels more financial support could be out there for events and in turn the athletes – again, if organisers start to think a little differently.

“In a similar way to cycling, there are people in the running community who have a lot of money and are engaged with our sport, whether that be personally or via friends. But are we engaging them about legacies in the right way?” she says. “It occurred to me on my Sunday run before the Loughborough International, look at the number of lower league football clubs which will have advertising from smaller local businesses around the pitch. What’s to stop that happening with an athletics track?” HILLYARD also cites what cricket has done with The Hundred – a new format of the game introduced two years ago which has successfully brought in a new audience without detracting from the “core” product. “What The Hundred have done well is to engage brands that may have not necessarily previously aligned with cricket and I imagine that’s because they’ve educated them on its sports principals. I fear we are quick to assume everyone understands our sport. We also don’t open ourselves up to aligning with current cultural trends that brands would be attracted to.” The first step towards success is to persuade people to come through the door at all, which involves shouting about the event and constantly underlining why it’s worth buying a ticket.

“My role with the Lions was, first of all, to get the product up to a level where people want to return,” says HILLYARD. “Then we spent money on marketing and elevated the level again. That way you retain more people. You evaluate what works, doesn’t work, you put concepts that contribute to the elevation in front of potential sponsors and you keep doing that. “With athletics we focus a lot on quantity, not quality, and that’s across all of the sport.” Even the most traditional of athletics fans will acknowledge that the time for change is very much upon us. The sport simply can’t afford to keep doing the same thing. Highgate has been a success because event director BEN POCHEE set about doing something different. Look at the current demographic of your average athletics crowd and it’s clear the younger part of the population are not being incentivised. There are many individuals who want to be involved in helping make that transformation but there are fragments of change scattered here and there. Athletics’ great strength – and weakness – is how vast it is and how many events it encompasses. Some joined up thinking could go a long way. “I think the problem in athletics is every single event seems to be trying to reinvent themselves,” says HILLYARD, who points to the fact that the BBL is appointing a Team Services Director, whose sole role is to ensure that the game day delivery has a level of consistency across all the clubs, both in terms of the sport and the show.

“No-one’s working collaboratively. Everyone’s got little pockets of ideas but there is nothing to pool these ideas, to start creating a template or a best practice. Whether that’s done through federations or not, I’m not sure, but it would definitely help to gather it all. “I was listening to a podcast the other day featuring the Scottish couple who have just bought the Caledonia Gladiators basketball and they said: ‘Wouldn’t you rather be part of a team delivering something bigger rather than just being an individual delivering something much smaller? And I think that’s where athletics mindset needs to go. “It’s an individual sport and everyone’s individually competitive, perhaps this personality trait is a contributing problem, but it can’t be a competition between each other if we want this sport to grow. “We are a performance sport, which can come down to millimetres and fractions of a second. To survive in this day and age, it has to have personality, and it has to have a platform. Athletics has lost its personality and its platform.”

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

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT – Many thanks to SEAN SUTHERLAND who undertook a review on the best way forward, following this a decision was made to set up a new account, and SEAN has now set that account up.
To follow our new Instagram account, from your own account, by searching for ‘shaftesbury_barnet’ or by clicking https://www.instagram.com/shaftesbury_barnet/ 
To Members and Parents, if you wish for any photographs to be posted on Instagram, please email them to sbh.instagram@outlook.com  If you can at the same time give details on when and where the photographs was taken, plus any other comments.
Please feel free to post photographs of any special occasion, for example, your wedding day, an addition to the family.

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

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

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

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

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

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

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