Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Weekly Newsletter Thursday 29 September 2022

Happy Birthday from this Thursday 29 September to Wednesday 5 October – Emma Andersson, Lizzie Bird, Taylon Brookes, Elliot Burcher, Isaac Chandler, Tayla Freedman, Victoria Godfrey, Ross Hajipanayi, Ben Harper, Colette Hurley, Gabriel Lamb, Mayank Mishra, Lia Radus, Or Segal, Bryan Smith, Anthony Soalla-Bell and Kevin Walden

RECENT NEW MEMBER – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to LUKE FLOTLEY, CHRISTOPHER HERON and JOEL PHILLIPS

TCS LONDON MINI MARATHON – Congratulations and best wishes to the following SBH athletes, who have been selected to run for the London Borough of Barnet.
Under 13 BoysCALEB HILTON, ZACK JOSEPHS, EDWARD PASCAL, LADDIE SHAW.
Under 13 GirlsAMBER JACKSON,  ELIZA LEIBOWITZ.
Under 15 BoysJARED MORRIS, ARTHUR PHILLIPS, EUAN PHILLIPS, AUSTIN WARD.
Under 15 Girls – ERIN GIBLIN, MAGAN HAMMOND, POSIE SHAW, DINA SILVERMAN.
Under 17 MenDANIEL BANYARD, NOAH CLARKE, JACOB CLEMENT, GIANLEO STUBBS, CALLUM SYDENHAM.
Under 17 Women – ELIZABETH DA TERESA.

SBH SPECIAL AWARDS DINNER (CHRISTMAS MENU) JOHN KELLY is in the process of organising this Special Awards Dinner, which will take place at StoneX Stadium on Saturday 17 December.
An opportunity to honour our international athletes and long serving members, all members and guests welcome.
(More details to follow)

UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY SEASONIt is just 2 over weeks until the first cross country fixture takes place, which is the Start Fitness Metropolitan League at Claybury on Saturday 15 October.
There are 5 fixtures throughout the winter, with the final fixture on 11 February at Trent Park. There are 8 races on the day, which are for Under 11 (over 9) up to Veteran Men and Women. You do not have to be pre-entered, just turn up and run. Could I ask you to contact your respective Team Manager if you intend running this season, as prior to the 1st race we have to give a list of SBH athletes to the Metropolitan League organisers, following this they allocate a specific race number to all SBH runners. All athletes should keep and re-use their number in all 5 races.
Start times will be published in the SBH Weekly Newsletter, once they are confirmed.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – Details of last season, including statistics on consecutive and total races completed etc, can be found further down this Newsletter.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS SUBSCRIPTIONS – SBH Treasurer GEOFF MORPHITIS has sent me the following request.
Our new Club year started on 1 October 2021. The SBH annual subscriptions is £50 and the current England Athletics annual registration is £16 from 1 April 2022. The total is £66 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. Thanks GEOFF

RESULTS
ALDERSHOT SENIOR MEN’S 6 STAGE, WOMEN’S 4 STAGE AND YOUNG ATHLETES 3 STAGE ROAD RELAYSTook place last Saturday at the Rushmoor Arena, Aldershot. The weather was excellent, sunshine for most of the day, and with a vast array of tents and flags it appeared that the majority of the Southern clubs were taking part.

The position shown for the Individual legs, are the team positions at the end of the leg. The Under 13 Boys positions were incorrect. The Individual fastest time on a leg are shown if they were in the top 120.
Under 13 Boys – SBH 7th (33.24) Leg 1 CALEB HILTON (10.42), Leg 2 LADDIE SHAW (11.29), Leg 3 EDWARD PASCAL (11.13), CALEB HILTON was 7th fastest
Team Results – 1st Cambridge & Coleridge (32.10), 2nd Blackheath & Bromley (32.32), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District (32.52), 32 teams finished
Photograph of CALEB, LADDIE and EDWARD

Under 13 Girls –  No SBH Team
Team Results – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (32.35), 2nd Chelmsford (32.55), 3rd City of Portsmouth (33.28), 27 teams finished

Under 15 Boys – SBH 11th (31.36) Leg 1 EUAN PHILLIPS 9th (10.42), Leg 2 ARTHUR PHILLIPS 6th (11.29), Leg 3 AUSTIN WARD 11th (11.13)
Team Results – 1st Brighton & Hove (29.19), 2nd Blackheath & Bromley (29.32), 3rd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (29.37), 46 teams finished

Under 15 Girls –  No SBH Team
Team Results – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (32.35), 2nd City of Portsmouth (32.55), 3rd Crawley (33.28), 41 teams finished

Under 17 Men – SBH 16th (47.47) Leg 1 JONAH MARKS 7th (14.53), Leg 2 DANIEL BANYARD 12th (16.11), Leg 3 JACOB CLEMENT 16th (16.43)
Team Results – 1st Cambridge & Coleridge (42.48), 2nd Aldershot, Farnham & District (43.09), 3rd Medway & Maidstone (44.12), 46 teams finished

Under 17 Women – SBH 5th (47.47) Leg 1 NICOLE MCGOVERN 13th (17.57), Leg 2 MYA MAIRS-INGRAM 11th (18.49), Leg 3 RUBY VINTON 5th (16.26), RUBY VINTON was 4th fastest
Team Results – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (50.13), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (51.19), 3rd Wells City (51.45), 41 teams finished
Photograph of MYA, NICOLE and RUBY

Senior Men – SBH “A” 12th (1:53.55) Leg 1 KIERAN CLEMENTS 2nd (17.58), Leg 2 JEREMY DEMPSEY U23 3rd (18.29), Leg 3 JOSHUA FISHER U20 15th (20.06), Leg 4 KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 10th (18.41), Leg 5 THOMAS BUTLER 7th (18.14), Leg 6 SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U20 12th (20.28), SBH “B” Incomplete Team Leg 1 MAX WINFIELD U20 54th (20.22)
Team Results – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:48.03), 2nd Tonbridge (1:48.59), 3rd Cambridge & Coleridge (1:49.49), 68 teams finished

Senior Men 40+ – SBH “A” 15th (1:38.12) Leg 1 KEVIN WALDEN V35 16th (23.08), Leg 2 TIM PARKIN V40 16th (25.48), Leg 3 JAMES TRAPMORE V45 15th (20.06), Leg 4 DAVID GREENSTEIN V55 10th (18.41), SBH “B” Incomplete Team Leg 1 RONAN BREEN V50 18th (26.00)
Team Results – 1st Herne Hill (1:21.37), 2nd Brighton & Hove (1:23.04), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:23.50), 18 teams finished

Senior Men 55+ – No SBH Team
Team Results – 1st Brighton Phoenix (1:34.24), 2nd Reading (1:34,27), 3rd Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:38.03), 6 teams finished

Senior Women –  No SBH Team
Team Results – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:21.11), 2nd City of Portsmouth (1:25.19), 3rd Crawley (1:25.27), 44 teams finished

Senior Women 40+ –  No SBH Team
Team Results – 1st Aldershot, Farnham & District (1:11.27), 2nd Camberley & District (1:12.30), 3rd Reading (1:12.50), 8 teams finished

BERLIN MARATHON – Took place at Berlin on 25 September.
AMY FRY V35 785th (PB 2:46.02)

COWBOY JAMBOREE – Took place at Stilwater, Oklahoma, USA on 24 September.
8000m XC – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 2nd (23.20)

COAST TO COAST BATTLE IN BEANTOWN – Took place at Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 23 September.
8000m XC – SM LIAM GARRETT U23 (Yale University 2nd Claim) 96th (26.14)

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. 

PARKRUN 5K Took place at Aldenham on 24 September.
PAUL LEWIS V50 4th (20.16) this was his 143rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K Took place at Gladstone on 24 September.
JULIAN LAMY 18th (20.34) this was his 39th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K Took place at Hackney Marshes on 24 September.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 188th (29.34) this was his 263rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K Took place at Jersey on 24 September.
AMANDA BERRESFORD 25th (22.03) this was her 45th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K Took place at Oak Hill on 24 September.
LEO RONCARATI U20 1st (PB 17.53) this was his 8th Parkrun, MARK COTTLE V35 2nd (18.15) this was his 20th Parkrun, JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 6th (19.22) this was his 32nd Parkrun, ZACK JOSEPHS U13 13th (PB 20.06) this was his 9th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 33rd (21.52) this was his 344th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 50th (23.44) this was his 196th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K Took place at Stevenage on 24 September.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 188th (32.01) this was his 236th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 29 SEPTEMBER UNTIL WEDNESDAY 26 OCTOBERThe 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet, are available further down the Newsletter.

TCS LONDON MINI MARATHON – Takes place on Saturday 1 October at Old Billingsgate Market, Lower Thames Street, London (Satnav EC3R 6DX).
Start Times – To be confirmed, these are the times when the last races took place 8.55am Under 17 Men, 9.02am Under 15 Boys, 9.09am Under 13 Boys, 9.16am Under 17 Women, 9.23am Under 15 Girls, 9.30am Under 13 Girls.
Note: You will have to be pre-selected by your respective London Borough or UK Region. 

TCS LONDON MARATHON – Takes place on Sunday 2 October from Greenwich.
We should have a few runners representing the stripes.

NATIONAL ROAD RELAYSTakes place on Saturday 8 October at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Town Gate Entrance, Birmingham (Satnav B73 6BU).
Timetable 11.00 U13 Boys, 11.05 U13 Girls, 12.00 U15 Boys, 12.05 U15 Girls, 12.50 U17 Men, 12.55 U17 Women. All races are 3 Legs of 3.88km. 14.00 Senior Men 6 Legs of 5.848km. 14.10 Senior Women 4 Legs of 4.33km.  The Senior Men have to qualify at the Aldershot Road Relays.
Entries Closing Date Friday 30 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 15 October at Claybury, Essex. Changing is at Ashton Playing Fields Track, 588 Chigwell Road, Woodford Green, Essex (Satnav IG8 8RD). Changing rooms and Showers available Ashton Playing Fields from 11.15, although hot water tends to be limited.
Parking – Approximately 150 spaces at Ashton Playing Fields and limited parking on Roding Lane North and nearby residential roads. Please DO NOT park on grass verges, look out for any restrictions and do not block access.
HQ to Course – 10 minutes from Ashton Playing Fields to Claybury Park, Roding Lane North (Satnav IG8 8NN).
Course Description – Parkland setting, undulating course, with one steep climb per large lap, on grass and woodland paths.
Public Transport – Woodford underground station (Central Line) is 10 minutes walk away from Ashton Playing Fields. If you get off an eastbound train, you need to walk under the pedestrian subway and walk downhill, down Snakes Lane East. Bus numbers 275 and W14 stop at the gates to Ashton Playing Fields.
Directions From Major Roads – From the eastbound A406, branch left and merge onto the A1400 (signposted Gants Hill). At Charlie Brown’s roundabout, take the first left exit onto the A113 (signposted Chigwell). Go straight ahead through three sets of traffic lights (including a crossing set for pedestrians) and turn left into Ashton Playing Fields just after you go under a road bridge.
Timetable – 12.00 U11 (Over 9) Boys (up to 2km), 12.05 U11 (Over 9) Girls (up to 2km), 12.15 U13 Boys (3km), 12.30 U13 Girls (3km), not before 12.45 U17 Men and U15 Boys (4km), not before 13.00 U17 Women and U15 Girls (4km), not before 13.15 U20, Senior and Veteran Women (7-8km), not before 14.00 U20, Senior and Veteran Men (7-8km). Start Times to be confirmed once home organisers post the final details on the Metropolitan League website.
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
Please go to Start Fitness Metropolitan League web site www.metleague.co.uk for course maps, and any other 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.

SOUTHERN CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS – Takes place on Saturday 22 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.
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). Times are as 2021 fixture.
Entries Close Friday 7 October
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager

LLOYD COWAN BURSARY OPEN FOR COACHES AND YOUNG ATLETES  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
Former SBH member LLOYD COWAN passed away on 11 January 2021, of Covid-19 at the relatively young age of 58. He unfortunately had underlying medical issues having recently suffered a stroke. LLOYD competed for us in the BAL in the mid-90’s. He set a club record for the 110m Hurdles with (13.75) in 1994 which is still 3rd on the SBH all-time list. He then moved up to 400m Hurdles and in 1995 ran (50.79) for 6th on the current SBH all-time list. LLOYD had his greatest success in coaching CHRISTINE OHURUOGU to Olympic Gold and countless other medals in International Championships.

Grants of up to £500 will be awarded to athletics coaches and to unfunded athletes with potential, aged between 16 and 23, for whom cost is a barrier to accessing developmental opportunities in athletics. The application window closes 23:59 on October 13. The selection process will take place the following week when the Grants Committee will meet to consider every submission. Decisions will be confirmed by the end of October. Sixty percent of UK-wide applicants received grants in the first edition of the award in 2021. European under-18 medallists TENDAI NYABADZA [1500m], REBECCA GRIEVE [Girls Medley Relay] and under-17 indoor 60mH British record-holder JAIDEN DEAN were among the first athlete recipients. GWENNAN LEWIS and ANITA RICHARDSON, who guides under-20 talent Success Eduan, were two of the coaches to receive awards. View the LLOYD COWAN Bursary guidance and application forms for athletes and coaches here.

The Lloyd Cowan Bursary was set up in memory of LLOYD COWAN MBE, who believed that no one with sporting potential should be held back by lack of support and opportunities. The Bursary awards grants of up to £500 once a year, both to qualified coaches and to unfunded athletes, aged 16-23, for whom cost is a barrier to accessing developmental opportunities in athletics.  LLOYD was an international athlete before hanging up his spikes and becoming one of the UK’s most successful coaches. He guided many leading British sprinters, including World, Olympic and Commonwealth 400m champion CHRISTINE OHURUOGU and European 110m hurdles champion ANDY TURNER. Tragically LLOYD died in January 2021, aged 58, after contracting COVID-19.

For more information about LCB contact lloydcowanbursary@youthcharter.org.

ELIUD KIPCHOGE SMASHES WORLD MARATHON RECORD IN BERLIN  The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.
After running first half at sub-2hr pace, the Kenyan slows in latter stages but still takes half a minute off his global mark with (2:01:09) as TIGIST ASSEFA of Ethiopia scores women’s win in (2:15:37). In the days leading up to the 2022 BMW Berlin Marathon the rumours from the Rift Valley were that ELIUD KIPCHOGE was in fantastic shape. The 37-year-old Kenyan is not known for hyperbole either so when he arrived in Germany and quietly predicted that he was looking for a “good race” it was an ominous sign that something special was about to happen. During a mesmeric display of distance running on Sunday 25 September, KIPCHOGE delivered on his promise and delighted the thousands of spectators lining the route as he took half a minute off his world record of (2:01:39) with (2:01:09). Amazingly, he scorched through halfway in (59:51) too. But he had to wave auf weidersehen to any hopes of breaking two hours on this World Marathon Majors course as he had to complete most of the second half of the race alone. Despite the vicious early pace he avoided hitting The Wall, however, and held on to not only smash his world record but he scored a fourth victory in Berlin, equalling the achievement of HAILE GEBRSELASSIE. “We went too fast,” he said, admitting that his original plan was to go through halfway in (60:40). Several thousand miles away and talking on Kenyan television, his coach PATRICK SANG agreed as he described the pace as “unfortunate … it was too fast for them”. Still, he cemented his status as the world’s greatest ever marathon runner with a world record that was achieved the hard way – with splits of (59:51) and (61:18). A half-marathon of (59:51) would have been a world record for that distance alone as recently as 1993. And at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge in Vienna three years ago he managed to maintain that pace for 26.2 miles but on that occasion he was helped by a phalanx of pacemakers for almost the entire distance.

Setting off in near perfect conditions on Sunday morning in Berlin, KIPCHOGE cruised through 10km in (28:23). At this stage KIPCHOGE had company as well from GUYE ADOLA and ANDAMLAK BELIHU of Ethiopia and they went through their 12th kilometre in a sizzling (2:47) – which is (1:59:26) pace. Going through 15km in (42:33), he was amazingly two seconds quicker than his (1:59:41) run from Vienna. ADOLA began to drop off the lead group just before halfway, though, and eventually dropped out. BELIHU, however, survived until just after halfway and held on to clock (2:06:40) in fourth place, although he was overtaken in the second half of the race by MARK KORIR of Kenya, who ran (2:05:58) for second, plus TADU ABATE of Ethiopia, who ran (2:06:28) in third. The first non-African home was KENYA SONOTA of Japan in (2:07:14).

Apart from the INEOS event in Vienna, the fastest half-marathon in a marathon before Berlin 2022 was (61:00) in London in 2018. So KIPCHOGE was now operating at a much faster pace than any runner in history in a standard marathon. Unlike Vienna he did not have any help with pacers either. Passing 30km in (85:40), it was now apparent the sub-two-hour run was slipping away but he was still more than a minute inside world record pace. Not surprisingly his speed began to fluctuate and after gradually slowing he ran his slowest kilometre of the race with (3:02) in the 38th kilometre before an even slower (3:11) in the 40th kilometre. He was still well on course to break the (2:01:39) that he ran in Berlin in 2018, though, and he rallied to finish in style. “No limitations,” he said, “after 38km I knew I would be capable of breaking the world record. Circumstances were great, and so was the organisation of the event. I’m really happy with today and impressed by the fans and their support.”

WORLD MARATHON RECORD PHOTOGRAPH  My thanks to DAVE BEDFORD, who appears to have a front row seat for the race. He pointed out that the pacemakers were wearing the SBH black and white vests.

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. The posts as of this week are photographs of the Eastern Young Athletes Top 8 Final and Aldershot Road Relays.

EVA HIGSON, AZARIA NWANKWO, OSCAR RONCARATI and MACIE SUTHERLAND – There are 4 photographs, 1) is EVA in the Under 15 Girls 75m Hurdles, in which she ran a personal best (12.28 w-1.6), 2) is AZARIA in the Under 17 Women’s 80m Hurdles, in which she ran (12.37 w-1.9), 3) is OSCAR in the Under 17 Men’s 100m Hurdles, in which he ran (16.47 w-1.3), 4) is MACIE in the Under 15 Girls 75m Hurdles, in which she ran (12.86 w-2.1)

BRANDON KUVAZVINEI – Coming into the home straight in the Under 17 Men’s 400m, winning with a time of (53.93)

EBUKA NWOKEJI – Approaching the finish line in the Under 17 Men’s 200m, winning with a time of (23.14 w-1.0)

ANGUS BROWN and ABIGAIL EDWARDS – Our Pole Vaulting duo, looking in good spirits prior to their competition. ANGUS cleared a personal best (3.10m) in the Under 17 Men’s event, and ABIGAIL cleared a personal best (3.21m) in the Under 15 Girls event, which ranks her UK No.7 U15 in 2022

THOMAS FERNAND, MILO GRIGSON and OSCAR RONCARATI – The 3 of them are looking pleased after a good days work. THOMAS competed in the Under 17 Men’s Shot with a personal best (9.52m), Discus with (23.48m) and a personal best in the Hammer (26.50m). MILO competed in the Under 17 Men’s Discus with a personal best (19.05m), and in the Javelin (43.21m). OSCAR competed in the Under 17 Men’s 100m Hurdles with (16.47 w-1.3), High Jump with (1.50m) and in the Javelin (30.46m).

DIJANI BARNOR, DINA SILVERMAN, OLIVE HARVEY-DEW and FAITH LAMPTEY – Top row is DIJANI in the Under 13 Boys, ran the 100m (13.06 w-1.7), 200m (26.79 w-1.4) and in the 4x100m Relay team that finished 3rd (55.15). DINA in the Under 15 Girls, ran the 300m with a seasons best (44.37) and the 800m (2:24.85). On the bottom row is OLIVE in the Under 17 Women, ran the 800m (2:41.45) and in the Shot (5.46m). FAITH in the Under 13 Girls, ran the 100m (14.91 w-2.0), 200m (31.09 w-1.1) and in the 4x100m Relay team that finished 4th (56.02).

JACQUI AGYEPONG, SEAN SUTHERLAND and ANNA HIGSON – Congratulations to JACQUI and ANNA for another successful season, as Team Managers and Coaches. Somehow SEAN got stuck in the middles of them.

DANIEL BANYARD, RUBY VINTON and EUAN PHILLIPS – There are 3 photographs taken at the Aldershot Road Relays. DANIEL ran on Leg 2 in the Under 17 Men’s team (16.11). RUBY ran on Leg 3 in the Under 17 Women’s team (16.26) running the 4th fastest time of the race. EUAN ran on Leg 1 in the Under 15 Boys team (10.42).

JACOB CLEMENT, EDWARD PASCAL and EUAN PHILLIPS – There are 3 photographs taken at the Aldershot Road Relays. JACOB turning for the run in to the finish on Leg 3 in the Under 17 Men’s team (16.43). EDWARD striding up to the finish on Leg 3 in the Under 13 Boys’s team (11.13) running the 4th fastest time of the race. EUAN striding down the hill, about one third through Leg 1 in the Under 15 Boys team (10.42).

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 to the qualiication standards – https://olympics.com/en/news/world-athletics-championships-2023-qualifying-standards-entry-budapest
Currently we have 4 athletes who have achieved qualification standards – ZHARNEL HUGHES 200m (20.07 w-0.3), ELLIE BAKER 800m (1:59.52), KYLE LANGFORD 800m (1:44.49) and LIZZIE BIRD 3000m Steeplechase (9:07.07)

THE FOLLOWING IS CLUB INFORMATION ON VARIOUS TOPICS

SBH 2022-2023 WINTER FIXTURE CARD –Was issued on the 4 September 2022.
The 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card is now available on the SBH Website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/
The 2022-2023 Winter Information Sheet is now available on the SBH Website, which shows which races you can compete in, for the Cross Country Points Championships and the Cross Country Individual Club Championships. Also the Metropolitan League timetable and contact details for the SBH Cross Country and Road Relay Team Managers – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-information/

SBH 2022-2023 WINTER CROSS COUNTRY POINTS AND CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURE – The Initial Draft of the CROSS COUNTRY POINTS TABLE is now available on the SBH Website, and will be updated following the first Metropolitan League fixture on the 15 October – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-points-tables/
The Initial Draft of the CROSS COUNTRY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP LIST is now available on the SBH Website, and will be updated following the Metropolitan League fixture on the 3 December – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/winter-xc-club-championships/

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE 2021-2022 SEASON – The following link shows the following – Final league positions, Points and club championship winners, SBH athletes consecutive races, SBH athletes races completed to date – Start Fitness Metropolitan League Statistics For 2021-2022 Season

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION OF INTEREST CAN BE FOUND ON THE SBH WEBSITE BY USING THIS LINKhttp://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 £35 + 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/

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 PLEASEI 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 JUMPS 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. High Jump training is on Wednesday’s from 18.45pm 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.

POLE VAULTERS REQUIRED FOR 2022 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