Happy Birthday from this Thursday 4 August to Wednesday 10 August – Daniel Banyard, Rainer Burchett, Guy Fawcett, Rafael Gayer, David Greenstein, Amy Holder, Adam Krzyszton, Edward Morris, Zach Nicholls, Danielle Ojo, Isobel Parker, Dimitry Veshchikov, Ruby Vinton, Sarah Vinter, Kalinska Weronka, Joshua Woods and Eve Wright

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to GUY FAWCETT and OYINKANSOLA OGUNBIYI

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Congratulations to our 12 athletes, who have selected to compete for GB&NI in Munich, Germany, between 15-21 August.
OJIE EDOBURUN (100m), ZHARNEL HUGHES (100m, 200m and 4x100m Relay), CHARLIE DOBSON (200m and 4x400m Relay), ELLIE BAKER (800m), LIZZIE BIRD (3000m Steeplechase), JESSICA HUNTER (100m Hurdles), HAYLEY MCLEAN (400m Hurdles), LINA NIELSEN (400m Hurdles and 4x400m Relay), DAVID SMITH (High Jump), JADE LALLY (Discus), NICK PERCY (Discus), SCOTT LINCOLN (Shot)

COMMONWEALTH GAMES, THE OPENING CEREMONY – Set the scene on what is to come over the next 11 days. Crammed with references to the host city’s history and culture, the two-and-a-half-hour opening ceremony marked the start of Britain’s biggest multi-sport event since the London Olympics. Seventy-two red, white and blue cars, forming a union jack as the Red Arrows flew overhead, marked the entrance of PRINCE CHARLES and the DUCHESS OF CORNWALL, who arrived in a blue Aston Martin DB6.

The most visually impressive element of the show was the raging bull, a giant aluminium and steel puppet constructed around a forklift truck-like machine from materials sourced in local factories. It was dragged into the stadium by 50 women representing chainmakers from the Industrial Revolution. There was also a group of giant puppets portraying regional pioneers such as EDWARD ELGAR, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and SAMUEL JOHNSON, while another set piece involved a parade of trucks featuring Birmingham inventions such as pen nibs, police whistles and the Baskerville font. DURAN DURAN closed the show with a rendition of their greatest hits, as fireworks flared over the newly refurbished Alexander Stadium.

“We tried to give everything an edge. The canal water that the tower rises out of has an old bike and shopping trolley in it,” said the set designer MISTY BUCKLEY. “There’s a bit of humour and a bit of wit that says, ‘We’re still in Birmingham, we’re not taking ourselves too seriously here.’”

COMMONWEALTH GAMES, RESULTS
DAY 1 – 29 JULY – BETH POTTER represented Scotland in her third Commonwealth Games In 2014 at Hampden Park, Scotland BETH finished fifth in the 10000m (32:33.36) and 4 days later finished ninth in the 5000m (15:44.38). Prior to the 2018 Games on the Gold Coast in Australia, BETH took the decision in 2017 to concentrate on the Triathlon. In 2018 BETH finished twelfth in the Triathlon (59.50), and in the mixed relay competing for Scotland. they finished seventh (1:22.21). Then on the track finished eightieth in the 10000m (33:26.78). Coming into the 2022 Games, BETH’S results have been outstanding. The Triathlon started with a 750m swim, in which BETH was first out of water (9.20), the 20k bike saw the eventual winner FLORA DUFFY open up a 1 minute lead, with BETH in third place (29.22), in the 5k run, BETH ran the third fastest time (16.53), which brought her home with an outstanding Bronze Medal (56.46).

DAY 3 – 31 JULY – BETH competed in the mixed relay for Scotland. In which they finished in an excellent fifth place (1:18.35).

DAY 5 – 2 AUGUST – NICK PERCY started his Discus qualification in group A, and with his second throw recorded (60.68m), which put him in third place and a place in Thursday’s Final. NICK’S recent personal best is (65,00m), and if he can get anywhere near that will have a good chance of a medal. NICK competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where he finished fifth in the qualification (56.71m).

JADE LALLY led the Discus Final with a (57.33m) first round effort, but ONYEKWERE hit back to take the lead with (61.70m) in the fourth round. JADE, improved to (58.42m) in the final round but it was too little too late, winning the Silver Medal. She won bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and threw an English record of (65.10m) in 2016 – a mark that is No.2 on the UK all-time rankings behind the long-standing British record of (67.48m) held by MEG RITCHIE. Outside athletics JADE is also a world indoor rowing champion. Photograph by MARK SHEARMAN.

This is the link showing the full schedule for all sports – https://www.birmingham2022.com/schedule/day-by-day when you open the link, just select a day and scroll down for the athletics for that day.
The games are being televised live on either BBC1, BBC2 or BBC3, with extra streams on BBC iPlayer, Red Button, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport mobile app

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

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES – The fourth of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 28 August at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups. Members of SBH and LUCA qualify for a 50% discount.
Online entries will be open soon – no entries on the day.
Link to entries – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/ in the filter type in 374
Link to provisional timetable – LICC 4 – Provisional Timetable 28-08-22
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closing Date Sunday 21 August

RESULTS
ENGLAND ATHLETICS SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Bedford on 30-31 July.
100m – SM H4 GERALD MATTHEW 4th (10.74 w1.4), H5 ZANSON PLUMMER 2nd (10.51 w1.3), H6 JORDAN WATSON-BROWN 2nd (SB 10.65 w1.5) taking .01 of a second off his 14 June time, H7 CONFIDENCE LAWSON 2nd (10.46 w1.0) in Semi-Final 3 CONFIDENCE finished 4th (SB 10.36 w2.8) taking .08 of a second off his 24 June time, in the Final CONFIDENCE finished 6th (10.49 w0.8)
200m – SM H1 GERALD MATTHEW 3rd (21.84 w1.2), H3 ZANSON PLUMMER 2nd (21.34 w1.4), JORDAN WATSON-BROWN 3rd (21.45 w1.4) in Semi-Final 1 ZANSON finished 4th (21.72 w1.0), in Semi-Final 3 GERALD finished 3rd (SB 21.35 w1.7) taking .33 of a second off his 22 May time
400m – SM H2 JAMAL RHODEN-STEVENS 1st (47.05), H3 SAM HAZELL 6th (50.52) in Semi-Final 1 JAMAL finished 1st (46.35), in the Final JAMAL won the Gold Medal (46.79)
400m – SW H2 LILY BECKFORD 1st (54.09) in the Final LILY won the Bronze Medal (53.99)
1500m – SM Straight Final MARK PEARCE 4th (SB 3:52.51), KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 10th (3:56.71)
5000m – SM Straight Final THOMAS BUTLER 6th (15:20.54)
110m Hurdles – SM H1 EDSON GOMES 1st (PB 13.82 w2.1) taking .01 of a second off his 11 June time, in the Final EDSON finished 4th (13.95 w2.6)
400m Hurdles – SW H1 HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (56.94) in the Final HAYLEY won the Gold Medal (56.22)
High Jump – SM Straight Final AKIN COWARD 6th (2.02m)
Pole Vault – SW Straight Final JADE IVE (HCA) won the Silver Medal (4.02m)
Long Jump – SM Straight Final PAUL OGUN (HCA) 4th (7.44m w4.3), BRAD DAVIES-PUGHE U20 5th (7.25m w1.5), JOSH WOODS U23 8th (7.00m w1.6)
Long Jump – SW Straight Final EJONE KRUGER won the Bronze Medal (5.94m w0.4)
Triple Jump – SW Straight Final KACEY WALTERS U20 7th (12.03m w4.1)
Discus 2kg – SM Straight Final GREGORY THOMPSON won the Gold Medal (55.74m)
Hammer 7.26kg – SM Straight Final JAMES HAMBLIN (HCA) 5th (59.10m), OLIVER GRAHAM U23 7th (56.82m)
Javelin 800g – SM Straight Final DANIEL BAINBRIDGE won the Silver Medal (65.01m)

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES – Took place at the StoneX Stadium on 23 July.
100m – SX 1 NIAH AKINTOKUN U17 4th (12.77 nwr), SHEREEN CHARLES V35 6th (13.13 nwr), ANNA ROSE U17 7th (13.27 nwr), 3 CALVIN SMITH U20 4th (SB 11.59 nwr) taking .12 of a second off his 16 April time, HARRY KYRIACOU 5th (SB 11.75 nwr) taking .14 of a second off his 20 July time, 4 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 4th (12.54 nwr), 5 TAMI GEORGE U15 2nd (13.40 nwr), MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 3rd (13.61 nwr), ANNA-LUCIA HARLLEY U15 5th (14.15 nwr)
200m – SX 1 COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 3rd (22.34 nwr), CALVIN SMITH U20 3rd (22.34 nwr), 1 MALACHI AMADI U17 2nd (22.82 nwr)
300m – U20W MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 5th (44.94)
400m – SX 1 SAM HAZEL 5th (48.90), 2 SCARLETT KENT U23 6th (SB 62.19), 3 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 5th (58.78)
800m – SX 1 DANIEL BANYARD U17 1st (2:06.49), MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 4th (2:19.94), SAMUEL BORDOLEY U15 6th (2:36.12)
100m Hurdles – SW 1 JESSICA HUNTER 1st (13.48.34 nwr), LILY PARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 6th (14.56 nwr), 2 JESSICA finished 1st (13.49.34 nwr), LILY finished 3rd (14.36 nwr)
400m Hurdles – SM 1 JOSHUA FAULDS U23 3rd (50.15), 2 JUBRIL ADENIJI U20 4th (58.93)
400m Hurdles – SW HAYLEY MCLEAN 2nd (56.96)
High Jump – SX REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 1st (PB 1.63m) adding 1cm to her 11 June height
Pole Vault – SX TOLO AYO-OJO U23 1st (SB 4.25m) adding 15cm to his 7 May height, ABIGAIL EDWARDS U15 3rd equal (3.00m), STACEY GONZALES BETANCOURT V45 3rd equal (PB 3.00m) adding 10cm to her 5 June height, and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2022, ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 7th equal (PB 2.20m) equalling her 12 June height, and is ranked UK No.2 V60 in 2022
Long Jump – SX A BOLU COKER 2nd (SB 5.93m nwr), MICHAEL ADEBAKIN U23 6th (4.24m nwr)
Triple Jump – SX ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 5th (7.62m nwr)
Discus 1.25kg – U15B B FRED TAYLOR U15 1st (PB 34.35m) adding 1.12m to his 11 June throw
Discus 1.5kg – SM B MICHAEL NICHOLLS F44 2nd (39.94m)

MEETING INTERNAZIONALEDI ATLETICA LEGGERA – Took place at Lignano, Sabbiadoro, Italy on 30 July
400m Hurdles – SM 2 JOSHUA FAULDS U23 3rd (50.73)

BE FIT TODAY OUTDOOR SERIES – Took place at Dagenham on 30 July
100m – SM 1.6 MEKHI SPENCE-FORDE U17 2nd (PB 10.89 w1.9) taking .13 of a second off his 11 July time, and is ranked UK No.8 U17 in 2022, MALACHI AMADI U17 5th (11.06 w1.9), 1.15 JOHN OTUGADE U17 3rd (10.34 w1.3) 2.9 MALACHI finished 5th (11.08 w1.5), 2.13 JOHN finished 3rd (PB 10.25 w4.1) taking .05 of a second off his 2018 time
100m – SW 1.8 ALANNAH FASHANU U23 1st (PB 11.38 w2.9) taking .19 of a second off her 1 May time, EVE WRIGHT U23 2nd (PB 11.46 w2.9) taking .04 of a second off her 25 June time, 2.1 ALANNAH finished 1st (PB 11.23 w4.7) taking .15 of a second off her 1.8 time, EVE finished 2nd (PB 11.30 w4.7) taking .16 of a second off her 1.8 time
200m – SM 1.8 COLUMBA BLANGO T20/F20 5th (SB 22.03 w3.4) taking .02 of a second off his 16 April time, and is ranked UK No.1 T20 in 2022
200m – SW 6 ALANNAH FASHANU U23 1st (PB 23.32 w1.4) taking .40 of a second off her 17 July time, and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2022, EVE WRIGHT U23 3rd (PB 24.13 w2.9) taking .04 of a second off her 2 July time

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 27 July
1500m – SX 4 NATASHA TANNER U20 9th (PB 4:58.54) taking .94 of a second off her 28 May time, 6 SCARLETT KENT U23 15th (5:06.73), 8 RAPHAEL AARON U20 8th (PB 4:30.70) taking 1.33 seconds off his 1 June time, 9 JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 3rd (PB 4:16.18) taking 3.81 seconds off his 29 June time

FOLKSAM GP – Took place at Sodarhamn, Sweden on 26 July
400m – SM 1 CHARLIE DOBSON (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 45.11) taking .16 of a second off his 17 July time, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2022

SOUTHERN COUNTIES VETERANS LEAGUE – Took place at Lee Valley on 24 July
100m – M35 NIL BARNOR V40 1st (PB 12.74 w-1.9) taking .06 of a second off his 9 May time
100m – M50 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (12.45 w0.6)
100m – W60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 1st (16.70 w-1.9)
400m – M35 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 2nd (58.68)
400m – W35 LISA WEBB V55 3rd (SB 72.87) and is ranked UK No.6 V55 in 2022
1500m – M35 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 15th (SB 6:09.85)
200m Hurdles – X35 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 1st (PB 29.95 nwr)
Triple Jump – M35 CLYDE GORDON V50 5th (SB 8.07m nwr)
Triple Jump – W50 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 3rd (7.20m nwr)
Discus 2kg – M35 CLYDE GORDON V50 3rd (SB 26.35m)
Javelin 500g – W60 ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 4th (PB 9.14m)
Javelin 700g – M35 CLYDE GORDON V50 5th (SB 19.54m)

SCOTTISH ATHLETICS JUMPS AND HURDLES OPEN MEETING – Took place at Grangemouth on 23 July
Long Jump – SX C SELINA HENDERSON 5th (5.53m w1.3)

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 30 July.
PAUL LEWIS V50 4th (20.32) this was his 137th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Cassiobury on 30 July.
KEVIN WALDEN V35 6th (19.19) this was his 16th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 30 July.
DAVID GREENSTEIN V55 51st (20.35) this was his 255th Parkrun, BARRY CHISHOLM V60 203rd (27.57) this was his 256th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hove Promenade on 30 July.
DANIEL NICHOLS V35 4th (17.41) this was his 32nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hadleigh on 30 July.
ELLA ROBINSON U 14th (PB 27.04) this was her 25th Parkrun, LYNDA ROBINSON V50 38th (34.39) this was her 58th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 30 July.
BRADLEY SINGER 22nd (21.55) this was his 188th Parkrun, STUART SINGER 28th (22.08) this was his 337th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Portrush on 30 July.
ANDREW HOLMES V55 212th (34.17) this was his 37th Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 4 AUGUST UNTIL WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST – The current 2022 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/ – also the contact details for all Team Managers can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/athletics/track-field/team-managers

WORLD UNDER 20 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place from Tuesday 2 August to Sunday 7 August in Cali, Columbia.
Please Note: You will selected for these Championships 

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 2 – The fourth fixture of four takes place on Sunday 7 August at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon (Satnav NW4 1RL).
Age-Groups Under 17 & U20 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – YDL UAG Timetables 2022
Note: You will have to be selected by your respective Team Manager 

SOUTHERN U13, U15 AND U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 13 August and Sunday 14 August at the Chelmsford Athletic Centre, Salemo Way, Chelmsford (Satnav CM1 2EH).
Please Note: For all information, please use this link – http://www.seaa.org.uk/images/uploads/2022/2022Prospectus.pdf
Entries Closing Date Tuesday 2 August

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE 100m/200m SPRINTS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 17 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. (Closing Date Monday 15 August or once an event reaches full capacity).
This is the link for you to enter yourselves, all fixtures are now open to enter – https://www.better.org.uk/leisure-centre/lee-valley/athletics-centre/athletics-competitions

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 4 – The fourth of four fixtures takes place on Saturday 20 August at the Bedford International Stadium, Barkers Lane, Bedford (Satnav MK41 9SB).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women. This is the link to the timetable – https://www.nationalathleticsleague.org.uk/premiership-championship/
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager 

ENGLAND U17 & U15 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 27 August and Sunday 28 August at Manchester Regional Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
For all entry details and full information please use this link
http://www.englandathletics.org/england-athletics/english-national-championships
Closing Date Friday 5 August 

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE/LUCA ATHLETICS SERIES– The fourth of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 28 August at the StoneX Stadium, Greenlands Lane, Hendon(Satnav NW4 1RL).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups. Members of SBH and LUCA qualify for a 50% discount.
Online entries will be open soon – no entries on the day.
Link to entries – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/ in the filter type in 374
Link to provisional timetable –LICC 4 – Provisional Timetable 28-08-22
Other than when races are combined, the LUCA race is first, men followed by women. All subsequent races are graded with fastest first. Mixed races will be run where possible. Photo finish and EDM are provided. LICC meetings are Licenced by UKA at Level 2.
Entries Closing Date Sunday 21 August

VOLUNTEERS REQUIRED FOR ‘THE BIG HALF’ – RAY POWELL has told me that ‘The Big Half’ is back in town on Sunday 4 September.  We are doing the same job as last year, the Lucozade station at Mile 8. Start time 7.15am finishing around 1.00 to 1.30pm, after we cleared the tables and stock back onto the lorry. Venue Jamaica road, come out of Bermondsey station, turn left and then its 300 yards. Lunch, Kit and Lucozade supplied. RAY is looking for 30 volunteers, so please contact him as soon as possible. RAY wishes you all an enjoyable summer.

Please contact CLARE & RAY at ray571m@btopenworld.com

LOOKING AHEAD TO THE WINTER SEASON – Apologies i know we are just in August, but for those who are looking forward to the mud, these are the key cross country fixtures for the season.
Start Fitness Metropolitan League – October 15 at Claybury, November 12 at Wormwood Scrubs, the following dates are correct but the venues are privisional, December 3 at Uxbridge, January 14 at Welwyn Garden City and February 11 at Trent Park. (For all age-groups Men/Women including U11s, you do not need to be pre-entered, just turn up and run).
North West London League – Awaiting Dates/Venues. (For age-groups U11, U13, U15 and U17 Men/Women, you do not need to be pre-entered, just turn up and run).

The following cross country fixtures you will have to be pre-entered by your relevant Team Manager.
Southern Relays – October 22 at Wormwood Scrubs, National Relays – November 5 at Mansfield,  London Championships and Youth Games – November 19 at Parliament Hill, Southern Masters and Inter Counties – December 10 at Croydon, Middlesex Championships – January 7 venue TBC, Hertfordshire Championships – January 8 venue TBC, Southern Championships – January 28 venue TBC and National Championships – February 25 at Leeds.

The following road relay fixtures you will have to be pre-entered by your relevant Team Manager.
Middlesex Relays – September 11 at Hayes, Southern 4/6 Stage Relays – September 25 at Crystal Palace, National 4/6 Stage Relays – October 8 at Sutton Park, Southern 6/12 Stage Relays – April 2 at Milton Keynes and National 6/12 Stage Relays – April 15 at Sutton Park.

The following road fixtures you will have to be pre-entered by your relevant Team Manager, there will be a trial race for selecting the London Borough of Barnet teams. (For age-groups U13, U15 and U17 Men/Women).
Virgin Mini London Marathon – October 2 near Temple Station and Virgin Mini London Marathon – April 23 near Temple Station.

SHAFTESBURY BARNET HARRIERS ON INSTAGRAM – Since the account was setup towards the end of last year, there has been an amazing amount of Video and Photographs contributed with many comments. These are this and last week’s posts;

MACCABIAH GAMES – Took place in Jerusalem, Israel from the 12-26 July.
JOSHUA FISHER celebrating after winning the 1500m (4:10.30).
Photograph of a group of athletes, including RACHEL PEARLMAN, JACOB CLEMENT, JOSHUA FISHER, PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS and SAMUEL GREENSTEIN.
Photograph of the same group of athletes RACHEL PEARLMAN, JACOB CLEMENT, JOSHUA FISHER, PETER BAYVEL-ZAYATS and SAMUEL GREENSTEIN, with their coach COLIN GODFREY.

MIGUEL GONZALEZ-BETANCOURT – Preparing to launch the Javelin at StoneX Stadium.

GEOFF MORPHITIS and JACQUI AGYEPONG – Relaxing during the LICC event at StoneX Stadium.

COLUMBA BLANGO – Paralympic Games and European championship winner, relaxing outside the clubhouse during the LICC event at StoneX Stadium.