Happy Birthday from this Thursday 5 May to Alvaro Arroyo, Daniel Arroyo, Jane Dixon, Linda Elmore, Seyd Taha Ghafari, Emily Hathaway, Alex Kramer, Tyriq Lafeulle, Scott Lincoln, Jason Nicholson, Trinity O’Connor, Naomi Palmer, Yasmin Palmer, Jenny Poll, Anne Ridley, Freya Stapleton and Larissa Wilson

NEELAM KADERBHOY – 21 SEPTEMBER 1969 – 2 MAY 2022 – It is with great regret that I have to advise you of the death of NEELAM KADERBHOY at the age of 52, after a long illness. Photograph of NEELAM after she was presented with the SBH 2020 Volunteer of the Year Award in December 2020.

NEELAM joined SBH on 23 March 1983 at the age of 13. She competed on a regular basis for the Club. Following her retirement from running she became a coach and a team manager as well as a member of the SBH Council. A very popular member who will be sorely missed by her fellow athletes, her fellow coaches and the many young athletes she coached over the years.

GEOFF MORPHITIS has spoken to ANNA HIGSON, who, like a lot of you, was very close to NEELAM. She has agreed to act as the conduit between the Club and the KADERBHOY family.
She will find out the most appropriate address to which condolence cards should be sent and advise us accordingly. If you have any questions etc please contact her at higsonanna@hotmail.com or modile 07966 785022.

NEELAM’S funeral takes place this Friday 6 May, details below, all are welcome.

We have received so many messages from her many friends at Shaftesbury, ANNA sent me this message – Thanks everyone for your messages; it is so great to read your memories and thoughts about NEELAM. I have also known her since the late 1990s as we both trained at Barnet Copthall (as it was) and we became close again when my daughters joined Shaftesbury a few years ago.

Over the past two years, we formed a WhatsApp group with JACQUI AGYEPONG, SHARON MURPHY, STEPH PAPARIZOS (all Shaftesbury teammates from the 90s) and some of the mums from the group NEELAM used to coach. The main purpose of ‘TEAM NEELAM‘ was to give her hope and friendship in her difficult situation. She was lonely and had to face her situation with little in-person support due to the Covid restrictions. We know that our daily chats and messages helped raise her spirits and loved chatting to her.

Consequently, we chatted every day and used to have weekly Zoom calls with NEELAM until she found this too difficult. Here’s a photo of her last birthday in September – we had a SBH cake made and delivered to her care home and we each had our own cupcake so we could

On a personal note, I have known NEELAM when she was 19, and her love for training and competing was second to none. From the middle of the 1990s to the early 2000s, NEELAM, DEREK SURREY and myself, took part in 5 running challenges at Club La Santa in Lanzarote. This involved 4 races in 4 days – 10K road race, 8K across rocky tracks and up and along an extinct volcano, 5K sandy beach race and lastly 15K race across the island. NEELAM grit enabled her to finish the challenge just outside the top 5. One thing you may or may not be aware of but NEELAM played an excellent game of Pool.

Rest in Peace NEELAM

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

A MESSAGE FROM RAY AND CLARE POWELL – Thank you all so much for giving your time up this weekend at the Vitality 10K on Monday 2 May. After the pandemic, the fact that you can still give up your valuable time to volunteer, means that you are very special folk.
CLARE was very sorry that she was not able to attend, due to her back, i am going to try the good old medieval way of getting her onto the rack.

Photograph of our team, from left to right – Front row TIM MULLINS, SIMON KEENE, JOLYN MULLINS, RUTH KENT, COLIN MOXSOM, REBECCA WOODS, CAROL – Back row DANIEL SECHAN, DENNIS MUNDAY, ROD, RONAN BREEN.

VITALITY 10K RESULT – ROBERT RIGBY V60 392nd (SB 37.35) taking 1.23 minutes off his 1 January time, and is ranked UK No.10 V60 in 2022, DANIEL NICHOLS V35 452nd (SB 38.09)
Robert sent me a photograph of himself and DANIEL after the end of the race.

CHARLES HICKS BETTERED THE BRITISH UNDER 23 10000m RECORD – CHARLES bettered the British under-23 record of DAVE BEDFORD when he ran a European record (27:47.0) on cinders in Portsmouth in 1971. Photograph taken by DAVID HICKS.

CHARLES ran a personal best 10000m (27:37.26) at the Payton Jones Invitational in Stanford, California on 29 April. DILLON MAGGARD won the 10,000m in (27:37.26) ahead of South African ADRIAN WILDSCHUTT’S (27:38.54).

NATIONAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first of four fixtures takes place this Saturday 7 May at the Sportcity Regional Athletics Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
Age-Groups Under U20 & Senior Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – 2022-NAL-Timetable-OTF-2

UPCOMING SOUTHERN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPONSHIPS – Have just been published on the SEAA website, and are as follows;
Under 20 and Senior Championships – Are on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.
Under 15 and 17 3000m Championships – Are on Sunday 19 June at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 7 June.
Under 20 and Senior Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 9 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 28 June. You will be selected by respective county.
Under 15, 17, 20 and Senior Combined Events Championships – Are on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 12 July.
Under 13, 15 and 17 Championships – Are on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 August at Chelmsford, closing date is Tuesday 2 August.
Under 15 and 17 Inter County Championships – Are on Saturday 10 September at Oxford, closing date is Tuesday 30 August. You will be selected by respective county.

This is the link to the full SEAA prospectus, which gives full details of each championship – 2022 Southern Outdoor Track & Field Prospectus (2)

RESULTS
Apologies due to another commitment, there are numerous results I have still to type up, for example the BUCS Championships. These results will be published next week.

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – Took place at Watford on 1 May.
Apologies but the results are still to be published, these are the provisional team results.

Team Result – 1st SBH (583.5 points), 2nd Dacorum (563), 3rd St Albans (475.5), 4th Herts Phoenix (427), 5th Watford (218), 6th Hawcs/Enfield & Haringey (87)

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – Took place at Eton on 24 April
100m – U17M A MALACHI AMADI U17 1st (SB 11.50 w-2.4), B EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 2nd (SB 11.83 w-3.2), Non Scoring SAUGAT PUN U17 1st (SB 12.18 w-1.3), BRANDON KUFAZVINEI U17 2nd (PB 12.27 w-1.3)
100m – U17W A ANNA ROSE U17 1st (SB 12.87 w-0.6), B NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 1st (SB 13.15 w-2.7)
100m – U20M A EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA U20 1st (SB 10.92 w-2.2) and is ranked UK No.10 in 2022, B JOSEPH PURBRICK U20 1st (11.32 w-2.7), Non Scoring ONAOPE SOGBESAN U20 3rd (SB 12.13 w-0.8), ERNEST BARNES U20 5th (SB 12.34 w-0.8), BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 6th (SB 12.38 w-0.8)
100m – U20W A NIA AKINTOKUN U17 2nd (SB 25.60 w-0.3), B TOSIN JOKOSENUMI U17 5th (SB 13.54 w-1.7)
200m – U17M A MALACHI AMADI U17 2nd (SB 22.91 w-0.7) taking .36 of a second off his 10 April time, B EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 2nd (PB 23.76 w-1.8) taking .06 of a second off his 2022 time
200m – U17W A NIA AKINTOKUN U17 2nd (SB 12.86 w-4.7), B TOSIN JOKOSENUMI U17 3rd (SB 27.98 w-1.7), Non Scoring ANNA ROSE U17 1st (26.71 w-1.7)
200m – U20M A EMMANUEL DURUIHEOMA U20 1st (PB 21.95 w-2.8) taking .56 of a second off his 2021 time, B CALVIN SMITH U20 4th (23.21 w-1.6)
200m – U20W A EMILY NEWNHAM U20 1st (SB 24.39 w-1.9), B VANESSA ANSUAA U20 2nd (26.81 w-1.9)
400m – U17M A ZICO JONES U17 2nd (50.95), B JACOB CLEMENT U17 3rd (PB 56.60)
400m – U20M A CALVIN SMITH U20 2nd (SB 49.52), B ERNEST BARNES U20 1st (PB 51.30)
400m – U20W A VANESSA ANSUAA U20 1st (SB 60.54), B OLIVIA LAVA U20 3rd (77.30)
800m – U17M A GIANLEO STUBBS U17 1st (PB 1:59.02) taking .11 of a second off his 20 April time, B JACOB CLEMENT U17 2nd (2:21.96)
800m – U17W A MYA MAIRS-INGRAM U17 3rd (2:26.80)
800m – U20W A NICOLE MCGOVERN U20 1st (2:15.62), B SYDNEY ALLEN U20 2nd (SB 2:30.57)
800m – U20M A ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN U20 4th (SB 1:59.87), B GILAD NACHSHEN U20 4th (2:12.26)
1500m – U17M A HENRY DOVER U17 1st (PB 4:00.42) taking 2.63 seconds off his 2020 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U17 in 2022, B JOSHUA GOLDSTEIN U17 4th (PB 4:43.19) taking 44.78 of his 2018 time
1500m – U17W A RUBY VINTON U17 2nd (SB 4:49.31)
1500m – U20M A LUCA STUBBS U20 1st (4:04.07), B ABDIRAHIM HAMUD U20 1st (SB 4:09.85)
3000m – U17M A SPIKE BLAKE U17 1st (PB 9:22.48) taking 41.38 seconds off his 2021 time
3000m – U20M A SAMUEL GREENSTEIN U20 2nd (SB 9:21.19), B JOSHUA FISHER U20 1st (PB 9:24.11) taking 19.09 seconds off his 2021 time
80m Hurdles – U17W A NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG U17 2nd (PB 12.90 w0.0)
100m Hurdles – U17M A OSCAR RONCARATI U17 4th (PB 16.26 w-1.4)
110m Hurdles – U20M A RUBEN HEDMAN U20 2nd (SB 15.59 w-4.2) taking .22 of a second off his 10 April time
300m Hurdles – U17W A AZARIA NWANKWO U17 4th (SB 51.66)
400m Hurdles – U20W A EMILY NEWNHAM U20 1st (SB 61.11) and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2022
4x100m Relay – U17M SBH 5th (SB 51.84) BRANDON KUFAZVINEI, EBUKA NWOKEJI, SAUGAT PUN, ZICO JONES, U17W SBH 2nd (SB 49.01) NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, NIAH AKINTOKUN, TOSIN JOKOSENUMI, ANNA ROSE, U20M SBH 3rd (SB 47.49) RUBEN HEDMAN, BRYAN OGBEBOR, OSCAR RONCARATI U17, ERNEST BARNES, U20W SBH 3rd (SB 51.10) LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U17, VANESSA ANSUAA, AMELIA DALEY, MIA HIGSON U17
4x300m Relay – U17W SBH 2nd (PB 3:01.23) and is ranked UK No.5 U17 in 2022, AZARIA NWANKWO, NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG, NICOLE MCGOVERN, LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL
4x400m Relay – U17M SBH 2nd (SB 3:41.93) GIANLEO STUBBS (), ZICO JONES (), BRANDON KUFAZVINEI (), JACOB CLEMENT (), U20M SBH 3rd (SB 3:40.82) GILAD NACHSHEN (), ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN NIA FORBES-AGYEPONG (), CALVIN SMITH (), OSCAR RONCARATI U17 (), U20W SBH 2nd (SB 4:11.25) VANESSA ANSUAA (), SOPHIE FORBES-LAIRD (), MIA HIGSON U17 (), EMILY NEWNHAM ()
High Jump – U17W A LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U17 4th (SB 1.30m)
High Jump – U20M A KIMANI JACK U20 1st (1.95m)
High Jump – U20W A EVELYNE FONTEYNE U20 2nd (1.65m), B REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 1st (SB 1.60m) equalling her 16 April height
Pole Vault – U17M A THOMAS FERNAND U17 4th (PB 2.45m)
Long Jump – U17M A TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 6.60m nwr) adding 23cm to his 2021 jump, and is ranked UK No.2 U17 in 2022, B EBUKA NWOKEJI U17 1st (PB 5.61m nwr) adding 32cm to his 2021 jump
Long Jump – U17W A MIA HIGSON U17 5th (SB 3.67m nwr)
Long Jump – U20W A AMELIA DALEY U20 3rd (SB 5.44m nwr), B KACEY WALTERS U20 1st (PB 5.36m nwr) adding 30cm to her 2019 jump
Triple Jump – U20W A KACEY WALTERS U20 1st (11.63m nwr), B AMELIA DALEY U20 1st (11.29m nwr)
Shot 3kg – U17W A NAOMI OGUNNIYI U20 4th (SB 8.46m)
Shot 4kg – U20W A GRACIE JENVEY U20 (2nd Claim) 4th (PB 7.97m), B HANNAH OGUNNIYI U20 3rd (PB 7.55m)
Shot 5kg – U17M A TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 1st (15.22m), B THOMAS FERNAND U17 1st (PB 8.24m)
Shot 6kg – U20M A JAMES ISAACS U20 2nd (SB 12.64m)
Discus 1kg – U20W A KATIE WEBB U20 5th (SB 34.26m) adding 1.42m to her 16 April throw, B OLIVIA LAVA U20 1st (SB 33.24m) adding 65cm to her 16 April throw
Discus 1.5kg – U17M A TRAVIS SCOTTOW U17 (2nd Claim) 2nd (42.66m)
Discus 1.75kg – U20M A PHARRELL HAREWOOD U20 3rd (PB 41.77m) adding 31cm to his 20 April throw, B JAMES ISAACS U20 1st (39.22m)
Hammer 4kg – U20W A JESSICA CHARLIE-BENNETT U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 52.34m) adding 2.39m to her 20 April throw, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2022, B GRACE JENVEY U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (PB 44.22m) and is ranked UK No.10 U20 in 2022, Non Scoring HANNAH OGUNNIYI U20 1st (PB 20.35m)
Hammer 5kg – U17M A THOMAS FERNAND U17 4th (PB 16.66m)
Hammer 6kg – U20M A ONAOPE SOGBESAN U20 2nd (PB 25.12m) adding 31cm to his 9 April throw, B JAMES ISAACS U20 1st (SB 23.62m)
Javelin 600g – U20W A HANNAH OGUNNIYI U20 5th (PB 17.95m)
Javelin 700g – U17M A JACOB AXTELL U17 (2nd Claim) 2nd (51.92m), B MILO GRIGSON U17 2nd (PB 36.13m), Non Scoring THOMAS FERNAND U17 1st (PB 34.78m)
Javelin 800g – U20M A MILAN TRAJKOVIC U20 2nd (PB 57.54m) adding 1.46m to his 2021 throw, and is ranked UK No.10 U20 in 2022, B JAMES ISAACS U20 1st (SB 23.62m)

Team Result – 1st Blackheath & Bromley (719 points), 2nd Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (629), 3rd Reading (604), 4th SBH (599)

WATFORD OPEN MEETING – Took place at Watford on 4 May
1500m – SX 2 LADDIE SHAW U13 1st (PB 5:09.25) taking 9.55 seconds off his 2021 time, 3 EUAN PHILLIPS U15 1st (PB 4:46.16) taking 32.45 seconds off his 2021 time, 6 SCARLETT KENT U23 4th (PB 4:52.34) taking 5.23 seconds off her 27 April time, POSIE SHAW U15 6th (PB 4:52.86) taking 1.93 seconds off her 2021 time, 7 ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 11th (PB 4:50.98) taking 2.02 seconds off his 2021 time, 8 RAPHAEL AARON U20 7th (PB 4:43.98) taking 2.49 seconds off his 2021 time, 9 SPIKE BLAKE U17 1st (PB 4:23.37) taking 18.63 seconds off his 2021 time, 11 MAX WINFIELD U20 6th (PB 4:20.59) taking 6.41 seconds off his 2021 time, THOMAS CADWALLADER U15 7th (PB 4:22.41) taking 3.66 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.9 U15 in 2022, JONATHAN BOARDMAN U20 9th (4:24.83), 12 JONAH MARKS U17 12th (4:18.05), 13 JOSHUA FISHER U17 11th (4:11.80), 14 THOMAS PATRICK 4th (3:55,07), HENRY DOVER U17 5th (PB 3:55.44) taking 4.98 seconds off his 24 April time, and is ranked UK No.2 U17 in 2022
3000m – SX 1 RUBY VINTON U17 17th (10:20.56)

TRAFFORD GRAND PRIX – Took place at Stretford on 3 May
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 1st (60.54m)

SOUTHAMPTON INVITATIONAL THROWS MEETING – Took place at Southampton on 1 May
Discus 2kg – SM NICK PERCY 2nd (61.94m)
Hammer 4kg – SX A JESSICA CHARLIE-BENNETT U20 (2nd Claim) 1st (50.49m

BE FIT TODAY OUTDOOR MEETING – Took place at Dagenham on 1 May
100m – SM 1.14 JOHN OTUGADE 6th (SB 10.66 w2.5), 2.10 JOHN finished 7th (SB 10.56 w1.9) taking .10 of a second off his 1.14 time
100m – SW 1.6 ALANNA FASHANU U23 1st (PB 11.70 w1.8) taking .14 of a second off her 27 March time, 1.7 EVE WRIGHT U23 1st (PB 11.60 w1.3) taking .02 of a second off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2022, 2.1 ALANNA finished 2nd (PB 11.57 w2.7) taking .13 of a second off her 1.6 time, EVE finished 3rd (11.62 w2.7)
150m – SM 6 ALEXANDER EVELEIGH 5th (PB 16.74 w1.9) taking .53 of a second off his 2015 time
200m – SM 8 ALEXANDER EVELEIGH 2nd (SB 22.65 w1.3) taking .53 of a second off his 2015 time
200m – SW 6 ALANNA FASHANU U23 1st (PB 23.79 w0.6) taking 1.03 seconds off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2022
300m – SW 2 HANNAH FOSTER U23 5th (SB 39.24) and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2022 

ROCK CHALK CLASSIC MEETING – Took place at Lawrence, Kansas, USA on 30 April
Shot 7.26kg – SM B GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 4th (16.05m)
Discus 2kg – SM B GEORGE EVANS (Kansas University) 1st (54.74m)

SOUTH LONDON ATHLETICS OPEN MEETING – Took place at Coulsdon on 30 April
400m Hurdles – SW 1 HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (SB 57.28) taking .15 of a second off her 16 April time, and is ranked UK No.3 in 2022 

STANFORD BIG MEETING – Took place at Stanford, California, USA on 30 April
1500m – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 3rd (SB 3:52.88)

CHARLOTTE INVITATIONAL – Took place at Charlotte, North Carolina, USA on 29-30 April
1500m – SM 1 MITCHEL COX (Queens University North Carolina) 2nd (PB 3:45.89) taking 2.22 seconds of his 2021 time

FRESNO STATE INVITATIONAL – Took place at Clovis, California, USA on 29-30 April
100m – SM 4 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 5th (11.18 w1.0)
Long Jump – SM A JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 6th (6.75m w1.0)
Shot 7.26kg – SM A JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 11th (PB 13.03m) adding 13cm to his 13 April put

UNF INVITATIONAL – Took place at Jacksonville, Florida, USA on 29-30 April
400m Hurdles – SW 1 LINA NIELSEN 1st (PB 54.65) taking .62 of a second off her 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 in 2022

PAYTON JORDAN INVITATIONAL – Took place at Stanford, California, USA on 29 April
200m – SM MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (21.84 w-0.3)
400m – SM MICHAEL OHIOZE 1st (SB 48.11) taking .71 of a second off his 1 April time
1500m – SW ELLIE BAKER 2nd (SB 4:10.92) and is ranked UK No.5 in 2022
10000m – SM CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 3rd (SB 27:40.16) taking 7.47 seconds off his 2021 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2022

PENN RELAYS – Took place at Philadelphia, Pensilvania, USA on 28-30 April
800m – SM OD KYLE LANGFORD 1st (SB 1:46.11) taking .41 of a second off his 6 February time, and is ranked UK No.4 in 2022

HARROW AC OPEN MEETING – Took place at Harrow on 28 April
800m – SX 6 DANIEL BANYARD U17 4th (2:12.32)

DRAKE RELAYS – Took place at Des Moines, Iowa, USA on 27-30 April
Pole Vault – SM I GLEN QUAYLE U23 (Northern State University) 16th (4.86m)

BMC REGIONAL RACES – Took place at Wormwood Scrubs on 27 April
800m – Men B ABDIRAHIM HAMUD U20 1st (PB 1:58.36) taking 1.86 seconds off his 2021 time, Mixed C NICOLE MCGOVERN U17 2nd (SB 2:12.63) taking 2.99 seconds off her 24 April time, and is ranked UK No.4 U17 in 2022

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 April.
TIM UNDERHILL V50 8th (22.03) this was his 93rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Brighton & Hove on 30 April.
DANIEL NICHOLS V35 9th (18.47) this was his 28th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 30 April.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 244th (32.06) this was his 243rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Maidstone on 30 April.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 112th (25.47) this was his 114th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 30 April.
STUART SINGER V60 37th (22.11) this was his 328th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 44th (23.08) this was his 176th Parkrun, LILY PLASETT U15 173rd (29.16) this was her 22nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 30 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 228th (37.47) this was his 221st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 30 April.
SHONA MICHEL V50 14th (27.35) this was her 60th Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 15th (27.36) this was his 76th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Tetbury Goods Shed on 30 April.
MATT GRANT V35 2nd (18.31) this was his 43rd Parkrun

UPCOMING FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, FOR THE PERIOD THURSDAY 5 MAY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 2 JUNE – 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

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 8 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
Link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 5 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 6 May.

MIDDLESEX U13 UP TO SENIOR CENTENARY T&F CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 14 May to Sunday 15 May at Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton, London (Satnav N9 0AR).
As a general guide U17, U20 & Seniors will compete on Saturday and U13 & U15 on Sunday.
Link for on-line entries – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2022/GBR/mdx-all/
Entries Close Saturday 30 April

NIGHT OF THE 10000m PBs – Takes place on Saturday 14 May at Parliament Hill Fields Athletics Track, London (Satnav NW3 2JP).
Established in 2013, the 2022 races incorporates the British 10,000m Championships and return as the British Athletics 10,000m time trial race for the World Championships and European 10,000m Cup. Taking place at Parliament Hill Athletics Track, it will also provide a key performance indicator for athletes targeting the European Championships in Munich later in the summer. Free for spectators against a backdrop of music and entertainment, the high-quality open races are sure to be an event for all the family. 

MIDDLESEX YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 2 – The second fixture of four takes place on Saturday 21 May at the Finsbury Park Athletics Track, Endymion Road (Satnav N4 1EE).
Age-Groups Under 13, 15 & 17 Men/Women.
This is the link to the timetable – Awaiting Issue
Note: You will have to be selected by your Team Manager.
To Be Confirmed: Those athletes who wish to compete as a non-scorer, please contact your Team Manager no later than Thursday 18 May as the declarations have to be in on Friday 19 May. 

LONDON ANNIVERSARY GAMES –  Takes place on to Saturday 21 May at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
For full information on tickets and how to get there please use this link – http://www.britishathletics.org.uk/

COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALS REVEALED – Photographs of the medals and how they were developed.

ONE SUMMER, THREE CHAMPIONSHIPS – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently. Photograph of DINA ASHER-SMITH by MARK SHEARMAN

After a delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Athletics Championships take place from July 15-24. Oregon in the USA will be hosting the event. For British athletes the delay has created a situation where 2022 is going to be their busiest year ever. It’s not just a case of competing in the 2022 World Athletics Championships, far from it. There’s also the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from July 28-August 8. Just a week after that the European Championships take place in Munich, Germany from August 15-21.

Just how will athletes handle such a schedule as this? Can they compete in all three or will they opt to take part in just two of them?  Before the World Championship, athletes have a busy schedule of Diamond League meetings. Those can be very lucrative financially so aren’t just an opportunity to warm up for the Worlds. There will be two British athletes defending world titles in Oregon. KATARINA JOHNSON-THOMPSON won the heptathlon title in Doha three years ago. The other British gold medal success came from DINA ASHER-SMITH, who won the 200m title. That followed up the 100m silver medal that she’d already won. Sometimes in sport, injuries happen at just the worst possible time. That was the case for ASHER-SMITH when suffering a hamstring injury at the Tokyo Olympics. A relay bronze was won but that was way short of her expectations going into the championships. Back fully fit, what can we expect from her in Oregon in July? The pressure will be on the Orpington athlete. One world title to defend and the hope will be that May and June will see her put in some impressive performances during the Diamond League. If she is to peak this season, then surely it must be in Oregon.

Then will come the decision whether to compete at the Commonwealth Games. Any English athlete will want to be able to compete in their home games. That’s even more the case when there’s an excellent chance of winning a medal. With the European Championships just around the corner, it will be interesting to see how many British athletes opt to take part in the Commonwealth Games. Those who don’t fare too well in Oregon may well decide to take part in the other two games. If having a great World Championships though, perhaps just one of the two will be competed at. Whatever happens, it’s going to be a hectic period for the sport of athletics. The schedule is most likely a one-off though. It’s just a relief that we did manage to get the Tokyo Olympics completed last year, rather than those being moved to 2022 as well!

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BIRMINGHAM 2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES – You may wish to sign up to receive their Newsletter. Link – https://www.birmingham2022.com/register-your-interest/. This is the link to the current schedule for the 25 events – https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/11441664_CWGs_Daily_Competition_Schedule_FINAL.pdf.