Happy Birthday from Thursday 6 April to Wednesday 12 April – Ben Bellisario, Phillip Crout, Charlotte Harris, Phillipa Lowe, Phoebe Music, Michael Obiwulu, Amelia Onyems, Ray Powell and Mohindra Suneel Dev

RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to BRIAN ANENE, TRAYDEAN HUNT, TRAYON HUNT and MICHAEL OBIWULU

PARKRUN 100 CLUB – Congratulation to JO KENT who completed her 100th run at Stevenage last Saturday.

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWS AND INDOOR POLE VAULT – Takes place on Saturday 15 April 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 – LICC Timetable StoneX Stadium 15-04-23
Online entries now at – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/  then put 438 in the filter box
Entries Closing Date Sunday 9 April, No Entries On The Day 

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE TRACK AND JUMPS – Takes place on Sunday 16 April at Bannister Outdoors Sports Centre, Birch Park, Harrow (Satnav HA3 6SP).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to the timetable – LICC Timetable Bannister Stadium 16-04-23
Online entries at Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/harr16042023/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 9 April, No Entries On The Day

QUADKIDS – Takes place prior to the London Inter Club Challenge on Sunday 16 April
CLYDE GORDON will be managing the event, with registration from 12 noon, first event starts at 12.30pm, and completion around 1.30pm, and is free to enter for Shaftesbury members and is £2 for non-members. Quadkids is primarily for school years 3 to 7 inclusive, ie age 7 to 12 and includes the four core disciplines of running (600m), throwing (Vortex Howler), jumping (Long Jump) and sprinting (75m). All are welcome and Parents you may be asked to join in by helping out on maybe one of the events

TCS MONEY LONDON MINI MARATHON – Takes place on Saturday 22 April, the London Borough of Barnet teams will be announced in the coming weeks. If any other SBH athlete has been selected for another Borough or Region, please email me at alanweller111@gmail.com

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.

RESULTS 
WORLD MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Torun, Poland on 27 March – 3 April.
60m – W35 H3 SHEREEN CHARLES V35 2nd (SB 7.93) taking .01 of a second off her 15 February time, and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2023, in the Final SHEREEN finished 5th (7.97)
200m – W40 H4 CLAIRE SPURWAY V40 3rd (27.60)
400m – W40 H2 CLAIRE SPURWAY V40 2nd (64.43) in the Final CLAIRE finished 6th (65.22)
Pole Vault – W45 Straight Final STACEY GONZALEZ BETANCOURT V45 won the Silver Medal (PB 3.00m) equalling her 2022 height, and is ranked UK No.1 V45 in 2023
Pole Vault – W60 Straight Final ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 won the Bronze Medal (2.10m)
Pentathlon – M50 GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 6th (SB 3650 points) 60m 2nd (8.64), 1000m 11th (SB 3:32.47), High Jump 5th (PB 1.66m) equalling his 2022 height, and is ranked UK No.1 V50 in 2023, Long Jump 5th (SB 5.47m) and is ranked UK No.5 V50 in 2023, Shot 6kg 9th (SB 9.91m)

ROSALIND with her medal.

LEE VALLEY APRIL OPEN MEETING – Took place at Lee Valley on 1 April.
100m – SM 4 JOSEPH PURBRICK U20 2nd (PB 10.79 w1.9) taking .06 of a second off his 2022 time, and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2023, 5 RUBEN HEDMAN U20 5th (SB 11.41 w4.5), 2 EDWIN YAMOAH V35 4th (SB 11.77 w1.6) and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2023
200m – SM 5 EDWIN YAMOAH V35 5th (SB 24.64 w1.8)
200m – SW 2 MIA HIGSON U17 3rd (SB 26.91 w3.2), 5 LUCY CAMPOS U17 3rd (SB 29.18 w2.0), OLIVE HARVEY-DEW U17 4th (SB 29.31 w2.0)
300m – SM 1 MALACHI AMADI U20 3rd (PB 36.07) and is ranked UK No.3 U20 in 2023
300m – SW 1 VANESSA ANSUAA U23 6th (SB 42.53), 3 OLIVE HARVEY-DEW U17 3rd (SB 46.83)
400m – SW OLIVIA ALBUT U23 1st (60.51)
800m – SM 3 CALLUM SYDENHAM U20 (2nd Claim) 3rd (PB 2:06.18) taking .62 of a second off his 2022 time, NOAH CLARKE U20 (2nd Claim) 7th (2:16.97)
800m – SW 1 HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (2:13.55), CHARLOTTE HARRIS U20 (2nd Claim) 2nd (2:20.25), EMMA MCCLUSKEY U20 (2nd Claim) 6th (2:26.54)
100m Hurdles – SW 1 AZARIA NWANKWO U20 3rd (PB 15.38 w3.1) and is ranked UK No.3 U20 in 2023
Discus 2kg – SM REUBEN VAUGHAN 1st (45.62m)
Javelin 800g – SM MILAN TRAJKOVIC U23 2nd (SB 52.72m) and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2023

UCONN DOG FIGHT – Took place at Storrs, Connecticut, USA on 1 April.
100m – SW 4 LARISSA GILES U23 (Yale University) 4th (SB 13.10 w1.2) and is ranked UK No.4 U23 in 2023

BIG FIVE MEET – Took place at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 1 April.
100m – SW 1 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 6th (12.65 w-1.6) and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2023
100m Hurdles – SW 1 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 3rd (SB 14.54 w-1.0) and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2023

HARROW SPRING THROWS AND JUMPS MEETING – Took place at Harrow on 1 April.
Long Jump – SX A LYDIA ROGERS 3rd (SB 4.82m nwr)
Discus 1kg – SW A EMMA BEARDMORE V35 1st (SB 43.86m) adding 2.09m to her 4 March throw, and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2023
Hammer 4kg – SW EMMA BEARDMORE V35 2nd (SB 47.27m) adding 1.62m to her 4 March throw, and is ranked UK No.2 V35 in 2023

STANFORD INVITATIONAL – Took place at Stanford, California, USA on 31 March – 1 April.
10000m – SM 1 CHARLES HICKS U23 (Stanford University) 1st (SB 27:57.47) and is ranked UK No.1 U23 in 2023
110m Hurdles – SM H1 JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 3rd (14.36 w0.7) in the Final JAMI finished 8th (PB 14.31 w0.7) taking .06 of a second off his H1 time, and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2023
Long Jump – SM CB JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 16th (6.64m w3.0)
Shot 7.26kg – SM CA JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 7th (13.18m)
Discus 2kg – SM CA JAMI SCHLEUTER U23 (University of Washington) 12th (PB 40.32m) adding 1.95m to his 2022 throw, and is ranked UK No.9 U23 in 2023

CHEMIST WAREHOUSE AUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Nathan, Australia on 30 March – 2 April.
Discus 1kg – SW Q JADE LALLY V35 2nd (54.54m) in the Final JADE won the Gold Medal (60.24m)

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 1 April.
PAUL LEWIS V50 2nd (21.22) this was his 162nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Blandford on 1 April.
HUGH RICHARDS V75 124th (35.17) this was his 187th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Great Lines on 1 April.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 94th (26.55) this was his 137th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Hackney Marshes on 1 April.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 173rd (31.18) this was his 288th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 1 April.
AIMEE PORTER U13 13th (21.10) this was her 5th Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 39th (23.36) this was his 369th Parkrun, KAYLA MICHEL U23 88th (27.11) this was her 35th Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 89th (27.17) this was his 95th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 99th (27.39) this was her 86th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Panshanger on 1 April.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 140th (36.55) this was his 258th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Stevenage on 1 April
SCARLETT KENT U23 15th (21.03) this was her 54th Parkrun, JO KENT V55 (2nd Claim) 19th (21.41) this was her 100th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Wimbledon Common on 1 April.
JAMES FITZSIMMONS V45 12th (20.43) this was his 56th Parkrun

UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY AND ROAD RELAY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 6 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 3 MAY – The SBH 2023 Summer Fixture Card can be found on the SBH website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/

NATIONAL MEN’S 12 STAGE AND WOMENS 6 STAGE ROAD RELAYS WHICH INCLUDE THE 15/U17 5k ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 15 April at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Town Gate Entrance, Birmingham (Satnav B73 6BU).
Start times U17 Men 11.00am, U17 Women 11.05am, U15 Boys 11.15am, U15 Girls 11.20am, Senior Women 12.20pm
Distances U15/U17 Men/Women 5K, Women Long Legs 5.38K, Short Legs 3.16K
Entries Closing Date Friday 7 April
Note: You will have to be pre-entered by your respective Team Manager.

TCS MONEY LONDON MINI MARATHON – Takes place on Saturday 22 April close to Temple Station and finishes on The Mall.
Note: You will have to be pre-selected by your respective London Borough or UK Region. 

TCS MONEY LONDON MARATHON – Takes place on Sunday 23 April from Greenwich. We should have a few runners representing the Stripes.
Note: You will have to enter yourself

BUCS CHAMPIONSHIPS  – Takes place on Saturday 29 April to Monday 1 May at the Manchester Regional Arena, Gate 13, Ethiad Campus, Rowsley Street, Manchester (Satnav M11 3FF).
Link to the information – https://www.bucs.org.uk/events-page/athletics-outdoor-championships-2022-23.html
Entries Closed 

UK YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE PREMIER SOUTH ROUND 1 – The first fixture of four takes place on Sunday 30 April at the at Bannister Outdoors Sports Centre, Birch Park, Harrow (Satnav HA3 6SP).
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

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 6 APRIL UNTIL WEDNESDAY 3 MAY  

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE THROWS AND INDOOR POLE VAULT – Takes place on Saturday 15 April 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 – LICC Timetable StoneX Stadium 15-04-23
Online entries now at – https://entry4sports.co.uk/#/  then put 438 in the filter box
Entries Closing Date Sunday 9 April, No Entries On The Day 

LONDON INTER CLUB CHALLENGE TRACK AND JUMPS – Takes place on Sunday 16 April at Bannister Outdoors Sports Centre, Birch Park, Harrow (Satnav HA3 6SP).
Entry fee is £8 per event for all age-groups, SBH Members qualify for a 50% discount.
Link to the timetable – LICC Timetable Bannister Stadium 16-04-23
Online entries at Opentrack – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2023/GBR/harr16042023/
Entries Closing Date Sunday 9 April, No Entries On The Day

QUADKIDS – Takes place prior to the London Inter Club Challenge on Sunday 16 April
CLYDE GORDON will be managing the event, with registration from 12 noon, first event starts at 12.30pm, and completion around 11.30am, and is free to enter for Shaftesbury members and is £2 for non-members. Quadkids is primarily for school years 3 to 7 inclusive, ie age 7 to 12 and includes the four core disciplines of running (600m), throwing (Vortex Howler), jumping (Long Jump) and sprinting (75m). All are welcome and Parents you may be asked to join in by helping out on maybe one of the events.

WATFORD OPEN MEETING  – Takes place on Wednesday 19 April at the Woodside Stadium, Horseshoe Lane, Watford (Satnav WD25 7HH).
Age-Groups Under U13 and above Men/Women.
Timetable – 19.00pm 200m, 19.15pm Shot Put, 19.20pm 400m no Under 13s, 19.40pm 800m no times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 21.05pm 3000m no times over 11.00 minutes, no Under 13s
Link to entries on roster athletics, although entries not available as yet – https://meets.rosterathletics.com/public/competitions?cc=GBR&page=0&from=2023-04-18&to=2023-04-28
Note: There are no entries on the day, and there is a possibility that the limits will be taken up well before the race day.

EASTERN YOUNG ATHLETES LEAGUE ROUND 1  – The first of four fixtures takes place on Sunday 23 April at the Embankment Athletic Track, Bishops Road, Peterborough (Satnav PE1 5BW).
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 20 April as the declarations have to be in on Friday 21 April 

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE 100m/200m SPRINTS OPEN MEETING – Takes place on Wednesday 26 April 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, although entries not available as yet – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=8&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on
Closing Date TBC or once an event reaches full capacity.

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.
26 April – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
10 May – Double 100m Meeting
24 May – 300m/300m Hurdles/400m/400m Hurdles Meeting
7 June – Double 100m Meeting
21 June – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
5 July – Double 100m Meeting
19 July – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
2 August – Double Sprint Hurdles
16 August – Sprints 100m/200m Meeting
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 19 April – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Shot, 7.20pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.40pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s (Entries Not Open As Yet)
Wednesday 3 May – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.20pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 17 May – 7.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds
Wednesday 31 May – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.20pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 14 June – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Shot, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00pm 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.15pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 28 June – 7.00pm 100m, 7.15pm Long Jump, 7.25pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 12 July – 7.00pm 400m No Under 13s, 7.15pm High Jump, 7.25pm BMC, 8.00m 800m No times over 2 minutes 45 seconds, 9.05pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
Wednesday 26 July – 7.00pm 200m, 7.15pm Triple Jump, 7.15pm 1500m No times over 5 minutes 30 seconds, 9.00pm 3000m No times over 11 minutes, No under 13s
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
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

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. There is 1 post this week.

ROSALIND ZEFFERTT with her Bronze Medal at the World Masters Championships in Poland.

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
This is the link to the qualification system and entry standards – https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62ff627cef4200119b5555be.pdf

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 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

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

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 and JOANNA WINFIELD – Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Memorial To George Harrison From Friends And Members 23 March 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.