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RECENT NEW MEMBERS – We wish you a very warm welcome, and a happy, healthy and successful time with Shaftesbury to BENJAMIN KLEIN, LILY HOLT, ARON PATEL and GARY PELOSI

GEORGE HARRISON MBE MEMORIAL DOCUMENT– Just a reminder, if you have your own memories and/or photographs of GEORGE, please email them to me, either within the email or as a separate attached word document. I will put together all comments/photographs into a SBH memorial document, and will publish it in a few weeks’ time.
The current contributors are LISA WEBB, MARTIN ROCHFORD, NADEEM SHAIKH, RACHEL FELTON, LIAM and JAMIE DEE, JAMES LOVELL and MYSELF

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 is £16 from 1 April 2022 (this increases to £17 as from 1 April 2023 renewals). The current total is £81 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.

SBH WINTER CROSS COUNTRY POINTS RACE – The Metropolitan League fixture which takes place this Saturday 11 February at Trent Park, is the 6th race of 7 for all age-groups, excluding the Under 11 Boys and Girls which is their 6th and final race of the season.

RESULTS – APOLOGIES BUT OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, RESULTS HAVE TAKEN SOMETIMES 2 WEEKS TO SHOW ON THE POWER OF 10. IT HAS BECOME A NIGHTMARE TO TRACK MISSING RESULTS. IF THESE GET MISSED ON THE NEWSLETTER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE – The fourth fixture of five took place at Hampstead Heath on 4 February.
Under 11 Boys (1700m) – DENNYS PASCAL 1st (6.07), JOSAIH ALDHAM 3rd (6.13), ROAN PARKES 4th (6.18), JAMES MOUDHART 8th (6.26), PRINCE-MOSES JOHN 10th (6.38), JONAH EDER 13th (6.43), NOAH PEARCE 23rd (7.24) 33 runners finished
Team Result 1st SBH (16 points), 2nd Highgate Harriers (62), 3rd London Heathside (63) 8 teams finished 

Under 11 Girls (1700m) – LUCIA CASALENUOVO 4th (6.38), GRACE ROONEY 5th (6.41), ELFIE SHAW 19th (7.38), KEENYAH ADELISE 28th (8.09), the winner was M Keam George of Thames Valley Harriers (6.22) 33 runners finished
Team Result 1st SBH (56 points), 2nd London Heathside (59), 3rd Barnet & District (61) 10 teams finished

Under 13 Boys (3000m) – CALEB HILTON 1st (11.31), A ABRAHAMS 4th (11.57), EDWARD PASCAL 5th (12.01), LADDIE SHAW 13th (12.23), ZACK JOSEPHS 17th (12.31), SAM DARCY 22nd (13.21) 29 runners finished
Team Result 1st SBH (23 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (46), 3rd Trent Park (64) 9 teams finished

Under 13 Girls (3000m) – MEI HAYAKAWA 5th (12.45), HOLLY CLARKE 19h (15.02), the winner was Jorja March of Barnet & District (11.52) 24 runners finished
Team Result 1st Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (38 points), 2nd London Heathside (43), 3rd Harrow (49), 6th SBH (74) 8 teams finished

Under 15 Boys (3800m) – AIDAN MACAVOY 4th (15.27), the winner was L Moore of Thames Valley Harriers (14.33) 19 runners finished
Team Result 1st Thames Valley Harriers (34 points), 2nd Ealing, Southall & Middlesex (39), 3rd Highgate Harriers (42), 5th SBH (64) 7 teams finished

Under 15 Girls (3800m) – POSIE SHAW 1st (16.24), ERIN GIBLIN 12th (19.01) 19 runners finished
Team Result 1st Highgate Harriers (21 points), 2nd London Heathside (49), 3rd SBH (53) 7 teams finished

Under 17 Men (4800m) – No SBH runner competed, the winner was Michael Cattini of Harrow (15.02) 15 runners finished
Team Result 1st Highgate Harriers (37 points), 2nd Barnet & District (41), 3rd Harrow (47) 6 teams finished

Under 17 Women (4800m) – No SBH runner competed, the winner was A Svihaikova of Thames Valley Harriers (17.05) 8 runners finished
Team Result 1st Barnet & District (25 points), 2nd Thames Valley Harriers (25), 3rd Dacorum & Tring (29) 4 teams finished

NORTH WEST LONDON LEAGUE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS – These are the Team Positions and Athletes Individual Positions after 4 of the 5 fixtures – NWLL Team Positions After 4 Fixtures  NWLL Individual Athletes Positions After 4 Fixtures

SOUTHERN INDOOR U20/SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Lee Valley on 4-5 February.
60m – SM H2 TARIQ WILD U23 3rd (6.99) in Semi-Final 2 TARIQ finished 6th (7.04)
60m – SW H4 SHEREEN CHARLES V35 5th (SB 7.99) taking .14 of a second off her 22 January time, and is ranked UK No.4 V35 in 2023
200m – U20M H4 MALACHI AMADI U20 2nd (SB 23.10) in Semi-Final 1 MALACHI finished 2nd (SB 22.82) taking .28 of a second off his H4 time, in the Final MALACHI won the Bronze Medal (SB 22.68) taking .14 of a second off his SF1 time
200m – U20W ANNA ROSE U20 1st (SB 26.27) taking .06 of a second off her 2 January time, in the Final ANNA finished 4th (SB 26.41)
400m – U20W H2 LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U20 4th (PB 62.13) taking .60 of a second off her 21 January time
400m – SM H5 SAM HAZELL 2nd (50.57) in Semi-Final 2 SAM finished 3rd (SB 49.71) taking .52 of a second off his 21 January time, in the Final SAM won the Bronze Medal (SB 49.43) taking .28 of a second off his SF2 time
400m – SW H3 HAYLEY MCLEAN 1st (55.93) in Semi-Final 2 HAYLEY finished 1st (55.49) in the Final HAYLEY won the Silver Medal (SB 53.87) taking .40 of a second off his 21 January time
800m – SW H1 LIA RADUS U23 5th (SB 2:26.94) taking 5.66 seconds off her 22 January time
60m Hurdles – U20M H1 RUBEN HEDMAN U20 2nd (SB 7.96) taking .09 of a second off his 21 January time, in the Final RUBEN finished 4th (PB 7.92) taking .01 of a second off his 2022 time, and is ranked UK No.4 U20 in 2023
60m Hurdles – SW H1 MARLI JESSUP U23 1st (8.47) in the Final MARLI won the Gold Medal (8.41)
High Jump – U20W Straight Final REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 won the Silver Medal (PB 1.65m) equalling her 2022 height
Pole Vault – SW Straight Final JADE IVE (HCA) won the Gold Medal (SB 4.30m) adding 4cm to her 29 January height
Long Jump – SM Straight Final PAUL OGUN (HCA) won the Gold Medal (SB 7.28m)
Long Jump – SW Straight Final ELJONE KRUGER finished 5th (SB 5.75m)
Triple Jump – U20W Straight Final TANI SONOIKI U20 finished 6th (SB 11.06m)

WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR TOUR SILVER – Took place at Mondeville, France on 8 February.
60m – SM H2 CHARLIE DOBSON (HCA) 1st (SB 6.66) taking .08 of a second off his 2 February time, in the next race CHARLIE finished 3rd (SB 6.61) taking .05 of a second off his H2 time

WATFORD HALF MARATHON – Took place at Watford on 5 February.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 995th (SB 2:13.14)

LOUGHBOROUGH INDOOR OPEN MEETING – Took place at Loughborough on 4-5 February.
60m – SM A2 GERALD MATTHEW 2nd (7.01), B2 GERALD finished 2nd (7.00)
60m Hurdles – M50 A GARY SMITH V50 (2nd Claim) 1st (8.76), B GARY finished 1st (8.74)
Long Jump – SM BOLU COKER 4th (6.27m)

4J STUDIOS SCOTTISH ATHLETICS NATIONAL INDOOR SENIOR/U17 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Emirates Arena on 4 February.
60m – SM H4 BEN MCGUIRE 2nd (7.21) in Semi-Final 1 BEN finished 6th (7.21)
200m – SM H1 KRISHAWN AIKEN 1st (22.31) in Semi-Final 1 KRISHAWN finished 1st (21.64) in the Final KRISHAWN won the Gold Medal (21.33)
1500m – SM H2 RORY MUIR 5th (SB 4:00.34) in the Final RORY finished 8th (4:04.41)
High Jump – SM Straight Final CLAIRE MCGARVEY U23 won the Gold Medal (SB 1.76m) and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2023
Long Jump – SM Straight Final BEN MCGUIRE 5th (SB 6.80m)
Long Jump – SW Straight Final SELINA HENDERSON 8th (5.29m)
Shot 7.26kg – SM Straight Final ANGUS MCINROY V35 won the Gold Medal (SB 14.50m) and is ranked UK No.1 V35 in 2022

WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR TOUR GOLD – Took place at Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 4 February.
800m – SM KYLE LANGFORD 6th (SB 1:47.73) and is ranked UK No.6 in 2023
800m – SW ELLIE BAKER 4th (SB 2:03.19) and is ranked UK No.4 in 2023

VAULT MANCHESTER – Took place at Sportcity on 4 February.
Pole Vault – SM C CRAIG MONCUR U23 2nd (PB 4.06m) adding 26cm to his 8 January height, EVAN CAMPBELL U23 7th (SB 3.61m)
Pole Vault – SW B MANON BAINES U20 2nd Equal (SB 3.46m) adding 10cm to her 29 January height, and is ranked UK No.4 U20 in 2023

BUCS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Pembrey Country Park on 4 February.
Senior Men 10500m – JEREMY DEMPSEY U23 (Cambridge University) 8th (32.55), DAVID STONE U23 (Birmingham University) 9th (33.01), NATHAN GODDARD U23 (Exeter University) 59th (35.36), PHILLIP CROUT (Cambridge University) 76th (36.08) the winner was Mahamed Mahamed of Southampton Solent University (32.17) 256 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Loughborough Students (23 points), 2nd Birmingham University (31), 3rd Cambridge University (100), 16th Exeter University (274) 41 teams finished
Senior Men 8300m – ISAAC HIRSHMAN CHANDLER U20 (Birmingham University) 11th (27.13), KRISTIAN IMROTH U23 (Birmingham University) 19th (27.44), LUCA STUBBS U20 (Loughborough Students) 38th (28.08), ASHWIN FOWKES-GAJAN U20 (Warwick University) 164th (30.26) the winner was Josh Fiiddaman of Loughborough Students (26.35) 540 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Loughborough Students (20 points), 2nd Birmingham University (28), 3rd Cambridge University (58), 10th Warwick University (371) 37 teams finished
Senior Women 6000m – FREYA STAPLETON U20 (Birmingham University) 18th (22.57), EMILY HATHAWAY U20 (Birmingham University) 70th (24.29), SCARLETT KENT U23 (Loughborough Students) 115th (25.37) the winner was Bethan Morley of Loughborough Students (21.36) 406 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Loughborough Students (8 points), 2nd Birmingham University (23), 3rd St Mary’s Richmond (37) 35 teams finished

CAMEL CITY INVITATIONAL – Took place at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA on 3-4 February.
1000m – SM 1 MITCHEL COX (Queens University North Carolina) 1st (PB 2:28.22) and is ranked UK No.7 in 2023

FRANK SEVIGNE HUSKER INVITATIONAL – Took place at Lincoln, Nebraska, USA on 3-4 February.
60m – SM H2 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 7th (7.28)
1000m – SM H JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 7th (PB 2:49.33) taking .45 of a second off his 2022 time
60m Hurdles – SM H2 JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 1st (SB 8.39) equalling his 14 January time
High Jump – SM H JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 14th (SB 1.78m)
Pole Vault – SM H JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 7th Equal (PB 4.40m) equalling his 14 January height
Long Jump – SM H JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 12th (6.70m)
Shot 7.26kg – SM H JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 4th (13.43m)
Heptathlon – SM JAMI SCHLUETER U23 (University of Washington) 9th (SB 5191 points) and is ranked UK No.8 in 2023

SCARLETT KNIGHT OPEN – Took place at New York, New York, USA on 3-4 February.
60m Hurdles – SW H2 LILY PARRIS U23 (Princeton University 2nd Claim) 2nd (8.79) in the Final race LILY finished 4th (PB 8.56) taking .05 of a second off her 28 January time, and is ranked UK 7th equal U23 in 2023

WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR TOUR BRONZE – Took place at Mirimas, France on 3 February.
60m – SM H2 OJIE EDOBURUN 1st (6.68) in the Final race OJIE EDOBURUN 5th (6.69)
400m – SM A JOSHUA FAULDS 3rd (SB 47.99) and is ranked UK No.9 in 2023

WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR TOUR SILVER – Took place at Ostrava, Czech Republic on 3 February.
60m – SM H1 CHARLIE DOBSON (HCA) 5th (SB 6.74)

INDOOR INTER VARSITY – Took place at Lee Valley on 1 February.
60m – SM NS1 JOSH WOODS U23 (Birmingham University) 2nd (PB 7.11), NS2 ZAKRIA RASHID U23 (Brunel University) 5th (PB 7.39)
400m – SW A EMILY NEWNHAM U20 (Loughborough Students) 2nd (SB 54.75) and is ranked UK No.1 U20 in 2023
800m – SW SCARLETT KENT U23 (Loughborough Students) 4th (SB 2:18.63) taking .63 of a second off her 2 January time
60m Hurdles – SM B CRAIG MONCUR U23 (Birmingham University) 2nd (PB 8.58)taking .18 of a second off his 22 January time
High Jump – SM KIMANI JACK U20 (Birmingham University) 1st (2.00m)
High Jump – SW LILY HOLT U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (1.65m), TRINITY O’CONNOR U23 (Birmingham University) 2nd (SB 1.55m)
Pole Vault – SW TRINITY O’CONNOR U23 (Birmingham University) 3rd (3.10m)
Long Jump – SM CRAIG MONCUR U23 (Birmingham University) 3rd (6.49m), EVAN CAMPBELL U23 (Birmingham University) 6th (SB 6.38m), BOLU COKER (Loughborough Students) 8th (6.30m)
Triple Jump – SM JOSH WOODS U23 (Birmingham University) 1st (SB 14.66m) and is ranked UK No.10 U23 in 2023
Shot 7.26kg – SM EVAN CAMPBELL U23 (Birmingham University) 4th (SB 13.90m) and is ranked UK No.8 U23 in 2023

LEE VALLEY DOUBLE 60M – Took place at Lee Valley on 1 February.
60m – SX A1 DOMINIC ASHWELL 3rd (SB 6.79), A2 ZICO JONES U17 6th (PB 7.18) taking .07 of a second off his 2022 time, A5 ONAOPE SOGBESAN U20 4th (SB 7.27), A9 ALICIA BEBEY U23 8th (8.46), A10 ANGEL MCLEOD U15 2nd (PB 7.79) taking .04 of a second off her 2022 time, A14 LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U20 3rd (PB 8.27) taking .02 of a second off her 2022 time, ONYEBUCHI ODIAKA U17 4th (8.30), B1 DOMINIC finished 4th (SB 6.77) taking .02 of a second off his A1 time, B3 ZICO finished 7th (7.22), B5 ONAOPE finished 2nd (SB 7.23) taking .04 of a second off his A5 time, B7 BRYAN OGBEBOR U20 finished 5th (7.78), B10 ANGEL finished 4th (PB 7.79) equalling her A10 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U15 in 2023, B14 ONYEBUCHI finished 4th (8.30), LOLA finished 5th (8.37)

NEWHAM & ESSEX BEAGLES INDOOR SPRINT SERIES – Took place at Newham on 1 February.
60m – SM A1 GERALD MATTHEWS 7th (7.07), A3 ZANSON PLUMMER 1st (PB 6.89) taking .01 of a second off his 2022 time, B1 ZANSON finished 3rd (PB 6.85) taking .04 of a second off his A3 time, B2 GERALD finished 2nd (SB 6.97) taking .01 of a second off his 22 January time
60m – SW A1 EVE WRIGHT U23 2nd (SB 7.45) taking .05 of a second off her 8 January time, ALANNAH FASHANU U23 3rd (7.49), A3 VANESSA ANSUAA U23 6th (SB 8.08) taking .09 of a second off her 18 January time, B1 EVE finished 2nd (PB 7.42) taking .01 of a second off her 2022 time, and is ranked UK No.2 U23 in 2023, ALANNAH finished 3rd (PB 7.46) taking .01 of a second off her 2022 time, and is ranked UK No.5 U23 in 2023, B3 VANESSA finished 4th (SB 8.00) taking .08 of a second off her A3 time

MIDDLESEX SCHOOLS (SAAM) CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Took place at Harrow School on 26 January. All athletes were competing for Barnet unless otherwise identified.
Colts Boys – EDWARD PASCAL U13 9th (9.39), BEN KASPAR U11 10th (9.44), DENNYS PASCAL U11 21st (10.18), HENRY RYAN U13 33rd (10.41),the winner was Jack Hayward of Ealing (9.18) 75 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Richmond (39 points), 2nd Ealing (62), 3rd Barnet (129)
Minor Girls – JUI HAYAKAWA U13 10th (10.43) LUCIA CASALENUOVO U11 14th (11.07), JASMYN PERRIN U13 52nd (12.14), VERA DOUDKO U13 56th (12.24)  the winner was Evie Archer of Richmond (9.45) 75 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Richmond (124 points), 2nd Enfield (133), 3rd Haringey (272) ???
Junior Boys – ARTHUR PHILLIPS U15 2nd (15.40), EUAN PHILLIPS U15 3rd (15.44), JESSE ABRAHAMS U13 20th (17.19), LADDIE SHAW U13 22nd (17.31), SAM DARCY U13 51st (19.25) the winner was Marcus Soloman of Richmond (15.38) 60 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Richmond (74 points), 2nd Barnet (84), 3rd Haringey (127)
Junior Girls – POSIE SHAW U15 5th (9.57), MEI HAYAKAWA U13 10th (10.27), ERIN GIBLIN U15 25th (10.58), AMBER JACKSON U13 26th (11.01), ELIZABETH LEIBOWITZ U13 60th (12.12) the winner was Jorjia March of Enfield (9.28) 65 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Richmond (76 points), 2nd Ealing (97), 3rd Haringey (128), 4th Barnet (130)
Intermediate Boys – TOMMY NARVAEZ-WHITE U17 21st (19.23), GUY FAWCETT U17 29th (19.35), JAI DARYAMANI U17 (Brent) 30th (19.39) the winner was Michael Cattini of Harrow (17.12) 70 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Richmond (77 points), 2nd Harrow (96), 3rd Haringey (181)
Intermediate Girls – EDIE WOODINGS U15 13th (19.18), PHOEBE MUSIC U15 36th (21.57), MACIE SUTHERLAND U15 42nd (22.56) the winner was Lucy Barlow of Richmond (16.58) 54 runners finished
Team Result – 1st Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow (50 points), 2nd Cambridge & Coleridge (81), 3rd Medway & Maidstone (161)
Senior Boys – ABDIRAHIM HAMUD (Hillingdon) 2nd (23.39), JOSHUA FISHER (Brent) 4th (24.02), LEO RONCARATI 10th (24.59), DANIEL BANYARD 15th (26.17), JONAH MARKS (Brent) 16th (28.22) the winner was Tom Emery of Harrow (23.34) 39 runners finished
Team Result 6 To Score – 1st Richmond (80 points), 2nd Brent (108), 3rd Harrow (136)
Senior Girls – No Barnet runners, the winner was Lauren Russell of Haringey (16.29) 14 runners finished
Team Result – No team completed

LONDON U17/SENIOR INDOOR GAMES – Took place at Lee Valley on 21-22 January.
60m – U20M A2 MALACHI AMADI U20 4th (7.16), B3 MALACHI finished 1st (7.13)
60m – U20W A2 NIA AKINTOKUN U20 5th (7.93)
60m – SM 1A3 GERALD MATTHEW 4th (7.05), 1A5 TARIQ WILD U23 2nd (7.00), EUGENE RIZA 4th (PB 7.93) taking .04 of a second off his 2022 time, 2A4 TARIQ finished 2nd (SB 6.98) taking .02 of a second off his 1A5 time, 2A5 GERALD finished 1st (SB 6.98) taking .07 of a second off his 1A3 time, 2C3 EUGENE finished 5th (8.03)
60m – SW A1 EVE WRIGHT U23 2nd (7.57), A3 HANNAH FOSTER U23 3rd (7.95), SHEREEN CHARLES V35 5th (SB 8.23), ALICIA BEBEY U23 7th (SB 8.35), A7 LYDIA ROGERS 6th (SB 8.56), B1 EVE finished 3rd (7.54), B3 HANNAH finished 2nd (7.90), B5 SHEREEN finished 3rd (SB 8.13) taking .10 of a second off her A3 time, and is ranked UK No.3 V35 in 2023, B7 ALICIA finished 1st (SB 8.34) taking .01 of a second off her A3 time, LYDIA finished 5th (SB 8.54) taking .02 of a second off her A3 time
200m – U20W 2 ANNA ROSE U20 2nd (26.38)
200m – U23M 7 JAYDEN KLEIN U20 3rd (PB 24.75)
200m – SM 7 SEAN SUTHERLAND V50 3rd (SB 25.71) taking .02 of a second off his 2 January time, and is ranked UK no.4 V50 in 2023
200m – SW 2 CLAIRE SPURWAY V40 3rd (SB 27.43) and is ranked UK No.2 V40 in 2023, 3 LYDIA ROGERS 4th (SB 27.95)
400m – U20W 3 LOLA MCCANN-EZEKIEL U20 2nd (PB 62.73) taking .67 of a second off her 8 January time
400m – SM 2 SAM HAZELL 5th (SB 50.23)
400m – SW 1 HAYLEY MCLEAN 2nd (SB 55.27), 2 ALANNAH FASHANU U23 1st (56.33), 3 OLIVIA ALLBUT U23 1st (SB 60.36)
800m – SM 7 DANIEL BANYARD U20 1st (SB 2:05.35)
800m – SW 4 SCARLETT KENT U23 3rd (2:21.08), 5 LIA RADUS U23 3rd (SB 2:32.60)
60m Hurdles – U20M A1 RUBEN HEDMAN U20 2nd (SB 8.05) taking .01 of a second off his 8 January time, and is ranked UK No.4 U20 in 2023, B1 RUBEN  finished 4th (8.08)
60m Hurdles – SM A1 EDSON GOMES 1st (SB 7.99) and is ranked UK No.9 in 2023, B1 EDSON  finished 1st (8.03)
60m Hurdles – SW A1 MARLI JESSOP U23 3rd (SB 8.52) taking .01 of a second off her 15 January time, B1 MARLI JESSOP U23 1st (SB 8.40) taking .12 of a second off her A1 time, and is ranked UK No.3 U23 in 2022
High Jump – SW REBECCA WHEELER-HENRY U20 2nd (SB 1.64m)
Pole Vault – SW A ROSALIND ZEFFERTT V60 6th (SB 2.22m) and is ranked UK No.1 V60 in 2023
Shot 7.26kg – M60 A MARK HOLDEN-AIKHOMU V60 2nd (PB 10.57m) and is ranked UK No.4 V60 in 2023

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 Cannons Park on 4 February.
LOUIS PELTA U20 88th (29.52) this was his 63rd Parkrun

PARKRU N 5K– Took place at Hackney Marshes on 4 February.
BARRY CHISHOLM V60 262nd (29.46) this was his 281st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Jersey on 4 February.
ANDREW HOLMES V55 224th (31.43) this was his 44th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Lancing Beach Green on 4 February.
DANIEL NICHOLS 2nd (PB 17.42) this was his 39th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Malling on 4 February.
CLIFF GOLDING V65 91st (26.37) this was his 131st Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Oak Hill on 4 February.
DAVID JOSEPHS V45 17th (20.48) this was his 22nd Parkrun, STUART SINGER V60 42nd (23.28) this was his 360th Parkrun, BRADLEY SINGER 90th (26.17) this was his 215th Parkrun, LENARD MICHEL V50 93rd (26.25) this was his 90th Parkrun, SHONA MICHEL V50 227th (36.30) this was her 78th Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Perry Lakes, Perth, Australia on 4 February.
STUART MOORE V60 94th (30.02) this was his 183rd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Rother Valley on 4 February.
RUSSELL DEVITT V70 246th (33.24) this was his 252nd Parkrun

PARKRUN 5K – Took place at Sunny Hill on 4 February.
JOSHUA FISHER U20 1st (PB 16.25) this was his 6th Parkrun, LEO RONCARATI U20 2nd (PB 17.59) this was his 9th Parkrun, ADAM O’GORMAN U17 3rd (PB 18.05) this was his 5th Parkrun, JACOB CLEMENT U17 4th (PB 18.56) this was his 5th Parkrun

UPCOMING CROSS COUNTRY AND ROAD RELAY FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH – The updated 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card and Information Sheet, are available further down the Newsletter.

START FITNESS METROPOLITAN LEAGUE – The fifth fixture of five takes place on Saturday 11 February at Trent Park, Cockfosters Road, Middlesex (SatNav EN4 0JZ). Please note; because of its size, Trent Park has several different post codes. The one given is the most appropriate and closest to the Cockfosters Road entrance to the Park.
Race Headquarters – Located just beyond “Go Ape”, on the left hand side (south) of Lime Avenue.
Refreshments – Are available for purchase in the Trent Park café which is near to the Start/Finish area. In addition, the Wildlife Rescue & Ambulance Service (Enfield), located at the eastern end of the access road known as Lime Avenue (approx. 600 metres from the Start/Finish area), has a tea shop which is open until 4 pm.
Course Location – The main start / finish area is adjacent to the race HQ. HQ to course walk time, less than a minute.
Course Description – Very undulating course on open, rough, lumpy park land. Liable to be soft underfoot throughout. Some exposed tree roots in places, and two small wooden bridges that could be slippery. The course is likely to be very muddy and slippery in places so is not suitable for ordinary trainers. Spikes are strongly recommended for this event
Public Transport – London Underground – Cockfosters station is the northern end of the Piccadilly Line. The station is 300 metres to the south of the Cockfosters Road entrance to Trent Park (approximately 5 minute walk). Turn right out of the station, walk north along Cockfosters Road, past the BP Garage (with M&S). Use of public transport is strongly recommended due to the proximity of the underground station and limited car parking at Trent Park.
Directions From Major Roads – Cockfosters Road (A111) entrance; approximately two miles to the south of Junction 24 of the M25, on the left hand side, or just over half a mile to the north of the junction of the A111 and A110 (Bramley Road), on the right hand side (SatNav EN4 0JZ).
Parking – Parking is available within Trent Park but is likely to be very limited. Given the proximity of Trent Park to Cockfosters underground station, use of public transport is therefore strongly recommended. If you intend to drive, please car-share as much as possible.
The main car parking facility is at the Cockfosters Road entrance to Trent Park. PLEASE NOTE: The private car park close to the Southgate Hockey Centre at the top of Snakes Lane is NOT available. Please do not attempt to park there – you WILL be turned back. Cars must not be parked on any of the roads within Trent Park.
Trent Park closes at sunset, which will be at approximately 17:00. The gate at the Cockfosters Road entrance is usually closed at this time, but drivers must take care to check the closing time which will be shown on the sign inside the main entrance.
Start Times – 12.00pm U11 (Over 9) Boys & Girls (up to 1800m), 12.15pm U13 Boys (3000m), 12.30pm U13 Girls (3000m), 12.45pm U17 Men and U15 Boys (4000m), 1.00pm U17 Women and U15 Girls (4000m), 1.15pm U20, Senior and Veteran Women (7800m), 2.15pm U20, Senior and Veteran Men (7800m).
Please Note: This is the link to all information issued by the organisers, which include the course description and maps – Race 5 – Trent Park – 11 February 2023
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 and 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 END OF SEASON PRESENTATION – Please join us after the last race for the end-of-season presentations (and tea and cakes!), which will be held at:11th Southgate Scout Group, 1c Chalk Lane, Cockfosters, Barnet (EN4 9JQ).
Directions – Leave Trent Park by the main Cockfosters Road entrance and turn left down Cockfosters Road back towards the Underground station. Just after the BP Garage (with M&S), turn right down Chalk Lane. The Scout Hut is approximately 50 metres along the road on the left hand side (see map). Please note there is no car parking at this venue.
Please also note that the Scout Hut is quite small so there is limited space available. Polite Request; the Scout Hut has a wooden parquet floor so muddy shoes must be taken off and left at the entrance.

WORLD CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 18 February at Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.

NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place on Saturday 25 February at Bolesworth Castle, Chester (SatNav CH3 9JJ)
Start Times 11.00am U17 Women (5000m), 11.25am U15 Boys (4000m), 11.45pm U13 Girls (3000m), 12.05pm U17 Men (6000m), 12.30pm U13 Boys (3000m), 12.45pm U15 Girls (4000m, 1.05am U20 Women (6000m), 1.35pm Senior Women (8000m), 2.20pm U20 Men (10000m), 3.00pm Senior Men (12000m)
This is the link to the National website, giving information, travel and site map http://www.englishcrosscountry.co.uk/the-national-cross-country-championships/venue/
Entries Closed

UPCOMING INDOOR FIXTURES FOR THE NEXT 4 WEEKS, WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD THURSDAY 9 FEBRUARY UNTIL WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH – The following fixtures are now open for entries, therefore please enter yourselves and pay the appropriate fee, but be aware that fixtures could close before the closing date, due to events being full.

ENGLAND ATHLETICS U15, U17 AND U20 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 11 February and Sunday 12 February.
Entries Closed

SCVAC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Sunday 12 February.
Entries Closed

LEE VALLEY MIDDLE DISTANCE OPEN MEETING – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Wednesday 15 February,
Events are 800m U13 and Above, 1500m U15 and above.
Entries now open, please use this link – https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/?o=&page=4&date__gte=&date__lte=&type=&q=&country_id=&uses_ot=on
Entries Closing Date To Be Confirmed – Please be advised that events may be full before the closing date.
Note: You will have to enter yourself and pay the appropriate entry fee

BRITISH MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Takes place at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield (Satnav S9 5DA) on Saturday 18 February and Sunday 19 February.
Entries Closed

UK ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EUROPEAN TRIALS – Takes place at the Utilita Arena, King Edwards Road, Birmingham (Satnav B1 2AA) on Saturday 18 February and Sunday 19 February. Athletes will be invited to compete.
Link to apply for tickets – https://www.koobit.com/uk-athletics-indoor-championships-e5431

ENGLAND MASTERS INDOOR CHALLENGE – Takes place at the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, 61 Meridian Way, Edmonton (Satnav N9 0AR) on Sunday 26 February.
Note: Team selection will be via area clubs

SBH YOUNG ATHLETES MEN ALL-TIME T&F TOP 10 UP TO OCTOBER 2022 – These are the following additions/changes recorded in 2022. Many thanks to CLYDE GORDON who owns/updates the various documents.

Under 11 Boys
75m – New entries JASON OTULE in 6th place (11.14), LEWIS WARD in 8th place (11.52)
150m – New entries JASON OTULE in 1st place (21.82), DENNYS PASCAL in 3rd place (22.51), AXEL TIRINZONI in 5th place (22.97), 10th equal TIMI BAKARE and NOSA URUBUSI (23.7)
600m – New entries LEWIS WARD in 2nd place (1:52.94), BEN KASPAR in 3rd place (1:53.08), DENNYS PASCAL in 5th place (1:56.61), ROAN PARKES in 6th place (1:58.11), THOMAS FELLOWS in 9th place (1:59.99)
800m – New entry BEN KASPAR in 10th place (2:38.20)
Long Jump – New entry AXEL TIRINZONI in 9th place (3.51m)
Shot 3kg – New entry BEN KASPAR in 1st place (3.72m)
Discus 0.75kg – New entry BEN KASPAR in 2nd place (10.59m)
Vortex – New entries ROAN PARKES in 2nd place (31.46m), DENNYS PASCAL in 3rd place (29.80m), BEN KASPAR in 5th place (28.90m), TAHA COCKERILL in 6th place (27.92m)

Under 13 Boys
200m – New entry DIJANI BARNOR in 10th place (25.8)
75m Hurdles – New entry JIMI ADU in 2nd place (12.55)
High Jump – New entry DIJANI BARNOR in 5th place (1.49m)
Shot 3kg – New entries CHU ONONOGBU in 1st place (12.82m), MILO RYNEHART in 2nd place (11.08m), DIJANI BARNOR in 6th place (6.83m), LANI JAIYEOLA in 7th place (6.76m)
Javelin 400g – New entries ALBERT TAYLOR in 7th place (31.39m), MILO RYNEHART in 10th place (28.14m)
Discus 1kg – New entries CHU ONONOGBU in 1st place (34.43m), MILO RYNEHART in 5th place (27.04m)
Hammer 3kg – New entry MILO RYNEHART in 1st place (36.47m)

Under 15 Boys
200m – New entry JOSEPH WHEELER-HENRY in 4th place (22.3w/22.46)
80m Hurdles – New entry HARRY WEBB in 5th place (11.76)

Under 17 Men
100m – New entry MEKHI SPENCE-FORDE in 6th place (10.89)
200m – New entry ZICO JONES in 5th place (21.87)
400m – New entry ZICO JONES in 2nd place (48.61)
1500m – New entry HENRY DOVER in 2nd place (3:51.64)
3000m – New entry HENRY DOVER in 1st place (8:15.36)

Under 11 Boys 4x100m Relay – New entry NOSO URUBUSI, LEWIS WARD, DENNYS PASCAL, JASON OTULE in 5th place (62.74)

Link to all YAs lists – 3 SBH Under 11 Boys All Time T&F Top 10 Excluding Relays Up To October 2022  4 SBH Under 13 Boys All Time T&F Top 10 Excluding Relays Up To October 2022  5 SBH Under 15 Boys All Time T&F Top 10 Excluding Relays Up To October 2022  6 SBH Under 17 Men All Time T&F Top 10 Excluding Relays Up To October 2022  7 SBH Under 11 Boys To Under 17 Men All Time T&F Top 10 Relays Up To October 2022

UK ATHLETICS SEEKING LAW CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR CREATION OF OPEN CATEGORY – The following article was published on the Athletics Weekly website recently.

Government called on to amend legislation regarding the transgender inclusion, but governing body is told their legal view is “inaccurate”. UK Athletics has called for the Government to make a change in legislation that would allow for the creation of an open category in which trans athletes could compete and reserving the women’s category only for athletes who were female at birth. Following the recent release of World Athletics’ “preferred option” when it comes to rules on the inclusion of trans athletes and athletes with differences of sex development (DSD), the delicate and controversial issue has come to the fore once more. The global governing body has outlined proposals which would permit those athletes to compete in the women’s category, but only following the increased suppression of testosterone levels.

Those plans have been met with outcry by a number of athletes and, in response to that consultation, UKA published their own preferred position on Friday (Feb 3) which is very much at odds with World Athletics. Following guidance from the UK Sports Council Equality Group (SCEG) and recommendations from their own Transgender Project Group, UKA insisted testosterone suppression was neither an effective nor a safe way forward and advocated instead for an open category. “In recognition of the available scientific evidence, UKA believes that efforts should be made to fairly and safely include transgender women in an ‘open’ category’, which would replace the current male category and be open to athletes of all sexes; and reserve the women’s category for competitors who were female at birth, so that they can continue to compete fairly,” read a UKA statement. Legal advice has suggested, however, that such an approach could not currently be lawfully implemented due to terms in the Gender Recognition Act of 2004 and Equality Act of 2010. UKA are therefore asking for the terms of a “sporting exemption” to be altered which would allow them, and other sporting bodies, to pursue their preferred course of action. “The Gender Recognition Act 2004 states that people with gender recognition certificates have to be treated as female for all purposes and there’s not an exemption for that for sporting purposes,” said UKA chair Ian Beattie.

However, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it was “disappointed” UKA chose to publicise “inaccurate advice” and questioned its interpretation of the law. The UK government also disagrees with the UKA stance that the law does not allow it to ban transgender women from female events on fairness grounds. “I think it’s fair to say that if we didn’t get a legal change, it would be very difficult for us to go ahead with this policy because I think the risks to the organisation we would see as too high. Like any organisation, we’ve got an obligation to comply with legislation like anybody else. “We said before, we don’t make these rules. We can try to influence so I think, at that point, we’d have to reassess what we did.” UKA’s ultimate wish is for the World Athletics stance to change. The latter’s preferred option is at a consultancy stage but the global governing body insists no decisions have been made and current proposals may not be what is presented for a vote at the next Congress meeting in March. “World Athletics will make rules for World Athletics level competition,” said Beattie. “We all have to abide by them. Whatever that rule comes out as. At the moment, we’re at the point we’ve been asked to input and we’re inputting and hopefully influencing in that respect.”

UKA’s position on the inclusion for transgender women in athletics 
“UKA does not agree with the use of testosterone suppression for transgender women:
Scientific evidence, as detailed in the SCEG Guidance is that transgender women retain a testosterone/puberty advantage over biological females regardless of the reduction of post puberty testosterone levels.
There is currently no scientifically robust, independent research showing that all male performance advantage is eliminated following testosterone suppression.

UKA has seen no evidence that it is safe for transgender women to reduce their hormonal levels by testosterone Further, there is insufficient research to understand the effects on transgender women if such testosterone suppression is carried out suddenly. The category of “women’s athletics” arose as a way of enabling the inclusion of women in athletics. Women who wished to compete in athletics could not do so fairly with men, because of the physical advantages men enjoy due to their (male) biological sex. Therefore, the decision was made to create a separate, sex-based category in which people of the female sex could fairly compete against one another. The category of women’s sport arose not as a response to women’s social role or personal gender identity, but to ensure fair competition amongst female athletes by eliminating the advantages enjoyed by male athletes on account of their sex. In recognition of the available scientific evidence, UKA believes that efforts should be made to fairly and safely include transgender women in an “open” category, which would replace the current male category and be open to athletes of all sexes; and reserve the women’s category for competitors who were female at birth, so that they can continue to compete fairly.

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. These are no posts this week.

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 qualiication 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 2022-2023 WINTER FIXTURE CARD – Was updated and issued on the 4 November 2022.
The Updated 2022-2023 Winter Fixture Card is now available on the SBH Website – http://sbharriers.co.uk/fixtures-results/fixture-cards/  Fixture Card Updated 04-11-22 UK Indoor & Hertfordshire X/C Dates Confirmed.
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 CROSS COUNTRY POINTS TABLE is now available on the SBH Website, and has been updated following the Southern Championships on the 28 January – Mens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Updated 28-01-23  Womens Cross Country Points Tables 2022-2023 – Updated 28-01-23
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

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.