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 Nearly 60 Shaftesbury athletes toed the line for the National XC Champs held in Roundhay Park, Leeds on Sat 27th February.
There were yet more individual and team medals to bring home to North London.
Pride of place goes again to Richard Goodman who repeated his regional successes by winning the Under 17 Mens title by a clear 30 seconds and he will now be aiming for GB selection at the Worlds Cross Country Championships in Poland by contesting the Under 20 race in the UK Trials being held in conjunction with the Inter Counties Champs being held in Crofton Park, Birmingham on Sat 13th March.
Training partner Matt McLaughlin ran superbly in the Under 15 Boys race to claim a ....
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 McCain Indoor Inter City Challenge:
The North London Lions, team managed by Geoff Morphitis claimed 2nd place again this year. There were some impressive performances by Shaftesbury athletes.
Womens Triple Jump: 1st Nadia Williams 13.32m
Mens Shot: 3rd Sam Westlake-Cann 17.36 indoor pb
Mens 1500m: 3rd Anthony Whiteman 3m50.72secs UK M40 Indoor lead this year
Mens Pole Vault: 7th Douglas Curwe-Read 4.70m
Inter Universities Indoor Meeting at Birmingham:
Women
1500m: 1st Claire Miles 4m52.25secs
Men
60m: Adam Mohammed 7.03secs
1500m: 3rd Matt Sullivan 3m57.36secs
Long Jump: 2nd Nonso Okolo 7.14m Indoor pb
Triple Jump: 1st Nathan Fox 15.42m Indoor pb
Pole Vault: Michael Reed 3rd 4.80m
England U17/20 Indoor Championships at Birmingham:
Under 17:
Triple Jump: 7th Dean Oamen 12.96m
Under 20:
Triple Jump: 11th Dante Wilson 13.45m 13th Tarriq John-Clarke 12.94m
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| Congratulations to Gemma Bennett (60n Hurdles), Lee McConnell, Perri Shakes-Drayton (4x400m Relay) and Gemma Turtle (3000m) on being selected to represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the World Indoor Championships being held in Doha, Quatar from 12th - 14th March 2010
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The McCain North London Athletics Network comprises a main group of Athletic clubs based in North London (Highgate Harriers, London Heathside, Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers) as well as Middlesex University, who have joined together to work in a partnership which is committed to developing the sport of athletics in the region. The main focus of the network is to raise participation levels in the sport through close collaboration with schools and local authorities and to develop athletes, coaches and officials to support and sustain the sport of athletics.
The network now wishes to appoint a Network Athletics Development Officer - a full job description can be downloaded here:
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 States side saw U23 Lucy Yates run 2m07.8secs for 800m in Seattle on 13.2.10 while Glen Watts (pictured) ran 14m51.67secs over 5k at Allendale on 12.2.10.
In Europe Ryan Moseley clocked 6.70secs over 600m in Ghent
Back home Neil Addison placed 3rd in the Stamford 30k in 1hr43.36secs
U20 Jake Shelley ran 4th fastest in the Hyde Park Relays when representing Oxford University
W40 Maggie Cooper improved to 19m23secs over 5k at the Finsbury Park Parkrun
Steve Benson won over 60m in 6.81secs in the RAF and Universities Meeting in Sheffield.
The Aviva Grand Prix in Birmingham saw a brilliant breakthrough by Nick Smith as he lowered his best 60m time to 6.60secs while Gemma Bennett ran a strong 60m Hurdles to place 2nd in 8.13secs
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 Pride of place goes to the female young athletes who clinched Apex Chiltern League divisional titles at both Under 15 and Under 17 age groups. The U13 Girls finished a very creditable 3rd team overall in this highly competitive league.
Junior/U17 Ladies
3 CIARA STEWART 20.14 387 F17 3
4 ZOE LEVIN 22.04 380 F20 ....
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 The 2010 English Schools Championships are being held at Heaton Park, Manchester on Saturday 21st March.
Shaftesbury athletes gained a total of 29 places in their County teams as follows:-
Hertfordshire Schools: Sat. 6th February at Westminster Lodge, St Albans
Full results at www.londonschoolsaa.net
Senior Boys:
1st Niall Fleming 3rd Euan McKenzie Reserve: Antonio Razzano
Inter Boys:
5th Daniel Abrey Reserve: Tom Brooks
Junior Boys:
3rd Joe Redwood 5th Mark Pearce 8th Robert Lightowler Res: Rory Mudd
Senior Girls:
1st Sophie Connor 2nd Victoria Walker 7th Laura Graham
Inter Girls:
3rd Ciara Stewart 4th Izzy Thompson Reserve: Harriett Clifford
Junior Girls:
6th Natalie Connor Reserves: Nikita Shah and Harriett Hollis
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
For many years SBH have undertaken the organisation of the start of the London Mini Marathon - would you like to be a volunteer helper on Sunday 25th April, the day of the Marathon?
Full officials kit provided, London Marathon Volunteer medal and free breakfast provided also great access to the spectate on the course at halfway and 24/25 miles!
If you would like to have more information or wish to volunteer please contact the SBH co-ordinator Nadeem Shaik by email at nadeemshaik@hotmail.co.uk
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Maggie Cooper ran 19m41secs over 5k when winning the W40 Finsbury Park Run
In the Watford Half Marathon Orlando Edwards ran 68.37; Tony Jackson 74.09 and Ronan Breen 76.37.
Emily Ferenczi placed 17th in the Surrey Womens XC League on Wimbledon Common while Orlando Edwards placed 4th in the Mens race.
Shaftesbury hosted the 4th race in the North West London Young Athletes XC League at Barnet Copthall Stadium.
Shaftesbury successes were:-
Under 13 Girls: 21st Emma Dwan
Under 15 Girls: 2nd Suzu Sato; 7th Maria Pereverzina
Under 11 Boys: 3rd Jamie Delane; 6th Oliver Light; 16th Daniel Wilson Team: 3rd
Under 13 Boys: 1st Billy Kelsey; 11th Ben Wilson; 13th Daniel Headland Team: 1st
Under 15 Boys: 1st Sam Wilson; 4th Richard Johnson; 8th Dougal ....
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Congratulations to the following on placing in the male UK Top 3 Veterans Rankings:
M35
Hammer: Graham Holder 3rd 57.36m
Long Jump: Steven Fleming 1st 7.20m
M40
Discus: Kevin Brown 2nd 52.98m
M45
110m Hurdles Greg Dunson 1st 15.05 secs
wOMENS and M55+ to follow!
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