Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers are a UK athletics club based in Hendon, north west London. Their home track is Copthall Stadium.

History

Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers was founded in 1890 and amalgamated with Barnet Ladies in autumn 1986. The club qualified to enter the British Athletics League (BAL) in Division 4 in 1976, and in the space of 4 years achieved promotion to BAL Division 1 (now the Premiership).[1]

Trecia-Kaye Smith, the 2005 World Champion in the triple jump, was a "particularly enthusiastic member" of the Barnet Harriers.[2]

Honours

Senior Men:

Senior Women:

Notable members

Olympians [3]

Athlete Country Events Olympics Medals
Dave Bedford UK 5000 metres, 10,000 metres 1972
Joyce Smith UK 1500 metres, Marathon 1972, 1984
Colin Boreham UK Decathlon 1984
Roy Dickens UK 4 × 400 metres relay 1984
Martin Gillingham UK 400 metres hurdles 1984
Simmone Jacobs UK 4 × 100 metres relay 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996
Donovan Reid UK 100 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay 1984
Pascalene Bethuel Kenya Marathon 1988, 1992
Mike Jones UK Hammer throw 1988
Fred Salle Cameroon Long jump 1988
Francis Agyepong UK Triple jump 1992, 1996
Jacqui Agyepong UK 100 metres hurdles 1992
David McKenzie UK 4 × 400 metres relay 1992
Gwen Griffiths South Africa 1500 metres 1996
Ashia Hansen UK Triple jump 1996, 2000
Nick Nieland UK Javelin throw 1996, 2004
Larry Achike UK Triple jump 2000,2008
Shani Anderson UK 100 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay 2000
Natasha Danvers UK 400 metres hurdles 2000, 2008
Catherine Murphy UK 4 × 400 metres relay 2000
Anthony Whiteman UK 1500 metres 2000
Yamile Aldama Sudan Triple jump 2004, 2008,2012
Lee McConnell UK 400 metres, 4 × 400 metres relay 2004, 2008, 2012
Abi Oyepitan UK 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay 2004
Nick Smith[4] UK 4 x 100 metres relay 2004
Trecia Smith Jamaica Triple jump 2004, 2008, 2012
Marilyn Okoro UK 800 metres, 4 × 400 metres relay 2008, 2012
Allan Scott UK 110 metres hurdles 2008
Emma Ania UK 4 × 100 metres relay 2008
Michelle Carey Ireland 4 × 400 metres relay 2012
Willem Coertzen South Africa Decathlon 2012
Chris Bennett UK Hammer throw 2016
Ojie Edoburun UK 4 x 100 metres relay 2016
Jade Lally UK Discus throw 2016
Daryll Neita UK 100 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay 2016
Beth Potter UK 10,000 metres 2016
Sebastian Rodger UK 400 metres hurdles 2016

Club Kit

The club kit is a white and black vertically striped vest or crop top with red trim, with red or black running shorts or hotpants.

See also

References

  1. ^ "History of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers - Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers". Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Athletics: Trecia's gold for Jamaica has London glint". The Independent. 13 August 2005. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Olympian Members". Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers. Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Wells backs Scottish hope". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 10 August 2015.


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