Author: Team Kennet Administrator

London Indoor Games

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 2 March 2020. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet Athletes were successful at the London Indoor Track & Field Games over the weekend, in the under 13 girls age groups Zoe Allen came 1st in the Shot with a throw of 8.49 putting her ranked in the top 6 in the UK rankings, she clocked a fast 8.89 in the 60m sprint and also took part in the 200m 29.45.
Clare McGonnell had a very successful day she claimed two new club records firstly in the 800m 2.44.74 and then High Jump 1.25, and then clocking a fast 60m hurdles time of 10.66 seconds.

Oliver Humphrey came out 4th quickest in the under 15 boys 60m Hurdles also claiming the Clubs age group Record in a time of 9.38 seconds

Sportshall Match 3

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 2 March 2020. Posted in Sportshall.

Sportshall Match 3 – 26^th January 2020

Sunday was the last sportshall league match of the season, making it the last for Annabel Gibson as she moves to U17. Annabel has competed for Team Kennet in Sportshall since she was 9 years old. In this last match she came 3^rd in the Standing long jump with 2.04m and was joined by Aimee Dickson in the 8 lap paarlauf coming 2^nd with 99.1sec. Aimee also came 4^th in the speedbounce. Annabel and Aimee bought the U15 league competition to close with overall 4^th place.

The U11 Girls once again dominated the speedbounce with all 6 competitors coming in the top 8 out of the 42 taking part. Emeilia Lunn came 1^st with 52, Emma Long 2^nd with 51, In joint 4^th with 50 were Millie Philips, Erin Gosney and Imogen Cowell. Close behind was Lilia Gale with 48.

Bethany Maclean and Erin have made a brilliant 6 lap Paarlauf pairing this year and finished with a first place in 77.8sec. Bethany also came 3^rd in the foam javelin with 11.5m. Overall in the league the girls came 5^th.

The U11 Boys also came 5^th overall. Connor Jordan and Ethan Kuijten made a fantastic team winning the 6 lap Paarlauf with 76.3sec. Connor also won the vertical jump with 50cm and took 3^rd in the speedbounce with 51. Ethan jumped one more coming 2nd in the speedbounce with 52 jumps. In the foam javelin Joseph Bell came 3^rd with 14.75m. The three were joined by Thomas Payne to come 5^th in the 4×2 relay.

Road Running Presentation

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 2 March 2020. Posted in Road Running.

2019 Road Running leagues were very successful that saw around 60 members take part from 5km to Marathon Distance, Ben Schiffer-Harte took a hattrick of League Division wins to win the top Flight League, while in Division 2 it was a very close affair with top 6 all gunning for the 3 awards, in Division 3 new member George Westall got 3 late runs in to move up to equal 2^nd with Paul but as Paul did 4 races he claimed the runner up spot. In the Ladies Cheryl Angell made sure she was going to win from the set and she achieved all race disciplines in the first half of the year, keeping it in the family Daughter Kira tackled the first 3 disciplines to just win League 2

Mens Division 1

1^st Ben Schiffer-Harte 64

2^nd Simon Gale 53

3^rd Bradley Thomas 37

Mens Division 2

1^st Mark Little 46

2^nd Noah Kemp 42

3^rd Kim Darcy-Masters 41

Mens Division 3

1^st Mitch Poustie 56

2^nd Paul Kemp 39

3^rd George Westall 39

Ladies Division 1

1^st Cheryl Angell 79

2^nd Helen Preedy 57

3^rd Emily Faulkner 30

Ladies Division 2

1^st Kira Angell 31

2^nd Rachel Bladon 30

3^rd Emily Tucker 15

SEAA Indoor

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 2 March 2020. Posted in Track & Field.

Hayley Steward from Team Kennet earned herself a Silver Medal in the senior women’s Shot in the South of England indoor track and field Championships at Lee Valley throwing 11.31m. She also came 6th in the long jump 5.17m

Oxford XC League

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 3 February 2020. Posted in Cross Country.

Team Kennet took part in the last of the series for this years Oxford Cross Country League, held at Henley Show Ground.

One of the best weather conditions over the winter saw a good turnout by the club specially the Juniors, Anna Hall in the under 9s had to settle for a 2nd place in the Girls race but this was good enough to be Crowned under 9 Girls Champion.

The under 13 Boys race saw one of the best races by Team Kennet athletes since taking part with Matthew Nocton coming through strong to win the race on the day, William Chipchase did enough to bring him home in 3rd place, with Ivan Checkmazov 23rd and Oliver Carroll 29th the team were 2nd on the day.

The under 13 girls team came 4th overall just missing out on team medals, Eve Brown came in 9th with Alanna Smith 14th, Emma Davies 17th, Rosie Burridge 27th and Maddi Baker 38th

The under 15s ran well Annelise Gale coming 7th and Emily Tucker 17th in the girls while in the boys Toby Clark 8th and Noah Kemp 17th.

The younger under 11s Elliott Murphy continued from last match coming home in 5th place to finish 4th overall Ethan Kuijten was 13th, Reggie Harder-Scott 16th, Aaron Carter 25th and James Simmons 36th.
The under 11 Girls Imogen Newby was 7th, Leilah Gaye 18th, Amber Stiles 22nd, Lilia Gale 29th

The under 9 Boys saw 8 TK athletes start, Noah Lauder-Clark was 7th, Ben Daley fast improving 8th, Oscar Larkin 10th, Charlie Adams 19, Joshua lads 20, Rueben Kuijten 23, Harry Barnett 25, Thomas Mitchell 28., rest of the under 9 Girls battled well, Jessie McCurtin was 6th, Charlotte Lawton 8th and Mia Kearney 13th

The Senior Women saw the usual two Women Sue Francis 38th and Martine Stiles 100th while the men saw 9 runners with Phil Murphy first home from TK in 35th, Bart Kuijten 83rd, Chris Hall 100, Mark Little 158, Mitch Poustie 174, Andy Waters 186, David Johnston 217, Paul Kemp 218 and Simon Gale 223

Team Kennet Volunteering Awards

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 12 January 2020. Posted in General.

Special Awards have gone to the following and a big Special CONGRATULATIONS to these two on getting LIFE MEMBERSHIP and earning their Diamond Award at Team Kennet for 1000 coaching sessions.

Cheryl Angell
Colin Price

Other Club Awards

Gold Award (400 sessions)

Simon Hockaday
Andrew Russell

Bronze Award (100 sessions)

Steve Maclean
Bart Kuijten
Ruth Jones
Simon Gale
David Johnston

Indoor Record

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 2 December 2019. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet’s Nathan Gillis set new records at the weekend in the Men’s 800m at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston in America.

Not only breaking the club indoor record, he was the first athlete at the University of La Salle to break 1.50, he came 5th in the race to finish in a time of 1.49.49 ranking him 12th in the UK rankings

Sportshall U11 Championship

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 12 November 2019. Posted in Sportshall.

Under 11 Sportshall Championship

Sunday was the Sportshall U11 Berkshire Championships. Our teams had some fantastic individual results.

In the U11 boys we had first places from Connor Jordan in the vertical jump with 53cm and second place in the triple jump from Ethan Kuijten with 5.52m. Ethan also came third in the speedbounce with 51 jumps and with Connor in the 1+1 lap (23.5sec). The team of Oli Orr, Thomas Payne, Ethan and Connor joined forces to come 4^th in the 4×1 lap and an impressive 2^nd in the grandprix after winning their heat by a half lap.

The U11 girls also had several top places. Bethany Maclean got first in speedbounce (54 jumps) and Indoor Javellin (13.75m), finishing her field events with a third in the vertical jump (43cm). Millie Philips came 4^th in the highstepper with 14.8s. Zoe Dickson threw the javelin to 5^th place with 11.5m. The girls (Leilah Gaye, Erin Gosney, Millie & Bethany) also finished the day with an impressive grandprix, winning their heat but coming second overall by 0.2s.

Park Run Challenge

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 11 November 2019. Posted in General Club.

The Team Kennet Park Run Challenge was another success, but having to battle two Saturdays of bad weather, week 3 was the best turned out with over 30 Tk members running in Park Runs.

Male

Toby Clark 78.73
Max Adams 75.16
Noah Kemp 74 42
Noah Lauder-Clark 72.16
Bradley Thomas 71.94
Ethan Kuijten 71.80
Dean Makar 71.25
Oliver Lloyd 70.67
Luca Meir 68.42
Jonjo Stiles 68.30
Phil Cowhig 65.11
Simon Hockaday 64.98
Harry Strutt 64.16
Luke Stiles 63.91
Ben Schiffer-Harte 63.79
Dave Smith 63.19
Nick Bull 63.08
Joseph Bell 62.38
Kim Darcy Master 61.67
Simon Gale 60.97
Kian Darcy Master 60.72
Paul Kemp 59.14
Roger Davis 58.49
Mitch Poustie 58.48
David Johnston 57.99
Joshua Kuijten 56.86
William Harris 56.53
Charlie Adams 56.22
Leo Bull 48.13
Mike Lattanzio 39.95

Female

Alana Smith 74.73
Rose Metalli 73.73
Amber Stiles 71.20
Maddie Baker 64.11
Emily Tucker 64.06
Bella Meir 63.05
Martine Stiles 61.90
Emmeline Lloyd 61.80
Helen Preedy 58.73
Cheryl Angel 52.45
Nicole Brooks 46.69
Alisha Bradford 41.36

Sportshall Regional Final

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 3 November 2019. Posted in Sportshall.

Sportshall InterCounties match

Sunday 3^rd March was the Sportshall South East Regional Final. Team Kennet had 5 athletes selected to represent Berkshire.

James Fenner and Max Casey were selected for the U11 boys, who won the competition overall. Max won the relay and come 3^rd in the chest push (7.25m). James came 4^th in the obstacle relay.

The U13 girls also won the competition and will be going forward to the National Finals in April. Aimee Dickson won 2 golds in the Obstacle relay and 4×1 relay

Harry Booker and Oliver Gregory had their last ever sportshall match with the Berkshire U15 boys, who finished 2^nd on the day. Both have been selected to represent Berkshire multiple times in their sportshall career. They finished on a high with personal bests in shot with Harry winning gold(13.36m), Oliver silver (12.2m). Oliver also won gold in the 4×2 relay. In the all rounder competition Harry came 9^thand Oliver 21^st.