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Wessex League Quadkids

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 7 January 2019. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet Quadkids team produced their best result so far of the season in the latest match of the Wessex Young Athletes league held at Swindon by coming second.

Wimborne 1571
Team Kennet 1390
MADJA 1334
Dorchester 1162
Portsmouth 688
Poole AC 575

Bethany MacLean won the girls outright with a score of 231pts, she ran a fast 75m sprint in 12.3, lept to one of the best long jumps of the day 3.34, and was the fastest in the 600m races clocking 2.02 and then throwing the vortex 34.54m to win this. Erin Gosney came third overall also clocking a fast 12.3 in the 75m sprint she also won her heat in the 600m and second fastest on the day in 2.07 and he vortex of 23m was good enough for her third overall. Esmie Denton was the clubs third scorer here she ran 13.7 in the 75m it was her vortex of over 20 that pushed her score up. Tillie Bell ran 13 seconds for 75m and Imogen Cowell also ran a fast 75m in 13.3
The boys saw Harry Fenner best placed in 8th it was his vortex of over 36m that scored his best points, Charlie Todd best event was the 600m clocking 1.59 to come in 2nd in his heat, but also ran 12.4 in the 75m sprint. Will McDonald ran 12.9 in the 75m sprint and also threw over 32m in the vortex.
Other athletes taking part were Evan Alderman and Joseph Bell for the boys and the girls Suki Humphries, Zoe Dickson, Lilia Gale, Millie Phillips

Wessex League Match 3

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 7 January 2019. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet won their first match of the season in the Wessex Young Athletes League by a club record margin of points with some 54 individual wins on the day to lift them up in to third place in the 24 club league.

Team Kennet 543.5
Portsmouth 281.5
MADJA 262
Wimborne 219
Dorchester 209
Poole AC 191

Two club records were broken on the day firstly Kirsten Fraser in the under 13 girls 1200m clocking 3.54.9 and under 17 Harry Booker in the Discus with a throw of 38.98

The under 13 girls took a team win, Clare McGonnell kick starting the track of in the 70m hurdles taking 3rd place 13.2 but it was Fraser that took another win in the B string with a fast 13.5, The 800m saw a gutsy run by Eve Brown winning in 2.36.5 from the gun with Maddie Baker taking 2nd place, Emma Davies took 2nd place in the B string 1200m, Zoe Allen had to settle for 2nd places in the 100m and 200m 14.4 and 29.7, and Lyla Goodwin taking 5th in the 100m and 4th in the 200m B strings.
The relay quartet of Allen, McGonnell, Goodwin and Georgie Johnston came 2nd with 60.1, The field events saw Neve Wright leap 4.03 for 2nd place and Goodwin taking the B string win 3.84, Both Allen 8.47 and Brown had to settle for 2nd places in the Shot, while Fraser made it a hattrick of win in the B string Discus 12.02 and Kiera Cawley taking 3rd A string 13.94, the Javelin as all season saw a Double win Claire MCGonnell throwing 27.72 to win with Brown throwing 26.25 to win the B string.

The under 17 women also won their match, keeping them up the top with Winchester, on the track double wins came in the 100m Izzy Kerslake 14. And Amy Russell 14.2, 200m Faye Saunderson 28.3 and Russell 29.7, 300m Faye Saunderson 45.7 and Anna Pettit 46.2, the middle distance races in the 800m Georgina Thomson came 3rd, in her 1500m she had to settle for 2nd place while sister Rebecca Thomson won her B string. The Relay quartet of I. Kerslake, E. Kerslake, Russell and Pettit came in 1st with 53.9.
The field events saw more double win both the Kerslake twins won their long jump strings, Pettit taking the high jump 1.45 and G. Thomson the B string 1.35, Sophie Wheadon winning her Shot 10.75 and Discus 31.50 and Lily D Arcy-Masters winning the B string and Sophie Wheadon then won her Javelin for a hattrick of wins.

The under 17 men won also on the day but had to work hard for this, Ben East won the 100m with 12.5 and Oliver Bazin winning the B string 12.8, Ethan Haines won his 200m in 24.5, and team mate Alex McLaughlin winning the B string 27.3, Bazin 53.8 and Haines 55.6 both won their 400m strings.
The relay quartet of Haines, Bazin, East and Booker just dipped under 50 seconds to finish the day with another win.

On the Field Bazin lept to a massive 6.24 to win the Long Jump and Haines winning the B string, East and Booker both cleared 1.65 in the High Jump to take a double win, on the thorws Booker threw 11.86 to win the Shot and Ben Lawrence taking the B string. McLaughlin made it another B string win in the Discus 27.57 and Ben East threw 60.98 in a strong head win to win the Javelin with Lawrence throwing 41.72 to win the B.

The under 15 boys were second in their age group, Liam Cawley threw a massive 55.63 to win his Javelin and Kian Hockaday took the B string 35.66, Cawley made it a double win in the Discus 33.93 with Oliver Ford winning the B string 32.66, Ford then went on to win the Shot 10.32 and Cawley winning the B string 9.88.
On the track Oliver Humphrey came 2nd in the 80m hurdles
, this placing was matched by George Shakespear in the 800m 2.20.7, Jonah Briggs, Oliver Absolom and Harry Davis all added good points to their tally.

For the first time this season the under 13 boys were down on numbers but the boys still all clubbed together to come 2nd in their age group, The Throws saw good points Seb Simpson coming 2nd A in the Shot 6.63 with Sam Dennis winning the B string 6.39, both teamed up in the discus to secure a double win Simpson 16.21 and Dennis 14.85, In the Javelin James Fenner came 2nd 25.81 and Simpson matching this in the B 18.34.
Ivan Chekmazov came 2nd in the 800m on the track 2.41 best on the track, which was matched by the 4x100m team of Fenner, Chelmazov, William Harris, Kian Darcy-Masters 58.9.

The under 15 girls also made it a second team place, best result on the track came in the 800m with Annabel Todd winning 2.28.5 and Annelise Gale winning the B string 2.36.3, Emily Tucker won her 1500m 5.32.6, in the sprints good points came from Ella Ward, Gemma Moon and Lottie Absolom.
Gemma moon won her B string long jump 3.68 while Annabel Gibson came 3rd A 4.41, Absolom won her B string high jump and best of the throws came in the Discus Todd taking 2nd A 20.07 and Aimee dickson2nd B 16.11

Sportshall U11 Championships

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 12 November 2018. Posted in Sportshall.

Under 11 Sportshall Championship

The U11 boys just missed out on medals on Sunday at the Sportshall Championship, coming fourth. The team had several top 3 finishes and finished the day with on a high winning their heat in the GrandPrix.

James Fenner continued Team Kennet’s success in the Triple Jump with a jump of 5.77m giving him first place. This was matched by Jack Pyke coming first in the high stepper with 13 seconds. Second place was taken by Ivan Chekmazov and Ethan Kuijten in the Paarlauf with 71.6sec (winning their heat by half a lap!)

The team got several third places between them, James in the 1 lap obstacle, Matthew Howard in the chest push and the team of James, Jack, Ivan and Ethan in the 4×1 sprint relay & overall in the Grand Prix.

The U11 girls came in 9^th with an undersized team. That didn’t stop them putting in maximum effort, especially when Charlotte Morgan, Leilah Gaye, Sophie Byway and Georgina Johnston showed off their speed, agility and determination by winning the GrandPrix overall.

Georgina, in her first sportshall competition, took second place in the target throw. The speedbouncers Charlotte and Tillie Bell got 48 and 49 jumps giving them 3^rd and 5^th place. Sophie also came 4^th in the chest push with 5.0m.

Oxford League Quadkids Match 3

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 9 November 2018. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet u9/u11 Quadkids team took a fantastic win at Oxford in the Oxfor
d League at the weekend, the under 11 Girls remain unbeaten all season, wit ha depleted team still racked up 761pts, Zoe Allen came 2^nd on the day clocking a fast 11.5 in the 75m a 3.39 in the long jump, 600m 2.01 and 24.40 in the Vortex, Olivia Thomas came 3^rd overall with her long jump of 3.52 the best of her 4 events, with Emma Davis 10^th overall and Bethany McClean 11^th overall it was enough to win.

The under 11 Boys got back to winning ways James Fenner won the boys outright with a score of 252pts clocking 2.06 in the 600m a good long jump of 3.76 but his Vortex of 38.52 backed him the win., new comer Ivan Chekmazov
came 5^th overall his best event the 600m 1.58, Jack Avery took 6^th place and Jack Strutt 9^th all four boys around 12 seconds in the 75m sprint.

The under 9 boys came 2^nd on the day Harry fenner winning this section with 184pts, his long jump was 3.20 and 12.8 in the 75m sprint and a throw of 26.33, Harry Strutt came 3^rd overall his 600m clocking 2.13 was his best event and a 24.49 in the Vortex throw.

The under 9 girls came 6^th Imogen Cowell coming 10^th overall and Zoe Dickson taking 14th

Oxford League Match 3

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 9 November 2018. Posted in General, Track & Field.

Team Kennet ended their campaign in the oxford Track and field League with a third place behind hosts Oxford City and Radley, but in front of Banbury, Abingdon, Bicester, Witney and White Horse.

Anna Montagne in the under 17 Women’s High Jump broke the club record as she won with a height of 1.57, she also won the Javelin b string 22.46 which was won by her team mate Pheobe Hoaen with a throw of 39.38, Hoaen had to settle for 4th in the Discus 20.83 and Ellie Armstrong won the B string 18.76, Armstrong later went on to win the Shot 9.47, Montagne ended her day on the Long Jump coming 2nd with a leap of 4.69

The under 15 Girls Sophie Wheadon had a superb day winning her Javelin wit ha throw of 28.64, she won her favoured Discus event 29.37, but had to settle for 2nd in the Shot 8.63, in the same event but B string Amy Russell came 2nd 5.46 and in the Discus B string Annelise Gale came 2nd 15.55, in the Long Jump Annabel Gibson came 3rd with 4.29 and Amy Russell came 2nd in the B string 3.77
The relay quartet of Ellie Kerslake, Izzy kerslake, Amy Russell and Ella Ward came 3rd.
On the track, 100m Izzy kerslake came 4th 13.9 and twin sister Ellie taking 2nd 14.1, the longer 200m sprint Ella Ward came7th and Annabel Gibson 5th B string.

The under 13 Girls best scoring event on the track came in the 1500m Eve Brown coming 4th 5.52.9 and Alanna Smith winning the B string 5.56.0, Aimee Dickson came 4th in the 75m hurdles 13.1, she also came 5th in the 100m 14.8 , new comer lily Apps came 7th in the 200m 33.1 and 4th b string in the 100m 15.4, The Field events best points came from the Javelin Eve Brown coming 3rd with a throw of 21.43 and Alanna Smith taking 2nd B string.

The under 15 boys took full control as always in the throws, Oliver Gregory won his A string Shot 12.21 and discus 32.97, Oliver Ford backing him up in the B string won both his throws the Shot 8.83 and Discus 25.36, Ben East won his Javelin breaking the League record throwing 64.33 and Ford made it a hattrick of B wins 29.92, on the track Ethan Haines just missed the sub 40 second barrier by .4 to win the 300m, an hour later was just edged out in the 200m taking 2nd 24.8 and new comer Jonah Briggs taking 5th B 30.00
The 100m Oliver Gregory won the B string 12.7 and Briggs took 6th in the A string.

The under 17 men saw a double win in the Long jump with Oliver Bazin leaping 5.64 and Jack Cannons 4.53, in the sprints 100m Bazin came 4th 12.9 and Cannons 2nd B string 12.6, the 200m Bazin came 5th 26.1 and Tom Hills 25.7 for 2nd place in the B string.

The under 13 boys best result of the day came from Tom Wells winning the Discus 18.90 and Noah Kemp taking 2nd B string 13.66, Wells then went on to come 3td in the Javelin 18.96 and Seb Simpson taking 2nd in the B string.

Inter Counties

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 9 October 2018. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennets Athletes represented Berkshire at the Inter Counties Match at Horspath in Oxford at the weekend.

Ben East stole the match highlights as he claimed his fourth UK record by breaking his own record in the under 15 Javelin throwing a huge 68.34m breaking the inter counties record making it his 10^th different record this year and closing in on the longest ever throw in the world, he won the Javelin by over 10m

Two Third places came in the other throws, Harry Booker throwing 40.96m in the discus and Oliver Gregory 13.12 in the Shot

Championships

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 9 October 2018. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet athletes were in top form over the weekend.

On Saturday in the England Athletics Championships held at Bedford for the under 15 and 17s Ben East again broke his own UK Javelin record to throw 67.04 to win his first big major title, Ben unbeaten this year has broken nearly every record going in this years season. Harry Booker also competing in the under 15 boys Discus threw 40.76m to earn a Bronze medal and Oliver Gregory in the same event came 8^th with a throw of 32.27.

Club Coach and Athlete Deborah Montgomery took part in the British Masters Championships held at Birmingham, Deborah competes in the Vet 50 age group won her Javelin with a 27.00 throw and is currently UK Number 1 in her vet catorgory. A silver came in the Shot with 9.87 where she is UK number 2,, The Discus she also earned a Silver with 23.06 and a Bronze came in the Hammer 32.56. A fantastic Achievement to earn four medals in four throws

Oxford XC League Round 3

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 August 2018. Posted in Cross Country.

Team Kennet Athletes competed in the third round of the Oxford Cross Country League held at Bo Peep Caravan Park in Adderbury, several athletes are still in contention of individual success after this round.

Kirsten Fraser was the clubs highest placed runner finishing in 4th place in the under 11 girls and with Zoe Allen 7th and Eve Brown 9th all have a chance of individual awards.

Bethan Philp made a welcome return to finish 7th with Rebecca Thomson 8th and twin sister Georgina 16th the team remain in 3rd place overall, in the under 15 girls race.

Callum O’Neill led the seniors home in 8th place with Chris Hall just breaking top 100 in 97th. Under 17s womens race Izzy Hole 9th and Rosa Lawrence 10th, while in the mens u17s Bradley Thomas came 10th. Luca Vicaria led the under 15 boys home in 12th place.

The under 9s did well again, Elliott Murphy came 6th with Ethan Kuijten 8th and Harry Strutt 12th, in the girls Lilia Gale 8th and Amelia Phillips 10th

The under 13 races Toby Clark came 13th and Thomas Matthews 30th in the Boys, Annelise Gale was 15th and Emily Tucker 26th in the Girls

Jacob Woods led the under 11 boys home in 19th place with Jack Strutt taking 22nd, and finally in the Womens Race Helen Preedy 37th and Sue Francis 38th.

list of other runners
Under 11 girls – Clare McDonnell 15, Emma Davies 24, Alanna Smith 26, Madeleine Baker 30, Katie Pennicott 31, Maisy Turner 35, Caitlyn Davies 48
Under 11 boys – Kian D Arcy – Mastures 30, Jacob Avery 42, Jack Pyke 53
Under 15 girls – Pippa Thomas 17, Lily D arcy – Mastures 19
Under 15 boys – Cameron Langley 25, Toby Thomas 27, Luke Wild 28
Senior Men – Bart Kuijten 123, Vincent Page 131, Dean Makar 143, Ben Schiffer-Harte 154, Darren James 157, Mark Little 183, Mitchell Poustie 220, Chris Thomson 230, Sean Bird 254, Simon Gale 261, Colin Price 276

SEAA Under 17s Indoor

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 August 2018. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet had two under 17 men competing at the South of England Indoor Championships over the weekend at Lee Valley.

Both athletes just missed out in the finals to finish 4th, firstly Stuart Bladon came 2nd in his heat of the 60m hurdles in 8.69 then in the final produced a new personnel best of 8.59. James McLaughlin took part in the 800m clocking a time of 2.07.08. Bladon also took part in the high jump clearing 1.80m which gave him 7th place.

At the Birmingham Indoor Open, Sunita Sisodiya claimed the 60m indoor senior record with a time of 8.38s.

Indoor Track and Field

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 12 June 2018. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet Athletes have taken part in some of the Indoor Track and Field Open meets. On Saturday 1st December at Windsor Anna Montagne in the under 17 age group ran in the 60m Sprint clocking 9.71 on her fastest of two runs.On Sunday 2nd at Lee Valley Caitlin Nowell set two new club under 20 records in the 300m 48.3 and 600m 1.58.39. Aimee Dickson took part as a under 15 in the 300m clocking 47.23 and Oliver Bazin took part in the 60m clocking 8.02 and leaping 5.41 in the long jump as an under 17.

In the Lee Valley Mini Indoor Track and Field Open on 8th December, Zoe Allen broke the clubs 200m record taking it down to 30.47, and earlier ran 9.03 in the 60m sprint. Elsewhere Georgina Bradford clocked 2.45.94 in the 800m at the u23 Middlesex Uni Student Championships on 5th December.

Kirsty Bennet took the club 800m record running 2.35.01 to finish 4th in the Manchester cup on 14th November.