Author: Team Kennet Administrator

Some excellent results at the Oxford Development League Match 2 held at Banbury yesterday.

In the Under 13 girls a double win for Isla Ladds in the discus with a throw of 20.27 and Shot 7.05, also picking up a win with Matilda, Affra and Ella in the 4×100 relay. Ella Larkin won the 800m in 2.29 and the 100m B string. Matilda Claire picked up some great points in the 100 m, 300 metres, and in the Javelin with 23.99. Elodie Burdett ran a great race in the 1500 metres, coming 2nd in 5.38, and Penelope Lyth in a time of 5.49. More points came from Ayla Wyvil, throwing 9.13 in Discus. Ella MacDonald in the 200m and in the javelin. 17.46. Affra Bailey did the high jump of 1.20 and a shot of 5.41. Quinn Joyce won the high jump B string with 1.15. Her long jump was 3.51.

U15 Girls. Harriet Saunders won the 1500 metres in 4.55. long jump of 3.61. and 300 m in 47.4. Emerald Hill Sawyer did 100m in 14.2 and 200 metres in 29.9. and took a great win in the long jump with 4.10. Olivia Bentley secured a B string win in the 100m in 14.1, She also took the A string win in 300m and 800 in 2.32. Some great wins out on the field, Ella Cronk’s Discus 12.64 and shot with 5.69. Her 800m was 2.51. Tanishi Banerjee took the discus win with 20.78. unfortunately had to withdraw thereafter, due to injury. The 4x100m Relay came 2nd.

With only one girl in the under 17 section, Zoe Dickson. won the discus outright with 22.74 and the shot put 7.74. The girls under 20 N/S. Alana Smith, threw 32.86 in Javelin.

In the boy’s section under 17. we had one athlete, William MacDonald in the javelin who threw 40.48 to secure the win. U20 N/S Joseph Hoean threw the discus at 25.78.

The under 15 boys did well. Oliver Hook taking the 1st place on the field with his discus of 29.07. 12 metres in front of 2nd place, and his shot win with a throw of 11.04.

Out on the track, the relay team took 2nd place with Harry, Josh, Frank and Oliver in a time of 54.2. Oliver Young took 2nd place in the 100m in 12.12. and did 200m 25.8. Also picking up good points in his long jump. Josh Brian did the 100 and the 200 as well as his long jump of 4.77. Harry Smith picked up some great points out on the track in the 300 and 800 metres. Frank Edwards also picked up some valuable points on the track. coming in 1st for the B string is 800 at 2.28. and in the 300 metres at 45.5.

The U13 boys, Jensen Nichols picked up a 2nd in the 100m at 13.6. His best was yet to come, and he claimed first place in the javelin at 33.47 and discus with 26.93. Alfie Cronk picked up a 1st place in the B string for discus and a 2nd place in shot with 6.13. Back on the track, saw Josh Bailey in the 1500m. in a time of 5.37. Sam Atkins in the 800 metres, 2.40. Both also competed on the field with Sam. taking 1st place at high jump with 1.40. and a 2nd place with 4.18. long jump. Josh won the B string javelin in 21.00 and had a long jump of 3.09.

Senior XC runners took part in the Annual Compton relays last week. Good performances all round. TK1 consisting of Andy C, Colin T, Caroline P and Richard S had the 2nd fastest time overall. Special mention to Richard who had the second fastest leg time on the night.

Championships held in Birmingham saw Luke Angell and Best East in the Javelin. Angell came 7th overall (4th Senior) throwing 58.59m and East finishing 1st 74.46m.

Team Kennet Quad kids were in action again at the Wessex YA League held in Aldershot in the Military Stadium.

The weather was touch and go from midday with thunderstorms brewing but it didn’t stop the Young TK athletes from winning the match overall

Team Kennet                 1741

Andover                           1587

Aldershot                        1520

Oxford City                     1426

Slough Jun.                     1316

Havant/Setefa              1085

Radley                              541

The TK girls made it 20 straight wins in a row and have secured their league title for the third season in a row, by scoring 822 points on the day, Matilda Saunders finished 2nd best girl on the day clocking 12.07 in the 75m sprint, she lept a huge 3.71 in the long jump and her 600m 1.59.64 , but with bad weather for the vortex throw Matilda was way down on her normal distance could only get a 17.89 throw in as she kept slipping.

Olivia Kwit came 3rd best girl overall, clocking 12.2 in the 75m, she also had a huge long jump of 3.74 and clocked fastest 600m of the day 1.58.24, and threw just over 17m in the vortex. The clubs fastest Sprinter on the day came from Hazel Balch in 12.0.

Darcy Scaplehorn was the clubs best Vortex thrower of over 25m. Innes Field lept 3.52 in the Long jump best of her events as she came 5th girls overall, and Marlie Jai-Proctor was 6th girl overall t oshow the depth of the girls.

Other girls taking part were Darcy McCurtin, Cecily Wyer, Evelyn Barker and Flo Randell Bird.

The Boys were just beaten in to second place by just 2pts, on the day scoring 919 points to Andover’s 921, Harvey Baker came 2nd boy overall his four events looking very strong with a 11.5 in the 75m, 3.36 in the Long Jump, a massive 41.43 in the Vortex and a 2.10 in the 600m hitting 242 points as an individual.

Chester Bailey came 3rd overall in the boys his 600m was his best event 1.53.21 and throwing over 31m in the vortex.  His 600m broke the club record!

Alexander Browning was the clubs fastest sprinter on the day with 11.4, Percy Reed was the clubs best Long Jumper of 3.44 as the boys had their scoring 4 in the top 9

Other boys taking part were Lenny Wyvill 600m 1.58.57 his best event, William Moloney, Eoin Fussell, Seb Lauder-Clarke, Jacob Keeley

The overall team League combined with the Girls and Boys has put the club into top spot, with one of the teams having one match left going to be close in the league tables.

Team Kennets Nite of the Mad Miles took part on another glorious summer evening after the club night, temperatures still at 25 degrees and light breeze insured some very fast times in its 24^th year of the event.

The First Race was the biggest field of all the 5 races the Under 9 and under 11 Girls which saw Praiya Forman take the lead and step by step slowly increased her advantage over the 4 laps to win with 5min and 40 seconds which equals All Time fastest time, 2^nd home was Matilda Saunders in 6.04 and third place went to Olivia Kwit in 6.06 in which was a close finish for the minor medals. The first under 9 girl home was Flow Randall who came 8^th overall in 7.22

Next up was the under 9/11 Boys Chester Bailey went out like a rocket which he sustained to take a great win by 200m, clocking fastest time in this age group to go All Time number 1 with 5.24, 2^nd place went to Matthew Jones 6.03 and 3^rd place to Idris Gaye 6.32

The Under 13/15 Girls were up next, Olivia Bentley took over the lead halfway through the third lap to take a superb win in 5.27 which ranked her 2^nd in the all time list, 3^rd home was Tilly Clare u13 in 5.59 with Penelope Lyth in third place 6.02 another u13.

Race 4 achieved another all time 2^nd fastest time, Harry Smith went out from the gun to win in a fast 5.08, Frank Edwards trying to hang on got a really good time of 5.30 for 2^nd place and third place went to Matais Manrique-Hueglas in 5.44

Race 5 is combined with Senior athletes male and female.

in the Ladies race it was a close finish on the line with mum and daughter, it was u17 Amber Stiles who took it on the line 6.54 and Martine Stiles 6.55 taking 2nd, with Juli Gaye in third place 7.30.

In the Mens race Bart Kuijten went out from the gun to win clocking 5.11 as a vet, Chris Turner taking 2^nd place 5.59 and Ben Schiffer-Harte in third place 6.34

Most Improved athlete from last year went to under 11 Olivia Kwit who knocked of nearly 90 seconds 

14 club athletes represented at the Berkshire Schools Championships to claim places for the English schools’ championships next month.

In total 9 medals were won from Team Kennet athletes

Two athletes have achieved English Schools qualifying performances so congratulations to Oscar Hook winning the Junior hammer 39.89 and Harriet Saunders winning the Junior 1500m in 4.45.4. 

There were also gold medals won by Kenechi Akosa in the inter 200m 22.9 in heat and 23.3.  Will McDonald in the inter Javelin 44.03m. 

Silver medals were won by Rueben Kuijten in the Junior Discus 29.89, Theo Nightingale Inter High Jump 1.82 and Isabel Payne Junior Long jump 4.73.

Bronze Medals were won by Noah Lauder Clarke in Junior Javelin 38.02, Olivia Bentley in junior 800m 2.24.4, Well done to the rest in taking part Junior boys Triple jump Josh Brain 5th 10.14, Junior girls High Jump Jess McCurtin 8th 1.25, Inter Girls High Jump Hannah Taylor 4th 1.45, Inter Girls Discus Suki Humphrey’s 4th 21.30 and Zoe Dickson 5th 20.51.

In the Wiltshire Schools Athletics Championships Emerald Hill-Sawyer participated in the Junior girls Long Jump finishing 2^nd place with a 4.70m jump and will qualify for the South West Schools Track and Field Championships this weekend. 

Team Kennet Quadkids were back in action at Southampton Athletics track for the 2nd match of the Wessex League.  The weather was glorious—but our athletes were even better. Six of them smashed through the 200-point barrier. Huge congratulations to:

Matilda Saunders, Olivia Kwit, Marlie Jai Proctor, Chester Bailey, Harvey Baker, and William Moloney  The final combined score 1,742 points—a truly outstanding team performance, we won overall!

For the Under 11 girls 8 athletes took part, Olivia Kwit taking the lead in the 75m sprint clocking 12s.  In the long jump Marlie-Jai Proctor leaped furthest with 3.58m, close behind Matilda Saunders 3.42m.  Kwit ran 1:59 in the 600m, Saunders close behind 2:01.  Darcey Scaplehorn took the lead in the vortex throw with 28.71m.  Overall the girls finished 1^st place on the day with Matilda Saunders taking 2^nd place individually. 

Under 11 boys also had a team of 8.  Harvey Baker, Alexander Browning and William Maloney all clocked 11.4s in the 75m sprint.  Some great jumps in the long jump, but Baker took the top spot with 3.44m, Moloney close behind 3.41m.  Chester Bailey took the lead in the 600m clocking 1.59.1.  Finally in the vortex throw, Harvey Baker threw 45.04m, Bailey 35.57m.  The boys also took the top spot finishing in 1^st place on the day, with Baker taking 2^nd place individually. 

Team Kennet saw around 40 athletes compete in the County Track and Field Championships over the weekend in several areas.

A total of 12 gold, 9 Silver and 9 bronze medals were won in total.

Day 1 in the Berkshire Champs, which is being held at Bracknell saw 5 Gold Medals won, Theo Nightingale in the under 17 mens High Jump secured another county title with 1.75m clearance, while in the Throws Turkay Altuntas threw 41.77 just short of the clubs record  to win Gold in the Discus, Younger Brother Berkay didn’t want to lose out by winning Gold in the under 15 age group throwing 32.84, back with older brother Turkay he took his second Gold in the Shot with a throw of 12.28, again in the throws this time under 13 girls Matilda Clare threw a huge 23.19 to take her first county title, it was a clean sweep in this competition as Isla Ladds was 2^nd 18.91 and Ella McDonald taking the Bronze 18.69 all threw new bests distances.

Oscar Hook was rewarded with a Bronze in the Shot in the u15 Boys 10.17 and in the same age group Rueben Kuijten also struck Bronze in the Discus 29.49.

Zoe Dickson just missed out in the under 17  women Hammer taking 4^th place 22.94, Isla Ladds came 6^th in the final of the u13 girls 75m, in the 100m under 15 girls Emerald Hill Sawyer came 3^rd in heat 2 14.01 and Izzy Payne 5^th in heat 2 14.36, Josh Ladds was 7^th in the Long Jump in u15 boys 3.46. also in the under 15 age group 300m for the girls Hill Sawyer was 5^th in the final 45.89, in the u15 Boys 200m Martais Manrique Hueglas was 4^th in the final 25.90, else where in the u13 age group Penelope Lyth was 6^th in the 1000m 3.38.23, Oscar Hook 5^th and Josh Ladds 7^th in the under 15 boys Discus and Alfie Cronk in the under 13 Boys came 4^th in the Shot 6.89 and 6^th in the Discus 12.21

At the Hampshire  Championships Olivia Bentley came through from the heat taking 3^rd place in the 800m 2.32.8 for day 2s final which is being held at Portsmouth.

Day 2 saw biggest turnout of club athletes, at The Hampshire Championships in the under 15 Girls Harriet Saunders secured a outstanding Silver medal in the 1500m clocking 4.47.58, and after yesterdays 800m heat Olivia Bentley also struck a Silver wit ha fast 2.27.29 both girls gaining best times, this was also achieved in the under 13 girls 1500m with Elodie Burdett who came 6^th with 5.39.35.

So Gold Medal winners came from Emerald Hill Sawyer in the u15  Long Jump as she lept a huge 4.87 smashing her best, Oscar Hook won the under 15 boys  Hammer with a throw of 33.08.

Isla Ladds in the under 13 Girls High Jump cleared 1.25 to take Gold, and Matilda Clare struck gold on day 2 in the Long Jump as she lept 4.48, Isla Ladds won another gold medal in the Discus 17.92 and one of the best Gold came from Luke Angell in the Senior Mens age group keeping his unbeaten run going of nearly 15 years. In the under 13 Boys Javelin Jenson Nichols was crowned county champion with a throw of 29.45.

There were some more great Silver Medals won from Sophia Mahoney in the u13 girls Discus 12.71, Noah Lauder Clarke in the u15 boys Javelin and Josh Ladds in the u15 boys Hammer.

Bronze Medals came from Zoe Dickson in the under age group in the Shot 7.76 and Discus 22.98,

In the under 17 Javelin Haydn James earned a silver with a throw of 43.96 and a Bronze went to Will McDonald 38.94

Other performances on day 2 under 15 girls Long Jump Izzy Payne 4.60 for 4^th place and Ella Cronk 6^th 4.33, the under 15 boys Matias Manrique Hueglas 6^th in the 100m final 13.17, Josh Ladds 6^th in Heat 2 14.57, Ella Cronk came 9^th in the 800m final 2.52.25, Emerald Hill Sawyer was 5^th in her heat of the 200m 28.66 and in the boys 1500m Harry Smith was placed 5^th wit ha time of 4.48.0 in the under 13 age groups Long Jump Isla Ladds was 4^th with 4.30 and Ella McDonald 5^th, in the 600m races Ella Larkin had to settle for 4^th place 1.46.94 and Penelope Lyth 11^th 1.59.68, and in the girls 75m Matilda Clare heat 1 5^th 21.6, Sophia Mahoney heat 2 23.89, and Heat 3 Ella Larkin 21.97 3^rd and Penelope Lyth 4^th 22.93, none made the final. Josh Bailey was 10^th in the boys 1000m 3.42.2. Euan Jones came 5^th 26.10 and Josh Ladds 6^th 25.13 in the under boys Javelin.

The Somerset County Championships faired well for under 20 Athlete Zoe Allen, she won a Silver in the u20 Womens Javelin 32.91 and claimed bronze medals in both the 200m 29.22 and 400m 67.11.

Team Kennet were in action again this time in the Oxfordshire YA Track and Field League being held at Horspath in Oxford, going in to the match a overall league champions the athletes were greeted with superb early summer sunshine and light winds.

TK under 13 girls continued their great start to the season with a team win, Isla Ladds started the day off on the track with a great 3^rd place in the 70m hurdles 13.5, after the hurdles was the 1500m, where a double win came from Penelope Lyth 5.39.3 and Maisie McCurtin 5.40.9, in the Shorter 800m there was another double win from Ella Larkin 2.32.2 and Quinn Joyce 2.42, The Sprints picked up good points for the girls in the 100m Ella Larkin came 2^nd with 15secs, and in the B string Sophia Mahoney came 3^rd 15.7, in the longer sprint the 200m Matilda Clare was just pipped on the line for 2^nd place 29.3, Mahoney matched the same placing in the B string with 33.1, the 4 x 100m relay team of Clare, Larkin, Affra Bailey and Lyth were involved in a nail biting finish and were eventually had to settle for 3^rd place 61.0 seconds just 1 second separating the first 3 teams. The Field events is one of TK strongest areas, first in the High Jump, Clare came 3^rd A string 1.20 and McCurtin had her second B string win 1.20, A double win came in the Long Jump Ladds leaping 4.10 and Larkin 3.56, Clare came 2^nd in her Javelin 17.49, while in the Discus Ayla Wyvill was 3^rd A string and Lyth taking 2^nd in the B string and Finally the Shot Affra Bailey took 2^nd place in the A string and Lyth adding a B string win

The under 15 girls faired well to finish 4^th in their match with a much depleted squad, Olivia Bentley continued her personal bests early in the season winning her 800m with a fast 2.27.6, she matched this earlier in the 300m to win in 45.2, and in the 100m came 2^nd B string with 14.0

Jessie McCurtin ran in the B strings on the track, 800m she was 2^nd 2.38.6 but went one better to win the 300m B string 48.2, and had to settle for 2^nd A string in the High Jump 1.33.

Emerald Hill Sawyer lept 4.30 in the Long Jump for 4^th place, which she matched in the 100m A string 14.2 and in the 200m was also 4th 29.8

Ella Cronk was also in action winning the B string High Jump 1.25, coming 3^rd in the Discus and 6^th in the Shot

The under 17 Women Zoe Dickson came 2^nd in the Shot 7.67 and Discus 21.97 and had to settle for 5^th in the Javelin 12.13

The under 17 men Theo Nightingale lept a good personnel best in the high jump with 1.83 for a win, he p.b. in the long jump with 5.77 to finish 2^nd on the day and finally in the 200m B string he ran 25.1 to claim his 3^rd p.b and to help with a double win with team mate Kenechi Akosa clocking 23.2. Turkay Altuntas threw 12.65 in the Shot to win this event and also set a New League Record.

The under 15 boys lead all the match till the very end and had to settle for 2^nd team on the day out of 8, Berkay Altuntas was fired up with the heat as he went in to the top UK 10 in the Discus winning with 35.35 throw, and team mate Oscar Hook throwing 25.68 taking B string win. Hook won his Shot with 9.62 throw with Euan Jones taking 3^rd B string, I the longer throw the Javelin Noah Lauder – Clarke took a convincing win with 37.53 and Jones winning the B string 26.73, on the track Harry Smith tackled the 1500m clocking a new p.b. with 4.46.6 for 2^nd place and Rueben Kuijten took 3^rd B string 5.39.8, in the sprints firstly 300m Lauder-Clarke came 3^rd A string 44.4 and Josh Brian 2^nd B string 48.1, Matias Manrique Huelgas was 3^rd in his 200m 26.4 and 4^th in the 100m 12.9 and in the B strings 100m Brain 5^th 13.6 and 200m 2^nd 29.7

The under 13 age group saw a few wins, Jenson Nichols won his Javelin with a throw of 30.35, he also went on to win the 100m in 14.0 but had to settle for 2^nd place in the 200m 29.5 in a photo finish. Sam Atkins had a good day in the High Jump came 2^nd with 1.25 and 3^rd in the 800m 2.40.7 and 5^th in his long jump 3.74, Alfie Cronk is now believing in him self by winning his first throws event the Shot with 6.48 but had to settle for 5^th in the Discus, Josh Kuijten came 3^rd B string in the Shot and was 6^th in the 1500m.