Author: Team Kennet Administrator

Team Kennet were in action in the 2^nd match the Oxford League on Sunday held at Banbury.   

Finishing in the 2rd overall the under 13 boys Aiden Fleming, A String and Rueben Kuijten, B String took part in the 100m and the 800m.  For the 800m Aiden came in 2^nd with a time of 2:37:1 and Kuijten 3^rd in his race with 3:24:2.  For the 1500m Noah Lauder-Clark came in 5^th with a time of 5:40:9.   

There was success on the field for the Under 13 boys with Fleming finishing 1^st in the long jump leaping 4.29m and Lauder-Clark for B string jumping 3.35m for the B string. Lauder-Clark also came 2^nd in the javelin with a throw of 25.56m.  Also in the field on his debut Turkay Altuntas dominated the shot and discuss coming 1^st with throws of 9.03m in the shot and 20.06m in the discus.  

The under 15 boys Ivan Checkamoz, A String and Ethan Kuijten B String took part in the 30om with Checkamoz taking 2^nd spot and Kuijten 3^rd.  

Checkamoz also came 2^nd in the 800 clocking 2:17:4 and Kuijten taking 4^th for the 1500m with 5:05:2. On the field Kuijten took 3^rd in the shot with 5.61m.  The under 15 boys took 5^th overall.   

On the field for the under 17 men Seb Simpson took 2^nd for the shot and 1^st spot for the discuss with Brandon Carter taking 1^st for the javelin throwing 37.31m.  The under 17 men were ranked 5^th overall.   

For the under 13 girls there was success for Emerald Hill-Sayer coming 3^rd in her A string 100m with 15.1s and 1^st in the 800m A string with 2:48:2.  In the B string 800m Ella Cronk came 1^st with 3:10:4.  For the 1500m Anna Hall came 3^rd with a time of 6:04:2.  In the field Cronk and Hall both competed in the long jump.  Cronk A string with a jump of 3.47m and Hall B String 3.23m.  Hall also took part in the javelin coming 2^nd with 16.72m.             Cronk came 4^th in the A string High jump with 1.20m.  There was double success for Eliska Simpson with the shot and discuss coming 1^st in both events.  The under 13 girls squad finished 3^rd overall on the day.  

On the track the under 15 girls competed in the 300m with Emelia Lunn coming in 3^rdclocking 47s for the A string and Leilah Gaye 54.8s for the B string.  Lunn also took part in the 800m coming in 1^st with a time of 2.27.6 for the A string and Bethany MacLean 2^nd for B String.  In the field for the long jump Lunn came in 3^rd with a jump of 4.35m and Maclean for B string 4.13m taking 1^st. In the high jump Gaye came 3^rd with 1.25m. MacLean too 1^st spot in the javelin with 22.78m.  

For the under 17 women Annabel MacLean took 3^rd in the 300m clocking 46.9s and 1^st in the shot throwing 9.63m.  Also, in the field MacLean took 2^nd spot for the discuss with 21.65m.   

Both the under 15 girls and under 17 women finished 5^th overall.               

Team Kennet Quadkids we’re back in action at the second round of the Oxfordshire Young Athletes League held at Banbury on Sunday.

Overall Team Kennet finished 1st out of 8 teams ahead of Oxford in 2nd and Bicester in 3rd. 

1st           Team Kennet                     2146

2nd         Oxford City                        2097

3rd          Bicester                               1609

4th          Abingdon                             1569

5th          Witney                                 1061

6th          Radley                                 609

7th          Banbury                              551

8th          White Horse                       250

The U9 Boys and girls were both 1st and the U11 boys came in 3rd behind Oxford and Bicester and the U11 girls 2nd behind Oxford. 

Finishing 1st overall the Under 9 Girls were back to winning ways again with Orlagh Stratford taking 2nd Individual Spot, she clocked an impressive 600m in 2.29, her 75m sprint was also good at 12.9s. 3rd in the individual rankings was her sister Alice who threw 17.67m in the Vortex. Other girls taking part were Jasmine Hemmings and Evie Kearney. 

Also finishing 1st overall the Under 9 Boys Joshua Kuijten and Finn Fitzmaurice scored well with Joshua coming in 1st overall individually. Joshua scored well with a 2.9m long jump and a 23.2m vortex throw. 

Under 11 boys also had a strong squad of 5 finishing 3rd overall with Euan Jones coming in the top 10 individual rankings.

The boys were strong with the vortex throw with Ben Doherty throwing the furthest of 34.84m. Malik Gaye was strong in the 600m clocking 2.00.2 despite the scorching temperatures.  Other members of the squad include bothers Elliot and Henry Bell. 

Finally, In 2nd place overall the under 11 girls had a strong squad of 5 girls with Matilda Clare scoring 4th in the individual rankings and Penelope Lyth close behind in 7th. Lyth was the best long jumper of the day with 3.23m and Matilda Clare quickest in the 75m sprint with 12.1s. 

Quinn Joyce was strong again in the 600m clocking 2.12.6. Other girls in the squad were Elora Murray and Gracie Cooke. 

Team Kennet Quadkids were in action in their third Wessex League match of the season at Oxford on Sunday.

Team Kennet had 9 U11 girls and 8 U11 boys taking part. 

On the day the Quad Kids score with Team Kennet finishing in second:

Oxford 1521

Team Kennet  1455

Waverley  1422

Portsmouth  1361

Southampton 1105

The boys section were 4th Oskar Larkin finishing 5th overall. Larkin lead the squad in the long jump, 600m and the vortex throw to top score for the boys with 209 points. Close behind was Luke Stiles with 193 points scoring personal bests in both the long jump and vortex throw. Malik Gaye and Elliot Bell were TK’s strongest sprinters in the 75m both clocking 12.6s. In the 600m Ronny and Rudy Bowsher were again strong in this event clocking 2:07 and 2:10. Other boys taking part were Henry Bell and Joseph Rayfield. 

The Girls came 2nd overall with Ella Larkin top scorer with 184 points at 3rd overall. Her best event was 600m clocking 2.05 and just behind her was Matilda Clare clocking 2.14 and Quinn Joyce a second behind with 2:15. It was close in the 75m sprint again with Clare 12.4s and just behind her Penelope Lyth 12.6s. Lyth was the clubs best long jumper on the day leaping 3.21m just ahead of Clare 3.19m and Ella McDonald with 3.05m. Other girls taking part were Rose Bell, Amelia Rehill, Harriet Saunders and Elora Murray all putting in fantastic performances and scoring great points for the team to secure the second place. 

Both squads are strong heading into the final Wessex League match of the season. 

Team Kennet were in action in the 3^rd Round of the Wessex Young Athletes League on Sunday held at Oxford.

This was a tough match for the club as they were against two of the top 5 clubs in the league including themselves in fourth place.

Final match score was

1             Waverley                            553

2             Oxford City                        445

3             Team Kennet                     375

4             Southampton City            221

5             Portsmouth City               214

6             Isle of Wight                      135

The under 15 Girls kept up there pressure on defending their own age group title having to settle for second place on the day, Clare McGonnell won her Javelin again with a throw of 25.92, her impressive 300m tactics blasting out from the gun paid of to just win with 44.4 and   she had to settle for 2^nd place in the Sprint Hurdles clocking a fast 13.3. Mia Wright cleared 1.43 to win the High Jump with Leilah Gaye coming 2^nd in the B string. Emelia Lunn stepped up from the Sprints to 800m for the first time to record 2.38.6 for 2^nd in the B string, she came 3^rd in the A string Long Jump 4.29. Elsewhere Ava Brade clocked 14.6 in a huge head wind in the 100m for 4^th place, Suki Humphreys came 2^nd in the A string Discus 18.84.

The under 17 women also came 2^nd in their match to keep them in the top 8 overall, Best Performances of the day came in the Javelin as Both Alanna Smith 30.89 and Eve Brown 28.86 scored a double win, In The Discus Annabel Maclean 23.77 and Kirsten Fraser 16.50 both came 2^nd in their strings, Fraser came 2^nd in the Shot 8.80, two 3^rd places came in the long jump Maclean 4.07 and Smith 3.53, The 800m Eve Brown came 3^rd with 2.32 and Smith taking a B string win in 2.44.5, Finally the 300m Brown clocked 45.6 for 3^rd place and Maclean 46.3 for 2^nd B string.

The under 17 men also secured another 2^nd place, Brandon Carter threw 41.37 to win his Javelin, with Seb Simpson winning the B string 24.56, Simpson in his best Event the Discus went out to a win with 34.41, and another double win came in the Shot Simpson 9.82 and Carter 8.38, Euan Avery won his high Jump 1.60.

George Down kept up his unbeaten run in the Long Jump in the league with a 6.15 jump and Avery coming 2^nd B string 5.07, in the 100m two 2^nd places came from Down 11.8 and Avery 12.6

The under 15 boys were 3^rd in their match best result of their match was the Javelin James Fenner throwing 39.86 for 1^st place and William Appleby taking 2^nd B string. Jacob Avery came 3^rd in his High Jump 1.50, Fenner came 4^th in the long jump with 4.30.

Ivan Checkmazov found a much challenging 800m this time out and had to settle for 3^rd place with 2.21.8, but made up with one place better in the 300m for 2^nd place 42.4 and James Simmons taking 3^rd place, in the sprints Avery had the best result of winning the B string 26.9

The under 13 girls were beaten in to 3^rd place in a very close match, Eliska Simpson 17.06 and Zoe Dickson 15.28 took a double win in the Discus, Dickson made it another B string win in the Javelin 16.38 and Simpson taking 3^rd A string 18.58, and in the Shot both Simpson 7.23 and Dickson 5.55 had to settle for 2^nd places.

Amber Stiles maintained her unbeaten run in the High Jump clearing 1.30, and Ella Cronk taking 2^nd B string 1.15, Cronk 3.64 and daisy Downer 3.35 both were 3^rd in the long jump. In the long distance races the 1200m Stiles came home in 3^rd place 4.27 and in the shorter 800m Emerald Hill -Sawyer was 4^th A 2.46 and Cronk 2^nd B string 2.52, Both Hill-Sawyer and Olivia Rayfeld scored good points in the 100m and 200m races.

The under 13 boys age group came 4^th, this was a tough match for them, best result came in the Javelin with a superb double win Harry Fenner first athlete to beat Will McDonald this year, only 1cm separated the boys 31.90 and 31.89. Both teamed up in the Discus for 3^rd places each 18.40 and 14.00, and both again teamed up in the Long Jump in a very high competitive competition Fenner taking 3^rd place 4.03 and Mcdonald winning the B string 3.94, Frank Edwards 1500m and 200m gained good points for the club , Aiden Fleming went out hard in the 800m only to be taken close to the line for 3^rd place in 2.36.6, Flynn Murray and Josh Ladds both helped the team score with their event.

The Club had 4 x 100m relay team out in the u13 girls  they were 5^th, u15 girls 4^th and u17 women 3^rd place while in the boys u13s they also came 5^th.