Team Kennet Quad kids were back in action for the final round of the League held in Abingdon on Sunday. They ended the season with a squad of 19 and finishing 2nd overall on the day behind Bournemouth. In the final standings Team Kennet Quadkids were 7th overall out of 26 teams.
Match results
1 Bournemouth 1725
2 Team Kennet 1449
3 Slough Juniors 1442
4 Aldershot 1417
5 Waverley Harriers 1278
6 Havant / SETAFA 1135
7 Poole Runners 775
Under 11 boys had a strong squad of 10 finishing 3rd overall with Oscar Larkin scoring 205 points and leaping the furthest for TK with a jump of 3.22m. Elliot Bell was also strong in the long jump with 3.08m. Malik Gaye and Euan Jones were fastest in the 75m sprint both clocking 12.03s.
The under 11 boys had 3 newcomers for the final match, Joshua Bailey, Leslyn Thomas and Samuel Atkins all scoring good points for the team. Thomas threw furthest for TK in the vortex with 27.39m.
Ronny Bowsher was quickest for Team Kennet in the 600m clocking 02:03:05 with Larkin behind with 2:04:9 and Euan Jones 02:07:2.
Other boys taking part were Henry Bell and Rudy Bowsher.
Under 11 girls also had a strong squad with 9 girls finishing 4th overall. Ella Larkin was top scorer for TK with 177 points and threw furthest for TK in the vortex with 19.50m. Isla Ladd’s wasn’t far behind with a throw of 18.78m.
Close behind Larkin, Penelope Lyth scored 172 points leading TK in the 75m sprint clocking 12.46s and leaping the furthest with 3.19m. Harriet Saunders, Ella McDonald and Orlagh Stratford all leaped over 3m. Quinn Joyce had an outstanding 600m to win her race with 2:06:7. Also scoring well in the 600m Larkin was close behind Joyce with 2:08:7. Other girls taking part were Edith Evans and Alice Stratford.
Team Kennet were co hosting in the last Wessex League match of the season held at Abingdon that saw 8 clubs in first time take part in a league match , The club saw a good 60 athletes turn out for the match to finish in third place, the result meant that Team Kennet were 7th out of the 24 clubs in the final league tables, with all the deductions of non officials Team Kennet came out on top supplying most officials all year and this moved them up to 5th overall only 3pts behind League winners New forest Juniors.
Final match score was
Bournemouth 516
Waverley 455.5
Team Kennet 369
Slough 308.5
Aldershot 152
Poole Runners 71
Guests Abingdon and Havant/SETAFA were non scoring
The under 15 girls team came 2nd on the day and finished 3rd overall in their age group league, Clare McGonnell had a superb day with a hattrick of wins firstly winning the 75m hurdles in 12.66, throwing a new personnel best in the Javelin 33.47 moving her to UK ranked 20 and finally winning the 300m in 44.11. There was a brilliant double win in the high Jump from Twin Sisters Neve Wright 1.50 and Mia 1.48, Bethany Maclean backed up McGonnell to win the B string Javelin 21.41, also in the Throws the Discus two second places came from Evie Lewis 20.43 and Suki Humphreys 17.23, Both Teamed up in the Shot matched the placings Lewis 6.92 and Humphreys 6.36, the Long Jump Sophie Moores came 3rd with 4.18 and Maclean 4.10 for 2nd placed B string.
Back on the Track there was also two 2nd places in the 800m Maclean 2.43 and Leilah Gaye 2.55, Gaye came 3rd in her 300m B string, on the shorter sprints the competition was fierce, the 100m Moores came 4th A string 14.3 and Amy Chivers also 4th B string 14.25, the 200m faired better Moores 29.68 and Chivers 29.7 both taking 3rd places.
The 4x100m Relay TK had 2 girls teams the main squad of McGonnell, Chivers, Maclean and Moores were just edged out for 2nd place 56.19 and the Non Scoring Team did really well coming in just behind the A team of TK in 57 seconds.
The under 17 girls also came 2nd in their match, to finish in the top 6 overall Charlotte Absolom won her Long Jump and B string Shot 9.15, Annabel Maclean won the A string Shot 9.26 and her discus 24.8 and Alanna Smith won the Javelin with 29.03 and was 3rd in her 800m 2.48.8.
The under 13 girls put in all round great team effort to finish 3rd that saw only 8 pts separate four teams scoring highly. Emerald Hill-Sawyer had another great day as her confidence in the sport is excelling she sat back in her 800m to sprint finish and win in 2.36.7, She had to settle for 3rd place in the A string long jump 3.41 and 15.2 in the 100m was only good enough for 5th in a strong field.
Zoe Dickson won the Discus with 19.38, a double win came in the Javelin Eliska Simpson threw 22.06 and Anna Hall 21.02 both girls getting in the top 40 UK rankings. Ella Cronk cleared 1.20 for 5th A string and New comer Hannah Taylor came 2nd B string 1.15. I the long distance race 1200m Charlotte Bailey came 3rd A string and Hall 4th B string, Cronk was 3rd B string her 800m. Maja Cotton picked up B string points in the 100m 5th place and 200m 4th place.
The under 15 Boys came 3rd on the day Ben Cooper had another good day he came 2nd in his 100m A string 12.05 and James Simmons came 3rd B string, Simmons was 4th in his 200m 27.6, Ivan Checkmozov was in good form as he won his 800m in 2.17 and came 2nd later in the 300m 41.5, Oliver Carroll ran 2.28 for 2nd B string in the 800m Carroll came 3rd in the Long Jump 4.38 and Simmons took a B win with 4.18. James Fenner won his Javelin 39.55 an came 3rd in his 300m, the 4x100m relay team were pipped right on the line and had to take 2nd place in 51.77 (Cooper, Simmons, Fenner and Carroll).
The Under 13 Boys also were 3rd in their match capping a good season, double win came in the javelin Will McDonald throwing 32.79 and Noah Lauder-Clarke 25.43, Turkay Altuntas won the Discus 27.31 to go in to UK number 9 and McDonald taking 2nd place 16.16, in the Shot Altuntas made it another win with 9.90 and Lauder-Clark 3rd B. The long Jump Aiden Fleming came 2nd A string with 4.30 and Harry Fenner won his B string 4.07. Fleming took full control of his 800m race to come home in first place 2.37.1 and Ben Daley coming 4th B string. In the sprints Fenner and Lauder-Clarke and Josh Ladds picked up good points. The Relay team came 3rd consisting of Mcdonald, Lauder-Clarke, Fenner and Ladds
The under 17 men came 4th in their match Double wins came in the Shot Seb Simpson10.76 and Brandon Carter 7.48, Simpson won his discus 35.24 and another double win came in the Javelin Brandon Carter 41.16 and Simpson 20.35.
Ben has had an amazing throwing season this year, following a difficult couple of years during the pandemic.
At the beginning of this season, Ben was throwing about 61m – not a bad achievement, number 2 in the UK. He continued to improve his distances with every competition and was selected to compete at the UK Senior Championships in Manchester in June 2022. Here, he had the competition of his life and finished 2nd with a massive personal best throw of 73.49m – only 50cm behind the winner!
Ben then overcame two injuries to qualify for the U20 World Championships in Cali, Colombia, in August 2022 where he represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He had an amazing experience and learnt a lot – but unfortunately finished outside the top 12.
Ben has now been selected to represent England in the upcoming ETC Throws Fest in Northampton in September 2022 – the first time he’ll wear an England vest. It will be run in the same format as the World Championships as there will be qualifying the day before the actual competition. This is a new format to Ben, but he is hoping he will gain more experience ahead of future competitions.
Throughout these competitions, Luke Angell has been by his side, guiding and supporting Ben. He was unable to go to Cali but managed to speak regularly, despite the 6 hour time difference.
Ben is off to Loughborough University in September but hopes to continue his javelin training and competitions and to have Luke as his coach. Who knows what’s round the corner for him!
Ben has a new website: beneastjavelin.co.uk where he regularly posts Instagram updates of his training, performanceand achievements. There is also the possibility to sponsor him and watch some videos there.
Several Team Kennet athletes took part in the Mid Week Basingstoke Open on Wednesday.
In the under 13 age group Emerald Hill-Sawyer earned herself a personnel best alongside Amber Stiles in the 800m clocking 2.44.21 and 2.44.81 respectively. Emerald also claimed another P.B in the 100m first time she achieved under 15secs with a time of 14.94. Amber cleared 1.30 in the High Jump.
Eliska Simpson took part in the Shot throwing 7.47 and Discus 21.03.
Seb Simpson took part in the under 17 age group throwing the Shot 10.81 and Discus 32.75, in the older age groups Jonathon Simpson clocked 13.09 in the 100m in the M45 group. Charlotte Booker took part in the Discus as a Senior throwing 22.84 and Harry Booker threw 36.52 in the u20 Discus.
Team Kennet were in action in the 2nd 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 2nd with a time of 2:37:1 and Kuijten 3rd in his race with 3:24:2. For the 1500m Noah Lauder-Clark came in 5th with a time of 5:40:9.
There was success on the field for the Under 13 boys with Fleming finishing 1st in the long jump leaping 4.29m and Lauder-Clark for B string jumping 3.35m for the B string. Lauder-Clark also came 2nd in the javelin with a throw of 25.56m. Also in the field on his debut Turkay Altuntas dominated the shot and discuss coming 1st 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 2nd spot and Kuijten 3rd.
Checkamoz also came 2nd in the 800 clocking 2:17:4 and Kuijten taking 4th for the 1500m with 5:05:2. On the field Kuijten took 3rd in the shot with 5.61m. The under 15 boys took 5th overall.
On the field for the under 17 men Seb Simpson took 2nd for the shot and 1st spot for the discuss with Brandon Carter taking 1st for the javelin throwing 37.31m. The under 17 men were ranked 5th overall.
For the under 13 girls there was success for Emerald Hill-Sayer coming 3rd in her A string 100m with 15.1s and 1st in the 800m A string with 2:48:2. In the B string 800m Ella Cronk came 1st with 3:10:4. For the 1500m Anna Hall came 3rd 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 2nd with 16.72m. Cronk came 4th in the A string High jump with 1.20m. There was double success for Eliska Simpson with the shot and discuss coming 1st in both events. The under 13 girls squad finished 3rd overall on the day.
On the track the under 15 girls competed in the 300m with Emelia Lunn coming in 3rdclocking 47s for the A string and Leilah Gaye 54.8s for the B string. Lunn also took part in the 800m coming in 1st with a time of 2.27.6 for the A string and Bethany MacLean 2nd for B String. In the field for the long jump Lunn came in 3rd with a jump of 4.35m and Maclean for B string 4.13m taking 1st. In the high jump Gaye came 3rd with 1.25m. MacLean too 1st spot in the javelin with 22.78m.
For the under 17 women Annabel MacLean took 3rd in the 300m clocking 46.9s and 1st in the shot throwing 9.63m. Also, in the field MacLean took 2nd spot for the discuss with 21.65m.
Both the under 15 girls and under 17 women finished 5th 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 had a record number of Athletes picked for the under 13 Inter Counties match representing Berkshire being held at Kingston Athletics Stadium, only 3 athletes were able to go due to holiday commitments that saw the Berkshire Boys team come 3rd and Girls team 2nd.
The Boys Javelin both strings were taken by TK athletes, Will McDonald came out to win the A string with a throw of 35.54, in the B string Harry Fenner had to settle with 2nd place with a personal best of 34.25, both boys are ranked 3rdand 11th in the UK.
In the Girls Zoe Dickson came 8th in the A string Discus 14.83 and also took part in the B string Javelin where she came 4th with a throw of 14.67.
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.
