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Wessex Young Athletes League report

Team Kennet were in action in the 3rd 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 2nd place in the Sprint Hurdles clocking a fast 13.3. Mia Wright cleared 1.43 to win the High Jump with Leilah Gaye coming 2nd in the B string. Emelia Lunn stepped up from the Sprints to 800m for the first time to record 2.38.6 for 2nd in the B string, she came 3rd in the A string Long Jump 4.29. Elsewhere Ava Brade clocked 14.6 in a huge head wind in the 100m for 4th place, Suki Humphreys came 2nd in the A string Discus 18.84.

The under 17 women also came 2nd 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 2nd in their strings, Fraser came 2nd in the Shot 8.80, two 3rd places came in the long jump Maclean 4.07 and Smith 3.53, The 800m Eve Brown came 3rd with 2.32 and Smith taking a B string win in 2.44.5, Finally the 300m Brown clocked 45.6 for 3rd place and Maclean 46.3 for 2nd B string.

The under 17 men also secured another 2nd 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 2nd B string 5.07, in the 100m two 2nd places came from Down 11.8 and Avery 12.6

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

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

The under 13 girls were beaten in to 3rd 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 3rd A string 18.58, and in the Shot both Simpson 7.23 and Dickson 5.55 had to settle for 2nd places.

Amber Stiles maintained her unbeaten run in the High Jump clearing 1.30, and Ella Cronk taking 2nd B string 1.15, Cronk 3.64 and daisy Downer 3.35 both were 3rd in the long jump. In the long distance races the 1200m Stiles came home in 3rd place 4.27 and in the shorter 800m Emerald Hill -Sawyer was 4th A 2.46 and Cronk 2nd 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 4th, 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 3rd places each 18.40 and 14.00, and both again teamed up in the Long Jump in a very high competitive competition Fenner taking 3rd 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 3rd 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 5th, u15 girls 4th and u17 women 3rd place while in the boys u13s they also came 5th.

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Mad Mile report

The Team Kennet Nite of the Mad Miles took place on a very warm evening at the Crookham Common Athletics Track.

Four races were held over the evening, First race was the under 9 and under 11 girls which actually saw the biggest field of 22 finishers, Quinn Joyce Led from the start with Ella Larkin u9 in hot pursuit all the way, these two opened up a gap to Maisie McCurtin also under 9 with rest of the athletes battling it out for minor places, Larkin tried in vain to get on to Joyce’s toes but in the end being under 11 Joyce came home as the winner with a time of 6.31 putting her 5th fastest all time on the Mad Mile Leader board, Larkin came in as runner up with 6.36 putting her 8th on the leaderboard but fastest time by any under 9 in the 18 year history of the event. McCurtin made it in third place with 6.49 who ran second fastest time as under 9, Harriet Saunders just missed out u11 in 4th place with 6.51.

Race 2 saw 13 athletes line up in the u9/11 boys race, it was a 5 way battle till last 200m in a very tactical race that lead runner Oscar Larkin led from the gun, he clocked 6.05 putting him in 4th place in the overall all time leader board, second place went to Harry Smith u11 in 6.09 putting him in 6th on the leaderboard, then in was Malik Gaye 6.12, 4th place went to Elliot Bell 6.14 and Luke Stiles 6.16 who won the Most improved Miler award by running 1.14 mins faster than last year.

Race 3 incorporated under 13/15 race with the under 17 and above age groups, Eve Brown u17 led from the start to have to take a sprint finish to win the race in 5.43 which put her 3rd in the all time leader board, her rival came from Gemma Jones senior lady with 5.44 going 4th in the All Board, Alanna Smith did well to hang on to these two to take 3rd spot in 5.55, Amber Stiles u13  took the younger age group win in a time of 6.07, with Anna Hall u13 runners up spot 6.13 and Emerald Hill-Sawyer taking the 3rd place spot 6.13 same time as Hall.

Race 4  saw huge entry of u13/15 and under 17 and above of 26 entries, but only 16 turned up on the night, Ethan Kuijten u15 led the way in a fast 5.34 to win the younger age group, Aiden Fleming u13 taking runners up 6.00 and Aaron Carter u13  3rd place 6.06, The under 17 upwards was won by Jonjo Stiles v40 in 5.40 with Andy Collins v50 in a fast 5.48 and third place going to  Mitch Poustie 6.21.

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Southern Athletics report

Team Kennet were in action in the second round of the Division 3 West Southern Athletics League at Swindon on Sunday.

A small squad came away with a third place with some outstanding performances, Luke Angell getting Athlete of the Match as he won his Javelin with a throw of 60.32m, and was backed up well by Brandon Carter winning the B string 39.66. Another Double win came in the Discus with Oliver Ford 34.44 and Harry Booker 34.39.

A welcome return from Oliver Bazin saw him win the Triple Jump 11.24, he came 2nd in the long jump with 5.73 and Jon Simpson won the B string with 5.13.

There were two 2nd places from Oliver Ford 10.32 and Harry booker 9.76 in the Shot, and in the Hammer Seb Simpson came 2nd A string 29.68 and Oliver Ford winning the B string 21.10 as the throwers only dropped 3 points.

The high Jump Booker came 2nd with 1.60 and Euan Avery cleared 1.55 to win the B string, on the track Avery 12.7 and Jon Simpson both were placed 3rd in the 100m.

Best result in the womens section came in the Discus Annabel Maclean 23.80 and Cheryl Angell 15.42 were 2nd and 3rd placed.  Angell had a busy afternoon coming 4th in the A string Shot and 3rd in the A string hammer, in the Javelin Eve Brown had to settle for 4th A string 23.40, Maclean came 4th in the A Long jump.

On the track Brown came 3rd in the 400m A string 64.2 and Maclean 3rd B string 67.0, in the 800m 3rd places from Brown 2.28.1 and Alanna smith 2.42.4.

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Wessex League QUADKIDS

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

Team Kennet had 7 U11 girls and 7 U11 boys taking part. 

On the day the Quad Kids score

Wimborne  1477

Southampton  1352

Andover 1319

Team Kennet 1312

Camberley 1118

Dorchester 807

The boys section were 3rd, with Malik Gaye finishing 5th overall. Maliks best event was the 600m clocking 2.02.6. Elliot Bell scored 177 pts with his best event being the Vortex throwing 23.30m. 

Newcomers Ronny and Rudy Bowsher both scored well with their best event the 600m clocking 2.04.5 and 2.11.6. 

The Girls came 4th overall with newcomer Matilda Clare top TK scorer with 156 at 11th overall. Her best event was 600m clocking 2.11.12 and just ahead was Quinn Joyce clocking 2.09.9 in her 600m.  It was close in the 75m sprint, Clare with 12.1s and just behind her Penelope Lyth with 12.4s. Isla Ladds was the clubs best long jumper on the day leaping 2.78 just ahead of Lyth 2.68. 

Other girls taking part were Ella McDonald, Harriet Saunders and Elora Murray all putting in fantastic performances.

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Wessex YA League report

Team Kennet got back to winning ways in the second round of the Wessex Young Athletes League held at Andover on Sunday that saw some outstanding track and field performances from the clubs athletes.

The final match score was

1             Team Kennet                     440

2             Wimborne                          414

3             Southampton City            246

4             Andover/Overton             217

5             Camberley                          195

6             Dorchester                         96

The most outstanding performance of the day was from under 13 boy William McDonald who threw a massive 37.98 in to win the Javelin and go straight in at UK Number 1.

The under 15 Girls  got back to their age winning ways again as they won their age group on target to retaining their own age group title, Claire McGonnell 12.9 and Zoe Allen 13.5 got the girls underway with a superb Double win in the 75m hurdles, and at same time another Double win came in the High Jump from Twin Sisters Neve Wright 1.40 and Mia Wright 1.35, Allen later went on to win her Shot 10.18 and M. Wright taking 3rd B String, McGonnell made it another win in the Javelin with a 31.71m throw. The long Jump N. Wright came 3rd A string 4.13 and Octavia Thomas winning the B string. Leilah Gaye came 4th in the 800m 2.53.

In the sprints Thomas came 3rd in the 100m A string 14.0, while in the B string Ava Brade was 2nd 13.9, Thomas came 4th A in the 200m 29.1 and Sophie Moores took a B string win 28.7, the longer sprint 300m Allen came home in 2nd place and Debutee Isla Carpenter came in 1st B string.

The Relay Team of Moore, Brade, Allen and Thomas were 3rd 56.4

The under 17 men won their age group as well, A double win came in the Shot Seb Simpson 11.21 and Brandon Carter 8.02, Simpson won his Discus 35.95, in the Javelin Carter had to settle for 2nd place A string 41.57 and Simpson won his B string. Euan Avery won his High Jump with 1.65, Isaac Mitcham was rewarded with a good personnel best in his 1500m 4.44.7 and had to settle for 2nd A string by just point one of  second, Mitcham went one better to win his 400m in 62.0, the 100m Avery came 2nd with 12.0.

The under 13 boys were 2nd in their match, Aiden Fleming won his 800m in a very tactical race, with Reuben Kuijten taking 2nd B string. The Longer 1500m Noah Lauder-Clarke was 4thA string and Frank Edwards taking 2nd B string. Earlier in the day both Ben Daley and Josh Ladds came 2nd in their strings of the 75m hurdles. Daley and Kuijten both came 2nd in the Shot, The Discus Daley came 3rd A string and Will Mcdonald 2nd B string. Lauder-Clarke won his B string Javelin 25.56

The under 13 girls also were 2nd in their match, Emerald Hill-Sawyer had a superb day, she won her 100m in 15.0 and had to settle for 2nd place in 200m 30.6, which she matched in the 800m 2.46, on the field it was the throws that got 100% of the points, Eliska Simpson winning her Shot and Discus 21.23, Zoe Dickson won her B string Shot and discus 18.17 and in the Javelin Anna Hall threw 19.21 for a good win and Dickson making it a hattrick of B wins 16.96. Ella Cronk came 2nd in her High Jump wit ha new p.b. of 1.20 and in the long jump strings both Cronk 3.64 and Hall were 3rd places. Back on the track Anna Hall had her 2nd win of the day in a well timed 1200m race clocking 4.31.2 and Lola Mitcham taking 2nd place in the B string, Cronk came 2nd in her 800m B string 2.54.08 another p.b. and Olivia Rayfield came 5th B and 3rd B in her 100 and 200m races.

The under 17 women came 2nd in their age group a great double win came in the Javelin Alanna Smith 33.09 and Eve Brown 25.94, Charlotte Absolom won her Discus 22.38 and also winning the Shot 9.42 and Carly Chisholm coming 2nd in the long jump. The 800m Brown came home in 3rd place 2.33.9 and Smith winning the B string 2.43.7. the 100m Chisholm came 4th A string 14.1 and Absolom 2nd in the B string 14.1 as well, the longer 300m event Brown came 4th A and Smith 3rd B string and two teamed up with Chisolm and Absolom to come 2nd in the 4x100m relay.

The under 15 Boys were 3rd on the day In their age group Ivan Checkmozov took full control in his 800m race to come home as winner in 2.17.3, in the longer 1500m event Elliot Murphy was 3rd A string 4.55.2 and Ethan Kuijten 1st B string 4.58 both boys getting best times.

James Simmons was 2nd A string in his Long Jump 4.21, Another win came in the High Jump from Jacob Avery 1.55. The Throws brought in good points Joseph Hoaen and Kuijten both 2ndin their string s in the Shot, Hoaen was 3rd in his Discus and taking 2nd in his Javelin. The Sprints Avery came 4th A 13.0 and James Simmons 3rdB 13.6, Both Simmons 28.2 and Murphy 30.9 came 3rd in their strings of the 200m.

Harry Brooker took part as a u20 he broke the clubs Discus record throwing 39.26m also as a u20 Arthur Lane clocked 57.2  in his first 400m race, an hour earlier clocking 2.13 in the 800m

On all it was a fantastic day for the club with so many personnel best performances and back to winning ways again.

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Wessex Young Athletics League report

Team Kennet got back to winning ways in the second round of the Wessex Young Athletes League held at Andover on Sunday that saw some outstanding track and field performances from the clubs athletes.

The final match score was

1             Team Kennet                     440

2             Wimborne                          414

3             Southampton City            246

4             Andover/Overton             217

5             Camberley                          195

6             Dorchester                         96

The most outstanding performance of the day was from under 13 boy William McDonald who threw a massive 37.98 in to win the Javelin and go straight in at UK Number 1.

The under 15 Girls got back to their age winning ways again as they won their age group on target to retaining their own age group title, Claire McGonnell 12.9 and Zoe Allen 13.5 got the girls underway with a superb Double win in the 75m hurdles, and at same time another Double win came in the High Jump from Twin Sisters Neve Wright 1.40 and Mia Wright 1.35, Allen later went on to win her Shot 10.18 and M. Wright taking 3rd B String, McGonnell made it another win in the Javelin with a 31.71m throw. The long Jump N. Wright came 3rd A string 4.13 and Octavia Thomas winning the B string. Leilah Gaye came 4th in the 800m 2.53.

In the sprints Thomas came 3rd in the 100m A string 14.0, while in the B string Ava Brade was 2nd 13.9, Thomas came 4th A in the 200m 29.1 and Sophie Moores took a B string win 28.7, the longer sprint 300m Allen came home in 2nd place and Debutee Isla Carpenter came in 1st B string.

The Relay Team of Moore, Brade, Allen and Thomas were 3rd 56.4.

The under 17 men won their age group as well, A double win came in the Shot Seb Simpson 11.21 and Brandon Carter 8.02, Simpson won his Discus 35.95, in the Javelin Carter had to settle for 2nd place A string 41.57 and Simpson won his B string. Euan Avery won his High Jump with 1.65, Isaac Mitcham was rewarded with a good personnel best in his 1500m 4.44.7 and had to settle for 2nd A string by just point one of  second, Mitcham went one better to win his 400m in 62.0, the 100m Avery came 2nd with 12.0.

The under 13 boys were 2nd in their match, Aiden Fleming won his 800m in a very tactical race, with Reuben Kuijten taking 2nd B string. The Longer 1500m Noah Lauder-Clarke was 4thA string and Frank Edwards taking 2nd B string. Earlier in the day both Ben Daley and Josh Ladds came 2nd in their strings of the 75m hurdles. Daley and Kuijten both came 2nd in the Shot, The Discus Daley came 3rd A string and Will Mcdonald 2nd B string. Lauder-Clarke won his B string Javelin 25.56

The under 13 girls also were 2nd in their match, Emerald Hill-Sawyer had a superb day, she won her 100m in 15.0 and had to settle for 2nd place in 200m 30.6, which she matched in the 800m 2.46, on the field it was the throws that got 100% of the points, Eliska Simpson winning her Shot and Discus 21.23, Zoe Dickson won her B string Shot and discus 18.17 and in the Javelin Anna Hall threw 19.21 for a good win and Dickson making it a hattrick of B wins 16.96. Ella Cronk came 2nd in her High Jump wit ha new p.b. of 1.20 and in the long jump strings both Cronk 3.64 and Hall were 3rd places. Back on the track Anna Hall had her 2nd win of the day in a well timed 1200m race clocking 4.31.2 and Lola Mitcham taking 2nd place in the B string, Cronk came 2nd in her 800m B string 2.54.08 another p.b. and Olivia Rayfield came 5th B and 3rd B in her 100 and 200m races.

The under 17 women came 2nd in their age group a great double win came in the Javelin Alanna Smith 33.09 and Eve Brown 25.94, Charlotte Absolom won her Discus 22.38 and also winning the Shot 9.42 and Carly Chisholm coming 2nd in the long jump. The 800m Brown came home in 3rd place 2.33.9 and Smith winning the B string 2.43.7. the 100m Chisholm came 4th A string 14.1 and Absolom 2nd in the B string 14.1 as well, the longer 300m event Brown came 4th A and Smith 3rd B string and two teamed up with Chisolm and Absolom to come 2nd in the 4x100m relay.

The under 15 Boys were 3rd on the day In their age group Ivan Checkmozov took full control in his 800m race to come home as winner in 2.17.3, in the longer 1500m event Elliot Murphy was 3rd A string 4.55.2 and Ethan Kuijten 1st B string 4.58 both boys getting best times.

James Simmons was 2nd A string in his Long Jump 4.21, Another win came in the High Jump from Jacob Avery 1.55. The Throws brought in good points Joseph Hoaen and Kuijten both 2ndin their string s in the Shot, Hoaen was 3rd in his Discus and taking 2nd in his Javelin. The Sprints Avery came 4th A 13.0 and James Simmons 3rdB 13.6, Both Simmons 28.2 and Murphy 30.9 came 3rd in their strings of the 200m.

Harry Brooker took part as a u20 he broke the clubs Discus record throwing 39.26m also as a u20 Arthur Lane clocked 57.2  in his first 400m race, an hour earlier clocking 2.13 in the 800m

On all it was a fantastic day for the club with so many personnel best performances and back to winning ways again.

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Southern Athletics League

Team Kennet were in action in the Southern Athletics League on Sunday in Division 3 West, using it as a Development league this year they faired very well in the match and produced some excellent performances.

Best result of the day came in the Mens Javelin where Ben East threw a massive 66.68m and Luke Angell throwing 61.48 for a great double win, East moving up to UK number 2 in the under 20 rankings and Breaking the clubs under 20 Javelin record. There was another Double win in the Mens High Jump, with Euan Avery clearing 1.70 and Harry Booker 1.60, good Points came in the mens Field specially in the throws, The Shot Oliver Ford throwing 10.48 for 2nd place in the A string and Harry Booker winning the B string 9.67.

The Discus Booker was 2nd A string throwing 32.04 and Seb Simpson won the B string 26.99, In the Hammer both Simpson and ford came 3rdplaces 26.40 and 19.96m.

George Down came 2nd in the Long Jump A string and Jon Simpson 2nd B string.

On the Track Avery clocked 12.2 for 4th place in the A string with Jon Simpson 3rd place as Vet 45 clocking 12.9, elsewhere in the mens Arthur lane came home 2nd in the 800m 2.11.5, he also came 4th in his 1500m, Casey Warwick came 4thin his 800m, and Mitch Poustie tackled 5000m for 4th place and 2000m steeplechase 3rd A.

Petra Kubesova made her debut on the track for the club in the 3000m and had to settle for 2ndplace with a time of 11.43.6 against winner GB athlete Lucy Elliott. Eve Brown came 2nd in her 1500m 5.20.8 and came 3rd in her 400m earlier in the day with 63.6. The Sprints Carly Chisholm came 4th A string in the 100m 14.1 and Amy Russell 14.3 same position in the B, Russell matched same position in the 200m. Cheryl Angell had a good day doing all four throws her best was the discus throwing 15.55 for 3rd place which she matched in the Hammer 16.09 and 4thin the Shot and Javelin B string as a vet 55.

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West Berkshire QUADKIDS Athletics 2022

West Berkshire Quadkids Athletics Festival took place on Saturday at Park House School after a 2 year gap, 21 schools took place on the day with 420 excited Youngsters battling it out.

Team Kennet and School Sports Partnership who run the event, hailed it a great success and with the weather being amazing for any athletic event made sure it was a great day.

Park House School and St Bartholomew schools helped with Young leaders taking the groups around for the 4 hour competition where each child has to run a Sprint (50m yr3 / 4)(75m yr 5 / 6) and distance run (yr 3 /4 400m)(yr 5 / 6 600m), standing Long Jump and Vortex Howler throw, gaining points for each event on their times or distances achieved.

The year 5 /6 Competition was the closest ever in the 14 years of the  event.  John Rankin School came out as winners by just 1 point scoring 1559 over Falkland in second place 1558 who had won all previous competitions, with Francis Baily taking 3rd spot with 1435 points.

The individual top 3 performances on the day for the boys saw Vinnie Bardsley from John Rankin School take overall with 248pts, Noah Lauder-Clarke from Francis Baily runner up 239 points and Louie Braidwood from Hungerford third with 232points.

The girls was so close only 1 point separating top 2 girls, it was Hallie Reed from Hermitage taking the win with 205pts from Emerald Hill-Sawyer from Hungerford 204 and Ella Cronk from Curridge 3rd place 194.

The Best performances from each event on the track, the 75m Sprint for Girls Emerald Hill-Sawyer ended up fastest out of all boys and girls clocking 11.1, with the boys fastest Louie Braidwood 11.4, the 600m again Hill-Sawyer was the girls fastest 2.06 and the Boys Vinnie Bardsley from John Rankin clocking 2.00, the Field saw Falklands Alfie S. throw 36.70m in the Vortex and Nina Reid from John Rankin 28.90 for the Girls, the Standing Long Jump saw a massive jump from Olivia from Falkland School with 2.06 longest jump of the day recorded, and in the Boys Josh Brian from Parsons Down lept 2.01.

The year 3 / 4 saw Falkland crowned champions with 1392 points from Francis Baily in second 1287 and John Rankin taking third place 1258.

The individual placings in the Girls saw a superb all round performance from Falklands Ella Larkin score 178 points to win, Chloe L also from Falkland came 2nd 166pts and third place went to a joint score of 165points from Emily Mussy Francis Baily and her team mate Ella McDonald.

In the Boys competition Malik Gaye scored a huge 206 points from Spurcroft School just ahead of Alex C from Falkland 204, and third place went to Harry B also from Falkland 185 points.

The Best Performances on the day for each event, saw Ella McDonald from Francis Baily  jumped the furthest of all year 3 /4s leaping 1.84m, Ella Larkin from Falkland claimed the fastest times in the 50m sprint 8.6 and 400m 1.18mins and Sophia Kocovska from John Rankin throwing 26.80 in the vortex, with the Boys Alex C from Falkand threw 28.30 in the Vortex, Aymans from Falkland lept 1.80 on the standing long jump, while the track events were both shared, the 50m Sam Atkins from Spurcroft and Alex C Falkland both clocking 8.3 and Alex C 1.18 and Malik Gaye Spurcroft clocking 1.18 in the 400m same time as the girls.

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Berkshire Track & Field Championships Bracknell

Team Kennet claimed 9 new COUNTY CHAMPIONS for this season in Berkshire, they were;

George Down was rewarded in the under 17s mens age group Long Jump with a massive personnel best of 6.48 and to break the club record, Eliska Simpson in the under 13 girls took two county titles, first in her Shot with a 7.32 and then last field event of the championships the Discus title with a throw of 21.43, in the same age group Zoe Dickson  was crowned champion in the Javelin with  a throw of 15.86 a personnel best.

William Mcdonald also threw a new personnel best in the under 13 Boys Javelin taking the title with a throw of 32.97, yet again in the Javelin this time in the under 15 girls Clare McGonnell won with a throw of 28.60. 

Ben East in the under 20 mens age group also took the Javelin title with a huge throw of 62.10 and to cap this the clubs Javelin Coach Luke Angell made sure he kept up with his Javelin throwers by being crowned Senior Mens Champions with a throw of 54.42.

Harry Booker just missed his club record to win the under 20 mens Discus with a throw of 37.80.

There were also a clutch of Silver Medals won, Oliver Ford in the under 20 mens Discus throwing 36.61 just behind his team mate, in the Under 17 mens age group Seb Simpson threw 33.42  for a new personnel best  to claim Silver, Amber Stiles equalled her best in the under 13 girls High Jump with a 1.30 for 2nd place only on count back. Eve Brown took part in the under 17 womens Javelin to earn herself a Silver with 28.80, In the under 15 Boys Javelin James Fenner threw 37.60 for his Silver and yet again in the Javelin in the under 13 boys Noah Lauder-Clark threw 22.39 for 2nd place. Zoe Dickson claimed Silver in her discus 17.33 a new p.b.

The Bronzes went to Josh Ladds again in the under 13 boys Javelin 16.39 to make a 1-2-3 for the 3 lads, Oliver Ford came 3rd in the under 20 mens Shot 11.73 just 6cm short of the clubs record, Seb Simpson u17 came third in the Shot 9.87, Zoe Dickson made it a hattrick of medals in the Shot 5.43.

Harry Booker just missed out on a medal in the under 20 Shot coming 4th place 10.93, Another 4th came from Josh Ladds in the 75m hurdles he also came 7th in the 75m final, Claire McGonnell came 2nd in her u15 300m heat 44.83 for a new p.b. to later coming 4th in the final 45.28, Ella Cronk came 5th in the under 13 girls High Jump with a 1.10, Amber Stiles earned herself a p.b. in the u13 girls 600m 1.56.02for 6th place  and Ella Cronk 7th with 1.59.54 also a p.b.Ella also did the Long Jump coming 6th wit ha leap of 3.32.

George Down came 2nd in his 200m heat in 23.6 to make the final but pulled out. In the under 13 boys 1500m Elliot Murphy came 7th in 5.00.76 just missing that 5min barrier.

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Wessex League Match 1 Report

Team Kennet were in action in their first Wessex League match of the Season at Swindon, in a thrilling match that saw a much depleted squad due to Easter Break come fourth place with adjusted Officials score moving them up to third place

The Match score on the day was

Swindon                              479

Waverley                            413.5

Slough                                 359.5

Team Kennet                     320

Portsmouth                        277

Dorchester                         76

The under 15 girls defending their own age group title from last year started of this season wit ha good 2nd place, Claire McGonnell and Bethany Maclean teamed up in the Javelin for a Double victory McGonnell throwing a UK Grade 1 throw of 26.53. Zoe Allen added another win in the Shot with a 9.92m throw with Suki Humphreys taking 3rd B 6.18, and in the Discus Two 2nd places came from Humphreys 20.37 and Maclean 15m. The High Jump saw another Double win from Neve Wright and Mia Wright both clearing 1.40m in the Long Jump Neve Wright came 3rd A with 4.28 and Emelia Lunn taking 2nd B 4.26

On the Track Allen came 3rd in the 75 m hurdles 14.1, the 800m Maclean was 3rd A with 2.42 and Leilah Gaye came in 2nd in the B string 2.55. the 300m Allen had to settle for 4th A 46.6 and a great run by McGonnell in the B string saw her come home wit ha win in 46.9, the shorter sprints in the 200m Lunn came 4th A 29.9 and McGonnell 2nd B 28.55 and the 100m both Lunn 14.9 and Gaye 15.7 came 4th places, the 4 x 100m relay team came home in 2nd place 56.0 which were Lunn, Allen, Maclean and McGonnell.

The Under 17 men also came 2nd on the day most of the points were picked up in the Field events, George Down lept his way to 6.35cm in the long jump for a good win. Brandon Carter won his Javelin with a throw of 43.15, Seb Simpson won the Discus with a throw of 30.93, he came 2nd in the A string Shot 10.34 by just a few centimeters and Carter winning the B string 8.27. Simpson came 2nd B string in the Javelin, while in the High Jump another win came from Euan Avery with 1.63.

The 100m saw another Double win from George Down clocking 11.6 and Euan Avery 12.2 

The 4 x100m quartet of Down, Simpson, Avery and Carter came home in 2nd place 51.4.

Elsewhere in the other age groups the under 13 boys took 3rd place Harry Fenner taking a win in the Discus 17m with Ben Daley 2nd B string, a superb Double win came in the Javelin Will McDonald 31.42 and Fenner 28.27, Fenner also 3rd in the Long Jump 4.23 and Aiden Fleming winning the B string in 4.12.

On the track in the longer distance races 800m Fleming came 3rd in 2.55.4 and Mcdonald came 4th in B string 2.58.9, in the 1500m Noah Lauder-Clarke 4th 5.31 and Frank Edwards 5.59 was also 4th in his string. In the sprints again 4thplaces came in the 100m Fleming and Lauder-Clarke, the 200m Joshua Ladds came 5th A and Lauder-Clarke 4th b.

The Relay Quartet Fleming, Fenner, McDonald and Ladds took 3rd place in 60.8

The under 15 Boys were 5th overall James Fenner winning the Javelin 39.49, William Appleby taking 3rd in the Discus 17.16, on the track Fenner was best placed with 13.9 in the 100m B string taking 2nd place, James Simmons also took place in the 100m and 200m clocking 13.7 and 29.1

The under 17 women came 5th place Eve Brown just being pipped on the line in the 800m for 2nd2.30.7 and Alanna Smith taking the B 800m in 2.55.4, both teamed up in the 300m Brown in 4th47.3 and Smith 3rd B 51.7 and again they teamed up in the Javelin Both coming 2nd places Brown 29.79 and Smith 25.99. Kirsten Fraser threw the shot to gain 4th place.