Team Kennet’s Ben East took part in the Lee Valley Open at the weekend, in the under 17 event The javelin Ben Threw a massive 73.04m to extend his own club record but to put him in 5th overall in the under 17 all Comers list and topping the UK rankings so far this year, Bens training partner Liam Cawley also took part in the same event throwing just over 55m, Liam who picked up a Serious ankle injury in February had to have an operation on his foot, he turned around all odds to get back throwing this year and start his campaign to throw over 60 metres before the season finishes, Both Athletes are coached by Luke Angell and part of his Javelin Academy at Team Kennet
Team Kennets George Westall took part in the UK Ultra Triathlon only a handful of triathlons able to take place this year, George finished his epic Triathlon in a total time of 5hours and 6 minutes and 45 seconds, he Swam 1.2 miles in just under 40 minutes, rode his Bike 56miles in 2hrs 38mins and ran a half marathon in 1 hour 45mins, on his way round he was stopped by cows and Heavy rain slowed him down on the last 20miles of his bike Ride
On Sunday 9 of our athlete competed in the Sportshall
Berkshire Championships in a combination of individual and team competitions.
Congratulations to our U15 girls who ended an intense
afternoon winning team bronze medals. The 2 experienced and 2 first timers all
competed both as individuals and as a team, a total of 8 events each. As individuals Aimee Dickson and Annabel
Gibson came joint 5th overall with Lottie Absolum and Gemma Moon
coming 11th and 14th respectively.
In the events, the girls had a succession of top 5
performances including Aimee 1st in speedbounce (87) and 3rd
in shot (7.72m). Annabel 4th in Long Jump (2.04m) and 5th
in speedbounce (73). The pair joined up to come third in the 8 lap paarlauf.
Aimee, Annabel, Gemma and Lottie then joined together to come 4th in the 4×2 lap relay.
The U13 Girls and Boys all competed as individuals. In the
girls Lyla Goodwin lead the way coming 11th overall. Clare McGonnell
came 28th and Carly Chrisholm 45th. Clare came 3rd
in the speedbounce with 75 jumps. Lyla managed 4th place in both the
standing long jump (1.96m) and vertical jump (42cm).
The boys were represented by Joseph Hoaen and William Appleby
both in their lower year of the U13’s managed individual placings of 17th
and 18th respectively.
Team Kennets Zoe Allen secured a Bronze Medal at the South of England
Championships held at Lee Valley over the weekend, Zoe in the under 13 girls
took part in the 60m sprint winning her heat in 8.78 and then went faster in
the final clocking 8.70 to claim her Bronze, she also just missed out on
another medal in the Shot throwing 7.73 to take 4th place
Zoe also took part in the Lee Valley Indoor Minithon, Zoe claimed two new Club Indoor Records, dipping under 30 seconds in the 200m clocking 29.25, and in the 600m she ran a fast 1.54.13, she also took part in the Shot to throw 7.98.
Team Kennet
last Wednesday Night before Christmas Theme night was another success, over 60
young Juniors did the Christmas Session in the Sportshall, with tasks all night
to earn prizes, The Best Customs went to Imogen Cowell and Luke Styles
with runners up Isla Ladds and Joshua Ladds and third places to Izzy Carrol and
Flynn Murray.
The guess
the numbers game, the first number 51 was guessed in less than a minute by Anna
Hall, next number was 20 which was won by Luke Styles and finally last number
88 was Ethan Knight.
The
Challenge games was to hit the targets set his in Vertical Jump which was 45,
Speed Bounce 66 in 20 seconds, Stretch n Reach 35 and to achieve 2 Horse Shoes
on the target from 3 tries., 12 prizes were up for grabs these went to Tyler
Vines, Louise Colby, Jonathan Chism, Nicole Brooks, Kaan Tugcetin, Aiden
Fleming, Zac Humphreys, Harry Fenner, Harry Barnes, Bethany MaClean, Ben Daley
and Luke Styles taking his third prize of the night.
Finally it
was the Santa run, 5 lines of relay teams set up to run down and get a few
sweets at a time, they were joined by the older group from the gym.
All the
prize winners came out to be given a envelope each, 3 had cash prizes, they
were given a chance to trade for a brown envelope which had £20, one lucky
person did swap and won the £20. All the winners had to open the envelopes at
the same time.
Team Kennet’s Stuart Bladon broke every record going over the weekend in the under 20 South of England Heptathlon Championships to be crowned Champion setting a new South of England Championship record of 5040 pts.
On his way
he also broke every single individual event club record, day 1 saw the 60m
sprint clocking a very fast 7.31 that put him in 2nd place after
event one, His Long jump saw a big 6.36m but this slipped Stuart to 4th
place in the standings, but with a big Shot throw of 12.63 this moved him up to
third place, the last event of day 1 was the high jump, clearing 1.89 he ended
the day in second place.
Day 2
started of with the 60m hurdles and event Stuart is now really thriving on, he
clocked a very fast 8.32 to keep him in 2nd place but closed the
gap, next event came was the Pole Vault, the event leader had pulled out so
this meant Bladon could seal a win on a high clearance, he did so with a first
time ever of the 4m mark eventually clearing 4.03m to take the lead with just
one event left the 1000m endurance run, although he wasn’t the quickest but his
time of 2.54.41 was still impressive but crossed the line as event winner and a
new Championship Record.
The
Berkshire Cross Country Championships were held in Woodley this year, on
another new Course, with conditions very wet and muddy underfoot several Team
Kennet Athletes braved it to the event.
The Clubs
Best Performance on the day was from Senior Women Emily Faulkner who came home
in 4th place just missing out on the medals by 12 seconds, Bradley
Thomas was the clubs only Senior mens club entry coming 25th.
The Clubs
only team came from the under 13 girls where they finished 7th, Eve
Brown was 18th closely followed by Alanna Smith in 22nd
and Emma Davies was 31st
The under 13 boys Oliver Lloyd was 13th and Jacob Woods 14th, in the older under 15 age groups Toby Clark came 10th in the Boys and Annelise Gale 14th in the Girls Race.
In the second match of the Berkshire Sportshall League our best team result came from our U15 girls who managed 3rd place. They were closely followed by the U11 Boys in 4th place The U11 girls cam 5th, U13 Boys and Girls came 6th.
In the U11 Boys Connor Jordon led the way with 3 first places. The 1 lap obstacle with 18.1 sec, the 2 lap with 22.8sec and the vertical jump with 48cm. He was closely followed by Ethan Kuijten in 2nd place on the 1 lap obstacle with 18.7sec. Will McDonald gave us another 2nd place with a score of 13 in the target throw.
The U11 girls managed a 1,2,3 in the Hi Stepper. Erin Gosney won it with 13.7sec, Emeilia Lunn (in her first competition) took 2nd with 14.0sec, closely followed by Bethany Maclean in third with 14.1sec. Bethany got the team another 1st place in the 1 lap obstacle with 19.1sec, 2nd place in the vertical jump with 45cm and third in the 2 lap with 24.9sec. Erin also got 4th place in the target throw with a score of 10.
In the U13 boys our best result came from James Fenner in the StandingTriple jump with 6.16m putting him in 3rd place. James also came 5th with Ivan Chezmanov in the 1+1 lap. William Appleby also managed a 5th place in the 1 lap obstacle.
The U13 girls relay team of Annabel Maclean, Zoe Allen, Clare McGonnell and Carly Chrisholm worked incredibly well together to come 2nd in the obstacle relay. Annabel also came 2nd in the Standing Triple Jump with 6.44 and 4th in the 1 lap obstacle (18.5sec). Zoe threw the shot to 4th place with 6.75m.
Finally the U15 Girls each managed a top 3. Aimee Dickson claimed 1st in the speedbounce with 85, Annabel Gibson 2nd in the Standing Long Jump with 2.13m and Emily Tucker 3rd in the shot with 8.90m.
The first match of the new sportshall season saw the teams
dominating the speedbounce and foam javelin competitions with top performances
in each team.
The U11 Boys, all new to sportshall had a fantastic start to
the afternoon, winning their heat in the first race of the day, putting them 5th
in the hurdles relay. Our top results came from Connor Jordon and Will
McDonald. Connor won the 1 lap in 11.9s, and jumped to 2nd place in
the standing triple jump with 5.30m. Will got to the end of the foam javelin
runway with his winning throw of 19.5m.
The U11 girls team came 4th overall. Bethany
Maclean, won both the speedbounce with 56 and the foam javelin with 14.0m
before coming 2nd in the individual 1 lap with 12.5s. Emma Long and
Erin Gosney were joint 2nd in the speedbounce with 54. Erin also
took 3rd place in the chest push with 5.25m. 4th places
were gained by Leilah Gaye in the standing triple jump with 4.68m and the team
of Bethany, Leilah, Lilia Gale and Zoe Dickson in the hurdles relay.
The U13 girls continued the theme with Annabel Maclean
winning the speedbounce with 85 and Zoe Allen close behind coming 2nd
with 80. Zoe and Annabel then came joint 4th in the individual 1
lap.
Finally in the U15 girls Aimee Dickson came 2nd
in the speedbounce by 1 jump with 87 and Emily Tucker took 2nd place
in the chest push with 5.5m
Kirsten Fraser took part in the National Biathle Championships on 4 August at Salford Quays, Manchester. This was her first ever Biathle. A Biathle is a run, swim, run event with transitions.
As a result of winning the Under 13 girls event she has been selected to represent Great Britain in the mixed relay and individual event in St Petersburg, Florida in October.
