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South of England Field Academy Festival

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet Throwers ended the Track and Field Season taking part at Portsmouth in the South of England Field Academy Festival, it was a brilliant day for the club as the season wrapped up with 2 athletes being UK Number one spot in the Javelin, Ben East threw 66.24m in the u17 age group, while much younger under 13 James Fenner went straight to UK number one with a throw of 37.50m, Liam Cawley in the under 17 mens threw a personnel best of 56.97 to put him UK Number 4, and Phoebe Hoaen threw 42.23 to leave her UK number 5 in the under 20 age group. Luke Angell also competed with his athletes in the same pool. His best throw of the day was 54.73.

In the Discus Oliver Ford in the under 17s threw 38.03 and Harry Booker 38.05 both boys in the top 22 UK rankings, Seb Simpson threw 32.96 in the under 15 boys Discus to make the top 30 in the UK.

The Shot saw Ford throw 12.02, and Simpson 9.99, and Coach Cheryl Angell in the vet 55 age group threw Shot 7.11 and Discus 13.63, Finally the Hammer Charlotte Booker in the u20 womens threw 24.90

Recent Events

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet Zoe Allen took part in the Portsmouth track open meet in the under 13 girls she ran 10.89 for the 100m and 29.99 in the 200m

Oliver Humphrey took part in the Lee Valley Hurdles meeting in the under 15 boys 80mH he clocked 12.5 a new personnel best time

Team Kennet had Eight Athletes invited to Portsmouth City Invitational Throws meeting.

Ben East made it another win in the under 17 Javelin event throwing 68.92 winning by just over 2m, Liam Cawley threw 55.73 just missing out on a personnel best. Phoebe Hoaen threw past the 40m mark by 92cm, and their Coach Luke Angell threw a seasons best to put him in the top 20 UK rankings 56.38

The Discus Throw under 15 Seb Simpson threw a massive personnel best of 32.96 with a lot more to come yet, Sam Dennis threw 24.41.

The under 17s Harry Booker just missed the 40m mark to throw 39.11 and Oliver Gregory 23.44, Both Athletes teamed up in the Shot where Booker threw 11.72 and Gregory 11.31

In the UK Javelin Championships held at Lee Valley Ben East won yet another title throwing in the under 17 age group with a best throw of 69.91, and team mate Liam Cawley threw a personnel best to finish 6^th place with a throw of 55.89

Phoebe Hoaen took part in the under 20 womens event and earned herself a Runners Up place and breaking the clubs u20 record with a big throw of 42.63

Also in the South of England Championships weekend at Chelmsford, in the under 17 mens age group Harry Booker came 6^th in the Shot with a throw of 12.13 and Oliver Gregory just behind in 7^th 11.87

Both teamed up again in the Discus Booker throwing for 10^th place wit h39.94 and Gregory was 13^th with a throw of 30.07

Charlotte Booker came 14^th in the under 20 Discus with 21.95

In the Senior Womens 400m Team Kennet’s Hayley Steward took part in the 400m she came 4th in her heat 61.17 to qualify for the finals as fastest loser, but sadly had to withdraw due to a calf strain

Wednesday night back at TK

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General Club.

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junior members letter 22.8.2020 Download

Hi All,

Hope this finds you well,

We have been slowly bringing the club back over several months in guidance with England Athletics and Government Guide lines.

Now we can Announce some very exciting news that we are bringing everyone back to Wednesday night training as from September 2^nd at the Crookham Common Athletics Track, this will be to Christmas as we will not be allowed back in doors till after.

Please can you read the attachments with your Child(s) so that everyone fully understands what we would like from you all for a safe return.

School years 2 -5 are u9s and u11s

School years 6+ are u13 upwards (if any school year 6s fill they want to do u9/u11 groups need to let us know on the night)

Primary School Children once signed in you will be put in your bubble groups along the home straight with your coaches

Secondary School Children once you are signed in you are to make your way round to the back of the high Jump Area on the all weather for a Briefing on events.

ALL Children will be asked to Sanitise their hands at reception this is supplied by the club

As you read through this things are going to be very different to the normal training but we have worked very hard to get to this.

As the winter comes in please make sure that your Child(s) has suitable clothing, better to take of layers than be freezing.

We all look forward to seeing you all from September 2^nd

Regards

Nick

Chairman

Vice President

Lee Valley Open

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General.

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 5^th 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

UK Ultimate Triathlon

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Triathlon.

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

Sportshall U13/15 Championships

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General, Sportshall.

Sportshall U13/15 Championships

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 5^th overall with Lottie Absolum and Gemma Moon coming 11^th and 14^th respectively.

In the events, the girls had a succession of top 5 performances including Aimee 1^st in speedbounce (87) and 3^rd in shot (7.72m). Annabel 4^th in Long Jump (2.04m) and 5^th 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 4^th in the 4×2 lap relay.

The U13 Girls and Boys all competed as individuals. In the girls Lyla Goodwin lead the way coming 11^th overall. Clare McGonnell came 28^th and Carly Chrisholm 45^th. Clare came 3^rd in the speedbounce with 75 jumps. Lyla managed 4^th 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 17^th and 18^th respectively.

SEAA Indoors

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

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 4^th 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.

Xmas Theme Night

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General.

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.

SEAA Heptathlon

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

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 2^nd place after event one, His Long jump saw a big 6.36m but this slipped Stuart to 4^th 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 2^nd 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.

Berks XC Championships

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Cross Country.

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 4^th place just missing out on the medals by 12 seconds, Bradley Thomas was the clubs only Senior mens club entry coming 25^th.

The Clubs only team came from the under 13 girls where they finished 7^th, Eve Brown was 18^thclosely followed by Alanna Smith in 22^nd and Emma Davies was 31^st

The under 13 boys Oliver Lloyd was 13^th and Jacob Woods 14^th, in the older under 15 age groups Toby Clark came 10^th in the Boys and Annelise Gale 14^th in the Girls Race.