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Inter Counties Match

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

Team kennet had several athletes compete for Berkshire at the inter counties u13 match held at Kingston.

Best result of the day came from Seb Simpson in the Discus as he came 2nd overall with a throw of 25.36 putting him 9th in the UK rankings. He also threw the shot 8.12 for 7th in the b string.

James Fenner came 7th in the A string Javelin throwing 29.44.

The girls best result came from Eve Brown throwing 27.02 in the javelin for 2nd b string and in the A string Claire McGonnel came 7th with a throw of 24.39.

Kirsten Fraser came 5th in the 1500m in 4.58 and finally Zoe Allen representing Oxfordshire ran 14.4 in 100m and 29.93 in 200m and threw 7.85 in the shot to come 4th A string.

Wessex Medals

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

Team Kennet Juniors receiving their Wessex Young Athletes Track & Field Bronze Medals for finishing Third in the league at a recent training evening.

Both Ben East and Phoebe Hoaen also received their League Record Medals for breaking league records in the under 17 Javelin as well as the Under 17 Women and Under 13 Girls both Silver and Under 17 men Bronze getting their age group league medals.

In total over 100 Juniors represented the club in this league this season

Andover Triathlon

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

Team Kennet had a big turnout at Andover Triathlon on 21/07/19, with podium positions for seven athletes ranging from the Junior TriStars 1 category all the way up to the “vintage” age group.

Ten Team Kennet triathletes competed in the adult race which comprised a 440m Swim, 30km Bike, and 8.3km Run. The fastest Team Kennet triathlete was Bart Kuijten, competing the race in 1:31:47, making him the 3^rd fastest in the 40-49 “Vet” age group and 7^th overall in a very competitive field. Chris Hall was not far behind, in 1:36:18. Martin Colston (note – also currently the leader of Newbury Town Council!) finished in 1:44:00 which put him on the podium in 2^nd place in the 50-59 “super-Vet” age group. Phil Cowhig came 3^rd in the same age group in 1:47:26. Finishing a little later was Ron Stephenson in 1:57:59, which gained him 2^nd place in the “vintage” age group (aged 60 and above).

For the juniors, in the TriStars1 race Anna Hall was 2^nd placed girl and Ethan Kuijten was 3^rd placed boy. In the TriStars2 race Emma Davies was 2^nd placed girl.

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South West Inter Counties

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

Team Kennets Hayley Steward competed for her home county, Somerset, over the weekend in the South West inter Counties match at Exeter. Steward in preparation for next season to get back in to Heptathlon took part in three events, her 400m clocked a personnel best time of 60.29 that saw her finish 2^nd, she also finished 2^nd in her two other events, firstly the Shot Put breaking her own club record and personnel best throwing 11.63 and then the Long Jump 5.14

Hampshire Grand Prix

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

Team Kennet had several athletes take part in the Hampshire Grand Prix at Basingstoke Wednesday Evening.

Under 20 Stuart Bladon took part in three events the 100m clocking a fast 11.83, he broke the clubs Discus record pushing it up slightly to 36.53 and then lept 5.93 in the long jump.

Oliver Bazin took part in the under 17 age group clocking 24.8 in the 200m and in the long jump 5.73, just back from English Schools with a medal Pheobe Hoaen took part in the Javelin throwing 38.23
The under 15 age group Amiee Dickson ran in the 300m clocking 46.7 and in the 800m a personnel best from Noah Kemp with 2.23.78 while on the field events Oliver Ford threw the shot to a new best of 10.50 and in the Javelin 33.52 throw.

SAL Match 4

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

Team Kennet faired well in the fourth match of the Southern Athletics LeagueDiv 3 SW match held at Basingstoke, despite having only a small squad the club came 5th out of 6 teams in a extremely close match.

Hayley Steward was the best club athlete on the day she won the long jump 5.32 and triple jump 10.28 outright with personnel bests on both, she had to settle for 2nd place in the shot 10.68 and 4th in the Discus 19.20, her favorite event the 400m she earned herself another personnel best coming 3rd 60.8.
Wins were few and far but another came from Anna Montagne in the womens High jump she came in as everyone went out to win with 1.55, Georgina Thomson came 2nd on countback 1.28 in the B string.
On the Track Bethan Philp secured a 2nd A string in the 1500m steeplechase 5.55 and G. Thomson took a B string win 6.17, Thomson kept her busy day by securing another 2nd in the A string 400m hurdles 79.2, her twin sister Rebecca earned herself 2nd place in the B string 800m 2.33.8 and the 1500m 5.44.
Caitlin Nowell added a third in the B string 400m 66.5 in the sprints Faye Saunderson came 5th in the 100m 13.4 and 3rd B string in the 200m 26.7, Amy Russell came 4th in the B 100m 13.5 and Montagne 4th A in the 200m 27.4, earlier she came 2nd in the A string Javelin.
Oliver Bazin was the mens best athlete he came 2nd in the A string Long Jump 5.97 and 3rd in the Triple Jump 11.83, other top 3 performances came from Nick Bull in the B string High Jump 1.38 and Dan Collis B string Triple Jump, Collis came 5th in the 3k steeplechase 11.22.8 and Mitch Poustie taking 3rd B string.

English Schools

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

Team Kennet had a record number of athletes at the English Schools Championships held at Birmingham on Friday and Saturday of six athletes.

Junior Boy Liam Cawley representing Hampshire was the best placed athlete winning a Silver medal in the Javelin with a throw of 54.58 just shot of his personnel best.
Another medal came in the Inter Girls Javelin Pheobe Hoaen she threw 43.40 to just stay ahead by 4cm to claim a Bronze Medal in her first English Schools Championship representing Berkshire, also competing for the first time was Sophie Wheadon in same age group in the discus throwing 31.43 to finish 8th.
Stuart Bladon made it through to the final in the Senior Boys 110m hurdles to finish 6th in the final with a time of 14.66.
The Inter Boys age group Harry Booker cam 16th in the Discus 38.45 and Ben East came 11th in the Javelin 50.05 but ended up with a bad ankle injury that will see him out for 2-3 months on an event that he has dominated for several years.

Berkshire U13 Championships

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

Team Kennet had several athletes compete in Bracknell at the Berkshire under 13 Championships including the longer distances.

Kirsten Fraser broke the clubs 1000m record finishing 2nd in a fast time of 3.08.42, Claire McGonnell rose to the occasion to take her first ever county title in winning the Javelin with a throw of 25.30, both girls took part in the 70m hurdles McGonnell coming 3rd in her heat to reach the final in 12.88 but came 5th in the final, Fraser came 5th in her heat 13.08.
The girls long jump Octavia Thomas lept 3.94 to finish 5th and Lyla Goodwin came 9th 3.66.
Ivan Chekmazov came 3rd in the boys long jump 4.07 an Josepth Hoaen picked up two Silver medals in the Javelin 21.43 and Discus 16.20
Izzy Hole took part in the u20s 1500m Steeplechase to win Gold in a time of 6.19.32

Wessex Quadkids Match 4

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

Team Kennet’s Quadkids team could only finish in 6th place in the final Wessex League match at Andover as the boys were severely depleted.

For the girls, Bethany MacLean topped the yellow vests and came 5th overall with 208 points. Erin Gosney scored 181 with Leilah Gaye 129 and Eloise Ross 128 the other scorers.

For the boys, Harry Fenner’s score of 214 was 6th overall with Joseph Bell 156 the only other boy taking part.

In the Vortex throw, Bethany threw 27.92 (3rd overall) with Erin throwing 20.09 and Eliska Simpson throwing 17.84m for the girls. Harry threw 35.12 to win overall for the boys with Joseph throwing 23.78m.

In the 600m run, Bethany’s 2.04.1 was 5th overall with Erin 2.12.5 and Leilah 2.24.5 for the girls. The boys were close with Harry 2.19.9 and Joseph 2.21.9.

In the 75m sprint Bethany’s time of 11.8s was 3rd overall for the girls with Erin 12.2 and Tillie 12.5 just behind while Harry ran 12.3 and Joseph 14.0 for the boys.

In the Long Jump, Erin 2.99 just pipped Bethany 2.98 with Leilah 2.69 for the girls. Harry’s leap of 3.32m was 5th overall for the boys with Joseph 2.85.

SAL Match 3

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

Team Kennet struggled in the last match of the Southern Athletics with a much depleted team due to a few drop outs on the morning of the match at held at Poole.

On the day there were some outstanding individual performances the Mens Javelin Luke Angell won with his best throw for a few years with 56.16 and he was backed up well in the B string from Stuart Bladon winning with 46.78.
Phoebe Hoaen made it a double win in the Javelin with a throw of 39.77.
Sophie Wheadon carried on with her Discus wins with a 32.90 throw to finish well clear of the field, she also won the B string Shot 9.11 while her A string partner Hayley Steward had to settle for 2nd place 10.18, Steward won her Long Jump 5.11 and in the mens long jump both Stuart Bladon 6.22 and Oliver Bazin 5.89 won their strings.
Hayley Steward earned herself personnel bests in the 100m 13.0 and 200m 26.8 for two third places, Amy Russell taking part in the B strings 100m 13.6 and 200m 29.4 came 3rd and 4th. The mens 100m saw Oliver Bazin clock 12.1 and Daniel Hockaday 12.1.
Charlotte Booker earned herself a personnel best in the hammer, and brother Harry also gained good points for the club in the high jump and 400m
Duncan McGrory went under 5 mins to set a top UK vet 60 top 5 ranking and breaking the clubs vet 60 record in the 1500m.
Good points came in from the middle distance runners from both sides Ben Schiffer-Harte, Simon Hockaday, Rosa Lawrence and Izzy Hole.