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 2nd, she also finished 2nd 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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Team Kennet will see a record number of club athletes take part in the English Schools Athletics Finals next month.
Six Club athletes will compete on 12/13 July at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham
Ben East – Javelin
Phoebe Hoaen – Javelin
Liam Cawley – Javelin
Harry Booker – Discus
Sophie Wheadon – Discus
Stuart Bladon – 110m Hurdles
The Berkshire Schools Championships also saw a record number of TK athletes take part and many came back as Berkshire Schools Champions.
The Inter Boys Ben East threw 60.51 to win and is tipped to win the English Schools title, Harry Booker also won the Discus 40.06.
Senior Boys Stuart Bladon won his 110m hurdles in 14.88 while in the Junior Boys Oliver Ford just missed out on selection to win his Discus 31.48 but in the Javelin Liam Cawley won his Hampshire Schools event with a 46m throw tipped for a medal in the finals.
The Inter Girls Sophie Wheadon won her Discus 33.91 and Phoebe Hoaen her Javelin 40.65 both girls stand a good chance getting on to the Poduim, Anna Montagne came 2nd in the High Jump 1.61 and same position matched by Ellie Armstrong in the Shot 9.69. elsewhere in the same age group Georgina Thomson was 7th in the 800m and her twin sister Rebecca came 7th in the 1500m, Amy Russell came 5th in the final of the 200m 28.7 and in the 100m Faye Saunderson came 4th 13.3 and Izzy Kerslake 6th both in the final.
The Junior Girls Gemma Moon came 2nd in the high jump 1.45 and Annalise Gale was 10th in the 800m.
The Senior Girls Charlotte Booker came 3rd in the Hammer.
Junior Boys Kian Hockaday was 4th in the Javelin and finally in the Inter Boys Ethan Haines was 4th in the 400m final 54.3 and Ben Lawrence was 2nd in the Javelin 41.56
Team Kennet Athletes came back with medals at the UK Javelin festival as they dominated the event held at Loughborough.
Under 17 Ben East threw a below par 64.32 to win a Gold medal to maintain his unbeaten run for over two years.
Pheobe Hoaen left it to her last throw to earn a Silver medal in the under 17 women’s event with a new club record and best of 45.09 and Liam Cawley threw a personnel best in the under 15 boys to earn a Silver medal with a throw of 52.60
Five junior triathletes from Team Kennet competed at the Twyford Duathlon on the 12th of May.
Reuben Kuijten was our youngest competitor, and finished 13th in the Boys TriStars Start (8 years) age group, a great result considering a last-minute enforced bike change!
In the Girls Tristars 1 (9-10 years), Anna Hall was one of the youngest girls and had a great race, finishing in seventh place, showing very good pace on both of her runs.
We had three boys in the Tristars 1 (9-10) race, two strong runs helping Ethan Kuijten lead the way home in sixth place overall, followed by Harry Barnes in 26th and James Lake in 36th.
It was great to see all Team Kennet competitors pushing themselves so hard and all finishing with a smile on their faces, the training must be paying off!
If any other kids in the club are interested in triathlon training, please send Bart an email: [email protected]