Author: Team Kennet Administrator

Team Kennet took part in the Southern Athletics League Div 3 SW at Poole on Sunday, In Soring Temperatures and Light winds set up a tough match for all four teams, with many club athletes away at Wembly in was going hard work.

1 Newquay & Par 188
2 Team Kennet 170
3 Guildford & Godalming 158
4 Worthing & District AC 130

The Yellow Vests worked very hard for their second place which saw 20 wins on the day.

Hayley Steward had a great match securing 3 A string wins, firstly in the Shot with 10.13, less than an hour later she took a superb win in the 400m with 63.8, then later on winning the Triple jump 9.66. Anna Montagne also took 3 wins in her A strings, firstly in the Long Jump with 4.96, then did the sprint double 100m 13.2 and 200m 27.3. Bethan Philp made it another A string win in the 1500m Steeplechase in 5.57.5.

There were a few B string wins on the day Caitlin Nowell coming back from injury timed her 400m to perfection to win in 68.2, in the middle distance races Rosa Lawrence won the 800m B 2.43.8 and 1500m Georgina Bradford won the B string with a sprint finish in just over 6 minutes, in the Field Charlotte Booker won the B string discus 23.41 and Deborah Montgomery won the B string Javelin 24.10. Anais Taank won the B string Triple Jump 8.69m. The other win came in the 4 x100m relay in a time of 54.9
there were some good performances in the ladies Pheobe Hoaen making her debut in the league throwing the Javelin 31.42 to finish 3rd A string, Booker throwing the Hammer 30.11 for 3rd place in the A string.

The Mens section a double win came in the Triple Jump with Joe Osler leaping 12.33 and Josh Willock 11.93, other wins came from team manager Nick Bull taking 3 B string wins in the 400m hurdles, 3000m and 3000m Steeplechase, and Simon Hockaday won the 3000m A string.
Josh Willock had to settle for two second places in the sprints as he clocked fast times of 11.5 in the 100m and 23.5 in the 200m, Joe Osler cleared 1.85 in the High Jump for 2nd place in a tightly contested competition, and taking the same spot in the B string Long Jump, Willock having to settle for 4th place with 5.90 in the A string again in a tough long jump competition.

Team Kennet Athletes took a record haul of medals at the recent Berkshire Track and Field Championships at the Weekend held at the Eton Track in Windsor.

The under 15 Boys dominated the Throws, Ben East threw a massive 65.50 to be the UKs second longest all time thrower in the event and smashed the county record to earn Gold, but it was to be a 1-2-3 for Team Kennet as Kian Hockaday took Silver and Oliver Ford taking Bronze.
Another 1-2-3 came in the Shot with Harry booker winning this with 11.10, Oliver Gregory silver 10.44 and Oliver Ford taking Third.
Another county Record came in the Discus where Harry Booker threw 43m and another Silver coming from Oliver Ford, and to make it 4 gold wins out of 4 throwing events Oliver Gregory won the Hammer.

The under 17 age group Stuart Bladon took a convincing win and best time in the 100m hurdles clocking 13.97 and taking a Bronze in the Javelin 43.62.
Oliver Bazin struck twice as he earned himself a Silver in the Triple Jump and Bronze in the Long Jump and Pheobe Hoaen threw 35.71 for a silver in the Javelin.

On the Senior front Luke Angell made a welcome return back to throwing the Javelin throwing 52.27 to take the County Title, Ben Schiffer-Harte took silver in the 400m final and Bronze in the Shot. Newcomer Hayley Steward earned herself a County title in the Javelin and taking Silver in the 400m 63.6 and a Bronze in the Shot 10.18.

Finally Aimee Dickson won a Bronze in the under 13 Quadrathon, all Team Kennet Athletes earned themselves medals which is the first time this has been achieved.

Team Kennet Quadkids secured top spot in the Wessex young athletes league on Sunday at Basingstoke

Team Kennet     1642
Salisbury              1476
Basingstoke        1459
Waverley            1425
Isle of wight        1339
Fleet                     1236

In a tough match the girls won with ease, Claire Mcgonnell winning the girls section out right winning the Vortex  throw with 29.62, running the 600m in 2.06, her leap in the long jump of 3.42 and a 75m sprint of 12.1. Zoe Allen took 2^nd place overall, usually the clubs highest scorer,  she clocked the fastest 75m sprint on the day 11.5, jumping 3.41 in the long jump, throwing the vortex 26.05 and running fastest 600m on the day 2.01, Octavia Thomas came 4^th overall, sprinting a fast 12.1 in the 75m, but she lept 3.59 to win the long jump outright making it all four events and match score Yellow and blue. Tilly Sideso made sure she got in the action as she came 5^th overall with all scoring girls in top 5, she clocked a fast 11.6 in the 75m, 2.05 in  the 600m. Others Neve Wright, Bethany Maclean, Tillie Bell, Lila Gale, Millie Phillips, Eloise Ross.

The boys came 2^nd in their match, Will Harris coming 2^nd overall setting one of the fastest 75m sprints on the day 11.6 and 2^nd longest vortex throw of 38m, rest of the boys packed well, Jacob Avery clocking 11.8 in the sprint, Eddie Rushmer-Wilson 2.01 in the longer distance, other boys  Brendon Pennicott, Jack Pyke, Charlie Todd, William Appleby, Findlay Mount, Jayden Mansfield.

Team Kennet secured an excellent second place in the first Wessex Young Athletes  Match held at Basingstoke on Sunday in hot conditions seeing some 30 wins in total on the day.

The final match score was

Basingstoke                       612
Team Kennet                     485.5
Isle of Wight                      388
Salisbury                             285
Fleet                                    259
Waverley                            150

All the Female sections came second in their age groups, the closest was in the under 17 women, Anna Montagne had a superb day winning the 200m in 27.8, then taking the long jump with 4.71 and having to settle for second in the 300m 43.9. Kira Angell took a win in the high Jump with 1.48 with Bethan Philp 2^nd B string, Pheobe Hoaen won her Javelin 31.46. Ellie Armstrong won her B string Shot with  8.25 and Discus 20.64, Hoaen having to settle for A string third places in Shot 8.39 and Discus 22.00, the 800m saw Anna Pettit take 2^nd place 2.27.6 and Philp matching the place in the B string 2.44.2, which earlier she took second in the 1500m 5.23, Anais Taank came 3^rd in the 100m 14.6 and 2^nd B string in the Long Jump 4.01. The Relay quartet of Taank, Angell, Montagne and Armstrong came 2^nd place.

The under 15 girls were very strong, a double win came in the 1500m Rebecca Thomson 5.26.5 and Georgina Thomson 5.33, another double win came in the Discus Sophie Wheadon throwing 27.66 and Poppy Bladon 19.71, both teamed up again in the javelin to secure 3^rd places, in a strong Shot competition Wheadon had to settle for 3^rd place 8.19 and Chloe Collins 4^th b 7.47. Francesca Young leapt 4.54 in the Long Jump for 3^rd place with Lucy Bennet taking 2^nd B string. The 800m Annelise Gale took 4^th place and Pippa Thomas won the B tring. The 300m Young took a good 2^nd place with G. Thomson 3^rd B string, in the shorter sprints the 200m Bennet came 5^th while Young took 2^nd place 28.6, In the 100m both TK girls were 4^th Bennet and Collins, in the 4x100m relay the girls took 3^rd place.

The under 13 girls saw Annabel Todd win her 800m race by some 75m clocking 2.27.9 ranking her 5^th in the UK, with Lexi Wilmoth taking 3^rd B,  in the longer 1200m Kirsten Fraser had to work hard for her 2^nd place 4.18.3 with Eve Brown taking 3^rd B string 4.37.2, good points came in the 70m hurdles Aimee Dickson coming 2^nd 14.0 and Kirsten Fraser winning the B string 15.7. On the field Lottie Absolom cleared 1.40 to win the High Jump with Lyla Goodwin taking 2^nd B string. Absolom took 2^nd in the Shot 5.80, then a Double win came in the Discus Todd 17.48 and Absolom 16.55, The Javelin Annabel Maclean came 2^nd 13.72 and Alanna Smith won her B string Javelin 12.67.

The under 13 Boys came 2^nd in their match Oliver Humphrey taking 2^nd places in the 100m 14.6 and 200m 29.7, Euan Avery 3^rd in the B string 100m and Ben Fisher 2^nd place in the B string 200m. The 800m saw another two 2^nd places Toby Clark  2.37.5 and Noah Kemp 2.45. Euan Avery won his High Jump of 1.30, while in the Discus Kemp took 3^rd place, the Javelin Humphrey took 3^rd place 25.38 and Kian D’Arcy-Masters taking 5^th place. The Relay quartet taking 3^rd place .

The under 15 boys came 3^rd overall, with a much depleted team than usual,  best points came from the Field events a double win came in the Shot Harry Booker 10.36 and Oliver Ford 8.47, Both teaming up in the Discus for another Double win with Booker just missing the league record and setting a new club record and UK number 1 with 43.11, Ford throwing 21.37, ford made it a hattrick of wins in the B string Javelin 26.73 with Kian Hockaday taking 2^nd in the A string 31.44 , the High Jump saw two 2^nd places Booker 1.45 and Matthew Jones 1.35

The under 17 men also  found the competition tough, two good second places came in the long jump Oliver Bazin 5.55 and Tom Hills 4.91, Toby Thomas won his B string Shot, in the 1500m Lucca Vicaria ran 4.54.8 for 4^th place with Cameron Langley 2^nd B string 5.01.5, Thomas made it another 2^nd in the B string 800m, Hills added a second place in the B string 200m. The relay team had to settle for 4^th place.

Team Kennet took part in the first of the Oxford Leagues at the weekend, with a much depleted squad than normal the athletes secured several wins on the day.

Overall Match Score

1st         Oxford City            57.5
2nd        Radley                    52.5
3rd         Team Kennet       50
4th        Banbury                  49
5th        Abingdon                45
6th        Bicester                  44.5
7th        Witney                    26
8th        White Horse        16.6

In the female section Ellie Armstrong won her shot with a 9.15m throw, and later coming second in the High jump. Sophie Wheadon in the under 15 girls secured a wis,  in the Discus 25.11, and two second places in the Shot and Javelin, Chloe Collins won her B string Shot. Francesca Young made a welcome return  to finish 2^nd in the long Jump 4.34 and pick up a massive  best time in the 300m for 3^rd place 45.4. Rebecca Thomson came 2^nd in the 1500m A string with twin Sister Georgina taking a B string win, in the Shorter 800m Annelise Gale took 3^rd place. The sprints saw Ellie Kerslake finish 3^rd 14.6 and Chloe Collins coming 2^nd in the B 15.0, both teamed up in the 200m finishing 5^th and 3^rd. The under 13 girls started the day with a win from Amiee Dickson in the 70m hurdles 14.4. Kirsten Fraser had to settle for 3^rd in the 1500m and Eve Brown took the B string win, the Shorter 800m a superb run from Annabel Todd won by nearly 100m in a time of 2.31.3, Todd came 3^rd in the Shot, the Discus Dickson came 3^rd A and Charlie Pennicott 2^nd B.

The boys saw a very low turnout, In the under 13 boys 800m two third places came from Noah Kemp and Kian Darcy-Masters, on the field Oliver Ford came 2^nd in the Shot, taking first place in the Discus, and Kian Hockaday coming 2^nd in the Javelin.

Team Kennet travelled to Exeter for the first match of the Season in the Southern Athletics League Division 3 south West match, hoping to get of with a good start to the season which they did.

City of Salisbury  241.5
Team Kennet         192
Exeter City              178
Poole                         35.5

16 wins came on the day, with many more being second places, the mens long jump being a great competition saw Joe Osler break the clubs long jump record and winning with 6.55m and Peter Saunders  had to take second in the B string with 6.33 in a very strong competition. Both teamed up in the Triple Jump, to take  a Double win with Saunders leaping 12.47 and Osler 12.32.
The Mens Throws secured a great amount of points for once, In the Shot James Hills throwing 9.84 and Steve MacLean 8.66 saw the first double win of the day, both on a high teamed up again later in the Discus to do it again MacLean 28.86 and Hills 28.73 for their second Double. The Hammer saw two second places from MacLean and Graham Chambers, while in the Javelin two third places from Saunders and MacLean. The high Jump in the mens saw Osler take 2^nd place with Stuart Bladon winning the B string, Bladon took part in the Pole Vault later to come 2^nd.

On the Track the day started with the 400m hurdles both Sam Randall and Nick Bull took good second places in their Strings, Josh Willock came so unlucky to within a whisker in both 100m and 200m A strings to settle for second places clocking 11.7 and 24.1, Tom Hills taking fourth B in the 100m and Randall taking same spot in the 200m B. Two second places came in the 400m Randall 54.7 and Bladon 55.4, while the middle distance races club athletes Bull, Simon Hockaday and Ben Schiffer – Harte had to tackle all these events from 800m upwards scoring mainly third places.

The Womens section faired better, Sunita Sisodiya winning the 100m on the line in 13.6, and she won the 200m as a non scorer. Anna Montagne came 2^nd in the 400m 64.4 with Cailtlin Nowell 3^rd B string. Two good second places came in the 800m with Bethan Philp 2.36 and Rosa Lawrence, better came in the later 1500m Emily Faulkner coming 2^nd and Lawrence taking the B string win. Faulkner had to settle with third place In the 3000m, but in the 2000m steeplechase Philp came home in 3^rd place, Kira Angell came a good 2^nd in the 100m hurdles in a new best time of 18.9, on the field, maximum points came from the High Jump Angell clearing 1.45 and Philp taking the B string. The Triple Jump both Anais Taank and Georgina Bradford came 2^nd places, while the Long Jump Montagne had to settle for 3^rd place and Nowell 2^nd B string, again it was the throws that scored high, a double win in the Discus Alisha Bradford 26.89 and Charlotte Booker 21.44, Another Double win in the Hammer Deborah Montgomery 28.10 and Booker 27.84, Shot Montgomery came 2^nd 9.01 and Bradford 3^rd B, in a strong Javelin competition Montgomery came 3^rd A string.

The relays at the end of the day faired well, in the Womens 4×100 it was a close affair, Girls coming 2^nd with 54.0 while in the 4x400m they had to settle for 3^rd place.
The Mens, Both teams came 2^nd in their races clocking 48.57 and 4.01.69

In the Oxford League Quadkids for the under 9s and 11s at Oxford, Team Kennet’s Under 11 Boys and Girls teams both finished in 1^st place. The boys scoring 816 points and the girls 710.

Individually, Harry Fenner  was 2nd Under 9 boy overall on 157 points with Hannah Bosley (76) and Georgie Ryan (58) 4^th and 5^th in the Under 9 girls. Theo Campbell was 2^nd overall Under 11 boy on 227 points with Ollie Tozer 4^th on 210with James Fenner 206 and Henry Waters 173 the other point scorers for the team.Zoe Allen was also 2^nd overall in the Under 11 girls on 205 points with Clare McGonnell 3^rd on 194 points. Bethany MacLean (159) and Emma Davies (152) were the other point scorers.

For the Under 11 boys, Theo was fastest (3^rd overall) over 75m in 12.1 with Ollie 12.2 and James 12.7. Over 600m Ollie 2.02.7 (2nd overall) just pipped Henry 2.08.9 with Jonathon Patrionis 2.10.2. The long jump saw Theo 3.67 (2nd overall), Ollie 3.42 and James 3.20 jump furthest and in the Vortex James was the overall winner with 35.20 with Theo (overall 2^nd) 31.47 and Ollie 22.58.

For the girls, Zoe 11.9 was 2^nd fastest overall with Clare 12.6 and Emma 12.7 in the 75m. In the 600m Zoe was 3^rd overall in 2.05.4 with Bethany 2.14.5 and Clare 2.15.3 while in the long jump Zoe 3.24, Clare 3.22 and Emma 2.85 jumped furthest and in the vortex Clare 26.46 was another overall winner with Zoe 23.20 and Bethany 23.00 not far behind in 2^nd and 3^rd overall.

In the Under 9s, Harry’s vortex throw of 23.50 was just the overall winner with his 75m time of 13.2 equal 1^st.

Ben East threw himself in to History at the weekend, in his first outdoor meeting of the season at Bournemouth Ben in the under 15 age group threw the Javelin to an amazing 63.88, not only smashing his own club record, he threw the fourth longest throw in the uk ever for his age group, but one of the longest in 10 years. Ben went straight in to UK number one spot which he should hold for the  rest of the season

Team Kennet’s Stuart Bladon took part in the UK multi Sports Events Championships over the weekend at Sheffield, in the under 17s Heptathlon. Comprising seven events day 1 saw Stuart finish the day in eight place, clocking 7.55 in the 60m sprint for a new personnel best, leaping 1.86 in the high jump and 5.85 in the long Jump later saw him clear 3.46 for a new club u17 indoor record in the pole vault, Day 2 lifted Stuart up with a fast 8.79 in the 60m hurdles, throwing the shot 11.11 and then running the 1000m in 2.52.47 to earn Stuart a 4^th place overall out of 26 athletes, setting a new personnel best and club record points tally of 4488.

Team Kennet coach and athlete Deborah Montgomery added more silverware to this years tally, in the UK Masters Championships held at Lee Valley Deborah came 2^nd in the veteran 50 age group in the Shot throwing 10.22 and the came Third in the Hammer with 32.52.

Club coach Simon travelled to Lisbon to do the Lisbon half marathon over weekend coming home in 1.58 with some 40000 taking part.

Club chairman Nick Bull was Seaton in Devon’s 10000th park run finisher since November 2016. Nick came 22nd in the event on the day.