Author: Team Kennet Administrator

Some excellent results at the Oxford Development League Match 2 held at Banbury yesterday.

In the Under 13 girls a double win for Isla Ladds in the discus with a throw of 20.27 and Shot 7.05, also picking up a win with Matilda, Affra and Ella in the 4×100 relay. Ella Larkin won the 800m in 2.29 and the 100m B string. Matilda Claire picked up some great points in the 100 m, 300 metres, and in the Javelin with 23.99. Elodie Burdett ran a great race in the 1500 metres, coming 2nd in 5.38, and Penelope Lyth in a time of 5.49. More points came from Ayla Wyvil, throwing 9.13 in Discus. Ella MacDonald in the 200m and in the javelin. 17.46. Affra Bailey did the high jump of 1.20 and a shot of 5.41. Quinn Joyce won the high jump B string with 1.15. Her long jump was 3.51.

U15 Girls. Harriet Saunders won the 1500 metres in 4.55. long jump of 3.61. and 300 m in 47.4. Emerald Hill Sawyer did 100m in 14.2 and 200 metres in 29.9. and took a great win in the long jump with 4.10. Olivia Bentley secured a B string win in the 100m in 14.1, She also took the A string win in 300m and 800 in 2.32. Some great wins out on the field, Ella Cronk’s Discus 12.64 and shot with 5.69. Her 800m was 2.51. Tanishi Banerjee took the discus win with 20.78. unfortunately had to withdraw thereafter, due to injury. The 4x100m Relay came 2nd.

With only one girl in the under 17 section, Zoe Dickson. won the discus outright with 22.74 and the shot put 7.74. The girls under 20 N/S. Alana Smith, threw 32.86 in Javelin.

In the boy’s section under 17. we had one athlete, William MacDonald in the javelin who threw 40.48 to secure the win. U20 N/S Joseph Hoean threw the discus at 25.78.

The under 15 boys did well. Oliver Hook taking the 1st place on the field with his discus of 29.07. 12 metres in front of 2nd place, and his shot win with a throw of 11.04.

Out on the track, the relay team took 2nd place with Harry, Josh, Frank and Oliver in a time of 54.2. Oliver Young took 2nd place in the 100m in 12.12. and did 200m 25.8. Also picking up good points in his long jump. Josh Brian did the 100 and the 200 as well as his long jump of 4.77. Harry Smith picked up some great points out on the track in the 300 and 800 metres. Frank Edwards also picked up some valuable points on the track. coming in 1st for the B string is 800 at 2.28. and in the 300 metres at 45.5.

The U13 boys, Jensen Nichols picked up a 2nd in the 100m at 13.6. His best was yet to come, and he claimed first place in the javelin at 33.47 and discus with 26.93. Alfie Cronk picked up a 1st place in the B string for discus and a 2nd place in shot with 6.13. Back on the track, saw Josh Bailey in the 1500m. in a time of 5.37. Sam Atkins in the 800 metres, 2.40. Both also competed on the field with Sam. taking 1st place at high jump with 1.40. and a 2nd place with 4.18. long jump. Josh won the B string javelin in 21.00 and had a long jump of 3.09.

Team Kennet QuadKids – Oxford League Match 2 Results

Another brilliant day yesterday for our QuadKids at the Oxford League!

 • U9 Boys – 3rd place overall, with Rory Ridler winning the day

 • U9 Girls – 1st place

 • U11 Girls – 1st place

 • U11 Boys – 1st place

Two new Club Records!

 • The U11 Boys 4x100m Relay Team broke a 21-year-old Team K record with a flying run of 61.6 seconds – and that was their very first outing together!

• Chester Bailey smashed his own 600m record for the second match in a row – unbelievable consistency and speed!

Huge congratulations to all our young athletes — you’re doing Team Kennet proud every single time!

Team Kennet ended their track and field season of with the Juniors in the Oxford Young Athletes League held at Abingdon on Sunday.

A big squad turned up for the match to see them finish 2^nd team on the day out of 8, but the final league tables saw Under 13 girls and under 15 boys crowned age group champions.

The under 15 Boys narrowly were beaten on the day, there were some great wins, Oliver young winning the 100m in 12.4 with team mate Matias Manrique Huelgas taking 2^nd place 13.0 in the B string, both teamed up in the longer 200m with Young coming 2^nd 25.9 and Huelgas taking 3^rd b string 26.4.

The 300m Noah Lauder Clarke came home in 4^th place with 46.7 in strong head wind, I the longer distance of 800m Harry Smith stepped down from his 1500m to finish 2^nd in 2.21.6.

The field events secured high points as done all season, in the Long Jump Josh Brian came 2^nd 4.77 with Huelgas just behind 4.73 winning the B string. A double win came in the Javelin with Lauder Clarke 40.10 his first time over 40m and Euan Jones 31.34, Another double win came in the Shot with Berkay  Altuntas 11.08 and Oscar hook 10.99.

The under 13 girls were in a close match and were beaten by just 1 point, only the second time the under 13 girls have been beaten this year out of 7 matches.

Double wins came from the 800m on the Track with Ella Larkin 2.28.1 and Affra Bailey 2.41.9, in the longer 1500m Alice Stratford came home in 5^th 5.57.2 and Darcey Claridge 5.59.3 took a win in the B string. The sprints saw a good result from Matilda Clare finishing 2^nd 14.5 and Larkin taking the B string win in 14.9, the 200m Orlagh Stratford came 4^th 31.0 and Sophia Mahoney taking 3^rd B string 33.3.

The 70m hurdles saw Ella Parsons take a fine 3^rd place 16.4.

The last race on the track was the 4 x 100m Relay of Clare, Larkin, Bailey and O. Stratford coming home in 2^nd place 60.2

On the field events first the high Jump Maisie McCurtin lept 1.20 for 3^rd place and Affra Bailey cleared 1.10 to win the B string, but non scorer Orlagh Stratford lept out of her skin to win the competition with 1.35, Clare came 3^rd in the Long Jump 4.17 with Larkin on the same B string placing 3.35, Clare 25.38 and Ella McDonald 17.70 made it two 2^nd places in the Javelin, the placings were matched in the discus with Mahoney 13.69 and McCurtin 7.72

The under 13 Boys came 3^rd on the day, it was Jenson Nichols that stole the show throwing 31.36 to win the discus and go straight to UK number 1, team mate Alfie Cronk also won the B string 15.41, Cronk kept up his 100% record by winning the Shot 6.40, The Javelin Nichols made it another win with a throw of 37.70.

The high Jump saw another A string win with Sam Atkins 1.35, and in the Long Jump, Atkins came 3^rd 4.07 and Seb Lane took a B win 4.03.

On to the track Nichols secured a 2^nd place in the 100m 13.9 and Lane taking another win in the B string 14.4, in the 200m Lane came 3^rd A 29.7, Both Sam Atkins 800m and Josh Bailey 1500m ran well to earn points for the club in middle distance races

The under 17 men came 2^nd on the day, Theo nightingale clearing 1.80 to win the High Jump, Theo secured 2^nd place in the Long Jump 5.36 and James Simmons winning the B string.

Turkay Altuntas secured wins in the Discus 39.06 and Shot 12.51, with Will McDonald winning the B string.

In the Javelin it was a high standard competition Mcdonald having to take 3^rd place with 41.16 and Altuntas taking 2^nd B string 22.32.

The track again saw good competition, Nightingale taking 5^th in the 100m 12.7 and Simmons 3^rd in the B string 13.0

The under 15 girls finished 5^th team, just missed out of third place by a few points, the 100m Emerald Hill Sawyer was 6^th 14.5 and Olivia Rayfield 5^th with 15.1 in their strings,

Better results came in the 200m Hill Sawyer in 3^rd place 29.8 and Izzy Payne taking 2^nd 30.8 in the B string. The 300m Olivia Bentley came home in 2^nd place 45.7 and Ella Cronk taking 4^th B string 49.3.

Bentley had to settle for 2^nd in the 800m 2.40, and in the 1500m Annie Warner came 4^th 5.58.2.

The field events saw some good points a double win came in the Long Jump with Payne 4.27 and Hill Sawyer 4.17.

The 4 x 100m Relay of Bentley, Hill Sawyer, Rayfield and Payne came home in 58.4 for 4^th place.

The under 17 women a double win came in the Discus Evie Lewis 27.14 and Zoe Dickson 22.39, Dickson also came 2^nd in the Shot 7.37

Team Kennet Quad kids had an incredible finish the season yesterday at the Oxford League Match 3!  Team Wins for U9 girls, U11 girls and Boys and a second place for U9 boys. 

Rory Riddler stormed to victory on the day finishing in first individual position for the U9 Boys.   Harvey Baker finished 1^st  and Chester Bailey 2^nd individually for the U11 boys.  Annabelle Jones 2^nd and Bella Dearns 3^rd individually for the U9 girls and for the U11 Girls: The overall winner was Praiya Foreman, who not only set a new club record with a huge 258 points but also smashed the Team Kennet Long Jump Record with a 4.03m leap!  Matilda Saunders finished 2^nd overall and Olivia Kwit 3rd also broke the 200-point barrier – outstanding!

Oscar Hook competed at the SEAA Inter Counties held at Horspath this weekend. Oscar finished in 2nd place in the Hammer with a throw of 38.95m.

Turkay and Berkay Altuntas were also competing. Berkay was 6th with 35.17m in Discus and Turkay 5th in the Shot with 12.31m.

Also competing Theo Nightingale finishing 5th in the High Jump 1.80m.

Under 9s Athlete of the Season

Rory Ridler

Under 9s

Best Track Athlete                                                                     Best Field Athlete

Bella Dearns                                                                                 Annabelle Jones                                                                        

Under 11s

Best Track Athlete                                                                     Best Field Athlete

Chester Bailey/Praiya Foreman                                          Harvey Baker

Recognition                                                                                  Recognition

Matilda Saunders                                                                       Matilda Saunders

Harvey Baker                                                                                Darcey Scaplehorn

William Moloney                                                                        Chester Bailey

Lenny Wyvill                                                                                 Hazel Balch

Hazel Balch                                                                                  Olivia Kwit

Alexander Browning                                                                 Marlie J Proctor

Matthew Jones                                                                            William Moloney

Olivia Kwit                                                                                      Ines Field

Marlie J Proctor                                                                           Matthew Jones

Seb L Clarke                                                                                 Sienna Preston

                                                                                                            Praiya Foreman

Under 13s

Best Track Athlete                                                                     Best Field Athlete

Ella Larkin                                                                                      Jenson Nichols

Recognition                                                                                  Recognition

Penelope Lyth                                                                             Sam Atkins

Quin Joyce                                                                                     Alfie Cronk

Affra Bailey                                                                                    Penelope Gorbold

Matilda Clare                                                                               Isla Ladds

Isla Ladds                                                                                      Ella McDonald

Orlagh Stratford                                                                          Matilda Clare

Under 15s

Best Track Athlete                                                                     Best Field Athlete

Harriet Saunders                                                                        Oscar Hook

Recognition                                                                                  Recognition

Emerald Hill Sawyer                                                                 Emerald Hill Sawyer

Olivia Rayfield                                                                             Rueben Kuijten

Frank Edwards                                                                             Noah Lauder Clarke

Josh Brian                                                                                      Isabel Payne

Harry Smith                                                                                   Berkay Altuntas

Ella Cronk

Matias Manrique Huelgas

Under 17s

Best Track Athlete                                                                     Best Field Athlete

Theo Nightingale                                                                        Turkay Altuntas

Recognition                                                                                  Recognition

James Simmons                                                                         Theo Nightingale

Kenechi Akosa                                                                             Zoe Dickson

Hayden James                                                                             Will McDonald

Senior Female

Best Track Athlete                                                                     Best Field Athlete

Zoe Allen                                                                                        Cheryl Angell

Recognition                                                                                  Recognition

                                                                                                            Zoe Allen

Senior Male

Best Track Athlete                                                                     Best Field Athlete

Ben Schiffer-Harte                                                                    Luke Angell

Recognition                                                                                  Recognition

James Simmons                                                                         Brandon Carter

                                                                                                            Peter Saunders

Best of the Vets Athletics Award

Chris Turner

Most Improved Athlete

Olivia Kwit

Most Dedicated Athlete

Will McDonald

Best Newcomer

Oliver Young

Lee Throws Cup

Rueben Kuijten

Calkin Sprints Cup

Matias Manrique Huelgas

Hewitt Jumps Cup

Theo Nightingale

WBS Middle Distance Cup

Olivia Bentley/Harry Smith

Junior Athlete of the Year

Oscar Hook

Terry Baker Award

Chris Turner

Officials Award

Kat Cronk

Junior Volunteer of the Year

Remmi-Mai Fleming

Club Volunteer of the Year

Vicki Hockaday

Chairmans Award

The Saunders Family

Bottom Award

Andy Colling

Volunteer Rewards 2025

Bronze – 100

Nikki McDonald

Julia Gaye

Alex Burt

Silver – 200

Emily Copeman

Sarah Dickson

Matt Scaplehorn

Double Diamond 1250

Cheryl Angell

Colin Price

Tanzanite – 2500

Nick Bull