Team Kennet had 5 athletes chosen to represent their own counties in the English Schools held at Sport City in Manchester.
James Fenner took part in his first English Schools in the Junior Boys Javelin to throw a new personnel Best of 43.96 to finish an excellent 5th place.
George Down took part in the Long Jump in the Intermediate Boys, jumping just below his best to finish 7th with 6.29.
Zoe Allen took part in the Shot coming 9th place which was her debut at the games with 9.70 throw in the Junior Girls, and Harry Booker took part in his last School Games in the Senior Boys throwing 36.63 for 15th place in the Discus.
On Wednesday 7th December TK hosted a Santa Run. Over 40 runners took part in freezing temperatures. Please see below results and some pictures from the event. Thank you to all who took part and to the coaches and volunteers for supporting the event.
Team Kennet had a fairly good turnout at the First Oxford Cross Country League held at Newbury Showground on Sunday.
The Under Mens and Womens race is combined, Isaac Mitcham was 23rd and Olivia Smith 15th in their categories.
The Senior Womens race Sue Francis came 34th and Katie Reynolds 105th
The Senior Mens David Hamill was clubs first runner home in 90th followed by Andy Colling in 120th, next home was Stephen Field 205th then Mitch Poustie 230th, Simon Hockaday 269th and Simon Gale 282nd.
Five fixtures as follows, on the first Sunday of every month:-
6/11/22 Newbury Showground
4/12/22 Cirencester Park
8/1/23 Shotover Park, Oxford
5/2/23 Cotswold Farm Park
5/3/22 Henley Showground
We are entering Senior men/ladies, U20 and under 17 runners
The main change this year is the introduction of athlete fees payable by each runner
To keep the league running and to reflect the increasing cost of venues, there is a fee of £20 per athlete for the season, £15 for under 17. Descending by £4 or £3 per match when you register. There will be no car parking fees at the venue
Team Kennet Juniors came out in force in their first Basingstoke Destination League match of the season that saw a record number of 60 Youngsters turn out.
The Round 1 match was held in Basingstoke over an undulated and twisting course with a few inclines thrown in. The conditions were brilliant for the course, the first race the Under 9 Girls saw 10 TK girls line up, and it was a successful race for them, as Team Kennet took the first 7 places and taking the top 3 team places overall.
In the race Orlagh Stratford led from the gun to then be joined by race winner Ella Larkin in the final 200m, Orlagh had to settle for second place, Maisie McCurtin took third place with a strong finish.
The Girls packed in well with Alice Stratford 4th, Matilda Saunders 5th, Evie Kearney 6th and Elodie Burdett 7th further down the field Sophie Barnett was 13th, Eveleyn Barker 14th and Jasmine Hemmings 18th.
The under 9 Boys team came 3rd overall with B team 7th, in a big field of over 30.
Gethin Thomas led the way in 6th place with Joshua Kuijten 7th, Seb Lauder-Clarke 17th and making up the A team was Xander Cameron 21st.
The B team was led home by Jacob Williams 22nd, Max Burt 25th
The under 11 Girls finished 3rd and 7th in the team scores, Harriet Saunders led the TK Vests home in 5th place with a strong finish, Ella McDonald was next home in 9th followed by Quinn Joyce 12th and Matilda Clare 14th, the B team was led by Penelope Lyth in 17th, Elora Murray 37th, Penelope Gorbold 39th and Rose Bell 44th in a field of over 50 runners.
The under 11 boys had the biggest field of the day with over 60 runners, Team Kennet A team finished 2nd place behind a strong Aldershot squad, The Yellow vest packed well with Oscar Larkin first home for the club in 6th place, then Ben Doherty 8th, Harry Smith 10th and Euan Jones 11th, the B team came 5th overall with Malik Gaye leading them home in 12th place, Luke Stiles 18th, William Devall 24th and Ronny Bowsher 27th. The C Team came 10th overall Henry Bell 29th, Samuel Atkins 30th, Rudy Bowsher 32nd and Josh Bailey 43rd. it was a great turnout from the club in this age group with Lestyn Thomas 49th and Alfie Cronk 57th making up the rest of the club athletes.
The under 13 Girls also had a strong turnout, a battle close to the front from Amber Stiles 4th and Charlotte Bailey 5th helped the A Team finish 2nd place behind the hosts, Emerald Hill-Sawyer was 13th and Anna Hall 15th.
The B team was led by Chloe O’Reardon 19th Amelie Disley 21st, Lola Mitcham 26th and Ella Cronk 27th, and Mia Kearney 28th. For the B team to finish 6th
The under 13 Boys A team came 3rd, Aaron Carter was clubs first runner home in 10th, Ben Daley 14th, Noah Lauder-Clarke 17th and Frank Edwards 20th making up the team, the B team were 7th led by Harry Barnett 21st, Charlie Adams 22nd, Marlowe Barber 23rd and Reuben Kuijten 29th, other runners were Flynn Murray 30th
The under 15/17 Girls combined race saw Alanna Smith finish 7th overall and Camille Farrington 12th
The under 15/17 boys combined race Ethan Kuijten was 9th and Max Adams 10th
Team Kennet Athletes secured 14 top 25 Rankings over the Summer of 2022, making it one of the best individual performances ever in the club. Impressively there were some 27 athletes making the top 100 UK Rankings, from all age groups.
Ben East ranked number 1 in the under 20 Javelin 73.49
Ben East ranked number 5 in the Senior Male Age group Javelin 73.49
Will McDonald ranked number 5 in the under 13 Javelin 37.98
Turkay Altuntas ranked 10th in the under 13 Discus 27.31
Eliska Simpson ranked 7th in the under 13 Discus 25.09
George Down ranked 12th in the under 17 Long Jump 6.55
James Fenner ranked 13th in the under 15 Javelin 43.96
Seb Simpson ranked 14th in the under 17 Discus 42.63
Zoe Allen ranked 14th in the under 15 Shot 11.07
Harry Fenner ranked 16th in the under 13 Javelin 34.25
Jon Simpson ranked 18th in the vet 45 Long Jump 5.13
Mitch Poustie ranked 18th in the Vet 40 2000m S/C 9.52.8
Clare McGonnell ranked 21st in the under 15 Javelin 33.47
Luke Angell ranked 24th in the Senior Male Javelin 61.48
Team Kennets’ very own Javelin Coach & athlete, Luke Angell earned his second international status, after he flew out to the Pihtipudas Javelin Carnival in Finland on Wednesday 30th June along with Ben East, to take part in the world biggest Javelin Carnival in the world.
Luke went to join other top coaches from GB and other European countries to learn and train with the very best in this event. Ben picked up an injury early on and was unable to partake at the carnival, so it was left to Luke to take part in the competition and fly the flag and the GBR banner. Luke came 8th with 58.58m but more importantly for him, it was about meeting the very best in the sport and learning from others as well as working with athletes he has admired for many years, namely Uwe Hohn (104m), Teema Wirkkala (87m) and Tero Pitkamaki (91m) see photos.
Team Kennet had a few enter the Green Park Challenge part of the Reading Half Marathon programme.
Ben Doherty came in 26th place in 12.05, Henry Bell was next in 31st with a time of 12.11 and his twin brother Elliot was 41st in 12.16 out of well over 400 runners.
Team Kennet Juniors took part in the Third of the Destination Basingstoke Cross Country League on Sunday at Down Grange organised by Fleet. Under 9 girls going in to this match were top of the league, a win would seal them as league winners going in to the last match and they made sure they packed up the front well. Ella Larkin led the way to also secure herself a top two finish at end of the season by coming 2nd place again, then the TK girls packed in for 6th place Isla Ladd’s, 7th place Ella McDonald and 8th place Penelope Lyth to ensure a team victory and for the club the under 9 girls are unbeaten in any competition for nearly 3 years! Milly Davies was next home in 15th and Gracie Cooke 16th.
The under 13 boys are now pushing also to win the team title and they secured a team victory by just 1 point. Elliot Murphy was clubs first runner home in 3rd place moving him in to 3rd individual overall, Ethan Kuijten was next in 6th followed by Max Adams 7th and Aaron Carter in 14th for the Team. William McDonald also ran and came 16th.
The under 9 Boys also secured a 3rd team finish with Malik Gaye coming 2nd place, keeping him 2nd overall individual. Joshua Kuijten was next home 22nd followed by Alfie Cronk 25th.
The under 11 girls were also 3rd placed team led By Anna Hall who has secured 2nd place overall in the individuals. Ella Cronk was next in 15th followed by Harriet Saunders 21st and then Amelia Rehill 31st.
The biggest field of the day with Team Kennet Numbers was the under 11 race, very tough age group and again the u11s were placed 3rd in the teams. Noah lauder-Clarke was 9th, just behind was Oscar Larkin 10th, Ben Daley was next in 14th and Harry smith made up the team with 17th place. The B team was led by Frank Edwards 18th, Elliot Bell 26th, Luke Stiles 28th and Henry Bell 30th which saw the B team 7th placed. Next home Joshua Ladds 31st and Rueben Kuijten 43rd
The under 13 girls Amber Stiles came home in 15th and Leilah Gaye 16th while in the u15 Boys Isaac Mitcham was 4th and under 15 girls Olivia smith 5th place.
