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Team Kennet Cross Country Report from Sunday 6th

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 3 June 2022. Posted in General.

Team Kennet Athletes secured a Clutch of Medals and Trophies at the last Cross Country match of the Season in the Destination Basingstoke XC League held at Sherfield Loddon.

Malik Gaye in the under 9 Boys ran a superb race to hold of some strong competition to make sure he won 3 of his four races to secure overall winner and also helping his team to secure 3^rdplace overall.

The Under 9 girls were pipped for second team place on the day but they had done enough to secure League Winners for the season, Maisie McCurtin was the clubs first runner home in 5^thplace with Isla Ladds 7^th, Ella McDonald 9^th and Penelope Lyth 13^th, Ella Larkin led the B team home in 14^th but with her previous races she earned herself 2^nd u11 girl overall, Gracie Cooke was 15^th, Evie Kearney 22^nd and Elora Murray 26^th were 5^th team and Rose Bell was 27^th.

The under 13 boys had their best run of the season Ethan Kuijten came home in 4^th place with Elliot Murphy 5^th , Max Adams 8^th and Aaron Carter 13^th saw the team home in 2^ndplace which lifted them up to Runners up spot overall.

Isaac Mitcham also had his best run of the season in the u15 boys coming home in 4^th place which lifted him up to 2^nd place overall in the standings.

The under 11 Girls were depleted in numbers due to illness Ella Cronk came home in 12^th, Harriet Saunders 18^th, Mia Kearney 25^th and Amelia Rehill 26^th saw the team home in 6^thplace but they to secured a 2^nd Team Overall, Anna Hall who didn’t run luckily secured herself a 3^rd place overall.

The under 11 boys saw a huge turn out from TK, 12 athletes in total, Noah Lauder – Clarke was 6^th place having his best run of the season, Oskar Larkin 11^th, Ben Daley 16^th and Harry smith saw the team home in 3^rd place but just not enough to get in the team awards finishing 4^th overall. The B team was led by Frank Edward 18^th, Elliot Bell 19^th, harry Barnett 20^th and Euan Jones 21^st coming home in a brilliant 4^th place, The C team was led by Luke Stiles 25^th, Harry Bell 26^th, Flynn Murray 31^st and Reuben Kuijten 39^th for 8^th Team.

The under 13 Girls was led home by Amber Stiles in 12^th place, Leilah Gaye just behind in 13^th and Lola Mitcham 20^th for 4^th place team

The other under 9 boys were Joseph Rayfield 12^th, Josh Kuijten 21^st and Alfie Cronk 23^rd

Oxford League

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 3 June 2022. Posted in General.

Team Kennet had a good turn out at the Oxford Cross Country League for Seniors on Sunday at Henley on Thames.

Oxford League YA Final Match

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 9 May 2022. Posted in General, Track & Field.

Team Kennet older Juniors put in a good show at the last Oxford YA League match of the Season, The Under 13 Girls made sure with a strong squad to come away with a match win.

Anna Hall took two individual wins firstly in the 1500m with a superb front run coming in 5.56.5 nearly 100m clear, Ella Cronk stepped up the distance to win the B string 6.38.4, Another Double win came in the High Jump, Amber Stiles earned a personnel best of 1.32 and Cronk made it another win in the B string with 1.20.

Eliska Simpson won her Shot with 6.78 and had to settle for 2^nd in the Discus 17.32, team mate thrower Zoe Dickson had another good day as she won the B string Javelin 13.45 and Discus 16.08 and 2^nd B string in the Shot 5.27.

The long Jump Cronk lept 3.49 for 4^th place and Emerald Hill-Sawyer came 3^rd B string 3.12, back on the track, Hill-Sawyer ran a good 800m to earn a new best time finishing 2^nd in 2.40.4 and Stiles made in another win in the B string 2.48.5. The sprints faired well in the 100m Hill -Sawyer was 4^th 14.9 and Maja Cotton matched that 15.8 in the B string, she went on later to come home 6^th in the 200m 33.7.

The under 15 girls faired well to finish 3^rd place, with a batch of new comers taking part, Evie Lewis on her Debut walked away with two A string wins Discus 19.32 and the Shot 6.08, the reliable Clare McGonnell won her Javelin 30.86,she also won her B string 200m 28.4 Emelia Lunn won her Long Jump 4.39, Lunn came 2^nd in her 300m and there was a clutch of 2^nd places from McGonnell in the 75m hurdles 12.9, Sophie Moores B string Long Jump 4.04, Moores came 5^th in the A string 200m 29.7 and 4^th in the 100m 14.4, another new comer Amy Chivers was 4^th in the 100m B string 14.4 and another new comer Sophie Cooper came 4^th in the 800m 3.03.3.

The under 17 age group saw only two club athletes attend, Alanna Smith won her Javelin 34.07, she was 3^rd in the 800m 2.47.1 and came 4^th in the B string long Jump. Carly Chisholm came 4^th in the 100m 14.6 and 6^th in the A string Long Jump.

Like the under 17 Girls the u17 Boys only had two athletes Brandon Carter threw a new best in the Javelin to win with 44.95 and he came 3^rd in the Shot 7.82 and Euan Avery came 2^nd in the high jump 1.60.

The under 15 Boys saw more debuts again, Ben Cooper started of with a great win in the long jump 5.30, he then went on to win the 200m 25.4 and then had to settle for 3^rd place in the 100m 12.4, James Simmons was Bens B string on the day and he was rewarded wit ha B string win in the 200m 28.3 p.b., he to had to settle for 3^rd place in the 100m 13.4 and 4^th in the B long Jump 3.90.

Joe Hoaen also got in to the wins winning the Discus 23.20, 4^th in the Javelin 20.88 and 3^rd place in the Shot 6.32

Oliver Carroll came 6^th in his 800m 2.35.5 and the 4 boys came home 5^th in the relay only 1.4 seconds separated the 5 teams.

The under 13 boys didn’t see any wins but they put in some good performances Aiden Flemming took 2^nd place in the long jump 3.97 and Ben Daley 3^rd B string 3.48, Will Mcdonald came 2^nd in the Javelin 32.80 and Noah Lauder-Clark matched that in the B string 24.24

There were some good other performances from the non scorers

U13 Girls Lola Mitcham 1500m 6.27.5

U13 Girls Maja Cotton High Jump 1.10

U13 Girls Charlotte Baily 800m 3.007 new comer

U13 Girls Chloe O Reardon 800m 3.03.9 new comer

U13 Girls Eliska Simpson Javelin 18.01

U13 Boy Ben Daley javelin 20.46

U15 Girls Sophie Cooper 100m 14.7 and Long Jump 3.74 newcomer

Biggleswade open and Winchester open competition September 2022

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 10 April 2022. Posted in General, Track & Field.

3 Team Kennet athletes did back-to-back competitions at the end of September which turned into 2 family affairs with the Angell family and the Simpson family competing together on the Saturday and Sunday.

On the Saturday they went to Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, where Javelin Coach Luke Angell came away with a win in the men’s senior javelin with 57.91m. He also took part in the discus, earlier in the day with a season’s best of 28.61m to take 2nd place.

Jon Simpson (v45) also came 3^rd in the Javelin with 27.84m, 4^thin the Discus with 25.67, a 200m in 26.2s and finished off with a 100m sprint clocking 13.00s. Seb Simpson (u17) did Javelin, 24.25m, Discus, 39.62 and completed his day with a Hammer throw of 39.46m.

Throws Coach, Cheryl Angell (v55) completed her day with a Shot putt of 6.55m, a hammer throw of 17.98m and a Discus throw of 14.34.

Next day they ventured out to Winchester with a few more additions to the TK team of throwers.

Luke Angell came away with a win of 59.55m on his last throw of the season in the senior men’s competition. Oliver Ford’s (u20) win in the javelin hit 38.16m and Brandon Carter’s (u17) win hit a massive 43.44m. Eliska Simpson (u13) threw 19.14 in the javelin to take 1^st place.

Oliver Gregory (u20) ventured out to join the team for the shot putt and came 2^nd with a season’s best of 11.20m just behind Oliver Ford (u20) who took 1^st place with a new PB of 11.73m. Seb Simpson threw 11.99m for 1^st place in his age group. Eliska Simpson threw 7.35m in shot for her 4^th place.

Cheryl Angell took on Hammer with a 1^st place of 17.11m in the V55 section along with Seb Simpson throwing 40.97 in the u17 section to take 1^st place.

Discus saw most TK throwers take part with Cheryl Angell, who equalled her seasons best and her own club record for the second time this year with a throw of 15.41m, Seb Simpson threw 40.19m to take 1^st. Harry Booker took 2^nd place with 35.22, and 1^st place went to Oliver Ford with 36.83m. Eliska Simpson had the best day with a massive throw of 25.09 taking 1^st place in the discus and a new PB!

The only track runner of the day was Emerald Hill-sawyer (u13) who took the win and a PB in the 100m with 14.32s and later competing in the 800m with a time of 2.37.29 to take 3^rd place.

Radley AC Open Competition, 17th September 2022

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 10 April 2022. Posted in General, Track & Field.

Three throwers from Team Kennet took part in this open competition. Coach Luke Angell took on the Senior Men’s Javelin competition and won with 57.91m. Brandon Carter also took on the Javelin in the U17’s and took the win with a throw of 40.45m. Cheryl Angell competed in the Hammer and threw a season’s best with 18.62m to take 2^nd place in the group and 1^st in the V55 section.

Junior Triathlon success

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 7 April 2022. Posted in General, Triathlon.

Elodie Burdett was back in action this weekend representing Team Kennet in her 2nd ever triathlon at the Bristol & District Junior event held at Henbury leisure centre. A very strong swim followed by a super slick T1 saw Elodie in the lead half way through the bike leg. Pushing the pace in tricky wet conditions saw Elodie go over the handlebars on one of the downhills. Coming into T2 in last place, she put the hammer down and ran herself up to 3rd with the fastest run split of the day in her age group and just 7s off 2nd place.

Indoor Report London Games

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 2 April 2022. Posted in General.

Team Kennet had several athletes take part in the London Games last weekend.

George Down now in the under 17 age group broke the club Indoor record taking it to 6.33m, Oliver Humphrey clocked a fast 8.98s in the 60m hurdles.

Zoe Allen took part in both Track and Field, in the Shot threw 9.85m while on the track 60m time was 9.08s and in the 300m 47.96s.

Josh Ladd’s took part in the u13 boys breaking the clubs 60m record with a 9.33s and also the 200m clocking just over 33s.

South of England Cross Country Championships

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 2 April 2022. Posted in General.

Two Team Kennet Athletes braved it down to Beckenham for the South of England Cross Country Championships over the weekend.

Anna Hall in the under 13 age group came 135^th with two more years still in this age group and Emma Davies came 79^th in the under 15 girls age group.

Quadkids Oxford League Report

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 5 March 2022. Posted in General.

Team Kennet Quadkids got back to winning ways in the first round of the Oxfordshire Young Athletes League held at Horspath on Sunday.

1^st Team Kennet 1836

2^nd Oxford City 1602

3^rd Radley 1377

4^th Witney 1346

5^th Bicester 1283

6^th Abingdon 1140

7^th White Horse 838

8^th Banbury 821

The Under 9 Girls got back to winning ways again Ella Larkin taking overall Individual Spot, she clocked an impressive 600m in 2.13, her Vortex was also good at 19.74m and sprinting the 75m in 13.1, Maisie McCurtin was 3^rd girl overall with her best event Long Jump 2.53. Evie Kearney was the clubs third best scorer with her Vortex the best event scoring 15.78 in distance.

Sophie Cox and Megan Jones also took part in the Squad.

The Under 9 Boys came 4^th Joshua Kuijten came 6^th overall and Edward Shearer 9^th

Both the under 11 Girls and Boys came 3^rd in their matches Oscar Larkin best placed with 7^th overall, his 600m was his best event in 2.03 and also a fast 75m in 12.7 as well as a good Vortex throw of 25.57. Malik Gaye was 11^th overall his 75m sprint was his best event clocking 12.4 he also jumped 2.87 in the long jump, Luke Stiles was clubs third scorer his track races saw a 2.11 in the 600m and 13.3 in the 75m and really good long jump 2.95, and the Fourth scorer was Harry Bell his 75m being his best event in 12.5.

Other boys were Ethan Jones, Elliot Bell and Noah Horton.

The girls Section Isla Ladds led the way in 13^thher 75m was best of her events in 13 seconds, Jessie McCurtin was next best scorer with her 75m being her best event in 13.3, Then Quinn Joyce with her 600m in a time of 2.14 her best event and making up the team was Harriet Saunders she clocked a 2.19 in the 600m and 13.9 in the 75m.

Other girls Elora Murray Vortex 19.83, Ella McDonald long jump 2.73, Amelia Rehill, Rosie Bell and Edith Evans also took part

Green Park Challenge

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 11 December 2021. Posted in General Club.

New Team Kennet members, Henry and Elliot Bell took part in the 2021 Green Park Challenge came 3rd and 4th in the U10 category (28th and 31st out of 421 runners). Congratulations to both boys.