Author: Team Kennet Administrator

Berkshire Championships

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 8 May 2021. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet Athletes thrived at the Berkshire Track and Field Championships held at Eton over the Weekend claiming some 22 medals and 10 County Champions over the two days.

The under 13 Boys Elliott Murphy took his first County Title in the 1000m in a great race just missing out on the clubs record clocking a fast 3.08.7 and then following day claimed a new club record in the 600m being pipped on the line for 4th place with a time of 1.43.67, in the same age group but Girls Eliska Simpson is fast learning the Discus and moving up to 14th in the UK rankings at her first year in this age group by also taking the Berkshire Title throwing 18.43, she claimed a handful of medals as she came runners up in the Shot 6.67 and taking 3rd place in the Javelin. Amber Stiles also grabbed a County Title in the High Jump clearing 1.25m and in a close race in the 1000m she clocked 3.31.95 to take Runners Up.

The under 15 Age Group saw Claire McGonnell claim the Javelin title throwing 27.87 and also Bronze in the 300m 46.7 and reaching the 100m Final coming 7th 14.1, the Boys age group Seb Simpson claimed himself two County Titles first his main event the Discus throwing 35.67 and then in the Hammer 28.25, He earned a Bronze Medal in the Shot 10.34 and just missed out to take 4th place in the Javelin 21.51.
Jo Hoaen also took part in the Discus coming 4th with a throw of 21.88

The under 17 age groups also saw County Champions, Charlotte Absolom winning the Triple Jump 9.53, Oliver Ford threw 39.93 to win the Discus with Tom Wells winning the Bronze 26.82, Ford also took Runners up spot in the Shot 12.28, while Bronze Medals came from Oliver Humphrey in the 100m hurdles 15.02 and Gabriel Warley 1.75 in the High Jump with Matthew Jones taking 4th 1.70m

The under 20 age group Phoebe Hoaen claimed her first title in this age group in the Javelin 35.23 and a cluster of Silver medals came from Oliver Bazin in the long jump 5.51, Harry Booker in the Discus 36.29 and Oliver Gregory in the Shot 11.01, Booker just missed out in the Shot taking 4th place 10.67

The only club senior athlete taking part was Luke Angell after many years battling injury went out full of confidence in the Javelin to throw 57.62m to take the Senior title

Junior Tri

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 8 March 2021. Posted in Triathlon.

Team Kennet Junior triathletes have been out competing in several events, The Kuijten Brothers travelled to Leatherhead to take part in the MHS Go Tri, in the Tri Start boy race Josh came in 1^st place, while older brother Reuben took part in the Tri Star 1 age group coming home in 6^th place and oldest Brother Ethan in the Tri Star 2 ag group battled his way through to take another win for the Kuijten Family.

At Dorney Lakes, it was the Girls that took part in the Barnes Eton Dorney Kids Triathlon, Kirsten Fraser was the best placed club athlete in the Tri Star 3 age group coming home in 6^th place in 26.02 which comprised of a 300m lake swim, 5km Bike and 2.4 Km Run, Emma Davies came home in 26^th place in a time of 33.52

Anna Hall took part in the Tri Star 2 age group coming home in 16^th place with a time of 27.33

Oxford XC League

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 2 October 2020. Posted in Cross Country.

Team Kennet were in action in the fourth round of the Oxford Cross Country League at Swindon on Sunday, a tough muddy and wet course with slippery turns saw good results from the club.

The under 13 girls thrived in the mud as Kirsten Fraser cruised to a slippery win to help her chances to winning the individual series, this result also meant that the team could win the team prize at the end of the season, Emma Davies was next home in 10th and Alanna Smith 15th, Rosie Burridge was 30th and Maddie Baker 39th.

Anna Hall moved up to first place in the under 9 girls as she finished in 2nd place, all down to the last race of the season next month, Charlotte Lawton was 8th, Mia Kearney 9th and Holly locket 11th.

Imogen Newby came home in 4th place in the under 11 girls, with Amber Stiles 10th, Leilah Gaye 14th, Lilia Gale 29th and Lola Mitcham 42nd

In the older races for the girls Emily Tucker came 21st in the under 15s, and Bethan Philp coming home 6th in the under 17s, while in the Senior race Sue Francis was 44th and Martine Stiles 77th.

Elliot Murphy was the highest placed in all the male races, competing in the u11s he came 8th with Max Adams just behind in 9th, Ethan Kuijten 14th, Aaron Carter 18th, Joseph Bell 35th, Evan Alderman 36th and James Fenner 39th

Toby Clark came 9th in the under 15 boys and Noah Kemp 13th

In the under 9 boys Noah Lauder-Clarke was also 9th, Kaan Tugcetin 15th, Joshua Ladds 16th, Reuben Kuijten 20th, Charlie Adams 22nd and Ben Daley 23rd

Ivan Chekmazov led the TK under 13 boys home in 22nd, Oliver Carroll 33rd, Jacob Avery 39th and Isaac Mitcham 42nd

In the Senior Mens race Phil Murphy came home in 35th, Bat Kuijten 108th, Jonjo Stiles 120th, Mark Little 192nd, Andy Waters 193rd Mitch Poustie 201st, Sean Bird 225th and Simon Gale 247th

Team Kennet end of year Presentation

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 12 August 2020. Posted in General Club.

Team Kennet Athletics held its end of the year presentation at the Club House at Crookham Common Athletics Track last night as members of the club signed in to train within their own bubble groups.

The club were honored to announce TWO new Life time Members to the club as Cheryl Angell and Colin Price were awarded their achievements by club Chairman Nick Bull, both Coaches have racked up 1000 Coaching Sessions in the club and produced so much Volunteering in many other ways.

Athlete of the Season went to Ben East for his massive throw of 73 metres in the Javelin.

Other major awards went to Bart Kuijten winning the Terry Baker award for best active Volunteer in the club, and the New Club Award the Canning most Valued Club Official in Memory of David Canning who sadly passed away this year who was one of the original founder members of the club went to Cheryl Angell who competed and officiated this year at some of the events that took part.

The Club Volunteer of the Year went to Kate Booker for all her work on Reception helping the club athletes sign in and car park patrol as well as a club covid support person during the clubs sessions.

The Chairman’s award went to Luke Angell for his Coaching in his Athletes and achieving two athletes at UK Number 1, Luke also qualified as a Club Level 2 Coach in Lockdown

Oxford XC League

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 June 2020. Posted in Cross Country.

Team Kennet Athletes were in action at the third round of the Oxford Cross Country League held at Adderbury on Sunday.

Kirsten Fraser in the under 3 girls was the clubs highest placed with a second place which keeps her in contention for overall age group win, Alanna Smith had a fantastic race in 8^th place, with Maddie Baker in 28^th the team were placed fourth on the day, Rosie Burridge also took part in 38^th.

Anna Hall also kept her chances of an age group win, by finishing 3^rd in the under 9 girls, Mia Kearney was 6^th and Holly Lockett 11^th in the same race.

Annelise Gale had her bet run ever in the under 15 girls as she came home in 6^th place, Emily Tucker was 16^th, and Georgina Thomson 10^th in the under 17 women.

Noah Kemp came 9^th in the under 15 Boys.

Elliott Murphy came 7^th in the under 11 boys race keeping his hopes on a top 3 overall, Ethan Kuijten was 9^th, Max Adams 18^th, James Simmons 51^st, Barnaby Turner 52^nd and Joseph Bell 55^th, in the under 11 girls Amber Stiles was 9^th, Bethany Maclean 14^th, Leilah Gaye 23^rd, Lilia Gale 33^rd and Lola Mitcham 48^th.

Ben Daley was 12^th in the under 9 boys which saw a good TK turnout, next home was Noah Lauder-Clark 13^th, Kaan Tugcetin 15^th, Reuben Kuijten 26^th, Azita Bodin 27^th, Charlie Adams 32^nd and Thomas Mitchell 40^th

The Senior Ladies Race, Sue Francis was 38^th and Martine Stiles 94^th, in the Mens Bradley Thomas was 45^th, Phil Murphy 92^nd, Chris Hall 100^th, Bart Kuijten 108^th, Jonjo Stiles 156^th, Dean Makar 179^th, Mark Little 214^th, Andy waters 235^th, Kim Darcy-Masters 261^st, sean Bird 268^th, Simon Gale 276^th, Paul Kemp 279^th, David Johnston 296^th.

Club Championships Cancelled

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 9 April 2020. Posted in General Club.

The 2020 Club Championships has been cancelled due to government guidence. We will run events for U9s and U11s during normal training.

Virtual Club Championships

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 7 March 2020. Posted in General, General Club.

Team Kennet Athletes took part in a Virtual Club Championships Lock down Challenge in their Gardens, local park or even in the road during mid June.

There were seven events for athletes to tackle, Standing Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, 10m x 10m sprint, Toilet Roll High Jump, Chest Push, Speed Bounce and Overhead behind throw.

Highest age group to declare results were under 11s, Event winners Amber Stiles and Harry Fenner scored well throughout, Amber bouncing 80 times in 30 seconds in Speed Bounce, while Harry best was his Overhead behind throw of 13.60m, William Mcdonald controlled the jumps by winning these 1.95 in long and 5.56 in triple and even jumping 7 toilet rolls high.

Under 13s saw another good entry Zoe Allen winning the girls with a 2.14 long jump and 6.70 triple jump best of her events, Bethany MaClean bouncing a very impressive 90 speed bounces in 30 seconds, James Fenners 8 toilet roll jumps was his best.

Under 9 age group Isla ladds would of won whole age group, very impressive throwing and another good speed bounce of 70 in 30 seconds boys winner was Luke Stiles with his overhead Behind Throw 7.18 his best event

The Seniors saw Martine Stiles win the females another good speed bounce of 83 in 90 seconds and Steve MaClean winning the male section wit ha huge 20.29 Overhead behind throw. Hayley Steward lept 9 Toilet Rolls on her best event and clocking 27.2 in the 10x10m finishing runner up in the females, male runner up went to Jonjo Stiles his best event 10 x 10m 26.8

Only two girls took part in the under 15s Annabel MaClean came out on top over Aimee Dickson, Maclean jumping 2.14 in standing long jump and bounding 86 speed bounces, Aimee best was Chest push throwing 9.80m

Team Kennet Virtual Club Championship Results

Under 9 Girls
1st Isla Ladds 20
2nd Millie Davies 13
3rd Ella McDonald 10

Under 9 Boys
1st Luke Stiles 21
2nd Ned Sturmey 11
3rd Josh Kuijten 11

Under 11 Girls
1st Amber Stiles 33
2nd Ella Cronk 23
3rd Holly Lockett 23

Under 11 Boys
1st Harry Fenner 50
2nd William McDonald 44
3rd Austin Ambrose 44

Under 13 Girls
1st Zoe Allen 26
2nd Clare McGonnell 21
3rd Bethany MaClean 16

Under 13 Boys
1st James Fenner 26
2nd Connor Jordan 18
3rd Oliver Lloyd 15

Under 15 Girls
1st Annabel MaClean 11
2nd Aimee Dickson 10

Senior Athletes Female
1st Martine Stiles 10
2nd Hayley Steward 9

Senior Athletes Male
1st Steve MacLean 11
2nd Jonjo Stiles 9

Full Results

London Indoor Games

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 2 March 2020. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet Athletes were successful at the London Indoor Track & Field Games over the weekend, in the under 13 girls age groups Zoe Allen came 1st in the Shot with a throw of 8.49 putting her ranked in the top 6 in the UK rankings, she clocked a fast 8.89 in the 60m sprint and also took part in the 200m 29.45.
Clare McGonnell had a very successful day she claimed two new club records firstly in the 800m 2.44.74 and then High Jump 1.25, and then clocking a fast 60m hurdles time of 10.66 seconds.

Oliver Humphrey came out 4th quickest in the under 15 boys 60m Hurdles also claiming the Clubs age group Record in a time of 9.38 seconds

Sportshall Match 3

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 2 March 2020. Posted in Sportshall.

Sportshall Match 3 – 26^th January 2020

Sunday was the last sportshall league match of the season, making it the last for Annabel Gibson as she moves to U17. Annabel has competed for Team Kennet in Sportshall since she was 9 years old. In this last match she came 3^rd in the Standing long jump with 2.04m and was joined by Aimee Dickson in the 8 lap paarlauf coming 2^nd with 99.1sec. Aimee also came 4^th in the speedbounce. Annabel and Aimee bought the U15 league competition to close with overall 4^th place.

The U11 Girls once again dominated the speedbounce with all 6 competitors coming in the top 8 out of the 42 taking part. Emeilia Lunn came 1^st with 52, Emma Long 2^nd with 51, In joint 4^th with 50 were Millie Philips, Erin Gosney and Imogen Cowell. Close behind was Lilia Gale with 48.

Bethany Maclean and Erin have made a brilliant 6 lap Paarlauf pairing this year and finished with a first place in 77.8sec. Bethany also came 3^rd in the foam javelin with 11.5m. Overall in the league the girls came 5^th.

The U11 Boys also came 5^th overall. Connor Jordan and Ethan Kuijten made a fantastic team winning the 6 lap Paarlauf with 76.3sec. Connor also won the vertical jump with 50cm and took 3^rd in the speedbounce with 51. Ethan jumped one more coming 2nd in the speedbounce with 52 jumps. In the foam javelin Joseph Bell came 3^rd with 14.75m. The three were joined by Thomas Payne to come 5^th in the 4×2 relay.

Road Running Presentation

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 2 March 2020. Posted in Road Running.

2019 Road Running leagues were very successful that saw around 60 members take part from 5km to Marathon Distance, Ben Schiffer-Harte took a hattrick of League Division wins to win the top Flight League, while in Division 2 it was a very close affair with top 6 all gunning for the 3 awards, in Division 3 new member George Westall got 3 late runs in to move up to equal 2^nd with Paul but as Paul did 4 races he claimed the runner up spot. In the Ladies Cheryl Angell made sure she was going to win from the set and she achieved all race disciplines in the first half of the year, keeping it in the family Daughter Kira tackled the first 3 disciplines to just win League 2

Mens Division 1

1^st Ben Schiffer-Harte 64

2^nd Simon Gale 53

3^rd Bradley Thomas 37

Mens Division 2

1^st Mark Little 46

2^nd Noah Kemp 42

3^rd Kim Darcy-Masters 41

Mens Division 3

1^st Mitch Poustie 56

2^nd Paul Kemp 39

3^rd George Westall 39