Harriet Saunders represented Hampshire at the National Inter-Counties Championships held at Wollaton Park, Nottingham today. Testing herself against the very best athletes in the UK she produced an excellent performance on an undulating course and, in a very tightly packed field, finished 52nd out of the 308 qualifiers and 4th placed Hampshire runner.
Team Kennet Quad kids were in action again at the Wessex YA League held in Aldershot in the Military Stadium.
The weather was touch and go from midday with thunderstorms brewing but it didn’t stop the Young TK athletes from winning the match overall
Team Kennet 1741
Andover 1587
Aldershot 1520
Oxford City 1426
Slough Jun. 1316
Havant/Setefa 1085
Radley 541
The TK girls made it 20 straight wins in a row and have secured their league title for the third season in a row, by scoring 822 points on the day, Matilda Saunders finished 2nd best girl on the day clocking 12.07 in the 75m sprint, she lept a huge 3.71 in the long jump and her 600m 1.59.64 , but with bad weather for the vortex throw Matilda was way down on her normal distance could only get a 17.89 throw in as she kept slipping.
Olivia Kwit came 3rd best girl overall, clocking 12.2 in the 75m, she also had a huge long jump of 3.74 and clocked fastest 600m of the day 1.58.24, and threw just over 17m in the vortex. The clubs fastest Sprinter on the day came from Hazel Balch in 12.0.
Darcy Scaplehorn was the clubs best Vortex thrower of over 25m. Innes Field lept 3.52 in the Long jump best of her events as she came 5th girls overall, and Marlie Jai-Proctor was 6th girl overall t oshow the depth of the girls.
Other girls taking part were Darcy McCurtin, Cecily Wyer, Evelyn Barker and Flo Randell Bird.
The Boys were just beaten in to second place by just 2pts, on the day scoring 919 points to Andover’s 921, Harvey Baker came 2nd boy overall his four events looking very strong with a 11.5 in the 75m, 3.36 in the Long Jump, a massive 41.43 in the Vortex and a 2.10 in the 600m hitting 242 points as an individual.
Chester Bailey came 3rd overall in the boys his 600m was his best event 1.53.21 and throwing over 31m in the vortex. His 600m broke the club record!
Alexander Browning was the clubs fastest sprinter on the day with 11.4, Percy Reed was the clubs best Long Jumper of 3.44 as the boys had their scoring 4 in the top 9
Other boys taking part were Lenny Wyvill 600m 1.58.57 his best event, William Moloney, Eoin Fussell, Seb Lauder-Clarke, Jacob Keeley
The overall team League combined with the Girls and Boys has put the club into top spot, with one of the teams having one match left going to be close in the league tables.
Sportshall U13/15 Championships
On Sunday 9 of our athlete competed in the Sportshall Berkshire Championships in a combination of individual and team competitions.
Congratulations to our U15 girls who ended an intense afternoon winning team bronze medals. The 2 experienced and 2 first timers all competed both as individuals and as a team, a total of 8 events each. As individuals Aimee Dickson and Annabel Gibson came joint 5th overall with Lottie Absolum and Gemma Moon coming 11th and 14th respectively.
In the events, the girls had a succession of top 5 performances including Aimee 1st in speedbounce (87) and 3rd in shot (7.72m). Annabel 4th in Long Jump (2.04m) and 5th in speedbounce (73). The pair joined up to come third in the 8 lap paarlauf. Aimee, Annabel, Gemma and Lottie then joined together to come 4th in the 4×2 lap relay.
The U13 Girls and Boys all competed as individuals. In the girls Lyla Goodwin lead the way coming 11th overall. Clare McGonnell came 28th and Carly Chrisholm 45th. Clare came 3rd in the speedbounce with 75 jumps. Lyla managed 4th place in both the standing long jump (1.96m) and vertical jump (42cm).
The boys were represented by Joseph Hoaen and William Appleby both in their lower year of the U13’s managed individual placings of 17th and 18th respectively.
Team Kennet Quadkids were in action in their first Wessex League match of the season at Swindon on Sunday.
A young team turned out for this match with most of the athletes from the club in school year 4, they produced some great results and set up a good two years in front of them in the same age group.
On the day the main match score was
Swindon 1621
Portsmouth 1420
Team Kennet 1243
Slough 1199
Waverley 1087
Havant/SETAFA 883
Dorchester 773
On the day the boys section were 3rd, with Malik Gaye finishing 10th overall with 203pts, Maliks best event was the 600m clocking 2.02.7, also clocking 12.0 for his 75m, and a 3.08 for his long jump. Euan Jones scored 177 pts with his best event being 600m in 2.08.7 and throwing the Vortex 23.79m the best throw from a TK athlete on the day.
Harry Smith 2.10 and Luke Stiles 2.12 both ran well in the 600m, Stiles clocking a fast 12.4 in the 75m. Noah Horton also took part gaining good experience.
The Girls came 4th overall with newcomer Quinn Joyce top TK scorer with 141pts, her best event was 600m clocking 2.22.6 and just ahead was Penelope Lyth clocking 2.22.1 in her 600m. Both girls were very close in the 75m sprint Lyth edging it again 12.6 and Joyce 12.7, Joyce was the clubs best long jumper on the day leaping 2.78 just ahead of Isla Ladds 2.77, all the girls scoring good points till the vortex which needs some work on to score higher points.
Other girls taking part were Ella McDonald, Edith Evans and Grace Cooke all putting in fantastic performances.
Team Kennet Quadkids we’re back in action at the second round of the Oxfordshire Young Athletes League held at Banbury on Sunday.
Overall Team Kennet finished 1st out of 8 teams ahead of Oxford in 2nd and Bicester in 3rd.
1st Team Kennet 2146
2nd Oxford City 2097
3rd Bicester 1609
4th Abingdon 1569
5th Witney 1061
6th Radley 609
7th Banbury 551
8th White Horse 250
The U9 Boys and girls were both 1st and the U11 boys came in 3rd behind Oxford and Bicester and the U11 girls 2nd behind Oxford.
Finishing 1st overall the Under 9 Girls were back to winning ways again with Orlagh Stratford taking 2nd Individual Spot, she clocked an impressive 600m in 2.29, her 75m sprint was also good at 12.9s. 3rd in the individual rankings was her sister Alice who threw 17.67m in the Vortex. Other girls taking part were Jasmine Hemmings and Evie Kearney.
Also finishing 1st overall the Under 9 Boys Joshua Kuijten and Finn Fitzmaurice scored well with Joshua coming in 1st overall individually. Joshua scored well with a 2.9m long jump and a 23.2m vortex throw.
Under 11 boys also had a strong squad of 5 finishing 3rd overall with Euan Jones coming in the top 10 individual rankings.
The boys were strong with the vortex throw with Ben Doherty throwing the furthest of 34.84m. Malik Gaye was strong in the 600m clocking 2.00.2 despite the scorching temperatures. Other members of the squad include bothers Elliot and Henry Bell.
Finally, In 2nd place overall the under 11 girls had a strong squad of 5 girls with Matilda Clare scoring 4th in the individual rankings and Penelope Lyth close behind in 7th. Lyth was the best long jumper of the day with 3.23m and Matilda Clare quickest in the 75m sprint with 12.1s.
Quinn Joyce was strong again in the 600m clocking 2.12.6. Other girls in the squad were Elora Murray and Gracie Cooke.
Team Kennet Stuart Bladon came 3rd in the Patriot Indoor Track & Field Championships taking part in the Heptathlon at the Annapolis MN indoor Arena in America Recently.
Stuart broke 6 Club Records on his way hitting 5098 points to rank him 16th in the UK Rankings for Indoor Heptathlon in Senior Ranks, But top 5 in the u23 age group.
He Clocked 8.58 in the 60m hurdles, throwing 11.81 in the Shot, Jumping 6.69m in the Long Jump then clearing 4.10 in the Pole Vault as well as sprinting 7.32 in the 60m sprint all setting new club records, he jumped 1.88 in the High Jump and then clocked 2.45.99 in the last event of the day 1000m.
Team Kennet hosted their annual Nite of the Mad Miles on longest day of the year in superb conditions celebrating the 20th year of the event.
The event this year saw 5 races and 93 runners taking part.
This years event saw some very impressive times set all round.
Race 1 was the Girls u9s and u11s combined, a strong field off 22 runners saw two athletes break away Ella Larkin u11 and Praiya Foreman u9, over the last lap and half Ella pulled away and took a superb victory in 5.56, she is the first under 11 girl to break the 6 min barrier, next home was Praiya who ran a superb 6.26 to hold on to 2nd place and take u9 medal and both athletes top their own age group top 50 best times over the event. Third place was Quinn Joyce who ran exactly the same time 6.26, in what was a close race saw 4th place Ella Mcdonald 6.26 and Penelope Lyth 6.27 for 5th place.
The under 9 and u11 Boys saw 18 starters and first home was Samuel Atkins who went out to win straightaway in a solid run he clocked 6.02 to go 2nd in the top 50 leaderboard, 2nd home was Finn Sanderson 6.27 and third placed was Malik Gaye 6.35, the first u9 was Gethin Thomas 6.43.
Race 3 was the under 13 and u15 girls, only 14 starters, and again like the boys race before Isla Clare went straight out to take the win in a fast 5.40.5, 2nd home was Charlotte Bailey 5.55 with emerald Hill Sawyer just behind breaking the 6 min barrier 5.57.
Race 4 saw 20 starters in the under 13 and u15 Boys, Ethan Kuijten went straight out to lead all the way around the 4 laps in 5.10 to record a 2nd place in the top 50 leaderboard, 2nd home was Max Adams 5.27 and third place went to Harry smith 5.35.
Finally Race 5 had all the other age groups from u17 through to vets ladies and Mens, The Mens side saw a great battle with Casey Warwick just getting the better of Jonjo Stiles recording 5.19 and 5.22 with Third place going to Thomas Bailey 5.34, in the ladies section a really fast time from Gemma Jones earned herself the win and also take 2nd place in the top 50 Leaderboard, 2nd place went to Martine Stiles 6.14 and 3rd Kathryn Saunders 6.32
The most Improved award went to Penelope Lyth by knocking of one minute on last years time, very impressive difference.
Team Kennet started the Junior Cross Country Season of with awesome individual and team performances in the first round of the Basingstoke Destination Cross Country League held at Wellesey Park in Aldershot, over a undulating park course with a wooded finish, that saw 5 individual victories from 8 races and 3 team wins, the best ever in team kennet at a cross country event.
The conditions on the day were perfect and also underfoot, Team Kennet had registered over 80 athletes in the league, and a strong turnout would set good results early on in the season, first up was the under 9 girls who hold the team title, Praiya Forman meant business from the gun as she set of to take the lead, Matilda Saunders followed in pursuit, these two led the field in to the woods where Foreman was just the slightly stronger to come out and take the win, with Saunders second, Matilda Hogg made a good debut coming home in 9th and with Evelyn Pedersen 10th this brought the A team home as team winners, Evelyn Barker was 11th and Isla Cooke 12th
The under 9 Boys were out in force, and made sure they also won their team race, Chester Bailey was the first clubs runner home in 3rd place pushing himself through the woods , William Moloney ran a good race for 5th place with Toby Hartley 7th and Idris Gaye 8th they were certain to take the win on the day, Seb Lauder-Clarke was next home in 13th, Jacob Williams 14th and Max Burt 17th the other club runners.
The under 11 Girls just had the clubs biggest turnout of 13 runners, last years team winners, the girls wanted to retain this, after the summer season, Ella Larkin made sure she was going to win as she stormed off to take the lead, a big clutch of team kennet girls followed in the second pack of a field of well over 40, Larkin came out of the woods with a 20 second gap to win the race, with Penelope Lyth charging down the home straight to take a brilliant 3rd place, Maisie McCurtin was next in 6th working hard through the woods to gain several places, with Matilda Clare in 11th the girls took team victory.
The B team was led by Alice Stratford 12th, Affra Bailey 13th, Ella Parsons 26th and Gracie Cooke 27th secured a top 5 team placing, The C team was led by Penelope Gorbold 29th, Matilda Pedersen 31st, Grace Hogg 35th and Orlagh Stratford 37th.
The under 11 Boys race is always tough with Aldershot and Basingstoke in the league, Malik Gaye ran a superb race taking over 6 athletes in the hilly woods section to come out to finish in 2nd place, another surprise was Samuel Atkins who ran his best race ever to take 3rd place in a field of over 50, Flynn Sanderson was 21st and Joshua Bailey 31st saw the team finish in 4th place, Joshua Kuijten came home in 34th, Connor O’Riordan 38th, Miles Phoenix 41st and Toby Clay 43rd saw a top 12 team finish for the B team.
The under 13 Girls were also last years team winners, getting stronger as the season went on, this looks like it will be same again, as team came 2nd on the day missing a few key runners, this didn’t stop Harriet Saunders as she settled in the race in third place and as the race went on she moved through to storm through the woods to come out in the lead and take another girls race victory, Anna Hall had a great run to finish 5th and with Ella Cronk in 7th secured that team second.
The under 13 Boys saw the biggest field of the day with well over 50 runners, 12 coming from Team Kennet, Oskar Larkin was the clubs first in, with 12th place, hot on his hills was Harry smith 13th, Elliot Bell 17th and good debut run from Arthur Patterson 18th saw the team home in 3rd place. The B team were led by Charlie Adams 24th, Henry Bell 25th, Josh Brian 27th and Ben Doherty 28th for top 6 team finish, the C team Frank Edwards 29th, Harry Barnett 33rd, Noah Lauder-Clarke 34th and Rueben Kuijten 38th saw their team home in top 12
The under 15 Girls race saw Charlotte Bailey have no pressure with all TK girls winning, so she set of with a fast pace taking the lead to pull further away over the 3 lap course, ensuring all the TK girls won all four races, Chloe O’Riordan came home in 14th and Lola Mitcham 15th for 2nd placed team.
The under 15 Boys saw only two runners from TK, Ethan Kuijten ran a complete mature race, as he stalked two runners who took the early lead, on the second lap he pulled up with them, and halfway around the last lap, one of the athletes tried to pull away with a change of pace, Ethan stayed within 5 metres until he changed his pace going in to the woods where his strength showed and pulled clear to win the race and team kennets 5th victory of the day, Max Adams also ran well in 7th place.
Team kennet saw athletes compete in two major cross country championships over the last two weekends.
Last week was the CAU Inter Counties at Wollaton Park, in the under 15 age group in the girls Charlotte Bailey ran a good race to come home 4th scorer for Berkshire in 126th place, while in the boys race
Ex member Rory Barclay-Watt due to school changes finished in an excellent 4th place representing Devon with TK club athlete Ethan Kuijten 180th
This Weekend saw the English Schools Championships at Pontefract Racecourse, with conditions really boggy, Charlotte Bailey in the Intermediate girls ran a superb race to finish 3rd Berkshire girl by only a few seconds to come home in 61st place only 1 minute behind a medal. In the Intermediate Boys Rory Barclay-Watt couldn’t master last weekends results had to finish with 21st, Ethan Kuijten ran well in 271st place.
Team Kennet were in action in the Southern Athletics League Division 3 West, this year the club had Marlborough join forces to make a composite team to push to higher divisions and sustain its officials for the future.
Travelling to Bournemouth was going to be tough match, although coming third on the day behind hosts and then Team Dorset there were some great results specially from the clubs under 17s.
Evie Lewis who is under 17 turned out to be the clubs best athlete on the day where she came 2nd in the Shot 7.61 and also matching this in the Discus 26.43 and earlier came third in the Hammer 29.68, Her Coach Cheryl Angell took part in the Hammer finishing third place, she came a place higher in the Javelin B String with 2nd place.
James Simmons who is also under 17 won his B string 200m in 24.8, achieving a new personal best, which he also got in the 100m 12.2 for 3rd and Long Jump 5.20 for 2nd place, Another under 17 Theo Nightingale cleared a disappointing 1.60 in the High Jump for 4th place in a tough competition., elsewhere for the club athletes Peter Saunders made a welcome return in the Long Jump with 5.30 and Triple Jump 11.19 he was also involved in the Discus B string throwing 20.34 for third B string.
Nick Burdett as a vet 50 tackled the 800m and 1500m clocking 2.48.5 and 5.40.8 for third places, and Club Vet 70 athlete Graham Chambers tackled the Hammer for 2nd place and Biggest Throw of the Day came in the Javelin where Luke Angell won the event with a throw of 57.04.
