West Berkshire Quadkids Athletics Festival took place on Saturday at Park House School after a 2 year gap, 21 schools took place on the day with 420 excited Youngsters battling it out.
Team Kennet and School Sports Partnership who run the event, hailed it a great success and with the weather being amazing for any athletic event made sure it was a great day.
Park House School and St Bartholomew schools helped with Young leaders taking the groups around for the 4 hour competition where each child has to run a Sprint (50m yr3 / 4)(75m yr 5 / 6) and distance run (yr 3 /4 400m)(yr 5 / 6 600m), standing Long Jump and Vortex Howler throw, gaining points for each event on their times or distances achieved.
The year 5 /6 Competition was the closest ever in the 14 years of the event. John Rankin School came out as winners by just 1 point scoring 1559 over Falkland in second place 1558 who had won all previous competitions, with Francis Baily taking 3rd spot with 1435 points.
The individual top 3 performances on the day for the boys saw Vinnie Bardsley from John Rankin School take overall with 248pts, Noah Lauder-Clarke from Francis Baily runner up 239 points and Louie Braidwood from Hungerford third with 232points.
The girls was so close only 1 point separating top 2 girls, it was Hallie Reed from Hermitage taking the win with 205pts from Emerald Hill-Sawyer from Hungerford 204 and Ella Cronk from Curridge 3rd place 194.
The Best performances from each event on the track, the 75m Sprint for Girls Emerald Hill-Sawyer ended up fastest out of all boys and girls clocking 11.1, with the boys fastest Louie Braidwood 11.4, the 600m again Hill-Sawyer was the girls fastest 2.06 and the Boys Vinnie Bardsley from John Rankin clocking 2.00, the Field saw Falklands Alfie S. throw 36.70m in the Vortex and Nina Reid from John Rankin 28.90 for the Girls, the Standing Long Jump saw a massive jump from Olivia from Falkland School with 2.06 longest jump of the day recorded, and in the Boys Josh Brian from Parsons Down lept 2.01.
The year 3 / 4 saw Falkland crowned champions with 1392 points from Francis Baily in second 1287 and John Rankin taking third place 1258.
The individual placings in the Girls saw a superb all round performance from Falklands Ella Larkin score 178 points to win, Chloe L also from Falkland came 2nd 166pts and third place went to a joint score of 165points from Emily Mussy Francis Baily and her team mate Ella McDonald.
In the Boys competition Malik Gaye scored a huge 206 points from Spurcroft School just ahead of Alex C from Falkland 204, and third place went to Harry B also from Falkland 185 points.
The Best Performances on the day for each event, saw Ella McDonald from Francis Baily jumped the furthest of all year 3 /4s leaping 1.84m, Ella Larkin from Falkland claimed the fastest times in the 50m sprint 8.6 and 400m 1.18mins and Sophia Kocovska from John Rankin throwing 26.80 in the vortex, with the Boys Alex C from Falkand threw 28.30 in the Vortex, Aymans from Falkland lept 1.80 on the standing long jump, while the track events were both shared, the 50m Sam Atkins from Spurcroft and Alex C Falkland both clocking 8.3 and Alex C 1.18 and Malik Gaye Spurcroft clocking 1.18 in the 400m same time as the girls.
Team Kennet started the Wessex Young Athletes League with a excellent 2nd place overall at Abingdon On Sunday.
With numbers down due to other winter sports, a good start to the season is always hit and miss, the 40 strong squad made sure of a clutch of wins to give them that great start.
Match score on the day was
Camberley 488.5
Team Kennet 416.5
Abingdon 337
Southampton 315
Slough 312
Fleet 166
On the Day the under 15 girls won their age group, the clubs biggest squad on the day, in the field events Eliska Simpson won the Javelin 18.54, and her B string Zoe Dickson made it a Double, The discus saw another Double win from Simpson 20.22 and Evie Lewis 19.90 and in the Shot Lewis had to settle for 2nd 7.56 and Simpson won the B string 6.72, elsewhere on the field Charlotte Bailey cleared 1.30 in the High Jump for 3rd A string and Chloe O’Reardan came 2nd in the B 1.25, The long Jump Ellie ross came 4th A string.
On the track new comer Melisa Kalikwani started her debut wit ha win in the 75m hurdles 16.2, A double win came later in the 300m Bailey and O’Readan, in the 1500m Bailey came 2nd in 5.32.3 and Lola Mitcham winning the B string 5.59.6, In the shorter 800m O’Reardan came 4th 2.55.6 and Ellie Ross 2nd A string. The sprints saw Ava Brade come home in 14.6 for 5th place and Kalikwani in 3rd B string 15.1, earlier Kalikwani came 5th in the A string in the 200m 31.7.
The 4 x 100m relay team had to settle for 4th place 59.7 made up of Bailey, Ross, Brade and Kalikwani.
The under 17 men came 2nd in their age group on the day, Seb Simpson left off as he did from last year, winning his Shot 11.47, the Discus 38.19 and the Javelin 29.74, The Long Jump saw newcomer Ivan Pathirathna jump 5.24 for 2nd place and Isaac Mitch taking 2nd b string.
On the Track Pathirathna came 2nd in the 100m Hurdles 16.90, the 1500m saw a great run by Isaac Mitcham taking 2nd place in 4.38.1
The 100m Pathirathna came 4th in 11.9 in a very close race on the line, Caden Thomas came 2nd in the B string 12.8, Thomas also took part in the 200m clocking 26.4 for 5th place.
The under 13 boys came 3rd in their age group, the 1500m saw a great run by Euan Jones to take 2nd place in 5.27.8, B string Liam Neil won this string in 5.37.3, elsewhere on the track, Noah Lauder-Clark won the B string 200m 30.5, Josh Ladds coming 6th in the A string, in the 100m Ladds had to settle for 6th A string and Jones 4th B.
On the Field Josh Brian came 3rd in the A string 3.86 and a B win came from Jones 3.57, Rueben Kuijten came 3rd in the Shot 5.73 and went one better in the Discus 15.78, while in the Javelin Lauder-Clark came 2nd with a throw of 28.74 and another B win came from Ladds 20.05.
The relay quartet came in 2nd pipped right on the line in 62.4, Ladds, Lauder-Clark, Jones and Brian were the quartet.
The under 15 boys were 4th James Simmons took part in the sprints 100m 12.6 for 4th and going one better for 3rd place in the 200m 26.1.
Ethan Kuijten ran a great race in the 1500m to win in 4.47.4 and later on clocked 43.2 in the 300m for 4th place.
On the field Will McDonald won the Javelin with a throw of 31.15, The Discus Turkay Altuntas came 2nd with 27.88 and McDonald taking 2nd in the B 15.79 and in the Shot Altuntas also came 2nd in the A string 10.09 and Kuijten had another win in the B string 7.44, The Long Jump Simmons jumped 4.37 for 4th A string and McDonald 3.96 for 3rd B string.
The under 17 Women had to settle for 3rd in their age group, Zoe Allen won the 80m hurdles in 14.6, she threw 10.32 to win the Shot with Clare McGonnell winning the B string 7.20, McGonnell also won her Javelin with 30.80 throw. Amelie Ross came 3rd in her 200m B string which was matched by Allen in the A string 28.0.
The under 13 girls saw only 4 girls take part and came 4th overall only 1 point behind 3rd, Ella Cronk won her high Jump with a great effort of 1.30, She came 2nd in the Long Jump 3.65 with Jess McCurtin taking 3rd B 3.02, in the 1500m McCurtin came 2nd A string 6.29 and newcomer Elena Wilkinson won the B string 6.33, a superb double win came in the shorter 800m Emerald Hill Sawyer stalked her rival to ease past in the final 100m in a fast time of 2.36.8 and Cronk made it another win for her in the B string 2.59.1, Hill Sawyer also took part in the sprints 200m coming 3rd in 29.4 and 100m also 3rd 14.2, in the B string 100m McCurtin also came 3rd 16.2 and Wilkinson 4th B in the 200m 35.2, the 4 girls also took part in the 4 x 100m coming 4th in a nail biting finish where the girls led for 75% of the race.
Team Kennet had lots of non Scoring athletes in the under 20s 200m Euan Avery clocked 25.1 and Digby Riggal 25.5, both ran in the 100m Avery and Riggal both clocking 12.4, josh Brian clocked 15.6 in the u13 100m
Under 20 Charlotte Absolom broke the clubs u20 Shot record throwing 9.89 and also threw Discus 24.42, and under 20 Brandon Carter threw the Javelin 40.59.
Team Kennet Quad Kids were back in action at Aldershot finishing in 1st position overall.
Team Kennet. 1616
Woking. 1501
Aldershot 1478
Fleet 1210
Camberley 1083
Abingdon 883
Setafa/Havant 850
The Under 11 girls finished 1st place overall, that gives them 13 straight wins in a row now to date. Nine girls made up the squad and in the 75m sprint it was Ella Larkin quickest for TK clocking 11.63s, Praiya Foreman 12.2s and Sophia Mahoney 12.4s. In the long jump Larkin continued her form with a leap of 3.71m, Alice Stratford 3.55m and Matilda Saunders 3.15m. In the 600m Larkin ran a superb race to finish with a time of 1.48.4, breaking the Team Kennet Club Record and equalling the Wessex League record, this also ranks her 2nd in the UK . Close behind Stratford with 2.00.9 and Foreman 2.04.0. The girls threw well in the Vortex, Stratford 28.09m, Mahoney 27.90m and Larkin 25.88m. Other girls taking part Cecily Wyer, Izzy Fagan, Darcey Scaplehorn and Noella Martinez Martin. Ella Larkin now jumps to the top spot of the league overall with 245points.
The Under 11 boys finished in 4th place overall with 5 boys taking part on the day. Sebastian Lane quickest for TK in the 75m clocking 11.85s, Alexander Browning 12.13 and William Moloney 12.39s. In the long jump it was close between the boys, Browning leaped 3.07m, and Lane and Joshua Kuijten both 3.02m. In the 600m Maloney was quickest 2.00.8, Lane 2.01.6 and Kuijten 2.12.3. Finally, the Vortex throw Lane threw furthest with 32.88m, Kuijten 28.26m and Moloney 24.13m. Also taking part Sebastian Lauder Clake. Scoring 221 points Sebastian Lane finished 4th overall on the day.
Cirencester Park hosted round 2 of the Oxon XC league. Rain & mud were the order of the day, with the ladies race getting some particularly heavy rain half way through.
In the under 11 girls race, Matilda Saunders was an excellent 3rd and Ella Parsons worked hard for 16th in the mud
Harriet Saunders ran excellently for 2nd place in the under 13 girls race.
Harry Smith was 10th in the under 13 boys, an excellent result.
Anna Hall kept up her good from for 8th in the under 15 girls race.
Senior men saw Hefin Jones in 27th and 1st in the V50 category, 94th was Richard Saunders in his first Oxon league race, Andy Colling was 119th and 3rd in the V60 category.
Other places
190 Phil Baker
224 Mitch Poustie
258 Simon Hockaday
275 Simon Gale
279 Rob Parsons
Our lone lady runner, Katie Reynolds came in 86th, another excellent run in the heavy rain.
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 2nd 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 2nd place 13.0 in the B string, both teamed up in the longer 200m with Young coming 2nd 25.9 and Huelgas taking 3rd b string 26.4.
The 300m Noah Lauder Clarke came home in 4th place with 46.7 in strong head wind, I the longer distance of 800m Harry Smith stepped down from his 1500m to finish 2nd in 2.21.6.
The field events secured high points as done all season, in the Long Jump Josh Brian came 2nd 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 5th 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 2nd 14.5 and Larkin taking the B string win in 14.9, the 200m Orlagh Stratford came 4th 31.0 and Sophia Mahoney taking 3rd B string 33.3.
The 70m hurdles saw Ella Parsons take a fine 3rd 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 2nd place 60.2
On the field events first the high Jump Maisie McCurtin lept 1.20 for 3rd 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 3rd 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 2nd places in the Javelin, the placings were matched in the discus with Mahoney 13.69 and McCurtin 7.72
The under 13 Boys came 3rd 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 3rd 4.07 and Seb Lane took a B win 4.03.
On to the track Nichols secured a 2nd place in the 100m 13.9 and Lane taking another win in the B string 14.4, in the 200m Lane came 3rd 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 2nd on the day, Theo nightingale clearing 1.80 to win the High Jump, Theo secured 2nd 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 3rd place with 41.16 and Altuntas taking 2nd B string 22.32.
The track again saw good competition, Nightingale taking 5th in the 100m 12.7 and Simmons 3rd in the B string 13.0
The under 15 girls finished 5th team, just missed out of third place by a few points, the 100m Emerald Hill Sawyer was 6th 14.5 and Olivia Rayfield 5th with 15.1 in their strings,
Better results came in the 200m Hill Sawyer in 3rd place 29.8 and Izzy Payne taking 2nd 30.8 in the B string. The 300m Olivia Bentley came home in 2nd place 45.7 and Ella Cronk taking 4th B string 49.3.
Bentley had to settle for 2nd in the 800m 2.40, and in the 1500m Annie Warner came 4th 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 4th place.
The under 17 women a double win came in the Discus Evie Lewis 27.14 and Zoe Dickson 22.39, Dickson also came 2nd in the Shot 7.37
George Down competed in the UK under 17 Indoor Track & Field Championships over the weekend held at Sheffield. George took part in the Long Jump leaping 6.08 for 11th place. A bit below his normal position where he would have been in the top 6.
Team Kennet were in action in the Southern Athletics League on Sunday in Division 3 West, using it as a Development league this year they faired very well in the match and produced some excellent performances.
Best result of the day came in the Mens Javelin where Ben East threw a massive 66.68m and Luke Angell throwing 61.48 for a great double win, East moving up to UK number 2 in the under 20 rankings and Breaking the clubs under 20 Javelin record. There was another Double win in the Mens High Jump, with Euan Avery clearing 1.70 and Harry Booker 1.60, good Points came in the mens Field specially in the throws, The Shot Oliver Ford throwing 10.48 for 2nd place in the A string and Harry Booker winning the B string 9.67.
The Discus Booker was 2nd A string throwing 32.04 and Seb Simpson won the B string 26.99, In the Hammer both Simpson and ford came 3rdplaces 26.40 and 19.96m.
George Down came 2nd in the Long Jump A string and Jon Simpson 2nd B string.
On the Track Avery clocked 12.2 for 4th place in the A string with Jon Simpson 3rd place as Vet 45 clocking 12.9, elsewhere in the mens Arthur lane came home 2nd in the 800m 2.11.5, he also came 4th in his 1500m, Casey Warwick came 4thin his 800m, and Mitch Poustie tackled 5000m for 4th place and 2000m steeplechase 3rd A.
Petra Kubesova made her debut on the track for the club in the 3000m and had to settle for 2ndplace with a time of 11.43.6 against winner GB athlete Lucy Elliott. Eve Brown came 2nd in her 1500m 5.20.8 and came 3rd in her 400m earlier in the day with 63.6. The Sprints Carly Chisholm came 4th A string in the 100m 14.1 and Amy Russell 14.3 same position in the B, Russell matched same position in the 200m. Cheryl Angell had a good day doing all four throws her best was the discus throwing 15.55 for 3rd place which she matched in the Hammer 16.09 and 4thin the Shot and Javelin B string as a vet 55.
