Team Kennet Juniors came 3^rd in the Second round of the Wessex Young Athletes League on Sunday held at a baking Aldershot Athletics Stadium.

There were some great performances as both under 13 and under 15 girls came third in their matches.

1             Waverley                            640.5

2             Camberley                          602.5

3             Team Kennet                     363

4             Southampton City            258

5             Fleet                                    225

6             Isle of Wight                      213

The under 13 girls started the day well in the 1500m Harriet Saunders taking 2^nd place in the 1500m 5.50.4 and Jess McCurtin winning the B string 6.18.9, later in the shorter 800m Emerald Hill Sawyer also took 2^nd in the A string 2.39.5 and Ella Cronk stormed down home straight to win B string in 2.49.79.

Hill Sawyer tackled the sprints in the 100m coming 3^rd 14.4 and the 200m one better 2^nd in a fast 29.3. Saunders tackled the B string sprints coming 5^th in the 100m and 3^rd in the 200m.

The Relay team clocked 61.6 to finish 3^rd place.

On the Field Daisy Downer made her debut in the throws winning her A string Shot 5.65 with B string Anna Hall taking 2^nd 5.24, Hall came 3^rd in her Discus, but in the Javelin a Double win came from Hall 21,39 and Downer 15.4, The High Jump Cronk had to settle for 3^rd place 1.28 with McCurtin making her Debut in the High Jump coming 2^nd on count back with 1.20. Cronk and Downer both teamed up in the long Jump coming 4^th and 3^rd.

The under 15 Girls also started the day off well, Charlotte Bailey coming home in 2^nd place in the 1500m 5.31.6, in the Sprints Sophie Moores came 5^th in her 100m 14.1 and Emelia Lunn clocking 14.3 I the B string for 2^nd place, Hannah Taylor came 5^th in the 200m 30.3, while in the 300m later in the day Lunn came 3^rd 47.0 and Bailey 2^nd B string 49.9

The Relay Team also managed a 3^rd place in 58.2

The points were much better in the Field event a Double win came in the Discus with Eliska Simpson 26.00 and Evie Lewis 22.27.

Zoe Dickson came 2^nd in her Javelin 16.15, in the Shot Lewis came 3^rd A string 7.98 and another win from Simpson in the B string 7.51, in the Jumps, The High, Bailey came 3^rd  1.35 and a Win came in the B string Hannah Taylor 1.30., Two second places came in the Long jump, with Lunn 4.28 and Ellie Ross 3.89.

Clare McGonnell was the clubs only u17 competitor she stormed to a victory in the 300m 44.01 and also won her Javelin 28.46 and came a fine 3^rd place in the 200m 28.10.

The under 13 boys had a tough competition in their age group, they had to settle for 4^th place in a very close match, the day started well in the 1500m as Harry Smith rode with confidence to win the 1500m in 5.16.5 and a Frank Edwards made sure he won the B string in 5.46.09 both athletes getting personnel bests, the shorter 800m Oskar Larkin came 3^rd in 2.35.4 and Noah Lauder-Clarke taking 2^nd B 2.46.4, in the sprints the TK athletes found competition very fast, in the 100m Harvey Butler ran 15.3 for 6^th place, Josh Brian took 2^nd B string 15.3, two 4^th places came in the 200m Butler 32.5 and Smith 32.1, points were hard to get in the Field best coming from Lauder-Clark in the Javelin for 2^nd place 29.05.

The under 15 boys were again up against tough opposition in the sprints James Simmons came 6^th in the 100m 12.8 and 5^th in the 200m 26.0, Aiden Hunter made his debut for the club in the 800m 6^th 2.46 and High Jump 1.30 for 4^th placed.

Turkay Altuntas made sure he got wins as he was the clubs best athlete on the day winning two of his events, The Shot 9.97, the Discus 32.02 and taking 2^nd B string in Javelin 20.48, Will McDonald taking 4^th in the A String Javelin 26.96 which he took in the Discus 15.46.

The under 17 men saw the return of Ben Cooper in the 100m 12.1 coming 4^th and 24.8 in the 200m taking 2^nd place, Jacob Avery also taking 2^nd place in the B string 24.9, Oliver Carroll came 4^th in his 800m 2.26, in the Field events Avery took 4^th A in the long jump 5.17 and Cooper winning the B string 5.04, Avery cleared 1.60 in the High Jump for 2^nd place.

Ben East of Team Kennet wins his first senior British javelin title aged 19 with 72.97m in Manchester. Ben is our first Athlete win a Senior UK Championship event.

BEST OF BRITISH SHINE ON STACKED SECOND DAY AT UK ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

On Friday 7th April Harriet and Matilda Saunders competed in the Bristol Track Club 3km Road Race hosted at Odd Down Sports Ground, Bath. With no Under 9 race offered Matilda had to join her elder sister in the Under 11s.
After a fast start by the entire field Harriet pushed on in the middle kilometre to establish a lead and eventually finish in 12 min 13 sec, almost a minute and a half clear of her nearest rival. Matilda worked hard throughout and with a strong final 500 m managed to move up into third place in a time of 13 min 48 sec.
Both girls were delighted with their performances and enjoyed having the opportunity to watch some extremely quick runners in the elite races.

Team Kennet under 17 & senior cross country runners headed to Henley for the final round of this seasons cross country. Henley is probably the toughest course of the season but the runners were helped by good under foot conditions.

Isaac Mitcham came 22nd in the under 17 boys race to finish the season in a credible 18th overall. Credit to Isaac for running 4 out of the 5 races and showing up well in an excellent field of runners.

Senior men were led by Andy Colling who finished 95th and an excellent 5th in the V2 category for the season. Mitch Poustie came 155th and 40th for the season in the V1 event. 174th was Rich Bickerton, 204th Simon Hockaday (161st V2 season overall) Simon Gale 208th (165th V2 overall).

2 ladies ran the 7.25k course with Katie Reynolds 63rd and Charlotte Aitken 102nd. Katie was 15th lady in the V2 category overall.

Team Kennet had several athletes compete in the New Year Games at Lee Valley Indoor Athletics Arena last weekend.

It was a family affair for the Stiles Family as they had four members take part, they all took part in the 800m races, Jonjo Stiles a Vet 45 was the fastest as he won his heat in 2.30.25 breaking the clubs vet 45 800m indoor record, Amber was 3^rd in her race clocking 2.46.39 as under 15,, Brother Luke Stiles  u13 broke the under 13 boys indoor club record setting 2.48.78 and finally Martine Stiles broke the vet 40 women’s club record in 2.53.30.

Also in the 800m races was Emerald Hill – Swayer coming 3^rd in her heat in 2.50.12 in the under 13 girls.

The 200m races saw under 17 Zoe Allen clock 30.0 and Emerald clocking 31.02.

Zoe Allen also took part in the 60m sprint clocking 8.72.

Noah Lauder-Clarke represented West Berkshire for his school yesterday in Javelin at the Berkshire County Champs achieving a sliver medal.

Seb Simpson competed at the 92nd English Schools Championship in Birmingham where he achieved silver medal in Intermediate Boys hammer throw with distance 55.52m, only 51cm behind the winner. He was the only one who threw consistently over 50m mark. This led him to qualify to represent England in the upcoming Home Countries Schools Internationals which will take place in Scotland next weekend.