Team Kennet got back to winning ways in the second round of the Wessex Young Athletes League held at Andover on Sunday that saw some outstanding track and field performances from the clubs athletes.

The final match score was

1             Team Kennet                     440

2             Wimborne                          414

3             Southampton City            246

4             Andover/Overton             217

5             Camberley                          195

6             Dorchester                         96

The most outstanding performance of the day was from under 13 boy William McDonald who threw a massive 37.98 in to win the Javelin and go straight in at UK Number 1.

The under 15 Girls  got back to their age winning ways again as they won their age group on target to retaining their own age group title, Claire McGonnell 12.9 and Zoe Allen 13.5 got the girls underway with a superb Double win in the 75m hurdles, and at same time another Double win came in the High Jump from Twin Sisters Neve Wright 1.40 and Mia Wright 1.35, Allen later went on to win her Shot 10.18 and M. Wright taking 3^rd B String, McGonnell made it another win in the Javelin with a 31.71m throw. The long Jump N. Wright came 3^rd A string 4.13 and Octavia Thomas winning the B string. Leilah Gaye came 4^th in the 800m 2.53.

In the sprints Thomas came 3^rd in the 100m A string 14.0, while in the B string Ava Brade was 2^nd 13.9, Thomas came 4^th A in the 200m 29.1 and Sophie Moores took a B string win 28.7, the longer sprint 300m Allen came home in 2^nd place and Debutee Isla Carpenter came in 1^st B string.

The Relay Team of Moore, Brade, Allen and Thomas were 3^rd 56.4

The under 17 men won their age group as well, A double win came in the Shot Seb Simpson 11.21 and Brandon Carter 8.02, Simpson won his Discus 35.95, in the Javelin Carter had to settle for 2^nd place A string 41.57 and Simpson won his B string. Euan Avery won his High Jump with 1.65, Isaac Mitcham was rewarded with a good personnel best in his 1500m 4.44.7 and had to settle for 2^nd A string by just point one of  second, Mitcham went one better to win his 400m in 62.0, the 100m Avery came 2^nd with 12.0.

The under 13 boys were 2^nd in their match, Aiden Fleming won his 800m in a very tactical race, with Reuben Kuijten taking 2^nd B string. The Longer 1500m Noah Lauder-Clarke was 4^thA string and Frank Edwards taking 2^nd B string. Earlier in the day both Ben Daley and Josh Ladds came 2^nd in their strings of the 75m hurdles. Daley and Kuijten both came 2^nd in the Shot, The Discus Daley came 3^rd A string and Will Mcdonald 2^nd B string. Lauder-Clarke won his B string Javelin 25.56

The under 13 girls also were 2^nd in their match, Emerald Hill-Sawyer had a superb day, she won her 100m in 15.0 and had to settle for 2^nd place in 200m 30.6, which she matched in the 800m 2.46, on the field it was the throws that got 100% of the points, Eliska Simpson winning her Shot and Discus 21.23, Zoe Dickson won her B string Shot and discus 18.17 and in the Javelin Anna Hall threw 19.21 for a good win and Dickson making it a hattrick of B wins 16.96. Ella Cronk came 2^nd in her High Jump wit ha new p.b. of 1.20 and in the long jump strings both Cronk 3.64 and Hall were 3^rd places. Back on the track Anna Hall had her 2^nd win of the day in a well timed 1200m race clocking 4.31.2 and Lola Mitcham taking 2^nd place in the B string, Cronk came 2^nd in her 800m B string 2.54.08 another p.b. and Olivia Rayfield came 5^th B and 3^rd B in her 100 and 200m races.

The under 17 women came 2^nd in their age group a great double win came in the Javelin Alanna Smith 33.09 and Eve Brown 25.94, Charlotte Absolom won her Discus 22.38 and also winning the Shot 9.42 and Carly Chisholm coming 2^nd in the long jump. The 800m Brown came home in 3^rd place 2.33.9 and Smith winning the B string 2.43.7. the 100m Chisholm came 4^th A string 14.1 and Absolom 2^nd in the B string 14.1 as well, the longer 300m event Brown came 4^th A and Smith 3^rd B string and two teamed up with Chisolm and Absolom to come 2^nd in the 4x100m relay.

The under 15 Boys were 3^rd on the day In their age group Ivan Checkmozov took full control in his 800m race to come home as winner in 2.17.3, in the longer 1500m event Elliot Murphy was 3^rd A string 4.55.2 and Ethan Kuijten 1^st B string 4.58 both boys getting best times.

James Simmons was 2^nd A string in his Long Jump 4.21, Another win came in the High Jump from Jacob Avery 1.55. The Throws brought in good points Joseph Hoaen and Kuijten both 2^ndin their string s in the Shot, Hoaen was 3^rd in his Discus and taking 2^nd in his Javelin. The Sprints Avery came 4^th A 13.0 and James Simmons 3^rdB 13.6, Both Simmons 28.2 and Murphy 30.9 came 3^rd in their strings of the 200m.

Harry Brooker took part as a u20 he broke the clubs Discus record throwing 39.26m also as a u20 Arthur Lane clocked 57.2  in his first 400m race, an hour earlier clocking 2.13 in the 800m

On all it was a fantastic day for the club with so many personnel best performances and back to winning ways again.

Two Team Kennet athletes were selected to represent their School Counties in the English Schools Track and Field Championships held at the Birmingham Alexander Stadium at the weekend.  Turkay Altuntas reached the final finishing in 4^th for the discus throw with 37.36m.  Kenechi Akosa also reached the final for the 100m and finished in 8^th clocking 22.82s. 

Several Team Kennet athletes travelled to Lee Valley Athletics Centre to participate in the South of England Indoor Track and Field Championships at the weekend. Theo Nightingale for the Under 17 boys finished 4^th in the high jump with a leap of 1.70m.  Isabel Payne for the Under 15 girls finished 11^th in the long jump with 4.17m.  Turkay Altuntas Under 17 boys was 5^th in the shot throwing 12.84m.   Berkay Altuntas for the Under 15 boys was 9^th in the shot  8.08m Ella  Larkin and Elodie Burdett represented the Under 13 girls entering the 800m.  Ella Larkin went on to the final finishing in 4^th with  2:36:31.

Team Kennet Quadkids were back in action at Southampton Athletics track for the 2nd match of the Wessex League.  The weather was glorious—but our athletes were even better. Six of them smashed through the 200-point barrier. Huge congratulations to:

Matilda Saunders, Olivia Kwit, Marlie Jai Proctor, Chester Bailey, Harvey Baker, and William Moloney  The final combined score 1,742 points—a truly outstanding team performance, we won overall!

For the Under 11 girls 8 athletes took part, Olivia Kwit taking the lead in the 75m sprint clocking 12s.  In the long jump Marlie-Jai Proctor leaped furthest with 3.58m, close behind Matilda Saunders 3.42m.  Kwit ran 1:59 in the 600m, Saunders close behind 2:01.  Darcey Scaplehorn took the lead in the vortex throw with 28.71m.  Overall the girls finished 1^st place on the day with Matilda Saunders taking 2^nd place individually. 

Under 11 boys also had a team of 8.  Harvey Baker, Alexander Browning and William Maloney all clocked 11.4s in the 75m sprint.  Some great jumps in the long jump, but Baker took the top spot with 3.44m, Moloney close behind 3.41m.  Chester Bailey took the lead in the 600m clocking 1.59.1.  Finally in the vortex throw, Harvey Baker threw 45.04m, Bailey 35.57m.  The boys also took the top spot finishing in 1^st place on the day, with Baker taking 2^nd place individually. 

Team Kennet produced one of their best ever team performances in the Southern Athletics League Division 3SW match held at Swindon on Saturday, securing a top 6 finish in the league

A convincing win on the day saw two club records broken and 32 individual wins.

Team Kennet                     202
Swindon Harriers             168
Horsham Harriers             163
Chichester AC                   54

Hayley Steward was again in fine form breaking the clubs Shot Putt record winning in 11.06, and the other club record which was equalled to Anna Montagne in the High Jump which goes  back to 2005 winning with a height of 1.56. The B String in the Shot was won by Alisha Bradford 7.46 and in the high Jump B by Anna Pettit 1.40. The Long Jump saw another double win Steward leaping 5.20 and Pettit 4.29, and in the Triple Jump Steward making it another win 10.09 and Georgina Bradford taking the B string. Alisha Bradford won the Discus with a 27.56 throw and Cheryl Angell taking 3^rd B string, while in the Hammer A. Bradford had to settle for 2^nd place 29.78 and a win in the B string by Cheryl Angell. Pheobe Hoaen produced a massive throw in the Javelin of 37.33 to win and produce the fourth best throw with a senior javelin as a u17 in the UK,  Montagne won the B string 21.89.

On the Track a superb Double came in the 400m event Montagne clocking 62.1 and Pettit 63.8, just before another Double came in the 800m Kirsty Bennet 2.38.1 and G. Bradford 2.44.5, Kira Angell started the track of on the day in the 400m hurdles coming 2^nd in 79.6.

The Sprint races Steward had to settle for 2^nd places in both 100m 13.4 and 200m 27.5 in the A string while in the B string events wins came from Sunita Sisodiya 100m 13.8 and Kira Angell 200m 28.9. The long

er distance races 1500m Bennet had to settle for 2^nd place 5.40.6 and G. Bradford taking a B string win 5.49.5, while in the 2km Steeplechase a double win came from G. Bradford and Hoaen. The relay teams both won their races firstly in the 4x100m clocking 55.7 and the 4x400m team 4.33.6, the TK girls were unbeaten all season in their category.

The Mens section also clocked up a lot of win, in the High Jump Joe Osler cleared 1.86 to win and Daniel Hockaday cleared 1.50 to take 2^nd B string, Osler teamed up with Josh Willock in both the Long and Triple jumps to score Double wins, in the Long Osler 6.01, Willock 5.89, triple Osler11.74, Willock 11.40, in the Field the club could only secure 4^th places in all four disciplines first time this as ever happened.

On the track Willock secured a double sprint wins, in the 100m clocking 11.7 and 200m 24.0 while two 3^rd places came from Osler in the 100m and Hockaday 200m, the 400m hurdles D. Hockaday came 3^rd A string and Nick Bull won the B string. The 5000m Gavin Mclaughlin came 2^nd A string 19.57 and a Win came in the B string from Mitchell Poustie 22.15.  The 800m James Mclaughlin came home in 2^nd place with Gavin Mclaughlin 3^rd, the 1500m j. Mclaughlin could only get 4^th A and a welcome return from Duncan Mcgrory a vet 60 clocking 4.59.2 took 2^nd place but has clocked the 4^th fastest time this year in the UK by vet 60. Both relay teams had to settle for 3^rd places