Several TK Athletes participated in the Sportshall Trials to try and be selected as part of the Sportshall Regional Championships held in February. Please see results below. Further details of the selected individuals will be released following the Berkshire Championship in January 2025.
SPORTSHALL 26TH NOVEMBER 2018
Team Kennet took 23 athletes to the second sportshall league match on Sunday. This was the first match for the U11’s.
The U 11 boys blue team came 5th on the day and our partial red team came 16th. Our U11 girls team came 13th. Most of these teams were first timers and lower age still learning the events but are showing great potential for the future. Our best results came Max Cassey, James Fenner and Ivan Chekmazov. Max in his first ever match won the triple Jump with 5.78m and also got 3rd in chest push (6.5m). James took 2nd in High Stepper with 13.5 sec, 3rd in chest push (6.5m) and 4th in vertical jump (41). Ivan got 4th in the 2 lap with 22.4sec. James and Ivan were joined by Joseph Hoaen and Enzo Morrison to come 4th in the 4×1 lap.
The U13 Girls are currently 5th in the league and boys 9th. The best result came from Aimee Dickson coming first in the balance test (60sec ) and 5th in the vertical jump with 45cm. She was closely followed by Lyla Goodwin with 44cm in the vertical jump.
The U15 team of Harry Booker and Oliver Gregory continued their domination of sportshall in Berkshire by achieving top 3 in every event. Harry won the Chest Push with 7.25m, came 2nd in Standing triple jump with 7.39m and Hi Stepper (11.7s) and finally 3rd in 4 lap, 43.8. Oliver came second in the 4 lap with 43.2s, and third in Standing triple jump (7.31), Hi Stepper (12.5) and Chest Push (6.5m). A force to reckoned with!
Team Kennet travelled to Thames Valley Athletics Centre to compete in the annual Berkshire County Sports hall Championships. The U11 girls had a huge turnout with 2 teams participating, the blue team of Ella Larkin, Sophia Mahoney, Olivia Kwit, Ines Field, Praiya Foreman and Hazel Balch finished in 3rd place. They had some great results with 2 first places and 2 second places in the track events. In the field, Ella Larkin 5th in the standing long jump and 1st in the speed bounce. Ines Field 4th in the high stepper. Praiya Foreman 3rd in the vertical jumo and Olivia Kwit 5th. The Red team were 6th with some more great performances, Marlie-Jai Proctor finishing 3rd in the Speed bounce.
Under 13 girls had one team and finished 5th out of 9 teams with some great individual performances, Isla Ladds 5th in the standing long jump and high stepper, Penelope Lyth 4th in the Speed Bounce and Matilda Clare 4th in the vertical jump.
The Under 11 boys finished 5th out of 9 teams, and some of the boys the youngest in the competition performed well finishing in 2nd place in the paarauf and Harvey Baker 4th and Chester Bailey 6th in the standing long jump.
The Under 13 boys didn’t have a full team on the day so it was always going to be a challenge to be in medal position, but they put in a great performance to finish 8th on the day with a great performance in the standing triple jump by Samuel Atkins finishing 7th.
Results
Three Team Kennet athletes travelled to Burgess Hill for the South East Regional Sportshall finals.
Sophia Mahoney and Praiya Foreman were part of the Under 11 girls team finishing in 5th place and Matilda Clare in the Under 13 girls team finishing in 3rd place. Congratulations to all.
Sportshall U13/15 Championships
We took 7 athletes to the U13 &15 sportshall championships on Sunday. Both teams were low on numbers, but all athletes were able to compete as individuals and join some of the team events.
The Under 15 boys nearing the end of their sportshall time gave fantastic performances with Harry Booker winning the silver medal (221pts) and Oliver Gregory coming fourth (215pts), just missing out on a medal by 4 points. In the individual events they shone in the shot (again!) with Harry winning (12.61m) and Oliver close behind in 2nd (11.86m). Harry also came 2nd in the speed bounce (78), 3rd in the Standing triple jump (7.19m) and 5th in the 4 lap (44.4s). Oliver came 4th in the standing long jump (2.43m) and 5th in standing triple jump (7.01m), 2 lap (20.4s) & 4 lap (44.4s).
In the U13 girls Aimee Dickson came 5th in the overall competition, winning the speedbounce (83) and coming 4th in the 1 lap obstacle (17.8s). Harriet Gibson came 4th in the speedbounce (72).
The individual placings for the rest of the U13 girls (all first year U13) were Lyla Goodwin 23rd, Harriett 29th, Grace Wotherspoon 42nd and Alanna Smith 44th.
In the last match of the sportshall season the team gave everything and were rewarded with a long list of top threes.
The U11 boys blue team had their best team result of the season, coming in second on the day. Ivan Chekmazov and Jack Pyke ran an outstanding Paarlauf winning by 1.4 seconds with 70.6sec. Ivan also came second in the vertical jump (47cm). James Fenner won the indoor javelin with 16.50m and came 3rd in the speed bounce (52). William won the target throw with a score of 12. In the red team Max Adams came just behind James in the speed bounce with a score of 51.
The U11 girls were up against very strong teams. Their best results came from Tillie Bell taking 5th in the Balance test with a near perfect score of 53 seconds and Millie Philips in the speed bounce with 50 jumps coming 7th. The majority of the girls were lower age U11 and so are looking forward to an excellent season next year.
In the older groups Aimee Dickson won the U13 girls speed bounce with 84 and in his last sportshall match for Team Kennet Harry Booker (U15 boys) once again won the Shot with 12.06m and came third in the triple jump.
Best of luck to all our athletes waiting to hear if they have made the Berkshire County team
Team Kennet Athletes in Athletics National Finals.
Team Kennet had 3 athletes representing Berkshire at the National Finals for Sportshall Athletics at Sportcity, Manchester this weekend. Sportshall is an indoor athletics competition for young athletes up to age 15.
On Saturday Aimee Dickson represented the U13 girls. After winning the regional finals, the Berkshire girls came an incredibly close 2nd place at the UK final. Aimee won individual gold in the speedbounce and the 4×1 sprint relay.
On Sunday Oliver Gregory and Harry Booker represented the U15 boys. Having come 2nd in the regional finals earlier in the season, they were invited to the UK final as the best runners up in the country. The Berkshire team were victorious and came out as the U15 boys UK champions. Harry also won silver as an individual in the shot. Both athletes have had a fantastic sportshall career with Harry representing Berkshire for 5 successive years and Oliver for 3 years. Congratulations to both of them for finishing their sportshall careers on such a high.
The first match of the new sportshall season saw the teams dominating the speedbounce and foam javelin competitions with top performances in each team.
The U11 Boys, all new to sportshall had a fantastic start to the afternoon, winning their heat in the first race of the day, putting them 5th in the hurdles relay. Our top results came from Connor Jordon and Will McDonald. Connor won the 1 lap in 11.9s, and jumped to 2nd place in the standing triple jump with 5.30m. Will got to the end of the foam javelin runway with his winning throw of 19.5m.
The U11 girls team came 4th overall. Bethany Maclean, won both the speedbounce with 56 and the foam javelin with 14.0m before coming 2nd in the individual 1 lap with 12.5s. Emma Long and Erin Gosney were joint 2nd in the speedbounce with 54. Erin also took 3rd place in the chest push with 5.25m. 4th places were gained by Leilah Gaye in the standing triple jump with 4.68m and the team of Bethany, Leilah, Lilia Gale and Zoe Dickson in the hurdles relay.
The U13 girls continued the theme with Annabel Maclean winning the speedbounce with 85 and Zoe Allen close behind coming 2nd with 80. Zoe and Annabel then came joint 4th in the individual 1 lap.
Finally in the U15 girls Aimee Dickson came 2nd in the speedbounce by 1 jump with 87 and Emily Tucker took 2nd place in the chest push with 5.5m
Berkshire Sportshall League Match 2
In the second match of the Berkshire Sportshall League our best team result came from our U15 girls who managed 3rd place. They were closely followed by the U11 Boys in 4th place The U11 girls cam 5th, U13 Boys and Girls came 6th.
In the U11 Boys Connor Jordon led the way with 3 first places. The 1 lap obstacle with 18.1 sec, the 2 lap with 22.8sec and the vertical jump with 48cm. He was closely followed by Ethan Kuijten in 2nd place on the 1 lap obstacle with 18.7sec. Will McDonald gave us another 2nd place with a score of 13 in the target throw.
The U11 girls managed a 1,2,3 in the Hi Stepper. Erin Gosney won it with 13.7sec, Emeilia Lunn (in her first competition) took 2nd with 14.0sec, closely followed by Bethany Maclean in third with 14.1sec. Bethany got the team another 1st place in the 1 lap obstacle with 19.1sec, 2nd place in the vertical jump with 45cm and third in the 2 lap with 24.9sec. Erin also got 4th place in the target throw with a score of 10.
In the U13 boys our best result came from James Fenner in the StandingTriple jump with 6.16m putting him in 3rd place. James also came 5th with Ivan Chezmanov in the 1+1 lap. William Appleby also managed a 5th place in the 1 lap obstacle.
The U13 girls relay team of Annabel Maclean, Zoe Allen, Clare McGonnell and Carly Chrisholm worked incredibly well together to come 2nd in the obstacle relay. Annabel also came 2nd in the Standing Triple Jump with 6.44 and 4th in the 1 lap obstacle (18.5sec). Zoe threw the shot to 4th place with 6.75m.
Finally the U15 Girls each managed a top 3. Aimee Dickson claimed 1st in the speedbounce with 85, Annabel Gibson 2nd in the Standing Long Jump with 2.13m and Emily Tucker 3rd in the shot with 8.90m.
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.
