Team Kennet were back in action during the summer break in Banbury at the weekend, for the second year running with very hot conditions on the day for the second Oxford League Match. 

The warmer conditions didn’t stop the U13 girls who finished in 1^st place on the day.  In the 100m Isla Ladds 4^th 15.1s A String and Affra Bailey 15.5s B string for 3^rd.  in the longer sprint 200m Penelope Lyth 5^th 30.9s A String and Ladds 2^nd 31.7 B String.

Harriet Saunders made her debut in the 800m finishing 1^st A string 2.35.4 and Bailey 2^nd B String 2.56.1.  1500m was sure to be a tough race in the warmer conditions, Lyth 2^nd A string 5.35.8 and Ella McDonald 5.57.1 for B String.

On the field Quinn Joyce made her debut in high jump finishing 4^th with 1.15m A string.  Long jump Ladds 3.99m A string to finish 2^nd, McDonald 3.53m B string to finish 1^st.  McDonald also in the javelin 14.66m to finish 3^rd A String.  Lyth finished 1^st in the discus A string 12.63m and Saunders 5^th A string shot with 5.58m, Bailey 2^nd with 5.23m for the B String. 

For the U15 girls Emerald Hill Sawyer was 4th A string for the 100m 14.1s and 3^rd in the 300m 46.8s.  In the 800m Ella Cronk 2^nd A string 2.52.7.  On the field Cronk 1^st in the high jump A string 1.35m, Long Jump Hill-Sawyer 1^st A String 4.31m and Cronk 2^nd B string 4.02m.   Zoe Dickson 3^rd A string Javelin 14.84m 1^st A string Discus 18.78m and 2^nd A string shot 6.97m.  U15 girls finished 5^th on the day.

In the U17 women Sophie Moores 13.9s to finish 4^th A String 100m and Emelia Lunn also 13.9s to finish 1^st B String.  Moores 3^rd A string for the 200m 28.9s and Leilah Gaye 4^th B string 32.5s.  Lunn and Moores both in the 300m with Lunn finishing 2^nd A String 45.4 and Moores 1^st B String 48.3s.  In the 800m Beth Maclean 1^st A string 2.32.0. On the field Gaye 2^nd A String high jump 1.35m, Lunn 2^nd Long jump A String 4.46m and Maclean 1^st B strong 4.26m.  Maclean 1swt in the javelin A string 26.88m.  U17 Women finished 1^st on the day. 

In the boys U13 Thomas Williams 7^th A string 100m 16.3s and Jenson Nichols 1^st B String 14.5s. Williams 5^th in the 200m 35.2s and Harvey Butler 1^st B String 30.5s.  In the 800m Malik Gaye 6^th A string 2.53.8.  Harry Smith 4^th A string 1500m 5.01.8. In the field Gaye 1.22m in the high jump ti finish 1^st A string.  In the long jump Smith 4^th 3.83m and Gaye 5^th B string 3.41m.  Nichols 1^st place in the javelin A string 25.80m, Alfie Cronk 3^rd A string in the discus 10.32m 7^th shot 4.60m a string with Harry Smith 3^rd B string 4.24m.  U13 boys finishing 4^th on the day.

In the U15’s Josh Brian 6^th 100m A string 13.9s and 7^th A string 200m 30s, Josh Ladds 5^th B string 30.6s.  Noah Lauder Clark 4^th A string 300m 47.8s.  On the field in the long jump Brian 4^th 4m, B string Ladds 3.95m. Will McDonald finished 2^nd in the javelin A string 37.53m, Lauder-Clark 1^st B String 33.06m.  In the discus McDonald 3^rd A String 17.73m, Lauder Clake 1^st B String 15.43m.  U15 boy’s 4^th on the day.    Overall, on the day Team Kennet were 2^nd behind Oxford and are now joint top of the league. 

Also on the day our QuadKids athletes delivered some incredible performances.

 Harvey Baker shattered records with a lightning-fast 11.9 seconds in the 75m and launched the Vortex to a massive 38.96m, setting new Oxford League and TK records in both events!

 Lenny Wyvill blazed through the 600m, finishing in 2:02.04 and setting a new U9 boy’s record!

 Chester Bailey soared to 3.45m in the long jump, breaking the Oxford League and TK record!

 U9 Boys dominated the day, securing 1st place overall!

 U9 Girls took 2nd place with Hazel Blatch as the sole competitor!

 U11 Girls secured another victory, while the U11 Boys finished a strong 4th!

 Overall combined team score: 2nd place, just 12 points behind the top spot! We’re heading into the last match tied on points with Oxford.

Team Kennet started of the Oxford Young Athletes League with a superb League overall win out of eight clubs at Horspath in Oxford

League match results

Team Kennet                    39

Oxford City                       37

Banbury                             35

Abingdon                           30

Radley                                29

Bicester                             20

Witney                                20

White Horse                     2

The under 13 girls were 2^nd in their match the middle distance girls picking up wins in the 1500m early in the day with Harriet Saunders 5.36.5 and Jessie McCurtin 5.38.7, Also in the shorter distance of the 800m with Olivia Bentley 2.36.5 and second place in the B string Penelope Lyth 2.51.4, McCurtin secured a second win in the B string 200m 31.5, 100m Olivia Bentley 3rd A String 14.8 and Penelope 3rd B String 15.8s.  Matilda Clare won her B string high Jump with a leap of 1.15, she came second in the Javelin 15.07 and team mate Ella McDonald won the B string 13.91. In the shot Affra Bailey 3^rd A String 4.32m. The 4x100m Relay quartet of Clare, Bentley, McCurtin and Lyth ran superb legs to come home in first place 60.3.

The under 13 Boys matched the girls with a second place in their league, firstly on the track superb double win came from Harry Smith 5.11.6 and Josh Bailey 5.58.5 in the 1500m, more double wins came in the  Javelin with Euan Jones 28.79 and Jenson Nichols 18.94, The discus Berkay Altuntas 27.10 and Alfie Cronk, and Berkay made it another win in the Shot 7.29, Nichols picked up a second in the B string High Jump 1.10, while Sam Atkins cleared 1.20 for 3^rd A string in the High Jump, Harvey Butler ran well in the sprints 100m 15.3 and 200m for 3^rd 32.2

The under 15 boys also finished 2^nd in their match, best result came in the Discus with Turkay Altuntas winning with 36.58 and Will McDonald winning the B string 17.75, Turkay went on to win the Shot with a huge 12.40, in the Javelin another win came in the B string with Josh Ladds 20.05, Will McDonald had to settle for 3^rd A string 28.92, elsewhere best points came in the B string 1500m with Arthur Patterson 5.35.1

The under 17 women had a much better turn out that usual, they also clinched second place on the day, on the field Emelia Lunn lept 4.61 and Sophie Moores 3.96 for a double win, Clare McGonnell won her Javelin 30.52, While Evie Lewis won two of her events Discus 24.86 and Shot 8.69, Moores added a win in the B string 200m 30.5 with McGonnell taking 3^rd in the A string 28.4, she later came 2^nd in the 100m B with 13.8

The under 15 girls league was tough, the Tk girls had to settle for 3^rd place in their own league, some great races on the track unfolded, in the 300m a double win came from Emerald Hill Sawyer 47 and Chloe O’Riordan 49.4, Hill Sawyer had to settle for 2^nd in the 800m with 2.39.3 but a good run from Ella Cronk 2.46.3 saw her first in the B string, Charlotte Bailey had to settle for 2^nd in the 1500m 5.19.3 but Anna Hall made sure she won the B string 5.44.7. The Relay ~Quartet of Hall, Hill Sawyer, O’Riordan and Cronk ran a great race to come home in first place 59.8, on the field two second places came in the high Jump Cronk 1.30 and Bailey 1.15, then a Double win came from the Javelin Hall 16.84 and Zoe Dickson 16.13, Dickson went on to win the A string Discus 17.70, then came 2^nd in the Shot 7.04

Finaly the under 17 mens age group came 4^th, in the Javelin a superb double win came from James Fenner 43.66 and Joe Hoaen 19.49, Hoaen came 2^nd in his Discus 25.22 and Shot 7.01. Theo Nightingale came 2^nd in his High Jump 1.65

In the younger age group U9 and U11 took first place overall for QUADKIDS with 2140 points. 

Three Under 9 girls and 15 under 11 girls took part, some new to Quadkids this year and with last years success, they were keen to make a good start and didn’t disappoint. 

For the U9 girls it was Sienna Preston who impressed on the day, finishing 3^rd overall. Newcomers Matilda Hogg and Evelyn Pedersen also taking part ensured the girls secured 2^nd team on the day with 277 points.  For the U11 girls in the 75m sprint Orlagh Stratford was quickest for TK with 11.5s, sister Alice 12.4s and Sophia Mahoney 12.5s.  O Stratford also quickest for TK in the 600m clocking 2:01:0, again sister Alice close behind with Praiya Foreman clocking 2:09.  Orlagh leaped the furthest with 3.16m, Alice 2.84m and Matilda Sauders close with 2.76m,  In the vortex Mahoney stole the show with 26.79m, A Stratford 26.63m and newcomer Ines Field 19.85m.  Orlagh Stratford achieved 4^th individual overall the team 1^st on the day with 704 points. 

For the boy’s group there were five Under 9’s and 5 under 11’s taking part.  Chester Bailey making his debut in Quadkids and achieving 1^st overall and Lenny Wyvil in 2^nd overall.  Chester was quickest in the 75m clocking 12.9s and leaped the furthest with 2.58m in the long jump.  Lenny ran quickest in the 600m clocking 2:12:8 and also had the longest vortex throw of 23.03m.  Also taking part for the U9 boys William Winter and Idris Gaye.  The team on the day achieved 1^st place with 559 points.

In the U11 boys it was Louise Cartwright and William Moloney neck and neck in the 75m clocking 12.2s.  Cartwright was quickest in the 600m with 2:03:5. In the long jump Cartwright again leaped the furthest with 2.81m, Moloney 2.56 and Sebastian Lauder-Clarke 2.42m.  Finally, the vortex throws Lauder-Clarke threw furthest with 21.44m, Gethin Thomas 20.27m and Cartwright close behind in 19.34m.  Strong performance from Cartwright saw him secure 4^th place individual on the day.  The team finished in 5^th with 600 points. 

Results below

Team Kennet Quad kids were back out in action in Abingdon on Sunday for the 3^rd and final match of the Oxford League.  With a full Squad of 32 athletes, they aimed to not disappoint in the sunshine!

Team Kennet Youngsters secured Team League Champions in under 9 Girls and U11 Girls and also U9 Boys

First up were the U9 boys, with 8 athletes in this group in the sprints 75m Sebastian Lauder-Clarke was quickest for TK with 13.4s closely followed by Gethin Thomas 13.6s and Alexander Cameron and Jacob Williams both clocking 13.7s.  The long jump saw newcomer Toby Hartley leap 2.75m to score the best jump for the U9 TK boys.  In the 600m Thomas was quickest for TK clocking 2:15:8. All boys threw well in the vortex with Thomas shining again throwing 24.17m.  Thomas finished 4^th overall on the day for the U9 boys.  Other boys taking part Max Burt, Alexander Browning and Eoin Fussell.  The U9 boys finished 2^nd on the day scoring 575 points to secure the league win. 

Also with 8 athletes taking part, the U11 boys group.  In the 75m sprint Malik Gaye was fastest for TK clocking 11.9s followed by Connor O’Riordan, Samuel Atkins and Flynn Sanderson all clocking 12.4s.  It was close in the long jump with Gaye leaping furthest for TK with 3.43m with Gaye, Atkins 3.13m and O’Riordan close behind with 2.96m.    With the heat increasing the 600m heats were going to be tough but Gaye managed a quick time of 1:59:2 to be quickest for TK followed by Atkins 2:02:4.  In the vortex throw Gaye was strong again with a throw of 27.95m, Joshua Kuijten 26m and Josh Bailey 23.89m. Gaye was top scorer for the U11 boys resulting in a 7^th place overall on the day.  Also taking part JJ Mercer and Brodie Sanderson.  The U11 boys finished 5^th on the day with a combined score of 778 points. 

For the under 9 girls, we had 4 athletes taking part.  Praiya Foreman was quickest for TK in the 75m sprint clocking 12.8s and Matilda Saunders close behind with 13.4s.  Saunders leaped 2.94m in the long jump to record the longest U9 girls jump on the day. Foreman was close behind with 2.56m.  It was close again in the 600m between Foreman and Saunders just Saunders was quickest for TK clocking 2:08:9 breaking the Club record and League record previously broken in the last match by Foreman.  Darcy Scaplehorn threw furthest for TK with 20.31m in the vortex, Foreman 19.44m, Saunders 17.05m and Evelyn Barker 10.06m.  Saunders secured 1^st overall on the day and Foreman 2^nd overall.  The U9 girls finished 1^st on the day scoring a combined score of 478 points. 

Last up the Under 11 girls and it was close in the 75m sprint with Matilda Clare clocking the fastest U11 Girl sprint 11.3s, followed by Ella Larkin 11.8 and Penelope Lyth 11.9s.  In the long jump Isla Ladds leaped furthest for TK with 3.53m, Clare 3.51m and Lyth 3.46m.  The 600m saw some quick times for the girls with Ella Larkin breaking her club record to clock a time of 1:54:9 in the warm temperatures, Clare 2:01:9 and Lyth 2:06:1.  Clare threw furthest for TK 34.69m to record a personal best, Alice Stratford 27.39m and Lyth 25.01m.  Sophia Mahoney, Ella McDonald, Isla Ladds and Ella Larkin all also throwing over 20m.  Also taking part Izzy Fagan, Affra Bailey, Orlagh Stratford, ~Jasmin Hemmings and Matilda Pedersen.  Clare finished 1^st over all on the day, Larkin 2^nd and Lyth 4^th.  The U11 girls finished 1^st on the day with a score of 883 to secure the league win and ending the season with a double league win in Oxford and Wessex leagues.

Team Kennett U11 Girls broke the 4x100m record, which they set in the first match of the season, running 63.0. Well done to Ella Larkin, Matilda Clare, Isla Ladds and Penelope Lyth. 

Results – https://ojl.org.uk/results/

Team Kennet had several athletes represent Berkshire at Horspath, in Oxford at the u15/17 Inter Counties match.

Seb Simpson was on fire as he broke the under 17 club Discus record and moving him to UK number 14 throwing 42.63 to finish in 3^rd place earning himself a new personnel best throw.

Another Personnel best came from Clare McGonnell in the u15 girls Javelin where she finished 4^th with 32.77 to go UK 27 in her age group.

George Down also took part in the under 17 age group he also came 4^th place with a jump of 6.24.

Team Kennet had 5 athletes chosen to represent their own counties in the English Schools held at Sport City in Manchester.

James Fenner took part in his first English Schools in the Junior Boys Javelin to throw a new personnel Best of 43.96 to finish an excellent 5^th place.

George Down took part in the Long Jump in the Intermediate Boys, jumping just below his best to finish 7^th with 6.29.

Zoe Allen took part in the Shot coming 9^th place which was her debut at the games with 9.70 throw  in the Junior Girls, and Harry Booker took part in his last School Games in the Senior Boys throwing 36.63 for 15^th place in the Discus.

Team Kennet Athletes secured 14 top 25 Rankings over the Summer of 2022, making it one of the best individual performances ever in the club. Impressively there were some 27 athletes making the top 100 UK Rankings, from all age groups.

Ben East ranked number 1 in the under 20 Javelin 73.49

Ben East ranked number 5 in the Senior Male Age group Javelin 73.49

Will McDonald ranked number 5 in the under 13 Javelin 37.98

Turkay Altuntas ranked 10^th in the under 13 Discus 27.31

Eliska Simpson ranked 7^th in the under 13 Discus 25.09

George Down ranked 12^th in the under 17 Long Jump 6.55

James Fenner ranked 13^th in the under 15 Javelin 43.96

Seb Simpson ranked 14^th in the under 17 Discus 42.63

Zoe Allen ranked 14^th in the under 15 Shot 11.07

Harry Fenner ranked 16^th in the under 13 Javelin 34.25

Jon Simpson ranked 18^th in the vet 45 Long Jump 5.13

Mitch Poustie ranked 18^th in the Vet 40 2000m S/C 9.52.8

Clare McGonnell ranked 21^st in the under 15 Javelin 33.47

Luke Angell ranked 24^th in the Senior Male Javelin 61.48

Team Kennets’ very own Javelin Coach & athlete, Luke Angell earned his second international status, after he flew out to the Pihtipudas Javelin Carnival in Finland on Wednesday 30^th June along with Ben East, to take part in the world biggest Javelin Carnival in the world.  

Luke went to join other top coaches from GB and other European countries to learn and train with the very best in this event. Ben picked up an injury early on and was unable to partake at the carnival, so it was left to Luke to take part in the competition and fly the flag and the GBR banner. Luke came 8^th with 58.58m but more importantly for him, it was about meeting the very best in the sport and learning from others as well as working with athletes he has admired for many years, namely Uwe Hohn (104m), Teema Wirkkala (87m) and Tero Pitkamaki (91m) see photos.

Team Kennet older Juniors put in a good show at the last Oxford YA League match of the Season, The Under 13 Girls made sure with a strong squad to come away with a match win.

Anna Hall took two individual wins firstly in the 1500m with a superb front run coming in 5.56.5 nearly 100m clear, Ella Cronk stepped up the distance to win the B string 6.38.4, Another Double win came in the High Jump, Amber Stiles earned a personnel best of 1.32 and Cronk made it another win in the B string with 1.20.

Eliska Simpson won her Shot with 6.78 and had to settle for 2^nd in the Discus 17.32, team mate thrower Zoe Dickson had another good day as she won the B string Javelin 13.45 and Discus 16.08 and 2^nd B string in the Shot 5.27.

The long Jump Cronk lept 3.49 for 4^th place and Emerald Hill-Sawyer came 3^rd B string 3.12, back on the track, Hill-Sawyer ran a good 800m to earn a new best time finishing 2^nd in 2.40.4 and Stiles made in another win in the B string 2.48.5. The sprints faired well in the 100m Hill -Sawyer was 4^th 14.9 and Maja Cotton matched that 15.8 in the B string, she went on later to come home 6^th in the 200m 33.7.

The under 15 girls faired well to finish 3^rd place, with a batch of new comers taking part, Evie Lewis on her Debut walked away with two A string wins Discus 19.32 and the Shot 6.08, the reliable Clare McGonnell won her Javelin 30.86,she also won her B string 200m 28.4 Emelia Lunn won her Long Jump 4.39, Lunn came 2^nd in her 300m and there was a clutch of 2^nd places from McGonnell in the 75m hurdles 12.9, Sophie Moores B string Long Jump 4.04, Moores came 5^th in the A string 200m 29.7 and 4^th in the 100m 14.4, another new comer Amy Chivers was 4^th in the 100m B string 14.4 and another new comer Sophie Cooper came 4^th in the 800m 3.03.3.

The under 17 age group saw only two club athletes attend, Alanna Smith won her Javelin 34.07,  she was 3^rd in the 800m 2.47.1 and came 4^th in the B string long Jump. Carly Chisholm came 4^th in the 100m 14.6 and 6^th in the A string Long Jump.

Like the under 17 Girls the u17 Boys only had two athletes Brandon Carter threw a new best in the Javelin to win with 44.95 and he came 3^rd in the Shot 7.82 and Euan Avery came 2^nd in the high jump 1.60.

The under 15 Boys saw more debuts again, Ben Cooper started of with a great win in the long jump 5.30, he then went on to win the 200m 25.4 and then had to settle for 3^rd place in the 100m 12.4, James Simmons was Bens B string on the day and he was rewarded wit ha B string win in the 200m 28.3 p.b., he to had to settle for 3^rd place in the 100m 13.4 and 4^th in the B long Jump 3.90.

Joe Hoaen also got in to the wins winning the Discus 23.20, 4^th in the Javelin 20.88 and 3^rd place in the Shot 6.32

Oliver Carroll came 6^th in his 800m 2.35.5 and the 4 boys came home 5^th in the relay only 1.4 seconds separated the 5 teams.

The under 13 boys didn’t see any wins but they put in some good performances Aiden Flemming took 2^nd place in the long jump 3.97 and Ben Daley 3^rd B string 3.48, Will Mcdonald came 2^nd in the Javelin 32.80 and Noah Lauder-Clark matched that in the B string 24.24

There were some good other performances from the non scorers

U13 Girls Lola Mitcham 1500m 6.27.5

U13 Girls Maja Cotton High Jump 1.10

U13 Girls Charlotte Baily 800m 3.007  new comer

U13 Girls Chloe O Reardon 800m 3.03.9 new comer

U13 Girls Eliska Simpson Javelin 18.01

U13 Boy Ben Daley javelin 20.46

U15 Girls Sophie Cooper 100m 14.7 and Long Jump 3.74  newcomer

3 Team Kennet athletes did back-to-back competitions at the end of September which turned into 2 family affairs with the Angell family and the Simpson family competing together on the Saturday and Sunday.  

On the Saturday they went to Biggleswade in Bedfordshire, where Javelin Coach Luke Angell came away with a win in the men’s senior javelin with 57.91m. He also took part in the discus, earlier in the day with a season’s best of 28.61m to take 2nd place.  

Jon Simpson (v45) also came 3^rd in the Javelin with 27.84m, 4^th in the Discus with 25.67, a 200m in 26.2s and finished off with a 100m sprint clocking 13.00s. Seb Simpson (u17) did Javelin, 24.25m, Discus, 39.62 and completed his day with a Hammer throw of 39.46m. 

Throws Coach, Cheryl Angell (v55) completed her day with a Shot putt of 6.55m, a hammer throw of 17.98m and a Discus throw of 14.34.  

Next day they ventured out to Winchester with a few more additions to the TK team of throwers.  

Luke Angell came away with a win of 59.55m on his last throw of the season in the senior men’s competition. Oliver Ford’s (u20) win in the javelin hit 38.16m and Brandon Carter’s (u17) win hit a massive 43.44m. Eliska Simpson (u13) threw 19.14 in the javelin to take 1^st place.  

Oliver Gregory (u20) ventured out to join the team for the shot putt and came 2^nd with a season’s best of 11.20m just behind Oliver Ford (u20) who took 1^st place with a new PB of 11.73m. Seb Simpson threw 11.99m for 1^st place in his age group. Eliska Simpson threw 7.35m in shot for her 4^th place. 

Cheryl Angell took on Hammer with a 1^st place of 17.11m in the V55 section along with Seb Simpson throwing 40.97 in the u17 section to take 1^st place.  

Discus saw most TK throwers take part with Cheryl Angell, who equalled her seasons best and her own club record for the second time this year with a throw of 15.41m, Seb Simpson threw 40.19m to take 1^st. Harry Booker took 2^nd place with 35.22, and 1^st place went to Oliver Ford with 36.83m. Eliska Simpson had the best day with a massive throw of 25.09 taking 1^st place in the discus and a new PB! 

The only track runner of the day was Emerald Hill-sawyer (u13) who took the win and a PB in the 100m with 14.32s and later competing in the 800m with a time of 2.37.29 to take 3^rd place.    

Three throwers from Team Kennet took part in this open competition. Coach Luke Angell took on the Senior Men’s Javelin competition and won with 57.91m. Brandon Carter also took on the Javelin in the U17’s and took the win with a throw of 40.45m. Cheryl Angell competed in the Hammer and threw a season’s best with 18.62m to take 2^nd place in the group and 1^st in the V55 section.