Team Kennet had several athletes compete in Bracknell at the Berkshire under 13 Championships including the longer distances.

Kirsten Fraser broke the clubs 1000m record finishing 2nd in a fast time of 3.08.42, Claire McGonnell rose to the occasion to take her first ever county title in winning the Javelin with a throw of 25.30, both girls took part in the 70m hurdles McGonnell coming 3rd in her heat to reach the final in 12.88 but came 5th in the final, Fraser came 5th in her heat 13.08.
The girls long jump Octavia Thomas lept 3.94 to finish 5th and Lyla Goodwin came 9th 3.66.
Ivan Chekmazov came 3rd in the boys long jump 4.07 an Josepth Hoaen picked up two Silver medals in the Javelin 21.43 and Discus 16.20
Izzy Hole took part in the u20s 1500m Steeplechase to win Gold in a time of 6.19.32

Team Kennet Zoe Allen took part in the Portsmouth track open meet in the under 13 girls she ran 10.89 for the 100m and 29.99 in the 200m

Oliver Humphrey took part in the Lee Valley Hurdles meeting in the under 15 boys 80mH he clocked 12.5 a new personnel best time

Team Kennet had Eight Athletes invited to Portsmouth City Invitational Throws meeting.

Ben East made it another win in the under 17 Javelin event throwing 68.92 winning by just over 2m, Liam Cawley threw 55.73 just missing out on a personnel best. Phoebe Hoaen threw past the 40m mark by 92cm, and their Coach Luke Angell threw a seasons best to put him in the top 20 UK rankings 56.38

The Discus Throw under 15 Seb Simpson threw a massive personnel best of 32.96 with a lot more to come yet, Sam Dennis threw 24.41.

The under 17s Harry Booker just missed the 40m mark to throw 39.11 and Oliver Gregory 23.44, Both Athletes teamed up in the Shot where Booker threw 11.72 and Gregory 11.31

In the UK Javelin Championships held at Lee Valley Ben East won yet another title throwing in the under 17 age group with a best throw of 69.91, and team mate Liam Cawley threw a personnel best to finish 6^th place with a throw of 55.89

Phoebe Hoaen took part in the under 20 womens event and earned herself a Runners Up place and breaking the clubs u20 record with a big throw of 42.63

Also in the South of England Championships weekend at Chelmsford, in the under 17 mens age group Harry Booker came 6^th in the Shot with a throw of 12.13 and Oliver Gregory just behind in 7^th 11.87

Both teamed up again in the Discus Booker throwing for 10^th place wit h39.94 and Gregory was 13^th with a throw of 30.07

Charlotte Booker came 14^th in the under 20 Discus with 21.95

In the Senior Womens 400m Team Kennet’s Hayley Steward took part in the 400m she came 4th in her heat 61.17 to qualify for the finals as fastest loser, but sadly had to withdraw due to a calf strain

Team Kennet U11s kept up their pressure with the leaders in the Wessex Young Athletes League in a close match at Oxford.

Slough Juniors 1555
Portsmouth 1511
Oxford City 1470
Team Kennet 1457
MADJA 1219

Anna Hall came 2nd overall in the girls age group picking up 214 points, her 600m 2.01.8 was her best event and Vortex throw 27.94 giving her big points, she also ran a fast 75m in 12.6 which was matched by Maja Cotton but just a bit quicker was Ella Cronk 12.5, Harriet Saunders also took part.

Aiden Fleming led the Boys team coming 4th overall he clocked a fast 11.5 in the 75m, jumped 3.56 in the long jump and ran 600m in 1.58.
Austin Ambrose clocked a fast 11.2 in the 75m and leapt 3.64 in the Long Jump, but had to pull out after Vortex due to Blisters. Noah Lauder Clarke also had a good couple of events in the 75m clocking 11.8 and also jumping 3.31 in the long jump , he was the best of the vortex throwers in the TK boys throwing 28.03, Ben Daley best event was his Vortex just under 28m and Oliver Striven made a debut for the club as well

Team Kennet Athletes took a record haul of medals at the recent Berkshire Track and Field Championships at the Weekend held at the Eton Track in Windsor.

The under 15 Boys dominated the Throws, Ben East threw a massive 65.50 to be the UKs second longest all time thrower in the event and smashed the county record to earn Gold, but it was to be a 1-2-3 for Team Kennet as Kian Hockaday took Silver and Oliver Ford taking Bronze.
Another 1-2-3 came in the Shot with Harry booker winning this with 11.10, Oliver Gregory silver 10.44 and Oliver Ford taking Third.
Another county Record came in the Discus where Harry Booker threw 43m and another Silver coming from Oliver Ford, and to make it 4 gold wins out of 4 throwing events Oliver Gregory won the Hammer.

The under 17 age group Stuart Bladon took a convincing win and best time in the 100m hurdles clocking 13.97 and taking a Bronze in the Javelin 43.62.
Oliver Bazin struck twice as he earned himself a Silver in the Triple Jump and Bronze in the Long Jump and Pheobe Hoaen threw 35.71 for a silver in the Javelin.

On the Senior front Luke Angell made a welcome return back to throwing the Javelin throwing 52.27 to take the County Title, Ben Schiffer-Harte took silver in the 400m final and Bronze in the Shot. Newcomer Hayley Steward earned herself a County title in the Javelin and taking Silver in the 400m 63.6 and a Bronze in the Shot 10.18.

Finally Aimee Dickson won a Bronze in the under 13 Quadrathon, all Team Kennet Athletes earned themselves medals which is the first time this has been achieved.

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U15 Boys, Oliver Gregory picked up 3 wins with 100m 12.6, Discus 34.05 and Shot 12.42 and with Oliver Ford picking up the B string wins in , shot 8.74 , Discus 26.51 and a PB in the Javelin 32.32 coming 2nd. Mathew Jones picked up valuable points in the Long Jump, High Jump and 100. Ethan Haines won the 200m and 300m in 24.7 and 40.00 respectively. In the u13’s TK had just 2 boys, Noah Kemp coming 2nd in the 800m and Discus with 13.89 and Euan Avery in the long Jump and High Jump. Josh Sells stepped up for the U17’s boys Running well in the 800m clocking 2.28.
Two U17 Girls lead the way for the girls with both winning the High Jump, Kira Angell who’s coming back from injury won the A string with 1.45 and Anna Montange with 1.35. Angell opted for the Discus with a PB of 17.41 to take 3rd and a 200m run with the 1st 4 girls all coming in between 28.2 and 28.9. Montagne won the Javelin with 24.66 and was the only 80m hurdler with 13.8 U 15’s Poppy Bladon 3rd in the Discus 18.12 and high Jump of 1.25. Annalise Gale Discus 14.82 and Shot 4.82 and won impressively in the 800m 2.40. Amy Russell picked up some good points in the Long Jump. In the sprints, Francesca Young came 4th in the 200m 29.3 and a 3rd place in the 300m 47, and Ella Ward coming 3rd in the B string with 31.2 in the 200m. In the 100m, Izzy Kerslake 2nd in the B with 13.87 and sister Ellie 14.1 A string. The relay team got themselves a 3rd place in 57.3. U 13 girls, Annabel Todd got herself a win in the 800m 2.27, a 3rd Discus 19.54 and 2nd in the B string shot 5.86. Lottie Absolom earned a 2nd in the discus 14.56 and 12.7 in the hurdles. Catherine Jones 4th in the Shot 5.89, 200m 35.00 and Lyla Goodwin 34.6 in the 200 and a 100m time of 16.2 to get the 3rd spot. In the 1500m Kirsten Fraser took 3rd with 5.26 and Alana Smith taking 1st in the B string 6.15. Ammie Dickson took 2nd place in the 100m in a time of 14.6, a Hurdles time of 13.1 to take the 1st place in the B string and another 1st for the B string in the 800m with 2.47. The u13 Girls also came 3rd in the 4×100 relay. A good team spirit was had by all in such dismal weather, well done everyone. Cheryl.

Team kennet were in action on Saturday in the first match of the southern athletics league division 3sw at Basingstoke.

Fifteen wins on the day saw a very close match between the four teams.

Winchester 190

Andover/Overton 176

Team Kennet 167

Swindon 157

Hepthathlete Hayley Steward had a successful day firstly winning her shot with a big throw of 10.94 and then going into the 400m storming to victory down the home straight in 62.9.

Sophie Wheadon moving up to u17s took to the challenge in the b string shot to win this in 8.82 and had to settle for 2nd in the Discus with a big 31.37 throw. Alisha Bradford won the b string discus with 25.63 and earlier she finished 2nd in the hammer 29.72. The b string hammer saw Charlotte Brookes win with a throw of 28.29 as team kennet dropped just a few points finally Pheobe Hoaen won the javelin with a big throw of 40.60 and Alisha Bradford taking 2nd b string.

Steward came 2nd in the triple jump 9.50 in the long jump Caitlin Howell came 2nd in the b string.

The high jump picked up two 2nd places Anna Montagne in the A string 1.55 and Ellie Armstrong 1.35

On the track a double win came in the 2km Steeplechase that saw 4 TK girls run Bethan Philip winning in 8.35 and Izzy Hole 8.58. Both Georgina And Rebbecca Thomson 8.38.0 and 8.45.6 were in contention.

Both Thomson girls ran well for 3rd places in the 400mhurdles coming 3rd.

In the Mens section a double win came in the javelin Luke Angell 52.80 and Graham Chambers 21.44. Chambers winning the B string Discus later in the day.

Another double win came in the triple jump Joe Osler 11.93  and Ollie Basin 11.10. The high jump secured another double win Osler 1.80 and Harry Booker 1.55.

Daniel Hockaday just missed out on a win in the 400m hurdles also ran a good 200m b string for 2nd.

Ethan Haines moved up to the seniors to gain good experience in the 400m clocking sun 55 later ran 24.4 in the 200m for 3rd A string.

Daniel Collis, Simon Hockaday and Mitch Plus the tackled all the middle to longer distance races Picking up good points.

All round it was A good start to the season with a lot more athletes to come in will see match wins.

Team Kennet had a record number of athletes at the English Schools Championships held at Birmingham on Friday and Saturday of six athletes.

Junior Boy Liam Cawley representing Hampshire was the best placed athlete winning a Silver medal in the Javelin with a throw of 54.58 just shot of his personnel best.
Another medal came in the Inter Girls Javelin Pheobe Hoaen she threw 43.40 to just stay ahead by 4cm to claim a Bronze Medal in her first English Schools Championship representing Berkshire, also competing for the first time was Sophie Wheadon in same age group in the discus throwing 31.43 to finish 8th.
Stuart Bladon made it through to the final in the Senior Boys 110m hurdles to finish 6th in the final with a time of 14.66.
The Inter Boys age group Harry Booker cam 16th in the Discus 38.45 and Ben East came 11th in the Javelin 50.05 but ended up with a bad ankle injury that will see him out for 2-3 months on an event that he has dominated for several years.

Team Kennet Throwers ended the Track and Field Season taking part at Portsmouth in the South of England Field Academy Festival, it was a brilliant day for the club as the season wrapped up with 2 athletes being UK Number one spot in the Javelin, Ben East threw 66.24m in the u17 age group, while much younger under 13 James Fenner went straight to UK number one with a throw of 37.50m, Liam Cawley in the under 17 mens threw a personnel best  of 56.97 to put him UK Number 4, and Phoebe Hoaen threw 42.23 to leave her UK number 5 in the under 20 age group. Luke Angell also competed with his athletes in the same pool. His best throw of the day was 54.73.

In the Discus Oliver Ford in the under 17s threw 38.03 and Harry Booker 38.05 both boys in the top 22 UK rankings, Seb Simpson threw 32.96 in the under 15 boys Discus to make the top 30 in the UK.

The Shot saw Ford throw 12.02, and Simpson 9.99, and Coach Cheryl Angell in the vet 55 age group threw Shot 7.11 and Discus 13.63, Finally the Hammer Charlotte Booker in the u20 womens threw 24.90