Team Kennet were in action in the 3^rd Round of the Wessex Young Athletes League on Sunday held at Oxford.

This was a tough match for the club as they were against two of the top 5 clubs in the league including themselves in fourth place.

Final match score was

1             Waverley                            553

2             Oxford City                        445

3             Team Kennet                     375

4             Southampton City            221

5             Portsmouth City               214

6             Isle of Wight                      135

The under 15 Girls kept up there pressure on defending their own age group title having to settle for second place on the day, Clare McGonnell won her Javelin again with a throw of 25.92, her impressive 300m tactics blasting out from the gun paid of to just win with 44.4 and   she had to settle for 2^nd place in the Sprint Hurdles clocking a fast 13.3. Mia Wright cleared 1.43 to win the High Jump with Leilah Gaye coming 2^nd in the B string. Emelia Lunn stepped up from the Sprints to 800m for the first time to record 2.38.6 for 2^nd in the B string, she came 3^rd in the A string Long Jump 4.29. Elsewhere Ava Brade clocked 14.6 in a huge head wind in the 100m for 4^th place, Suki Humphreys came 2^nd in the A string Discus 18.84.

The under 17 women also came 2^nd in their match to keep them in the top 8 overall, Best Performances of the day came in the Javelin as Both Alanna Smith 30.89 and Eve Brown 28.86 scored a double win, In The Discus Annabel Maclean 23.77 and Kirsten Fraser 16.50 both came 2^nd in their strings, Fraser came 2^nd in the Shot 8.80, two 3^rd places came in the long jump Maclean 4.07 and Smith 3.53, The 800m Eve Brown came 3^rd with 2.32 and Smith taking a B string win in 2.44.5, Finally the 300m Brown clocked 45.6 for 3^rd place and Maclean 46.3 for 2^nd B string.

The under 17 men also secured another 2^nd place, Brandon Carter threw 41.37 to win his Javelin, with Seb Simpson winning the B string 24.56, Simpson in his best Event the Discus went out to a win with 34.41, and another double win came in the Shot Simpson 9.82 and Carter 8.38, Euan Avery won his high Jump 1.60.

George Down kept up his unbeaten run in the Long Jump in the league with a 6.15 jump and Avery coming 2^nd B string 5.07, in the 100m two 2^nd places came from Down 11.8 and Avery 12.6

The under 15 boys were 3^rd in their match best result of their match was the Javelin James Fenner throwing 39.86 for 1^st place and William Appleby taking 2^nd B string. Jacob Avery came 3^rd in his High Jump 1.50, Fenner came 4^th in the long jump with 4.30.

Ivan Checkmazov found a much challenging 800m this time out and had to settle for 3^rd place with 2.21.8, but made up with one place better in the 300m for 2^nd place 42.4 and James Simmons taking 3^rd place, in the sprints Avery had the best result of winning the B string 26.9

The under 13 girls were beaten in to 3^rd place in a very close match, Eliska Simpson 17.06 and Zoe Dickson 15.28 took a double win in the Discus, Dickson made it another B string win in the Javelin 16.38 and Simpson taking 3^rd A string 18.58, and in the Shot both Simpson 7.23 and Dickson 5.55 had to settle for 2^nd places.

Amber Stiles maintained her unbeaten run in the High Jump clearing 1.30, and Ella Cronk taking 2^nd B string 1.15, Cronk 3.64 and daisy Downer 3.35 both were 3^rd in the long jump. In the long distance races the 1200m Stiles came home in 3^rd place 4.27 and in the shorter 800m Emerald Hill -Sawyer was 4^th A 2.46 and Cronk 2^nd B string 2.52, Both Hill-Sawyer and Olivia Rayfeld scored good points in the 100m and 200m races.

The under 13 boys age group came 4^th, this was a tough match for them, best result came in the Javelin with a superb double win Harry Fenner first athlete to beat Will McDonald this year, only 1cm separated the boys 31.90 and 31.89. Both teamed up in the Discus for 3^rd places each 18.40 and 14.00, and both again teamed up in the Long Jump in a very high competitive competition Fenner taking 3^rd place 4.03 and Mcdonald winning the B string 3.94, Frank Edwards 1500m and 200m gained good points for the club , Aiden Fleming went out hard in the 800m only to be taken close to the line for 3^rd place in 2.36.6, Flynn Murray and Josh Ladds both helped the team score with their event.

The Club had 4 x 100m relay team out in the u13 girls  they were 5^th, u15 girls 4^th and u17 women 3^rd place while in the boys u13s they also came 5^th.

Team Kennet had a great turnout for the Quad Kids match with 4 under 9 boys, 4 under 9 girls, 12 under 11 girls, and 8 under 11 boys.  First up for the under 9 girls was the sprints with Praiya Foreman clocking a time of 12.3 to record the fastest under 9 sprint on the day for the girls.  In the long jump Foreman stole the show again for Team Kennet with a leap of 2.44m.  In the Vortex throw Darcey Scaplehorn threw 19m to throw the furthest of the U9 girls and finally Foreman stormed to the finish line with a new Team Kennet Club record of 2:11:7 for her 600m and with her solid performances she secured a 1^st place finish on the day overall.  Other girls taking part Isla Cooke and Evelyn Barker.

For the under 9 boys William Moloney was quickest for TK also with a sprint of 12.3s but it was Gethin Thomas with the biggest jump of 2.49m.  In the vortex throw Max Burt threw furthest for TK with 21.7m with Sebastian Lauder-Clarke close behind with 20m. In the 600m it was close between the boys but Moloney finished quickest for TK with 2:17:7. It was Moloney’s debut for the club and finished in the top 3 overall.  Both the under 9 teams managed to secure 1^st place overall on the day.    

For the under 11 girls it was close in the sprints with Matilda Clare and Ella Larkin both clocking 11.6s followed by Penelope Lyth and Elizabeth Wilson 11.8s.  In the long jump Clare leaped furthest for TK 3.69m with Lyth 3.60m and Isla Ladds 3.51m.  For the Vortex, Clare maintained her form with 28.05m, Alice Stratford 26.05m and Lyth 25.65m.  Also throwing over 20m was Larkin, Wilson, Ladds and Ella McDonald.  In the 600m it was close for the squad of 12 with Larkin finishing quickest 1:57:8, Quinn Joyce 2:02:3, Clare 2:03:7 and Lyth 2:04:6. On the day overall Clare finished 1^st with Lyth finishing 2^nd.  Also in the top 5 was Ella Larkin, 4^th and Isla Ladds, 5^th.   The under 11 girls finished 1^st on the day overall. 

At the end of the day Team Kennet Quad kids entered 3 relay teams after proving popular back in April and managed to break the U11 record in the Oxford League with a time of 64.6seconds.  Well done to the team, Clare, Larkin, Ladds and Lyth!

Under 11 boys had some quick times in the 75m sprint with Jenson Nichols clocking 11.7s, Malik Gaye and Connor O’Riordan 11.8s and Samuel Atkins 12s.  In the long jump Gaye leapt furthest for TK with 3.51m, close behind Nichols with 3.43m.  In the vortex Nichols threw furthest with 28.5m again with Gaye close behind 24.64m and Joshua Kuijten 24.2m.  Atkins was quickest in the 600m with 2:00:2, Gaye 2:08:0.  Other boys taking part Brodie Sanderson, Flynn Sanderson and Henry Kaxe.   The team finished 4^th overall on the day. 

Team Kennet Juniors Athletics competed in the first round of fixtures in the Wessex Young Athletes Track and Field League at the weekend, at Andover.

In a close match the Yellow/Blue and White Vests narrowly missed out on a match win but secured 3 out of the 6 age group wins.

Match Score

Waverley AC     366

Team Kennet    354.4

Radley                 320

Fleet                    310

Andover              180

Poole AC            161.5

The Girls section made the best of the team starts, Under 13 Girls showed the depth with a convincing age group win, day started on the track with the 70m hurdles with Elodie Burdett coming 4^th A string 18.1, in the B string a great win from Ella Parsons in 16.4, next up was the 1500m this saw a great solo run from Penelope Lyth to win in 5.33.6 and team mate Elodie Burdett secured a B string win in 5.45.1, the 800m Affra Bailey came home in 4^th 2.49.4 and Alice Stratford secured 2^nd B string in 2.48.3, the Sprints fared well for the club, Matilda Clare came 2^nd in the 200m with 29.4 and Orlagh Stratford taking 3^rd in the B string 30.9, the 100m Isla Ladds clocked 14.2 for 4^th A and Sophia Mahoney took 3^rd place in the B string 15.4, The 4 x 100m Relay quartet of O. Straford, Clare, Lyth and Ladds ran a superb relay to come home in first place in 58.6, while in the Non Scoring 4 x 100m the quartet of  A. Stratford, Millie Barlow, Ayla Wyvill and Mahoney won their race in 65 seconds.

On to the Field Isla Ladds showed her strength to win the Long Jump with a leap of 4.09 and Clare made it a double with a b win 3.97, the High Jump both girls cleared 1.10 Orlagh Stratford taking 2^nd A and Masie McCurtin winning the B string. The Throws always secure TK high points, this was so in the Shot as another double win came from Affra Bailey 5.59 and Ayla Wyvill 4.61, Clare won her Javelin with 20.47 and two good second places came from Isla Ladds 18.19 and Penelope Lyth 9.58 in the Discus.

The under 15 girls will be strong for the club this year, they also took a convincing win in their age group on the Field a Double win came in the High Jump with Jess McCurtin 1.30 and Ella Cronk 1.25, Cronk surprised herself by steeping in the Shot and secured a 2^nd place with 8.47 and in the Long Jump Isabel Payne lept 4.68 to finish 3^rd place and in the B string Emerald Hill Sawyer won this string in 4.45.

The Track picked up massive points, Harriet Saunders won her 1500m by just over 100m in 5.05.20, in the 800m a double win came from Olivia Bentley 2.31.4 and Jess McCurtin 2.40.7, the shorter sprint races first in the 300m Hill Sawyer clocked 47.9 for 3^rd place, and a good second came from McCurtin 48.4 in the B string, in the 200m Bentley came 3^rd A string 28.3 and Cronk 4^th B string 30.7, and in the 100m Payne was 3^rd A string 13.4 and Hill Sawyer taking 2^nd place in the B string 13.9

The 4 x 100m Relay team of Payne, Hill Sawyer, McCurtin and Bentley saw them finish in second place 56.4

The under 15 Boys are also very strong this year, and TK boys showed their strength in the Field events, In the Shot Berkay Altuntas won this event with a throw of 9.09 and new comer Oscar Hook took the B string with 9.07, Both boys teamed up for another double win in the Discus Altuntas 33.35 and Hook 27.00 and Noah Lauder-Clarke won the Javelin with a throw of 39.19 and Josh Ladds taking 2^nd B string 26.95. Josh Brian took part in the long jump finishing 2^nd

On the Track, new comer Matias Huelgas came 4^th in the 100m 12.9 and Brian won his string 13.6, the pair teamed up in the 200m with Huelgas 3^rd A string 26.6 and Brian taking 2^nd B string 28.8, Lauder Clarke secured another win in the 300m 43.3 with Ladds taking 2^nd B string 48.6, Harry Smith came 2^nd in his 1500m with 4.59.4 and the 4 x 100m relay quartet of Lauder-Clarke, Ladds, Brian and Hueglas ran a superb relay to be clipped right on the line and had to take 2^nd place 54.2

The under 17 mens age group saw only two boys turn up for the club Turkay Altuntas won his Shot with 11.68 throw and in the Discus threw 30.97 for 2^nd place, Theo Nightingale  came 2^nd in his High Jump 1.70 and was 4^th in his Long Jump 5.35

The under 17 Girls were 3^rd in their age group, mostly specializing in their own events, a double win came in the High Jump with Leilah Gaye 1.40 and Amber Stiles 1.30, in the Shot Zoe Dickson was 2^nd A string 7.44 and Suki Humphreys winning the B string 6.72, The Discus saw the same results with Dickson throwing 23.17 and Humphreys 19.85, Dickson came 2^nd in her Javelin 15.48, Amelie Tayton came home in 2^nd place in the 800m 3.00.8

Finally the under 13 Boys saw only 3 boys turn out due to other sports over the weekend, Jenson Nichols made his mark by winning the 100m in 13.4 and also winning the Javelin with 33.63, Alfie Cronk had a good day in his throws coming 2^nd in the A string Discus 14.08 and winning the B string Shot 6.57, with Nichols taking 2^nd A string 7.83, Josh Bailey came a good 2^nd in the 1500m 5.38.3 and 4^th in his 200m 36.1.

Team Kennet Quadkids were in action in their third Wessex League match of the season at Oxford on Sunday.

Team Kennet had 9 U11 girls and 8 U11 boys taking part. 

On the day the Quad Kids score with Team Kennet finishing in second:

Oxford 1521

Team Kennet  1455

Waverley  1422

Portsmouth  1361

Southampton 1105

The boys section were 4th Oskar Larkin finishing 5th overall. Larkin lead the squad in the long jump, 600m and the vortex throw to top score for the boys with 209 points. Close behind was Luke Stiles with 193 points scoring personal bests in both the long jump and vortex throw. Malik Gaye and Elliot Bell were TK’s strongest sprinters in the 75m both clocking 12.6s. In the 600m Ronny and Rudy Bowsher were again strong in this event clocking 2:07 and 2:10. Other boys taking part were Henry Bell and Joseph Rayfield. 

The Girls came 2nd overall with Ella Larkin top scorer with 184 points at 3rd overall. Her best event was 600m clocking 2.05 and just behind her was Matilda Clare clocking 2.14 and Quinn Joyce a second behind with 2:15. It was close in the 75m sprint again with Clare 12.4s and just behind her Penelope Lyth 12.6s. Lyth was the clubs best long jumper on the day leaping 3.21m just ahead of Clare 3.19m and Ella McDonald with 3.05m. Other girls taking part were Rose Bell, Amelia Rehill, Harriet Saunders and Elora Murray all putting in fantastic performances and scoring great points for the team to secure the second place. 

Both squads are strong heading into the final Wessex League match of the season. 

Team Kennet Quadkids were back in action for the first league match of 2025 at Andover.  In the Under 11 girls there was a team of 9 athletes.  In the75m sprint, Praiya Foreman was quickest 11.60s, Hazel Balch 12.10s and Matilda Saunders 12.30s.  In the long jump it was Ines Field who leaped furthest for Team Kennet with 3.29m, Saunders 3.23m and Foreman 3.14m.  In the longer run event, 600m, Foreman clocked the fastest time 1:57:1, Saunders behind 2:08:4 and Marlie-Jai Proctor 2:10:4.  Darcey Scaplehorn threw the furthest in the vortex 26.99m, close behind Saunders 26.19m, Field 22.25m.  On the day, the girls team finished in 1^st place with Foreman taking 1^st place individually with 205 points, Saunders 2^nd 204 points and Field 3^rd 194 points.  Also taking part Olivia Kwit, Darcy McCurtin and Isabella Chapman.

The Under 11 boys had 7 athletes taking part and it was Alexander Browning who was fastest in the 75m sprint clocking 11.40s, Harvey Baker 11.50s and Chester Bailey 11.90s.  Baker leaped the furthest in the long jump 3.42m, Bailey 3.18m and Browning 3.12m.  Bailey ran a quick 600m to finish with a time of 1:59 with Baker 2:07:0 and Lenny Wyvill 2:07:2. Baker threw 37.21m in the vortex, Wyvill 28.02m and Bailey 25.56m.  Overall, the U11 boys also finished in 1^st place with Baker taking 2^nd place with 232points and Bailey 3^rd place 215 points individually.  Also taking part Idris Gaye, Sebastian L Clarke and Jacob Williams.