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Oxford League Match 2 QUADKIDS

Team Kennet Quadkids we’re back in action at the second round of the Oxfordshire Young Athletes League held at Banbury on Sunday.

Overall Team Kennet finished 1st out of 8 teams ahead of Oxford in 2nd and Bicester in 3rd. 

1st           Team Kennet                     2146

2nd         Oxford City                        2097

3rd          Bicester                               1609

4th          Abingdon                             1569

5th          Witney                                 1061

6th          Radley                                 609

7th          Banbury                              551

8th          White Horse                       250

The U9 Boys and girls were both 1st and the U11 boys came in 3rd behind Oxford and Bicester and the U11 girls 2nd behind Oxford. 

Finishing 1st overall the Under 9 Girls were back to winning ways again with Orlagh Stratford taking 2nd Individual Spot, she clocked an impressive 600m in 2.29, her 75m sprint was also good at 12.9s. 3rd in the individual rankings was her sister Alice who threw 17.67m in the Vortex. Other girls taking part were Jasmine Hemmings and Evie Kearney. 

Also finishing 1st overall the Under 9 Boys Joshua Kuijten and Finn Fitzmaurice scored well with Joshua coming in 1st overall individually. Joshua scored well with a 2.9m long jump and a 23.2m vortex throw. 

Under 11 boys also had a strong squad of 5 finishing 3rd overall with Euan Jones coming in the top 10 individual rankings.

The boys were strong with the vortex throw with Ben Doherty throwing the furthest of 34.84m. Malik Gaye was strong in the 600m clocking 2.00.2 despite the scorching temperatures.  Other members of the squad include bothers Elliot and Henry Bell. 

Finally, In 2nd place overall the under 11 girls had a strong squad of 5 girls with Matilda Clare scoring 4th in the individual rankings and Penelope Lyth close behind in 7th. Lyth was the best long jumper of the day with 3.23m and Matilda Clare quickest in the 75m sprint with 12.1s. 

Quinn Joyce was strong again in the 600m clocking 2.12.6. Other girls in the squad were Elora Murray and Gracie Cooke. 

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Wessex League Match 1 QuadKids

Team Kennet Quad kids were back for the start of the season for the first match of four in the Wessex League in Andover.   The age group combined finished in 1st position with 1455 points on the day.

Team Kennet 1455

Andover 1321

Radley 1295

Waverley 1071

Slough 888

Camberley 864

The Under 11 girls had a full squad of 10.  First event was the 75m sprint which saw Orlagh Stratford sprint the fastest for Team Kennet clocking 12.1s followed by Ella Larkin and Praiya Foreman 12.3s.  For the Long jump it was Larkin with a jump of 3.18m to lead in TK, O Stratford 3.14m and sister Alice 2.98m.  The 600m run saw Larkin break her own club record clocking 1:53.1, O Stratford 1:59 and Matilda Saunders 2:06:03.  Finally, the vortex A Stratford threw the furthest for TK with 24.51m, Larkin 23.75m and Sophia Mahoney 23.80m.  Other girls taking part Maisie McCurtin, Darcy McCurtin, Elodie Burdett and Millie Barlow.  The U11 girls finished in 1st place on the day, with Ella Larkin taking 1st overall and O Stratford, 3rd overall. The girls are on their way to retain their title again in 2024!

For the U11 boys there was a squad of 8, with some newcomers to Quad kids.  In the 75m sprint it was Sebastian Lane clocking the fastest time for TK with 11.7s, followed by Alexander Browning 12.4s and William Moloney 12.6s.  Lane leaped the furthest in the long jump 3.11m, Joshua Kuijten 2.84m and Browning 2.56m.  Lane clocked 2:03:1 in the 600m with Moloney close behind 2:07:1 and Kuijten 2:14:2. Finally in the vortex throw Max Burt threw furthest for YTK with 26.77m, Lane 25.89m and Kuijten 23.86m.  Other boys taking part Jacob Williams, Gethin Thomas, and Sebastian Lauder Clarke.  The U11 boys finished 5th overall on the day and Sebastian Lane 3rd overall in the individual standings.

For full results visit https://www.wessexleaguetandf.co.uk/league-fixtures/ 

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Berkshire Championships

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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Oxford League Match 2

Banbury 12/8/18
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.

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SAL Match 1

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.

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English Schools

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.

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South of England Field Academy Festival

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

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Oxford League Match 2

Team Kennet were in action in the 2nd match the Oxford League on Sunday held at Banbury.   

Finishing in the 2rd overall the under 13 boys Aiden Fleming, A String and Rueben Kuijten, B String took part in the 100m and the 800m.  For the 800m Aiden came in 2nd with a time of 2:37:1 and Kuijten 3rd in his race with 3:24:2.  For the 1500m Noah Lauder-Clark came in 5th with a time of 5:40:9.   

There was success on the field for the Under 13 boys with Fleming finishing 1st in the long jump leaping 4.29m and Lauder-Clark for B string jumping 3.35m for the B string. Lauder-Clark also came 2nd in the javelin with a throw of 25.56m.  Also in the field on his debut Turkay Altuntas dominated the shot and discuss coming 1st with throws of 9.03m in the shot and 20.06m in the discus.  

The under 15 boys Ivan Checkamoz, A String and Ethan Kuijten B String took part in the 30om with Checkamoz taking 2nd spot and Kuijten 3rd.  

Checkamoz also came 2nd in the 800 clocking 2:17:4 and Kuijten taking 4th for the 1500m with 5:05:2. On the field Kuijten took 3rd in the shot with 5.61m.  The under 15 boys took 5th overall.   

On the field for the under 17 men Seb Simpson took 2nd for the shot and 1st spot for the discuss with Brandon Carter taking 1st for the javelin throwing 37.31m.  The under 17 men were ranked 5th overall.   

For the under 13 girls there was success for Emerald Hill-Sayer coming 3rd in her A string 100m with 15.1s and 1st in the 800m A string with 2:48:2.  In the B string 800m Ella Cronk came 1st with 3:10:4.  For the 1500m Anna Hall came 3rd with a time of 6:04:2.  In the field Cronk and Hall both competed in the long jump.  Cronk A string with a jump of 3.47m and Hall B String 3.23m.  Hall also took part in the javelin coming 2nd with 16.72m.             Cronk came 4th in the A string High jump with 1.20m.  There was double success for Eliska Simpson with the shot and discuss coming 1st in both events.  The under 13 girls squad finished 3rd overall on the day.  

On the track the under 15 girls competed in the 300m with Emelia Lunn coming in 3rdclocking 47s for the A string and Leilah Gaye 54.8s for the B string.  Lunn also took part in the 800m coming in 1st with a time of 2.27.6 for the A string and Bethany MacLean 2nd for B String.  In the field for the long jump Lunn came in 3rd with a jump of 4.35m and Maclean for B string 4.13m taking 1st. In the high jump Gaye came 3rd with 1.25m. MacLean too 1st spot in the javelin with 22.78m.  

For the under 17 women Annabel MacLean took 3rd in the 300m clocking 46.9s and 1st in the shot throwing 9.63m.  Also, in the field MacLean took 2nd spot for the discuss with 21.65m.   

Both the under 15 girls and under 17 women finished 5th overall.               

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Wessex League Match 1

Team Kennet took part in the first round of the Wessex Young Athletes League on Sunday 21st at Andover.

The Yellow/Blue Vests secured 25 individual wins on the with both u13 Girls and boys and U15 Boys and Girls coming 2nd in their age group matches

Overall TK had to settle for a close 3rd place.

Waverley             506

Camberley         370

Team Kennet     356

Radley                 282

Slough                 257

Andover              197

The under 13 boys stole the clubs best age group on the day only just missing a team win, On the Track a double win came from Harry Smith 5.05.9 and Sam Atkins 5.43.3 in the 1500m, New Comer Harvey Butler came 1st  in the 200m B string 31.1 which would of won the A string, in the 100m he came 3rd in 15.4, Sam Atkins tackled the B string 100m coming 3rd 16.2, while back in the 200m JJ Mercer came 6th in the A string 32.9 with only 1 second separated all boys. Malik Gaye came 4th in the 75m Hurdles 17.0 and went much better in the 800m coming 2nd 2.47.3

The Relay Quartet of Atkins, Mercer, Butler and Gaye ran a superb relay to win in 60.0

On The Field Berkay Altuntas earned himself two wins in the discus 23.53 and Shot 6.77, team mate Alfie Cronk secured B string 2nd places in these events, Euan Jones made sure it was 3 throw wins by securing a 27.50 win in the Javelin, and Altuntus came 2nd B in the Javelin. The high Jump saw two more 2nd places Atkins 1.13 and Josh Bailey 1m, in the long Jump Gaye came 5th 3.48 and Mercer 3rd B string 3.27

The under 13 Girls had a good turnout as expected, a Double win came in the 1500m as Jessie McCurtin took the race on to win from the gun in 5.35.1 and Penelope Lyth taking 2nd overall but a B win in 5.41.3, In the Shorter 800m new Comer Olivia Bentley came 3rd A string 2.42.9 and Matilda Clare won the B string 2.50.9, the 200m A string Clare came in 4th 30.8 and Bentley took a B win in 30.4, the 100m Isla Ladds was 5th 15.8 and Lyth 3rd B string 15.6.

The Relay quartet of Clare, McCurtin, Bentley and Lyth came home in 3rd 60.0

On the field best result was the Javelin Clare was 2nd11.27 and Ella McDonald won the B string 10.98, The Shot saw McCurtin 5th 5.11 and Affra Bailey taking 2nd B string 4.50, The high Jump McCurtin cleared 1.20 for 3rd place and Bailey 1.10 for als o3rd place in the B string and Finally in the long jump Lyth came 6th A 3.36 and McDonald 5th B 3.12

The under 15 Girls secured several wins, Firstly in the 1500m Charlotte Bailey took control of the race to come clear and win in 5.11.3, Amber Stiles won the high Jump 1.35 and Bailey taking her second win of the day in the B string 1.25, the other win came in the 800m B string with Amelia Tayton, in the A string Ella Cronk came 3rd with 2.43.1, Anna Hall came 2nd in the B string 1500m 5.35.4, elsewhere on the Track Emerald Hill Sawyer came 3rd in the 200m 29.0, The relay quarter had to settle for 5th place.

The long jump Cronk 4.09 and Hill sawyer both came 2nd in their strings, best result in the throws came in the Javelin Hall taking 2nd 18.21 and Zoe Dickson winning the B string, Dickson also came 2nd in the A string Discus 19.64 and matched this in the shot 7.41 and Hall taking 3rd B 5.10

The under 15 Boys Turkay Altuntas was in fine form taking two wins in the Shot 12.38 and Discus 35.84, Rueben Kuijten came 2nd in both his strings with 6.26 and 19.78, a double win came in the Javelin with Will McDonald 28.99 and Noah Lauder-Clarke 28.17, Lauder-Clarke came a creditable 5th in the 800m with Kuijten taking 2nd B, while in the shorter distances Lauder-Clarke won the B string 300m and credit to Josh Brian for taking part in the 100-200-300 bagging league points for his age group feeling ill.

In the under 17 age groups Kenechi Okosa ran a superb 200m in 23.9 to take a win, had to pull out his other events after this due to slight injury, Newcomer Aaron Humphreys ran 5.09.3 for 3rd place in the 1500m, another new comer Theo Nightingale came 2nd in the high Jump with a superb 1.70, in the girls Clare McGonnell left of from last year to win the Javelin 33.98, Evie Lewis came 2nd in the Discus 25.98 and 3rd in the Shot 8.60, Another win came in the high Jump with Leila Gaye 1.45, Sophie Moores came 3rd in the long jump 4.01 and Gaye taking 4th B string. On the Track in the 200m McGonnell came 3rd A string 28.1 and Moores 3rd B 30.00 and in the 100m McGonnell came 2nd A string 13.5 and Moores 3rd B 14.5

Final results confirmed below.

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SAL Match 2

Team Kennet took part in the Southern Athletics League Div 3 SW at Poole on Sunday, In Soring Temperatures and Light winds set up a tough match for all four teams, with many club athletes away at Wembly in was going hard work.

1 Newquay & Par 188
2 Team Kennet 170
3 Guildford & Godalming 158
4 Worthing & District AC 130

The Yellow Vests worked very hard for their second place which saw 20 wins on the day.

Hayley Steward had a great match securing 3 A string wins, firstly in the Shot with 10.13, less than an hour later she took a superb win in the 400m with 63.8, then later on winning the Triple jump 9.66. Anna Montagne also took 3 wins in her A strings, firstly in the Long Jump with 4.96, then did the sprint double 100m 13.2 and 200m 27.3. Bethan Philp made it another A string win in the 1500m Steeplechase in 5.57.5.

There were a few B string wins on the day Caitlin Nowell coming back from injury timed her 400m to perfection to win in 68.2, in the middle distance races Rosa Lawrence won the 800m B 2.43.8 and 1500m Georgina Bradford won the B string with a sprint finish in just over 6 minutes, in the Field Charlotte Booker won the B string discus 23.41 and Deborah Montgomery won the B string Javelin 24.10. Anais Taank won the B string Triple Jump 8.69m. The other win came in the 4 x100m relay in a time of 54.9
there were some good performances in the ladies Pheobe Hoaen making her debut in the league throwing the Javelin 31.42 to finish 3rd A string, Booker throwing the Hammer 30.11 for 3rd place in the A string.

The Mens section a double win came in the Triple Jump with Joe Osler leaping 12.33 and Josh Willock 11.93, other wins came from team manager Nick Bull taking 3 B string wins in the 400m hurdles, 3000m and 3000m Steeplechase, and Simon Hockaday won the 3000m A string.
Josh Willock had to settle for two second places in the sprints as he clocked fast times of 11.5 in the 100m and 23.5 in the 200m, Joe Osler cleared 1.85 in the High Jump for 2nd place in a tightly contested competition, and taking the same spot in the B string Long Jump, Willock having to settle for 4th place with 5.90 in the A string again in a tough long jump competition.