Team Kennet athletes were in top form over the weekend.

On Saturday in the England Athletics Championships held at Bedford for the under 15 and 17s Ben East again broke his own UK Javelin record to throw 67.04 to win his first big major title, Ben unbeaten this year has broken nearly every record going in this years season. Harry Booker also competing in the under 15 boys Discus threw 40.76m to earn a Bronze medal and Oliver Gregory in the same event came 8^th with a throw of 32.27.

Club Coach and Athlete Deborah Montgomery took part in the British Masters Championships held at Birmingham, Deborah competes in the Vet 50 age group won her Javelin with a 27.00 throw and is currently UK Number 1 in her vet catorgory. A silver came in the Shot with 9.87 where she is UK number 2,, The Discus she also earned a Silver with 23.06 and a Bronze came in the Hammer 32.56. A fantastic Achievement to earn four medals in four throws

Team Kennet had two under 17 men competing at the South of England Indoor Championships over the weekend at Lee Valley.

Both athletes just missed out in the finals to finish 4th, firstly Stuart Bladon came 2nd in his heat of the 60m hurdles in 8.69 then in the final produced a new personnel best of 8.59. James McLaughlin took part in the 800m clocking a time of 2.07.08. Bladon also took part in the high jump clearing 1.80m which gave him 7th place.

At the Birmingham Indoor Open, Sunita Sisodiya claimed the 60m indoor senior record with a time of 8.38s.

Team Kennet Athletes have taken part in some of the Indoor Track and Field Open meets. On Saturday 1st December at Windsor Anna Montagne in the under 17 age group ran in the 60m Sprint clocking 9.71 on her fastest of two runs.On Sunday 2nd at Lee Valley Caitlin Nowell set two new club under 20 records in the 300m 48.3 and 600m 1.58.39. Aimee Dickson took part as a under 15 in the 300m clocking 47.23 and Oliver Bazin took part in the 60m clocking 8.02 and leaping 5.41 in the long jump as an under 17.

In the Lee Valley Mini Indoor Track and Field Open on 8th December, Zoe Allen broke the clubs 200m record taking it down to 30.47, and earlier ran 9.03 in the 60m sprint. Elsewhere Georgina Bradford clocked 2.45.94 in the 800m at the u23 Middlesex Uni Student Championships on 5th December.

Kirsty Bennet took the club 800m record running 2.35.01 to finish 4th in the Manchester cup on 14th November.

Team Kennet had several athletes competing for their schools at the recent Prep National School Championships held at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.

Imogen Wiggin competing in the under 14s 800m earned herself a Silver medal in a close finish that was right on the line clocking 2.24. Wiggin ran a steady race to settle in third place at the bell, she then went past the second place girl with 250m to go, then gradually caught the leader to the finish line to be just pipped by .1 second.

Annabel Todd competed also in the 800m in the under 12s. She was also in a fast and gruelling race with temperatures hitting the 30 degrees. She had to settle for a bronze in another fast time of 2.26.

Lottie Absolom also in the u12s just missed out on medals in the High Jump, clearing 1.41 for 4th place, another height she would of won on count back

Team Kennet under 11s were finally beaten in the Wessex Young Athletes League held at Swindon, by a mere 3 pts.
The girls managed to stay unbeaten and have secured their age group league while the boys came 4th.
The result also took the club off the top in to second place just 70pts behind New Forest Juniors.

Swindon 1700
Team Kennet 1697
Woking 1537
Andover/Overton 1475
Fleet 1322
Southampton 732

On the day Zoe Allen was the clubs best u11, she won the girls section with a score of 238pts second highest in the league this year just 1 point behind clubmate Clare McGonnell. Zoe Claimed a new Club Record that has stood for 15 years in the 75m sprint clocking 11.0, this was the second fastest time of the day, she also clocked second fastest 600m time of the day with a new best time of 1.56. McGonnell came second overall on the day, her best result was Vortex throwing second longest of29.49, while the longest throw went to team mate Neve Wright throwing 30.19 and finishing5th overall. The clubs fourth best scorer was Tilly Sideso she clocked 11.5 for the 75m and finished 7th overall. The Club had 5 athletes in the top 10 with Bethany MacLean making the top 10.

The Boys couldn’ t manage anyone in the top 10 but made most in top 20, James Fenner taking the Yellow vests top spot, his Vortex being best 37m, Jacob Avery was next best clocking 11.3 for 75m, ollie Tozer was on course to make top 5 but had to pull out of the long jump after a 3.51 leap with a injury preventing him from the 600m, it was down to Jack Pyke and Josepth Hoaen to score high for the club.

Team Kennet kept up their pressure at the top of the Wessex young Athletes League Table with a fantastic victory at Swindon, to give them a slight chance to be crowned champions next month. On the day the club racked up 35 wins and four age group wins which saw nearly 80 club athletes turn up to compete

Team Kennet                     468
Swindon                              436
Woking                               360
Southampton                    316.5
Andover/Overton             200.5
Fleet                                    155

The under 15 Boys yet again took the age group honours for the club, Again Ben East was on form breaking the league record he set at the last match by winning the Javelin by some 30m, throwing 63.36m, Kian Hockaday backed him up by winning the B string with just over 28m. The discus saw a  tough competition Harry Booker having to settle for second place 41.73 and Oliver   Gregory throwing 35.63 won the B sting, Booker had to settle again in 2^nd place in the Shot with a 11.89 throw, but Gregory made sure he won his B string 10.90. The field scored highly for the club Booker leaping 1.50 in  the High Jump for 2^nd place again, and Matthew Jones made sure he won his B string with 1.40m, The long jump Freddie Boyle came 4^th and Jones took 3^rd place in the B string. On the track it was the 4x100m relay team of Booker, East, Gregory and Ethan Haines won by a huge margin to just miss out on the League Record, but broke the clubs record setting a fast time of 48.0 seconds. New Comer Ethan Haines made sure he won his 300m on his Debut with a fast 39.7, and Jones taking 3^rd B string. Ben East took part in the 100m and surprised everyone as he won his String in 12.2, in the 200m Oliver Gregory  clocked 25 seconds for 2^nd place on the line.

The under 17 Men won their age group best on the track was 100m both Oliver Bazin  and Tom Hills clocking 12.7 to finish 5^th and 1^st in their strings, both teamed up again in the 200m Bazin 3^rd 25.4 and Hills 1^st b string 25.7, toby Thomas and Cameron Langley earned the u17s good points in their 400m and 800m races. The 4x100m Bazin, Hills, Thomas and Langley won the  relay  in 54.0. On the Field a Double win came in the Long Jump Bazin leaping 5.97 and Langley 4.45.

The under 13 Girls took their first age group win of the season, with some outstanding performances, a double win came in the 70m Hurdles from Lottie Absolom 12.4 and Aimee Dickson 13.2,  another Double came in the 800m with Annabel Todd 2.27 and Tara Hogan 2.44, this was nearly achieved again in the 1200m Kirsten Fraser getting outsprinted down the home straight wit ha time of 4.12.7 for 2^nd place and Eve Brown taking a B string win 4.29.9, The sprints were tough for the girls Aimee Dickson picking up best times in her 100 and 200m, so did Lyla Goodwin in her 100m and Abigail Mansfield in her 200m  all picking up 4^th and 5^th places. On the field the high jump picked up two good 2^nd places from Absolom and Fraser. The discus saw another club Double win from Todd 18.62 and Absolom 16.79, and the Javelin saw Annabel Maclean come 2nd and Alanna Smith win the B string.

The under 17 women also took a convincing win to put them top of their age group league, the 800m saw Anna Pettit having to sprint to the line to take her first win of the day in 2.30 and team mate Bethan Philp coming 2^nd in the B string2.34.7, both teamed up in the 300m with Pettit taking 3^rd and Philp another 2^nd place, and again they teamed up in the Long Jump with Pettit 2^nd 4.25 and Philp taking a B win. The High Jump saw Ellie Armstrong take 2^nd place 1.35, more good points came in the throws, Armstrong taking 2^nd in the A string A Shot 10.40 and Pheobe Hoaen winning the B string 9.21, Hoaen came 3^rd in the Discus 20.39 and in her best event the Javelin she won by a huge length with 39.38. The Four of the girls won the 4x100m Relay in 57.0

The under 15 Girls had to settle for second place again their was some great performances from the girls, on the Field a Double win came in the Discus Sophie Wheadon winning outright with 29.72 and Annelise Gale taking the B win 14.83, Wheadon made it another win in the Javelin 23.72, and another Double win came in the Shot with Wheadon 9.42 and Lucy Bennet 4.72, in the Jumps high and long only fourth places were achieved. The Track saw only one win this was in the 100m B string by Ellie Kerslake in 13.8 and twin sister came third in the  A string 13.6, the 200m Bennet came 4^th 29.0 and Ella Ward same position 30.4 in the B string. The 800m Annelise Gale broke her 2.40 barrier to come 3^rd place and in the longer 1500m both Rebecca Thomson and Georgina Thomson came 2^nd in times of 5.19 and 5.24. The 4x100m relay team of Bennet, Ward , and both Kerslakes came home in 2^nd place in 54.8

The under 13 boys found this match tough, coming 4^th, best result from their age group was in the High Jump Euan Avery winning with 1.28 and New Comer Charlie Adams taking 2^nd in the B string 1.20, the Javelin saw a good competition Digby Riggall throwing 24.62 to take 3^rd and Finlay Plumpton taking 3^rd in the B string. Discus result was one better, Oliver Absolom taking 3^rd A string 18.29 and Seb Simpson taking 2^nd B string, the hot Absolom and Simpson took two fourth places. The long Jump Avery came 4^th and Absolom taking 2^nd place. The 1500m Jacob Woods clocked 5.14 to take 3^rd place and Charlie Adams 5.23 for 2^nd B string, The sprints again were tough, Avery only getting 6^th with his fast 15.0 while Riggall came 5^th with 15.9, Earlier Riggall came 3^rd in the B 200m. The Relay quartet came 4^th 59 seconds

Team Kennet had 3 athletes represent their schools in the South East Schools Combined Championships held in Ashford Kent over the weekend.

Stuart Bladon still growing in confidence secured a Silver medal in the under 17 age group with a score of 4886 in his 8 events, he gained personnel bests in the Shot 11.48 and Discus 38.46, his best track event was in the 1oom hurdles clocking 14.1 for third best on the day. other events he clocked 53.5 in the 400m, 4.41.9 in the 1500m, lept 1.79 in the high jump 5.65 in the Long Jump and threw the Javelin 41.34

Anna Montagne in same age group finished 9th in her first multi championships, clocking personnel bests in the 200m 26.4, 2.31.2 in the 800m and 1.53 in the High Jump. The other events saw a 13.1 in the 80m hurdles a 4.42 in the long jump and in the throws Shot 9.29 and 25.93 in the Javelin. to reach 4029pts

Under 15 boys saw Harry Booker finish 11th throwing 11.33 in his shot, 1.52 in the high jump and 5.29 in the long jump on the track clocked 13.0 in the 80m hurdles and 2.28.3 in the 800m for 2330pts

Team Kennet’s Stuart Bladon took part in the UK multi Sports Events Championships over the weekend at Sheffield, in the under 17s Heptathlon. Comprising seven events day 1 saw Stuart finish the day in eight place, clocking 7.55 in the 60m sprint for a new personnel best, leaping 1.86 in the high jump and 5.85 in the long Jump later saw him clear 3.46 for a new club u17 indoor record in the pole vault, Day 2 lifted Stuart up with a fast 8.79 in the 60m hurdles, throwing the shot 11.11 and then running the 1000m in 2.52.47 to earn Stuart a 4^th place overall out of 26 athletes, setting a new personnel best and club record points tally of 4488.

Team Kennet coach and athlete Deborah Montgomery added more silverware to this years tally, in the UK Masters Championships held at Lee Valley Deborah came 2^nd in the veteran 50 age group in the Shot throwing 10.22 and the came Third in the Hammer with 32.52.

Club coach Simon travelled to Lisbon to do the Lisbon half marathon over weekend coming home in 1.58 with some 40000 taking part.

Club chairman Nick Bull was Seaton in Devon’s 10000th park run finisher since November 2016. Nick came 22nd in the event on the day.

Team Kennet will see a record number of club athletes take part in the English Schools Athletics Finals next month.

Six Club athletes will compete on 12/13 July at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham

Ben East – Javelin
Phoebe Hoaen – Javelin
Liam Cawley – Javelin
Harry Booker – Discus
Sophie Wheadon – Discus
Stuart Bladon – 110m Hurdles

The Berkshire Schools Championships also saw a record number of TK athletes take part and many came back as Berkshire Schools Champions.

The Inter Boys Ben East threw 60.51 to win and is tipped to win the English Schools title, Harry Booker also won the Discus 40.06.
Senior Boys Stuart Bladon won his 110m hurdles in 14.88 while in the Junior Boys Oliver Ford just missed out on selection to win his Discus 31.48 but in the Javelin Liam Cawley won his Hampshire Schools event with a 46m throw tipped for a medal in the finals.

The Inter Girls Sophie Wheadon won her Discus 33.91 and Phoebe Hoaen her Javelin 40.65 both girls stand a good chance getting on to the Poduim, Anna Montagne came 2nd in the High Jump 1.61 and same position matched by Ellie Armstrong in the Shot 9.69. elsewhere in the same age group Georgina Thomson was 7th in the 800m and her twin sister Rebecca came 7th in the 1500m, Amy Russell came 5th in the final of the 200m 28.7 and in the 100m Faye Saunderson came 4th 13.3 and Izzy Kerslake 6th both in the final.

The Junior Girls Gemma Moon came 2nd in the high jump 1.45 and Annalise Gale was 10th in the 800m.
The Senior Girls Charlotte Booker came 3rd in the Hammer.
Junior Boys Kian Hockaday was 4th in the Javelin and finally in the Inter Boys Ethan Haines was 4th in the 400m final 54.3 and Ben Lawrence was 2nd in the Javelin 41.56

Team Kennet were involved in a very close match in their last junior match of the season in the Oxfordshire Young Athletes League at Horspath on Sunday.

On the day final results saw Team Kennet just win which was good enough to win the League overall and take their fourth junior league match win in a row.

Team Kennet 55
Oxford City 52
Banbury 51
Radley 50
Bicester 46
Abingdon 44
Witney 31
White Horse 18

The under 13 girls were at full strength, but had to settle for second place on the day, Kirsten Fraser and Eve Brown set a high standard for the day in the 1500m as a double win came with superb times of 5.09.8 and 5.37.6. The Sprint Hurdles just before saw two second places from Claire McGonnel 12.9 and Annabel MacLean 13.3.
The 100m Zoe Allen came 2nd in 14.2 and Emma Davies matched this in the B string 14.9, the 200m saw two third places by Allen 29.5 and MacLean 31.5 and in the 800m Davies came in third 2.42.5 and Maddie Baker Third in the B string 3.00.6
The Relay Quartet of Allen, Davies, McGonnell and MacLean came 2nd in 59.2
On the Field, double win came in the Javelin McGonnell 26.38 and Eve Brown 24.25, Allen had to settle for 2nd in the A shot 7.75 and Brown taking 3rd B 5.02, in the Discus MacLean came 4th 17.47 and Fraser a good 2nd 14.41 in the other string.
The Long Jump Octavia Thomas lept 3.87 for 3rd place and Neve Wright 3.66 for 2nd b string, the High Jump Wright came 4th 1.25 and Fraser 3rd B string 1.20

The under 17 women won their match again with a strong squad as all season, Double wins came from Phoebe Hoaen 40.59 and Anna Montagne 23.31 in the Javelin, Sophie Wheadon 32.19 and Hoaen 21.85 in the Discus and Wheadon 10.38 and Montagne 9.34 in the Shot that saw maximum points. The long jump Amy Russell came 4th 4.05 and Ellie Kerslake 2nd B 3.68
The day started with Anna Montagne taking 2nd in the 80m hurdles 12.6, in the sprints Russell came 4th in the 100m 13.7 and Izzy Kerslake 14.1 for 2nd place B, the 200m Russell came 5th 29.2 and Hoaen taking 2nd in the B string 30.2.
The 4 x100m quartet of Russell, Hoaen, Izzy and Ellie Kerslake came 2nd in 56.2.

The under 15 girls were very short of athletes for this match Annelise Gale came 3rd in the 800m 2.36.1, the 300m Aimee Dickson came 5th 46.4 an Gale 3rd B string 50.8, Dickson came 3rd in the 75m hurdles 14.2 in the sprints Ella Ward coming 5th in the 100m 14.5 and 7th in the 200m 30.8, the Shot Dickson was 4th A 6.70 and Gale 3rd B string 5.13

The Under 13 boys also sent out a very strong group of athletes, but were just beaten in to second place, a superb double win came in the long jump by George Down 4.73 and James Fenner 4.03, more Double wins came in the throws by Seb Simpson in the Shot 8.21 and Sam Dennis B string 7.25, Simpson making it a double in the Discus 27.71 and Dennis 20.72 in the B, The Javelin saw Fenner throw 28.55 and Joseph Hoaen 23.30 for another double, William Appleby lept 1.15 in the high jump for 6th place.
The Track didn’t fair so well Doen had to settle for 3rd place in the 100m 13.8 and 2nd in the 200m 28.6 A strings, Edward Mackie came 3rd B in the 100m 15.6 and matched this in the 200m 32.0
The 800m Hoaen came 5th 2.51.9 and the 1500m Jacob Woods 4th 5.25.4 and Kian Darcy Masters 3rd B 5.48.7
The relay quartet of Down, Mackie, Fenner and Hoaen came 3rd 61.0

The under 15 boys had good competition as they came 4th in their age group, Jonah Briggs came 6th in both his 100m 13.3 and 200m 28.6, Matt Jones came 3rd B in the 100m 13.5 and Noah Kemp came 3rd in the 1500m 4.54.7 and matched this in the 300m 48.5, best result in the field came in the high jump with two very good 2nd places from Matt Jones and George Mackie both jumping 1.45, Oliver Ford took the only win in this age group on the day in the Discus 32.58 and had to settle for 2nd places in the Shot 11.03 and Javelin 33.65 and Noah Kemp took 3rd B in the discus 15.81, The Long Jump Jones came 6th with 4.71 and Briggs 3rd B 4.04

The under 17 men could only field 3 athletes Oliver Bazin 12.0 and Ethan Haines 11.7 teamed up in the 100m both coming 2nd place, again they teamed up in the 200m Bazin 2nd in the A string 24.9 and Haines winning the B string 24.5, for the third time they teamed up in the Long Jump Bazin 2nd A with 5.28 and Haines taking 4th B 4.36, Alex McLaughlin came 3rd in the Discus 27.31