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.