Team Kennet Juniors rose to the occasion over the school summer holidays to win the latest round of the Oxford Young Athletes League at Banbury to give them a chance of winning the league, this was the third Junior match win in a row, with one match left in September a win will secure overall league Title.

Team Kennet 63
Radley 55
Banbury  53
Oxford 52
Bicester  47
Abingdon 37
White Horse Harriers 22
Witney  16

On the day all the three female age groups won their matches, Zoe Allen was on holiday form getting a sprint double in the 100m 13.7 and 200m 28.7, she was well backed up in the B strings as Emma Davies 100m 14.8 came 2nd and this placing was matched in the 200m with Annabel Maclean 31.2, the 800m saw a Double win from Eve Brown 2.37.9 and Emma Davies 2.45.5.
Annabel Maclean took part in her first 70m hurdles race to come away with a great win in 13.3 and finally on the track the quartet of Allen, Brown, Davies and Maclean took a convincing win in the 4x100m relay in 59.6
The field events saw Zoe Allen make it a hattrick of wins in the Shot with 7.90 and Brown securing a second win in the B string 5.72, the Discus Keira Cawley came 2nd 12.67 and Caitlyn Davies winning the B string 11.20, the Javelin Maclean came 3rd with 20.08, in the Jumps Neve Wright came 3rd in the High 1.25 and 5th in the long 3.63 with the B string Emma Davies taking 3rd place.

The under 15 girls track a superb Double win came in the 800m Annabel Todd 2.34.4 and Annalise Gale 2.39.7, in the longer 1500m Emily Tucker came 3rd, the 300m Aimee Dickson came 4th 47.1 and a great run by Tucker took a B string win 46.5, Annabel Gibson came 4th in the 100m 14.2 and Dickson took 3rd B string 14.1, in the 75m hurdles Lottie Absolom came 2nd 13.5 and Dickson made it a B string win 14.2, finally on the track the 4x100m team of Todd, Tucker, Gale and Dickson came home in 2nd place.
The Field events faired well for the girls, Absolom in the Long jump came 2nd 4.18 and Todd taking a B string win 4.01, Absolom came 2nd in her high jump 1.38, tucker came 2nd in the Shot 8.18 with Gale taking 3rd B string, two 3rd places came in the Discus Todd 20.80 and Gale 12.90

The under 17 women turned out a good squad as they have done all season, Ellie Kerslake came 2nd in the 100m 13.5, same placing in the 200m from Amy Russell 28.8, in the slightly longer 300m Lily Darcy Masters just got to the finish line in first place 48.8, the long jump saw Ellie Kerslake 5th A and Izzy Kerslake 2nd, Phoebe Hoaen had a good day 2nd in the Shot 8.46 then wins coming from the Discus 21.78 then her best event the Javelin 39.85

The under 15 boys were the highest placed from the males in 2nd place, Liam Cawley securing 3 wins in the Javelin 48.64, the Discus 32.23 and Shot 11.34, Kian Hockaday took part in the B strings Javelin 2nd 25.77, and 3rd places from the Discus 14.78 and Shot 5.50.
Matthew Jones cleared 1.40 to finish 2nd in the high Jump with B string George Mackie winning with same height, both teamed up again in the long jump Jones leaping 4.63 for 3rd place and another B win from Mackie 4.49
Best track event came from Noah Kemp in the 1500m winning in 4.58.9, Kemp came 4th in the 300m 48.3, Mackie came 3rd in the 200m 27.9 and Jones coming 5th in the 100m
The 4x100m relay Jones, Mackie, Kemp and Hockaday came home in 2nd place.

The under 13 boys age group saw maximum points coming from the throws James Fenner throwing 30.41 in the Javelin and Joseph Hoaen 21.55, the Discus Seb Simpson 21.27 and Hoaen 15,42 and finally the Shot Simpson 8.20 and Sam Dennis 6.55
Fenner came 2nd in the Long Jump 3.84 and Kian Darcy Masters 5th B string.
The sprints Edward Mackie came 5th and Darcy Masters 5th in the 100m, while in the 200m Fenner came 4th and Mackie 3rd place.
The 4 x100m team of Darcy Masters, Mackie, Fenner and Hoaen came home in 3rd place.

Finally the under 17 men saw only one TK member Harry Booker, he broke his own Discus record throwing 41.53, clearing 1.60 in the high jump for 2nd place and matching this in the long jump 5.15

Team Kennet finished of the Junior Athletic Season in the Wessex Young Athletes League by finishing 2nd place at Swindon over the weekend to ensure a top 5 overall league position, while the under 15 girls won the under 15 age group league.

Match score

Swindon 510
Team Kennet 368
Salisbury 288
Andover & Overton 114
Fleet 87

The under 15 Girls were out in force for the club again to ensure they won there age group, the day started with the High Jump Neve  Wright winning and smashed her own personnel best and claiming the high jump club record by clearing 1.58m putting her 21^st in the UK Ranking, her Twin sister won the B string with 1.30, Neve came 2^nd in the Long Jump 4.08 and Carly Chisholm took the B string win 4.02, Another Double win came in the Javelin Alanna Smith 30.03 and Claire McGonnell 27.59, in the Discus Kirsten Fraser came 2^nd and Alanna Smith winning the B string. Both girls teamed up in the Shot for Fraser taking 2^nd A string and Smith 3^rd B string.

On the Track first event was the 75m Hurdles McGonnell came 2^nd 13.68 and Amelie Ross also taking 2^nd place. In the 800m both girls came 2^nd in their strings Emma Davis 2.31 and Mia Wright. The 4 x100m saw another 1st place best of the track events clocking 57.35.

The under 17 men won their age group on the day to secure 3^rd place overall in the age group league, Double event wins coming from Oliver Ford 40.58 and Tom Wells 30.38 in the Discus, Ford 13.04 and Brandon Carter 7.51 in the Shot, Euan Avery 1.60  and Matt Jones 1.55 in the High Jump, Jones 5.52 and Oliver Humphrey 4.77 in the Long Jump, an individual wins coming from Oliver Humphrey in the 100m hurdles with a new personnel best time of 14.71, Avery in the 200m 24.5, Avery finishing 2^nd in the 100m 12.3, two good 2^nd places came in the 400m Jones 60.1 and Noah Kemp, Kemp tackling the longer distances finishing 3^rd in both, the best result came in the 4 x 100m as the quartet of Avery, Jones, Kemp and Carter took a convincing win with  a time of 52.2

The Under 15 Boys came 3^rd in their age group George Down continued his amazing season with 3 wins again coming in the 200m 25.1 and 300m 39.38 and his favored event the long jump 5.86, Seb Simpson won two of his events as well, Shot 11.11, Discus 35.55 and settling for 2^nd place in the Javelin 24.84, William Appleby secured good 2^nd and 3^rd places in the B string on the Field

The under 13 boys also came 3^rd William McDonald throwing 25.69 to take 2^nd place in the Javelin, he came 4^th in the Long Jump 3.85 in the B string James Simmons came first, he matched this in the 100m with a great race to win in 14.4 but had to settle for 2^nd in the longer 200m 29.4

The under 13 Girls were 2^nd on the day, first time this season the TK throwers didn’t dominate the throws, in the Discus Eliska Simpson came 2^nd 15.10, but Suki Humphreys won the B string 15.09, the Shot Simpson was 2^nd again 6.85 and another win from Humphreys 5.88, in the Javelin Simpson had to retire due to injury taking 3^rd place with Humphreys 2^nd B string. Amber Stiles won the High Jump with a new best performance with a 1.30 clearance, Ellie Ross came 2^nd in the 70m hurdles, in the longest event 1200m Stiles came 2^nd 4.33.8, the 100m Sophie Moores came 2^nd B string 14.1 and Emelia Lunn 4^th A string 14.8, Moores came 3^rd A string in the 200m 29.9.

Tara Hogan was the clubs only under 17 girl on the day where she came 2^nd in the 800m 2.35 and 3^rd in the 300m 48.8

Several club athletes took part in the under 17 London Games Indoor Track and Field competition over the weekend.

Stuart Bladon broke two club records for indoors, firstly in his favoured event the high jump  clearing 1.90 to take third place and a personnel best, then threw a best in the Shot 11.47 setting another  best achievement, and at the end of the day in the 60m clocking 7.59 for another personnel best.

Anna Montagne won her 300m heat in a superb 44.27 and then came 5th in the Long Jump 4.76.

Oliver Bazin took part in three events the Triple Jump being his best 11.27, he leapt 5.12 in the long jump and clocked 8.02 in the 60m sprint

Team Kennet Quadkids team excelled at the last match of the season in the Wessex Young Athletes Track and Field League to finish Runners Up out of 25 clubs covering the South of England.
Winning the match on the day at Swindon with both Boys and Girls winning their sections, and the Girls winning their own league.

Team Kennet 1754
Camberley 1367
Aldershot 1278
Wimborne 1235
Andover/Overton 1203
Dorchester 952

Team Kennet Girls went the whole season unbeaten which saw Clare McGonnell and Zoe Allen battle through the day to earn the top individual Wessex spot, in the end it came down to 2pts Clare scoring 246 and Zoe 244 both coming 1st and 2nd on the day and in the league standings. Clare broke the clubs Vortex record with a huge throw of 35.02, while Zoe earned herself the quickest sprinter on the day in the 75m 11.5, Tilly Sideso clocked 11.6, The Long Jump saw an impressive jump from Octavia Thomas 3.77 and Neve Wright 3.69, The 600m Zoe got the better of Clare in a very fast race 1.56 and 1.58 and Tilly 2.02, Zoe also achived 31.59 in the Vortex as the TK girls won every event

The Boys only lost 2 matches all season, Ollie Tozer taking 2nd spot on the day sprinting 11.9 in the 75m his best event on the day.
Jacob Avery was the clubs fastest sprinter on the day 11.8, in the long jump nearly all the boys lept 3.30, in the 600m Ivan Chekmazov was the quickest on the day in 1.56

Team Kennet Athletes came back with medals at the UK Javelin festival as they dominated the event held at Loughborough.

Under 17 Ben East threw a below par 64.32 to win a Gold medal to maintain his unbeaten run for over two years.

Pheobe Hoaen left it to her last throw to earn a Silver medal in the under 17 women’s event with a new club record and best of 45.09 and Liam Cawley threw a personnel best in the under 15 boys to earn a Silver medal with a throw of 52.60

Team kennet athlete Duncan Mcgrory won gold at the British Vets Championships over the weekend at birmingham
Duncan took part in the vet 60 age group taking part in the 2000m steeplechase winning in 7mins 45. 93 seconds by a margin of 19 seconds

Some of Team Kennet’s throwers took part in the South of England Track and Field Academy Sports Pro Event held at Portsmouth on a very blustery damp Sunday, best results came in the Javelin Ben East opening his season with a 58.44 in the under 20 age group, while his coach Luke Angell threw in the seniors 52.83

Oliver Gregory also in the under 20 age group threw 10.79 in the Shot and Harry Booker u20 threw 33.09 in the Discus.

Club Coach Cheryl Angell threw in the vet 55 age group in the Shot 6.59, Discus 13.36 and Hammer 18.85

Team Kennet under 11s ended their League matches of the season in the Wessex League with their best result of the season, by finishing 2nd place behind the host club but the boys winning there section.

Match Score

Swindon 1666
Team Kennet 1543
Andover & Overton 1159
Salisbury 618
Fleet 189

The Boys winning the Boys team score saw Aiden Fleming 2nd induvial on the day, clocking a fast 11.6 in the sprint, a very fast 600m of 1.54.1 which took the club u11 record, 3.56 in the long jump and a 28.68 vortex throw, just behind him was Noah Lauder Clark 3rd overall himself clocking a fast 11.9 in the 75m, a 3.30 in the long jump, 2.04.7 in the 600m and best of all 38.47 in the Vortex. Josh ladds clocked a 12 seconds in the 75m, Ben Daley throwing 30.53 in the vortex, other athletes taking part Oliver Striven and Reuben Kuijten.

The Girls came 3rd on the day, Anna Hall finishing 6th overall her best event 600m 2.02.4 and a below par vortex throw of 23.62, Ella Cronk was just behind in 7th place clocking a fast 12.1 in the 75m sprint, a superb 2.00 in the 600m, Emerald Hill-Sawyer was the fasted sprinter on the day with a fast 11.7 and also ran a fast 600m 2.09, other girls taking part were Harriet Saunders, Maja Cotton and Mia Kearney