Team Kennet Athletes secured their best ever medal haul at the recent County Championships and claiming 3 County Championship Best Records, taking home 14 Gold, 10 Silver and 5 Bronze medals.

The under 17s continued to dominate and Ben East took Gold in the Javelin with a big throw of 68.14 and take the Championship Record at his first attempt, training partner Phoebe Hoaen also Struck Gold and also another new Championship record in her Javelin throwing 42.09.

Oliver Bazin came 4^th in the Long Jump 5.12 and came 5^th in the 200m final 24.6

Anna Montagne won her Shot with a throw of 10.42 and also took the High Jump gold with 1.55 but had to settle for Silver in the 80m hurdles 12.98.

Harry Booker struck Gold in the Discus 37.90 and took Silver in the Shot 10.92, team mate Oliver Gregory claimed two Bronze medals in the Discus 30.81 and Shot 10.49.

Sophie Wheadon won herself Gold in the Discus winning with a throw of 32.67 increasing her own club record, and took Silver in the Shot with a throw of 10.36

Stuart Bladon added Gold medals as well in the under 20 mens first in the 110m hurdles 15.5 breaking the club record and then in the High Jump 1.70. Luke Angell also took another County title winning his 10th in a row throwing 54.75m

The under 15s also did well, New Comer Liam Cawley took part in the Hampshire Championships winning the Javelin with a throw of 51.31 and setting a new Hampshire Championship best  Record and moving him in to UK number 2, at the same championships Noah Kemp made it in to the 1500m final to finish 7^th with a new personnel best time of 4.48.82. Matthew Jones came 4th in the High Jump with 1.45m

Oliver Ford made sure that he didn’t miss out on Gold medals in the Throws as he won the Discus with 30.30m and took Silver in the Shot 10.39 and finished 4thin the Javelin 31.88, Kian Hockaday went one better to earn himself a well deserved Bronze medal 32.84.

Charlotte Absolom was rewarded with a Silver in the High Jump 1.35 and came 5^th in the 75m hurdles final 13.37.

The Senior Ladies Hayley Steward joined the throwers to win a Gold in the Shot with 11.11m throw and then went on to win a Silver in the 400m with a time of 62.54, and later struck Gold again in the Long Jump 5.12

The under 20s  Charlotte Booker came 2^nd in the Discus 24.65 and 4^th in the Hammer and Caitlin Nowell came 4^th in the 400m 66.36

Ben Schiffer-Harte took part in the Senior men and he to claimed medals, he won the 800m event and then came 2^nd in the Shot

Claire McGonnell took part in the Quadrathon, her best event was the 600m clocking 1.55.4 and then her 75m sprint 11.6

Zoe Allen took part in the Oxfordshire Championships in the under 13 age group coming back with Four Medals, Allen earned herself Silver in the Javelin and Shot and two Bronzes in the sprints 100m and 200m claiming new personnel bests in all four events

Some photos from the day are available here

Team kennet had several athletes compete for Berkshire at the inter counties u13 match held at Kingston.

Best result of the day came from Seb Simpson in the Discus as he came 2nd overall with a throw of 25.36 putting him 9th in the UK rankings. He also threw the shot 8.12 for 7th in the b string.

James Fenner came 7th in the A string Javelin throwing 29.44.

The girls best result came from Eve Brown throwing 27.02 in the javelin for 2nd b string and in the A string Claire McGonnel came 7th with a throw of 24.39.

Kirsten Fraser came 5th in the 1500m in 4.58 and finally Zoe Allen representing Oxfordshire ran 14.4 in 100m and 29.93 in 200m and threw 7.85 in the shot to come 4th A string.

Team Kennet had Several Athletes compete in the South of England Track and Field Championships at Kingsmeadow Stadium in Kingston.

Team Kennet Claimed Three medals, and Seb Simpson was crowned under 15 South of England Discus Champion throwing 38.89, but to cap this he also took a Bronze Medal in the Hammer throwing 34.10 and finished 5^th in the Shot 11.34.

Another Medal came from George Down in the same age group in the Long Jump breaking his own club record leaping to 6.21 and taking a Bronze medal.

Charlotte Absolom also broke the clubs under 17 womens Triple Jump record coming 6^th with 9.93

Under 13 Elliot Murphy came 5^th in his 800m heat clocking 2.28.4 and Eliska Simpson in the u13 girls Shot came 8^th.

Team Kennet took part in their second Wessex Young Athletes League match of the season at Swindon last weekend.

Conditions were superb for the meeting throughout which produced lots of personnel bests and one UK ranked Number 1 from Thrower Turkay Altuntas in the under 15 Boys throwing 43m.

Match result of the day put Team Kennet in third place

Swindon 644

Waverley 376.5

Team Kennet 354

Slough Junior 232.5

Wimborne 187

Marlborough 158

The Under 13 Boys got the best team placing on the day finishing 2^nd place which puts them joint top of the their own age group league.

Berkay Altuntas  threw a big throw in the Discus to win the event with 28.39 with Alfie Cronk taking 2^nd B string, A double win came in the Javelin with Jenson Nichols 26.41 and Altuntas the B string 18.69, I the Shot TK lads had to settle for two 2^nd places Altuntas 8.22 and Cronk 5.05, two more 2^nd places came in the high jump with Sam  Atkins 1.20 and Nichols 1.10, I the Long Jump good points came from 3^rd place A string Malik Gaye 3.78 and Connor O’Riordan 3.61, moving on to the track Harry Smith ran a superb race in the 1500m to win with 5.04.1 and josh Bailey took 2^nd b string 6.05.1, Gaye took 2^nd place in the 800m A string with Atkins taking 3^rd B 3.01.2 and in the shorter distances Smith came 2^nd B string in the 200m 30.9, Thomas Williams ran well in the A string 100m and 200m clocking 15.4 and 31.3 for 5^th places. The 4x100m relay team had to settle for 4^th place.

The under 15 boys came 3^rd in their age group, highlight was Turkay in his Discus with a huge win, while Rueben Kuijten took 2^nd in the B string 19.62, as with the younger boys the Javelin claimed another Double win, Will McDonald throwing 37.3 and Noah Lauder-Clarke 31.01, in the Shot 3^rd place came from Kuijten and in the B a 2^nd place from Ben Daley. Points were low on the track Josh Brain took part in the 100m 14.8, 200m 30.8 to earn good points, Frank Edwards came home in 2^nd place in the 1500m.

Only two under 17 men turned out due to exams, Theo Nightingale lept to a personal best in the high jump to win with 1.75, he also took part in the Long Jump and 200m, James Simmons ran in the 100m 12.6 and 200m 25.7 and also the long jump.

The under 13 Girls came 3^rd in their match Double win came in the 1500m with Harriet Saunders  5.19.2 and Jessie McCurtin 5.30.1, the shorter 800m saw Olivia Bentley come home in 2^nd place 2.45.2 and same placing for Penelope Lyth 2.45.2, Bentley clocked 29.8 in the 200m for 4^th place with Quinn Joyce coming 5^th in the B string, I the 100m Tilly Clare was 4^th 15.3 and Bentley 3^rd B string 14.8The 4 x100m Quartet of Bentley, McCurtin, Lyth and Clare came home in 3^rd place 58.5

On the Field best points came from the high jump with McCurtin coming 2^nd on count back 1.30 and a B win from Clare 1.25, the Javelin saw two third places from Ella McDonald 13.52 and Clare 12.91, The Long Jump McDonald came 4^th 3.53 and Joyce 3.33 for 4^th also.

The under 15 Girls were also 3^rd in their age group best result on the track came in the 800m with Charlotte Bailey clocking 2.28.2 and Ella Cronk 2.43.7 both claiming 2^nd places, Anna Hall had to settle for 3^rd place in the longer 1500m 5.33.7, The 300m saw two third places emerald hill Sawyer 48.2 and Chloe O’Riordan49.0, Chloe went one better in the 200m B string for 2^nd place 30.8 which she matched in the 100m B 14.6, New Comer Amelia Desroche came 4^th A string in 14.6,  best result in the Field came in the throws  from Daisey Downer in the B shot taking 2^nd place 6.63

The Relay quartet of Hill Sawyer, Cronk, O’Riordan and Hall came home in 4^th place 58.6

The under 17 Women had a much better turnout they to finished 3^rd in their age group, starting with the track Isla clare won the 1500m 5.21.7, In the high Jump Leilah Gaye cleared 1.45 for 2^nd A string, 2 more 2^nd places came in the Shot Evie Lewis 8.94 and Suki Humphrey 6.54, discus saw Lewis coming 3^rd 17.61 and Humphrey 16.93 for 2^nd B string, Gaye came 3^rd in the Long Jump, back on the track in the 300m Clare came 3^rd 47.0 and Gaye came 2^nd B 50.6, while in the shorter sprint distances Sophie Moores came 2^nd in the 100m 14.4 and 3^rd in the 200m 29.8

Also in action were the Team Kennet Quad kids.  For the U11 boys, 5 athletes made up the squad on the day.  In the 75m sprint Sebatian Lane was quickest for TK with 11.8s, William Moloney close with 12.3 and Sebastian Lauder-Clarke 12.9s.  In the long jump Lane 3.13m, Moloney 3.12 and Joshua Kuijten 2.86m.  Lane was quickest again for TK in the 600m clocking 2:05, Moloney 2:10 and Kuijten 2:16:6.  Lane threw furthest in the vortex 31.46m and Max Burt 25.66m.  Lane’s total score of 220 points placed him 9^th overall on the day. 

The under 11 girls, unbeaten for 2.5 years, are currently top of the league and on Sunday had a full squad of 10 ready.  Orlagh Stratford was quickest for TK in the 75m sprint 11.7s, Praiya Foreman 12.2s and Millie Barlow 12.3s.  In the long jump Orlagh leaped the furthest with 3.45m, sister Alice 3.35m and Barlow 3.23m.  The girls ran well in the 600m with some quick times, Orlagh 1:57:8, Alice 2:01:3 and Foreman 2:01:8.  It was Matilda Saunders who threw furthest for TK in the vortex with 29.20m, Sophia Mahoney 26.77m and Alice Stratford 25.72m.   Sisters Alice and Orlagh equal scored with 212 points to finish joint 2^nd overall on the day.  Also taking part Ella Parsons, Olivia Kwit, Ines Field and Izzy Fagan. 

Team Kennet under 11 made sure they won their Quadkids match at Portsmouth on Sunday, The win keeps them top of the table

Match Score
Team Kennet 1716
Portsmouth 1554
Wimborne 1520
Isle of Wight 1281
Dorchester 1238
Poole AC 1085

TK Girls won their section to pull some 200pts clear in their own league, Clare McGonnell was fired up for a great days competition, she scored a huge 239pts to go top of the individual points tally in the girls, and also breaking the clubs record on points. Claires events saw her sprint 11.8 in the 75m, jump 3.59 in long jump, in the 600m clock 1.57.9(fastest time of the day) and threw the vortex 29.87m (longest throw on the day)
Zoe Allen came 3rd on the day clocking the fastest sprint of 11.3 and finished just behind Claire in the 600m clocking 1.58.6 best of her four events. Neve wright came 4th on the day with her long jump of 3.71 helping her to get over 200pts and Octavia Thomas came 5th going under 12 seconds in the sprint and leaping 3.64 in the long jump
The boys Theo Campbell was the clubs highest placed in 4th place with a score of 240 closely followed by James Fenner 231. The boys came 3rd on the day and still lie in top 10 of 25 clubs taking part

Team Kennet were in action in the second round of the Southern Athletics League on Sunday at Swindon, a six team match saw the TK team come 5th in what was a close and very competitive match

Newquay & Par 318
Portsmouth 270
Plymouth 248
Swindon 225
Team Kennet 218
Havant 153

There were some great wins on the day, in the Discus for the women a Double win came from Sophie Wheadon breaking her club record with 33.52 and Alisha Bradford 23.09, Anna Montagne won her High Jump with 1.55 and Georgina Thomson winning her B string 1.35.

Phoebe Hoaen won her Javelin with a good throw of 38.28 and in the Shot Sophie Wheadon won her B string with 9.45 while Club Captain Hayley Steward for once had to settle for 2nd place in the A string with 11.19.
Alisha Bradford settled for 2nd B string in the Hammer 28.70 and A string Charlotte Booker came 4th with 28.88 in a high standard competition.
On the Track for the women best result came in the 1500m steeplechase Izzy Hole coming in 2nd with 5.47 and a win coming from Georgina Thomson just over 6mins in the B string, Twin Sister Rebecca won the B string 400m hurdles in 77.0 and Georgina had to settle for 6th in the A string running just over 80 seconds.

The Womens 400m Anna Montagne came in 3rd in 60.5 and Caitlin Nowell running in the B string came 2nd with 65.44, elsewhere for the women in the sprints Issy Kerslake and Ellie Kerslake competed in the league for the first time both Coming 4th with 13.8 and 14.2, new comer Faye Saunderson (u17) clocked an impressive 13.2 in the non scoring. The 4 x100m relay saw the TK Yellows come home in 2nd place with 54.13 team made up of both Kerslakes, Amy Russell and Saunderson.

The Mens side a superb Double win came in the Triple Jump Peter Saunders 12.22 and Oliver Bazin 11.55, Saunders then competed in the Long Jump to take 2nd place in A string 6.01 and a B win from Joe Osler 5.92, Osler earlier won the High Jump with 1.78 ND Hary Booker 3rd B string 1.58, best throws result was the Javelin Luke Angell coming 2nd with 53.68 and Saunders 3rd B string 33.76. On the track Stuart Bladon was the only track winner in the B string 400m clocking 53.06 in the A string Ethan Haines came 5th in 55.6
The Mens 4 x 100m team came a close 3rd place clocking 46.9 from Bladon, Saunders, Daniel Hockaday and Osler.

This match saw 4 x 400m mixed relay teams, both teams came home in 5th place the A team clocking 4.01.43 from Haines, Montagne, Nowell and Bazin and the B team clocking 4.26.3 made up of both Thomson twins, Harry Booker and Hockaday.

In the 2nd match of the Oxford League, Team Kennet’s Under 9 Boys team finished 1st with 633 points. The Under 9 girls team was 2nd with 159 points, the Under 11 boys were 4th with 779 points and the Under 11 girls 3rd with 564 points.

For the Under 9 boys, Austin Ambrose was the overall winner with 199 points with Aiden Fleming 152, Noah Lauder-Clark 145 and Zack Humphreys 137 the other scorers for the team. Emma Long was the sole Under 9 girl and came 1st overall.

For the Under 11 girls, Bethany MacLean was overall winner with 212 points with Amber Styles 152, Lilia Gale 124 and Florence Waite 76 the other scorers. For the Boys, Ethan Kuijten on 210 points was overall 7th with Will McDonald 201, Harry Fenner 195 and Charlie Todd 173 all scoring points for the team.

In the individual events, the highlight performances were an overall 1-2-3 by Noah, Flynn Murray and Austin in the U9B Vortex throw, Overall wins for Austin in the 75m and Long Jump, both of which broke 7 year old club records. Overall wins for Emma in 75m, 600m and Vortex for U9g. An overall 3rd place for Will in the U11B vortex and overall wins for Bethany in the U11G 600m and Vortex plus a 2nd place in the 75m.

Team Kennet were in a table top match in their Southern Athletics League match at Winchester on Saturday. The club saw 17 individual wins but could only finish 3rd place in a close match

Team Dorset 190
Winchester City 186.5
Team Kennet 173.5
Havant 138

Most of the wins came from the Women’s section, the field events picked up high points firstly a superb double win came in the Hammer to start the day of with Alisha Bradford throwing 28.44 and Charlotte Booker 28.42, almost at the same time another double was happening in the long jump Hayley Steward 4.99 and Anna Pettit 4.17, Another Double came less than an hour later in the Shot Steward throwing 10.91 and Ellie Armstrong 7.55. The high Jump later on picked up another club double with Kira Angell and Pettit both leaping 1.50. in the triple jump Steward came 2nd with 9.35 and Georgina Bradford 3rd. back in the throws two second places came in the Javelin Pheobe Hoaen throwing 32.69 and Cheryl Angell 13.09, The Discus saw a B string win from Booker 21.77 and a third place in the A string A. Bradford 26.16.

On the track Kira Angell took a fantastic win in the 100m hurdles 18.5 and Bethan Philp won the 2000m Steeplechase 8.16.6, Steward won the B string 400m in 63.7 with Anna Pettit taking 3rd A string 62.9. Both Philp and G. Bradford took 2nd places in the 800m, later she came 4th A string in the 1500m with Hoaen taking 3rd B string. The longer 3k race saw Kate Monk take 3rd place which was matched by Rose Metalli in the B string. In the Sprints Steward earned her self a good 2nd place in the 200m 27.5 Both relay teams also fared well coming home in 2nd places clocking 54.7 in the 4×100 and 4.36 in the 4x400m

The Male side fared well as they were down with quite a few athletes competing in other championships, Luke Angell and Peter Saunders won the double in the Javelin with Angell throwing 53.17 and Saunders 36.36, another Double win came in the Triple Jump Saunders winning 12.54 and Oliver Bazin winning B string with 11.84, both teamed up in the long jump to take 2nd places in their strings. Best other results on the field was Nick Bull in the B string High Jump taking 2nd place 1.35. On the Track Bazin won his B string 100m 12.5, James Hills having to tackle both Sprints coming 4th 12.3 and 25.2 in 100m and 200m A strings. The mens gruelling 5000m both Ben Schiffer-Harte and Mitchell Poustie came 2nd in their Strings.