Team Kennet’s Ben East threw himself in to history at the weekend at the UK Javelin Festival held at Loughborough. Ben only 14 years old and in the under 15 age group threw a massive 66.17 in the Javelin to break the UK record for the age group, and one of the longest throws in the World, Ben is being coached by Luke Angell also from the club who also has a England Vest in the Javelin says that Ben could throw 70m this season.

Team Kennet also had a few other throwers taking part Pheobe Hoean in the under 17 women throwing 34m and Kian Hockaday in the u15 boys throwing just over 30m

Team Kennet’s Quadkids team finished in 2nd place in the 1st Wessex League match at Basingstoke with a score of 1334 points behind hosts Basingstoke and ahead of Salisbury.

For the girls, Bethany MacLean topped the yellow vests and came 3rd overall with 212 points. Erin Gosney scored 184 coming 5th overall with Leilah Gaye 134, Tillie Bell 117 and Millie Philips 117 the other scorers.

For the boys, Charlie Todd on 187 just pipped Harry Fenner on 186 with the pair 10th and 11th overall. William McDonald on 175 and Evan Alderman 139 were the other scorers.

In the Vortex throw, Bethany threw 28.49 to win overall with Erin’s 22.01 coming 3rd for the girls and Eloise Ross throwing 14.00m . Harry threw 35.03 to win overall for the boys with William throwing 23.77m and Jonathon Grozin 18.50m.

In the 600m run, Bethany’s 2.02.5 was 2nd overall with Erin 2.13.2 and Leilah 2.24.3 for the girls. The best for the boys were Charlie 2.06.3, William 2.16.9 and Evan 2.19.6.

In the 75m sprint Bethany’s time of 12.0s was 4th overall for the girls with Erin 12.1 and Tillie 12.8 just behind while Charlie, Harry and William all recorded a time of 12.3s for the boys.

In the Long Jump, Bethany 3.08m was again 4th overall with Erin 2.95 and Tillie 2.74 for the girls. Charlie’s leap of 3.33m was 5th overall for the boys with Harry 3.10 and William 2.76.

Team Kennets Hayley Steward competed for her home county, Somerset, over the weekend in the South West inter Counties match at Exeter. Steward in preparation for next season to get back in to Heptathlon took part in three events, her 400m clocked a personnel best time of 60.29 that saw her finish 2^nd, she also finished 2^nd in her two other events, firstly the Shot Put breaking her own club record and personnel best throwing 11.63 and then the Long Jump 5.14

Under 9 Girls

1st Milly Davies
2nd Isla Ladds
3rd Emily Keen

Under 9 Boys

1st Freddie Simpson
2nd Lucas Durbridge
3rd Luke Stiles

Event Winners

75m Edith Evans/Lucas Durbridge
400m Rose Bell/Isla Ladds/Freddie Simpson
Long Jump Milly Davies/Seb Clarke
Vortex Milly Davies/Alexander Crosse

Under 11 Girls

1st Jess Carter
2nd Amber Stiles
3rd Anna Hall

Under 11 Boys

1st Aiden Fleming
2nd Austin Ambrose
3rd Jack Brooke-Taylor

Event Winners

75m Jess Carter/Tillie Beaumont/Aiden Fleming
400m Amber Stiles/Aiden Fleming
Long Jump Jess Carter/Harry Fenner
Vortex Anna Hall/Will McDonald

You will be able to pick up your medals from Nick on Wednesday 4th when you sign in at reception

Team Kennet’s Athletics Javelin coach Luke Angell, took to the road, to take part in the Kettering open in Northamptonshire on Saturday to continue his fight against fitness and came away with a well-deserved 2^nd place and a season’s best of 57.91, behind his former colleague from Loughborough Benji Pearson. Luke has consistently made progress this season to improve his throwing fitness since injuring his back when at Loughborough a few years ago.  

Team Kennet were in action in the second round of the Wessex Young Athletes Track & Field League on Sunday held at a Scorching Portsmouth Mount Batten Centre.

it was a close match for both the Host club and yellow vests of Team Kennet, matching each other throughout the day and ending in a tie on the day

Team Kennet 483
Portsmouth 483
Isle of Wight 347
Wimborne 296
Poole AC 224
Dorchester 135

Ben East added another Record to his name as he took the under 15 boys League Javelin record, winning the event with a 61.96 throw. The Boys age group finishing second on the day, The Throws were exceptional, from the club, a joint win came in the shot Oliver Gregory throwing 12.27 to break the clubs record and with Harry Booker throwing 12.01 both making the top UK top 20 Rankings, Both teamed up again in the Discus to make it another Double win Booker throwing 42.31 and Oliver Gregory 35.15 again both boys making the top 30 UK Rankings.
The long Jump saw Booker leap 4.98 for third place and Newcomer Freddie Boyle taking 2nd place in the B string. Kian Hockaday took 2nd place in the B string Javelin.
On the Track the best came in the 4 x 100m Relay, Gregory, Booker, East and Matthew Jones coming home for a fantstic win in 50.6, elsewhere on the track Boyle took a good second in the 80m hurdles, Harry Davis won the B string 300m.

The under 17 men won their age group, oliver Bazin clocking 12.7 for 5th A string in the 100m, and tom Hills winning the B string 12.8, both teaming up in the 200m coming 2nd places with Bazin 24.7 and Hills 25.3.
Stuart Bladon (54.3) and Cameron Langley both won their strings of the 400m.
the 800m races Cameron Langley came 2nd and Toby Thomas winning the B string. Thomas also won the 1500m with 5.00.3
The relay quartet had to settle for second in a photo finish in a time of 49.8
in the Field Bladon 5.65 and Bazin 5.55 both won their strings of the Long Jump.

The under 17 Women also won their match, Pheobe hoaen winning her Javelin with a throw of 38.36 to put her in the top UK top 20 Rankings, in the Shot Ellie Armstrong came 2nd with 10.11 and Hoaen taking a B String win 9.21, Hoaen had to settle for second in the Discus 20.15
A double win came in the high jump from Armstrong and Bethan Philp. on the track, Philp secured two more wins in the 800m and 1500m, in the shorter distances Anna Montagne pulled away in the 300m to win in 42.5 and Caitlin Nowell taking 2nd B string, Montagne had to settle for 2nd place in the 200m 27.0 and Nowell 3rd B string 30.3.
the 4 x100m relay team comprising of Armstrong, Hoaen, Nowell and Montagne came 2nd in 55.5

The under 13 girls came 2nd in their match, Lottie Absolom was the girls outstanding athlete as she broke the clubs high jump record and winning the event with a leap of 1.47m, taking her to Uk Number 6. Her day continued by winning both B strings in the Discus 17.16 and 70m hurdles 13.2
Annabel Todd also had a successful day winning the 800m in 2.31 but taking 2nd in the Long Jump and 3rd in the Discus 18.39 A string.
Tara Hogan won her B string 800m in 2.41, in the longer 1200m both Eve Brown and Alanna Smith took second places in their strings.
The relay quartet came home in 3rd place.

The under 15 Girls came 2nd in their match, in the sprints Izzy Kerslake came within a whisker to take 2nd place in the 100m 13.5 and Lucy Bennet taking 3rd B string 14.0, in the 200m Francesca young took 2nd place 27.6 and Ellie Kerslake 2nd place as well 29.4, the club had several non scorers in the 200m Lucy Bennet clocking 29.1 and Amy Russell 29.6, Ella Ward 30.2.
the 300m both Young and Georgina Thomson had to settle for 3rd places. in the longer distances G. Thomson was the best scorer winning her B string 1500m.
The relay quartet came home in 2nd place in 55.0
On the field Sophie Wheadon took 2nd place in the Shot 10.00, she won the discus with a 30.80 throw to push her in the top 30 UK rankings, and taking 2nd place in the javelin.
Poppy Bladon took second places in the B string Javelin and Discus.

The under 13 boys came 3rd in their age group, the day started well with a great Double win in the 75m Hurdles Thomas Woodrow 16.1 and George Mackie 16.3, Mackie adding a 2nd place in the High Jump 1.25.
the 800m saw good points from the club Toby Clark taking 2nd place and a brilliant run by Noah Kemp to win the B string, later on he went on to win the Discus, with Oliver Absolom taking 2nd in the B string, steady points came in from rest of the boys Ben Fisher, Seb simpson and Kian D Arcy Mastures.

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.