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Wessex 2 Quadkids

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

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

SAL Match 2

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

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.

Oxford League Quadkids

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

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.

Mad Mile 2024

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General, Track & Field.

Team Kennets Nite of the TK Mad miles took place at Crookham Common Athletics Track in superb mid summer evening weather set for lots of personal bests.

Race 1 saw the Under 9 and under 11 girls, it was Ella Larkin who took to the front straightaway to slowly increase her lead and take the win in the fastest time ever recorded in this age group race with 5.40, Second home was Praiya Foreman who clocked 6.06 which posted her 3^rd fastest in this age group overall.

Third place went to Alice Stratford who won the battle from a few others in 6.10, The first under 9 girl home was Evelyn Pedersen in 7.55.

Race 2 was the under 9 and under boys, again from the start Chester Bailey led all the way wit ha fast last lap to rank him 2^nd overall in the events leaderboard for this age group in a time of 6.01, he is also a under 9 making it extremely fast time. Second home was William Moloney in 6.09 and just hanging on to third place was another under 9 Lenny Wyvill in 6.15.

Race 3 was the under 13 girls and under 15 girls, it was Charlotte Bailey that took full control of the race to win in 5.29, then it was two under 13 girls home next Harriet Saunders in 5.40 and then Olivia Bentley in third 5.56.

Race 4 saw all the boys from under 13 and under 15 come home in under 6. 30 mins, a great race up front saw Harry Smith u13 ease his way ahead to win in 5.20, with Frank Edwards u15 in second place 5.46 and in third was Oscar Larkin u13 in 5.52.

Race 5 was mixed under 17 up to Seniors and Vets and combined male and female, In the Female race Gemma Jones last years winner set of with a fast pace to clock 5.24 which is the fastest time ever in the event for this race, Isla clare was next home as an under 17 setting the second fastest time in 5.36 with third place going to Georgie McCabe in 6.32.

In the Male side Ethan Kuijten led from the start to just miss out on Sub 5mins by one second, second home was Digby Riggall 5.17 and third place Bart Kuijten 5.18.

The most improved award went to Matilda Saunders under 11 who knocked of 54 seconds of last years time, just one second faster than Chester Bailey.

Nite of the TK Mad Miles 2024 – Results

Race 1 – U9/U11 Girls

1^st Ella Larkin u11 5.40

2^nd Praiya Foreman u11 6.06

3^rd Alice Stratford u11 6.10

4^th Matilda Saunders u11 6.13 ***Most Improved***

5^th Elodie Burdett u11 6.16

6^th Orlagh Stratford u11 6.25

7^th Olivia Kwit u11 7.31

8^th Evelyn Pedersen 7.55 (1^st U9)

9^th Grace Williams u9 8.01

10^th Evelyn Barker u11 8.03

11^th Darcy Scaplehorn u11 8.14

Race 2 – U9/U11 Boys

1^st Chester Bailey 6.01 (1^st U9)

2^nd William Moloney u11 6.09

3^rd Lenny Wyvill u9 6.15

4^th Seb Lane u11 6.15

5^th Cedric Roberson u11 6.25

6^th Edward Jarvis u9 6.33

7^th Gethin Thomas u9 6.41

8^th Josh Kuijten u11 6.55

9^th Idris Gaye u9 7.04

10^th Jacob Williams u11 7.14

11^th Archie Pilling u9 7.32

12^th Matthew Rycroft u9 7.42

13^th Ned Goodenough u11 8.18

Race 3 – U13/U15 Girls

1^st Charlotte Bailey u15 5.29

2^nd Harriet Saunders u13 5.40

3^rd Olivia Bentley u13 5.56

4^th Penelope Lyth u13 5.58

5^th Tilly Clare u13 6.09

6^th Anna Hall u15 6.17

7^th Affra Bailey u13 6.20

8^th Ella Cronk u15 6.25

9^th Mabel Roberson u13 7.06

10^th Gracie Cooke u13 7.15

Race 4 – U13/U15 Boys

1^st Harry Smith u13 5.20

2^nd Frank Edwards u15 5.46

3^rd Oscar Larkin u13 5.52

4^th Sam Atkins u13 5.56

5^th Elliot Bell u13 6.06

6^th Malik Gaye u13 6.12

7^th Henry Bell u13 6.16

8^th Josh Brian u15 6.19

9^th Charlie Adams u15 6.21

10^th Josh Bailey u13 6.21

11^th Rueben Kuijten u15 6.27

Race 5 – U17/Sen/Vet Females

1^st Gemma Jones V40 5.24

2^nd Isla Clare u17 5.36

3^rd Georgie McCabe Sen 6.32

4^th Kathryn Saunders V40 6.47

5^th Katie Reynolds V50 6.57

6^th Andrea Bennet V40 8.11

Race 5 – U17/Sen/Vet Males

1^st Ethan Kuijten u17 5.01

2^nd Digby Riggall Sen 5.17

3^rd Bart Kuijten V40 5.18

4^th Richard Saunders V40 5.21

5^th Aaron Humphreys u17 5.25

6^th Andy Colling V60 5.48

7^th Nick Burdett V50 5.57

8^th Mitch Poustie V40 6.00

SAL Match 3

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

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.

Wessex League Match 4

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet finished of their Track and field Season in the Wessex young Athletes League at Swindon with a second place that sees the West Berkshire club finish 4th just ½ point of runners up.

Camberley 557
Team Kennet 443
Aldershot 261
Andover/Overton 258
Wimborne 252
Dorchester 53

Ben East yet again stole the match high lights as he produced the longest throw in the World this year in the under 15 boys Javelin throwing a massive 70.66 to break his own UK Record for the fifth time and set a new club and league record.

in the age groups the under 13 girls picked up the only age group win placing them 3rd in the league, Lottie Absolom got back to winning ways in the high Jump with 1.40, and a superb Double win came in the Javelin Eve brown 23.62 and Alanna Smith 15.84, annabel Todd came 2nd in the A string Discus 21.64and was closely followed by Absolom in the B string winning this with a throw of 20.60, on the track two good 2nd places came from Absolom 12.7 and Aimee Dickson in the 70m hurdles, and same placings were matched in the 100m Dickson 15.0 and Lily Apps 15.6, both teamed up in the 200m Dickson 4th and Apps 3rd.
the 800m Tara hogan came home in 2nd place2.45.4 and in the longer 1200m both Kirsten Fraser and Eve Brown were 2nd. the Relay quartet of Dickson,Apps, Hogan and Absolom came 2nd

The under 15 boys just missed out on winning their age group, in the throws as always the yellow vest picking up maximum points, in the B string Javelin a win from Oliver Ford 32.21, in the Discus Harry Booker 42.27 and Oliver Gregory 36.63 both winning their strings and the Shot Booker threw 12.93 and Gregory 12.90 almost matching each other for another Double.
The sprints also secured high points Ben East won the 100m in 12.3 with Matt Jones taking 3rd B string, a Double win came in the 200m Ethan Haines 24.4 and Oliver Gregory 24.9, the longer 300m Haines made it a double 40.2 and Davis coming 3rd B.
The relay Quartet of Haines, East, Booker and Gregory came home in 1st with 48.4
the result meant the under 15 boys came 3rd in their age group league

The under 15 girls came 2nd in their match Double wins came from Sophie wheadon 10.47 and poppy Bladon 7.04 in the Shot, wheadon then went on to win the Discus 29.93 and bladon taking 2nd 19.95, in the Javelin two good 2nd places came from Wheadon 27.65 and Emily Tucker 12.72, on the track in the 800m Annelise Gale led all the way till the last 40m to take 2nd and Pippa Thomas won the B string, tucker came 3rd in the longer 1500m. The 100m Izzy Kerslake came 4th in 14.0 just .2 of a win in a close race, Ellie Kerslake took 2nd in the B string 14.4 and new comer Gemma Moon clocked 14.8 as a non scorer, in the 200m Moon came 4th 29.8 and Ella Ward came 4th in the B string. Gale picked up a 2nd in the B string 300m while in the 4x100m relay Tk were 3rd 55.5

The under 17 women came 3rd but a much depleted squad earned good points to help the team, in the High Jump Kira Angell took 2nd place and new comer Ceri Amison won the B string, the Javelin Angell took 3rd place 23.39 and Bethan Philp taking 2nd B, on the track Philp secured a win in the 1500m 5.27. the 200m both Angell 30.2 and Amison 31.5 came 3rd, Amison came 4th in her 100m 14.8
the women came 3rd overall in their age group league

The under 13 boys came 2nd in their match getting stronger as season went on, best resulton the Field came in the Javelin Oliver Humphrey coming 2nd 26.96 and Digby Riggall winning the B string 26.05, the Discus saw two 3rd places Tom Wells 18.67 and Noah Kemp 14.68, two 4th places in the Shot came from Sam Denis 5.68 and Seb Simpson 4.89, The high Jump euan Avery cleared 1.30 for 3rd place and George Mackie taking 2nd place in the B string.
The track saw a double win in the 800m Toby Clark 2.28.3 and Noah Kemp 2.39.4, while in the sprints Humphrey secured a 5th in the 100m 15.0 and 3rd in the 200m 29.8

The under 17 men came 3rd on the day Oliver Bazin winning his Long Jump 5.97 with Tom Hills taking 2nd B, James Mclaughlin won the Discus with a throw of 29.52.
in the 800m two 2nd places came from McLaughlin 2.16 and Toby Thomas 2.27, both teamed up in the 400m Mclaughlin taking 2nd 58.8 and Thomas winning the B string 66.9
In the sprints Oliver Bazin came 3rd in both 100 and 200 and tom Hills took two 2nd places in the 200m

UK Decathlon Championships

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

Team Kennet Athlete Stuart Bladon secured 9th place at Bedford at the weekend in the under 20 UK Decathlon Championships.

Bladon set 5 new club records and secured 5 top 50 UK individual perfomance rankings on his way with a combined score of 6454pts.

Day one saw a 100m in 11.51 then a 6.51m long jump followed by 10.99 shot throw. He then equalled club record in the high jump 1.90 and finished the day with a 52.11 400m to set up day 2 in 7th place.

Day 2 began well with a 15.13 110m hurdles a new club record his Discus was 31.29 then another club record in the pole vault with 3.66m. He then threw a huge 45.64 in the javelin and then the 1500m saw him run a fast 4.44.52 which finished him with a new club record of 6454 pts and top 10 finish.

Oxford League Match 2

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

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

Wessex League Match 4

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in Track & Field.

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

Wessex League Match report

Written by Team Kennet Administrator on 1 January 1970. Posted in General, Track & Field.

Team Kennet were co hosting in the last Wessex League match of the season held at Abingdon that saw 8 clubs in first time take part in a league match , The club saw a good 60 athletes turn out for the match to finish in third place, the result meant that Team Kennet were 7^th out of the 24 clubs in the final league tables, with all the deductions of non officials Team Kennet came out on top supplying most officials all year and this moved them up to 5^th overall only 3pts behind League winners New forest Juniors.

Final match score was

Bournemouth 516

Waverley 455.5

Team Kennet 369

Slough 308.5

Aldershot 152

Poole Runners 71

Guests Abingdon and Havant/SETAFA were non scoring

The under 15 girls team came 2^nd on the day and finished 3^rd overall in their age group league, Clare McGonnell had a superb day with a hattrick of wins firstly winning the 75m hurdles in 12.66, throwing a new personnel best in the Javelin 33.47 moving her to UK ranked 20 and finally winning the 300m in 44.11. There was a brilliant double win in the high Jump from Twin Sisters Neve Wright 1.50 and Mia 1.48, Bethany Maclean backed up McGonnell to win the B string Javelin 21.41, also in the Throws the Discus two second places came from Evie Lewis 20.43 and Suki Humphreys 17.23, Both Teamed up in the Shot matched the placings Lewis 6.92 and Humphreys 6.36, the Long Jump Sophie Moores came 3^rd with 4.18 and Maclean 4.10 for 2^nd placed B string.

Back on the Track there was also two 2^nd places in the 800m Maclean 2.43 and Leilah Gaye 2.55, Gaye came 3^rd in her 300m B string, on the shorter sprints the competition was fierce, the 100m Moores came 4^th A string 14.3 and Amy Chivers also 4th B string 14.25, the 200m faired better Moores 29.68 and Chivers 29.7 both taking 3^rd places.

The 4x100m Relay TK had 2 girls teams the main squad of McGonnell, Chivers, Maclean and Moores were just edged out for 2^nd place 56.19 and the Non Scoring Team did really well coming in just behind the A team of TK in 57 seconds.

The under 17 girls also came 2^nd in their match, to finish in the top 6 overall Charlotte Absolom won her Long Jump and B string Shot 9.15, Annabel Maclean won the A string Shot 9.26 and her discus 24.8 and Alanna Smith won the Javelin with 29.03 and was 3^rd in her 800m 2.48.8.

The under 13 girls put in all round great team effort to finish 3^rd that saw only 8 pts separate four teams scoring highly. Emerald Hill-Sawyer had another great day as her confidence in the sport is excelling she sat back in her 800m to sprint finish and win in 2.36.7, She had to settle for 3^rd place in the A string long jump 3.41 and 15.2 in the 100m was only good enough for 5^th in a strong field.

Zoe Dickson won the Discus with 19.38, a double win came in the Javelin Eliska Simpson threw 22.06 and Anna Hall 21.02 both girls getting in the top 40 UK rankings. Ella Cronk cleared 1.20 for 5^th A string and New comer Hannah Taylor came 2^nd B string 1.15. I the long distance race 1200m Charlotte Bailey came 3^rd A string and Hall 4^th B string, Cronk was 3^rd B string her 800m. Maja Cotton picked up B string points in the 100m 5^th place and 200m 4^th place.

The under 15 Boys came 3^rd on the day Ben Cooper had another good day he came 2^nd in his 100m A string 12.05 and James Simmons came 3^rd B string, Simmons was 4^th in his 200m 27.6, Ivan Checkmozov was in good form as he won his 800m in 2.17 and came 2^nd later in the 300m 41.5, Oliver Carroll ran 2.28 for 2^nd B string in the 800m Carroll came 3^rd in the Long Jump 4.38 and Simmons took a B win with 4.18. James Fenner won his Javelin 39.55 an came 3^rd in his 300m, the 4x100m relay team were pipped right on the line and had to take 2^nd place in 51.77 (Cooper, Simmons, Fenner and Carroll).

The Under 13 Boys also were 3^rd in their match capping a good season, double win came in the javelin Will McDonald throwing 32.79 and Noah Lauder-Clarke 25.43, Turkay Altuntas won the Discus 27.31 to go in to UK number 9 and McDonald taking 2^nd place 16.16, in the Shot Altuntas made it another win with 9.90 and Lauder-Clark 3^rd B. The long Jump Aiden Fleming came 2^nd A string with 4.30 and Harry Fenner won his B string 4.07. Fleming took full control of his 800m race to come home in first place 2.37.1 and Ben Daley coming 4^th B string. In the sprints Fenner and Lauder-Clarke and Josh Ladds picked up good points. The Relay team came 3^rd consisting of Mcdonald, Lauder-Clarke, Fenner and Ladds

The under 17 men came 4^th in their match Double wins came in the Shot Seb Simpson10.76 and Brandon Carter 7.48, Simpson won his discus 35.24 and another double win came in the Javelin Brandon Carter 41.16 and Simpson 20.35.

George down came 2^nd in his long Jump 5.86.