Team Kennet

An increase in the minimum team size and a large number of other commitments meant that we could only enter an Under 13 Girls and an Under 15 Girls team for round 1 of the Berkshire Sporthall League.
Despite being 1 team member short due to a late injury, the Under 13 girls came 3rd behind [...]

Congratulations to Jamie Killner and Carys Cox who both achieved a top 10 place in the overall Wessex League Quadkids rankings for 2009.
Jamie came 7th in the overall boys ranking while Carys was 8th in the girls rankings.  Carys was also ranked 8th in girls 600m and and 6th in the Vortex throw while Jamie was [...]

ADP HIGHCLERE 10K SUNDAY 27th SEPTEMBER
 We had near perfect conditions for the recent ADP Highclere 10K on Sunday September 27th.
It was an interesting and varied course ( though quite undulating) around the beautiful grounds of Highclere Castle; some of the race was on roads and tracks and some was cross country.
Congratulations to Rachel Elliott who [...]

Only three TK triathletes took to the road for the last triathlon of our
series in Littledown.
Aston Nichols lead the Team Kennet triathletes from start to finish,
posting our fastest swim, bike and runs of the day to finish in 13th
overall. Aston also took the prize for the fastest under 20 at the event
and with his 16th [...]

Congratulations to Iain Adams on winning his first major road race, the Mortimer 10K in a time of 35:29 on Sunday 27th September.

Sunday saw the last race in the TK Triathlon series, taking place near Bournemouth. Team Kennet were represented by 3 entrants, all competing in different age categories. Rob Findlay (Vet 50), swam well completing the 400m in 7m 26s, Rog and Aston (Vet 40 and Youth) went in the same wave completing the swim in [...]

James McLaughlin did his first triathlon on September 5th at the Vale Tridents Junior Triathlon, at Farringdon. He was completing in his first event for Team Kennet in the Tri-Star Start Category, 50m swim, 1km cycle and 500m run. Weather conditions were good although all the competitors had to battle with strong winds. [...]

A big thank you to everyone who helped out at the Junior Club Championships on 9th September. Certificates for all participants and the various medals will be presented on 16th September.

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Following the unfortunate (and very annoying) late cancellation of Concorde Triathlon, Five TK members raced at the Malmesbury Triathlon this weekend. On a testing, rolling course with extra wind, times were never going to be that fast. It did however lead to one of the closest finishes of the season with John Marriott finishing 15th [...]