General News

Team Kennet we’re back in action in the second round of the Basingstoke Junior Cross Country League,  Team Kennet we’re the hosting club this time being held at Down Grange.

The conditions were really good with the days rain before making the conditions tricky over the twisting up and downs of the course with far end of the course with plenty of mud and some water thrown in.

The day started with the under 9 girls Gracie Williams and Annabelle Jones set of with the leading girls, halfway round both girls found themselves battling it out with each other as the leading pair broke away, down the home straight to the finish Williams came home in 3rd place, with Jones just behind, Bella Dearns had a great run, found herself fast catching up with the TK girls down to the finish to be placed 6th and Pippa Clay brought home the team in 2nd place with Isabella Harte moving up the field for 18th place

The under 9 boys were up next and last match winner Rory Ridler had some competition this time, he took the race on and just about managed to hold of fast approaching lad from Basingstoke to take a great win, Edward Wyer came home next in 11th with Tavish Davidson 16th the team were placed 4th one short of a full team.

The wins started to come in fast, it was Praiya Foreman in the under 11 girls taking full control of the race as in match one to win by well over 30 seconds, great packing by the TK girls saw Olivia Kwit run a superb race to come home in 4th and also improving was Cecily Wyer taking 5th place  just one second behind, Isabella Chapman was fourth home in 12th place  and bringing the girls home as first team, next home was Flo Randall-Bird in 14th then Evelyn Barker in 24th.

The biggest field of the day saw nearly 80 start in the under 11 boys, Chester Bailey went out and took control of the race to pull a group of around 7 runners, Bailey worked hard over the last third of the course to find himself being chased down by team mate Lenny Wyvill who just ran out of the course as the boys took 1st and 2nd, Matt Jones wasn’t to far behind in 5th place and with Archie Pilling 16th the boys just secured an excellent team win. Thanks to the mid placings packing of the boys which helped them win next home was Idris Gaye 18th then William Winter 19th, James Rehill was 49th followed by Jacob Williams in 51st.

The under 13 girls were up next over the course of 1 1/2 laps, Matilda Clare led the way for the yellow vests coming home in 4th place, great packing from Affra Bailey 7th and Darcy Claridge 8th and Chloe Davidson 18th the girls had to settle for 3rd place in a close contest.

The under 13 boys were next over the same course now starting to get very muddy, Sam Atkins started steady to work his way through the field of nearly 50, he settled down to finish 13th place, Isaac Coath made his debut for the club in 28th and Joshua Kuijten was next placed in 39th and Alfie Cronk coming home in 46th for 4th placed team.

The under 15 girls were next and another superb win came from Olivia Bentley who timed her race to perfection overtaking the lead girl with only 5 metres to go, Ella Cronk was TKs other girl in 12th place.

In the under 15 boys race Reuben Kuijten worked his way round to finish a creditable 17th 

The league opener took place at Cornbury on Sunday. We were treated to both great weather as well as a fly-past from Lord Rotherwick, and the course was a good mix of firm grass with mud through the woods.

The hills were tough and plentiful with the course being run in the opposite direction to previous years

Under 9 girls went first and Isabella Dearns was 5th in her Oxford league debut.

Under 11 girls saw a great effort by the TK girls, Matilda Saunders was a brilliant second, well supported by Olivia Kwit in 9th and Isabella Chapman in 12th, both also in their first runs in the league.

Under 13 girls saw Ella Parsons having to withdraw part way through the race due to an unfortunate injury.

The under 15 girls race saw our only win of the day thanks to a superb run by Harriet Saunders winning by just over a minute. Olivia Bentley also had a good run in 7th to mark another impressive debut.

Harry Smith led the Under 15 boys finishing a credible 16th with Rueben Kuijten also running well in his first race to finish 31st.

Senior men were next and faced a tough 8.4k race, Bart Kuijten 73 and Richard Saunders 95 doing well to finish in the top 100, Rich Bickerton was next in 201, Mitch Poustie 267, Simon Hockaday 288, Simon Gale 296 and Rob Parsons 305.

Our senior ladies produced good performances over the same course as the men with Georgie McCabe in 76 and Katie Reynolds in 101st.

Team Kennet kicked of their Cross Country campaign for the season in the first round match of the Basingstoke Cross Country League being held at Basingstoke in lovely warm Autumn sunshine, The terrain being undulated was ideal for cross country running.

With New clubs coming in to the league this year, numbers were well up in the races making way for good competition and long distances.

The under 9 Girls started the day of, Annabelle Jones Led most the way round, only to be pipped in the last 200m of the race having to settle for 2^nd place, Bella Dearns also went out hard and she maintained her top 5 position all the way round to sprint to the finish line in 4^th place, another Great run came from Gracie Williams coming home in a fast 6^th place, Pippa clay was next home also having a fantastic race in 17^th place securing a team 2nd place on the day, Jessica Burt was next home in 18^th, Maya Larkin 19^th and Isabella Harte 20^th saw the girls home with over 40 runners in the race

The Next race was the under 9 Boys, Rory Ridler went from the gun on a mission to win, he maintained his front running all the way home to take a great victory, Tavish Davidson was 18^th and Samuel Pacutova was 19^th in another big field of over 40 plus. The Boys were 5^th team

The Individual wins kept coming in, The Under 11 girls were next up, Praiya Foreman also went out fast and broke away from the field immediately to extend her lead and take a convincing win, Matilda Saunders kept up with the third place girl to be out sprinted in the last 200m to take 4^th place, Olivia Kwitt was next home coming in at 10^th place holding her own most the way round, and Isabella Chapman came home in 13^th place fore the team to take 2^nd place on the day. Next home was Florence Randall-Bird in 17^th and  Emily Tomlin in 24^th that’s saw over 70 girls in the race.

Another win came in the under 11 Boys, Not only a win but a 1-2-3, some great  racing by the under 11 boys, Chester Bailey took it on with a huge field of 84 runners, he slowly edged away to win by 25 metres hitting the undulating parts hard and fast to gain the advantage on the pack behind, in that pack were two TK boys, they sat back and waited till the last 200m for Lenny Wyvill to take 2^nd place and Matthew Jones taking third place on the line, Idris Gaye was the fourth scorer in 19^th place to take first team on the day.

The second TK team was led home by William Winter in 28^th place followed by Archie Pilling 36^th, Percy Reed 42^nd and James Rehill 59^th with Jacob Williams bringing home rest of the boys in 69^th place.

The Fourth Individual win came from the under 13 Girls, Ella Larkin took full control over the 2 laps to extend her lead by well over 45 seconds in another huge field of over 50 girls in the race, it looked like another 1-2-3 was coming from the girls, Quinn Joyce ran a superb race to finish in a strong 2^nd place, and Matilda Clare who was running with Quinn most the way, just ran out of steam and had to settle for 5^th place, and with Ella McDonald coming home in a strong 6^th place the girls took a convincing team win. TK saw 12 girls turn out in this age group which is a record for the club in this age group, the B team saw home Affra Bailey 9^th place having a great race coming through the field, Darcy Claridge was next in 12^th , with Alice Stratford 15^th  and Penelope Lyth 17^th the B team were 3^rd overall, The C team was led home by Chloe Davidson 19^th, Ella Parsons 25^th, Orlagh Stratford 27^th  and Lottie Longhurst 31^st

The under 13 Boys saw only 3 boys turnout led by Sam Atkins in 12^th place, with Josh Bailey 22^nd and Josh Kuijten 35^th were one short of a team but got plus one to finish 5^th team on the day, the Field saw over 40 runners again.

The under 15 girls and Boys now start together including u17s saw a field of around 60 start the race, in the girls Olivia Bentley worked her way through the field to Finish 4^th girl but in her age group taking 3^rd  place, in the Boys Harry Smith came 5^th overall but taking out older boys he to came home in 4th place Rueben Kuijten was in the top half and had to pull out due to breathing issues, and Daniel Hurst came home in 51^st place.

Oscar Hook competed at the SEAA Inter Counties held at Horspath this weekend. Oscar finished in 2nd place in the Hammer with a throw of 38.95m.

Turkay and Berkay Altuntas were also competing. Berkay was 6th with 35.17m in Discus and Turkay 5th in the Shot with 12.31m.

Also competing Theo Nightingale finishing 5th in the High Jump 1.80m.

Team Kennet Quad kids had an incredible finish the season yesterday at the Oxford League Match 3!  Team Wins for U9 girls, U11 girls and Boys and a second place for U9 boys. 

Rory Riddler stormed to victory on the day finishing in first individual position for the U9 Boys.   Harvey Baker finished 1^st  and Chester Bailey 2^nd individually for the U11 boys.  Annabelle Jones 2^nd and Bella Dearns 3^rd individually for the U9 girls and for the U11 Girls: The overall winner was Praiya Foreman, who not only set a new club record with a huge 258 points but also smashed the Team Kennet Long Jump Record with a 4.03m leap!  Matilda Saunders finished 2^nd overall and Olivia Kwit 3rd also broke the 200-point barrier – outstanding!

Team Kennet ended their track and field season of with the Juniors in the Oxford Young Athletes League held at Abingdon on Sunday.

A big squad turned up for the match to see them finish 2^nd team on the day out of 8, but the final league tables saw Under 13 girls and under 15 boys crowned age group champions.

The under 15 Boys narrowly were beaten on the day, there were some great wins, Oliver young winning the 100m in 12.4 with team mate Matias Manrique Huelgas taking 2^nd place 13.0 in the B string, both teamed up in the longer 200m with Young coming 2^nd 25.9 and Huelgas taking 3^rd b string 26.4.

The 300m Noah Lauder Clarke came home in 4^th place with 46.7 in strong head wind, I the longer distance of 800m Harry Smith stepped down from his 1500m to finish 2^nd in 2.21.6.

The field events secured high points as done all season, in the Long Jump Josh Brian came 2^nd 4.77 with Huelgas just behind 4.73 winning the B string. A double win came in the Javelin with Lauder Clarke 40.10 his first time over 40m and Euan Jones 31.34, Another double win came in the Shot with Berkay  Altuntas 11.08 and Oscar hook 10.99.

The under 13 girls were in a close match and were beaten by just 1 point, only the second time the under 13 girls have been beaten this year out of 7 matches.

Double wins came from the 800m on the Track with Ella Larkin 2.28.1 and Affra Bailey 2.41.9, in the longer 1500m Alice Stratford came home in 5^th 5.57.2 and Darcey Claridge 5.59.3 took a win in the B string. The sprints saw a good result from Matilda Clare finishing 2^nd 14.5 and Larkin taking the B string win in 14.9, the 200m Orlagh Stratford came 4^th 31.0 and Sophia Mahoney taking 3^rd B string 33.3.

The 70m hurdles saw Ella Parsons take a fine 3^rd place 16.4.

The last race on the track was the 4 x 100m Relay of Clare, Larkin, Bailey and O. Stratford coming home in 2^nd place 60.2

On the field events first the high Jump Maisie McCurtin lept 1.20 for 3^rd place and Affra Bailey cleared 1.10 to win the B string, but non scorer Orlagh Stratford lept out of her skin to win the competition with 1.35, Clare came 3^rd in the Long Jump 4.17 with Larkin on the same B string placing 3.35, Clare 25.38 and Ella McDonald 17.70 made it two 2^nd places in the Javelin, the placings were matched in the discus with Mahoney 13.69 and McCurtin 7.72

The under 13 Boys came 3^rd on the day, it was Jenson Nichols that stole the show throwing 31.36 to win the discus and go straight to UK number 1, team mate Alfie Cronk also won the B string 15.41, Cronk kept up his 100% record by winning the Shot 6.40, The Javelin Nichols made it another win with a throw of 37.70.

The high Jump saw another A string win with Sam Atkins 1.35, and in the Long Jump, Atkins came 3^rd 4.07 and Seb Lane took a B win 4.03.

On to the track Nichols secured a 2^nd place in the 100m 13.9 and Lane taking another win in the B string 14.4, in the 200m Lane came 3^rd A 29.7, Both Sam Atkins 800m and Josh Bailey 1500m ran well to earn points for the club in middle distance races

The under 17 men came 2^nd on the day, Theo nightingale clearing 1.80 to win the High Jump, Theo secured 2^nd place in the Long Jump 5.36 and James Simmons winning the B string.

Turkay Altuntas secured wins in the Discus 39.06 and Shot 12.51, with Will McDonald winning the B string.

In the Javelin it was a high standard competition Mcdonald having to take 3^rd place with 41.16 and Altuntas taking 2^nd B string 22.32.

The track again saw good competition, Nightingale taking 5^th in the 100m 12.7 and Simmons 3^rd in the B string 13.0

The under 15 girls finished 5^th team, just missed out of third place by a few points, the 100m Emerald Hill Sawyer was 6^th 14.5 and Olivia Rayfield 5^th with 15.1 in their strings,

Better results came in the 200m Hill Sawyer in 3^rd place 29.8 and Izzy Payne taking 2^nd 30.8 in the B string. The 300m Olivia Bentley came home in 2^nd place 45.7 and Ella Cronk taking 4^th B string 49.3.

Bentley had to settle for 2^nd in the 800m 2.40, and in the 1500m Annie Warner came 4^th 5.58.2.

The field events saw some good points a double win came in the Long Jump with Payne 4.27 and Hill Sawyer 4.17.

The 4 x 100m Relay of Bentley, Hill Sawyer, Rayfield and Payne came home in 58.4 for 4^th place.

The under 17 women a double win came in the Discus Evie Lewis 27.14 and Zoe Dickson 22.39, Dickson also came 2^nd in the Shot 7.37

Team Kennet QuadKids – Oxford League Match 2 Results

Another brilliant day yesterday for our QuadKids at the Oxford League!

 • U9 Boys – 3rd place overall, with Rory Ridler winning the day

 • U9 Girls – 1st place

 • U11 Girls – 1st place

 • U11 Boys – 1st place

Two new Club Records!

 • The U11 Boys 4x100m Relay Team broke a 21-year-old Team K record with a flying run of 61.6 seconds – and that was their very first outing together!

• Chester Bailey smashed his own 600m record for the second match in a row – unbelievable consistency and speed!

Huge congratulations to all our young athletes — you’re doing Team Kennet proud every single time!

Some excellent results at the Oxford Development League Match 2 held at Banbury yesterday.

In the Under 13 girls a double win for Isla Ladds in the discus with a throw of 20.27 and Shot 7.05, also picking up a win with Matilda, Affra and Ella in the 4×100 relay. Ella Larkin won the 800m in 2.29 and the 100m B string. Matilda Claire picked up some great points in the 100 m, 300 metres, and in the Javelin with 23.99. Elodie Burdett ran a great race in the 1500 metres, coming 2nd in 5.38, and Penelope Lyth in a time of 5.49. More points came from Ayla Wyvil, throwing 9.13 in Discus. Ella MacDonald in the 200m and in the javelin. 17.46. Affra Bailey did the high jump of 1.20 and a shot of 5.41. Quinn Joyce won the high jump B string with 1.15. Her long jump was 3.51.

U15 Girls. Harriet Saunders won the 1500 metres in 4.55. long jump of 3.61. and 300 m in 47.4. Emerald Hill Sawyer did 100m in 14.2 and 200 metres in 29.9. and took a great win in the long jump with 4.10. Olivia Bentley secured a B string win in the 100m in 14.1, She also took the A string win in 300m and 800 in 2.32. Some great wins out on the field, Ella Cronk’s Discus 12.64 and shot with 5.69. Her 800m was 2.51. Tanishi Banerjee took the discus win with 20.78. unfortunately had to withdraw thereafter, due to injury. The 4x100m Relay came 2nd.

With only one girl in the under 17 section, Zoe Dickson. won the discus outright with 22.74 and the shot put 7.74. The girls under 20 N/S. Alana Smith, threw 32.86 in Javelin.

In the boy’s section under 17. we had one athlete, William MacDonald in the javelin who threw 40.48 to secure the win. U20 N/S Joseph Hoean threw the discus at 25.78.

The under 15 boys did well. Oliver Hook taking the 1st place on the field with his discus of 29.07. 12 metres in front of 2nd place, and his shot win with a throw of 11.04.

Out on the track, the relay team took 2nd place with Harry, Josh, Frank and Oliver in a time of 54.2. Oliver Young took 2nd place in the 100m in 12.12. and did 200m 25.8. Also picking up good points in his long jump. Josh Brian did the 100 and the 200 as well as his long jump of 4.77. Harry Smith picked up some great points out on the track in the 300 and 800 metres. Frank Edwards also picked up some valuable points on the track. coming in 1st for the B string is 800 at 2.28. and in the 300 metres at 45.5.

The U13 boys, Jensen Nichols picked up a 2nd in the 100m at 13.6. His best was yet to come, and he claimed first place in the javelin at 33.47 and discus with 26.93. Alfie Cronk picked up a 1st place in the B string for discus and a 2nd place in shot with 6.13. Back on the track, saw Josh Bailey in the 1500m. in a time of 5.37. Sam Atkins in the 800 metres, 2.40. Both also competed on the field with Sam. taking 1st place at high jump with 1.40. and a 2nd place with 4.18. long jump. Josh won the B string javelin in 21.00 and had a long jump of 3.09.

Senior XC runners took part in the Annual Compton relays last week. Good performances all round. TK1 consisting of Andy C, Colin T, Caroline P and Richard S had the 2nd fastest time overall. Special mention to Richard who had the second fastest leg time on the night.