Ben East threw himself in to History at the weekend, in his first outdoor meeting of the season at Bournemouth Ben in the under 15 age group threw the Javelin to an amazing 63.88, not only smashing his own club record, he threw the fourth longest throw in the uk ever for his age group, but one of the longest in 10 years. Ben went straight in to UK number one spot which he should hold for the rest of the season
UK Inter Counties Cross Country Championships
10th March 2018
Two Team Kennet athletes represented Berkshire in the UK Inter Counties at Prestwold Hall, Loughborough, on a very muddy course. Luca Vicaria came 206th in the U15B race and Emily Faulkner came 55th in the U20W race helping the Berkshire U20W team to 4th place, the highest placed
Berkshire team.
English Schools’ Cross Country Championships
17th March 2018
A week after running in the Inter Counties Emily Faulkner represented
Berkshire Schools at Temple Newman, Leeds. It was vey windy on the course and Emily came 120th out of 323 runners. The Berkshire team finished 6th on the day.
Team Kennet’s Stuart Bladon took part in the UK multi Sports Events Championships over the weekend at Sheffield, in the under 17s Heptathlon. Comprising seven events day 1 saw Stuart finish the day in eight place, clocking 7.55 in the 60m sprint for a new personnel best, leaping 1.86 in the high jump and 5.85 in the long Jump later saw him clear 3.46 for a new club u17 indoor record in the pole vault, Day 2 lifted Stuart up with a fast 8.79 in the 60m hurdles, throwing the shot 11.11 and then running the 1000m in 2.52.47 to earn Stuart a 4th place overall out of 26 athletes, setting a new personnel best and club record points tally of 4488.
Team Kennet coach and athlete Deborah Montgomery added more silverware to this years tally, in the UK Masters Championships held at Lee Valley Deborah came 2nd in the veteran 50 age group in the Shot throwing 10.22 and the came Third in the Hammer with 32.52.
Club coach Simon travelled to Lisbon to do the Lisbon half marathon over weekend coming home in 1.58 with some 40000 taking part.
Club chairman Nick Bull was Seaton in Devon’s 10000th park run finisher since November 2016. Nick came 22nd in the event on the day.
Team Kennet had three athletes competing for Berkshire this year.
In the U11 girls, Lyla Goodwin, Grace Wotherspoon and the rest of the Berkshire team came 2nd in the South East Regional final, only beaten by an incredibly narrow margin by Surrey. Both got new personal bests in the Standing Long Jump. Lyla with 2.02m and Grace with 1.96m.
In the U15 boys, Harry Booker was selected for the Berkshire team for the 4th year running. The Berkshire Boys won the regional final with Harry managing 3rd place in the Shot Putt with 11.21m. He will join the rest of the Berkshire team for the national final in April.
Stuart Bladon took part in the UK u17 Championships in Sheffield at the weekend, clearing 1.85 in the High Jump he managed to finish 4th just missing out of the medals. Winner of the event Dominic Ogbechie leapt 2.22 to break the World age group record.
Team Kennet’s Deborah Montgomery won the Veterans 50 age group Masters Shot putt Championships over the weekend held at Lee Valley In her first Indoor Championship she threw a massive 10m 40cm to win the event and put her 3rd in the all-time all comers rankings list.
Team Kennet were in action at Swindon for the fourth round of the Oxford Cross Country League, The Course being hilly and very muddy was quite challenging for the athletes in very cold conditions.
Kirsten Fraser took the highest placing of the clubs athletes on her best run of the season, her strength down to her training really paying of coming home in 2nd place to guarantee a top 3 finish this season, a cluster of TK girls came home close together benefiting from their training, Zoe Allen with another year in this age group took 4th place, and Eve Brown taking 8th and a fast improving Alanna Smith 14th not far behind.
The Club have several 5th place finishes, Emily Faulkner finishing 5th in the senior ladies races and taking 2nd place in the under 20 age group also securing a top 2 finish helped the Women’s team to 2nd place overall, Annabel Todd was 5th in the under 13 girls race, and younger brother Charlie Todd came 5th in the under 9 race.
The under 15s saw only a few club athletes race, Rebecca Thomson came home in 6th place which was matched by Cameron Langley in the boys race. Izzy Hole made top 10 in the u17 womens coming 9th.
Other TK runners
u9 girls – Lilia Gale 8, Amelia Phililps 11
u9 boys – Ethan Kuijten 6, Harry Strutt 7, Eliott Murphy 11
u11 girls – Katie Pennicott 19, Emma Davies 25, Madeleine Baker 34, Maisy Turner 36, Caitlyn Davies 46
u11 boys – Jacob Woods 16, Kian D Arcy-Mastures 20, Jack Strutt 26, Jacob Avery 34, Jack Pyke 42
u13 girls – Annelise Gale 18, Charlotte Absolom 22
u13 boys – Toby Clark 11, Thomas Matthews 20
u15 girls – Pippa Thomas 18
u15 boys – Luca Vicaria 11, Luke Wild 20
snr women – Sue Francis 27, Kirsty Reade 37
snr men – Chris Hall 79, Bart Kuijten 95, Dean Makar 124, Emiliano Espinar 169, Sean Bird 197, Simon Gale 199
Sportshall League Match 3 – 28th January 2018
For the final sportshall league match we took 19 athletes to Eton.
Our best team result came from the U11 girls blue team, who won their second bronze medals of the season. A mix up in the timings on the speedbounce, which meant the girls had to jump for 30 seconds instead of 20, didn’t phase Lyla Goodwin (80 jumps) and Katie Pennicott (76 jumps) as they claimed 1st and 3rd places. Lyla also placed second in Long Jump with 1.94m.
The team had several 4th places in individual events. Katie Pennicott in Foam Javelin with 11.75m, Harriet Gibson in Balance Beam (56sec) and Target throw (6pts). The team, including Neve Wright placed 4 in the 4×1 relay and 6th in the Paarlauf.
For the first time this season we took a second U11 girls team, The two girls had a fantastic first ever match with Alanna Smith winning the foam Javelin with 12.50m and Tilly Sideso matching Harriet in 4th place on the Balance Beam with 6 pts.
The U11 Boys team placed 8th out of 15th overall. The highlights were Theo winning the target throw with 9 pts and Ben coming 3rd in the speedbounce with 53 jumps.
The U13 and 15 teams have kept going all season with reduced numbers, but have had some fantastic individual results. In this match Aimee Dickson (U13) won the speedbounce with 88 jumps, Pheobe Hoaen (U15) won the overhead throw with 6.5m and Sophie Weadon came 4th in the shot putt with 8.78m.
For the boys Harry Booker and Oliver Gregory (U15) continued to dominate the Shot taking 2nd (11.28m) and 3rd (9.88m). The same pairing also managed 4th place in the paarlauf with 90.1s. Oliver Bazin completed the U15 boys team with 5.25m in the overhead throw giving him 4th place.
With the season at an end we have had 3 athletes (U15 – Harry Booker, U11 – Grace Wotherspoon and Lyla Goodwin) selected to compete for Berkshire at the upcoming Regional Final and wish them the best of luck.
There are photos from the event on the Team Kennet Facebook Group.
Several club athletes took part in the under 17 London Games Indoor Track and Field competition over the weekend.
Stuart Bladon broke two club records for indoors, firstly in his favoured event the high jump clearing 1.90 to take third place and a personnel best, then threw a best in the Shot 11.47 setting another best achievement, and at the end of the day in the 60m clocking 7.59 for another personnel best.
Anna Montagne won her 300m heat in a superb 44.27 and then came 5th in the Long Jump 4.76.
Oliver Bazin took part in three events the Triple Jump being his best 11.27, he leapt 5.12 in the long jump and clocked 8.02 in the 60m sprint
Sportshall U13 &U15 Championship – 14th January 2018
Sunday was the U13 and U15 Sportshall Championship Match at Eton, with 14 Team Kennet athletes taking part.
The U15 Boys, Harry Booker and Oliver Gregory took part in the individual competition coming 11th and 14th respectively. In the field events Harry came 1st in the shot with 11.25m and Oliver 3rd with 10.68m. Harry also came 3rd in the speedbounce with 80 jumps.
In the U13 boys, Oliver Humphrey came 5th in the 2 lap time trial with 22.3s and Sam Campbell 5th in the speedbounce with 73 jumps. As a small team they came 6th overall. In the individual competition Oliver came 13th, Sam 16th and Harry Davis 21st.
The U13 Girls had Aimee Dickson place 2nd in the speedbounce with 81 jumps, Annabel Todd 5th in the 6 lap time trial with 79.8s and Annabel Gibson 5th in the Obstacle Course with 18.1s. The team came 6th overall with the individual placings of Annabel Todd 10th, Annabel Gibson 14th, Aimee Dickson 17th, Ella Ward 23rd and Charlie Pennicott 34th.
The U15 Girls were our only full team on the day coming in 5th place. Anna Montagne took 2nd in the 4 lap time trial with 45.7s, Ellie Armstrong 4th in the vertical jump with 55cm and Sophie Weadon 4th in the shot with 9.19m. In the overall individual competition Anna came 10th, Ellie 19th, Sophie 23rd and Phoebe Hoaen 26th
The last competition of the season is on 28th January.
