Author: Ian

Team Kennet had several athletes take part in the Hampshire Grand Prix at Basingstoke Wednesday Evening.

Under 20 Stuart Bladon took part in three events the 100m clocking a fast 11.83, he broke the clubs Discus record pushing it up slightly to 36.53 and then lept 5.93 in the long jump.

Oliver Bazin took part in the under 17 age group clocking 24.8 in the 200m and in the long jump 5.73, just back from English Schools with a medal Pheobe Hoaen took part in the Javelin throwing 38.23
The under 15 age group Amiee Dickson ran in the 300m clocking 46.7 and in the 800m a personnel best from Noah Kemp with 2.23.78 while on the field events Oliver Ford threw the shot to a new best of 10.50 and in the Javelin 33.52 throw.

Team Kennet had a record number of athletes at the English Schools Championships held at Birmingham on Friday and Saturday of six athletes.

Junior Boy Liam Cawley representing Hampshire was the best placed athlete winning a Silver medal in the Javelin with a throw of 54.58 just shot of his personnel best.
Another medal came in the Inter Girls Javelin Pheobe Hoaen she threw 43.40 to just stay ahead by 4cm to claim a Bronze Medal in her first English Schools Championship representing Berkshire, also competing for the first time was Sophie Wheadon in same age group in the discus throwing 31.43 to finish 8th.
Stuart Bladon made it through to the final in the Senior Boys 110m hurdles to finish 6th in the final with a time of 14.66.
The Inter Boys age group Harry Booker cam 16th in the Discus 38.45 and Ben East came 11th in the Javelin 50.05 but ended up with a bad ankle injury that will see him out for 2-3 months on an event that he has dominated for several years.

Team Kennet had several athletes compete in Bracknell at the Berkshire under 13 Championships including the longer distances.

Kirsten Fraser broke the clubs 1000m record finishing 2nd in a fast time of 3.08.42, Claire McGonnell rose to the occasion to take her first ever county title in winning the Javelin with a throw of 25.30, both girls took part in the 70m hurdles McGonnell coming 3rd in her heat to reach the final in 12.88 but came 5th in the final, Fraser came 5th in her heat 13.08.
The girls long jump Octavia Thomas lept 3.94 to finish 5th and Lyla Goodwin came 9th 3.66.
Ivan Chekmazov came 3rd in the boys long jump 4.07 an Josepth Hoaen picked up two Silver medals in the Javelin 21.43 and Discus 16.20
Izzy Hole took part in the u20s 1500m Steeplechase to win Gold in a time of 6.19.32

Team Kennet’s Quadkids team could only finish in 6th place in the final Wessex League match at Andover as the boys were severely depleted.

For the girls, Bethany MacLean topped the yellow vests and came 5th overall with 208 points. Erin Gosney scored 181 with Leilah Gaye 129 and Eloise Ross 128 the other scorers.

For the boys, Harry Fenner’s score of 214 was 6th overall with Joseph Bell 156 the only other boy taking part.

In the Vortex throw, Bethany threw 27.92 (3rd overall) with Erin throwing 20.09 and Eliska Simpson throwing 17.84m for the girls. Harry threw 35.12 to win overall for the boys with Joseph throwing 23.78m.

In the 600m run, Bethany’s 2.04.1 was 5th overall with Erin 2.12.5 and Leilah 2.24.5 for the girls. The boys were close with Harry 2.19.9 and Joseph 2.21.9.

In the 75m sprint Bethany’s time of 11.8s was 3rd overall for the girls with Erin 12.2 and Tillie 12.5 just behind while Harry ran 12.3 and Joseph 14.0 for the boys.

In the Long Jump, Erin 2.99 just pipped Bethany 2.98 with Leilah 2.69 for the girls. Harry’s leap of 3.32m was 5th overall for the boys with Joseph 2.85.

Team Kennet Juniors took their second League win in 8 days of the Wessex Young Athletes League held at Andover to finish third overall in the League to cap a brilliant season only beaten by two clubs all season.

On the day TK Yellow Vests had to battle hard to keep in front but towards the end of the match their strength in depth carried them through to Victory seeing 43 individual wins on the day.

Team Kennet 494
Swindon 438
Woking 363
Andover & Overton 289
Waverley 231
Fleet 170

The under 13 Girls took a convincing win in their league to finish runners up, in the 1200m a very tactical race developed with Eve Brown sprinting to victory in 4.04.7 and just behind Emma Davies sprinted past her B string rival to win her B string 4.19.8, Kirsten Fraser made it a 800m win by storming to victory in 2.27.7 and Alanna Smith coming 2nd in the B 2.54.8, Fraser came 2nd in the B string 70m hurdles, 13.6, this time was matched by Claire McGonnell in the A string where she came 4th. The Sprints were grueling Zoe Allen came 4th in the 100m A 14.2 and 3rd in her 200m 29.1, Annabel MacLean coming 5th in the 100m 15.3 and McGonnell 3rd in the 200m 30.3, on the Field a double win came in the Javelin Eve Brown throwing 26.13 and Alanna Smith 23.24, Zoe Allen found herself in a tough Shot competition taking 3rd A with a throw of 8.12 and Brown taking a Hatrick of wins in the B string 5.89. MacLean won her B string High Jump best of the jumps.

The under 17 Women again won their match but had to settle for runners up in their own league, The Field events saw high points in the Shot Sophie Wheadon 10.55 and Pheobe Hoaen 9.11 both winning, Wheadon made it another win in her Discus 30.59 and was backed up by Georgina Thomson winning the B string, and in the Javelin Hoaen threw 40.51 to win this and Anna Montagne winning the B 27.08, Georgina Thomson won the High Jump, in the Long Jump Montagne had to settle for 2nd with 4.82 and this was matched by B string Rebecca Thomson.
The track also saw great wins Montagne won the 80m Hurdles 13.0, Bethan Philp won the 1500m, Both Thomson twins teamed up in the 800m to finish 2nd A Rebecca and 1st B string Georgina. The Sprints 200m Faye Saunderson came 2nd 27.9 and Hoaen won her B string 31.6, in the shorter 100m Saunderson was 3rd across the line 13.3 and Izzy Kerslake coming 2nd B string 13.6, Both Saunderson and R. Thomson came 3rd in their 300m races and finally a great win in the 4 x100m clocking 53.2 by Saunderson, Kerslakes and Montagne.

The under 15 boys won their match to lift them to top 8 overall in their league, the squad was boosted by new members Josh Down coming 2nd in the 100m A string 12.1 and 4th in the 200m 24.9, Teague Pasea winning the B string 100m 12.5 and 200m 25.4, Noah Kemp won his B string 300m and Oliver Humphreys came 2nd in the 80m Hurdles best of the individual track, with the new boys the 4x100m saw a superb victory in 50.2 by Pasea, Matthew Jones, Jonah Briggs and Down.
The field saw its usual domination of events Matthew Jones winning the High Jump 1.50 with George Mackie taking 2nd B string, Oliver Ford throwing 11.18 to win his Shot, but had to settle for 2nd place in the Discus 31.09 but was backed well by Liam Cawley in the B string 27.90, the Javelin saw a great win by Cawley 52.96 and Kian Hockaday making it a double 33.22.

The under 17 men also won on the day, lifting them to top 3 overall in their league, Oliver Bazin won his Long Jump 5.76, Harry Booker winning the High Jump 1.55, Booker then winning the Shot 11.32 with Ben Lawrence winning the B string 9.04
Booker made it a hattrick of wins in the Discus and breaking his own club record to 39.79 and Alex McLaughlin winning the B string 26.15, Lawrence then threw a 42.27 to win his Javelin and McLaughlin won the B string. On the track Bazin came 2nd in the 100m 12.2 and 3rd in the 200m 24.3 and Mclaughlin came 2nd in the B string 200m 26.8

The under 13 Boys also welcomed newcomer George Down to boost the team as they finished 2nd on the day, he won his 100m in 13.4 and his 200m 27.8, Jacob Avery ran a superb B string 100m to win this in 14.1, Down made it a hattrick of wins in the Long Jump leaping to 4.47 in the A string, James Fenner taking 3rd B string.
Points kept flowing in the field Seb Simpson and Josepth Hoaen both coming 2nd in their strings of the Shot, Simpson matching this position in the Discus 21.98 and Hoaen taking a B win 15.72, and best came in the Javelin that saw a double win Fenner 28.59 and Hoaen 23.01
Finally the 4x100m team came 2nd Down, Fenner, Avery and Edward Mackie.

The under 15 girls had a light team than usual some very good performances came Charlotte Absolom coming thir in her Discus 16.44 and Annelise Gale 2nd B string, Absolom taking 2nd in her Javelin 20.90, in the shot Emily Tucker came 2nd 8.87, in a very high performances in the high jump Gemma Moon had to settle for 4th A string 1.35 and Absolom 3rd B 1.30, on the tack best result came in the 800m Emily Tucker taking 2nd A string 2.39 and Annelise Gale clocking same time and placing in the B string.

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Team Kennet won their first match of the season in the Wessex Young Athletes League by a club record margin of points with some 54 individual wins on the day to lift them up in to third place in the 24 club league.

Team Kennet 543.5
Portsmouth 281.5
MADJA 262
Wimborne 219
Dorchester 209
Poole AC 191

Two club records were broken on the day firstly Kirsten Fraser in the under 13 girls 1200m clocking 3.54.9 and under 17 Harry Booker in the Discus with a throw of 38.98

The under 13 girls took a team win, Clare McGonnell kick starting the track of in the 70m hurdles taking 3rd place 13.2 but it was Fraser that took another win in the B string with a fast 13.5, The 800m saw a gutsy run by Eve Brown winning in 2.36.5 from the gun with Maddie Baker taking 2nd place, Emma Davies took 2nd place in the B string 1200m, Zoe Allen had to settle for 2nd places in the 100m and 200m 14.4 and 29.7, and Lyla Goodwin taking 5th in the 100m and 4th in the 200m B strings.
The relay quartet of Allen, McGonnell, Goodwin and Georgie Johnston came 2nd with 60.1, The field events saw Neve Wright leap 4.03 for 2nd place and Goodwin taking the B string win 3.84, Both Allen 8.47 and Brown had to settle for 2nd places in the Shot, while Fraser made it a hattrick of win in the B string Discus 12.02 and Kiera Cawley taking 3rd A string 13.94, the Javelin as all season saw a Double win Claire MCGonnell throwing 27.72 to win with Brown throwing 26.25 to win the B string.

The under 17 women also won their match, keeping them up the top with Winchester, on the track double wins came in the 100m Izzy Kerslake 14. And Amy Russell 14.2, 200m Faye Saunderson 28.3 and Russell 29.7, 300m Faye Saunderson 45.7 and Anna Pettit 46.2, the middle distance races in the 800m Georgina Thomson came 3rd, in her 1500m she had to settle for 2nd place while sister Rebecca Thomson won her B string. The Relay quartet of I. Kerslake, E. Kerslake, Russell and Pettit came in 1st with 53.9.
The field events saw more double win both the Kerslake twins won their long jump strings, Pettit taking the high jump 1.45 and G. Thomson the B string 1.35, Sophie Wheadon winning her Shot 10.75 and Discus 31.50 and Lily D Arcy-Masters winning the B string and Sophie Wheadon then won her Javelin for a hattrick of wins.

The under 17 men won also on the day but had to work hard for this, Ben East won the 100m with 12.5 and Oliver Bazin winning the B string 12.8, Ethan Haines won his 200m in 24.5, and team mate Alex McLaughlin winning the B string 27.3, Bazin 53.8 and Haines 55.6 both won their 400m strings.
The relay quartet of Haines, Bazin, East and Booker just dipped under 50 seconds to finish the day with another win.

On the Field Bazin lept to a massive 6.24 to win the Long Jump and Haines winning the B string, East and Booker both cleared 1.65 in the High Jump to take a double win, on the thorws Booker threw 11.86 to win the Shot and Ben Lawrence taking the B string. McLaughlin made it another B string win in the Discus 27.57 and Ben East threw 60.98 in a strong head win to win the Javelin with Lawrence throwing 41.72 to win the B.

The under 15 boys were second in their age group, Liam Cawley threw a massive 55.63 to win his Javelin and Kian Hockaday took the B string 35.66, Cawley made it a double win in the Discus 33.93 with Oliver Ford winning the B string 32.66, Ford then went on to win the Shot 10.32 and Cawley winning the B string 9.88.
On the track Oliver Humphrey came 2nd in the 80m hurdles
, this placing was matched by George Shakespear in the 800m 2.20.7, Jonah Briggs, Oliver Absolom and Harry Davis all added good points to their tally.

For the first time this season the under 13 boys were down on numbers but the boys still all clubbed together to come 2nd in their age group, The Throws saw good points Seb Simpson coming 2nd A in the Shot 6.63 with Sam Dennis winning the B string 6.39, both teamed up in the discus to secure a double win Simpson 16.21 and Dennis 14.85, In the Javelin James Fenner came 2nd 25.81 and Simpson matching this in the B 18.34.
Ivan Chekmazov came 2nd in the 800m on the track 2.41 best on the track, which was matched by the 4x100m team of Fenner, Chelmazov, William Harris, Kian Darcy-Masters 58.9.

The under 15 girls also made it a second team place, best result on the track came in the 800m with Annabel Todd winning 2.28.5 and Annelise Gale winning the B string 2.36.3, Emily Tucker won her 1500m 5.32.6, in the sprints good points came from Ella Ward, Gemma Moon and Lottie Absolom.
Gemma moon won her B string long jump 3.68 while Annabel Gibson came 3rd A 4.41, Absolom won her B string high jump and best of the throws came in the Discus Todd taking 2nd A 20.07 and Aimee dickson2nd B 16.11

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Team Kennet struggled in the last match of the Southern Athletics with a much depleted team due to a few drop outs on the morning of the match at held at Poole.

On the day there were some outstanding individual performances the Mens Javelin Luke Angell won with his best throw for a few years with 56.16 and he was backed up well in the B string from Stuart Bladon winning with 46.78.
Phoebe Hoaen made it a double win in the Javelin with a throw of 39.77.
Sophie Wheadon carried on with her Discus wins with a 32.90 throw to finish well clear of the field, she also won the B string Shot 9.11 while her A string partner Hayley Steward had to settle for 2nd place 10.18, Steward won her Long Jump 5.11 and in the mens long jump both Stuart Bladon 6.22 and Oliver Bazin 5.89 won their strings.
Hayley Steward earned herself personnel bests in the 100m 13.0 and 200m 26.8 for two third places, Amy Russell taking part in the B strings 100m 13.6 and 200m 29.4 came 3rd and 4th. The mens 100m saw Oliver Bazin clock 12.1 and Daniel Hockaday 12.1.
Charlotte Booker earned herself a personnel best in the hammer, and brother Harry also gained good points for the club in the high jump and 400m
Duncan McGrory went under 5 mins to set a top UK vet 60 top 5 ranking and breaking the clubs vet 60 record in the 1500m.
Good points came in from the middle distance runners from both sides Ben Schiffer-Harte, Simon Hockaday, Rosa Lawrence and Izzy Hole.

Team Kennet will see a record number of club athletes take part in the English Schools Athletics Finals next month.

Six Club athletes will compete on 12/13 July at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham

Ben East – Javelin
Phoebe Hoaen – Javelin
Liam Cawley – Javelin
Harry Booker – Discus
Sophie Wheadon – Discus
Stuart Bladon – 110m Hurdles

The Berkshire Schools Championships also saw a record number of TK athletes take part and many came back as Berkshire Schools Champions.

The Inter Boys Ben East threw 60.51 to win and is tipped to win the English Schools title, Harry Booker also won the Discus 40.06.
Senior Boys Stuart Bladon won his 110m hurdles in 14.88 while in the Junior Boys Oliver Ford just missed out on selection to win his Discus 31.48 but in the Javelin Liam Cawley won his Hampshire Schools event with a 46m throw tipped for a medal in the finals.

The Inter Girls Sophie Wheadon won her Discus 33.91 and Phoebe Hoaen her Javelin 40.65 both girls stand a good chance getting on to the Poduim, Anna Montagne came 2nd in the High Jump 1.61 and same position matched by Ellie Armstrong in the Shot 9.69. elsewhere in the same age group Georgina Thomson was 7th in the 800m and her twin sister Rebecca came 7th in the 1500m, Amy Russell came 5th in the final of the 200m 28.7 and in the 100m Faye Saunderson came 4th 13.3 and Izzy Kerslake 6th both in the final.

The Junior Girls Gemma Moon came 2nd in the high jump 1.45 and Annalise Gale was 10th in the 800m.
The Senior Girls Charlotte Booker came 3rd in the Hammer.
Junior Boys Kian Hockaday was 4th in the Javelin and finally in the Inter Boys Ethan Haines was 4th in the 400m final 54.3 and Ben Lawrence was 2nd in the Javelin 41.56