Author: Ian

Team Kennet Athletes were in action at the third round of the Oxford Cross Country League held at Adderbury on Sunday.

Kirsten Fraser in the under 3 girls was the clubs highest placed with a second place which keeps her in contention for overall age group win, Alanna Smith had a fantastic race in 8^th place, with Maddie Baker in 28^th the team were placed fourth on the day, Rosie Burridge also took part in 38^th.

Anna Hall also kept her chances of an age group win, by finishing 3^rd in the under 9 girls, Mia Kearney was 6^th and Holly Lockett 11^th in the same race.

Annelise Gale had her bet run ever in the under 15 girls as she came home in 6^th place, Emily Tucker was 16^th, and   Georgina Thomson 10^th in the under 17 women.

Noah Kemp came 9^th in the under 15 Boys.

Elliott Murphy came 7^th in the under 11 boys race keeping his hopes on a top 3 overall, Ethan Kuijten was 9^th, Max Adams 18^th, James Simmons 51^st, Barnaby Turner 52^nd and Joseph Bell 55^th, in the under 11 girls Amber Stiles was 9^th, Bethany Maclean 14^th, Leilah Gaye 23^rd, Lilia Gale 33^rd and Lola Mitcham 48^th.

Ben Daley was 12^th in the under 9 boys which saw a good TK turnout, next home was Noah Lauder-Clark 13^th, Kaan Tugcetin 15^th, Reuben Kuijten 26^th, Azita Bodin 27^th, Charlie Adams 32^nd and Thomas Mitchell 40^th

The Senior Ladies Race, Sue Francis was 38^th and Martine Stiles 94^th, in the Mens Bradley Thomas was 45^th, Phil Murphy 92^nd, Chris Hall 100^th, Bart Kuijten 108^th, Jonjo Stiles 156^th, Dean Makar 179^th, Mark Little 214^th, Andy waters 235^th, Kim Darcy-Masters 261^st, sean Bird 268^th, Simon Gale 276^th, Paul Kemp 279^th, David Johnston 296^th.

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The Berkshire Cross Country Championships were held in Woodley this year, on another new Course, with conditions very wet and muddy underfoot several Team Kennet Athletes braved it to the event.

The Clubs Best Performance on the day was from Senior Women Emily Faulkner who came home in 4^th place just missing out on the medals by 12 seconds, Bradley Thomas was the clubs only Senior mens club entry coming 25^th.

The Clubs only team came from the under 13 girls where they finished 7^th, Eve Brown  was 18^th closely followed by Alanna Smith in 22^nd and Emma Davies was 31^st

The under 13 boys Oliver Lloyd was 13^th and Jacob Woods 14^th, in the older under 15 age groups  Toby Clark came 10^th in the Boys and Annelise Gale 14^th in the Girls Race.

Team Kennet had some good results in the 2nd round of the Oxford Mail Cross Country League held at Cirencester Park on a cold Frosty winter morning.

The First Race of the day was the under 9s, Anna Hall ran a superb race to win the girls by a huge margin, Mia Kearney came 8th and Holly Lockett 9th saw the three girls all home in the top 10, The under 9 boys saw Ben Daley 12th battling it out with Kaan Tugcetin 13th, Reuben Kuijten was next home in 23rd, Charlie Adams 24th and Thomas Mitchell 32nd

The under 13 Girls saw a return from Kirsten Fraser who had a good battle around the course to come home in 2nd place, Eve Brown had also a good race in 9th with Alanna Smith 14th saw the girls team home in 2nd overall, Maddi Baker came 41st.

The under 11s Elliot Murphy led the way home in 4th place of the clubs nine runners, Ethan Kuijten was 9th, Max Adams 14th, Aaron Carter 20th, Evan Alderman 29th, Ethan Baker 36th, Joseph Bell 41st, Barnaby Turner 42nd and James Simmons 48th.

Amber Stiles led the under 11 girls in 14th, Leilah Gaye 19th and Lilia Gale 32nd

The under 13 Boys saw William Chipchase home in 11th place, Jacob Woods 15th and Ivan Chekmazov 22nd for 4th place team, Oliver Carroll was 35th

The under 15s saw Toby Clark 8th in the boys and Annelise Gale also 8th in the girls race

Martine Stiles came 101st in the senior ladies race, while in the mens race the team came 5th in Division 2, Phil Murphy 47th, Bradley Thomas 77th, Chris Hall 103rd, Bart Kuijten 140th, Jonjo Stiles 146th, Mitchell Poustie 199th, Mark Little 203rd and Simon Gale 266th