Author: Ian

In the Wessex League Quadkids for the under 11s at Swindon, Team Kennet’s girls team finished in 3rd place on 720 points behind winners Woking on 797 and Madja on 737.  The boys finished 5th on 669 points.

Individually, Kirsten Fraser and Zoe Allan came equal 5th overall on 195 points with Grace Wotherspoon 172 and Katie Pennicott 158 th eother scoring girls. For the boys, Jacob Woods 196 was the best scorer in 11th overall. Edward Mackie 165, Jonathon Patrionis 157 and Oscar Pasmore 151 made the rest of the points.

Zoe was the fastest TK sprinter for the girls in 11.7 (2nd overall) with Alissa Irfan 12.3 and Grace 12.5 next. For the boys Jacob in 11.9 was 3rd overall with Edward 12.9 next.

Kirsten was overall fastest girl over 600m  in 2.00.2 with Zoe in 2.05.0 while Jacob in 2.00.3 was 4th overall boy. In the long jump Kirsten and Grace shared 5th overall with 3.29m with Jacob 3.18 narrowly out jumping Jack Pyke 3.15 for the boys. In the Vortex throw,  Joseph Hoaen 25.05 and Zoe 20.96 threw furthest for the yellow vests.

Team Kennet secured a brilliant match win at Swindon in the Wessex Young Athletes League, it was the clubs 20^th league match win and puts them in 3^rd place in the league which saw 90 athletes turn out for the club, winning the under 17 men’s and women’s  and under 13 boys age groups.

Team Kennet                     523
Southampton                    471
Woking                               404
MADJA                                354
Andover/Overton             292
Fleet                                    228

Ben East in the under 15 boys was involved in an amazing Javelin competition, with three boys throwing over 50m, he squeezed out best to win in a new club record and UK number 5, throwing 50.67m.

The under 17 men secured a massive team score to win their match, good points came from the middle distance races as Bradley Thomas won his 1500m, while Ryan Cannons came 2^nd A string in the 800m and Ben Armstrong winning the B string. The sprints fared well with some good times, the 100m Tait Weekes 12.0 and Daniel Hockaday 12.1 both finished 3^rd places, while in the longer 200m Weekes could only get 5^th A string 25.7 and Zach Montgomery 25.0 came 3^rd but Hockaday in the Non Scoring clocked 24.5. Stuart Bladon came through the last 50m in the 400m to take a good win 55.2 with Hockaday notching up the B string with 60.0, Bladon made it a win early in the day in the sprint hurdles clocking 15.4 and made sure he made it a hatrick of wins by winning the high jump 1.70 and Armstrong taking the B string 1.40. The long jump Cannons came 2^nd with 5.10 and Armstrong made sure he won his B string 4.93. The throws were strong on the day, Firstly in the Discus James Hills threw 31.44 for 2^nd place which was matched by Thomas in the B string in placings, again in the Shot two second places came from Hills 10.64 and Montgomery 10.33 and in the Javelin Hills came 4^th 30.66 and a B win for Montgomery 27.24. The Relay quartet of Montgomery, Weekes, Bladon and Hockaday were 2^nd 50.6.

The under 13 boys were strong on the day and also took a  win, the 800m saw a superb timed run by Jago Prest to come home to win in 2.30.2 and with Toby Clark making his debut on the track secured a good 2^nd place 2.43, the longer 1500m Harry Davis came in 5^th place but a late step in Digby Riggall won the B string.

In a really high standard high jump Gabriel Warley could only manage 4^th place with 1.35 but Matthew Jones took a B string win with 1.25, it was down to the throws again to secure more wins, Oliver Ford won both his Shot 8.90 and Discus 24.75, Colin Sinclair taking 4^th in the B shot but a B string win from Ollie Absolom 15.44 saw only a handful of double wins on the day. The Javelin boys made sure they got a double win as Kian Hockaday threw 35.66 and Sinclair 24.63. The Long Jump saw third places from Oliver Humphrey 3.90 and Absolom 3.53, back on the track in the shorter distances Warley came 2^nd in the 100m 14.5 best of the sprinters while in the hurdles George Mackie came 2^nd B string 16.5. The 4x100m relay team came home in 3^rd place.

The under 17 women made it a hatrick of age group wins, starting of on the day Kira Angell 13.9 and Tanya Yeates 16.1 both won their strings of the 80m hurdles, Angell came 2^nd in the high jump 1.40, while in the throws  Dominika Humphrey came 4^th and Charlotte Booker 2^nd B in the Shot, both teamed up in the Discus with Booker 3^rd 22.66 and Humphrey 2^nd B string and in the Javelin Angell was 4^th and Booker winning the B string. On the track the 800m Izzy Hole ran well for a 2^nd place and Rosa Lawrence taking a B string win, Lawrence had to settle for 3^rd place in the 1500m. The 300m Izzy Hole came 3^rd 47.9 and Lawrence 2^nd B string, and finally Yeates took the sprints coming 4^th in the 200m and 5^th in the 100m. The 4x100m relay the team came 4^th.

The under 15 girls saw the biggest turn out ever for the club with 16 girls, Anna Montagne tackled the sprints finishing 3^rd in the 100m 13.6 and 200m 27.6, Anais Tank came 2^nd in the 100m B string 14.2 and Chloe Collins also 2^nd in the B string 30.1. The 800m race saw Anna Pettit take a easy win in 2.30.1 and Rebecca Thomson taking the B string 2.40.6, Bethan Philp was 3^rd A string in the 1500m 5.18.5 and Georgina Thomson winning the B string 5.21.8. The 300m Pettit came 2^nd in a very close race clocking 45.1 and G. Thomson 4^th B 49.7, on the field events Montagne came 2^nd in the long jump 4.42 wit hR. Thomson standing in last minute for 4^th B string, in another very high competitive High Jump, Pettit cleared 1.40 for 4^th place and Ellie Armstrong came  2^nd B string 1.35, Armstrong went one better to win the Shot outright 8.84 with Chloe Collins taking 3^rd in the B string 6.58. The Javelin Phoebe Hoaen had to settle for second place 31.30 but Sophie Wheadon took the B string 22.93, both teamed up in the Discus Wheadon 2^nd A string 21.90 and Hoaen taking a win in the B string 21.56, the relay quartet of Montagne, Collins, Eleanor Kerslake and Tank came a close 2^nd 56.6

The under 13 girls came 2^nd in their match, new comer Annabel Todd made a great debut for the club coming 2^nd in the 800m A string2.45.6 with team mate Annalise Gale winning the B string 2.48.6, in the longer 1200m Emily tucker came 3^rd 4.15.4 and Tara Hogan winning the B string 4.21.9, in the sprints points were tough, but good runs from Annabel Gibson, Charlie Pennicott , Aimee Dickson kept the points rolling in. Todd lept 3.79 in the long jump for 5^th place, both Emily Tucker and Isla Facey finished 3^rd in the Shot, Todd came 3^rd in the Discus and Charlie Pennicott coming 2^nd B string, the javelin Tucker came 3^rd and Dickson 2^nd B string. The 4x400m relay team came home in 4^th place.

Finally the under 15 boys were 3^rd on the day, Jack Cannons coming 3^rd in the long jump 4.74 and Tom Hills taking 2^nd B string 4.69, it was the throws that bagged the big points, Shot Harry booker and Oliver Gregory took a Double win 10.60 and 10.46, the Discus Booker threw 33.08 for a win and Gregory 24.92 for second place. In the shorter distances best of the TK athletes came in the 200m Tom Hills 26.9 for only 6^th A string and Oliver Gregory 26.8 for 3^rd B string. The Relay team of Gregory, Hills, Booker and Cannons came home in 2^nd place 52.0

On the day the club had loads of non scorers, some to highlight are:

U13 girls 200m Lucy Bennet 31.1
U13 girls 100m Lucy Bennet 15.2
U13 boys 200m Kian Kockaday 31.1, George Mackie 31.7,
U15 girls Discus Poppy Bladon 17.05
U13 boys 100m Matt Jones 14.9
U15 girls 100m Eleanor Kerslake 14.7
U13 boys Javelin Digby Riggall 19.61

Team Kennet struggled in their second match of the Southern Athletics League with injuries and exams for younger team members but those who turned up made up with some superb performances down on a very sunny Ashdown Track in Poole, which fell on a Sunday for this match.

1	Team Dorset	223
2	City of Salisbury	189
3	Havant AC	168
4	Team Kennet	117

Host Club Team Dorset took full control to win the match, a welcome return from the States Alex Hanson made sure he had a hatrick of wins, Firstly in the 800m he took a convincing win in 1.58.8 by over 50m, next up was the 3000m, playing with the field he adventually broke cleat on last lap to take his second win of the day in 9.11.6 and some 45minutes later went on to make it thre out of three in the 1500m clocking 4.09.8. Team mate Ben Schiffer-Harte teamed up in all three events with Hanson coming 3rd in the 800m/1500m and second in the 3000m.

Another welcome return was Peter Saunders, he won a two A strings first the long jump with 6.01 and later the Triple Jump 12.51, he was well backed up by Joe Osler in the B string leaping to 5.71 for a win and again another B string win came from Stuart Bladon 11.89,

Luke Angell won his Javelin with a 50m throw, while in the High Jump Joe Osler cleared 1.80 for 2nd place which was matched by Bladon in the B string 1.75.

Saunders secured another second in the A Shot with 8.48 and B Javelin 33.29, Luke Angell securing a third in the Discus 27.54, back on the Track in the shorter distanced, the 400m both Bladon 55.3 and Daniel Hockaday 58.8 could only get 4th places, same in the 200m with Zach Montgomery 26.1 and Hockaday 25.3 and again in the 100m Tait Weekes 12.1 and Montgomery 12.4

The Mens 4 x 400m team ran well clocking 3.43.5 for a superb second place.

The womens team ended up with two injuries right at the start weaking the team, but still some good performances, Izzy Hole made her debut in the 1500m Steeplechase event coming second with 6.01, Emily Faulkner came 2nd in the 5000m clocking 20.21.2 breaking the clubs under 20 record.

Kira Angell came 2nd in the 100m hurdles 6.01.3 and she matched that in the High Jump 1.45.

The Discus saw good points as Both Deborah Montgomery 19.47 and Cheryl Angell 16.46 both came 2nd in their strings, Montgomery made it another B string 2nd in the Javelin 20.92, in the Hammer Montgomery came 3rd 20.74 and Angell 2nd B string 18.34, Hole came 3rd in the triple Jump 8.55, back on the track the 1500m  Rosa Lawrence 5.36 had to settle for third place and Faulkner 5.37 for 2nd B string.

The 4 x 400m team came 4th after leading halve way round, with Kira Angell clocking the fastest time 69 seconds.