Ian – Team Kennet

Oxford XC League

Team Kennet took part in the last of the series for this years Oxford Cross Country League, held at Henley Show Ground.

One of the best weather conditions over the winter saw a good turnout by the club specially the Juniors, Anna Hall in the under 9s had to settle for a 2nd place in the Girls race but this was good enough to be Crowned under 9 Girls Champion.

The under 13 Boys race saw one of the best races by Team Kennet athletes since taking part with Matthew Nocton coming through strong to win the race on the day, William Chipchase did enough to bring him home in 3rd place, with Ivan Checkmazov 23rd and Oliver Carroll 29th the team were 2nd on the day.

The under 13 girls team came 4th overall just missing out on team medals, Eve Brown came in 9th with Alanna Smith 14th, Emma Davies 17th, Rosie Burridge 27th and Maddi Baker 38th

The under 15s ran well Annelise Gale coming 7th and Emily Tucker 17th in the girls while in the boys Toby Clark 8th and Noah Kemp 17th.

The younger under 11s Elliott Murphy continued from last match coming home in 5th place to finish 4th overall Ethan Kuijten was 13th, Reggie Harder-Scott 16th, Aaron Carter 25th and James Simmons 36th.
The under 11 Girls Imogen Newby was 7th, Leilah Gaye 18th, Amber Stiles 22nd, Lilia Gale 29th

The under 9 Boys saw 8 TK athletes start, Noah Lauder-Clark was 7th, Ben Daley fast improving 8th, Oscar Larkin 10th, Charlie Adams 19, Joshua lads 20, Rueben Kuijten 23, Harry Barnett 25, Thomas Mitchell 28., rest of the under 9 Girls battled well, Jessie McCurtin was 6th, Charlotte Lawton 8th and Mia Kearney 13th

The Senior Women saw the usual two Women Sue Francis 38th and Martine Stiles 100th while the men saw 9 runners with Phil Murphy first home from TK in 35th, Bart Kuijten 83rd, Chris Hall 100, Mark Little 158, Mitch Poustie 174, Andy Waters 186, David Johnston 217, Paul Kemp 218 and Simon Gale 223

Oxford XC League

Team Kennet were in action in the fourth round of the Oxford Cross Country League at Swindon on Sunday, a tough muddy and wet course with slippery turns saw good results from the club.

The under 13 girls thrived in the mud as Kirsten Fraser cruised to a slippery win to help her chances to winning the individual series, this result also meant that the team could win the team prize at the end of the season, Emma Davies was next home in 10th and Alanna Smith 15th, Rosie Burridge was 30th and Maddie Baker 39th.

Anna Hall moved up to first place in the under 9 girls as she finished in 2nd place, all down to the last race of the season next month, Charlotte Lawton was 8th, Mia Kearney 9th and Holly locket 11th.

Imogen Newby came home in 4th place in the under 11 girls, with Amber Stiles 10th, Leilah Gaye 14th, Lilia Gale 29th and Lola Mitcham 42nd

In the older races for the girls Emily Tucker came 21st in the under 15s, and Bethan Philp coming home 6th in the under 17s, while in the Senior race Sue Francis was 44th and Martine Stiles 77th.

Elliot Murphy was the highest placed in all the male races, competing in the u11s he came 8th with Max Adams just behind in 9th, Ethan Kuijten 14th, Aaron Carter 18th, Joseph Bell 35th, Evan Alderman 36th and James Fenner 39th

Toby Clark came 9th in the under 15 boys and Noah Kemp 13th

In the under 9 boys Noah Lauder-Clarke was also 9th, Kaan Tugcetin 15th, Joshua Ladds 16th, Reuben Kuijten 20th, Charlie Adams 22nd and Ben Daley 23rd

Ivan Chekmazov led the TK under 13 boys home in 22nd, Oliver Carroll 33rd, Jacob Avery 39th and Isaac Mitcham 42nd

In the Senior Mens race Phil Murphy came home in 35th, Bat Kuijten 108th, Jonjo Stiles 120th, Mark Little 192nd, Andy Waters 193rd Mitch Poustie 201st, Sean Bird 225th and Simon Gale 247th

London Indoor Games

Team Kennet Athletes were successful at the London Indoor Track & Field Games over the weekend, in the under 13 girls age groups Zoe Allen came 1st in the Shot with a throw of 8.49 putting her ranked in the top 6 in the UK rankings, she clocked a fast 8.89 in the 60m sprint and also took part in the 200m 29.45.
Clare McGonnell had a very successful day she claimed two new club records firstly in the 800m 2.44.74 and then High Jump 1.25, and then clocking a fast 60m hurdles time of 10.66 seconds.

Oliver Humphrey came out 4th quickest in the under 15 boys 60m Hurdles also claiming the Clubs age group Record in a time of 9.38 seconds

Sportshall Match 3

Sportshall Match 3 – 26^th January 2020

Sunday was the last sportshall league match of the season, making it the last for Annabel Gibson as she moves to U17. Annabel has competed for Team Kennet in Sportshall since she was 9 years old. In this last match she came 3^rd in the Standing long jump with 2.04m and was joined by Aimee Dickson in the 8 lap paarlauf coming 2^nd with 99.1sec. Aimee also came 4^th in the speedbounce. Annabel and Aimee bought the U15 league competition to close with overall 4^th place.

The U11 Girls once again dominated the speedbounce with all 6 competitors coming in the top 8 out of the 42 taking part. Emeilia Lunn came 1^st with 52, Emma Long 2^nd with 51, In joint 4^th with 50 were Millie Philips, Erin Gosney and Imogen Cowell. Close behind was Lilia Gale with 48.

Bethany Maclean and Erin have made a brilliant 6 lap Paarlauf pairing this year and finished with a first place in 77.8sec. Bethany also came 3^rd in the foam javelin with 11.5m. Overall in the league the girls came 5^th.

The U11 Boys also came 5^th overall. Connor Jordan and Ethan Kuijten made a fantastic team winning the 6 lap Paarlauf with 76.3sec. Connor also won the vertical jump with 50cm and took 3^rd in the speedbounce with 51. Ethan jumped one more coming 2nd in the speedbounce with 52 jumps. In the foam javelin Joseph Bell came 3^rd with 14.75m. The three were joined by Thomas Payne to come 5^th in the 4×2 relay.

Road Running Presentation

2019 Road Running leagues were very successful that saw around 60 members take part from 5km to Marathon Distance, Ben Schiffer-Harte took a hattrick of League Division wins to win the top Flight League, while in Division 2 it was a very close affair with top 6 all gunning for the 3 awards, in Division 3 new member George Westall got 3 late runs in to move up to equal 2^nd with Paul but as Paul did 4 races he claimed the runner up spot. In the Ladies Cheryl Angell made sure she was going to win from the set and she achieved all race disciplines in the first half of the year, keeping it in the family Daughter Kira tackled the first 3 disciplines to just win League 2

Mens Division 1

1^st Ben Schiffer-Harte 64

2^nd Simon Gale 53

3^rd Bradley Thomas 37

Mens Division 2

1^st Mark Little 46

2^nd Noah Kemp 42

3^rd Kim Darcy-Masters 41

Mens Division 3

1^st Mitch Poustie 56

2^nd Paul Kemp 39

3^rd George Westall 39

Ladies Division 1

1^st Cheryl Angell 79

2^nd Helen Preedy 57

3^rd Emily Faulkner 30

Ladies Division 2

1^st Kira Angell 31

2^nd Rachel Bladon 30

3^rd Emily Tucker 15

SEAA Indoor

Hayley Steward from Team Kennet earned herself a Silver Medal in the senior women’s Shot in the South of England indoor track and field Championships at Lee Valley throwing 11.31m. She also came 6th in the long jump 5.17m

Sportshall U13/15 Championships

Sportshall U13/15 Championships

On Sunday 9 of our athlete competed in the Sportshall Berkshire Championships in a combination of individual and team competitions.

Congratulations to our U15 girls who ended an intense afternoon winning team bronze medals. The 2 experienced and 2 first timers all competed both as individuals and as a team, a total of 8 events each. As individuals Aimee Dickson and Annabel Gibson came joint 5^th overall with Lottie Absolum and Gemma Moon coming 11^th and 14^th respectively.

In the events, the girls had a succession of top 5 performances including Aimee 1^st in speedbounce (87) and 3^rd in shot (7.72m). Annabel 4^th in Long Jump (2.04m) and 5^th in speedbounce (73). The pair joined up to come third in the 8 lap paarlauf. Aimee, Annabel, Gemma and Lottie then joined together to come 4^th in the 4×2 lap relay.

The U13 Girls and Boys all competed as individuals. In the girls Lyla Goodwin lead the way coming 11^th overall. Clare McGonnell came 28^th and Carly Chrisholm 45^th. Clare came 3^rd in the speedbounce with 75 jumps. Lyla managed 4^th place in both the standing long jump (1.96m) and vertical jump (42cm).

The boys were represented by Joseph Hoaen and William Appleby both in their lower year of the U13’s managed individual placings of 17^th and 18^th respectively.

SEAA Indoors

Team Kennets Zoe Allen secured a Bronze Medal at the South of England Championships held at Lee Valley over the weekend, Zoe in the under 13 girls took part in the 60m sprint winning her heat in 8.78 and then went faster in the final clocking 8.70 to claim her Bronze, she also just missed out on another medal in the Shot throwing 7.73 to take 4^th place

Zoe also took part in the Lee Valley Indoor Minithon, Zoe claimed two new Club Indoor Records, dipping under 30 seconds in the 200m clocking 29.25, and in the 600m she ran a fast 1.54.13, she also took part in the Shot to throw 7.98.

Oxford XC League

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.

Xmas Theme Night

Team Kennet last Wednesday Night before Christmas Theme night was another success, over 60 young Juniors did the Christmas Session in the Sportshall, with tasks all night to earn prizes, The Best Customs went to Imogen Cowell and Luke Styles with runners up Isla Ladds and Joshua Ladds and third places to Izzy Carrol and Flynn Murray.

The guess the numbers game, the first number 51 was guessed in less than a minute by Anna Hall, next number was 20 which was won by Luke Styles and finally last number 88 was Ethan Knight.

The Challenge games was to hit the targets set his in Vertical Jump which was 45, Speed Bounce 66 in 20 seconds, Stretch n Reach 35 and to achieve 2 Horse Shoes on the target from 3 tries., 12 prizes were up for grabs these went to Tyler Vines, Louise Colby, Jonathan Chism, Nicole Brooks, Kaan Tugcetin, Aiden Fleming, Zac Humphreys, Harry Fenner, Harry Barnes, Bethany MaClean, Ben Daley and Luke Styles taking his third prize of the night.

Finally it was the Santa run, 5 lines of relay teams set up to run down and get a few sweets at a time, they were joined by the older group from the gym.

All the prize winners came out to be given a envelope each, 3 had cash prizes, they were given a chance to trade for a brown envelope which had £20, one lucky person did swap and won the £20. All the winners had to open the envelopes at the same time.