Author: Ian

Team Kennet took part in the last match of the season at Banbury in the Oxfordshire League. It was a great performance again winning the match

and winning the League to mark a superb season for the West Berkshire Club

On the day the under 13 Boys narrowly won their age group, on the Field the boys didn’t drop a single point in the throws winning all the strings, best in the javelin with Kian Hockaday throwing 36.79 and Oliver Ford 27.31, in the Discus Oliver Ford threw 25.47 and Oliver Absolom 17.35 and in the Shot Oliver Ford 9.49 and Kian Hockaday 6.21, in the High Jump Matthew Jones 3^rd A and George Mackie 2^nd both clearing 1.30, Humphrey and Jones both came close to the 4m mark in the Long Jump for good placings. On the Track the going was tough, the 800m brought the best result Kian Hockaday 3^rd A string and George Mackie 2^nd B string. Jones and Mackie both came 3^rd in the 75m hurdles, while in the sprints both the Oliver’s Humphreys and Absolom came 3^rd in their strings in the 200m. The relay team had to settle for 3^rd place.

The under 15 boys had to settle for 2^nd  place in their team standings but good solid performances coming from the sprinters Oliver Bazin 3^rd in the 100m 12.7 and 4^th in the 200m 26.6 while in the B string Tom Hills came 2^nd in the 100m 12.9 and won the 200m 26.1. The Relay team of Bazin, Hills, Oliver Gregory and Ed Smith took a great win in 51.7. The Field events secured some wins, the usual pairing of Harry Booker and Oliver Gregory both winning the Discus 33.98 and 28.14, and claiming the Shot events as well, Gregory coming 3^rd in the Javelin 25.88. Booker had to settle for 5^th place in the high Jump 1.45 and the Long Jump Oliver Bazin took a convincing win 5.41 and Hills taking 3^rd B 4.38

The under 17 men came 2^nd in their age group Daniel Hockaday sprinting to a 100m victory 12.2 and 2^nd in the 200m 24.3. In the field Hockaday came 2^nd in the long jump 4.79, while on the throws James Hills winning all his three events Discus 34.20, Javelin 34.10 and Shot.

The under 17 women were beaten for 2^nd place by just 1pt, Kira Angell winning the Javelin 28.28 and High Jump 1.45 and had to settle for 2^nd in the 80m hurdles 13.3. Rosa Lawrence won her 1500m in 5.30, elsewhere Charlotte booker threw 23.47 to come 2^nd in the Discus and in the Shot Booker came 4^th and Dominika Humphrey won the B string 6.06

The under 15 girls came 4^th in their age group, Lucy Wells won the 1500m in 5.05.6, in the 200m sprints  Ellie Kerslake 29.8 and Chloe Collins 29.4 both third and Anias Taank 13.8 3^rd and Kerslake 14.1 4^th in the 100m. In the field Collins came 2^nd in the Shot 7.66 and the relay team came home in third place.

The under 13 girls also came 4^th, only A string win came from Lottie Absolom in the Discus 20.23, and Annelise Gale in the B string Shot 4.73, Georgina Pasmore came 5^th in the Shot 5.02 and 4^th in the Javelin. The high Jump Absolom took 2^nd place 1.30 and Emily Tucker 3^rd B string. The Track fared better in the 800m Gale came 4^th but a good B string run from Tucker 2^nd, Beth King came 4^th in the 1500m, both Annabel Gibson and Tucker came 4^th in the 70m hurdles. In the sprints Gibson took 4^th in the 100m and 7^th in the 200m A strings

With the younger age groups the under 9 girls winning their Quad kids match and taking their own age group title and under 11 girls taking runners up, the girls section took overall winners, while in the boys they had to settle for overall runners up, but combined took the overall league.

 

In the Oxford League Quadkids for the under 9s and 11s at Banbury where numbers were low due to holidays, Team Kennet’s U9 girls team finished as winners with 181 points. The Under 11 girls were 2nd with 772 points while the boys were in 6th place on 466 points. Subject to confirmation, the under 9 girls team were overall league winners with under 11 girls in second place.

Individually, Tillie Bell’s score of 94 just outscored Lilia Gale on 87 points. Kirsten Fraser with 208 was overall 3rd on the day with Claire McGonnell (8th overall) 202, Ava Elverson 188 and Catherine Jones 174 scoring the team points.  Oscar Pasmore 162. Edward Mackie 156 and William Appleby 148 all scored points for the boys.

For the Under 11 boys, Oscar and William were joint fastest over 75m in 12.8. Over 600m Oscar was quickest in 2.15 while Edward jumped furthest with 2.91 and Wiulliam throwing furthest with 19.49.

For the girls, Lexie Willmouth and Octavia Thomas were fastest and 3rd overall in the 75m with Claire and Lyla Goodwin just behind on 12.1. In the 600m Kirsten was overall 2nd in 1.59 over 600m with Lexie 2.12 and Claire 2.13. In the long jump Ava Elverson was 8th overall with 3.24 with Claire 3.22 and Kirsten 3.21 while the Vortex saw Claire in 3rd overall with 26.06 with Kirsten 23.22 and Ava 23.12

 

Team Kennet’s Stuart Bladon took a Major title in the South of England Octagon Championships where he was crown Champion held this year at Horspath Stadium in Oxford.
His total score of 4643 from his 8 events has Ranked him 10th in the UK with the UK championships coming up.  His Impressive set of events saw 5 personnel bests, on Day 1 he leapt 5.66 in the long jump (PB), threw the Javelin 37.56 (PB), sprinted over the hurdles in 14.57 then ran a 400m in 53.24, Day 2 saw a event better day firstly High Jump 1.86m (PB), then another best in the Discus 29.51 (PB), throwing 9.35 in the Shot then ran the distance race the 1500m in 4.31, then with his total score produced his life best.

Team Kennet took a convincing win at Andover on Sunday in the Wessex

Young Athletes League which took them to second place in the league to finish the season as runners up.

The final match score on the day was

Team Kennet       554
Winchester City   420
Slough Juniors     416
Andover/Overton 358
Waverley Harriers 230
Weymouth/Dorchester 199

It was Under 15 Ben East that stole the clubs highlights as he threw a massive 51.55 in the Javelin to win and to break his own Club Record for the fourth time this year, team mate Jack Cannons stepped in to throw 30.41 to win the B string, Harry Booker and Oliver Gregory made it another Double win in the Discus 36.04 and 30.78, and the two pored up again to hit another Double in the Shot 10.84 (Booker) and 10.68 (Gregory), East made it another win in the B string High Jump and Booker settling for 3rd A both clearing 1.45. Oliver Bazin jumped a best in the long jump for 2nd place 5.47, later he secured he brilliant well timed win in the 300m 43.4, in the shorter 200m he came 2nd 26.1 with Cannons taking 2nd place 25.80, the 100m cannons clocked a fast 12.4 for 3rd place and Gregory winning the B string 12.7, the 1500m was a great affair new comer Luca Vicaria came 5th in 4.56.9 and Josh Sells same position in the B string. Cameron Langley gained good points in his events.
The 4x100m team came 2nd with 51.5 (booker/Bazin/Cannons/Gregory)
The Boys also went on to win their age group.

A age group win in the under 17 lifted the boys to runners up in their age group overall, not soo many wins on the day, Zach Montgomery won his Shot 11.84, Stuart Bladon had to settle for 1.75 for 2nd place in the high Jump and Ben Armstrong took a B string win 1.60, he also came 3rd in the long jump 5.14 and Ryan Cannons cleared 5.10 for a b string win.
Bladon started the day in the 100m hurdles coming an excellent 2nd place 14.4. Daniel Hockaday added points to the team in the 100m 12.2 and 200m 24.2 (4th)

A great win came from the under 15 girls and they beat their age group leaders, Anna Montagne starting to show her talent in the sprints got a superb start to win the 100m 13.2 with Ellie Kerslake winning the B string 13.5 and credit to Izzy Kerslake non scoring clocking 13.7. The longer 200m Montagne made it another win with 27.0 and Chloe Collins clocking 29.3 for 4th place. Two second places followed in the 300m Anna Pettit 45.2 and Georgina Thomson 51.1, wins came in thick and fast in the middle distance races the 800m Lucy Wells clocking 2.27.3 and Georgina Thomson 2.42.4 for 2nd place, while in the 1500m Anna Pettit took the second right on the line 5.19 and Bethan Philp winning the B string 5.19.5
The relay team Amy Russell/Collins/E.Kerslake/Montagne came 2nd 54.8.
Out on the field a double win came from the Discus Sophie Wheadon 22.66 and Pheobe hoaen 21.70, Hoaen had to settle for 2nd place in the Javelin 33.00 but Wheadon took the B string win 22.46 by a few cm. Ellie Armstrong came 2nd in the Shot 9.49 but Wheadon going one better for a win in the B string 8.79. The Jumps saw good points as well, Armstrong coming 2nd in the A string 1.35 which was matched by Pettit in the B string but coming first, the Long Jump Montagne lept 4.80 for 2nd place which was matched by Russell in the B string.

The under 17 women took a win on the day the 200m saw a Double win holly Donohoe 28.2 and Tanya Yeates 32.9, Yeates coming second in the 100m. The sprint hurdles Kira angell ran a fast 13.1 for second place, Yeates taking the B string 15.4.
The 300m Holly Donohoe came 4th 45.6 and a great win came from Izzy Hole 47.5, in the longer 800/1500 races Hole came 2nd in the 800m and3rd in the 1500m 5.10.6. Another Double win came in the Discus with Charlotte Booker 21.83 and Dominika Humphrey 16.17, the Shot saw a third place from Booker 7.17 and 2nd place from Humphrey 6.54 in the B string while in the Javelin Angell came third 25.78 and Humphrey 2nd B
The jumps faired well Angell coming 2nd 1.45 in the Long Jump third place from Donohoe and a B win for Booker. The Relay Quartet of angell, Donohoe, Yeates and hole came home in first place right on the line.

Oliver Ford another talented thrower won his Shot with 9m and Oliver Humphrey taking 2nd place in the B string, in the under 13 boys the discus Ford came 2nd 23.43 and a good win in the B string from Ollie Absolom 15.79 but the best came in the Javelin with a Double win Kian Hockaday 36.05 and Ford 28.81, The high Jump secured another Double win with Gabriel Warley 1.41 and Matthew Jones 1.35 Humphrey came 3rd in the Long Jump with Absolom taking 4th B string. On the track best came in the 100m Warley and Jones coming 3rd places 14.1 and 15.0, George Mackie picking up a 2nd place B string in the 800m.
The under 13 girls are struggling this year, but finished third on the day gave them the boost they needed, best result came in the 1200m both Emily Tucker and Lottie Absolom coming 2nd.
Annelise Gale winning the B string 800m. In the field shot Absolom came 3rd place with Aimee Dickson taking 2nd place, Georgina Pasmore picked up the only field win of the day in the B string Discus 12.85
Lucy Bennet was the under 13 clubs best on the day, she took full control to win the 100m 13.8 and later went on to come 2nd in the 200m 29.1

In the Oxford League Quadkids for the under 9s and 11s at Oxford, Team Kennet’s U9 girls team finished as winners with 406 points. The Under 11 girls were 2nd wuith 742 points while the boys were in 5th place on 764 points.

Individually, Bethany MacLean was 2nd Under 9 girl overall on 146 points with Lilia Gale 92, Millie Phillips 91 and Erin Cartwright 72 completing the team score. Kirsten Fraser and Zoe Allen both scored 194 points for 5th Under 11 girl overall with Annabel MacLean 186 (8th overall), Grace Wotherspoon 168 and Lyla Goodwin 152 points. Newcomer William Harris on 243 was the highest place TK boy in 4th overall with Ollie Tozer 198, Finley Plumpton 162 and Joseph Hoaen 161 the other point scorers.

For the Under 11 boys, William was fastest over 75m in 11.2 (4th overall) with Ollie 11.7 and Finley 12.1. Over 600m Ollie 1.58.3 (5th overall) just pipped William 1.58.8 with Joseph 2.14.6. The long jump saw William 3.43 (5th overall), Jack Pike 3.13 and Kian D’Arcy-Masters 2.76 and in the Vortex William (4th) 31.58 out threw Ollie 26.05 and Finley 24.23.

For the girls, Zoe 11.6 was fastest overall with Kirsten and Lyla both on 12.3 in the 75m. In the 600m Kirsten was overall winner in 1.58.9 with Zoe 2.02.3 and Annabel 2.10.8 while in the
long jump Grace 3.14, Kirsten 3.02 and Lyla 2.92 jumped furthest and in the vortex Annabel 26.94 was another overall winner with Grace 23.54 and Zoe 22.14 not far behind.

In the Under 9s, Bethany ran a new club record of 2.14.3 and was overall winner with Lilia 2.32.9 and Millie 2.34.6. Bethany was also fastest TK sprinter in 13.4 with Erin 13.7 and Millie
14.5 while Bethany jumped 2.52 for overall 2nd with Lilia 1.91 and Erin 1.83 and Bethany threw 17.60 (overall winner) with Lilia 11.27 (overall 3rd) and Millie 10.75.

Team Kennet came within a Whisker of winning their home match at Swindon in the Southern Athletics League Div 3SW match.

Scoring 22 individual wins fell just 1 1/2pts short of league leaders Plymouth’s score

Plymouth                                           182.5
Team Kennet                                    181
Guildford                                           165
Chichester                                         129.5

Team Kennet Ladies were impressive on the Field, only dropping one point on the Throws, in the Discus Alisha Bradford winning with 27.77 and Charlotte Booker taking the B string, while in the Hammer Booker made it a win 29.67 and A. Bradford taking the B 25.80. In the Javelin Deborah Montgomery won the event 26.35 with team mate Kira Angell winning the B string 25.78, it was close in the Shot with Montgomery just missing out on a win throwing 9.19 for 2^nd place and A. Bradford winning the B string 8.07.

The jumps fared well, Holly Donohoe coming third but a welcome return from Kirsty Bennet won the B string, in the Triple Jump both Girls came 2^nd Izzy Hole and Georgina Bradford, and in the High Jump K. Angell won her 2^nd event of the day 1.38 with Bennet coming 2^nd.

The Sprint Hurdles saw K. Angell make it another Hatrick of wins with 19.6, and in the longer 400m hurdles Bennet came 3^rd.

Best track race came in the 1500m steeplechase as Izzy Hole showed maturity and developing to the event well taking a fantastic win in a fast 5.46.3. The  longer race the 5km saw a great effort by Emily Faulkner coming 2^nd in 19.59 and Bennet making her 2^nd win of the day winning the B string. The 1500m race Faulkner had to settle for third place 5.27.1 and a good strong finish from Rosa Lawrence secured her first win of the day 5.31.2, the 800m both Girls had to settle for 3^rd places Lawrence and Georgina Bradford, a fast 400m race saw TK Holly Donohoe finishing only third in 65.5 and Izzy Hole 2^nd 67.0, sprints picked up good third places for Donohoe, G. Bradford, Lawrence and Cheryl Angell. The 4x400m relay team came 2^nd best of the relays.

In the men’s section a great double win came in the Triple Jump with Peter Saunders leaping 12.60 and Stuart Bladon 11.88. Another double win came in the Long Jump Saunders again 6.33 and Tait Weekes 5.20 and in the high Jump Bladon could only clear 1.73 for third place but Nick Bull took 2^nd in the B string. The Throws unlike the women scored low points, but in the Javelin Saunders throwing 34.35 had to settle for fourth place but Steve McLean threw 30.52 for a B string win.

On the track a super fit Sam Randall made a welcome return to the club to win the 400m hurdles and Chris turner taking 3^rd B string. The 3000m event James McLaughlin ran a superb race in 9.23.2 but came 4^th in a close battle, Ben Schiffer-Harte came 3^rd in the B string. Randall made it another B string win in the 400m and Bladon coming 2^nd A string both with 53.9.

The sprints faired well for the club Josh Willock winning the 100m in 11.6 and taking 2^nd in the 200m 23.4, Tait Weekes coming fourth in the 100m B string and Daniel Hockaday 2^nd in the B string 200m 24.5, few points came out of the 800 and 1500m Gavin Mclaughlin and nick Bull both 4^th in the 800s and Gavin and son James McLaughlin same in the 1500m.

The 4x100m team of Weekes, Montgomery, Hockaday and Willock came home with a great win 47.8 and the 4x400m team of both McLaughlins, Bladon and Randall came 2^nd.