Team Kennet

Inter County Sportshall

Ian Killner — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:44:41 +0000

Congratulations to the Team Kennet athletes who were selected to represent Berkshire at the Aviva Sportshall UK Championships South-East Regional Final at Burgess Hill on 14th February.

Georgina Bradford, Leah Beechey, Mille Calkin and Annabel Chaffey wer in the Under 13 girls team who finished 3rd. Josh Willock and Aaron Conway were in the Under 13 boys team who finished 6th. Alisha Bradford was in the under 15 Girls team who finshed 7th and Sam Randall was in the Under 15 Boys team who finished 5th.

Schools Year 7 Sportshall County Final

Ian Killner — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:32:28 +0000

Six Team Kennet athletes, Millie Calkin, Alexander Maughan, Georgina Bradford, Yasmin Ryder, Leah Beechey and Christian Randall, were part of the St Bartholomew’s School team on Tuesday, 26th January, 2010 for the Area Year 7 Sportshall competition. They won this and went on to compete in the Berkshire Schools Year 7 Sportshall Athletics County Final on 11th March, 2010 at Thames Valley Athletics Centre in Eton.

Congratulations to them all as St Barts won out of 8 schools by a long margin. We don’t have the details yet but all 5 girls won their individual races which is a fantastic achievement and Georgina won the speed bounce with a new PB of 81, closly followed by Millie and Leah won the Shot. (If you have any more details please let Ian Know!).

Oxford Mail 2009/10 – Round 5

Ian Killner — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:27:36 +0000

Team Kennet were out in force on Sunday in the last of this years Oxford Mail Cross Country League at Horspath in Oxford.

The surprise of the day was the under 13 boys as they were 1st team on the day, New Comer Alex Hanson was 4th with a much improved Aaron Conway 7th and Simon Banner 11th.

The under 13 girls saw a great battle up front which included Yasmin Ryder, she finished strongly to take 2nd place just a few seconds behind the winner, which earned Yasmin 2nd overall for the season, she was backed up by Georgina Bradford in 7th and Alex Maughan in 9th for 3rd team and a Bronze team in the league. anther new comer Hanna Oliphant was 15th and Chloe Scaplehorn 19th brought the B team home in 7th place.

A total of 4 individual medals and 4 Team medals were won at the presentations. this years mens team grew stronger as the season went on, and a good turnout saw another great result taking their second win in succession which beat all but 3 in the higher league, it was enough to seal promotion to Division 1, thanks to Guy Watts 21st, Tom Milburn 23rd who took 2nd in the u20 age group, 25th Nick Awberry, 26th Mark Shepherd, 52nd Tom Munt, 64th James Moorcroft and 78th Neale Marlow. The B team were 86th Jack Eaton, 108th Lee Jones, 172nd Simon Berry, 189th Rob Findlay, 190th Colin Price and 219th Nick Maughan.

The senior ladies were again without Rachel Elliott but the small team still managed to finish 3rd in the league on the day. Sue Francis came 14th which kept her 2nd in the vet 35 age group, 23rd Helen Preedy and 35th Jenny Eaton.

The u15/17 boys picked up medals as well, Michael Randall came 3rd on the day and that was his overall league placing which was also the same as the team in the league as well, Luke Conway was 18th and Samuel Randall (u15) 20th.

The under 15 girls saw Katie Herbert home in 22nd, Emma Seymour 25th, Katie Metalli 26th and Natasha Hole 28th.

The under 11s saw the best turnout of the year. For the girls 8th Carys Cox, 29th Harriet Allen, 33rd Carli Nicholls, 35th Chloe Jones, 37th Elysia Odell, 46th Isobel Hole, 47th Bethan Jones and for the boys 6th Jordan Hole, 17th Piers Oliphant, 23rd Alex Winch, 29th James Maughan and 35th Alex Davis.

View the complete set of results.

Level 2 Official Course

Ian Killner — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:03:55 +0000

Level 2 Officials’ Course

Sunday 21 March 10.00 am – 4.00 pm

Thames Valley Athletics Centre, Eton

Please contact Averil Hewitt on 01635 580172 if interested

South East Inter County XC

Ian Killner — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:05:02 +0000

Congratulations to Sam Randall who finished 17th in the Junior Boys section and to Michael Randall and Luke Conway who finished 30th and 36th in the Intermediate Boys at the South East Inter Counties Cross Country at Priory Park, Reigate on Saturday 6th February.

Oxford Mail 2009/10 – Round 4

Ian Killner — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:58:15 +0000

Team Kennet travelled to Cirencester for the fourth round of the Oxford Mail cross country league on Sunday.

Micheal Randall stole the clubs best performance of the day with an excellent 2nd place in the u15/17 men’s race and to help the team to 3rd place, Aston Nicholls came home in 11th with Luke Conway 21st and Sam Randall 26th.

The under 13 girls team matched the 3rd place as they have done all season, Yasmin Ryder led the girls home in 4th place with Georgina Bradford 8th, Alex Maughan 18th and Chloe Scaplehorn 19th.

The Senior men recorded there best ever performance in the club with a great team victory pushing them to runners up in the league 2, Mark Shepherd was first home in 17th, Tom Milburn 23rd, Nick Awbery 38th, Guy Watts 39th, James Moorcroft 60th, Neale Marlow 92nd and Lee Jones 105th, with Rob Findlay 149th, Simon Berry 159th and Colin Price 185th.

New comer Simon Banner came 11th in the under 13 boys race.

The senior ladies team came 4th, Sue Francis 10th, Helen Preedy 20th and Jenny Eaton 34th.

Katie herbert led the u15/17 womens team with 20th, Natasha Hole 25th and Emma Seymour 26th.

The under 11 results saw newcomer Harriet Allan 17th, Carli Ncholls 25th, Chloe Jones 27th, Ellie Randall 33rd and Isobel Hole 41st. The boys Jordan Hole 3rd place and Alex Winch 25th.

Oxford Mail Round 4 Results

Thomas Milburn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:21:34 +0000

The Oxford Mail cross country league results for round 4 have been posted online.

Photos from the event have also been uploaded. View the cross country gallery

Under 11 Sportshall Championships

Ian Killner — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:21:23 +0000

At the Berkshire Sportshall U11 Championships at Maidenhead on 31st January, the girls yellow team finished 3rd behind Slough and Reading. Unfortunately some late dropouts and a changed scoring system made it impossible for the girls red team and the boys team to mount a challenge.

Carys Cox and Jordan Donovan won both the 2 by 3 Lap race and the 8 Lap parlauf and were joined by Poppy Cottril and Carli Nichols to win the Obstacle relay. In the field events, the best performance was an equal 1st for Tily Javes in the A stream Foam javelin where Carli also came 3rd and Carys came 2nd in the B stream scores. Jordan also managed a 1st B stream in the Vertical jump while Chloe Jones came 7th in the B stream Standing Long Jump.

For the boys, the highlights were a 2nd place fopr Henry Javes in the A stream speed bounce and a 6th place for Robert Miles and Evan Hartley in the 2 by 3 Lap race.

Newbury Schools XC

Ian Killner — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:10:09 +0000

Congratulations to all the Team Kennet Athletes who competed at the Newbury Schools Cross Country at Hungerford on 27th January.

The year 7 Girls event was won by Yasmin Ryder, with Georgina Bradford 2nd, Alex Maughan 3rd, Chloe Scaplehorn 4th, Annabel Chaffey 14th, Leah Beechey 15th and Millie Calkin 21st.

The Year 8/9 Boys event was won by Samual Randall with Nathan Gillis 12th and the Year 10/11 Boys event was won by Michael Randall with Luke Conway 3rd. In the Year 8/9 Girls Poppy Strong was 4th with Freya Eaton 10th and Rhea Walter 14th and in the Year 10/11 Girls Katie Herbert was 4th and in the Year 12/13 Boys, Tom Milburn was 3rd.

Also in the Berkshire Schools Cross Country, Yasmin was 2nd, Georgina 3rd, Alex 7th and Chloe 8th in the year 7 girls while Poppy was 13th in the Year 8/9 girls. Sam was 3rd in the Year 8/9 Boys while Michael waas 4th and Luke 13th in the Year 10/11 Boys and Tom 7th in the Year 12/13 Boys.

Track and Field Season

Ian Killner — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:45:10 +0000

Dates for the League and Open Meetings are being added to the website. Please check the Track and Field Events Page frequently.