Double gold for Alisha
Congratulations to Alisha Bradford who won gold in both the Discus and Shot Under 15 competitions at the Radley Open Meeting in August.


Olympic Games, Beijing 2008
Team Kennet’s Jessica Harrison came through to a rewarding 12th place in the Triathlon at the Olympic Games in Beijing on Monday 18th August.


Jess, who now represents France instead of Great Britain came out of the swim in 16th place with a time of 19.56, she then followed on with an excellent cycle with 1.04.14 to come out of the transition in 6th place, 6 seconds behind the eventual event winner Emma Snowsill from Austraila. 


Snowill stormed to victory in the run bringing her home in a time of 1.58.27 whilst Jess finished in 12th with at time of 2.01.31, running the 10km in 36.19, she beat all the British girls in the process.


The Concorde Triathlon, Sunday 17th August 2008, Bradfield
The triathlon comprised of a 400m swim, 20km bike and a 5km run.  Team TK were outstanding delivering the best individual and team performance in the club’s history. The club had 6
athletes in the top 18 out of over 300 competitors.

Nick Weston continued his great form in the 18-39 age group, the 24 year old came 7th overall with a 6.50 swim, 37.28 bike and 20.13 run with a time of 64.32.  Aaron Bates was next home in 8th place with 64.58, clocking a fast 37.08 on the bike.  Iain Adams was next in 65.08 breaking the 20 minute barrier in the run with a time off 19.31, followed by Andy Laycock who finished 13th in 67.13 and had an impressive swim of 5.39, which was beaten by Gavin Mclaughlin who swam in a time of 5.32 and finished overall one behind in 14th with 67.24.  Also in this category Dave Mitcham was 35th with a time of 75.22, Martyn Maynard 43rd in 77.14 and Craig Novell 75th in 83.53.

The 40+ mens age group saw John Marriott pick up a 3rd place overall with 6.37 in the swim, 38mins in the bike and 21.13 in the run with a total time of 65.51 which placed him in the top 13 overall, not far behind was Steve Robinson with 66.48 for 5th place, Graham Muse 72.35 in 21st, Roger Davis 74.56 for 27th, 30th Gerry Iles 76.04, 33rd Jon Crossman 78.17 and 48th Alan Haresnape 82.52.

The women saw Liz Crossman come home in 8th place in the 18-39 age group with a 6.55 swim and a fast 5k in 24.26 with 75.15 overall time, Vicky Adams continued her fitness after her baby in 25th 87.18 and Tiggy Hignell in 34th 95.45.

The club will be holding the Newbury Triathlon on 7th September 2008, if anyone wants to come along and help out, or is interested in joining the triathlon section please look out for the Team Kennet officials on the morning, the event starts at 8:30am in the pool.

British Biathle Championships, Salford, Sunday 3rd August 2008
Congratulations to Natalie Thomas and Margaret Smith who both finished 4th in this event and who will now go on to represent Great Britain in the World Championships in South Africa.

Inter Counties Match – July 27th 2008, Kingston
Team Kennet u13 athletes were the best of the Berkshire team at the Inter Counties match at Kingston on Sunday, Jack Hatton took a well deserved victory in the 75m hurdles in 12.67 to take him to 13th in the UK rankings.

Katherine Alexander improved again in her Javelin since joining the throws squad at the club, she was up against the UK number one and produced a club record and a new P.B. of 29.70 to finish 2nd which takes her to number 3 in the UK rankings.

Codie Burnett had to settle for B string for Berkshire, she won her 200m in 28.46 and was 3rd in the 100m with a time of 13.81.

Emma Seymour came 5th in the Discus B string with Alexander coming 8th in the A string 18.59, both athletes throwing well under their bests

Great Junior Capital Run
Congratulation to Rhea Walter who competed in the First ever "Great Junior Capital Run" on Sunday 20th July 2008, in London.  She completed the 2.5k course round Hyde Park in a time of 8.35mins and finished 2nd in the girls race, only 3 seconds behind the girls winner.

There were over 300 athletes in the Junior competition, set off in 2 "waves", 7-10yr and 11-14yrs.  Rhea finished 7th overall, being beaten by 5 "Burley" 14 yr old boys and a 14yr old girl.  All competitors received a commemorative medal and Rhea a trophy cup for coming second. It was a magnificant achievement for the 11 year old.



Rhea with her trophy and medal