Athletics and Triathlon Club
Oscar Hook competed at the SEAA Inter Counties held at Horspath this weekend. Oscar finished in 2nd place in the Hammer with a throw of 38.95m.
Turkay and Berkay Altuntas were also competing. Berkay was 6th with 35.17m in Discus and Turkay 5th in the Shot with 12.31m.
Also competing Theo Nightingale finishing 5th in the High Jump 1.80m.
Team Kennet Quad kids had an incredible finish the season yesterday at the Oxford League Match 3! Team Wins for U9 girls, U11 girls and Boys and a second place for U9 boys.
Rory Riddler stormed to victory on the day finishing in first individual position for the U9 Boys. Harvey Baker finished 1st and Chester Bailey 2nd individually for the U11 boys. Annabelle Jones 2nd and Bella Dearns 3rd individually for the U9 girls and for the U11 Girls: The overall winner was Praiya Foreman, who not only set a new club record with a huge 258 points but also smashed the Team Kennet Long Jump Record with a 4.03m leap! Matilda Saunders finished 2nd overall and Olivia Kwit 3rd also broke the 200-point barrier – outstanding!
Team Kennet ended their track and field season of with the Juniors in the Oxford Young Athletes League held at Abingdon on Sunday.
A big squad turned up for the match to see them finish 2nd team on the day out of 8, but the final league tables saw Under 13 girls and under 15 boys crowned age group champions.
The under 15 Boys narrowly were beaten on the day, there were some great wins, Oliver young winning the 100m in 12.4 with team mate Matias Manrique Huelgas taking 2nd place 13.0 in the B string, both teamed up in the longer 200m with Young coming 2nd 25.9 and Huelgas taking 3rd b string 26.4.
The 300m Noah Lauder Clarke came home in 4th place with 46.7 in strong head wind, I the longer distance of 800m Harry Smith stepped down from his 1500m to finish 2nd in 2.21.6.
The field events secured high points as done all season, in the Long Jump Josh Brian came 2nd 4.77 with Huelgas just behind 4.73 winning the B string. A double win came in the Javelin with Lauder Clarke 40.10 his first time over 40m and Euan Jones 31.34, Another double win came in the Shot with Berkay Altuntas 11.08 and Oscar hook 10.99.
The under 13 girls were in a close match and were beaten by just 1 point, only the second time the under 13 girls have been beaten this year out of 7 matches.
Double wins came from the 800m on the Track with Ella Larkin 2.28.1 and Affra Bailey 2.41.9, in the longer 1500m Alice Stratford came home in 5th 5.57.2 and Darcey Claridge 5.59.3 took a win in the B string. The sprints saw a good result from Matilda Clare finishing 2nd 14.5 and Larkin taking the B string win in 14.9, the 200m Orlagh Stratford came 4th 31.0 and Sophia Mahoney taking 3rd B string 33.3.
The 70m hurdles saw Ella Parsons take a fine 3rd place 16.4.
The last race on the track was the 4 x 100m Relay of Clare, Larkin, Bailey and O. Stratford coming home in 2nd place 60.2
On the field events first the high Jump Maisie McCurtin lept 1.20 for 3rd place and Affra Bailey cleared 1.10 to win the B string, but non scorer Orlagh Stratford lept out of her skin to win the competition with 1.35, Clare came 3rd in the Long Jump 4.17 with Larkin on the same B string placing 3.35, Clare 25.38 and Ella McDonald 17.70 made it two 2nd places in the Javelin, the placings were matched in the discus with Mahoney 13.69 and McCurtin 7.72
The under 13 Boys came 3rd on the day, it was Jenson Nichols that stole the show throwing 31.36 to win the discus and go straight to UK number 1, team mate Alfie Cronk also won the B string 15.41, Cronk kept up his 100% record by winning the Shot 6.40, The Javelin Nichols made it another win with a throw of 37.70.
The high Jump saw another A string win with Sam Atkins 1.35, and in the Long Jump, Atkins came 3rd 4.07 and Seb Lane took a B win 4.03.
On to the track Nichols secured a 2nd place in the 100m 13.9 and Lane taking another win in the B string 14.4, in the 200m Lane came 3rd A 29.7, Both Sam Atkins 800m and Josh Bailey 1500m ran well to earn points for the club in middle distance races
The under 17 men came 2nd on the day, Theo nightingale clearing 1.80 to win the High Jump, Theo secured 2nd place in the Long Jump 5.36 and James Simmons winning the B string.
Turkay Altuntas secured wins in the Discus 39.06 and Shot 12.51, with Will McDonald winning the B string.
In the Javelin it was a high standard competition Mcdonald having to take 3rd place with 41.16 and Altuntas taking 2nd B string 22.32.
The track again saw good competition, Nightingale taking 5th in the 100m 12.7 and Simmons 3rd in the B string 13.0
The under 15 girls finished 5th team, just missed out of third place by a few points, the 100m Emerald Hill Sawyer was 6th 14.5 and Olivia Rayfield 5th with 15.1 in their strings,
Better results came in the 200m Hill Sawyer in 3rd place 29.8 and Izzy Payne taking 2nd 30.8 in the B string. The 300m Olivia Bentley came home in 2nd place 45.7 and Ella Cronk taking 4th B string 49.3.
Bentley had to settle for 2nd in the 800m 2.40, and in the 1500m Annie Warner came 4th 5.58.2.
The field events saw some good points a double win came in the Long Jump with Payne 4.27 and Hill Sawyer 4.17.
The 4 x 100m Relay of Bentley, Hill Sawyer, Rayfield and Payne came home in 58.4 for 4th place.
The under 17 women a double win came in the Discus Evie Lewis 27.14 and Zoe Dickson 22.39, Dickson also came 2nd in the Shot 7.37
Team Kennet QuadKids – Oxford League Match 2 Results
Another brilliant day yesterday for our QuadKids at the Oxford League!
• U9 Boys – 3rd place overall, with Rory Ridler winning the day
• U9 Girls – 1st place
• U11 Girls – 1st place
• U11 Boys – 1st place
Two new Club Records!
• The U11 Boys 4x100m Relay Team broke a 21-year-old Team K record with a flying run of 61.6 seconds – and that was their very first outing together!
• Chester Bailey smashed his own 600m record for the second match in a row – unbelievable consistency and speed!
Huge congratulations to all our young athletes — you’re doing Team Kennet proud every single time!
Some excellent results at the Oxford Development League Match 2 held at Banbury yesterday.
In the Under 13 girls a double win for Isla Ladds in the discus with a throw of 20.27 and Shot 7.05, also picking up a win with Matilda, Affra and Ella in the 4×100 relay. Ella Larkin won the 800m in 2.29 and the 100m B string. Matilda Claire picked up some great points in the 100 m, 300 metres, and in the Javelin with 23.99. Elodie Burdett ran a great race in the 1500 metres, coming 2nd in 5.38, and Penelope Lyth in a time of 5.49. More points came from Ayla Wyvil, throwing 9.13 in Discus. Ella MacDonald in the 200m and in the javelin. 17.46. Affra Bailey did the high jump of 1.20 and a shot of 5.41. Quinn Joyce won the high jump B string with 1.15. Her long jump was 3.51.
U15 Girls. Harriet Saunders won the 1500 metres in 4.55. long jump of 3.61. and 300 m in 47.4. Emerald Hill Sawyer did 100m in 14.2 and 200 metres in 29.9. and took a great win in the long jump with 4.10. Olivia Bentley secured a B string win in the 100m in 14.1, She also took the A string win in 300m and 800 in 2.32. Some great wins out on the field, Ella Cronk’s Discus 12.64 and shot with 5.69. Her 800m was 2.51. Tanishi Banerjee took the discus win with 20.78. unfortunately had to withdraw thereafter, due to injury. The 4x100m Relay came 2nd.
With only one girl in the under 17 section, Zoe Dickson. won the discus outright with 22.74 and the shot put 7.74. The girls under 20 N/S. Alana Smith, threw 32.86 in Javelin.
In the boy’s section under 17. we had one athlete, William MacDonald in the javelin who threw 40.48 to secure the win. U20 N/S Joseph Hoean threw the discus at 25.78.
The under 15 boys did well. Oliver Hook taking the 1st place on the field with his discus of 29.07. 12 metres in front of 2nd place, and his shot win with a throw of 11.04.
Out on the track, the relay team took 2nd place with Harry, Josh, Frank and Oliver in a time of 54.2. Oliver Young took 2nd place in the 100m in 12.12. and did 200m 25.8. Also picking up good points in his long jump. Josh Brian did the 100 and the 200 as well as his long jump of 4.77. Harry Smith picked up some great points out on the track in the 300 and 800 metres. Frank Edwards also picked up some valuable points on the track. coming in 1st for the B string is 800 at 2.28. and in the 300 metres at 45.5.
The U13 boys, Jensen Nichols picked up a 2nd in the 100m at 13.6. His best was yet to come, and he claimed first place in the javelin at 33.47 and discus with 26.93. Alfie Cronk picked up a 1st place in the B string for discus and a 2nd place in shot with 6.13. Back on the track, saw Josh Bailey in the 1500m. in a time of 5.37. Sam Atkins in the 800 metres, 2.40. Both also competed on the field with Sam. taking 1st place at high jump with 1.40. and a 2nd place with 4.18. long jump. Josh won the B string javelin in 21.00 and had a long jump of 3.09.
Senior XC runners took part in the Annual Compton relays last week. Good performances all round. TK1 consisting of Andy C, Colin T, Caroline P and Richard S had the 2nd fastest time overall. Special mention to Richard who had the second fastest leg time on the night.
Championships held in Birmingham saw Luke Angell and Best East in the Javelin. Angell came 7th overall (4th Senior) throwing 58.59m and East finishing 1st 74.46m.
Team Kennet Quad kids were in action again at the Wessex YA League held in Aldershot in the Military Stadium.
The weather was touch and go from midday with thunderstorms brewing but it didn’t stop the Young TK athletes from winning the match overall
Team Kennet 1741
Andover 1587
Aldershot 1520
Oxford City 1426
Slough Jun. 1316
Havant/Setefa 1085
Radley 541
The TK girls made it 20 straight wins in a row and have secured their league title for the third season in a row, by scoring 822 points on the day, Matilda Saunders finished 2nd best girl on the day clocking 12.07 in the 75m sprint, she lept a huge 3.71 in the long jump and her 600m 1.59.64 , but with bad weather for the vortex throw Matilda was way down on her normal distance could only get a 17.89 throw in as she kept slipping.
Olivia Kwit came 3rd best girl overall, clocking 12.2 in the 75m, she also had a huge long jump of 3.74 and clocked fastest 600m of the day 1.58.24, and threw just over 17m in the vortex. The clubs fastest Sprinter on the day came from Hazel Balch in 12.0.
Darcy Scaplehorn was the clubs best Vortex thrower of over 25m. Innes Field lept 3.52 in the Long jump best of her events as she came 5th girls overall, and Marlie Jai-Proctor was 6th girl overall t oshow the depth of the girls.
Other girls taking part were Darcy McCurtin, Cecily Wyer, Evelyn Barker and Flo Randell Bird.
The Boys were just beaten in to second place by just 2pts, on the day scoring 919 points to Andover’s 921, Harvey Baker came 2nd boy overall his four events looking very strong with a 11.5 in the 75m, 3.36 in the Long Jump, a massive 41.43 in the Vortex and a 2.10 in the 600m hitting 242 points as an individual.
Chester Bailey came 3rd overall in the boys his 600m was his best event 1.53.21 and throwing over 31m in the vortex. His 600m broke the club record!
Alexander Browning was the clubs fastest sprinter on the day with 11.4, Percy Reed was the clubs best Long Jumper of 3.44 as the boys had their scoring 4 in the top 9
Other boys taking part were Lenny Wyvill 600m 1.58.57 his best event, William Moloney, Eoin Fussell, Seb Lauder-Clarke, Jacob Keeley
The overall team League combined with the Girls and Boys has put the club into top spot, with one of the teams having one match left going to be close in the league tables.
Team Kennet were back in action in the final Wessex Young Athletes match of the Season being held at Aldershot in the Military Stadium.
A big squad of over 45 athletes turned up and in between thundery showers the Yellow/Blue vests of West Berkshire secured a great team victory to secure a top 6 overall finish in a league of 26 clubs.
Match Score
Team Kennet 398
Slough Jun 345
Oxford City 315
Aldershot 306
Radley 236
Andover 114
On the Day there were age group wins from the under 13 Girls and Under 13 Boys and Under 15 Boys.
The Under 13 Girls secured their 3rd match win of the season to secure a top 3 in their age group league, Ella Larkin stole the show for the girls as she stormed ahead in the 800m to win with a top UK 25 time of 2.25.68 actually ranking her 2nd in the UK for her own age, Affra Bailey ran a great race to win the B string 800m in 2.48.8, in the Longer 1500m Elodie Burdett came home in 2nd place with 5.39.6 and Penelope Lyth won the B string. The only other win on the track came from the 4 x 100m (Larkin, Matilda Clare, Isla Ladds, Orlagh Stratford) clocking 58.7.
On the Field a superb double win came in the Long Jump with both TK girls matching each other, Matilda Clare winning the event 4.07 and Ella Larkin winning the B string 4.05., B string wins in the throws came from Clare in the Javelin and Affra Bailey in the Shot 5.22, Bailey secured a fine 2nd place in the High jump with 1.20.
14 TK u13 girls turned up for the club which they all contributed well towards non scoring and point scoring.
The under 13 Boys as the season has unfolded have grown in confidence with more boys joining the club, secured their second match win in a row. A Double win came in the 100m with Jenson Nichols 13.7 and new comer Owen Tilsley 14.0, in the 200m Seb Lane had to settle for 2nd place in the A string 29.5, Tilsley picked up his 2nd win in the B string 29.4. Another Track win came in the 4 x 100m relay with Tilsley, Nichols, Sam Atkins and Lane clocking 56.7 to win by over 10m.
The field events is where the boys pick up high points, this was again in the Javelin as a double win came from Nichols throwing 37.62 to secure a UK number 7 spot and Josh Bailey winning the B string. Nichols made it another win in the Discus 22.87 and team mate as all season Alfie Cronk secured a B string win 14.23, Sam Atkins won the B string Long Jump with 3.80.
The under 15 Boys also secured their second win of the season, On the Track Harry Smith earned a great p.b. in the 1500m to win in 4.41.95 with Frank Edwards securing a B win also a p.b. in 4.53.49, The 300m secured another Double win Noah Lauder-Clarke 43.8 and Smith 46.9.
Matias Manrique Huelglas ran well in his sprints best 2nd place in the 200m 25.7 and the 4 x 100m relay team of Lauder-Clarke, Smith, Oscar Larkin and Huelglas were just pipped in to 2nd place 56.0.
The field as with the younger boys also secured high points, a Double win came in the High Jump from Lauder Clarke 1.35 and Oscar Larkin 1.20, Lauder Clarke made it another double win in the Javelin throwing 37.15 and Berkay Altuntas winning the B string 21.25, The Discus Altuntas threw 37.24 to win with Oscar Hook winning the B string 25.15 and to make it a hatrick of double win in the throws Hook won the Shot with 10.54 and Altuntas winning the B string 10.33
The under 17 men welcomed James Simmons back after exams scoring well in the 100m 12.99 and 200m 26.08, Haydn James came 2nd in his 400m 58.65, on the Field Theo Nightingale came 2nd in the High Jump 1.75 in awful conditions, in the Long Jump Nightingale took a win 5.52 and James Simmons was beaten by 1cm in to 2nd place 4.97.
On to the throws in the Javelin Will McDonald came 2nd 37.92 and Turkay Altuntas secured a win 24.50, Altuntas had to settle for 2nd in his favourite event the Discus 36.73, but made it up in the Shot with a win 13.31 and James winning the B string 10.53
The under 17 men finished in third place.
The under 15 girls unfortunately lost 3 of its athletes in the week which put a dent in the team score, but the 5 girls that were there gave all their best to secure high points, Double win came in the Long Jump with Issy Payne 4.57 and Emerald Hill Sawyer 4.19, New Comer Tanishi Banerjee enjoyed her first outing for the club as she won her Javelin 27.52, won her Discus 25.54 and made it a hat trick of wins in the Shot 9.54, Annie Warner came 3rd in the 1500m 5.51.6 and Olivia Rayfield clocked 14.1 in the 100m and 30.4 in the 200m both 4th places, Issy Payne clocking 14.0 in the B string 100m for 3rd place and Hill Sawyer 29.2 for also 3rd in the A string 200m
In the under 17 Girls age group Chloe O Riordan made a welcome return coming 2nd in her 300m 46.9, 5th in her 200m 30.3 and 3rd in the Long Jump. Suki Humphreys added a win in the Discus 20.67 and 4th in the Shot 6.19 and Amelie Tayton won her 800m 2.50.8
Team Kennets Nite of the Mad Miles took part on another glorious summer evening after the club night, temperatures still at 25 degrees and light breeze insured some very fast times in its 24th year of the event.
The First Race was the biggest field of all the 5 races the Under 9 and under 11 Girls which saw Praiya Forman take the lead and step by step slowly increased her advantage over the 4 laps to win with 5min and 40 seconds which equals All Time fastest time, 2nd home was Matilda Saunders in 6.04 and third place went to Olivia Kwit in 6.06 in which was a close finish for the minor medals. The first under 9 girl home was Flow Randall who came 8th overall in 7.22
Next up was the under 9/11 Boys Chester Bailey went out like a rocket which he sustained to take a great win by 200m, clocking fastest time in this age group to go All Time number 1 with 5.24, 2nd place went to Matthew Jones 6.03 and 3rd place to Idris Gaye 6.32
The Under 13/15 Girls were up next, Olivia Bentley took over the lead halfway through the third lap to take a superb win in 5.27 which ranked her 2nd in the all time list, 3rd home was Tilly Clare u13 in 5.59 with Penelope Lyth in third place 6.02 another u13.
Race 4 achieved another all time 2nd fastest time, Harry Smith went out from the gun to win in a fast 5.08, Frank Edwards trying to hang on got a really good time of 5.30 for 2nd place and third place went to Matais Manrique-Hueglas in 5.44
Race 5 is combined with Senior athletes male and female.
in the Ladies race it was a close finish on the line with mum and daughter, it was u17 Amber Stiles who took it on the line 6.54 and Martine Stiles 6.55 taking 2nd, with Juli Gaye in third place 7.30.
In the Mens race Bart Kuijten went out from the gun to win clocking 5.11 as a vet, Chris Turner taking 2nd place 5.59 and Ben Schiffer-Harte in third place 6.34
Most Improved athlete from last year went to under 11 Olivia Kwit who knocked of nearly 90 seconds
