Author: Ian

Team Kennet finished of the Junior Athletic Season in the Wessex Young Athletes League by finishing 2nd place at Swindon over the weekend to ensure a top 5 overall league position, while the under 15 girls won the under 15 age group league.

Match score

Swindon 510
Team Kennet 368
Salisbury 288
Andover & Overton 114
Fleet 87

The under 15 Girls were out in force for the club again to ensure they won there age group, the day started with the High Jump Neve  Wright winning and smashed her own personnel best and claiming the high jump club record by clearing 1.58m putting her 21^st in the UK Ranking, her Twin sister won the B string with 1.30, Neve came 2^nd in the Long Jump 4.08 and Carly Chisholm took the B string win 4.02, Another Double win came in the Javelin Alanna Smith 30.03 and Claire McGonnell 27.59, in the Discus Kirsten Fraser came 2^nd and Alanna Smith winning the B string. Both girls teamed up in the Shot for Fraser taking 2^nd A string and Smith 3^rd B string.

On the Track first event was the 75m Hurdles McGonnell came 2^nd 13.68 and Amelie Ross also taking 2^nd place. In the 800m both girls came 2^nd in their strings Emma Davis 2.31 and Mia Wright. The 4 x100m saw another 1st place best of the track events clocking 57.35.

The under 17 men won their age group on the day to secure 3^rd place overall in the age group league, Double event wins coming from Oliver Ford 40.58 and Tom Wells 30.38 in the Discus, Ford 13.04 and Brandon Carter 7.51 in the Shot, Euan Avery 1.60  and Matt Jones 1.55 in the High Jump, Jones 5.52 and Oliver Humphrey 4.77 in the Long Jump, an individual wins coming from Oliver Humphrey in the 100m hurdles with a new personnel best time of 14.71, Avery in the 200m 24.5, Avery finishing 2^nd in the 100m 12.3, two good 2^nd places came in the 400m Jones 60.1 and Noah Kemp, Kemp tackling the longer distances finishing 3^rd in both, the best result came in the 4 x 100m as the quartet of Avery, Jones, Kemp and Carter took a convincing win with  a time of 52.2

The Under 15 Boys came 3^rd in their age group George Down continued his amazing season with 3 wins again coming in the 200m 25.1 and 300m 39.38 and his favored event the long jump 5.86, Seb Simpson won two of his events as well, Shot 11.11, Discus 35.55 and settling for 2^nd place in the Javelin 24.84, William Appleby secured good 2^nd and 3^rd places in the B string on the Field

The under 13 boys also came 3^rd William McDonald throwing 25.69 to take 2^nd place in the Javelin, he came 4^th in the Long Jump 3.85 in the B string James Simmons came first, he matched this in the 100m with a great race to win in 14.4 but had to settle for 2^nd in the longer 200m 29.4

The under 13 Girls were 2^nd on the day, first time this season the TK throwers didn’t dominate the throws, in the Discus Eliska Simpson came 2^nd 15.10, but Suki Humphreys won the B string 15.09, the Shot Simpson was 2^nd again 6.85 and another win from Humphreys 5.88, in the Javelin Simpson had to retire due to injury taking 3^rd place with Humphreys 2^nd B string. Amber Stiles won the High Jump with a new best performance with a 1.30 clearance, Ellie Ross came 2^nd in the 70m hurdles, in the longest event 1200m Stiles came 2^nd 4.33.8, the 100m Sophie Moores came 2^nd B string 14.1 and Emelia Lunn 4^th A string 14.8, Moores came 3^rd A string in the 200m 29.9.

Tara Hogan was the clubs only under 17 girl on the day where she came 2^nd in the 800m 2.35 and 3^rd in the 300m 48.8

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Team Kennet took part in the only one off Oxford Junior Track and Field League match over the weekend at Horspath Athletics Track in Oxford, The Club faired well coming 3rd overall out of 9 clubs, winning 3 out of the 10 age groups.

Three Club records were broken on the day George Down continuing to improve his Long Jump taking it to 6.25 in the under 15 age group, Charlotte Absolom slightly increasing her own Triple Jump record in the under 17 women 9.99 and Aiden Fleming in the u11 boys Long Jump 4.05

The Under 17 age group won their match, Brandon Carter winning the Javelin 39.17, a Double win came from Tom Wells 28.68 and Noah Kemp in the Discus. Euan Avery had one of his best jumps of the season finishing 2nd with 1.74m. On the Track Best Result came from Oliver Humphrey in the 100m hurdles winning with 15.0, in the sprints Avery had to settle for 6th in the 100m 12.5 and 5th in the 200m 24.9, while in the B string Jonah Briggs took two wins 100m 12.8 and 200m 26.7. Noah Kemp gained a 3rd place in the 1500m and 2nd in the 400m

The under 15 boys came a close 3rd place in the team, George Down stole the under 15 performances to match his winning long jump he made sure it was a hattrick of wins on the day winning both 100m 12.0 and 200m 24.9, on the Field TK Vests only dropped 1 pt in the throws, double wins came from Seb Simpson 38.72 and Joseph Hoaen 21.27 in the Discus, Simpson 11.05 and Hoaen 6.0 in the Shot and in the Javelin Simpson had to settle for 2nd with 24.81 and Hoaen winning the B with 24.23.
Jacob Avery came 3rd in the High Jump 1.45, elsewhere Isaac Mitcham came 6th in the 1500m 5.19.8

The under 13 Boys did well with their small squad, William McDonald won the Javelin 27.05 with Harry Fenner taking 2nd B string 21.41, Fenner later matching the position in the High Jump 1.21 and in the Long Jump came 3rd with 4.03 and McDonald taking a second win in the B string 3.91.
Rory Barclay-Watt kept his unbeaten run all season in the 1500m clocking 4.48, in the sprints James Simmons came 3rd in the 100m 14.2 and 4th in the 200m 29.3

The under 15 girls came in 2nd in their age group Best results coming from the Field events, specially the High Jump with a double win coming from the twins Neve Wright clearing 1.50 and Mia Wright 1.35, Alanna Smith won her Javelin 31.56 and 3rd in the Discus 13.54 in the Shot Smith came 5th A string 6.65 and Mia Wright won the B string 5.65
The Long Jump Neve Wright had to settle for 7th A string 4.05 and Carly Chisholm 2nd B string 4.03
Best Result on the Track came from the 4 x 100m relay quartet finishing 2nd place, Claire McGonnell taking part on the track for all her events had to settle for 3rd in the 75m hurdles 14.0 and 2nd in the 200m 29.0,
Emma Davis ran well in the 800m to come 3rd place and Carly Chisholm clocking 15.1 in the 100m for 5th place.

The under 13 girls again picking up most of the points from the Field, The Reliable Eliska Simpson winning all three of her events Javelin 16.58, Shot 7.38 and Discus 18.06, Zoe Dickson supported her in the B string coming 2nd in the Javelin and Discus and 3rd in the Shot
Amber Stiles and Bethany Mclean both cleared 1.25 in the high jump for 2nd and 1st places in their strings.
On the track Stiles came 2nd in the 70m hurdles 14.3, she matched the placing in the 800m 2.50.6, In the sprints Emelia Lunn came 3rd in the 200m 30.2 with Maclean 3rd B string 31.3.

The under 17 women Aimee Dickson came 2nd in the A string Discus, in the Shot Charlotte Absolom came 2nd A with 9.31 and Dickson winning the B string 9.08, Absolom Earlier won the 80m hurdles 14.0

The Quadkids team won overall on the day with some strong performances from a small team of athletes, the under 9 girls won their match with Penelope Lyth best of the girls from TK clocking 13.1 for the 75m, Isla Ladds just behind clocking 13.3 Ella McDonald and Edith Evans made up rest of the team

The under 11 Boys when they get the best of the clubs boys together they are unbeatable this proved the point on Sunday as they won their match, Aiden Fleming scoring 254pts overall, 11.3 for 75m. 4.05 for long jump, 1.57 for 600m and 27.42 for vortex to win overall, Noah Lauder -Clarke came 4th overall with 236pts, 11.8 for 75m and 37.01 for vortex best of his 4 events Reuben Kuijten and Ben Daley also took part in the winning team

The Under 11 Girls were just pipped for 2nd team, Anna Hall came 3rd overall her best event 600m 2.05, Emma Long throwing Vortex 31.70, Maja Cotton clocking a fast 12.3 in the 75m and 2.11 in the 600m, Emerald Hill-Sawyer clocking 12.0 I the 75m and Holy Lockett also took part she clocked 12.4 in the 75m her best event on the day

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Team Kennet had Several Athletes compete in the South of England Track and Field Championships at Kingsmeadow Stadium in Kingston.

Team Kennet Claimed Three medals, and Seb Simpson was crowned under 15 South of England Discus Champion throwing 38.89, but to cap this he also took a Bronze Medal in the Hammer throwing 34.10 and finished 5^th in the Shot 11.34.

Another Medal came from George Down in the same age group in the Long Jump breaking his own club record leaping to 6.21 and taking a Bronze medal.

Charlotte Absolom also broke the clubs under 17 womens Triple Jump record coming 6^th with 9.93

Under 13 Elliot Murphy came 5^th in his 800m heat clocking 2.28.4 and Eliska Simpson in the u13 girls Shot came 8^th.

Team Kennet’s Athletics Javelin coach Luke Angell, took to the road, to take part in the Kettering open in Northamptonshire on Saturday to continue his fight against fitness and came away with a well-deserved 2^nd place and a season’s best of 57.91, behind his former colleague from Loughborough Benji Pearson. Luke has consistently made progress this season to improve his throwing fitness since injuring his back when at Loughborough a few years ago.  

Team Kennet’s Hayley Steward took part in the Somerset County Track and Field Champs at the weekend, she took two County titles in the Senior Age Group, firstly in the Shot with 11.46m throw and then the Long Jump 5.20m.

Team Kennet Athletes thrived at the Berkshire Track and Field Championships held at Eton over the Weekend claiming some 22 medals and 10 County Champions over the two days.

The under 13 Boys Elliott Murphy took his first County Title in the 1000m in a great race just missing out on the clubs record clocking a fast 3.08.7 and then following day claimed a new club record in the 600m being pipped on the line for 4th place with a time of 1.43.67, in the same age group but Girls Eliska Simpson is fast learning the Discus and moving up to 14th in the UK rankings at her first year in this age group by also taking the Berkshire Title throwing 18.43, she claimed a handful of medals as she came runners up in the Shot 6.67 and taking 3rd place in the Javelin. Amber Stiles also grabbed a County Title in the High Jump clearing 1.25m and in a close race in the 1000m she clocked 3.31.95 to take Runners Up.

The under 15 Age Group saw Claire McGonnell claim the Javelin title throwing 27.87 and also Bronze in the 300m 46.7 and reaching the 100m Final coming 7th 14.1, the Boys age group Seb Simpson claimed himself two County Titles first his main event the Discus throwing 35.67 and then in the Hammer 28.25, He earned a Bronze Medal in the Shot 10.34 and just missed out to take 4th place in the Javelin 21.51.
Jo Hoaen also took part in the Discus coming 4th with a throw of 21.88

The under 17 age groups also saw County Champions, Charlotte Absolom winning the Triple Jump 9.53, Oliver Ford threw 39.93 to win the Discus with Tom Wells winning the Bronze 26.82, Ford also took Runners up spot in the Shot 12.28, while Bronze Medals came from Oliver Humphrey in the 100m hurdles 15.02 and Gabriel Warley 1.75 in the High Jump with Matthew Jones taking 4th 1.70m

The under 20 age group Phoebe Hoaen claimed her first title in this age group in the Javelin 35.23 and a cluster of Silver medals came from Oliver Bazin in the long jump 5.51, Harry Booker in the Discus 36.29 and Oliver Gregory in the Shot 11.01, Booker just missed out in the Shot taking 4th place 10.67

The only club senior athlete taking part was Luke Angell after many years battling injury went out full of confidence in the Javelin to throw 57.62m to take the Senior title

Team Kennet U11s kept up their pressure with the leaders in the Wessex Young Athletes League in a close match at Oxford.

Slough Juniors 1555
Portsmouth 1511
Oxford City 1470
Team Kennet 1457
MADJA 1219

Anna Hall came 2nd overall in the girls age group picking up 214 points, her 600m 2.01.8 was her best event and Vortex throw 27.94 giving her big points, she also ran a fast 75m in 12.6 which was matched by Maja Cotton but just a bit quicker was Ella Cronk 12.5, Harriet Saunders also took part.

Aiden Fleming led the Boys team coming 4th overall he clocked a fast 11.5 in the 75m, jumped 3.56 in the long jump and ran 600m in 1.58.
Austin Ambrose clocked a fast 11.2 in the 75m and leapt 3.64 in the Long Jump, but had to pull out after Vortex due to Blisters. Noah Lauder Clarke also had a good couple of events in the 75m clocking 11.8 and also jumping 3.31 in the long jump , he was the best of the vortex throwers in the TK boys throwing 28.03, Ben Daley best event was his Vortex just under 28m and Oliver Striven made a debut for the club as well

Team Kennet took part in Oxford for the Third Round of the Wessex Young Athletes League on Sunday, with school holidays and apps pinging the club suffered major losses in numbers, but a strong team effort on the day saw the Yellow/Blue vests finish 3rd place.

Oxford City 483
Slough Juniors 432
Team Kennet 370
MADJA 246
Portsmouth City 244
Dorchester DNA

High light of the day came from George Down in the under 15 Boys long Jump leaping 5.98 to win by over a metre and break the clubs record held for 10 years. The clubs Teams battled well with the under 17 men just being edged out in to second place by just 2pts but keeping them top of the u17 mens league, Oliver Ford picked up a hattrick of wins on the day in the A string winning the discus 39.07, Shot 12.65 and B string Javelin 40.02, The A String Javelin was won by Brandon Carter smashing his best with 40.14. Tom Wells won the B Discus 26.65 and Jonah Briggs taking 2nd B in the Shot. George Mackie picked up B string wins in the High Jump 1.45 and Long Jump 4.72, Matthew Jones taking 2nd A in the high Jump 1.65 and 3rd A in the Long Jump 5.41. The Track saw a few wins Oliver Humphrey remaining unbeaten in the 100m hurdles clocking 15.1, Noah Kemp doubling up in the 1500m 2nd and 800m 4th, in the sprints Jonah Briggs and Oliver Humphreys gained valuable points from their runs.

The under 15 Girls are also equal top of their league, but finished 2nd on the day, but joint leaders also finished second in their match, on the Field the best points came from the Throws, Annabel Maclean winning the discus 24.12 to take her in to top 20 UK rankings and Kirsten Fraser taking B string win 17.73, Another Double win came from middle distance runners in the Javelin Eve Brown 20.71 and Emma Davies 14.28, Maclean had to settle for 2nd A in the Shot with 8.82m, The Track picked up good points Maclean taking 2nd place in the 75m hurdles 14.2, Fraser winning from the front in the 1500m 4.56.8, the shorter 800m Emma Davies taking 2nd 2.32 and Eve Brown winning the B string 2.34.8, Fraser took 2nd A string in the 300m 45.4 and Emma Davies just won the B string clocking 46.9 in a very close race by all athletes. Emily Richardson and Carly Chisholm added points to the clubs tally.

The under 13 girls were also 2nd team lying in 4th place in their league they beat table leaders to put them within one point of the top, The TK throwers are thriving in the club and Suki Humphreys made sure shes in the top UK 20 by throwing 17.47 to win the Discus and team mate Eliska Simpson won the B string 16.96, in the Shot Eliska got the better as both won their Strings 6.73 from Simpson and 6.36 from Humphreys, both teamed up in the Javelin Humphreys taking 3rd A and Simpson making it a hattrick of wins winning the B string 11.92. The High Jump saw Amber Stiles take 2nd place and Bethany Maclean winning the B string. On the Track the first event saw a double win from Ellie Ross and Amber Stiles in the 70m hurdles, a Double 2nd place came in the 800m Stiles 3.02 and Leilah Gaye 3.08. Maclean took 2nd A string in the 200m, while in the 100m improving Ava Brade won with 14.3 and Emelia Lunn 2nd B string 14.9, in the 4 x 100m (Maclean, Lunn, Brade and Stiles) it was down the the last 30m where TK came home 2nd place 60.6.

The under 15 boys came 3rd on the day, with only four club athletes able to take part, George down after winning his Long Jump made sure of a hattrick of wins in the 100m 11.9 and 300m 41.7, Edward Mackie won the B string 100m 13.4 and came 2nd in his 200m A string 27.1 and matching same position in the 300m 46.2. James Fenner had to settle for 2nd place in the Javelin 33.02 , with Seb Simpson 19.66 in the B for 2nd place, Simpson in his favourite event the Discus went out to win with 34.95 and then went on to win the Shot 10.08, Fenner took 2nd B string in the Long Jump. And the 4 of them all teamed up in the 4 x 100m to take the win on the line 54.4

The under 13 boys also only had 4 athletes but also managed 3rd place due to the strength of the four, Harry Fenner won his High Jump 1.25 and the Javelin B string 22.81, William McDonald was 2nd A in the Javelin 23.08, Archie Gordon and James Simmons made up rest of the points and the four of them ran a great 4 x 100m relay to come 2nd place.

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