Category: Cross Country

The Berkshire Cross Country Championships were held in Woodley this year, on another new Course, with conditions very wet and muddy underfoot several Team Kennet Athletes braved it to the event.

The Clubs Best Performance on the day was from Senior Women Emily Faulkner who came home in 4^th place just missing out on the medals by 12 seconds, Bradley Thomas was the clubs only Senior mens club entry coming 25^th.

The Clubs only team came from the under 13 girls where they finished 7^th, Eve Brown  was 18^th closely followed by Alanna Smith in 22^nd and Emma Davies was 31^st

The under 13 boys Oliver Lloyd was 13^th and Jacob Woods 14^th, in the older under 15 age groups  Toby Clark came 10^th in the Boys and Annelise Gale 14^th in the Girls Race.

Team Kennet had some good results in the 2nd round of the Oxford Mail Cross Country League held at Cirencester Park on a cold Frosty winter morning.

The First Race of the day was the under 9s, Anna Hall ran a superb race to win the girls by a huge margin, Mia Kearney came 8th and Holly Lockett 9th saw the three girls all home in the top 10, The under 9 boys saw Ben Daley 12th battling it out with Kaan Tugcetin 13th, Reuben Kuijten was next home in 23rd, Charlie Adams 24th and Thomas Mitchell 32nd

The under 13 Girls saw a return from Kirsten Fraser who had a good battle around the course to come home in 2nd place, Eve Brown had also a good race in 9th with Alanna Smith 14th saw the girls team home in 2nd overall, Maddi Baker came 41st.

The under 11s Elliot Murphy led the way home in 4th place of the clubs nine runners, Ethan Kuijten was 9th, Max Adams 14th, Aaron Carter 20th, Evan Alderman 29th, Ethan Baker 36th, Joseph Bell 41st, Barnaby Turner 42nd and James Simmons 48th.

Amber Stiles led the under 11 girls in 14th, Leilah Gaye 19th and Lilia Gale 32nd

The under 13 Boys saw William Chipchase home in 11th place, Jacob Woods 15th and Ivan Chekmazov 22nd for 4th place team, Oliver Carroll was 35th

The under 15s saw Toby Clark 8th in the boys and Annelise Gale also 8th in the girls race

Martine Stiles came 101st in the senior ladies race, while in the mens race the team came 5th in Division 2, Phil Murphy 47th, Bradley Thomas 77th, Chris Hall 103rd, Bart Kuijten 140th, Jonjo Stiles 146th, Mitchell Poustie 199th, Mark Little 203rd and Simon Gale 266th

Team Kennet athletes thrived in the first Oxford Cross Country League match of the Season held at Banbury over the weekend.

The under 13 Boys produced best team score on the day finishing 4^th, Matthew Nocton was first home in 6^th place, making up the rest of the team was Oliver Tozer 13^th and Jacob Woods 22^nd, the B team of Ivan Checkmazov 31^st and Isaac Mitcham 33^rd came 13^th team.

The under 13 Girls saw a record turn out from the club making up 4 teams, Alanna Smith was first home of the clubs 12 girls in 11^th, Anna White 17^th and Annabel Maclean 20^th saw the A team finish 5^th, Emma Davies 28^th led the B team home in 11^th place, making up the team was also Maddi Baker 41^st and Georgina Wallis 42^nd.

Other girls were Ella-Marie Rudman-Bromley 44^th, Rosie Burridge 50^th, Esme Montague 52^nd, Ellie Hamill 55^th, Megan Hamill 56^th, Caitlyn Davies 60^th

The under 17 Women saw Georgina Thomson home in 4^th place and sister Rebecca Thomson 11^th, combined with under 15 girls Annelise Gale 14^th and Emily Tucker 17^th the team were placed 7^th.

Archie Loweth came 9^th and Toby Clark 10^th in the under 15 boys race

The younger age groups Anna Hall came an excellent 2^nd place in the under 9 girls with Mia Kearney taking 11^th

The under 11 girls Imogen Newby ran a superb race to come home in 3^rd place, Bethany Maclean 8^th, Amber Stiles 15^th, Leilah Gaye 22^nd, Lilia Gale 32^nd, Lola Mitcham 53^rd

The under 11 boys Elliott Murphy also timed his finish to perfection taking 3^rd place, Ethan Kuijten 8^th, Max Adams 12^th, Reggie Scott-Harden 14^th, Aaron Carter 20^th, Archie Gordon 32^nd, Harry Strutt 37^th, Ethan Knight 51^st and Barnaby Turner 52^nd

The under 9 boys saw a clutch of TK Yellow Vests, Noah Lauder-Clarke 13^th first from the club home followed by Kaan Tugcetin 18^th, Harry Barnett 19^th, Reuben Kuijten 30^th, Charlie Adams 31^st and Thomas Mitchell 35th

Sue Francis 40^th  and Martine Stiles 110^th were the two only senior ladies from the club while in the men Phil Murphy 49^th, Chris Hall 91^st, Jonjo Stiles 152^nd,Mitch Poustie 215^th, Mark Little 235^th, Simon Gale 315^th were the 6 men that ran

Several Athletes from Team Kennet took part for Berkshire in the Inter Counties match held in Loughborough on Saturday, Two Athletes came back with Team Bronze Medals.

Emily Faulkner was the best placed athlete from the club in the u20 women’s race coming 51^st and helping the Berkshire team to 3^rd place, Bethan Philp also earned herself a 3^rd Place team medal she competed in the under 17 Women’s race coming 170th.

Team Kennet had two athletes in the under 20 mens event, Toby Draper coming in 139^th and Bradley Thomas 160^th with the Berkshire team 18^th

Kirsten Fraser ran well in the under 13 girls race coming home in 75^th with the Berkshire team 8^th and finally Kirst Bennet took part in her first Senior Women’s race coming in 240^th place and the Berkshire team came 22^nd

Team Kennet Athletes finished of the cross county season in the Oxford Cross Country League at Henley on Thames with best results of the season.

The under 11 boys were in form and Oliver Tozer continued to improve with his first win of the season lifting him to runners up spot overall, Ivan Chekmazov came in just behind in 3^rd place just missing out on a trophy, Elliott Murphy came in 6^th and Ethan Kuijten came home in 10^th.

Kirsten Fraser came 3^rd in the under 13  girls on a very tough course with lots of hills and a downhill finish, this meant that she finished 3^rd overall as an individual but also kept the team 3^rd overall as well, Anna Patterson came in 14^th and Maddi Baker 22nd.

The under 13 boys only saw Noah Kemp come home in 8^th place but this was enough to take 3^rd team in the league.

The under 9 girls Amber Stiles continued her good season with a 4^th place, this was a great result as it put her in 3^rd place overall, Anna Hall was 6^th and Louise Colby 13^th

The under 11 girls Zoe Allen just missed out after keeping her 3^rd place all season her run on the day was 4^th which slipped her one place, Emma Davies was 14^th, Imogen Newby 19^th, Leilah Gaye 28^th and Lilia Gale 38^th

The Senior Mens team finished on a high in 3^rd team in Division 2 finishing 5^th in the League, the result shows if they got all the clubs top athletes out they would be in contention winning top league, on the day Phil Murphy was 21^st, Bart Kuijten 60^th, Chris Hall 66^th, Bradley Thomas 75^th, Mark Little 147^th, Andy Waters 156^th, Kim Darcy-Masters 178^th, Mitch Poustie 209^th, Simon Gale 222^nd.

Under 9 Boys Aaron Carter ran well in 8^th place followed by Harry Strutt 12^th, Noah Clarke 13^th and Reuben Kuijten 23^rd

In the under 15 Girls race Emily Tucker just got the better of Annelise Gale coming in 18^th and 19^th respectively

Team Kennet had two Athletes take part in the English Cross Country Championships held at Leeds on Saturday. In the under 13 girls race a field of well over 400 finishers saw Kirsten Fraser finish just 300m behind the race winner in 33^rd place, Eve Brown came home in 407^th place both girls gaining soo much experience at this level

Team Kennet Athletes braved the travel to Bo Peep Caravan Park, Adderbury  for the fourth round of the Oxford Cross Country League, although our club numbers were down by 50%, same was in the league, it was a good chance to secure any end of season trophies.

Toby Clark was the best placed athlete from the club in the under 13 boys showing huge improvement finishing 3^rd place and another huge improvement came from team mate Noah Kemp coming home in 4^th place, with Kian Darcy-Masters 26^th has kept the team in 3^rd place overall.

Amber Stiles continued her impressive season in the under 9 girls finishing 3^rd place and Anna Hall had a superb run just behind in 4^th place and Louise Colby making top10 coming 9^th.

The Senior Men turned out a strong team scoring 550 points from there seven finishers, Toby Draper 20^th, Phil Murphy making his debut for the club in 31^st, Bradley Thomas 52^nd, Chris Hall 65^th, Bart Kuijten 72^nd, Ben Schiffer-Harte 145^th, Andy Waters 165^th, Mitch Poustie 189^th and Simon Gale 199^th

Oliver Tozer came 4^th in the under 11 boys keeping him in top 3 overall, Elliot Murphy finished 11^th, Oliver llyod 12^th and Ethan Kuijten 18^th while in the under 11 girls Zoe Allen was 5^th again till in top 3 overall, Emma Davies 14^th, Imogen Newby 17^th, Lilia Gale 37^th and Caitlyn Davies 46^th

Eve Brown was the clubs only under 13 girls finishing 21^st and in the under 15 girls race Rebecca Thomson was 11^th, Annelise Gale 12^th and Emily Tucker 19^th and Sue Francis was the clubs only senior women to brave it coming 21st

Team Kennet hosted the Berkshire Cross Country Championships at St. Andrews School in Pangbourne over the weekend, on a Challenging Course through woodland and up on to pitches the course wasnt suited for the faster runners more for the endurance, as the club were hosting less than normal runners from the club took part, but still some superb perfomances, Kirsten Fraser in the under 13 girls was the clubs best result not far behind the winner came home for a bronze, Eve Brown came home in 12th place and Anna Patterson 16th.

Toby Draper was the clubs next best finisher in the u20 race finishing 6th with Bradley Thomas 7th.

The Senior Womans Race Kirsty Bennet came home in 8th place and Georgina Bradford 12th.

The mens race Bart Kuitjen was 14th and Mitch Poustie 29th

The under 13 boys secured 4th place in the team awards, led home by Toby Clark 13th, Noah Kemp 16th, Oliver Tozer 20th and Isaac Mitcham 25th

Bethan Philp came 11th and Caitlin Nowell 15th in the under 17 womens race, in the younger under 15 girls race Annelise Gale was 18th 

Team Kennets Juniors thrived in the mud at Cirencester Park, Kirsten Fraser in the under 13 girls took the clubs best result coming 2nd, with Eve Brown 11th and Maddie Baker 31st the girls just edged 2nd place.

The Under 11s kept up their top placings in the League in the girls race Zoe Allen came 3rd with Clare McGonnell just behind in 4th, Emma Davies came 14th, Imogen Newby 16th, Evie Hallsworth 17th, eilah Gaye 25th, Lilia Gale 31st and Maisy Turner 43rd.

In the Boys race Oliver Tozer came 3rd in a tight finish, Ivan Chekmazov 8th and then good packing by the yellow vests Oliver Lloyd 12th, Elliott Murphy 13th, Ethan Kuijten 14th, Jack Strutt 18th and Oliver Carroll 21st.

The under 9 saw Amber Stiles come home 3rd in the Girls with Louise Colby 6th, Anna Hall 9th and Lola Mitcham 20th while in the Boys Harry Strutt came 9th and Aaron Carter 10th.

The under 13 Boys Toby clark came in 9th with Noah Kemp not far behind in 12th, Thomas Matthews 29th and Isaac Mitcham 41st.

The under 15 girls Rebecca Thomson came 9th with twin sister Georgina 14th and Annelise Gale 17th while in the boys under 15 Luke Wild came 16th

In the Mens Chris Hall led the few that turned up home in 65th, Bradley Thomas 103rd, Mark Little 186th, Sean Bird 219th, Mitch Poustie 232nd, Simon Gale 250th and Colin Price 274th, in the Ladies Sue Francis came 22nd

 

 

Team Kennet athletes were in action in the Berks, Bucks & Oxon Cross Country Championships on Sunday at Newbury Showground. Under 13 Toby Clark was the club highest placed runner in the under 13 boys race coming 10th with team mate Noah Kemp 14th.

The under 13 girls Kirsten Fraser just missed out on the top 10 coming 11th with Anna Patterson 16th and Eve Brown 24th. The Under 15 girls Rebecca Thomson came in 15th with twin sister Georgina 22nd and Annelise Gale 24th. Bethan Philp was 16th in the under 17 womens race.

The men had a much better turn out with new comer Toby Draper coming 27th, then a cluster of yellow vests Chris Hall 55th, Bradley Thomas 60th, Bart Kuijten 61st, Ben Schiffer-Harte 79th, Dave Smith 83rd, Mitch Poustie 90th and Simon Gale 100th.