Wessex League Match 1

Team Kennet started the Wessex League campaign with a superb second place at Basingstoke, and to take Two League records on the way, Ben East throwing a massive 70.02 to extend his UK Number one Spot and taking him to European number 1 and Phoebe Hoaen 44.92 Uk Number two to break the Wessex League records in both the  under 17 age groups.

Final match score

Basingstoke 514
Team Kennet 449
Slough 373
Aldershot 291
City of Salisbury 247
MADJA 177

On the day the under 17 Women won their age group with tough competition, with Hoaen winning the A javelin, Anna Montagne won the B string with a big 25.97 throw, Anna went on to win the High Jump with 1.55 and Ellie Armstrong won the B string 1.35, the Shot Armstrong had to settle for third 9.72 with Ellie Kerslake third, long jump Izzy kerslake came 4th A and Georgina Thomson 3rd B string. On the Track the Thomson twins teamed up with Rebecca coming 2nd A in the 800m and Georgina winning the B string, in the 1500m  Rebecca was 2nd A string 5.29 and Georgina 2nd B 5.33, two more 2nd places came in the 300m R. Thomson 50.3 and Hoaen, the 200m Ellie Armstrong came 5th in 29.6 and Hoaen 2nd b string 29.8 and finally the 100m Izzy Kerslake came 4th 13.8 and Ellie Kerslake 2nd B 14.1. The Relay quartet of Kerslake and Thomson twins came home in 2nd place.

The under 13 girls also took a age group win winning 9 of the events, The Javelin saw a double win Eve Brown 21.94 and Claire McGonnell 19.46, the Shot saw another double Zoe Allen 7.23 and Eve Brown 5.11, another double win came in the long jump Lyla Goodwin 3.78 and Tavie Thomas 3.76 and in the High Jump two 2nd places came from Neve Wright and Claire McGonnell both leaping 1.15. The track fared well McGonnell started the day of with a brilliant win in 13.0 and Kirsten Fraser taking 2nd B string 14.5, Eve Brown made it a hattrick of wins in the 1200 4.26 and Emma Davies taking 2nd B string 4.36 in the 800m Kirsten Fraser was fired up to win in 2.30.6 and team m, Lyla Goodwin came 6th in the 100m and 5th in the 200ate Alana Smith came 2nd  2.57.8. Zoe Allen had to settle for 3rd place in the 100m 14.1 and 2nd in the 200m 29.5 B strings. The Relay quartet of McGonnell, Allen, Goodwin and Thomas came 2nd 59.9 just missing out on a win

The under 17 men came close to winning, had to settle for second place in their age group, Ben taking the honours here in the Javelin and Oliver Gregory taking 2nd place in the B string. Double win came in the Shot Harry Booker 10.51 and Gregory 9.83. Booker cleared 1.60 in the high jump for first place, both TK athletes came 3rd in the Long Jump Oliver Bazin and Alex McLaughlin. On the track Booker came 2nd in the 100m hurdles16.3, the 400m saw a good race Ethan Haines coming in 3rd 56.9 while Oliver Bazin came 2nd B string 57.1, the shorter 200m Haines came 3rd 25.0 and Gregory 2nd B string 25.4, the 100m Bazin was 4th 12.2. Finally the 4x100m quartet of Bazin, Haines, Booker and Gregory came 2nd.

The under 13 Boys finished 2nd place in their age group, which was made up of first year under 13s mainly, they did well William Harris winning the 75m hurdles 15.1, two superb 2nd places came in the 1500m Ivan Chelmazov 5.17.3 and Kian D Arcy Masters 5.27.4, Harris ran a good 200m A a string  for 2nd place 29.1 with Max Casey 3rd B string 31.2, Harris again coming 2nd in the 100m 13.7 and Ben Fisher 4th 15.7 in the B string. The Relay Quartet Fisher, Fenner, Harris and Avery came home 2nd place 59.9. On the Field two good second places came in the high jump Chekmazov 1.27 and William Appleby 1.10, The Shot Seb Simpson came 4th A 6.57 but a great B string win came from Sam Dennis 5.98, the Javelin James Fenner came 4th 21.12 and Josepth Hoaen 2nd B string 16.8

The under 15s both came fourth in their age groups, missing quite a few key athletes they faired well in their events, in the girls a double win came in the 800m Annabel Todd 2.27.4 and Annalise Gale 2.43.3, points came in steady from rest of the girls Emily tucker, lottie Absolom, Annabel Gibson, Aimee Dickson and Ella Ward. On the boys Oliver Ford 9.87 , and Kian Hockaday both took wins in the Shot, in a good Javelin competition Hockaday was 3rd 33.48 and Ford 2nd 28.55, Noah Kemp ran 4.54 in the 1500m for 3rd place best on the track. Both relay teams coming 3rd place.

SAL Match 1

Team kennet were in action on Saturday in the first match of the southern athletics league division 3sw at Basingstoke.

Fifteen wins on the day saw a very close match between the four teams.

Winchester 190

Andover/Overton 176

Team Kennet 167

Swindon 157

Hepthathlete Hayley Steward had a successful day firstly winning her shot with a big throw of 10.94 and then going into the 400m storming to victory down the home straight in 62.9.

Sophie Wheadon moving up to u17s took to the challenge in the b string shot to win this in 8.82 and had to settle for 2nd in the Discus with a big 31.37 throw. Alisha Bradford won the b string discus with 25.63 and earlier she finished 2nd in the hammer 29.72. The b string hammer saw Charlotte Brookes win with a throw of 28.29 as team kennet dropped just a few points finally Pheobe Hoaen won the javelin with a big throw of 40.60 and Alisha Bradford taking 2nd b string.

Steward came 2nd in the triple jump 9.50 in the long jump Caitlin Howell came 2nd in the b string.

The high jump picked up two 2nd places Anna Montagne in the A string 1.55 and Ellie Armstrong 1.35

On the track a double win came in the 2km Steeplechase that saw 4 TK girls run Bethan Philip winning in 8.35 and Izzy Hole 8.58. Both Georgina And Rebbecca Thomson 8.38.0 and 8.45.6 were in contention.

Both Thomson girls ran well for 3rd places in the 400mhurdles coming 3rd.

In the Mens section a double win came in the javelin Luke Angell 52.80 and Graham Chambers 21.44. Chambers winning the B string Discus later in the day.

Another double win came in the triple jump Joe Osler 11.93  and Ollie Basin 11.10. The high jump secured another double win Osler 1.80 and Harry Booker 1.55.

Daniel Hockaday just missed out on a win in the 400m hurdles also ran a good 200m b string for 2nd.

Ethan Haines moved up to the seniors to gain good experience in the 400m clocking sun 55 later ran 24.4 in the 200m for 3rd A string.

Daniel Collis, Simon Hockaday and Mitch Plus the tackled all the middle to longer distance races Picking up good points.

All round it was A good start to the season with a lot more athletes to come in will see match wins.

Bracknell Open

Ben East stole all the highlights at the Bracknell open Meet at the weekend.
Competing in his first under 17 age group for team kennet Ben threw a massive 67.57m in the javelin to break his coaches club record and straight in to UK all comers top 15 with a convincing win.
Ben was many medal winners for the club.
Phoebe Hoaen couldn’t match last week’s distance in the u17 javelin but struck gold with a 39.45 throw.
Oliver Ford also took a gold with a great shot of 10.04 in the u15 boys he also threw javelin 30.35m and club mate kian hockaday went better throwing 33.49.
In same age group Oliver Humphrey clocked 15.83 in 80m hurdles.
Harry Booker in the u17s struck two bronze medals in the shot 11.02 and high jump 1.55 and Oliver bazin earned himself a bronze in the long jumpb5.59 and ran a 24.99 in the 200m
In the under 13 girls Kirsten Fraser also hit a bronze with a brilliant 600m run in 1.47.49 clocking 14.29 in the 70m hurdles and 3.68 in long jump.
Zoe Allen also struck bronze in the javelin 15.10 and 75m sprint 10.71 and just missed out in the 150m 21.77. Lyla goodwin clocked 11.9 in the 75m
The under 13 Boys Will Harris clocked a fast 75m sprint to earn himself a silver 13.48 in the 75m hurdles and clocked a fast 100m 14.26 and kept 3.53 in the long jump.
Ivan Chekmazov kept 3.81 in the long jump 14.53 in the 100m and 1.52.3 in the 600m
William Appleby cleared 1.10 in the high jump for a silver medal and threw 10.41 in the javelin and kept 3.46 in long jump

British Masters

Deborah Montgomery took part in the British Masters Winter throws Championships at Lee Valley over the weekend, in the Vet 50 age group she just missed out on her own club records to win Gold in the Shot by just a few centimetres with a throw of 9.68, she went outside to throw the hammer to secure another medal this time a silver with 33.67

Indoor Record

Team Kennet’s Nathan Gillis set new records at the weekend in the Men’s 800m at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston in America.

Not only breaking the club indoor record, he was the first athlete at the University of La Salle to break 1.50, he came 5th in the race to finish in a time of 1.49.49 ranking him 12th in the UK rankings

Indoor Track and Field

Team Kennet’s Hayley Steward struck two medals in Cardiff, Wales at the weekend in the South West Indoor Track & Field Championships, she also claimed two new club records in the process.

In Hayley’s favourite event the Shot she claimed a gold medal with a throw of 11.36 and in the 400m she came home with a silver clocking 63.62

South of England Indoor Championships

Team Kennet had two athletes compete in the South of England under 17 Indoor Track & Field Championships at the weekend at Lee Valley.
Anna Montagne came 11th in the womens High Jump 1.55 and took 4th place in her heat of the 200m with a time of 27.9
Oliver Bazin took part in the long jump to come 17th with 5.04

South of England Combined Events

Team Kennet’s Anna Montagne earned herself her first major medal at the weekend in the South of England Pentathlon at Lee Valley in the under 17 age group.

Anna’s score of 3255 which gave her third equal on the day was a club record points score, on her way to Bronze she also broke the clubs under 17 High Jump indoor record clearing 1.60m, she threw the Shot 10.33, jumped 4.93 in the long jump clocked a fast 9.44 in the 60m hurdles and ran the 800m in 2.36.94

Indoor Track and Field

Team Kennet Athletes have taken part in some of the Indoor Track and Field Open meets. On Saturday 1st December at Windsor Anna Montagne in the under 17 age group ran in the 60m Sprint clocking 9.71 on her fastest of two runs.On Sunday 2nd at Lee Valley Caitlin Nowell set two new club under 20 records in the 300m 48.3 and 600m 1.58.39. Aimee Dickson took part as a under 15 in the 300m clocking 47.23 and Oliver Bazin took part in the 60m clocking 8.02 and leaping 5.41 in the long jump as an under 17.

In the Lee Valley Mini Indoor Track and Field Open on 8th December, Zoe Allen broke the clubs 200m record taking it down to 30.47, and earlier ran 9.03 in the 60m sprint. Elsewhere Georgina Bradford clocked 2.45.94 in the 800m at the u23 Middlesex Uni Student Championships on 5th December.

Kirsty Bennet took the club 800m record running 2.35.01 to finish 4th in the Manchester cup on 14th November.

Top 50 UK Rankings

Team Kennet UK Top 50 Rankings 2018
Under 13 Girls      
Lottie Absolom High Jump 1.47 16th
Aimee Dickson 600m 1.50.16 39th
Annabel Todd 600m 1.45.9 12th
800m 2.24.45 17th
Under 15 Girls      
Sophie Wheadon Discus 31.40 10th
Under 15 Boys      
Harry Booker Discus 45.26 2nd
Shot 13.15 13th
Pentathlon 2462 31st
Ben East Javelin 70.66 1st
Oliver Gregory Discus 36.63 24th
Shot 13.12 15th
Under 17 Women      
Pheobe Hoaen Javelin 40.57 17th
Anna Montagne Heptathlon 4029pts 29th
Bethan Philp 2000m S/C 8.16.8 18th
Under 17 Men      
Stuart Bladon High Jump 1.90 22nd
Shot 11.50 33rd
60m Hurdles 8.59 16th
100m hurdles 13.8 17th
Pole Vault 3.46 36th
Octathlon 4886pts 5th
Heptathlon 4488pts 4th
Under 20 Men      
Joe Osler Long Jump 6.57 45th
Senior Men      
Luke Angell Javelin 56.93 41st
Veteran Categories      
Vet women 50      
Cheryl Angell Hammer 21.10 26th
Discus 15.33 43rd
Deborah Montgomery Javelin 27.50 2nd
Shot 10.31 2nd
Hammer 36.14 4th
Discus 23.06 7th
Vet men 35      
Mitchell Poustie 2000m S/C 10.14.6 33rd
Vet men 45      
Nick Bull 2000m S/C 9.03.97 24th
400m Hurdles 83.6 35th
3000m S/C 15.28.2 43rd
Steve MaClean Discus 28.76 30th
Shot 8.66 48th