Category: Track & Field

Team Kennet won their first match of the season in the Wessex Young Athletes League by a club record margin of points with some 54 individual wins on the day to lift them up in to third place in the 24 club league.

Team Kennet 543.5
Portsmouth 281.5
MADJA 262
Wimborne 219
Dorchester 209
Poole AC 191

Two club records were broken on the day firstly Kirsten Fraser in the under 13 girls 1200m clocking 3.54.9 and under 17 Harry Booker in the Discus with a throw of 38.98

The under 13 girls took a team win, Clare McGonnell kick starting the track of in the 70m hurdles taking 3rd place 13.2 but it was Fraser that took another win in the B string with a fast 13.5, The 800m saw a gutsy run by Eve Brown winning in 2.36.5 from the gun with Maddie Baker taking 2nd place, Emma Davies took 2nd place in the B string 1200m, Zoe Allen had to settle for 2nd places in the 100m and 200m 14.4 and 29.7, and Lyla Goodwin taking 5th in the 100m and 4th in the 200m B strings.
The relay quartet of Allen, McGonnell, Goodwin and Georgie Johnston came 2nd with 60.1, The field events saw Neve Wright leap 4.03 for 2nd place and Goodwin taking the B string win 3.84, Both Allen 8.47 and Brown had to settle for 2nd places in the Shot, while Fraser made it a hattrick of win in the B string Discus 12.02 and Kiera Cawley taking 3rd A string 13.94, the Javelin as all season saw a Double win Claire MCGonnell throwing 27.72 to win with Brown throwing 26.25 to win the B string.

The under 17 women also won their match, keeping them up the top with Winchester, on the track double wins came in the 100m Izzy Kerslake 14. And Amy Russell 14.2, 200m Faye Saunderson 28.3 and Russell 29.7, 300m Faye Saunderson 45.7 and Anna Pettit 46.2, the middle distance races in the 800m Georgina Thomson came 3rd, in her 1500m she had to settle for 2nd place while sister Rebecca Thomson won her B string. The Relay quartet of I. Kerslake, E. Kerslake, Russell and Pettit came in 1st with 53.9.
The field events saw more double win both the Kerslake twins won their long jump strings, Pettit taking the high jump 1.45 and G. Thomson the B string 1.35, Sophie Wheadon winning her Shot 10.75 and Discus 31.50 and Lily D Arcy-Masters winning the B string and Sophie Wheadon then won her Javelin for a hattrick of wins.

The under 17 men won also on the day but had to work hard for this, Ben East won the 100m with 12.5 and Oliver Bazin winning the B string 12.8, Ethan Haines won his 200m in 24.5, and team mate Alex McLaughlin winning the B string 27.3, Bazin 53.8 and Haines 55.6 both won their 400m strings.
The relay quartet of Haines, Bazin, East and Booker just dipped under 50 seconds to finish the day with another win.

On the Field Bazin lept to a massive 6.24 to win the Long Jump and Haines winning the B string, East and Booker both cleared 1.65 in the High Jump to take a double win, on the thorws Booker threw 11.86 to win the Shot and Ben Lawrence taking the B string. McLaughlin made it another B string win in the Discus 27.57 and Ben East threw 60.98 in a strong head win to win the Javelin with Lawrence throwing 41.72 to win the B.

The under 15 boys were second in their age group, Liam Cawley threw a massive 55.63 to win his Javelin and Kian Hockaday took the B string 35.66, Cawley made it a double win in the Discus 33.93 with Oliver Ford winning the B string 32.66, Ford then went on to win the Shot 10.32 and Cawley winning the B string 9.88.
On the track Oliver Humphrey came 2nd in the 80m hurdles
, this placing was matched by George Shakespear in the 800m 2.20.7, Jonah Briggs, Oliver Absolom and Harry Davis all added good points to their tally.

For the first time this season the under 13 boys were down on numbers but the boys still all clubbed together to come 2nd in their age group, The Throws saw good points Seb Simpson coming 2nd A in the Shot 6.63 with Sam Dennis winning the B string 6.39, both teamed up in the discus to secure a double win Simpson 16.21 and Dennis 14.85, In the Javelin James Fenner came 2nd 25.81 and Simpson matching this in the B 18.34.
Ivan Chekmazov came 2nd in the 800m on the track 2.41 best on the track, which was matched by the 4x100m team of Fenner, Chelmazov, William Harris, Kian Darcy-Masters 58.9.

The under 15 girls also made it a second team place, best result on the track came in the 800m with Annabel Todd winning 2.28.5 and Annelise Gale winning the B string 2.36.3, Emily Tucker won her 1500m 5.32.6, in the sprints good points came from Ella Ward, Gemma Moon and Lottie Absolom.
Gemma moon won her B string long jump 3.68 while Annabel Gibson came 3rd A 4.41, Absolom won her B string high jump and best of the throws came in the Discus Todd taking 2nd A 20.07 and Aimee dickson2nd B 16.11

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Team Kennet struggled in the last match of the Southern Athletics with a much depleted team due to a few drop outs on the morning of the match at held at Poole.

On the day there were some outstanding individual performances the Mens Javelin Luke Angell won with his best throw for a few years with 56.16 and he was backed up well in the B string from Stuart Bladon winning with 46.78.
Phoebe Hoaen made it a double win in the Javelin with a throw of 39.77.
Sophie Wheadon carried on with her Discus wins with a 32.90 throw to finish well clear of the field, she also won the B string Shot 9.11 while her A string partner Hayley Steward had to settle for 2nd place 10.18, Steward won her Long Jump 5.11 and in the mens long jump both Stuart Bladon 6.22 and Oliver Bazin 5.89 won their strings.
Hayley Steward earned herself personnel bests in the 100m 13.0 and 200m 26.8 for two third places, Amy Russell taking part in the B strings 100m 13.6 and 200m 29.4 came 3rd and 4th. The mens 100m saw Oliver Bazin clock 12.1 and Daniel Hockaday 12.1.
Charlotte Booker earned herself a personnel best in the hammer, and brother Harry also gained good points for the club in the high jump and 400m
Duncan McGrory went under 5 mins to set a top UK vet 60 top 5 ranking and breaking the clubs vet 60 record in the 1500m.
Good points came in from the middle distance runners from both sides Ben Schiffer-Harte, Simon Hockaday, Rosa Lawrence and Izzy Hole.

Team Kennet will see a record number of club athletes take part in the English Schools Athletics Finals next month.

Six Club athletes will compete on 12/13 July at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham

Ben East – Javelin
Phoebe Hoaen – Javelin
Liam Cawley – Javelin
Harry Booker – Discus
Sophie Wheadon – Discus
Stuart Bladon – 110m Hurdles

The Berkshire Schools Championships also saw a record number of TK athletes take part and many came back as Berkshire Schools Champions.

The Inter Boys Ben East threw 60.51 to win and is tipped to win the English Schools title, Harry Booker also won the Discus 40.06.
Senior Boys Stuart Bladon won his 110m hurdles in 14.88 while in the Junior Boys Oliver Ford just missed out on selection to win his Discus 31.48 but in the Javelin Liam Cawley won his Hampshire Schools event with a 46m throw tipped for a medal in the finals.

The Inter Girls Sophie Wheadon won her Discus 33.91 and Phoebe Hoaen her Javelin 40.65 both girls stand a good chance getting on to the Poduim, Anna Montagne came 2nd in the High Jump 1.61 and same position matched by Ellie Armstrong in the Shot 9.69. elsewhere in the same age group Georgina Thomson was 7th in the 800m and her twin sister Rebecca came 7th in the 1500m, Amy Russell came 5th in the final of the 200m 28.7 and in the 100m Faye Saunderson came 4th 13.3 and Izzy Kerslake 6th both in the final.

The Junior Girls Gemma Moon came 2nd in the high jump 1.45 and Annalise Gale was 10th in the 800m.
The Senior Girls Charlotte Booker came 3rd in the Hammer.
Junior Boys Kian Hockaday was 4th in the Javelin and finally in the Inter Boys Ethan Haines was 4th in the 400m final 54.3 and Ben Lawrence was 2nd in the Javelin 41.56

Half Term holidays meant a depleted Team Kennet Quadkids team could only finish in 5th place in the 2nd Wessex League match at Southampton with a score of 1132 points.

Bethany MacLean was the highest scoring girl coming 4th overall with 206 points. Erin Gosney scored 184 with Eloise Ross 139 and Leilah Gaye 113 the other scorers.

For the boys, Charlie Todd on 181 beat newcomers Joseph Bell 160 and Jack Btooke-Taylor 149.

In the Vortex throw, the top 3 girls were Bethany with 28.20, Erin 22.00 and Eliska Simpson 18.54. Joseph top scored for the boys with 20.01.

In the 600m run, Bethany ran 2.04.9 with Erin 2.16 and Leilah and Lilia Gale both running 2.27.8. For the boys Charlie posted a time of 2.05.3

In the 75m sprint, Erin was the fastest with 12.5 ahead of Bethany 12.6 and Eloise 13.5 while Charlie 12.7 just out-sprinted Jack on 12.9.

In the Long Jump, Erin 3.15 against just pipped Bethany 3.13 with Eloise 2.94 while Charlie 3.11 was the pick of the boys.

Team Kennet took part in the Wessex Young Athletes League at Southampton on Sunday in a tough match against lead leaders Winchester. The Yellow Vests saw over 70 athletes turn out and came away with a well deserved second place which saw  another League Record from Pheobe Hoaen in the under 17 Womens Javelin throwing 45.41 to take her to UK number 3

Final Match Score

Winchester City 602
Team Kennet 501.5
Southampton City 433.5
Isle of Wigh 260.5
Bournemouth 245.5
Poole Runners 60

The Under 17 Women came so close to winning their age group league, only 2 pts separated them from Winchester, Sophie Wheadon had a busy day in the throws, she won her B string Javelin with a 22m throw, while in her favorite event the Discus she won the A string with 31.14 and Ellie Armstrong won her B string, both teamed up again to win the Shot strings Wheadon 11.65 and Armstrong 9.48, in the High Jump, Georgina Thomson 1.35 and Rebecca Thomson 1.20 both came 2^nd in their strings.

The Track events were tough for the girls, New Comer Faye Saunderson finished 3^rd in her 100m 14.2 and 4^th in the 200m 28.4 A strings, while in the B strings Izzy Kerslake came 2^nd 14.2 and Amy Russell came 2^nd in the 200m B 29.6, the slightly longer 300m Saunderson came 4^th 48.3 and a B string win came from Lily Darcy-Masters 49.5. The 800m Georgina Thomson came 3^rd and Pippa Thomas winning the B string and in the longer 1500m Rebecca Thomson came 3^rd in the A string. The Relay quartet  of Ellie and Izzy Kerslake, Russell and Saunders came home in 2^nd place 55.1

The under 17 men came 3^rd in their age group, Ben East again won his Javelin with a throw of 65.26 and New Comer Ben Lawrence came 2^nd in the B string 37.55, Harry Booker had to settle for 2^nd in the Discus 37.06 and Oliver Gregory won the B string 31.40, the same positions came in the Shot again with Booker 11.52 and Gregory 10.61, the high jump saw a double win East winning this with 1.72 and Booker winning the B string 1.60, East made it a hatrick of wins in the 100m clocking 12.2 and Gregory came 4^th in the 200m 25.4

The under 13 girls came up with very tough opposition with nearly every single event covered by all clubs, it was the field events that picked up the best of the points as the girls came 2^nd in their match, Eve Brown and Alanna Smith teamed up in the Javelin to clinch a double win Brown throwing 23.77 and Smith 21.69, in the non scoring Claire McGonnell threw 21.73, in the Discus new comer Kiera Cawley came 2^nd with 13.26 and Caitlyn Davies taking 3^rd B string while in the Shot Zoe Allen won with a big 8.17 and Eve Brown taking 2^nd in the B string 5.52, The High jump saw both TK girls jump 1.30 McGonnell taking 3^rd A and Neve Wright winning the B string, in the Long Jump Wright came 3^rd A string 3.92 and Lyla Goodwin winning the B string 3.86.

The Track was a different game McGonnell taking 2^nd A in the 70m hurdles 13.7 with Amelie Ross 4^th B string. Eve Brown took the only one of the two u13 track wins in the  1200m clocking 4.16.3 and Emma Davies taking 2^nd B string 4.27.1. Zoe Allen won her 200m with a great effort 29.8, and Goodwin taking 3^rd in the B string, in the shorter 100m Allen came 2^nd in 14.6 and Goodwin 3^rd B 15.7, Alanna Smith came 4^th in the 800m A and Harriet Gibson taking 5^th B and the last race of the day in the 4 x100m Allen, McGonnell, Goodwin, Davies came equal 3^rd 59.3.

The under 13 boys came 2^nd in their match, again it was the Field that took the best of the points, in the throws a Double win came in the Javelin James Fenner throwing 27.32 and Joseph Hoaen 20.92, The Discus saw another Double win again Simpson 20.67 and Sam Dennis 17.17, Simpson made it a hattrick of wins in the Shot with  7.58 and Dennis just missed out on winning the B with 6.27, Both Boys came 2^nd in the high jump Jacob Avery 1.30 and Ivan Chekmazov 1.15 in the long jump Chekmazov came 3^rd 4.04 and a B string win came from Fenner 3.65

On the track in the sprints Avery came 3^rd in the 100m 15.7 and Jacob Woods taking nd B 15.9, in the longer 200m Avery came 3^rd 30.7 and Fenner 2^nd B 32.2, the middle distance races Checkmazov came 3^rd in the 800m 2.40.6 and Hoaen 3^rd B string 2.57.8 and in the longer 1500m Woods came 5^th 5.21 and Kian Darcy-Masters 4^th B 5.32.7 the relay quartet of Chekmazov, Fenner, Woods and Avery came 3^rd 60.3

Both the under 15 age groups came 3^rd in their age group matches, the highlight in the Girls was Annabel Todd who timed her 800m run to perfection to win in a very fast 2.22.6, team mate Annelise Gale taking 3^rd in the B string 2.42,

Emily Tucker came 2^nd in the Shot with 9.05 and Aimee Dickson 3^rd B 5.99, in the Discus Todd came 4^th 18.97 and Dickson 2^nd B string 15.39, the High Jump Gemma Moon came 2^nd 1.40 and Lottie Absolom came 2^nd in the B string 1.35, in the Long Jump Absolom came 3^rd 4.14 and same position in the B string by Annabel Gibson 3.66, on the Track Absolom came 4^th in the 75m hurdles 13.7 and Gibson taking 2^nd in the B string 14.2, best other result on the track came in the 300m with Todd taking 2^nd place 45.1 the Relay quartet of Moon, Todd, Absolom and Ella Ward took 4^th place 57.5

The Boys best results on the track came from Noah Kemp in the 1500m clocking 4.49 for 2^nd place and Oliver Humphrey in the 80m hurdles, with the relay quartet of Harry Davis, Jonah Briggs, Matthew Jones and Humphrey taking 5^th place 58.1

The field events faired better for the boys, in the long jump George Mackie jumped 4.56 for 3^rd place and Matthew Jones taking 2^nd in the B string 4.34, the High Jump was a superb competition, Jones coming 4^th wit h1.45 and Euan Avery also jumping 1.45 in the B string won on count back, A Double win came in the Javelin Liam Cawley throwing 48.47 and Kian Hockaday 31.04, Cawley had a busy day taking 2^nd in the Shot 10.85 with Hockaday 3^rd B string, Cawley taking 3^rd in the Discus 27.98 and Tom Wells taking 2^nd in the B string 21.35

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Team Kennet Athletes came back with medals at the UK Javelin festival as they dominated the event held at Loughborough.

Under 17 Ben East threw a below par 64.32 to win a Gold medal to maintain his unbeaten run for over two years.

Pheobe Hoaen left it to her last throw to earn a Silver medal in the under 17 women’s event with a new club record and best of 45.09 and Liam Cawley threw a personnel best in the under 15 boys to earn a Silver medal with a throw of 52.60

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Team Kennet Athlete Stuart Bladon secured 9th place at Bedford at the weekend in the under 20 UK Decathlon Championships.

Bladon set 5 new club records and secured 5 top 50 UK individual perfomance rankings on his way with a combined score of 6454pts.

Day one saw a 100m in 11.51 then a 6.51m long jump followed by 10.99 shot throw. He then equalled club record in the high jump 1.90 and finished the day with a 52.11 400m to set up day 2 in 7th place.

Day 2 began well with a 15.13 110m hurdles a new club record his Discus was 31.29 then another club record in the pole vault with 3.66m. He then threw a huge 45.64 in the javelin and then the 1500m saw him run a fast 4.44.52 which finished him with a new club record of 6454 pts and top 10 finish.

Team Kennet were in action in the second round of the Southern Athletics League on Sunday at Swindon, a six team match saw the TK team come 5th in what was a close and very competitive match

Newquay & Par 318
Portsmouth 270
Plymouth 248
Swindon 225
Team Kennet 218
Havant 153

There were some great wins on the day, in the Discus for the women a Double win came from Sophie Wheadon breaking her club record with 33.52 and Alisha Bradford 23.09, Anna Montagne won her High Jump with 1.55 and Georgina Thomson winning her B string 1.35.

Phoebe Hoaen won her Javelin with a good throw of 38.28 and in the Shot Sophie Wheadon won her B string with 9.45 while Club Captain Hayley Steward for once had to settle for 2nd place in the A string with 11.19.
Alisha Bradford settled for 2nd B string in the Hammer 28.70 and A string Charlotte Booker came 4th with 28.88 in a high standard competition.
On the Track for the women best result came in the 1500m steeplechase Izzy Hole coming in 2nd with 5.47 and a win coming from Georgina Thomson just over 6mins in the B string, Twin Sister Rebecca won the B string 400m hurdles in 77.0 and Georgina had to settle for 6th in the A string running just over 80 seconds.

The Womens 400m Anna Montagne came in 3rd in 60.5 and Caitlin Nowell running in the B string came 2nd with 65.44, elsewhere for the women in the sprints Issy Kerslake and Ellie Kerslake competed in the league for the first time both Coming 4th with 13.8 and 14.2, new comer Faye Saunderson (u17) clocked an impressive 13.2 in the non scoring. The 4 x100m relay saw the TK Yellows come home in 2nd place with 54.13 team made up of both Kerslakes, Amy Russell and Saunderson.

The Mens side a superb Double win came in the Triple Jump Peter Saunders 12.22 and Oliver Bazin 11.55, Saunders then competed in the Long Jump to take 2nd place in A string 6.01 and a B win from Joe Osler 5.92, Osler earlier won the High Jump with 1.78 ND Hary Booker 3rd B string 1.58, best throws result was the Javelin Luke Angell coming 2nd with 53.68 and Saunders 3rd B string 33.76. On the track Stuart Bladon was the only track winner in the B string 400m clocking 53.06 in the A string Ethan Haines came 5th in 55.6
The Mens 4 x 100m team came a close 3rd place clocking 46.9 from Bladon, Saunders, Daniel Hockaday and Osler.

This match saw 4 x 400m mixed relay teams, both teams came home in 5th place the A team clocking 4.01.43 from Haines, Montagne, Nowell and Bazin and the B team clocking 4.26.3 made up of both Thomson twins, Harry Booker and Hockaday.

Team Kennet Athletes secured their best ever medal haul at the recent County Championships and claiming 3 County Championship Best Records, taking home 14 Gold, 10 Silver and 5 Bronze medals.

The under 17s continued to dominate and Ben East took Gold in the Javelin with a big throw of 68.14 and take the Championship Record at his first attempt, training partner Phoebe Hoaen also Struck Gold and also another new Championship record in her Javelin throwing 42.09.

Oliver Bazin came 4^th in the Long Jump 5.12 and came 5^th in the 200m final 24.6

Anna Montagne won her Shot with a throw of 10.42 and also took the High Jump gold with 1.55 but had to settle for Silver in the 80m hurdles 12.98.

Harry Booker struck Gold in the Discus 37.90 and took Silver in the Shot 10.92, team mate Oliver Gregory claimed two Bronze medals in the Discus 30.81 and Shot 10.49.

Sophie Wheadon won herself Gold in the Discus winning with a throw of 32.67 increasing her own club record, and took Silver in the Shot with a throw of 10.36

Stuart Bladon added Gold medals as well in the under 20 mens first in the 110m hurdles 15.5 breaking the club record and then in the High Jump 1.70. Luke Angell also took another County title winning his 10th in a row throwing 54.75m

The under 15s also did well, New Comer Liam Cawley took part in the Hampshire Championships winning the Javelin with a throw of 51.31 and setting a new Hampshire Championship best  Record and moving him in to UK number 2, at the same championships Noah Kemp made it in to the 1500m final to finish 7^th with a new personnel best time of 4.48.82. Matthew Jones came 4th in the High Jump with 1.45m

Oliver Ford made sure that he didn’t miss out on Gold medals in the Throws as he won the Discus with 30.30m and took Silver in the Shot 10.39 and finished 4thin the Javelin 31.88, Kian Hockaday went one better to earn himself a well deserved Bronze medal 32.84.

Charlotte Absolom was rewarded with a Silver in the High Jump 1.35 and came 5^th in the 75m hurdles final 13.37.

The Senior Ladies Hayley Steward joined the throwers to win a Gold in the Shot with 11.11m throw and then went on to win a Silver in the 400m with a time of 62.54, and later struck Gold again in the Long Jump 5.12

The under 20s  Charlotte Booker came 2^nd in the Discus 24.65 and 4^th in the Hammer and Caitlin Nowell came 4^th in the 400m 66.36

Ben Schiffer-Harte took part in the Senior men and he to claimed medals, he won the 800m event and then came 2^nd in the Shot

Claire McGonnell took part in the Quadrathon, her best event was the 600m clocking 1.55.4 and then her 75m sprint 11.6

Zoe Allen took part in the Oxfordshire Championships in the under 13 age group coming back with Four Medals, Allen earned herself Silver in the Javelin and Shot and two Bronzes in the sprints 100m and 200m claiming new personnel bests in all four events

Some photos from the day are available here

Team Kennet’s Quadkids team finished in 2nd place in the 1st Wessex League match at Basingstoke with a score of 1334 points behind hosts Basingstoke and ahead of Salisbury.

For the girls, Bethany MacLean topped the yellow vests and came 3rd overall with 212 points. Erin Gosney scored 184 coming 5th overall with Leilah Gaye 134, Tillie Bell 117 and Millie Philips 117 the other scorers.

For the boys, Charlie Todd on 187 just pipped Harry Fenner on 186 with the pair 10th and 11th overall. William McDonald on 175 and Evan Alderman 139 were the other scorers.

In the Vortex throw, Bethany threw 28.49 to win overall with Erin’s 22.01 coming 3rd for the girls and Eloise Ross throwing 14.00m . Harry threw 35.03 to win overall for the boys with William throwing 23.77m and Jonathon Grozin 18.50m.

In the 600m run, Bethany’s 2.02.5 was 2nd overall with Erin 2.13.2 and Leilah 2.24.3 for the girls. The best for the boys were Charlie 2.06.3, William 2.16.9 and Evan 2.19.6.

In the 75m sprint Bethany’s time of 12.0s was 4th overall for the girls with Erin 12.1 and Tillie 12.8 just behind while Charlie, Harry and William all recorded a time of 12.3s for the boys.

In the Long Jump, Bethany 3.08m was again 4th overall with Erin 2.95 and Tillie 2.74 for the girls. Charlie’s leap of 3.33m was 5th overall for the boys with Harry 3.10 and William 2.76.

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