Newsletter January 2016
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Newsletter January 2016 SPORTSHALL 3 OXFORD LEAGUE 10 SENIOR TRIATHLON 24 INDOOR ATHLETICS 4 WESSEX LEAGUE 13 WINTER AWARDS 28 OPEN ATHLETICS 5 CROSS COUNTRY 14 ANNUAL AWARDS 29 CHAMPIONSHIP ATHLETICS 6 ROADRUNNING 24 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 31 SOUTHERN ATHLETICS 7 JUNIOR TRIATHLON 23 CONTACTS & RENEWALS 32 Page 2 Team Kennet Newsletter January 2016 Chairman’s Report 2015 was an The Senior League fared well, finishing The Primary School events are buzzing incredible year mid table and seeing some great individual every year and now are a commitment for the club, with performances but with the amount of for most schools in the area, The largest our membership athletes now at the club we should be in a being the Cross Country where the 1200 remaining constant at much stronger position, if we can just get finishers taking part made it one of the around the 425 mark everyone involved at the same time. biggest events in the UK. Next year sees and with our waiting an Olympic Year and with this our Annual list still holding a Road Running is looking good, especially Quadkids event will have an Olympic theme further 100. If you in the divisions the club holds for club as London hands over to Rio, we will be read the rest of my report you begin to championship points, it’s looking like the looking for many helpers as possible! see why the club has been so successful top divisions next year will be hard to win, this year. Newbury parkrun averages around 15-20 Well all this wouldn’t happen if it wasn’t TK runners per week. for the Volunteers in the club some 50-60 On the track and field, the juniors defied people volunteer to run the club in various the odds to win both the Wessex Young Our triathlon section continues to grow. ways from coaching to admin, behind the Athletes League and the Oxford Junior The annual Newbury Triathlon was another scenes to officiating, so many hours a year League, not many clubs can say they have enormous success and the Duathlon from all involved have made this club what won a league let alone a double in the matched up to it with much positive it is today. A big thank you to all those same season. The turnout for both leagues feedback. The TK Club Series has also involved, but if anyone else would like to has been high with 120 juniors competing provided some great results for the club. help out in the club then please let us in these, and again it shows in depth how know. strong our Juniors are as they won three Last year’s Cross Country Season was of the Wessex matches and were only one of the best for the club, another big Another year goes by and we welcome in narrowly beaten by 20 points in another, showing at events especially in the younger 2016, good luck to all of you this year at while in the Oxford League they recorder age groups, hopefully this will now start to whatever you do with the club one win and two second places. progress through the age groups into the u15s and upwards giving the club more Nick Bull talent for the future. Chairman Our Sponsors Team Kennet would like to thank our sponsors for their continued support and look forward to carrying their names in 2016. BAR • RESTAURANT • NIGHT LOUNGE Newbury & atcham Page 3 Team Kennet Newsletter January 2016 SPORTSHALL Regional Sportshall Five Team Kennet athletes were selected for the Berkshire team in the regional Sportshall Fun in Athletics competition at Burgess Hill on 11th January. The boys team finished in 2nd place only 3 points behind the winners Kent and the girls finished 3rd. Individually, Ben East and Harry Booker were in the 4 by 1 Lap Relay Team which finished 4th and Harry was in the Over and Relay where Berkshire came 8th. In the field events, Ben was 3rd in the Chest Push and 10th in the Speed Bounce, Oliver Gregory was 5th in the Javelin and 13th in the Balance Test while Harry was 7th in the Long Jump and part of the 3rd placed High Stepper Team. West Berkshire Primary Schools For the girls, Verity Szala was 5th in the balance test and 9th in the target throw while Clara Jones was 11th in the Vertical jump Indoor Sportshall and in the 4th placed Hi-stepper team. On the track, Clara was in the 2nd placed Grand Prix relay team. Championships 2015/16 Team Kennet hosted the 17th West Berkshire Primary Schools Indoor Sportshall Championships on Saturday at Park House Sportshall League 2015 Match 3 School, which was to be one of the closest Competitions in the In the final match of the Sportshall league, the Under 11 boys Sportshall History of the event. came 2nd on the day to finish in 2nd overall. The under 11 girls were 2nd on the day and 3rd overall. The Under 13 boys finished 19 schools took part making up 200 athletes and the noise was 4th overall despite 6th place on the day while the girls were 4th buzzing all morning as Falkland School managed to hold off on the day and overall. The Under 15 girlls held on to 2nd place Spurcroft School by just 3 points going down to the last event on with 2nd on the day. the day. Hermitage took third place. For the Under 11 girls, Verity Szala and Sophie Wheadon The plate Winners were St. Martins who had to fight of Curridge finished 1st and 2nd in the soft javelin and Daisy Tolhurst won school also on the last event coming down to just 2 pts in the end the speed bounce. Clara Jones was 2nd in the vertical jump while Verity was 2nd in the balance test and Isabel Stevens 3rd Best Field event athletes went to Duarte Pereira from St. Josephs in the Long Jump. The best track performance was 3rd in the leaping 2m in the long jump and Louise Kane leaping 1.92 for Grand Prix. Stockcross school also in the long jump The under 11 boys saw Harry Booker and Oliver Gregory The top 2 schools will go forward to represent the area in the 2nd and 3rd in the Soft Javelin and Ben East 2nd in Berkshire Schools Finals. the Speed Bounce and 3rd in the seated throw On the Results track they picked up 4th in Grand Prix and 2 by 3 Lap. 1st Falkland 310 Under 13 girls saw Mia Eldridge win the Shot with Phoebe 2nd Spurcroft 307 Hoaen 2nd in the seated throw. Mia and Freya Owen were 2nd 3rd Hermitage 258 and 3rd in the Speed bounce and on the track they were 2nd in Plate Winners: St Martins the grand prix. Under 13 Boys saw Stuart Bladon 2nd in the seated throw and equal 3rd with Cameron Langley in the Speed bounce. The track saw a 2nd place in the Grand Prix and 3rd in both the 4 by 1 Lap and 2 by 3 Lap races. For the Under 15 girls, Kiah-Jay Stevens and Danielle Newton came 1st and 2nd in the speed bounce while Zoe Forte was 2nd in the Shot and long jump and 3rd in the triple jump. She also won the 1 lap on the track and the girls were 2nd in the 2 by 3 laps and the grand prix. James Hills, our only under 15 boy was joint winner of the seated throw. Page 4 Team Kennet Newsletter January 2016 Sportshall League 2015-16 Match 1 INDOOR ATHLETICS Team Kennet were in action in the opening Berkshire Sportshall League match at Eton. Both the under 13 girls and Under 13 boys teams finished in 4th place. The Under 11 girls came 5th with a younger development team in 12th while the boys came 7th. For the Under 13 boys, Individual wins came from Ben East in the speed bounce and Harry Booker in the Shot while Harry and Tom Hills were joint 2nd in the Hi stepper and Tom came 3rd in Long Jump. For the girls, wins came from Sophie Weadon in the Chest Push and Isabel Stevens in the Hi Stepper with 2nd place from Maddie Barnes in the Shot and 3rd places from Freya Owen in the Speed bounce and Phoebe Hoaen in the Shot. For the Under 11 boys, Matthew Jones was 2nd in the 2 Lap individual, the triple jump and speed bounce and also came in joint 4th in the Soft Javelin with team mate Kian Hockaday. For the girls, Amelia Overend and Annabel MacLean came 2nd in the target throw, Annabel Gibson was 3rd in the long jump and the 2 Lap race SEAA Indoor Championships with Rebecca Gray 4th in the triple jump. Six Team Kennet athletes were in action of the SEAA indoor track and field championships On the track, the quartet of Annabel, at Lee Valley. Amelia, Aimee Dickson and Lucy Colston were 3rd in the Obstacle relay and 4th in Susie Drake claimed her first title in her athletics career by winning the under 17 women’s the 4 by 2 Lap race. 1500m as a bottom end athlete. Meanwhile in the same race the under 15 girls battled it out and Holly Donohoe secured her first ever medal in a major event by coming second both For the under 15s competing as girls smashing their personnel best times: Susie with 5.18.40 and Holly with 5.09.73.