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| South of England U17/U15 Championships Congratulations to Bertie Lewis who won the U17 Mens 100m hurdles at Ashford, Kent on 24th May 2008 in a time of 13.5 seconds. Southern Women's League - 26th April 2008 Team Kennet came third in this match and the following records were broken: Codie Burnett 200m 28.5 Lucy Cogdell, Helen Booker, Suzie Cookson and Katie Pontin 4x400m 4.25.1 Kim Wheeler hammer 19.5m London Marathon - 13th April 2008 Club athletes that completed the london marathon:
Mark Shepherd 2.43.07 249th
Sarah Chapman 3.27.00
Dave Mitcham 3.38.47
Liz Crossman 3.38.50
Alex Russell 3.51.19
Wessex League - 13th April 2008 Bertie Lewis equals Bournemouth track record and breaks the Wessex League record for the 100m hurdles and goes number 1 in the U17s. Jack Hatton is now number 1 in the U13 boys 75m hurdles. Hungerford Triathlon Congratulations to Tom Milburn who won this event. Bradfield College XC Event 6th March 2008 Bradfield College held their 2nd Xcountry event for small schools. 9 invited schools from the Reading/Thatcham/Newbury area took part, including Speenhamland Primary school. Rhea Walter (also of Team Kennet) won the Senior girls event for the 2nd year. She lead the field for most of the 1800mtr course, finishing about 120yds in front of the second place person. Oxon XC League 2nd March 2008, round 5 at Horspath:
Bury Nearly 10 Rachael Elliott was first female home in the "Bury Nearly 10" race at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk on Sunday. Rachael finished in 58:53 - giving a winning margin of over 5 minutes on the next female and placing her as tenth overall. The race, which is just shy of 10 miles, is run on a heavily undulating course in the countryside to the south of Bury St Edmunds. There were 250 finishers. Rachael is hoping to break 80 minutes at the Reading Half on Sunday, and will also be representing Oxfordshire at the Intercounties cross country championships in Nottingham in March. Berkshire Cross Country Championships Team Kennet had an excellent result at the Berkshire Cross Country Championships at Slough on January 5th 2008. The boys team of Luke Conway, Aston Nicholls, Derek Neaupeaur, Ross Whetter won the gold team medal and the U13 girls team of Katie Herbert, Katie Metalli, Sohie Conway and Amber Whetter won the bronze medal. Individually Michael Randall (u15 boys) came third, Katie Pontin (u15 girls) came fourth and Tom Milburn (u17 men) also came fourth. Other top 10 places were James Moorcroft 7th( u20), Mark Shepherd 7th (Senior Mens), Luke Conway 6th, Aston Nicholls 8th both u15 boys.
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Comley Mad Mile In memory of Alex Comley (Big Boy) who died in February 2008, this year's Mad Mile event will be renamed the Comley Mad Mile. Inter Counties Indoor Sportshall Competing for Berkshire on Saturday 16th February 2008:
Wokingham Half Marathon 2008
Newbury Area Cross Country Championships at Compton Team Kennet members did very well representing their respective schools: Boys
South of England Indoor Championships
James Moorcroft (U20) came 4th in both the 400m (with a time of 50.34) and 800m (with a time of 2mins 00.22secs). In the under 17 mens high jump Justin Lakey finished 5th with a height of 1.80m Woodcote and Goring 10Km January 6th saw the 24th running of the popular Woodcote & Goring 10k, with nearly 500 runners taking part. The tough course starts at the top of the hill in Woodcote, traveling down to the bottom of the valley and then climbing back up again. Previous winners from Newbury include, Pete Wilson in the Early 90s who won the race twice and the Simon Vines winning in 1998, this was followed by Nick Bull in 1999 and 2000, whose time hasn’t been bettered since 1999. This year Team Kennet had 6 runners in the race, Nick Weston was first home for the club in 34th with a time of 41.32, Bart Kujiten 38th (42.56), newcomer John Marriott was 68th (44.39), Andy Waycock competing in his first race for the club was 122nd (47.37), Roger Davis was 205th (52.14) and finally Colin Price was 231st (53.30). Rough 'n' TumbleSunday 13th January was the Rough 'n' Tumble, a very tough multi terrain race over 10 miles with steep uphill climbs. Mark Shepherd was the clubs highest placed athlete with 5th place in 1hr 11mins and 46secs claiming 3rd senior home, and more success came from Rachael Elliott who was the first lady home in 33rd place in 1.19.51, Colin Price also took part and was 314th in 1.52.04 with just over 500 runners finishing the course. Oxford Mail Cross Country Round 2 Rachael Elliott was one of the clubs best runners on the day, as she nearly won the senior womens race out right, just being piped to second place in a high class field, this put her into 1st place overall in the league, she was backed up by Helen Preedy in 10th and Sue Francis in 14th for 2nd team place on the day, but keep the overall 1st team place in Division 1. Amy Dobson was 5th u17 and was 35th overall, with Rose Metalli 57th and Margaret Smith 97th for the B team home in 11th in Division 2. The under 15/17 boys race saw another excellent team and individual performances, with the a team all home in the top 5, Stephen Tucker claimed an excellent 2nd place to put him 3rd overall in the u17s, Micheal Randall was 4th and won the u15 age group also taking him to the top of his age group in his first year, Tom Milburn was 5th bringing the A team home for a convincing win and taking then also to the top of their league. Aston Nicholls was 15th the other club member. The senior men also faired up well, with an excellent 3rd team place in Division Two, Mark Shepherd led the yellow vests home in the unlucky 13th place, Nick Weston 71st, Ryan Morris 72nd, Iain Adams 81st, Gavin Maclaughlin 99th, Brynn Stephens 101st and Bart Kujiten 107th saw the A team Home, the second team were 13th in Division Three, Dick Kearn 113th, Dave Mitcham 146th, Mark Pontin 147th, Colin Price 184th and Roger Davis 210th . The under 11 girls is proving to be successful again for the club as Rhea Walter finished 2nd to put her second overall, and Georgina Bradford 4th having her best run ever, Michaela Adams 7th and Carli Nicholls 42nd. In the under 11 Boys it was two new comers that turned out Tom Uden was an excellent 5th place and Seb Bowden 20th. Margaret Smith gets Gold at National Triathlon Championships To read more about this story please click here Oxford Mail Cross Country Round 1 The Senior Women won the first round of the Oxford Mail Cross Country on Sunday 4th November 2007. The next round will be held on Sunday 2nd December 2007 at Culham Park. For photographs please see the Cross Country section. Great South Run Mark Shepherd and Rachael Elliott have broken club records competing in the Great South Run with times of 58.01 and 62.35 respectively. Rachael finished 25th in the elite women's race and Mark was 47th overall out of 18500 runners. Great Eastern Run Vets League Team Kennet will be taking part in the Veterans League. This is open to members aged 35 years and over.. Contact the club for further information  |
