Match Reports
2025
For the 2025 season, Radley AC won the U13 Boys competition. Team Kennet won the U13 Girls and U15 Boys competitions. Abingdon AC won the U15 Girls and U17 Men’s competitions. Oxford City AC won the U17 Women’s competition.
The winning Boys Team was Abingdon AC, with Oxford City AC in second place and Team Kennet in third. Those three teams were only separated by one match point.
The winning Girls Team was Oxford City AC, with Abingdon AC in second, and Team Kennet in third.
The Overall Winning Club was Oxford City AC, with Abingdon AC in second, and Team Kennet in third.
For the QuadKids, Team Kennet won the U9 Girls, U11 Girls and U11 Boys competitions, with the U11 Girls and Boys teams being unbeaten over the season. Oxford City AC won the U9 Boys competition.
Unsurprisingly Team Kennet were the winning QK Boys Team, QK Girls Team and Overall QK Club for the season, well done!
Oxford City AC were in second place for all those teams. Abingdon AC was the third QK Boys Team and third Overall QK Club and Witney Road Runners third in the QK Girls Team competition.
The full results tables can be found on the Results page.
2025 Match 3 – Abingdon
The final match had very varied weather, mostly dry but with some deluges. We had 294 athletes U13-U20 and 173 QuadKids compete. One record was broken.
In the U9 QuadKids match the top scoring girl was Freya Kavanagh (Oxford City) to make it a clean sweep for the season. The top scoring boy was Rory Ridler (Team Kennet). Oxford City AC were the top ranked U9 boys team and Team Kennet were the winning U9 girls team.
In the U11 QuadKids match the top scoring girl was Praiya Foreman (Team Kennet), to also get a clean sweep for the season. The top scoring boy was Harvey Baker (Team Kennet). Praiya continues to run faster, bettering her 600m time for the third time with 1:51.7, which was an ESSA standard 9 performance. She also jumped 4.03m, which was Stage 8 and only a few centimetres off the record.
Continuing their fine form, from the first and second matches, the winning U11 QuadKids team for both boys and girls were Team Kennet.
Additional excellent results in the QuadKids were from Chester Bailey (Team Kennet), Matthew Jones (Team Kennet), Matilda Saunders (Team Kennet), Olivia Kwit (Team Kennet) and Cecily Wyer (Team Kennet) who were all Stage 8 in the 600m.
For the U13 Boys, in the 1500m George Robertson (Radley AC) and Reuben Gray (Banbury Harriers) were both Level 7. It was a very close race with George pipping Reuben by a tenth of a second.
Jenson Nichols (Team Kennet) threw 37.70m in the Javelin to get a Level 9, and to rank him ninth in the country. He bettered that result with a 31.36m in the Discus which, as well as being Level 9, ranked him second in the country. An excellent end to the season!
That Javelin was a strong completion with Zac Chamberlain (Oxford City), Maximilian Wyness (Radley) and James de Bresser (Abingdon) all getting Level 7 throws.
The winning U13 Boys team was Abingdon AC, with Radley AC in second and Team Kennet in third.
In the U13 Girls, Maame Frimpong (Radley) was Level 8 in the 200m and Long Jump. She was also Level 7 in the 100m. Isobel Ewens-Tinsley (Banbury Harriers AC) was Level 7 in the 200m.
Ella Larkin (Team Kennet) was Level 8 in the 800m.
In the field Tia Read (Witney Road Runners) was Level 7 in the High Jump. Emily Brown (Abingdon AC) was Level 8 in the Long Jump. Matilda Clare (Team Kennet) was also Level 7 in the Long Jump.
Evie Barrett (Oxford City) in the Javelin continued her excellent form. She beat the record she set in the last match with a throw of 31.70m which was also a Level 9 performance. She has thrown further this season, with a 34.88m placing her second in the country.
The winning U13 Girls Team was Oxford City. Team Kennet was second and Abingdon in third. Oxford beat Team Kennet by 1 point
In the U15 Boys, four boys gained a Level 7. George Coyle (Oxford City) in the 80mH, Noah Spruce (Abingdon) in the 1500m, Caelan Linton (Banbury Harriers) in the Long Jump and Noah Lauder-Clarke (Team Kennet) in the Javelin.
The winning U15 Boys team was Bicester. Team Kennet was in second and Oxford City in third.
In the U15 Girls match, there were no Level 7s or above.
The winning U15 Girls team was Abingdon. Oxford City was in second, with Radley in third.
For the U17 Men, Bertie Lee (Oxford City) was Level 8 in the 100mH. Charlie Palmer (Witney Road Runners) was Level 7 in the 100m.
In the field events Theo Nightingale (Team Kennet) was Level 8 in the High Jump and Dominic Smith (Abingdon) was Level 8 in the Javelin. Turkay Altuntas (Team Kennet) was Level 8 in the Discus and Level 7 in the Shot. Adam Bennett (Oxford City) was Level 7 in the Discus.
The winning U17 Men’s team, was Witney Road Runners. They were followed by Abingdon and Team Kennet in joint second.
For the U17 Women, Amelie Lorimer (Oxford City) was Level 7 in the 1500m.
The winning U17 Women’s team was Oxford City, Bicester was in second and Abingdon AC in third.
Overall Positions: The winning Boys Team for the third match was Team Kennet, with Abingdon in second and Oxford in third.
In the Girls competition Oxford City won, with Abingdon in second and Radley in third.
The winning Overall Team was Oxford City.
2025 Match 2 – Banbury
Though not as hot as last year’s match, the temperature still was raised in afternoon. We had 219 athletes U13-U20 and 137 QuadKids compete. Three records were broken.
In the U9 QuadKids match the top scoring girl was Freya Kavanagh (Oxford City), and the top scoring boy was Rory Ridler (Team Kennet). Abingdon AC were the top ranked U9 boys team and Team Kennet were the winning U9 girls team.
In the U11 QuadKids match the top scoring girl was Praiya Foreman (Team Kennet), and the top scoring boy was Harvey Baker (Team Kennet). Praiya bettered her already very good 600m time from the last match with 1:54.7, getting another ESSA standard 9 performance.
Continuing their form from the first match the winning U11 QuadKids team for both boys and girls were Team Kennet.
Simon Okafor (Banbury Harriers AC) broke the U11 Long Jump League record for the third time with a 4.32m, having set the previous record of 4.17m in Match 1.
Additional excellent results in the QuadKids were from Chester Bailey (Team Kennet) ESSA Stage 9 in the 600m. Simon Okafor (Banbury Harriers AC), Lenny Wyvill (Team Kennet), Matthew Jones (Team Kennet), Matilda Saunders (Team Kennet), Alice Mumme-Young (Oxford City), Martha Sudbury (White Horse Harriers) and Jesca Storey (Oxford City) were all Stage 8 in the 600m.
In the U13 Boys, Chetas Chandra (Radley AC) was Level 7 in the 100m and Sam Atkins (Team Kennet) was Level 7 in the High Jump.
Sam Cousins (Radley) ran a 2:17.7 in the 800m to get a PB Award Level 8, and to earn himself his second league record, beating Michael Emmanuel (Oxford City AC)’s record time of 2:20.7, from April 2024.
Chetas Chandra (Radley AC) was Level 7 in the 800m with a time of 2:18.1, which was also faster than the previous record.
Jenson Nichols (Team Kennet) was Level 8 in the Javelin with a throw of 33.47m and Level 9 in the Discus with 26.93m, which places him 3rd nationally.
The winning U13 Boys team was Abingdon AC, with Radley AC in second and Witney Road Runners close behind in third.
In the U13 Girls, Maame Frimpong (Radley) was Level 8 in the 100m and 200m, with 14.0s and 29.0s respectively. Matilda Clare (Team Kennet) was Level 7 in the 100m and Isobel Ewens-Tinsley (Banbury Harriers AC) was Level 7 in the 200m.
Ella Larkin (Team Kennet) was Level 9 in the 800m, with 2:29.3.
In the field Tia Read (Witney Road Runners) was Level 8 in the High Jump with 1.37m. Emily Brown (Abingdon AC) was Level 8 in the Long Jump with 4.42m. That Long Jump was a strong completion with Tia Read (Witney Road Runners), Isla Ladds (Team Kennet) and Maame Frimpong (Radley AC) all getting Level 7 performances.
Evie Barrett (Oxford City) in the Javelin threw a 31.00m to get a Level 9 performance and to beat Millie Quaintance (Team Kennet)’s old record of 28.59 from 2015.
The winning U13 Girls Team was Team Kennet. Oxford City was second and Abingdon in third, which is exactly the same order as Match 1.
In the U15 Boys, Harry Thynne (Abingdon AC) was Level 9 in the 300m with 38.7s.
Isaac Davis-Gill (Radley AC) was Level 8 in the 100m with 11.8s and was also Level 7 in the 200m.
George Coyle (Oxford City) was Level 7 in the 80mH, Cyrus Ariana (Bicester AC) was Level 7 in the 300m and Oscar Hook (Team Kennet) was Level 7 in the Discus.
The winning U15 Boys team was Team Kennet, with Oxford City in second and Bicester in third.
In the U15 Girls match, Lara Ford (Abingdon AC) was Level 7 in the 200m, Harriet Saunders (Team Kennet) was Level 7 in the 1500m and Beatrice Gray (Banbury Harriers AC) was Level 7 in the High Jump
The winning U15 Girls team was Abingdon. Team Kennet was in second, with Witney Road Runners in third.
For the U17 Men, there weren’t many competitors, maybe they were all anxiously awaiting their GCSE results – Good Luck!. Lincoln Jones (Radley) was Level 8 in the Long Jump with 6.24m
The winning U17 Men’s team, with home advantage, was Banbury Harriers AC. They were followed by Abingdon and Radley in second and third.
The U17 Women, had a better attendance, with the winning team scoring almost double the points of the winning U17 Men’s team.
The winning U17 Women’s team was Oxford City, Bicester was in second and Abingdon AC in third.
Overall Positions: After the first match Oxford City were in first place in the Boys, Girls and Overall Team rankings. However the Boys Team competition in particular was very close with only 2 match points separating Radley and Witney Road Runners from Oxford City.
Radley move into first place in the Boys competition with 35 match points to Oxford City’s 32. Abingdon and Witney are on 30, so there are high chances of lots of movement in the final match of the season.
In the Girls competition Oxford City are further ahead with 42 match points, with Abingdon in second with 37 and Team Kennet in third with 33.
For the Overall Team results Oxford City look pretty unassailable with 74 match points, to Abingdon’s 67 and Team Kennet’s 61.
2025 Match 1 – Horspath
The season started on a lovely warm and sunny April day, in marked contrast to the wet and cold 2024 season opener. We had 323 athletes U13-U20 and 160 QuadKids compete. Three records were broken, one of which was also the country’s best performance so far this year.
In the U9 QuadKids match the top scoring girl was Freya Kavanagh (Oxford City), and the top scoring boy was Michal Krzysztofik (Oxford City). Oxford City were also the top ranked U9 QuadKids team for both boys and girls.
In the U11 QuadKids match the top scoring girl was Praiya Foreman (Team Kennet), and the top scoring boy was Simon Okafor (Banbury Harriers), who both continue their strong form from last season. Praiya getting a ESSA standard 9 in her 600m with a time of 1:58.5 and Simon setting the U11 Long Jump League record with 4.17m, beating his own 4.15m record from last year.
The winning U11 QuadKids team for both boys and girls were Team Kennet. However Radley weren’t too far behind in the Boys match and Oxford City were still within touching distance in the Girls match.
Additional excellent results in the QuadKids were from Olivia Kwit (Team Kennet), Alice Mumme-Young (Oxford City), Emily Holding (Witney Road Runners) and Kiaan Bansal (Radley) who were all Stage 8 in the 600m.
In the U13 Boys, Sam Cousins (Radley) ran a 4:35.8 in the 1500m to get a PB Award Level 8, and to set a new league record, smashing Quinn Meill-Ingram‘s (Radley) record of 4:44.2 from 2018. This time currently ranks Sam first in the country, well done! Quinn is still running strong, so let’s hope Sam follows in his lead.
There were four Level 7 results for the U13 Boys. Reuben Gray (Banbury Harriers) in the 1500m with a time that wasn’t far behind the old record. Jenson Nichols (Team Kennet), Henry Chapman (Abingdon) and James de Bresser were all Level 7 in the Javelin.
The winning U13 Boys team was Witney Road Runners, with Oxford City in second and Radley close behind in third
In the U13 Girls, Maame Frimpong (Radley) was Level 8 in the 200m. It was a fast 200m race with Matilda Clare (Team Kennet) and Isobel Ewens-Tinsley (Banbury Harries) being Level 7. Ella Larkin (Team Kennet) was Level 7 in the 800m.
In the field there were three Level 7 performances. Rosa Ireland (Abingdon) in the High Jump, Isla Ladds (Team Kennet) in the Long Jump and Evie Barrett (Oxford City) in the Javelin.
The winning U13 Girls Team was Team Kennet. Oxford City was second and Abingdon in third.
In the U15 Boys, Berkay Altuntas (Team Kennet) was Level 9 in the Discus with a throw of 35.35m which currently ranks him seventh in the country.
Leo Adiri (Oxford City) was Level 7 in the 100m.
The winning U15 Boys team was Radley, with Team Kennet in second and Banbury Harriers in third.
In the U15 Girls match. There was only one Level 7 performance and that was by Grace McCulloch (Oxford City) in the 200m.
The winning U15 Girls team was Oxford City, with Witney Road Runners in second and Abingdon in third.
In the U17 Men, Turkay Altuntas (Team Kennet) broke the Shot record with a throw of 12.65 to beat Adam Chesterman 12.63m record from 2019. This now gives him all three of the League’s Shot records. Well done!
Charlie Palmer (Witney Road Runners) and Jesse Carter (Banbury Harriers) were both Level 7 in the 100m. Kenechi Akosa (Team Kennet) and Jesse Carter (Banbury Harriers) were Level 7 in the 200m.
On the field Theo Nightingale (Team Kennet) and Lincoln Jones (Radley) were Level 8 in the High Jump, with Lincoln getting another Level 8 in the Long Jump. Adam Bennet (Oxford City) was Level 7 in the Javelin.
The winning U17 Men’s team was Oxford City, with Witney Road Runners and Abingdon AC in second and third.
In the U17 Women, Mollie Davis (Banbury Harriers) was Level 7 in the 1500m.
The winning U17 Women’s team was Oxford City, Bicester was in second and Banbury Harriers in third.
After the first match of the season Oxford City’s early home advantage puts them in first place in the Boys, Girls and Overall Team rankings. However the Boys Team competition in particular is close with only a few points separating Radley, Witney Road Runners and Banbury from Oxford City.
2024
The first match of the 2024 season was held on a very rainy Sunday 28 April at Horspath Athletics and Sports Ground, Oxford. The second match was held on a very/overly hot Sunday 11 August at North Oxfordshire Academy, Banbury. The final match was held on the Sunday 1st September at Tilsley Park, Abingdon. Though thunder and lightening was forecast, we had a warm and intermittently sunny day.
For the 2024 season, Team Kennet won the U13 Boys, U13 Girls and U17 Women’s competitions. Abingdon AC won the U15 Boys, Banbury Harriers AC won the U17 Men’s and Oxford City AC won the U15 Girls competitions.
The winning Boys Team was Banbury Harriers AC, with Team Kennet in second place and Abingdon AC in third.
The winning Girls Team was Team Kennet, with Oxford City AC a whisker away in second, and Banbury Harriers AC in third.
The Overall Winning Club was Team Kennet, with Banbury Harriers AC in second, and Oxford City AC in third.
For the QuadKids, Team Kennet won the U9 Boys and U11 Girls competitions, with both teams being unbeaten over the season. Oxford City AC won the U11 Boys and Bicester AC the U9 Girls.
The winning QK Boys Team was Oxford City AC, with Team Kennet in second and Abingdon AC in third.
The winning QK Girls Team was Team Kennet. Oxford City AC were in second and Abingdon AC in third.
The Overall Winning QK Club was Team Kennet, with Oxford City AC in second by just one match point. Abingdon AC were in third.
The full results tables can be found on the Results page.
2024 Match 3 – Tilsley Park
The weather, despite predicted thunderstorms, held for the final match. We had 143 QuadKids and 288 U13 to U20 athletes competing.
In the U9 QuadKids, Sienna Preston (Team Kennet) was 1st Girl and was also ESAA Stage 6 in the 600m. Jessica Storey (Great Milton AC) and Matilda Hogg (Team Kennet) also achieved a Stage 6 in the 600m.
The 1st U9 Boy was Chester Bailey (Team Kennet) and he moved up to Stage 7 in the 600m. He achieved a clean sweep of 1st places for the season, well done! Team Kennet continued to have a very strong U9 team as they also achieved 2nd, 3rd and 5th places in the U9 Boys match.
Lenny Wyvill (Team Kennet) was pipped into 2nd place (for the third match in a row), but he ran the fastest 600m with a very impressive 2:01.4 to gain a ESAA Stage 7, and to beat the U9 600m record that he set last month. Idris Gaye (Team Kennet) and Matthew Jones (Team Kennet) also achieved Stage 6 in the 600m.
The winning U9 Boys Quadkids team was Team Kennet, and with their other two victories won the season overall.
For this match Bicester AC were the winning U9 Girls QuadKids team, and so won the season by surging past Team Kennet and Oxford City AC, exactly like Cole Hocker. Bicester AC achieved equal match points to Team Kennet but their individual points were 759 to 747.
In the U11 QuadKids Ella Larkin (Team Kennet) was 1st Girl. She was also ESAA Stage 9 in the 600m with her 1:50.6 being the fastest time by almost 9 seconds. This broke the U11 Girls 600m record that had been held by Isabella Haines-Gray (Oxford City) with 1:52.8 since 2018.
We again had an extremely strong set of 600m results, with 9 athletes being Stage 8 and Mia Gore (Abingdon AC) and Eleanor Cadwallader (Abingdon AC) joining Ella in achieving Stage 9.
1st place U11 Boy was Michael Onafowokan (Oxford City AC), with a Stage 8 in the 600m.
Having set the U11 Boys 75m record last match, Simon Okafor (Banbury Harriers AC) jumped 4.15m to set the U11 Boys Long Jump record, that had been held by Leo Anderson (Banbury Harriers) with 4.11m since 2017.
As well as Michael, Jack Lindsay (Abingdon AC), Benji Parry-Spring (Oxford City AC), Alban Parry-Spring (Oxford City AC) and Sebastian Lane (Team Kennet) were all Stage 8 in the 600m.
The U11 Boys 4x100m record also fell to Oxford City U11 Team (Benjamin Parry-Spring, Alban Parry-Spring, Albie Davis-James & Michael Onafowokan) with a time of 61.6. The previous record had been jointly held by Banbury U11 Team in 64.1 from 2023 and the Oxford City U11 Team team from 2011 in 64.15.
The winning U11 Girls QuadKids team was Team Kennet, and they won the season overall having also won the other two matches.
The winning U11 Boys QuadKids team was Oxford City AC, and this gave them one more match point than Witney to allow them to win the season.
For the overall Combined QuadKids competition, going into the final match of the season Team Kennet and Oxford City AC were in joint first place, but the final match allowed Team Kennet to sneak ahead by one point to win the competition.
In the U13-U20 matches four records were set all in the U15 age group. Congratulations to Divine Iheme (Radley AC), Erlgean Appiahkorang-Mensah (Bicester AC), Turkay Altuntas (Team Kennet) and Ruby Rogers (Oxford City AC).
For the U13 Boys Jenson Nichols was Level 7 in the U13 Boys Javelin.
Berkay Altuntas (Team Kennet) continued his very strong season throwing 31.82 metres in the U13 Boys Discus to gain a Level 9. This throw places him 5th nationally.
There were three records for the U15 Boys.
Divine Iheme (Radley AC) ran 11.0s to set the U15 Boys 100m record, beating his 11.3s record from April 2023. This of course continues his outstanding form this season with his 10.30s at Lee Valley on the 26 August, being the world’s fastest time ever for a 14 year old boy.
Erlgean Appiahkorang-Mensah (Bicester AC) ran 2:06.7 for the U15 Boys 800m record. The previous record being 2:06.8, having been held since 2010 by Christian Von Eitzen (Radley).
Turkay Altuntas (Team Kennet) threw 14.47 in the U15 Boys Shot to place him 6th nationally and to set the U15 Boys Shot record. The previous record being 12.42 by Oliver Gregory (Team Kennet) in 2018.
Dominic Smith (Abingdon AC) was Level 8 in the U15 Boys Javelin with a 43.79m throw.
Joshua Spolander (Abingdon AC) was Level 7 in the U15 Boys 300m. Tom Wightman (Witney Road Runners) was Level 7 in the U15 Boys High Jump. Turkay Altuntas (Team Kennet) and Luca Roberts (Witney Road Runners) were both Level 7 in the U15 Boys Discus
In the U17 Men Kenechi Akosa (Team Kennet) was Level 9 in the U17 400m with a time of 52.0 seconds. He was also Level 7 in the U17 Men’s 200m.
Theo Nightingale (Team Kennet) was Level 7 in the U17 Men’s High Jump. Lincoln Jones (Radley AC) was Level 7 in the U17 Men’s Long Jump.
In the U13 Girls competition Grace McCulloch (Oxford City AC) was Level 9 in the U13 Girls 200m with a time of 28.2 seconds. She was also Level 7 in the U13 Girls 100m.
Olivia Bentley (Team Kennet) achieved Level 7 in the U13 Girls 800m. Harriet Saunders (Team Kennet) was Level 7 in the U13 Girls 1500m. Jessie McCurtin (Team Kennet) was Level 7 in the U13 Girls High Jump. Emily Brown (Abingdon AC) gained Level 7 in the Long Jump and Evie Barrett (Oxford City AC) was Level 7 in the U13 Girls Javelin.
The final record for the day was in the U15 Girls match, being set by Ruby Rogers (Oxford City AC) with a time of 12.6 seconds in the U15 Girls 100m. She was also Level 9 in the U15 Girls 200m with a time of 26.6 seconds. She is currently ranked 10th nationally in the 100m and 18th in the 200m. The new 100m record clears a three way tie of 12.8 by Bryony Dawson (Abingdon AC) 2010, Lois Waknell (Radley AC) 2011 and Ella Turner (Oxford City AC) 2015.
Esme Duncan (Oxford City AC) was Level 7 in the U15 Girls High Jump and Joyce Ligeti-Pretorius (Oxford City AC) was level 7 in the U15 Girls Discus.
For the U17 Women Scarlett Shorter (Oxford City AC) was Level 8 in the U17 Women’s 200m. Emily English (Banbury Harriers AC) was Level 7 in the U17 Women’s High Jump.
In the Match Results Team Kennet won the U13 Boys, U17 Men and U17 Women’s matches. Oxford City AC won the U13 Girls and U15 Girls matches and Witney Road Runners won the U15 Boys match.
For the Overall Competition in the U13 Boys competition though Banbury AC were leading going into the final match, Team Kennet‘s win gave them overall victory.
A late surge for Witney Road Runners in the U15 Boys competition put them level on match points with Abingdon AC, but the individual points kept Abingdon AC in first place.
The U17 Men‘s competition was won by Banbury Harriers AC.
In the Girl’s Competition for the U13 Girls though Oxford City AC almost caught Team Kennet, Team Kennet won by one match point.
For the U15 Girls Oxford City AC remained undefeated all season so were U15 Girls winning team.
Finally for the U17 Women Team Kennet were the overall victors with two first places and one second place across the season.
The winning Overall Boys Team was Banbury Harriers AC with 56 match points to Team Kennet’s 51.
The Overall Girls Team was Team Kennet with 57 match points, with Oxford City AC only just second with 56 match points.
Congratulations to all those who took part in the season. Very special thanks to all the coaches/volunteers/parents for all their efforts, as without them the League would not be able to run.
2024 Match 2 – Banbury
The weather for the second match was the complete opposite to the first, with blazingly hot skies throughout the day. We had an excellent turnout, despite the clash with the main holiday period, with 120 QuadKids and 186 U13 to U20 athletes competing.
In the U9 QuadKids, Hazel Birch (Team Kennet) was 1st Girl and was also ESAA Stage 6 in the 600m.
The 1st U9 Boy was Chester Bailey (Team Kennet) and also was Stage 6 in the 600m. He also jumped 3.45m in the U9 Boys Long Jump to beat the previous record of 3.26 by Simon Fahl (Abingdon AC) set in 2013. Team Kennet have a very strong U9 team as they also achieved 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th places in the U9 Boys competition.
Harvey Baker (Team Kennet) ran 11.9s in the U9 Boys 75m to set a new record. The previous record had been 12.3s ran by William Mahoney (Team Kennet) in August 2023.
Lenny Wyvill (Team Kennet) as well as his 2nd place ran a 2:02.4 600m to gain a ESAA Stage 7. That was a new U9 Boys 600m record, replacing Maxim Brown (Team Kennet) record of 2:08.9 from 2013. James Brown (Abingdon AC), Tate Brookes (Radley AC), Idris Gaye (Team Kennet), Rorke Rowlett (Oxford City AC) and Matthew Jones (Team Kennet) all achieved Stage 6 in the 600m.
Though the Vortex doesn’t have ESAA Stages attached to it, if it did Harvey Baker’s (Team Kennet) throw of 38.96m would probably be a Stage 8 and would have placed him 2nd in the U11 Boys event.
The winning U9 Boys Quadkids team was Team Kennet. After two matches they are also in first place and look hard to catch.
Oxford City were the winning U9 Girls QuadKids team. The overall U9 Girls competition has Oxford City and Team Kennet neck and neck with a chance Bicester AC could deliver a late surprise, just like Cole Hocker.
In the U11 QuadKids Mia Gore (Abingdon AC) was 1st Girl, and was also Stage 8 in the 600m.
Eleanor Cadwallader (Abingdon AC) was Stage 8 in the 100m. We had an extremely strong set of 600m results, with 9 athletes being Stage 8 and Eleanor Cadwallader (Abingdon AC), Orlagh Stratford (Team Kennet) and Mamme Frimpong (Radley AC) all achieving Stage 9.
1st place U11 Boy was Ezra Bassey (Witney Road Runners). As before the Vortex doesn’t have ESAA Stages attached but looking at the points awarded for his massive 41.23m throw that would probably be the equivalent of a Stage 9.
Michael Onafowokan (Oxford City), Jack Lindsay (Abingdon AC) and Theodore Tipping (Radley AC) were all Stage 8 in the 600m.
Simon Okafor (Banbury Harriers AC) ran 10.5 in the U11 Boys 75m to match that record.
The winning U11 Girls QuadKids team was Team Kennet. They are also in 1st place for the competition, and though Oxford City are running them close, there would probably need to be a major upset for them to lose that position.
The winning U11 Boys QuadKids team was Oxford City. For the overall competition Oxford City are neck and neck with Witney Road Runners, the final match will decide!
Finally for the overall Combined QuadKids competition Oxford City and Team Kennet are currently jointly leading with 54 match points.
In the U13-U20 matches we had no records set, but we still had some outstanding performances.
Sam Cousins (Radley AC) was Level 7 in the U13 Boys 1500m.
The U15 Boys did very well. Ben Wright (Oxford City AC) and Alex Turner (Banbury Harriers AC) were both Level 7 in the U15 Boys 100m. Joshua Solander (Abingdon AC) and Harry Thyne (Abingdon AC) were both Level 7 in the U15 Boys 300m. Eritrean Appiahkorang-Mensah (Bicester AC) was Level 7 in the U15 Boys 800m.
Luca Roberts (Witney Road Runners) was Level 8 in the U15 boys Javelin. His throw of 43.36m would have ranked him 24th in the country if he hadn’t already been ranked 14th this season. He also was Level 7 in the U15 High Jump and Level 7 in the U15 Boys Shot.
The U13 Girls had even better results than the U15 Boys.
Grace McCulloch (Oxford City AC) was Level 9 in the U13 Girls 100m with a superb 13.6s. She was also Level 8 in both the U13 Girls 200m and in the U13 Girls High Jump. Her 100m and High Jump results bring her to 65th and 57th nationally. She was already ranked 52nd in the 200m.
Alicia Winter (Banbury Harriers AC) was Level 7 in the U13 Girls 100m. Lara Ford (Abingdon AC) was Level 8 in the U13 Girls 200m. Emily Brown (Abingdon AC) was Level 7 in the U13 Girls Long Jump. Evie Barrett (Oxford City AC) was Level 7 in the U13 Girls Javelin.
Esme Duncan (Oxford City AC), Imogen Ford (Abingdon AC) and Kyla Barney (Radley AC) were all Level 7 in the U15 Girls 200m, their times all within a tenth of a second. Kyla Barney (Radley AC) was Level 7 in the U15 Girls 300m.
Kimberley Gladwell (Radley AC) was Level 7 in the Under 17 Women’s 200m. Emily English (Banbury Harriers AC) was Level 8 in the U17 Women’s High Jump. Her 1.59m clearance ranks her 38th nationally.
In the Match Results it looks like Banbury Harriers had a home advantage being the winners for the U13, U15 and U17 Boys matches. Team Kennet were first placed for the U13 Girls and U17 Women’s matches with Oxford City winning the U15 Girls match.
Looking at the Overall Competition, going into the final match of the season, for the U13 Boys competition Banbury are in the lead with Team Kennet a point behind.
The U15 Boys team seem to be heading for a win for Abingdon and the U17 Men’s team seems to wrapped up for Banbury.
In the Girl’s Competition for the U13 Girls Team Kennet are ahead, but Oxford are within catching distance. For the U15 Girls Oxford look firmly in the lead. Finally for the U17 Women Team Kennet are in the lead but Radley are very close behind.
2024 Match 1 – Horspath
The 2024 season started with some very wet and cold weather. The rain did settle for the afternoon so giving some improved conditions for the later races. We had a very full turnout, so it was great to see the willingness to compete won over the grey skies. 143 QuadKids took part and 296 U13 to U20 athletes ran/jumped/threw.
Thanks, as always to all those who enabled the competition to take place from the League organisers, the multitude of officials (new and seasoned), the volunteers who ran the kitchen and all those involved in the setup and takedown. Also of course thanks to all the coaches, team managers, club committees and parents, as none of the athletes would be able to compete without all your time and support.
A major part of athletics is competing, whether this was your first competition, first time in an event or a new personal best, it is onwards and upwards. Some of course will have had an event that didn’t go as planned, but that means the next time it will only be better.
There are many unsung successes hidden in the result sheets, a well-run 6th place can be more of a success than a 1st place, but always there are special mentions to the athletes who had outstanding performances or set records. England Athletics has moved from the AAA Grade system to PB Awards and ESSA Awards. To sow confusion the grading is reversed, so the top standards are now 9 rather than 1 in the AAA system.
In the QuadKids Ottilie Maclean (Bicester AC) was 1st U9 Girl and was ESAA Stage 6 in her 600m. Chester Bailey (Team Kennet) was 1st U9 Boy and was also ESAA Stage 6 in his 600m. Matilida Hogg (Team Kennet) and Lenny Wyvill (Team Kennet) also secured a ESAA stage 6 in the 600m.
In the QuadKids U11 age group Mia Gore (Abingdon AC) was 1st Girl and Charlie Simpson (Bicester AC) was 1st Boy.
There were six U11 girls who got a ESAA Stage 8 in the 600. Orlagh Stratford (Team Kennet), Eleanor Cadwallader (Abingdon AC), Maame Frimpong (Radley AC), Mia Gore (Abingdon AC), Alice Stratford (Team Kennet) and Praiya Foreman (Team Kennet).
Grace McCulloch (Oxford City AC) was Level 7 in U13G 100m, Lara Ford (Abingdon AC) was Level 7 in the U13G 200m and Emily Brown (Abingdon AC) was Level 7 in the U13G Long Jump.
Esme Duncan (Oxford City AC) was Level 8 in the U15G High Jump. Aoife Duggan (Oxford City AC) and Rosie Rosser (Oxford City AC) were both Level 7 in the U15G Triple Jump.
Chloe Knibbs (Radley AC) was Level 7 in the U17W High Jump.
Angelo Jones (Oxford City AC) was Level 8 in the U13B 100m. That would give him 5th nationally, but he is already placed 2nd.
Michael Emmanuel (Oxford City AC) was Level 7 in U13B 200m and also was Level 7 in the U13B 800m. His time in the U13B 800m, 2:20.7, also broke the league record that had been previously set in 2023 by Jago Behagg (Radley AC) in 2:23.3. It would place him 8th nationally, if he wasn’t already in 5th place.
The U13 Boys 4x100m record was broken by Oxford City AC (Angelo Jones, George Coyle, Toby Valentine, Michael Emmanuel) who ran 55.0 to beat the previous record of 55.8 that was held by the Witney Team from 2019.
Berkay Altuntas (Team Kennet) was Level 9 in the U13B Discus, which ranks him 6th nationally.
Bertie Lee (Oxford City AC) was Level 8 in the U15B 80m Hurdles, which ranks him 8th nationally. Luca Roberts (Witney Road Runners) was Level 7 in the U15B High Jump. Dominic Smith (Abingdon AC) was Level 8 in the U15 Javelin, and Luca Roberts (Witney Road Runners) was Level 7 in the same event.
Turkay Altuntas (Team Kennet) {whose brother featured earlier} was Level 9 in the U15B Discus, which ranks him 4th in the country. He also got a Level 8 in U15B Shot, and in that event he was 2cm off the record.
2023
For the season, the winning QuadKid teams for each age group were: Team Kennet U9 Boys, Team Kennet U9 Girls, Oxford U11 Boys and Team Kennet U11 Girls. The overall winning QuadKid team for the season was Team Kennet.
Oxford City Girls/Women had a clean sweep being the winning team in the U13G, U15G and U17W and so were the overall 1st placed Female Team.
Witney were 2nd place in the U13G.
Banbury were 2nd place In the U15G and U17W and their scores gave them 2nd placed Female Team. The third placed Female Team was Radley.
The Boys/Mens competion was more varied. The U13B winning team was Banbury, followed by Team Kennet.
U15B winners were Witney, with 2nd place being taken by Radley.
U17M winners were Radley, followed by Bicester.
The overall winning Male Team was Radley. Second place was Witney, with Banbury in third.
Congratulations to all who took part.
2023 Match 3 – Abingdon
In this match multiple records tumbled. We saw 10 records broken and 1 matched.
Two records that were only set in August were bettered. Kenechi Akosa (Team Kennet) ran 37.3 to beat his previous U15M 300m record of 38.4, this was also a Grade 1 result. Matilda Saunders (Team Kennet) ran 2:08.9 in the U9W 600m to beat Praiya Foreman’s (Team Kennet) 02:11.7.
Three middle distance records that had stood for some time were broken.
The U13M 800m record had been held by Nick Wiltshire (Abingdon) 2:25.8 since May 2013. This was beaten by Jago Behagg (Radley) with 2:23.3. Also a mention must go to Harry Thynne (Abingdon) who ran 2:23.5 in that close race.
The U17W 800m that had been held since April 2015 by Emily Thompson (Banbury) 2:16.4 was beaten by a whisker by Isla McGowan (Banbury) in 2:16.3
The U15M 1500m record that had stood since June 2010, Christian Von Eitzen (Radley) 4:27.4, was convincingly beaten by Thomas Roberts (Banbury) who ran 4:21.0, which was also a Grade 1 result. A mention also to Jonas Tipping (Radley) whose 4:24.9 also beat the earlier record.
Three relays records were broken or matched.
The 4×100 U15M record, which had been held by Banbury since June 2010 with 48.3, was resoundingly beaten by Radley (Aidan Williams, Kyle McLeod, Lincoln Jones, Divine Iheme) with 46.8.
The 4×100 U11M record held since May 2011 by Oxford City in 64.15 was matched by Banbury (Oscar O’Hagan, Warrick Sellers, Noah Bullock and Henry Whitehead) in 64.1.
Team Kennet (Matilda Clare, Isla Ladds, Ella Larkin & Penelope Lyth) ran 63.0 in the 4×100 U11W to beat their 63.9 record from April.
And finally three jump records were beaten.
Matilda Saunders (Team Kennet) jumped 2.94 in the U9W long jump to beat Evie Kearney’s (Team Kennet) record of 2.77 set in August 2022
Aidan Williams (Radley) jumped 11.40 to improve his 10.83 record he had set in the U15 Triple Jump in April 2023
The U15W Triple Jump record was set by Maya Roach (Oxford City) who jumped 9.60 to beat Ella Koolen (Banbury) 9.21 that was jumped in September 2019
In addition to the two Grade 1 results mentioned above, 5 other performances were at that level. Noah Lauder-Clark (Team Kennet) threw 32.11m in the U13B Javelin. Divine Theme (Radley) ran 11.4s in the U15B 100m and 23.4s in the U15B 200m. Joel Nga (Abingdon) ran the U15B 300m in 38.5s and Adam William (Radley) completed the U15B 80H in 12.0s.
The first placed QuadKids teams in each age group for this match were: Radley U9 Boys, Team Kennet U9 Girls, Oxford City U11 Boys, Team Kennet U11 Girls. The overall winning QK team for this match was Team Kennet.
2023 Match 2 – Banbury
Four league records were broken and one record matched, all by athletes from Team Kennet!
Praiya Foreman U9G (Team Kennet) gained two records, a 12.3 in the 75m and a 2:11.7 in the 600m.
William Mahoney U9B (Team Kennet) ran a 12.3 to gain the U9 Boys 75m record.
Kenechi Akosa U15B (Team Kennet) matched Matthew Gain’s thirteen year old U15B 200m record of 23.3s. That time placed Matthew 14th in the country in 2010 and places Kenechi 20th this year. Kenechi also broke the U15B 300m record, running 38.4s. Both these results were Grade 1.
We also had a further 6 results which were Grade 1 performances. Lucy White U13G (Oxford City) in the 100m, Charlie Binning U13B (Radley) in the High Jump – ranked 7th in the country, Noah Lauder-Clark U13B (Team Kennet) in the Javelin, Joel Nga U15B (Abingdon) in the 100m and the 200m and finally Oscar Owena U17M (Abingdon) in the 100m.
2023 Match 1 – Oxford
At the first match of the season four league records were set.
Aidan Williams U15B (Radley) recorded a Triple Jump of 10.83m, Isla McGowan U17W (Banbury) ran 1500m in 4:35.5 and Divine Iheme U15B (Radley) ran 100m in 11.3. These last two records were at Grade 1, with Isla’s time currently being 11th in the country this year, with Divine’s time currently third.
Divine’s U15B 100m record continues the pattern he started last year, when he set the records in the U13B 100m and 200m.
Team Kennet’s U11G (Penelope Lyth, Orlagh Stratford, Matilda Clare & Quinn Joyce) set the record in the U11G 4x100m. Their time of 63.9s was an almost 4 second improvement on the previous 12 year old record.
There was a further Grade 1 result in the U13B Javelin with Noah Lauder-Clark throwing 32.60m, which places him 7th in the country currently. Benjamin East’s record of 44.06m set in 2016 might prove hard to beat in the future as that was the 5th furthest ever throw in the UK by an U13B, with Benjamin also throwing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd longest ever throws in that age group.
Horspath Athletics Track
Oxford
North Oxfordshire Academy
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Tilsley Park
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