OXTED SUCCESS

The XC season kicked off with a postponement - the Croydon Harriers Meet postponed until later in the season.

With only one minibus this meant that a smaller group of runners was sent to Oxted, with no Junior team, although Junior runners ran for the Inters.

This was a mile long relay, and usually Oxted is wet and muddy. On this occasion the ground was firm and the weather conditions perfect!

Two Inters teams were entered and both ran really well, especially as this was the first run for some of the runners

A Team - 2nd Place

Freddie Georgiou   5.48
Joe Logue               5.45
Alfie Smith             5.42
Jude Watson           6.16

B Team - 4th Place

Luca Gerges    6.13
Joe Roberst      6.42
Galvin Biju      6.45
Peter Edwards  6.15

Seniors - 1st Place

The Senior team ran very well indeed to win, and continue the winning league streak from last season.

Harry Smith         5.15
Jacob Jones          5.34
Ricky Lutakome  4.42 (Course record)
Fabien Daburn     5.39

Massive congratulations to Ricky for beating the course record by ONE SECOND, and he would admit he is not at peak fitness just yet. Special mention to Year 10 Harry Smith also who beat the Inters record comfortably, but was running as a senior despite so was denied the result!

Well done all for a successful morning - now onto Tiffin next week!

NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM ANNOUNCED

I am very pleased to announce that Sean McAllister from Year 13 has been appointed the captain of the Cross-Country team for this season.

 

Sean has run for the school since Year 7, and has never let the school down. He has loads of experience to pass on and is looking forward to the role.

 

 

Sean will be focussing primarily on the Senior Team on Wednesdays, although still able to run the major races on weekends.

 

Therefore I am delighted to also announce the appointment of Joint Vice-Captains, Alex and Ryan Galvin

 

They will be focussing on the Junior and Inter team, as well as acting in Sean's place when he is unavailable at weekends.

 

Both boys are extremely talented and dedicated runners who have been hugely successful in their years at Fisher, as well as being the most recognizable on the competition 'circuit'.

 

 

The leadership team will take over from Robert Spalding who was an outstanding captain for 2 years. We wish him well for his University days.

 

Now onto the new season!

 

 

Saturday 10^th September

 

Croydon Harriers Schools Challenge

 

Juniors	Inters	Seniors
Alfie Smith 8C Freddie Georgiou 8F Ragu Arravanthan 8B James Parker 8N Alex Romanowski 8F Jonas Bekit 8M Joseph Roberts 8B Christi Anoop 8N	Harry Smith   10M Jude Watson   10N Joseph Logue   10F John Clifford   10C Peter Edwards   9N Luke Barclay   9K Ethan Foley   9N Luca Gerges 9B Galvin Biju 9N Ben Hopley 9M	Oscar Halfacre U6 Joseph Halfacre U6 Ricky Lutakome   L6 Ryan Galvin   L6 Alex Galvin   L6 John Erne   L6 Finlay Wells L6 Gianluca Ercolano   11N Jacob Jones   11B Daniel Hodgson 11B
Venue in Lloyd Park (gate entrance at top of Mapledale Ave).   MINIBUS LEAVING SCHOOL AT 8.50, RETURNING BY 11.20.   There is not enough space for everyone on the minibus – some will have to make their own way to Lloyd Park   If you are going straight to the start be there by 9.30.   Tell me or  Email if you are going direct dfell@suttonmail.org   EVERYONE RUNS AT 10.00   THERE ARE CUPS AND MEDALS TO BE WON! Remember to log into www.jfsxc.blogspot.co.uk

 

2016-17 FIXTURES

The new school year is upon us on Monday which means the new Cross Country Season.

We are the best Boys Comprehensive school in the country for Cross Country - lets continue that this year!

The fixtures are below

CROSS COUNTRY

FIXTURE LIST 2016

Fixtures are for all ages & are morning races on a Saturday unless otherwise stated.

September     

Sat 10         Croydon Harriers Schools Challenge   

Sat 17         League races at Tiffin               

Wed 21      House Cross Country

Sat 24         League races at JFS

 

October

Sat 1           Parkrun  at Roundshaw

Wed 5        Kings Trophy Wimbledon (snrs)

Sat 8           League relays at Oxted

Wk beg      1^strd Eng Sch XC Cup (jnrs/intrs)

Sat 15         Free

Wed 19      Judge Cup (snrs)

Sat 22         Free

HALF TERM

 

November

Sat 5           Charterhouse Cup

Wed 9        Haskell Cup

Sat 12         Regional round of XC Cup

                    Lancing (all ages pm)

Wed 16      St Albans Relay

Fri 18          Junior Knole Run (yrs 7/8)

Sat 19         Free

                    ? Sutton Schools XC Championship

Sat 26         League relays at Tiffin

 

December

Sat 3           League race at Oxted

Wed 7        Paarlauf at Hampton School (snrs)

Sat 10         League races at Whitgift

 

 

January    

Sat 7         Surrey clubs

Sat 14       Knole Run (snrs) (pm)  

Wed 18    HABS Relay Cup (7-13)

Sat 21       Surrey Schools (am/pm) (Sutton 

                  Boro invite only)

Sat 28       League relays at JFS

 

February

Wed 1       Henry VIII National Relay Coventry

Sat 4          Wellington Relays (pm)

Thurs 9     Radley relays

Sat 11       Free or parkrun for Sutton mini marathon team trial 

 

HALF TERM

 

Sun 26      South East Schools at Harrow

 

                           

 

 

 

 

March

Sat 4         South London Harriers     

                  Croydon mini marathon trials (am)

Sat 11       Parkrun for Sutton mini marathon

                  team trial

Sat 18       Free  

                 

END OF TERM

 

23 Apr      London Marathon with mini

                  marathon

 

 

 

 

Well done Ricky - England Athlete

Following on from his 4th place finish at the English Schools National Race Ricky Lutakome was selected to run for the England team in the Home Counties International Race at Falkirk in Scotland this weekend.

We are all obviously massively proud of his achievement, and we should not forget that Ricky's achievement reflects on to the entire Cross Country Squad, Junior to Senior.

Ricky ran the 6k course in 19.24 and finished in 4th place overall.

WELL DONE RICKY

WHAT A FABULOUS ACHIEVEMENT  

HARROW GLORY

The South East XC Champs were held on a Sunday this year as opposed to the usual Saturday and this wiped out much of the team due to football commitments, nevertheless we traveled to Harrow with a team bursting with talent and determination.

The Juniors did not have a full team but Peter Edwards, Freddie Georgiou and Luca Gerges all ran well but found the course tough.

The Inters team finished 5th overall, but the highlight amongst the great runs by all was Ricky winning by a long distance, thus becoming Champion of the South East

Here is the Inter Team

Here they are tucking into their food

Here is Mr Fell's personalised cake!

Radley Success!

The Inters Relay Team carried all before them on Friday and won the Radley Relays at a canter after strong performances from all involved

INTERS

A Galvin  12.15

F Daburn  12.45

Lutakome  11.13   (FASTEST LAP OVERALL)

R Galvin  11.52     (4^th fastest lap)

Ercolano   12.45

Smith  12.38

Jones  13.18

Hodgson  13.31

A GREAT RESULT ON AN EXTREMELY MUDDY COURSE

INTERS RACE AT RADLEY THIS THURSDAY!

Thursday 11^th February

Radley College ReLays, Abingdon

4 x 1.6 mile legs

INTERS (10/11)

Lutakome

R Galvin

A Galvin

Daburn

Smith

Ercolano

Jones

Hodgson

                     Reserves : Alfie Smith

                                                                     

Instructions

Come to school changed. Go to periods 1 & 2

Minibus leaves at 11.00. Return by 7.00 after meal at Radley.

Bring some money if you want to buy some food at motorway services on the way there.

Wear warm clothes

BEST STATE COMPREHENSIVE IN THE COUNTRY!

Huge congratulations to the Senior Team who achieved the best ever finish for JFS at the National Relays at King Henry VII School in Coventry on Wednesday, and can now relish the fact that they are the No.1 state comprehensive in the country for Cross-Country.

Whilst the Senior Knole represents the National XC race, this event is the XC Relays Championships. 47 schools are invited from all over the country. Indeed there is a 350 mile difference between some of the competing schools.

The best finish by a JFS team was 12th in 2004. The aim was to go better this time.

The squad of 12 runners, A & B teams set off from JFS at 9.15 for the long journey up the the Midlands.

The traditional stop at Oxford Services saw the boys debate at length what food they would purchase, and indeed saw some of the squad try out some original chat-up lines to the girls from another school. Captain Spalding was impressed by their confidence, but not with the content.

More miles on the motorways saw the squad arrive in Coventry and the tent was erected in the normal place in the Memorial Park where this event takes place.

The leg positions had been agreed on the way up and so numbers were attached and the course walked.

Coach Francis arrived having enjoyed the delights of the city centre to add his advice to the preparations.

The conditions were very windy and muddy underfoot - perfect for XC!

The JFS runners all ran with distinction as you can see below

A TEAM

Leg 1: Alex Galvin 13.32
Leg 2:  Fabien Daburn 13.45
Leg 3: Ricky Lutakome 11.47
Leg 4: Ryan Galvin 13.03
Leg 5: Harry Smith 13.49
Leg 6: Robert Spalding 13.22

B TEAM
Leg 1: Gianluca Ercolano 14.11
Leg 2: Joe Halfacre 15.32
Leg 3: Jacob Jones 14.19
Leg 4: Daniel Hodgson 15.40
Leg 5: Oscar Halfacre 16.29
Leg 6: Sean McAllister 14.24

The A Team finished an amazing 11th Place

They were the first state comprehensive school to finish!

The B Team finished 38th

All the runners who had run previously beat their times.

Ricky ran the 4th fastest lap of the whole day - as a Year 11

Having enjoyed the culinary delights on offer, and heard the founder of Parkrun explain how he created the weekend running phenomenon, it was back to the bus to return to school around 8.20, tired, muddy but very much delighted

  

WELL DONE TO ALL RUNNERS

JFS REWARD LUNCH FOR CROSS-COUNTRY

As part of the school's Rewards Lunch Scheme the Cross-Country team were recognized last Thursday 28th January.

Every two weeks a group of students is selected to have a free lunch with the Headteacher, Mr McCullagh and other members of the Senior Leadership Team. They are chosen as they have striven to live up to the school's mission of 'Aspiring for Academic, Cultural and Sporting Excellence'

They would also have demonstrated some of the school's Christian and Shared values and in particular for the Cross-Country team Service, Enjoyment, Perseverance and Respect 

 

There are limited places for these lunches so the Senior Team who represented the school at the Knole Race were chosen to attend, and to demonstrate the younger age group 4 students from KS3 were also invited to attend. There will hopefully be further opportunities in the future.

Mr McCullagh spoke to the boys and warmly congratulated them for their success this year. With the National Relays in Coventry upon us he encouraged those experienced runners to pass on their knowledge to the first-time runners. He agreed with Miss Tomes that a top-ten finish at the National Relays would be an outstanding achievement.

Mr Gold, Head of PE, also spoke at length to the boys about how much the school values their success and dedication to cross-country. He re-iterated his belief that the XC runners are the toughest mentally in the school and also wished them every success in Coventry.

With the season drawing to a close it is not yet time to reflect on what has been a fantastic season with major races yet to come. This lunch however reflects the pride that John Fisher has in its athletes - all who have run this year, be it twice or every week.