John Fisher Cross Country FIXTURE LIST 2015

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

September 2015
Sat 12th	Croydon Harriers
Sat 19th	Tiffin (League)
Sat 26th	John Fisher (League)
Wed 30th	Kings Trophy  (Seniors)
TBC	House Cross Country

October 2015
Sat 3rd	Oxted (League)
W/B 5th	First Round English Schools Cup (Jnrs/Inters)
Sat 10th	Race at Charterhouse (pm)
Sat 17th	John Fisher Relays (League)
Wed 21st	Judge Cup (Seniors)
Sat 24th	FREE

November 2015
Sat 7th	Second Round of English Schools Cup (Jnrs/Inters)
	Race at Lancing College (pm)
Wed 11th	Haskell Cup (Seniors)
Sat 14th	Ardingly Mob Steepo (pm)
Wed 18th	St Albans Relay
Friday 20th	Junior Knole Run (Juniors)
	Sutton Schools Championships
Sat 21st	Tiffin Relays (League)
Sat 28th	Race at Wilsons or Relay at Oxted (League)

December 2015
Wed 2nd	Paarlauf at Hampton School (Seniors)
Sat 5th	Race at Wilsons or Relay at Oxted (League)
Sat 12th	Whitgift (League)

January 2016
Sat 16th	Knole Run (pm)
Wed 20th	Haberdashers’ Aske’s Relay Cup (Years 7-13)
Sat 23rd	Surrey Schools (Sutton invite only)
Sat 30th	Ardingly Octavo (Years 7-9)

February 2016
Wed 3rd	Henry VIII National Relays, Coventry
Sat 6th	Wellington Relays (pm)
Sat 13th	FREE
Sat 27th	South East Schools Championships, Harrow (pm)

March 2016
Sat 5th	South London Harrier Race
	Sutton Mini Marathon Trials
	Croydon Mini Marathon Trials
Sat 12th	FREE
Sat 19th	FREE

Season 2015-16 Fixtures

To be published very soon but we begin in September with League Meetings against Trinity, Tiffin and then our home fixture.

Cross-Country Report Kennedy Cup Easter 2015

This term has seen the continued excellence of our elite cross-country runners alongside the further improvement of our developing younger athletes. In what is a hard, lonely sport, run in all kinds of weather and which is as much a battle with your own mind and body as well as with the course and the other runners, John Fisher has confirmed its place as one of the best cross-country schools in the country.

The Senior Knole Run in January - which is in effect the National Cross-Country Championships - run over a demanding 6 mile course saw our team of 6 runners from Year 10 and 9 – therefore 3 or 4 years younger than the competition – excel and finish 17^th out of 47 teams. Alex and Ryan Galvin, Ricky Lutakome, John Erne, Gianluca Ercolano and Ben Brant all ran brilliantly.

Having secured 7^th place at the Habdasher’s Aske School Relays another extremely young team travelled to Coventry for the National Cross Country Relay Championships which see 5 runners form a team and each run a lap of the 2 mile course. With four Year 10’s and one Year 9 alongside a single 6^th Former finishing 16^th out of 53 teams was a remarkable achievement. Ricky Lutakome recorded the 36^th fastest lap on the day even though he is 4 years younger than many of the competitors.

Further success was gained at the Wellington College Relays, where the Juniors finished in 2^nd place and the Inters in First, beating a number of highly regarded schools.

The Local League Relay competition, against Tiffin, Oxted, Whitgift and Trinity saw some great results.

The Senior Team finished the season in 2^nd place so can

Robert Spalding, Sean McAllister, Matthew Lucas and Joe Halfacre come and collect their medals.

The Inters Team finished the season unbeaten and gave more evidence of their undoubted potential, so can

Ricky Lutakome, Alex Galvin, Ryan Galvin, John Erne, Fabian Daburn, Gianluca Ercolano and Ben Brant all come forward and receive your medals.

The Junior Team finished strongly to claim 2^nd place overall, so can

Harry Smith, Jude Watson, Joe Logue, Liam Gent and Peter Edwards come forward and collect your medals.

Both the Galvin brothers and Ricky Lutakome qualified for the Inter Counties competition and Ricky qualified for the English Schools National Finals in Blackburn, where, representing Surrey he finished 118^th in big field despite being one year younger than the vast majority of those running. If they can stand up and given a round of applause.

The Cross-Country shield this year is awarded to someone who has run consistently and consistently well, for 4 years, representing John Fisher with distinction. He shows guts and determination every time he runs – Alex Galvin.

Welcome to the new John Fisher School Cross-Country blog.

I hope to upload fixtures, results and the odd photo to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the runners from John Fisher in the coming seasons.

The John Fisher school run in a local League of races and relays, as well as competing in cross-country meets at some of the most prestigious private schools in the country.

Watch the space for more...