FURTHER LOCAL SUCCESS

Ricky leading the Senior Race on Saturday, with teammates in the following pack

Triumphant wins for the Senior and Inters teams at Oxted on a very muddy and in parts treacherous course saw the JFS runners show the guts and determination that all cross-country athletes need in abundance. The Juniors finished behind only Oxted, beating Trinity and Tiffin showing fantastic improvement from recent League results

All in all a very successful morning!

The Juniors race was a 2 mile course. Oxted is always wet and muddy, and this was no exception. The JFS runners showed superb determination to battle the elements and a tricky course involving fields and woodland.

The JFS finishing positions are as follows

Alfie Smith	5th	13.03
Peter Edwards	6th	13.46
Freddie Georgiou	8th	14.29
Galvin Biju	13th	15.17
Alex Romanowski	16th	15.59
Ethan Foley	17th	16.02

Well run to Alfie once again. Great to see Peter run such a strong race - showing his class. Freddie and Galvin ran well to complete the A team. I was very impressed with both Alex and Ethan who both ran their best races of the season, especially considering the conditions

Well done to all

The Inters ran with the Seniors, and the course was around 2.5 miles long. It was of course made more treacherous by the Juniors runners making everything even more muddy, so special praise for the runners of the second race. 

We were unsure on the day how the Inters had done because it was difficult to split them from the Seniors, but sure enough they had finished in 1st place!

Harry Smith	1st	16.01
Jacob Jones	3rd	16.29
Gianluca Ercolano	4th	16.43
Joseph Logue	9th	18.48

Many congratulations to this fabulous four for winning. Harry finished in 1st place in the Inters, but 6th place adding the Seniors as well to continue his great recent form. Jacob and Gianluca ran with gusto and a top effort from Joe Logue, still recovering from his injury lay-off who ran a great race.

The Seniors continued their amazing form with another 1,2,3,4 finish to take the plaudits and the glory but all who ran acquitted themselves with aplomb

Ricky Lutakome	1st	14.30
Ryan Galvin	2nd	15.09
Alex Galvin	3rd	15.28
Robert Spalding	4th	15.41
Fabien Daburn	6th	16.11
Sean McAllister	8th	16.47
Oscar Halfacre	10th	17.54
Joseph Halfacre	12th	18.17

Once again Ricky showed his class to finish impressively alone out front, but Cross Country is a team sport as well as an individual challenge and the Galvin's continued to prove their undeniable talent by taking the other medal positions, and captain Robert Spalding showed that he is well on the way back to his best form after his injury issues. Fabien - often the unsung hero of the squad - ran as well as ever and Sean McAllister rolled back the years with his time and a top ten finish. The Halfacre twins ran for Pardew as ever and their commitment and efforts cannot be understated 

So a fantastic morning at Oxted, 2 victories and a 2nd place prove once more how strong Cross Country is at JFS

SURREY SCHOOL HARRIERS XC FIXTURE

Saturday 28^th November

This will be held at Oxted School, next to the Barn Theatre in Oxted (RH8 0AB)

It is a race so all run together, the Juniors at 10.00 and then the Inters at around approx. 10.30 followed by Seniors at approx. 11.00 unless these are run together.

The course is usually very wet and muddy so wear spikes or studs if you can.

It will be cold so bring warm clothes to wear before and after

We will be meeting at school at 8.45

We will return to school at around 12.00

Please let me know at dfell@suttonlea.org if you are going direct

Juniors	Inters	Seniors
Freddie Georgiou   7F James Parker   7N Alex Romanowski   7F Jonas Bekit   7M Joseph Roberts   7B Ragu Aravintahn   7B Alfie Smith   7C Peter Edwards   8N Luca Gerges   8B Galvin Biju   8N Ethan Foley   8N	Gianluca Ercolano   10N Ben Brant   10C Jacob Jones   10B Daniel Hodgson  10B Joseph Logue  9F Harry Smith   9M Jude Watson   9N John Clifford   9C	Robert Spalding   U6 Sean McAllister   L6 Oscar Halfacre   L6 Joseph Halfacre    L6 Ricky Lutakome   11M Ryan Galvin    11C Alex Galvin   11B Fabien Daburn   11M

THE KNOLE RUN PROVES STERN TEST

The Junior Knole Run was, as expected, a tough and demanding race for our Juniors on Friday with a high class field and over 300 runners.

The 10 runners from Year 7 & 8 traveled down to Sevenoaks school in Kent in high spirits despite the bitingly cold weather and duly registered

The team tent saw its first outing of the year:

After Captain Peter Edwards had led the warm-up the boys watched the girls start their race, which impressed upon them the size of the event.

Heading down to the start, the numbers of runners soon rose, and then a rather famous former footballer was spotted supporting his son Romeo:

Mr David Beckham

The race began at a fearsome pace as you can see below

The 2.1 mile course included 2 hills and was largely wet and muddy.

All the JFS runners acquitted themselves really well and can be proud of their efforts

	Position	Time
Alfie Smith	80	16.48
Freddie Georgiou	92	17.04
Luca Gerges	123	17.30
Peter Edwards	133	17.38
Galvin Biju	235	18.55
James Parker	240	18.58
Joseph Browne	248	19.10
Zack Frost	254	19.16
Joseph Roberts	255	19.16
Jonas Bekit	301	20.36

There were around 33 schools running and the A Team (the first 4 finishers) finished in 22nd place which was a very good effort,

The B Team also put in a great shift.

Special mention to James Parker who ran his best run for JFS yet, and of course Alfie and Freddie who broke into the top 100.

The Year 7s have one more year in this prestigious event and so have to aim to better their times and positions next year

WELL DONE ALL

ps. Romeo finished in 14th position with a time of 15.41

Senors at St.Albans Show Serious Steel

A very windy and open course of 2 miles greeted the Senior squad today at the plush St.Albans playing fields.

With St.Albans one of the foremost cross-country schools in the UK everyone wanted to put on a good show and the Bronze success at RGS Guildford the previous week meant confidence was high.

The challenge of the high class field and difficult conditions for running meant that the A Team finished in 6th place. This was a top effort with Judd and St.Albans out in front as expected and other strong teams pushing Fisher out of the medals. The older and stronger senior runners coped with the windy conditions a little better that the JFS young team, but they will be back stronger!

The B team competed very well and all ran some good times, finally finishing 16th.

 

Here you can see Alex Galvin leading the A Team off and Jacob Jones running the first leg for the B Team

 

 

Here are the first leg runners in action, Alex Galvin on the Left and Jacob Jones on the Right

 

Leg Two saw John Erne for the A Team and Gianluca Ercolano in the B Team set off

 

 

As John handed over to Ricky for the 3rd Leg Fisher were in 8th position

 

 

Ricky did his thing and took Fisher to 4th position, as Sean McAllister ran a good lap for the B's. Both had a torrential downpour to deal with on their leg to add to the wind!

 

 

Ryan Galvin sustained the position well and Dan Hodgson also conquered the course for the B's

 

 

Next into the fray was Year 9 Harry Smith and here he is starting well

 

 

 

Both Harry and Joe Halfacre - on his return from injury - manfully took on the conditions and the course

 

The last leg saw captain Robert Spalding in the A's and Oscar Halfacre for the B's. Robert survived a late challenge from Harrow to finish in 6th position, other schools proving a little too strong and the B team all ran with the usual 100%

 

 

Great news was delivered after the completion of the relay as food was available, and it was sausage, beans and wedges!!

The majority of the runners did JFS proud by having seconds, some even had thirds - you know who you are, and you may be identical!

 

Ricky won a nice trophy for the 3rd fastest lap

 

 

This is the photo he wanted to be published

 

 

But its nice to see him smile for once!

 

MASSIVE CONGRATS TO THE INTREPID 12 WHO RAN UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS AGAINST A QUAITY FIELD

 

Attention must be fixed on the Senior Knole and then the National Relays in Coventry!

 

ps

Well done to Spalding and McAllister for keeping Mr Fell and Miss Tomes 'entertained' on the long trip back to school!

 

 

TWO BIG RACES THIS WEEK

First up is the St.Albans Relays on Wednesday:

Wednesday 18^TH November

St Albans Relay Competition

 

(6 x 2 mile legs)

A Team	B Team
Spalding (capt)	Ercolano
Galvin R	Halfacre J
Galvin A	Halfacre O
Lutakome	McAllister
Erne	Daburn
Smith	Jones

                                     

    

Reserve: Hodgson  109 (bring kit, check at 11.45 Wed to       

                 see if you need to travel)

           

             

instructions

meet at the  minibus at 11.45.

Return to school by 6.45 after Tea        

Second is the prestigious Knole Run on Friday, details to follow...

ALSO NO RACE THIS WEEKEND