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