GREAT PERFORMANCES AT WHITGIFT

Saturday 10^th December

League races at Whitgift

Juniors       31 runners

 3. Georgiou  9.45             20. Roberts  10.55

 4. Charnock  10.02          21. Parker  10.56

 6. Conroy  10.10              25. Boxall   11.16

 7. Ostinelli  10.14           26. Davis  11.19

11. Anoop  10.23              28. Hewitt  11.39

15. Nkamao  10.38          29. Horle  12.06

19. Conway  10.51   

Beat Tiffin, Oxted & Whitgift

 

Inters        10 runners

  4. Logue  16.01

  6. Edwards  17.12

  8. Biju  18.16

Incomplete scoring team

 

Seniors    13 runners

1.    Wells  14.25  Well done – first win in JFS colours!

2.    R Galvin  14.37                                                                 

4.    Jones  14.57

5.    A Galvin  15.03

6.    Daburn  15.56

7.    Ercolano  16.01

8.    Brant  16.12

Beat  Tiffin, Oxted & Whitgift very convincingly

Tough Run at Hampton!

Wednesday 7^th December

St Pauls-hampton Paarlauf  Competition

 

     SENIORS U20

     Lutakome

     A Galvin                 4th A TEAM    

     Wells

 

     Brant

     Hodgson             B TEAM   9^th

     Daburn                                                

 

     INTERS U17    

     Ercolano

    Jones               RUNNERS UP

     A Smith

    

     Good results in a surprisingly strong field of opposition.

WHITGIFT AWAY ON SATURDAY

The last Saturday fixture of the year is a league race at Whitgift. Obviously we want to perform well at our local rivals, and with no rugby this coming weekend we can be at full strength!

 

The race start is earlier than usual and is at 9.00 for Juniors and around 9.30 for Inters/Seniors

 

There will be refreshments afterwards and we should be ready to leave Whitgift – in full glory hopefully – at around 11.00

 

As it is local, it would be helpful if you could make your own arrangements for travel to Whitgift.

 

The school address is Haling Park, South Croydon, CR2 6YT

 

I will however be driving a minibus from school and leaving at 8.15 sharp so the whole squad can meet outside the main school building entrance at Whitgift at 8.30

 

Please email me at dfell@suttonlea.org or tell me at school if you need to catch the minibus because obviously numbers are limited

 

Then race usually starts and finishes in the bottom fields

 

Juniors		Inters	Seniors
Ebuka Nkamuo 7N Matthew Conway 7N Leo Ostinelli 7T Paul Hewitt 7B Charles Kitchen 7N Oliver Boxall 7K Jack Hession 7N Jonnie Miles 7C Jacob Horle 7K	Alfie Smith 8C Freddie Georgiou 8F Jacob Hanbury 8C Sam Charnock 8C James Parker 8N Joseph Roberts 8B Christi Anoop 8N Joe Conroy 8B Luke Davis 7C Marcus Littlewood 7C	Chris Mamendyi 10N Joe Logue 10F Jude Watson 10N Peter Edwards 9N Luca Gerges 9B Galvin Biju 9N Saul Harvey 9C	Sean McAllister (c) Ricky Lutakome Finley Wells Ryan Galvin Alex Galvin Fabien Daburn Joe Halfacre Gianluca Ercolano Jacob Jones Dan Hodgson Ben Brant

Oxted Race

Due to one minibus and unavailability, it was a much reduced JFS presence at Oxted for the League Race.

With Tiffin 'up north' at the National Finals, it was just Oxted and JFS to compete.

However it was perfect running conditions, and both races proved very competitive

Juniors

1st

1st	Freddy Georgiou	12.17
3rd	Ebuka Nkamuo	12.28
4th	Joe Conroy	12.36
5th	Leo Ostinelli	12.43
8th	Matt Conway	12.57
9th	Joe Roberts	13.49
10th	James Parker	14.04
11th	Charles Kitchen	14.41

Seniors

2nd

2nd	Jacob Jones	14.20
5th	Joe Logue	15.19
6th	Peter Edwards	15.56
8th	Jude Watson	16.51

WELL DONE TO YOU ALL FOR RUNNING SO WELL

WHITGIFT AWAY NEXT WEEKEND!

Tiffin Relays

Despite some late call-off's and no-shows, a hardy bunch of JFS athletes braved the cold to travel to Hampton Court and Tiffin's home ground for a league relay.

Despite some confusing course alterations, the task was clear. Unfortunately only 7 Juniors and 6 Seniors had made it so we had incomplete teams.

The Juniors all ran well, with Joe Conroy on his debut impressing. Ebuka once again ran the best leg. The Juniors came 3rd overall

A Team

Leg 1: Matt Conway 5.43
Leg 2: Oliver Boxall 5.58
Leg 3: Ebuka Nkamuo 5.31
Leg 4: Leo Ostinello 5.48

B Team

Leg 1: Joe Roberts 5.51
Leg 2: Joe Conroy 5.39
Leg 3: Charles Kitchen 5.35
Leg 4: Matt Conway (2nd run) 5.43

The Seniors ran very well with a depleted team, and finished 2nd behind Oxted

A Team

Leg 1: Gianluca Ercolano 4.40
Leg 2: Fabien Daburn 5.05
Leg 3: Jacob Jones 4.51
Leg 4: Finley Wells 4.35

B team

Leg 1: Joe Halfacre 5.29

WELL DONE TO ALL RUNNERS

Sixth at Sevenoaks

The Junior XC squad travelled to Sevenoaks school on Friday 18/11 for the prestigious Jnr Knole Run. This event, open to Year 7 & 8 students is, in effect, the National Race for this age group.

359 runners ran the challenging 2 mile course from 75 teams entered. JFS travelled down with the full compliment of 12 runners so would have A. B and C Teams finishing.

The journey was quick and the boys had plenty of time to walk the course with Francis and see the girls race start. Then it was final warm-ups and down to the packed start line. A good start is vital as the 2 hills prevent overtaking and so the enormous field set off.

With Francis out on the course, Mr Fell took position at the finish. Chip timers in the race numbers meant no automatic results would be known.

JFS A Team finished in 22nd position last year but hopes were that we would break into the top 10.

WELL WHAT A GREAT PERFORMANCE FROM ALL THE RUNNERS!

 

A Team – Overall 6^th Place

(First 4 runners to finish)

6th	Alfie Smith Yr8	12.53
12th	Freddy Georgiou Yr8	13.06
56th	Sam Charnock Yr8	14.08
76th	Jacob Hanbury Yr8	14.18

 

B Team – Overall 36^th Place

99th	Tommy Jaye Yr8	14.33
132nd	Ebuka Nkamuo Yr7	14.58
134th	Ryan O’Sullivan Yr8	15.00
149th	Matthew Conway Yr7	15.12

 

C Team – Overall 59^th Place

165th	Leo Ostinelli Yr7	15.22
210th	Christi Anoop Yr8	15.55
270th	James Parker Yr8	16.18
313th	Paul Hewitt Yr7	17.02

 

For the A Team to finish 6th was fantastic

The B Team finished half-way up the order!

Alfie Smith to finish 6th from 359 of the best runners of his age group is equally fantastic

Freddy to finish 12th was brilliant

The Year 7 runners all ran brilliantly

Well done to the runners who usually play rugby who all ran with great heart

 

Overall a very successful day and proof that our Juniors have real talent - the future looks bright!

 

Seniors All Impress at St.Albans

Like travelling to an away fixture at Old Trafford or the Etihad, the St.Albans Relay takes place at the home of one of the country's top Cross-Country schools, if not the top.

This is always a very challenging fixture with some excellent opposition and a course that can be very wet and muddy. With 6-man teams and a 2-mile leg each everyone aimed to improve on their previous years time and see where we ended.

The long drive to St.Albans around the M25 was uneventful with Miss Tomes and Francis in the minibus and Mr Fell in his car due to a late evening appointment.

A Team

Ercolano 10.40 (2015 – 11.49)  

R Galvin 10.33 (10.41)       

Wells 10.35

Lutakome 9.15 (9.49)     

Jones 10.47 (11.45)

        A Galvin 10.34 (10.44)          

 

 

 

B Team

Daburn 11.28

(Sorry no photo!)

 

J Halfacre 12.10 (13.27)

 

  Brant 11.26

 McAllister 12.01 (12.09)

Hodgson 11.34 (12.58)

  R Galvin 10.51 

(Ran last leg to make up 6)

 

 

   

TEAM RESULT 

A TEAM 6^th & B TEAM 14^th in a very high quality race which included teams that always perform exceptionally well in the National Relay. A real gutsy performance from the squad improving their 2015 times

 

 

Unfortunately the drive home was, as usual, a nightmare, and the minibus arrived back at JFS HQ at 7.15 after a 3 hour journey!

Well done to all runners!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wet at Lancing!

The hotly anticipated fixture at Lancing took place this weekend and despite very poor weather, the challenging course was braved by all.

Well done to Alfie Smith who knocked an impressive amount of time off of his previous years effort, and to all the Year 7s who braved the course

Well done to all the seniors for running the 5.6 miles course. Special congrats to Ben Brant, newly returned to the XC fold, and Joe Halfacre who finished so strong.

MATCH AT LANCING COLLEGE vs Brighton Coll, Charterhouse, Harrow, Lancing, Ardingly, Sevenoaks

 

 U16 2.8 miles              

 4. A Smith  16.12  (18.31   -2015)

11. Georgiou  17.00

18. Nkamao  18.37

20. Conway  18.53

21. Ostinello 18.53

28. Kitchen  20.34

29. Boxall 20.36

30. Davis 20.42

31. Hewitt 20.44

32. Miles 20.47

33. Parker 20.57

36. Littlewood 26.43                   36 runners

A TEAM 4^th  

B TEAM 7^th   C TEAM 8^th        

 

SENIORS 5.5 miles 

11. Wells  37.22

12. A Galvin  37.30

14. Jones  38.05

16. R Galvin  38.32

36. J Halfacre  45.31

39. Brant  46.34

40. Hodgson   49.03                     54 runners

 

A TEAM  2^nd