Judge Cup Fixture, Years 7-13

Wednesday 29^th November

The Judge Cup

 

(6 x 2 mile legs)

                                     

	A Team This is the order you HAVE to run in according to the rules	B Team This is the order you HAVE to run in according to the rules
Leg 1	Zack Johnson-Alleyne	Aaron Farray Green
Leg 2	Ebuka Nkamuo	Matthew Conway
Leg 3	Freddie Georgiou	Joe Conroy
Leg 4	Alfie Smith	Peter Edwards
Leg 5	Ricky Lutakome	Jacob Jones
Leg 6	Ryan Galvin	Harry Smith

Reserve: Gianluca Ercolano, Jhon Hilario

            

instructions

Come to school in uniform

Change at lunchtime – leave lessons at 12.45.

meet at the  minibus at 12.55

Relays start at 2.30

Return to school by 4.45 after Tea        

RICKY IMPRESSES AT NATIONAL LEVEL

Ricky Lutakome continued his outstanding school for this year in the Liverpool Cross Challenge event last weekend. Over a 4.4 mile course in simply horrendous running conditions against the best U20 runners in the whole country Ricky finished in 8th place

What a stunning achievement.

Whilst only just missing out on selection for the GB Cross-Country U20 World Championship team, we hope Ricky will be representing England once again this year on the back of this strong showing.

Many congratulations to this elite sportsman, who is an example to all of our own Cross Country runners, showing that hard work and discipline bring you great rewards!

Junior Knole Run Challenge

As expected the Junior Knole was a real challenge to our Year 7 & 8 runners last Friday. This is the biggest race for this age group in the country, and whilst only 2.1 miles long, the course feels longer due to the soggy ground and 2 major hills. With 302 runners competing, the field was big and all the JFS runners were up for the challenge!

The team of 12 runners were divided into A,B and C teams depending on their finishing positions. Below are the results

A Team – 20^th

Ebuka Nkamuo	59th	14.28
Matthew Conway	68th	14.40
Joe Hancock	107th	15.02
Jhon Hilaro	109th	15.03

B Team – 38^th

Zack Johnson-Alleyne	134th	15.28
Oscar Wilson	149th	15.38
Leo Ostinelli	159th	15.44
Paul Hewitt	176th	15.59

C Team – 55th

Fabio Piccirillo	204th	16.21
Emmanuel Victor	214th	16.25
Calvin Kilama	249th	17.24
Luca Dodd	250th	17.27

The Food afterwards was swiftly devoured, and all the runners could congratulate themselves on a hard race completed, and valuable experience gained!

NO RACE THIS WEEKEND!

St.Albans Success again

What a fantastic performance by all runners last Wednesday at the St.Albans senior relays. 

Ercolano 10.27 (10.40)         Logue  11.36

R Galvin 10.28 (10.33)          A Smith  10.47

Georgiou 10.41                   Messette 11.48    

Lutakome 8.44 (9.15)           Brant 11.55 (11.26)

Jones 10.22 (10.47)            Edwards  11.08

H Smith 10.08                  R Galvin 10.59        

                                                                                                                                       2016 in brackets

TEAM RESULT 

A TEAM 6^th & B TEAM 13^th in a very high quality race which included teams that finished in the top 10 in the National Relay last year.

Ricky broke the course record by 10 seconds –

just incredible! 

St.Albans Relays selection

Wednesday 15^TH November

St Albans Relay Competition

 

(6 x 2 mile legs)

A & B Teams TBC

Ricky Lutakome Ryan Galvin Finlay Wells Gianluca Ercolano Peter Edwards Ben Brant Jacob Jones Harry Smith Joe Logue Malachi Messette Alfie Smith Freddy Georgiou

                                     

          

instructions

meet at the  minibus at 11.45.

Return to school by 6.45 after Tea        

Junior Knole Selection

Friday 17^th November

Junior Knole Run competition

This is the most important and biggest junior race in the South of England. There are about 300 runners and the standard is very high. It is held in Knole Park and is organised by Sevenoaks School (next to the venue). It is 3.4km/2.1miles long. The ground is likely to be soft so if you have spikes check them today - about 10mm are best. The race starts at 2.45 if your parents wish to come. There is limited parking in Knole Park (NT), alternatively Solefields Rd carpark (opposite the school) as visitor parking at the school is suspended on this afternoon .

You will miss lessons 4 and 5. At 12.10 get changed in the Sportshall and go to the minibus. You will need warm clothes to wear before and after the race as it will be cold. Bring all of your belongings with you in the minibus.

There is food and a presentation of medals after the race.

We will be back at school by about 6.00.

Joe Hancock

Ebuka Nkamuo

Matthew Conway

Jhon Hilario

Leo Ostinelli

Paul Hewitt

Zack Johnson-Alleyne

Calvin Kilama

Luca Dodd

Oscar Wilson

Fabio Piccirillo

Emmanuel Victor

Muddy Success at Lancing

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

Well it was very muddy, pretty cold and somewhat wet but the JFS runners all overcame the odds on Saturday to run impressive times on what is a quintessential cross-country course.

The U16 course started in the very muddy field - see photo below, before a huge hill. This then leads to a rather enjoyable downhill sprint on paths and chalky tracks until a final uphill slog to the finish line. 

The results are below. Well done to Freddy, Peter, Malachi and Ebuka, our first 4 finishers and thus the A Team as they won the competition by just one place! Well done the Year 8s Ebuka, Matt and Jhon who all ran well together. Paul Hewitt improved his 2016 time massively, and for the first-timers there is something to beat next time.

 U16 2.8 miles              

  2. Georgiou  16.02  (2016 - 17.00)

  8. Edwards  17.45

10. Messette  17.54

13. Nkamuo  18.26  (18.37)

14. Conway  18.30  (18.53)

15. Hilario  18.45

18. Conroy  19.15

19.  Johnson-Alleyne  19.23

23. Hewitt 19.55  (20.44)

25. Farray  20.23

26. Opoku  20.24

27. Victor 20.30

30. Riofro-Cabre  20.55

34. JGeorgiou  22.04

35. Horle  29.01

36. Kitchen  inj                                      36 runners

A TEAM WON     B TEAM 5^th   C TEAM 6^th  D TEAM 7^th          

The Senior course is a real challenge. A long distance with 3 hills and run on uneven tracks. Well done to all who ran, especially Ryan after his late night (and Mr Galvin). Harry showed some ominous form once again. The miles will stand them all in good stead for challenges to come!

SENIORS 5.6 miles 

 8.  R Galvin  38.06  (38.32)

 9.  HSmith  38.10

11.  Ercolano  38.44

13. Jones  39.01  (38.05)

45. Brant 50.08  (46.34)                       50 runners

                    

A TEAM  3^rd  (10 teams)

Lancing Fixture

This week’s race is a competition put on by Lancing College – a famous and very old public school in West Sussex. The postcode is BN15 0RW and the school website is http://www.lancingcollege.co.uk/ 

This is a challenging race and previous runners have really enjoyed it.

The Junior Course is 2.8 miles long so slightly longer than you are used to, but the majority of it is downhill!

The Senior Course is 5.6 miles and will be a challenge – but we relish challenges! (Inters can run either course – we will decide on the day)

 

Please meet at school at 12.30. We will be returning to school by about 6.15 after a hot meal and results presentation.

Please let us know if your parents are taking you there so that we can fill the minibuses.

Please email me if you are going direct or there are any issues at dfell@suttonlea.org

Juniors (7-9)		Inters (10/11)	Seniors (6th)
Zach Johnson Alley   Sebastian Riofro Cabre   Aaron Farray Green  Calvin Kilama   Emmanuel Victor   Fabian Opoku   Luke Casey    James Georgiou   Luca Dodd Danielle Picirillo	Alfie Smith Freddy Georgiou Joseph Roberts Joe Conroy Gerry Morris Matthew Taylor Matt Conway Leo Ostinelli Ebuka Nkamuo John Hilario Paul Hewitt Jonnie Miles Jacob Horle Charles Kitchen Jack Hession Fabio Piccilrillo	Peter Edwards Harry Smith Malachi Messette Joseph Logue	Ryan Galvin Finlay Wells Gianluca Ercolano Ben Brant