Wellington Relays!

Saturday 3^rd February

Relay competition at Wellington College

5 x 1.5 mile legs

Junior Race at 2pm

            

JUNIORS  7-9	SENIORS
Freddy Georgiou Alfie Smith Joe Conroy Jhon Hilario Ebuka Nkumuo Matthew Conway Zack Johnson-Alleyne Darren Wuddah Paul Hewitt Victor Emmanuel Jonny Miles Luca Dodd Jack Hession Fabio Piccirilo Charlie Kitchen (5 in a team so ALL must attend!)	Ricky Lutakome Gianluca Ercolano Jacob Jones Harry Smith Joe Logue Peter Edwards

TEAMS DECIDED ON THE DAY

INSTRUCTIONS

Meet at the minibus at 11.00. Return after refreshments by 5.00

WEAR WARM CLOTHES

Cold Day at Home Relays

With a limited field to run against it was still a good morning or competitive cross country relay at Plough Lane last Saturday.

Well done to all the runners, the results are as follows!

JUNIORS  

Nkamuo  5.43  fastest jnr lap    Kitchen   7.02

Hilario  5.56                       Hession  7.03

Johnson - A  6.21                F Picirillo  7.09

Wuddah  6.24                     Horle  7.25

Hewitt  6.29                        D Picirillo  7.35 

Victor  6.48                         Casey  7.38

Miles  6.49                          Georgiou 7.47

Dodd  6.52                    

Teams:  2^nd , 3^rd  & 5^th 

INTERS/SENIORS      

Ercolano   5.06 fastest snr lap    Georgiou 5.43

R Galvin  5.26                      Edwards 5.55

Jones  5.30                           Conroy  6.09

Wells  5.42                            Messette  6.25

Teams:   WON  & 3^rd                     

JFS Home Relays this weekend!

This Saturday will see us host a HOME relay

You will be in teams of 4 and run a sub-mile leg. The teams will be organised on the morning

Meet is at 9.30 for all as we need to get the teams organised.

The first race will start at 10.00.

There will be refreshments afterwards and Juniors will be finished by 11.00, Inters and Seniors by 11.30

Please email me at dfell@suttonlea.org if there are any issues

Juniors		Inters	Seniors
Zach Johnson Alley   Aaron Farray Green  Emmanuel Victor   Fabian Opoku   Luke Casey    James Georgiou   Luca Dodd Danielle Picirillo	Matt Conway Leo Ostinelli Ebuka Nkamuo John Hilario Marcus Littlewood Paul Hewitt Jonnie Miles Jacob Horle Luke Davis Charles Kitchen Jack Hession Fabio Piccirillo Darren Wuddah	Alfie Smith Freddy Georgiou Joseph Roberts Joe Conroy Gerry Morris Matthew Taylor Peter Edwards Saul Harvey Luca Gerges Ryan Arunachalam	Ricky Lutakome Ryan Galvin Alex Galvin Finlay Wells Gianluca Ercolano Ben Brant Fabian Daburn John Erne Harry Smith Malachi Messette Joseph Logue

Senior Knole Challenges Once Again!

The intrepid Senior Team travelled to Knole Park in Sevonoaks apprehensive once again with the prospect of  a 6 mile run against the best schoolboy runners in the country, so near to the Xmas break and many mince pies!

However spirits were high despite the knowledge that race favourite Ricky was absent on GB XC duty in Scotland vs The USA and Europe (let you off this time!!)

Unfortunately it seemed that several members of the team had been put the night before and were seemingly a little worse for ware! Time would tell the effect it would have!

The conditions were better than recent years, although still muddy and cold. Warm-ups complete the boys got to the start line in good time instead of the last minute as normal

Runner	Position	Time
Gianluca Ercolano	51st	37.12
Freddy Georgiou	98th	39.31
Jacob Jones	101st	39.38
Alfie Smith	102nd	39.39
Ryan Galvin	122nd	41.22
Malachi Messette	217th	46.31
Peter Edwards	219th	47.43
Harry Smith	INJ	INJ

The competition was very strong, and all the JFS runners can be very proud indeed of their efforts!

Well done Gianluca who ran probably his best run in a JFS shirt. Freddy continued his amazing season with a fantastic position against runners 4 years his senior. Jacob and Alfie ran well together to record great times.

Ryan focused on future fitness and finishing in one piece, and it was a shame that a strong first 4 miles was ruined by sickness (night before?)  for Harry Smith.

Special mention to Malachi and Peter who were running this distance for the first time and who ran well under the 50 minutes target!

Well done to all the runners!

Kennedy Cup Report: Xmas 2017

Cross–Country continues to be a successful sport at John Fisher, with the full squad of 40 runners from Year 7s to Year 13s, and International Standard to Beginner.

The Junior team - Year 7 & 8 - have all run with great heart and determination. Ebuka, Matt Conway, John Hilario and Paul Hewitt have all run well from Year 8, with Zack Johnson-Alleyne showing fantastic potential from amongst the Year 7 runners. The best showing was at Charterhouse where 2^nd place was secured and it was very pleasing to see so many personal bests at local Parkruns.

The Inters, Years 9 & 10, have all ran well, and often run in senior competitions. Success at Charterhouse and Lancing College both highlights, with Freddy Georgiou, Alfie Smith, Joe Conroy and Peter Edwards especially all improving and showing fantastic potential.

The Senior team has once again been extremely successful, competing in major competitions against the powerhouses of school cross country. Year 11 Harry Smith has proved himself against older athletes, and Joe Logue and Malachi Messette have all made the step up. 

Star runner Ricky Lutakome has been supported brilliantly by the Galvin twins, Jacob Jones and Gianluca Ercolano this year. Ricky has been in sparkling form so far this season, beating course records almost everywhere he runs, as well as becoming the first John Fisher winner of the Kings Trophy since 1985.

Last weekend Ricky represented England U20 – he is still 2 years young for this age group - in an International Cross Country Meeting in Spain where he finished 6^th overall, and has been selected for GB U20 team for a match against Europe and USA in Edinburgh on 13 January.

Ricky is an example to his fellow team runners and everyone in this hall from that hard work and commitment can bring success.

The runner of the term however, goes to an athlete whose improvement has astonished his teammates and coaches and who now regularly runs in the Senior Teams despite only being in Year 9 – Freddy Georgiou