Thursday, 10 October 2019

Tiffin Relays

A depleted XC squad travelled to Tiffin for the League relays on Saturday 5th October with the Whitgift weekend pulling several into Rugby and the Seniors recovering from their midweek efforts

Nonetheless great credit must go to the runners who ran, and their fitness will have been massively improved!

Results were good and are below

Juniors

Daniel Finch               5.10
Anthony Obtulwicz    5.27
Roberto Holmes         6.06
Emmanuel Victor       5.16


Inters

Paul Hewitt            4.47
Jack Hession          5.08
Charlie Kitchen      6.07
Fabian Opoku         5.32

Kings trophy Challenge

The Senior squad embarked on their first midweek fixture to the daunting course through Wimbledon Common on Wednesday 2nd October for 4.7 miles, through forest and gold course!

Turned away from the early toilet break, some runners had to embark on a long excursion to the toilet at the other end of the common, but the whole team were ready to go when the time came

The river wouldn't be an obstacle this year due to environmental reasons, and the deluge of rain that week so far hadn't actually made the course a quagmire

Stirring words from captain Messette who has impressed all with his leadership skills so far this year got the team ready, and a first appearance of XC legend Miss Tomes and coach Francis meant we were fully motivated

The race was a little confusing, with stewarding errors leading to at least 3 separate races being run, but a strong field including some of the best schools in the country would be a tough but rewarding field.

The boys all ran really well, and all can take great heart from their performances. All who had previously ran bettered their times, and the first-timers can be confident now they have run this distance

Results below


39th
Freddy Georgiou
25.37
58th
Malachi Messette
26.57
67th
Harry Smith
27.43
69th
Joseph Roberts
27.47
75th
Ebuka Nkamou
28.14
83rd
Chisoro Nkamuo
28.33
92nd
Paul Hewitt
29.44



Oxted Relay Winners!

Perfect running conditions greeted the JFS team at oxted for the 1 mile relay race. With good numbers, especially in the Juniors, it was a great morning and we came away with great results!

Juniors


A TEAM
1ST
1
Daniel Finch
5.59
2
Ollie Rayner
6.32
3
Lucien Gillion
6.45
4
Adam Reeves
6.19








B TEAM
4TH
1
Aidan Orpin
6.12
2
Roberto Holmes
7.44
3
Ollie Hession
6.24
4
Charlie Bond
7.01




C TEAM
7TH
1
Chidalu Obimah
5.50
2
Daniel Borici
6.51
3
Garnet Walters
7.27
4
Kaden Opara
7.30




D TEAM

1
Ryan Woode
6.58
2
Oliver Dunn
7.43
3
Anthony Obtulwicz
7.16



Inters


A TEAM
2nd
1
Ebuka Nkamou
5.22
2
Paul Hewitt
6.01
3
Jack Hession
6.31
4
Chisora Nkamou
5.47




B TEAM
5th
1
Kirabo Kawuki
6.34
2
Callum Pullen
7.32
3
Faraj Nourdeen
7.46
4
Charlie Kitchen
7.51


Seniors


A Team
5th
1
Malachi Messette
5.34
2
Darren Reginald
5.52
3
Joe Roberts
5.52
4
Freddy Georgiou
5.23


Tiffin Debuts a Success

Saturday 21st September saw a number of highly promising Year 7 runners make their debuts for JFS at Tiffin school.

They all ran with great heart and determination, special mention to Daniel Finch (7N) who ran for the Inters age group.

The Inters ran well to shake off early season cobwebs, and the Seniors also ran with gusto.

Times and results to follow, but below are the debut runners - well done all!

House Cross Country

This annual event was held earlier this year, which is excellent news for XC, allowing talent identification at an earlier stage.

Full results to be published at the end of term Kennedy Cup, but below are the top finishers in each year group.

An excellent showing from regular school runners!

YEAR 7 YEAR 8 YEAR 9
1 ADAM REEVES 1 FINCH CHRIS 1 RIOFRIO SEB
2 DANIEL FINCH 2 ANSTEE OLIVER 2 DODD LUCA
3 OLLIE RAYNER 3 OBIMAH CHIDALU 3 VICTOR EMMANUEL
4 OLLIE HESSION 4 DESPERT CHRIS 4 GASKA KACPER
5 LUCIEN GILLION 5 HAYMAN HARRISON 5 WIAFE RYAN
YEAR 10 YEAR 11 SENIOR
1 EBUKA NKAMUO 1 JOSEPH ROBERTS 1 TAMBLING ROBBIE
2 CHIZOBA NKAMUO 2 JAMIE SMITH 2 SMITH HARRY
3 PAUL HEWITT 3 ALFIE SMITH 3 MESSETTE MALACHI
4 MAX DICKSON 4 KEVIN DUAH 4 AJETUNMOBI OLUWATOBI
5 JACK HESSION 5 ALEXANDER ROMANOWSKI 5 SULLIVAN TOM






Tuesday, 1 October 2019

Second at Charterhouse

A fabulous performance at Charterhouse over the gruelling 4 mile course saw 2nd place secured and some real sweat and determination on show

With a reduced but experienced team, with Emmanuel Victor agreeing to run an age group up, the aim was to simply get around as most of the team had limited fitness after the summer months.

Conditions were perfect for running, and the setting of Charterhouse always inspires

Alfie finished as the top JFS runner in, followed by Paul Hewitt and Joe Roberts and Ebuka pipped Jack on the final bend. Well done to Emmanuel and Matthew who ran with great heart



10 Smith Alfie 33:17
12 Hewitt Paul 34:22
17 Roberts Joe 35:27
18 Nkamuo Ebuka 36:07
19 Hession Jack 36:11

It was quite a surprise when we were announced as 2nd, but well done to all the runners, what a great start to the season!