Parkrun Training

The JFS squad decamped to the local Parkrun where the runners who competed got an excellent run in decent conditions to help prepare for challenges ahead. Well done to all who ran, espeiclaly those on their first ever Parkrun and those that recorded PBs!

3rd	Joe Roberts	Year 11	20.27  PB
13th	Adam Reeves	Year 7	21.32
18th	Shaun Bernadet	Year 12	21.50
24th	Jack Hession	Year 10	22.45  PB
28th	Oli Rayner	Year 7	23.08
33rd	Lucien Gillion	Year 7	23.42
36th	Anthony Obtulowicz	Year 7	23.54
82nd	Roberto Holmes	Year 7	27.50  PB
92nd	Daniel Borici	Year 7	28.38

Xmas Kennedy Cup Report

John Fisher School

Cross-Country Report Christmas Term 2019

What is Cross country? Running right? It’s a bit more than that

You run in all weathers, rain, ice, snow, across a route with grassy fields, mud, forests, uneven paths and hills that go on forever, and sometimes a river to cross, and sometimes all of those things in the same race.

The distances vary from 2 miles for juniors up to 6 miles for Seniors. You run as an individual, against the clock and against your fellow runners, but you also run as a team where every place counts so there is no chance to slack off.

You need to be mentally as well as physically strong. There is no half time, no substitutions, no breaks. You just need to keep going.

It is extremely tough but extremely rewarding – and another busy and enjoyable term of competition sees John Fisher retaining its reputation locally and nationally.

One key reason for this is a hugely talented and dedicated Year 7 intake who have made our Junior squad very strong, most of whom have also played rugby for the school but run whenever they could. The Junior Team have won the Relays at Oxted twice and at John Fisher, as well as finishing in First Place at the Sutton Borough Championships.

The Highlight was the Junior Knole, the biggest race in the country for Juniors, where 8^th place was secured out of 50+ teams. An incredible performance on a cold and wet day over an extremely challenging course and the best the school has seen in ten years.

Chris Finch and Oliver Anstee have impressed from Year 8 – Chris finishing 24^th out of 309 runners at the Junior Knole, and from Year 7 Adam Reeves, Daniel Finch, Oliie Rayner, Lucion Gillian and Ollie Hession have ran really well, but several others have also impressed. Adam Reeves finished 28^th at the Junior Knole, an incredible achievement considering he is still Year 7.

The Inters have performed well in League fixtures, with the Year 8 & 9 team finishing 4^th at the Sutton Boroughs. The highlight was second place finish at Charterhouse. A number of this age group have been running for the senior team, showing their huge potential. Consistently impressive were Ebuka and Chizoba, Paul Hewitt and Jack Hession while Emmanuel Victor has carried the flag for Year 9.

The Seniors have had depleted numbers and so have relied on younger runners a lot this season. Robbie Tambling, Harry Smith and Malachi Messette have been consistent from the 6^th Form, and Freddy Georgiou and Joe Roberts from Year 11 have been committed throughout. The competition has been tough and the standard high in all the fixtures, but the age of the squad will stand us in good stead in the future. The Year 10/11 and 6^th Form teams both finished 2^nd at the Sutton Boroughs

The Overall highlight was winning the Sutton Borough Cross Country Championships for the first time in 5 years. All the students from all the age groups who ran deserve credit as they all played their part, and a narrow victory by 4 points was just reward for a sport that is truly ‘whole-school’

Parlauf at Hampton

Two JFS teams set off for Hampton school for the highly different and enjoyable Parlauf

Running in teams of three, this flexible relay over the 1.8 mile course for 24 minutes is basically shuttle runs and not at all the usual XC scene

Both the Senior and Inter team ran really well against stiff opposition

The Seniors finishing 6th, and the Inters 5th

The teams were

Seniors

Freddy Georgiou
Ebuka Nkamuo
Malachi Messette

Inters

Chizoba Nakamuo
Chris Finch Paul Hewitt

A Muddy Slog at Oxted

On a wet morning, over a very wet course, the XC team ran with great heart and determination to perform brilliantly at Oxted over the weekend

The Juniors all ran good times, and the finishing positions are below

1. Adam Reeves
3. Ollie Rayner
6. Daniel Finch
7. Ollie Hession
11. Lucian Gillion
14. Charlie Bond
16. Aidan Orpin
18. Daniel Borici
19. Roberto Holmes

This meant we finished 1st! Well done!

Regrettably we could not field full Inters or Senior teams, but there were some great runs anyway!

1. Freddy Georgiou

5. Ebuka Nakmuo

6. Paul Hewitt

9. Shaun Bernadet

11. Jack Hession

Home Match Win!

Tiffin travelled to Plough Lane on Saturday 9th November for a Home League Race and JFS duly won the mob race and the Junior race.

With a smaller team than usual, it was great to see the runners come higher in the positions and deservedly gain some of the limelight - well done to all who ran!

	Name	Year	Time
2	Paul Hewitt	10	12.10
3	Adam Reeves	7	12.36
4	Jack Hession	10	12.41
5	Shaun Bernadet	12	13.03
7	Callum Pullan	9	13.37
9	Oliver Hession	7	10.00
10	Lucion Gillion	7	14.10
11	Emmanuel Victor	9	14.06
12	Charlie Bond	7	15.05
14	Roberto Holmes	7	15.21
15	Kirabo Kawuki	8	15.58
16	Aidan Orpin	7	16.27
17	Oliver Dunn	7	16.50
19	Kadan Opara	7	17.23
20	Rolando Wellington	7	17.37

BOROUGH CHAMPIONS!

Having come so close in recent years, and 2nd last year after a points count back, John Fisher were finally able to put the consistent performance together across all age groups to win the Sutton Borough Cross-Country Championships

The 1 mile course was, as usual, brilliantly marked at Sutton Grammar, and a good XC course with flat, wooded areas and a small hill to contend with. Perfect running weather meant we were up for the start.

JFS had come fully prepared, with Miss Tomes and Francis as usual, alongside Mr O'Hallaran and Mr Street in support!

The First Years ran brilliantly to tie in 1st Place

4th Adam Reeves
6th Daniel Finch
10th Ollie Hession
25th Lucion Gillian
30th Charlie Bond
48th Roberto Holmes
50th Archie McCabe
54th Aidan O'Sulivan
55th Aidan Orpin
62nd  Daniel Borici
68th Ollie Rayner - Injured at the end at had to walk in at the back

The Year 8/9 Team ran very well and finished in 4th Place

5th Chris Finch

17th Ryan Wiafe

18th Luca Dodd

23rd Chidalu Obimah

24th Oliver Anstee

42nd Emmanuel Victor

60th Lucas Hammond

61st Kaspar Gorkas

INJ Patrick Gallagher

The Year 10/11 team finished a well deserved 2nd place

4th Freddy Georgiou

9th Joe Roberts

15th Ebuka Nkamuo

16th Chisoro Nkumau

20th Jamie Smith

21st Alfie Smith

24th Paul Hewitt

25th Joe Ketcher

29th Kevin Duah

32nd Max Dickson

41st Jack Hession

58th Alex Romanowski

The Seniors lost their long-standing crown to an impressive Sutton Grammar and finished in a very creditable 2nd place

4th Robbie Tambling

8th Malachi Messette

10th Harry Smith

14th Shaun Bernadet

15th Darren Reginald

16th Teddy Dwyer

So when the results were counted, after an afternoon of hard graft we had finished tied with Wilsons, so the overall finishing

points are then counted

This resulted in a John Fisher win by 6 points!

WELL DONE TO ALL THE SQUAD - A REAL TEAM EFFORT

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

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