Fantastic Junior Knole Performance!

The Junior Team travelled to Knole Park in Sevenoaks, for the annual Junior Knole Run. This is the biggest national race for Juniors, with participating schools from across the country.

The conditions were horrendous, rain and cold, plus a very muddy course. With competition so high the 12 plucky Year 7 & 8 runners set off with gusto.

The results were fantastic!

Chris Finch	24th	14.07	8th place
Adam Reeves	28th	14.14
Oliver Anstee	54th	14.53
Daniel Finch	55th	14.53
Ollie Rayner	75th	15.31	27th place (5th B team)
Ollie Hession	104th	16.03
Charlie Bond	120th	16.13
Anthony Obtulowicz	121st	16.14
Lucien Gillion	136th	16.34	45th place
Patrick Gallagher	175th	17.16
Aidan Orpin	221st	18.52
Roberto Holmes	230th	19.01

Well done to Chris Finch for improving his 2019 position by 20 places, amazing run by year 7 Adam Reeves to finish 28th out of 300+ is great. Well done to Oliver Anstee who had his best run for the school and Daniel Finch proved the running genes run strong by completing the A team.
Everyone ran brilliantly, and special mention to Ollie Rayner who took a full length fall at the start, and to Aidan Orpin who ran the course in trainers

Honestly this was an outstanding performance by all concerned!

Junior Knole Improvement

Huge congratulations to the 11 harfy year 7s and 8s who ran the prestigious Junior Knole run last friday to record the best result at the event for 3 years.
the A Team finished in 14th place, which considering it is the national event for their age group bodes very well for the future. The 2.1 mile course is on soft ground with a dangerously packed start and 2 big hills to overcome.
Well done to all

A TEAM - 14th overall, 12th A team

Position	Runner	Time
39	Chris Finch	13.56
50	Zack Johnson-Alleyne	14.05
67	Oliver Anstee	14.24
93	Harrison Hayman	14.42

B TEAM - 35th Overall

Position	Runner	Time
106	Xavier Richmond-Taylor	14.52
128	Luca Dodd	15.19
129	Fabian Opoku	15.21
156	Emmanuel Victor	15.56

C TEAM - Incomplete team

Position	Runner	Time
163	Patrick Gallagher	16.01
206	Ryan Karkut	17.00
229	Philip Motyl	18.11

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!

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

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!