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

2nd at Borough Champs!

Huge congrats to the cross country squad who braved the weather to finish a very close second place overall to Wilsons in the Sutton Borough Champs at Sutton Grammar. In the 4 age groups the Year 7s were amazing winning their group - the first to do so from JFS in 8 years. The Year 8/9 and 10/11 came third with our seniors once again winning their group. Overall we tied on positions but were pipped to the title on points. Well done to all the runners

Year 7 1st	Year 8&9 3rd	Year 10&11 3rd	6th Form 1st
6. Christopher Finch 7. Chidalu Obimah 12. Xavier Richmond-Taylor 15. Oliver Anstee 19. Harrison Hayman 27. Ryan Karkut 40. Patrick Gallagher 44. Momodu Mansaray	3. Ebuka Nkamuo 8. Chizoba Nkamuo 16. Zack Johnson-Alleyne 20. Matthew Conway 21. Paul Hewitt 41. Fabio Piccirilo 60. Oliver Levy	3. Freddy Georgiou 11. Alfie Smith 16. Joe Roberts 24. Peter Edwards 26. Christian Musinguzi 33. Dave Bodie 34. Saul Harvey	3. Robbie Tambling 4. Gianluca Ercolano 6. Jacob Jones 9. Malachi Messette 11. Harry Smith 16. Dan Hodgson

Charterhouse Success

The season began in epic style, in epic running conditions in the epic surroundings of Charterhouse in deepest Surrey


Usually later in the season this would prove a tough opener with the infamous Charterhouse Hill and tough, varied course sure to test those runners who had let their fitness slip during the long summer off-season


With only one minibus deployed it was also depleted numbers but all those who attended ran with real heart and in a smaller field than usual we left with medals!


the Junior Team came 3rd after a challenging 2.2m run including some major hills. Ebuka excelled coming 3rd. The Seniors had 2 laps to contend with and finished in 2nd place with new recruit Robbie Tambling debuting with a 3rd place finish and Freddy from Year 10 finishing 4th! Fantastic all round!

Wellington Relays Success

What a great performance at Wellington. Well done Alfie for the fastest Junior time, and to Gianluca for a great first lap

Juniors A Team

Position: First

Leg	Name	Time
1	Alfie Smith	6.58
2	Freddy Georgiou	7.01
3	Jhon Hilario	8.12
4	Ebuka Nkaumo	7.47
5	Matthew Conway	7.55

Juniors B Team

Position: Sixth

Leg	Name	Time
1	Paul Hewitt	8.36
2	Zack Alleyne-Johnson	8.10
3	Emmanuel Victor	9.12
4	Charlie Kitchen	9.20
5	Aaron Farray-Green	8.54

Seniors A Team

Position: Seventh

Leg	Name	Time
1	Gianluca Ercolano	6.29
2	Jacob Jones	7.06
3	Joe Logue	7.13
4	Peter Edwards	7.34
5	Alfie Smith	7.17

CHARTERHOUSE SUCCESS!

What a fantastic team effort at Charterhouse last Saturday, well done to all runners.

The course is difficult with the famous hill towards the end, but is mostly forest and open grass. Conditions were chilly but not too cold, and the field was relatively small. Running in such glorious surroundings, in a school founded by Henry VIII is a great occasion for all.

The Junior team was Years 7-9 and thus was packed with talent, below are the results

JUNIORS (2.2 miles)

  1. Freddy Georgiou  14.39 (2016 - 15.36)

   4. Alfie Smith  15.00 (15.19)

 12. Joseph Conroy  16.14

 13. Ebuka Nkamuo  16.43 (17.44)             

 17. Jhon Hilario 17.00

 18. Zack Johnson-Alleyne  17.01

 19. Matthew Conway  17.02 (17.47)

 20. Calvin Kilama  17.39

22. Leo Ostinello  17.52 (17.46)             

 23. Paul Hewitt  17.54  (18.36)              

 26. Luca Dodd  18.03

 28. Emmanuel Victor  18.17

 31. Sebastian Riofro Cabre  18.52

 32. Fabian Opoku  18.54

 35. Gerry Morris  19.32

 36. Charlie Kitchen  20.28

 37. James Georgiou 20.42              

 38. Jacob Horle  20.43 (23.05)

 39. Fabio Piccirillo  20.51

 41. Luke Casey 22.18

 43. Daniele Piccirillo 22.22

 46. Joseph Taylor  26.34                                            48 runners

JUNIOR TEAMS:    A team RUNNERS UP

              B team 4^th   C team 6^th  D team 8^th  E team 9^th   

Below are some photos of the Juniors, running or walking (most walk) up the famous hill!

Inters  (4.4 miles)

The Inters team was compact and determined, the course would be very tough, 2 laps meaning 4.4 miles and twice up the hill. Running with the Seniors also meant it was very hard to determine just how well you were doing.

Well it turns out they did very well WINNING the competition!

 4. Harry Smith  29.28

 7. Joe Logue  31.59  (2016 – 33.15)

 8. Peter Edwards  32.34

 9.  Malachi Messette  32.43

16. Ryan Arunachalam  51.32                        17 runners

Seniors 

Seniors  (4.4 miles

1.    Ricky Lutakome  24.44  (25.17) 

16. Ryan Galvin  30.25                                                                                                           

                                                        43 runners

The Seniors had just 2 runners, but still both ran superbly in what is their last run at Charterhouse. Ryan picked up an injury mid-way round the course, but Ricky finished with ease, 2 minutes ahead of second place. Domination is the only word. Well done to Ricky and Ryan

Sutton Borough Championship Results

Well done to all the runners who ran for JFS at the Sutton Borough Championships.

The age group were divided into unusual age groups of a Year 7 group, Years 8&9, Years 10&11 and finally seniors. The course at Sutton Grammar’s Northey Avenue was appreciated by all with a mixture of field, shrub land and forest, and interesting course indeed. Whilst the weather was not great, it held off enough to ensure the footing was decent. With big fields in all age groups, with every secondary school in Sutton represented, the day would present a challenge for all

YEAR 7 Johnson-A 9^th   Dotting 12^th  Daniel 24^th  

              O’Sullivan 31^st   Kilama 43^rd  Victor 49^th                

              Casey 52^nd                           

                          

Well done to the Year 7 teams, who all ran with great determination. Zack once again showed his improvement finishing as the first JFS runner, but all ran really well!

YRS 8/9   Georgiou WON  Smith 2^nd Nkamuo 18^th    

                  Hilario 20^th   Roberts 21^st  Hancock 25^th        

                  Conway 39^th  Hewitt 40^th        

                         

 Well done to the 8/9 team, packed with great potential and so it showed with Freddy and Alfie finishing 1st and 2nd and both ending up clear of the chasing pack. Ebuka and Jhon showed their ability, with the whole team contributing very well.

                                                                                                      

YRS 10/11   Logue 6^th  Messette 18^th  Edwards 24^th

                      Lunn 31^st  Harvey 39^th  Amerasinghe 41^st   

                      Gerges 48^th  

                               

Huge thanks to Saul Harvey, who agreed to run at the last moment following Harry Smith's withdrawal, but well done to all of the runners, in particular Joe Logue - showing the benefit of miles in the legs and Malachi who continues to prove a great asset.

YEARS 12/13 Lutakome WON   R.Galvin 3^rd   

                          Jones 4^th  Ercolano 6^th Rodrigues 14^th

                          Brant 16^th  A.Galvin 18^th      

                 

 The Senior Team won in convincing style, as befitting a team packed with such running talent. Ricky won in style, with Ryan, Jacob and Gianluca all performing well. Antonio and Finley arrived in the nick of time, or indeed just afterwards, so well done for getting there! But well done to all!

WINNERS

                                                   

Medalfest at SLH!

Saturday afternoon saw our local running club, South London Harriers, put on their schools’ race competition. For many of the JFS runners, particularly the younger ones, this is the last race of a very busy season. Held on Farthing Downs the courses are challenging, especially the uphill part for the first mile. Despite missing a few key runners who were attending the Croydon mini marathon trials put on at the same time, we had a good attendance by juniors and seniors which ensured that we could be competitive in what was a high quality and larger than usual field.

Our junior team running against mainly year 9s did well to finish in 3^rd team place. Freddy continued to show his improvement this year and the year 7s got round in good times.

The senior team continued their outstanding season finishing runners up to a strong Judd team. Ricky ran a well-judged race to finish a fairly easy winner. He was then able to watch his team mates run in in fine style to claim yet more medals this term. Next week a final relay fixture for them at St Edwards Oxford finishes this successful school season. Good luck to those running in county fixtures and the English Schools in Norwich in the coming weeks as well as the London mini marathon for Sutton or Croydon. More about that as we find out for sure which boys have qualified, however, at this stage we believe that it is a record number from JFS.

Finally, our best wishes go to Joe Halfacre and Sean McAllister as their final A Level exams approach rapidly. We hope that they will be able to achieve their university aspirations. They have been a valuable part of the cross country squad for 7 years. Most impressive is that they have given their all over some of the toughest courses used at schoolboy level and still come back smiling. Try to continue your running lads, between visits to the student union bar, the pool tables and even possibly the library!

South London Harriers Schools Races

                                                                                                                                                                                                  

JUNIORS

  6  Georgiou  12.33                                    

26  Edwards  13.33           3^rd team

32  Nkamuo 

42  Conway

46  Anoop 

53  Hewitt             7^th   (2^nd B team)

54  Hilario

62  Miles                                  65 runners    

INTERS

18 Logue  17.42                      42 runners

SENIORS

WINNER  Lutakome   20.05

  9  R Galvin   21.27                     RUNNERS UP

12  Jones   22.17

15  A Galvin  23.13

37  Daburn

53  J Halfacre

Missing times added when available