LEAGUE RELAYS AT HOME 28th January

This was quite a low key fixture as a number of runners were competing in the South of England champs on Parliament Hill. Tiffin, Oxted and Whitgift were able to bring teams. Fortunately the weather was kind to us with the rain just about holding off. It really does make a difference particularly when the start and finish lines are right in the middle of the playing fields.

4 good legs from the juniors saw them finish second to an always impressive team from Whitgift. Harry running for the first time since a long spell injured volunteered for an extra leg to complete our team and showed a good consistency in his times.

Gianluca and Jacob proved their good form ready for the National relay next week in Coventry. Joe, in his last season, is always a reliable team member who is really enjoying his running even though he knows he will never be as quick as some of the team!

Medals are awarded for the overall winners of the series of 3 league relays. Although finishing in 2^nd places today we had done enough in prior relays to be named WINNERS in both the junior and senior age groups. The number of medals is limited so they will be given to the boys who have taken part in the most league relays this year.

JUNIORS

JOHN FISHER A	NKAMUO 6.14	CONWAY 6.29	SMITH A 6.08	KITCHEN 7.06	2
OXTED A	6.19	6.41	6.44	6.28	3
TIFFIN A	7.08	7.40	9.01	6.43	6
WHITGIFT A	6.06	6.28	6.57	6.11	1
WHITGIFT B	6.40	7.21	6.42	7.13	4
WHITGIFT C	7.01	7.10	7.25	7.25	5

 

INTERS

JOHN FISHER A	GERGES 6.35	EDWARDS 6.13	SMITH 6.05	SMITH 6.08	2
OXTED A	5.58	6.09	5.36	5.15	1

 

SENIORS

JOHN FISHER A	ERCOLANO 5.30	HALFACRE 6.30	BRANT 5.57	JONES 5.27	2
OXTED A	6.12	6.32	6.55	6.33	3
TIFFIN A	5.25	5.27	5.47	6.31	1

 

 

GOATER CUP at HABS, Elstree 25th January

This is the first relay competition of the Easter term and is somewhat different in that teams are made up of runners from different year groups. The race is always exciting with ever-changing positions as it progresses, as schools can run their teams in any age order, so year 7s’ may find themselves running with Sixth Form. The result is rarely obvious until the last of each team has run. One lap of the reservoir means that it is a fairly good spectator course, however, this year the fog meant that there was little warning of incoming runners.The increasingly slippy changeover zone provided for some spectacular finishes to some legs! A running order for JFS of youngest to oldest meant that we moved up the order gradually as the race progressed finally finishing in a very creditable 5^th A team with the B team 17^th out of 29 teams, both an improvement on last year.

Good performances from Alfie (6^th fastest yr 8) and particularly Freddy who ran his best race to date (2^nd fastest yr 8). Well done to Ebuka and Matthew running this race for the first time. Ricky picked up the fastest leg for the second year running, satisfyingly beating his very keen rivals by just 1 and 2 seconds.

Nkamuo 11.19

Conway 11.23

A Smith  10.30  6^th fastest yr8      (10.41 – 2016)

Georgiou  10.07 2^nd fastest yr8   (11.22)

Charnock 11.37     

H Smith  10.01

Logue 10.29

Jones  9.47      (10.28)

Lutakome  8.20 fastest leg overall in race

Wells  9.36

A Galvin  9.44   (9.51)

R Galvin  9.42   

KNOLE RUN COMPLETED

SENIOR KNOLE_ SATURDAY 14TH JANUARY

This event is undoubtedly the most important school race of a runner’s career. It is considered to be the National race for schools with a known reputation for cross country attending from all over the country. Over a tough and hilly 6 miles with usually wet or snowy and slippery conditions it is very testing to say the least. Any John Fisher boy finishing this course can be very proud of himself. Going back to do it a second or even third time without complaining as some of the team did takes a strong constitution. We have those runners!  This year Knole Park was still covered in snow and with nearly 300 runners churning up the ground it proved to be energy sapping.

All of the team acquitted themselves well. A special mention must go to Alfie Smith (yr 8) running for the first time amongst mainly Sixth Form. He was set a challenging target of finishing in the top 200 and amazingly finished in 127^th in a little over 40 minutes. Jacob Jones showed his much improved form this year by finishing 80 places higher than last year shaving over 2 minutes off his time. Ricky continued to impress with a 5^th place finish, unluckily losing a place in the last 100m due to slipping on the last steep downhill tight corner.

   5    Lutakome  34.03   

  83   A Galvin  38.56

  85   R Galvin 38.57

 112  Jones  40.26  

127   A Smith   41.15

225   J Halfacre  51.27

227   Brant  51.38

 

A TEAM   14^th                                

                    34 teams       270 runners

Well done to everyone for completing this very tough, snowy and slippy National Senior 6 mile race against the very best runners in the country. A fantastic effort by all of you.

           

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT WHITGIFT

Saturday 10^th December

League races at Whitgift

Juniors       31 runners

 3. Georgiou  9.45             20. Roberts  10.55

 4. Charnock  10.02          21. Parker  10.56

 6. Conroy  10.10              25. Boxall   11.16

 7. Ostinelli  10.14           26. Davis  11.19

11. Anoop  10.23              28. Hewitt  11.39

15. Nkamao  10.38          29. Horle  12.06

19. Conway  10.51   

Beat Tiffin, Oxted & Whitgift

 

Inters        10 runners

  4. Logue  16.01

  6. Edwards  17.12

  8. Biju  18.16

Incomplete scoring team

 

Seniors    13 runners

1.    Wells  14.25  Well done – first win in JFS colours!

2.    R Galvin  14.37                                                                 

4.    Jones  14.57

5.    A Galvin  15.03

6.    Daburn  15.56

7.    Ercolano  16.01

8.    Brant  16.12

Beat  Tiffin, Oxted & Whitgift very convincingly

Tough Run at Hampton!

Wednesday 7^th December

St Pauls-hampton Paarlauf  Competition

 

     SENIORS U20

     Lutakome

     A Galvin                 4th A TEAM    

     Wells

 

     Brant

     Hodgson             B TEAM   9^th

     Daburn                                                

 

     INTERS U17    

     Ercolano

    Jones               RUNNERS UP

     A Smith

    

     Good results in a surprisingly strong field of opposition.

WHITGIFT AWAY ON SATURDAY

The last Saturday fixture of the year is a league race at Whitgift. Obviously we want to perform well at our local rivals, and with no rugby this coming weekend we can be at full strength!

 

The race start is earlier than usual and is at 9.00 for Juniors and around 9.30 for Inters/Seniors

 

There will be refreshments afterwards and we should be ready to leave Whitgift – in full glory hopefully – at around 11.00

 

As it is local, it would be helpful if you could make your own arrangements for travel to Whitgift.

 

The school address is Haling Park, South Croydon, CR2 6YT

 

I will however be driving a minibus from school and leaving at 8.15 sharp so the whole squad can meet outside the main school building entrance at Whitgift at 8.30

 

Please email me at dfell@suttonlea.org or tell me at school if you need to catch the minibus because obviously numbers are limited

 

Then race usually starts and finishes in the bottom fields

 

Juniors		Inters	Seniors
Ebuka Nkamuo 7N Matthew Conway 7N Leo Ostinelli 7T Paul Hewitt 7B Charles Kitchen 7N Oliver Boxall 7K Jack Hession 7N Jonnie Miles 7C Jacob Horle 7K	Alfie Smith 8C Freddie Georgiou 8F Jacob Hanbury 8C Sam Charnock 8C James Parker 8N Joseph Roberts 8B Christi Anoop 8N Joe Conroy 8B Luke Davis 7C Marcus Littlewood 7C	Chris Mamendyi 10N Joe Logue 10F Jude Watson 10N Peter Edwards 9N Luca Gerges 9B Galvin Biju 9N Saul Harvey 9C	Sean McAllister (c) Ricky Lutakome Finley Wells Ryan Galvin Alex Galvin Fabien Daburn Joe Halfacre Gianluca Ercolano Jacob Jones Dan Hodgson Ben Brant

Oxted Race

Due to one minibus and unavailability, it was a much reduced JFS presence at Oxted for the League Race.

With Tiffin 'up north' at the National Finals, it was just Oxted and JFS to compete.

However it was perfect running conditions, and both races proved very competitive

Juniors

1st

1st	Freddy Georgiou	12.17
3rd	Ebuka Nkamuo	12.28
4th	Joe Conroy	12.36
5th	Leo Ostinelli	12.43
8th	Matt Conway	12.57
9th	Joe Roberts	13.49
10th	James Parker	14.04
11th	Charles Kitchen	14.41

Seniors

2nd

2nd	Jacob Jones	14.20
5th	Joe Logue	15.19
6th	Peter Edwards	15.56
8th	Jude Watson	16.51

WELL DONE TO YOU ALL FOR RUNNING SO WELL

WHITGIFT AWAY NEXT WEEKEND!

Tiffin Relays

Despite some late call-off's and no-shows, a hardy bunch of JFS athletes braved the cold to travel to Hampton Court and Tiffin's home ground for a league relay.

Despite some confusing course alterations, the task was clear. Unfortunately only 7 Juniors and 6 Seniors had made it so we had incomplete teams.

The Juniors all ran well, with Joe Conroy on his debut impressing. Ebuka once again ran the best leg. The Juniors came 3rd overall

A Team

Leg 1: Matt Conway 5.43
Leg 2: Oliver Boxall 5.58
Leg 3: Ebuka Nkamuo 5.31
Leg 4: Leo Ostinello 5.48

B Team

Leg 1: Joe Roberts 5.51
Leg 2: Joe Conroy 5.39
Leg 3: Charles Kitchen 5.35
Leg 4: Matt Conway (2nd run) 5.43

The Seniors ran very well with a depleted team, and finished 2nd behind Oxted

A Team

Leg 1: Gianluca Ercolano 4.40
Leg 2: Fabien Daburn 5.05
Leg 3: Jacob Jones 4.51
Leg 4: Finley Wells 4.35

B team

Leg 1: Joe Halfacre 5.29

WELL DONE TO ALL RUNNERS