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!

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

Haskell Cup stiff challenge once more

The Senior Suad travelled to Guildford for the Haskell Relay, a tough 1.7m leg four man relay through woodland and across sodden field

With a mixture of ages, and some strong competition, this was always going to be a tough proposition, but an enjoyable challenge for all.

Results below

A Team

Position: 11th A team. 16th Overall

Leg One. Robbie Tambling: 12.04

Leg Two. Malachi Messette: 12.38

Leg Three. Freddy Georgiou 11.37

Leg Four: Harry Smith: 12.19

B Team

Position: 7th B Team. 26th Overall

Leg One. Ebuka Nkamuo: 12.46

Leg Two. Chizobo Nkamuo: 12.39

Leg Three. Chris Finch: 13.01

Leg Four. Joe Roberts:  12.48

C Team

Position: 4th C Team. 39th Overall

Leg One. Paul Hewitt: 13.18

Leg Two. Darren Reginald: 14.46

Leg Three. Shaun Bernadet: 13.59

Leg Four. Alfie Smith: 14.10

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

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

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!