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!

2019/20 Fixture List

CROSS COUNTRY FIXTURE LIST 2019-20     

Fixtures are for all ages & are morning races unless otherwise stated.

September     

Sat 14   Charterhouse Cup (pm)  

Sat 21   League race at Tiffin              

 ????     House Cross Country

Sat 28  League relay at Oxted

October

Wed 2  Kings Trophy Wimbledon (snrs)

Sat 5    League relay at Tiffin

Wk beg 7th  1^st rd Eng Sch XC Cup (jnrs/intrs)

Sat 12    FREE

Wed 16   Sutton Boro Championships

HALF TERM

November

Sat 2  Parkrun at Roundshaw

Wed 6  Haskell Cup (snrs)

Sat 9  League race at JFS

Fri 15 Junior Knole Run (yrs 7/8)

Sat 16  Lancing (all ages pm)

Sat 23  Race at Oxted    offer to Wallington/Trinity??????

Wed 27 Judge Cup (7–13)

Sat 30  Race at Tiffin      offer to Wallington/Trinity????

December

Wed 4 Paarlauf at Hampton School (snrs)

Sat 7  League relay at JFS

Wed 11  Davies relay at Judd (snrs)

January    

Sat 4     Surrey clubs

Sat 11    Knole Run (snrs) (pm)  

Sat 18   Surrey Schools (am/pm) (Sutton  Boro invite only)

Sat 25   FREE

Wed 29 ??  HABS Relay (7-13)

February

Sat 1 ?  Wellington Relays (pm)

Wed 5   Henry VIII National Relay in Coventry

Sat 8    Parkrun for Sutton mini marathon team

Tues 11 ????  Radley relays              

             

                               HALF TERM

Sun ???? South East Schools at Harrow

March

Sat 7  SLH Schools Races (pm)

??? Croydon mini marathon trials (am)

                  END OF TERM

19 Apr  London Marathon/mini marathon      

End of Season report

Cross-Country has once again completed a successful season with several runners showing huge commitment to then sport and continuously improving.

The highlights this term include the two national events. The Senior Knole Run attracts schools from as far away as Ireland and is THE national race. The 5.8 mile course in a real challenge, and to finish as the 12^th placed team and the first comprehensive state school was one of our best results in recent years.

It was then relay season, with distances usually 1.5-2.5 miles per leg.

At the Gaoter Cup a runner from each Year Group 7-13 were needed per team and 7^th place was fantastic. Chris Finch in Year 7 outstanding in recording the 2^nd quickest lap time for a Year 7.

The Wellington Relays fell victim to the weather so it was on to the National RELAY race in Coventry where, for the first time in 5 years, a number of circumstances, led to a disappointing overall performance but still a remarkably quick lap time from Year 10 Freddy Georgiou.

7^th at Radley and 4^th at the local South London Harriers completed the season.

Massive thanks go to those Seniors who have pulled on the John Fisher vest for the final time, captain Jacob Jones, Gianluca Ercolano and Ben Brant, and well done to all those who have run this year in every year group.

The cross country shield is awarded this year to a runner whose commitment to cross-country is remarkable considering he is the only runner from his year group. Not blessed with the natural talent of others, he has exhibited that crucial attribute of all runners, determination and commitment that has seen his run really well at national events.

The shield this year goes to Peter Edwards

Radley Relays

Tuesday 12^th February 2019

Radley College ReLays, Abingdon

     

SENIORS

Ercolano  11.56

Brant  12.12

Edwards  13.37

Jones  12.55

7th A team             25 teams

                     

INTERS

Georgiou  11.32    4^th fastest inters lap

Nkamuo  12.37

Hewitt  14.19

Roberts  13.10

6th A team                  17 teams

                                                                                                   

                                       

Fantastic result at the Goater

Well done to the A and B teams who both recorded excellent performances at the windy and cold Goater Cup relay. Congrats to Chris Finch who ran a fantastic leg to be the 2nd quickest Year 7 runner!

Overall School Results Rank School Time
1 Southend 00:57:47
2 St Albans 00:57:56
3 Haberdashers' A 01:01:12
4 St Albans B 01:01:23
5 Southend B 01:01:28
6 Sir Thomas Rich's 01:02:56
7 John Fisher 01:03:05
8 St Columba's 01:03:31
9 UCS 01:03:38
10 Haberdashers' B 01:03:52
11 Watford Boys 01:04:44
12 Tiffin 01:06:32
13 John Fisher B 01:08:10
14 UCS B 01:08:45
15 Cardinal Vaughan 01:10:18
16 Tiffin B 01:10:44
17 Sir Thomas Rich's B 01:13:30

Wellington Relays!

Saturday 2^nd February

Relay competition at Wellington College

5 x 1.5 mile legs

Junior Race at 2pm

            

JUNIORS  7-9		Inters 10-11 & Seniors
Ebuka Nkamuo Matt Conway Paul Hewitt Darren Wuddah Fabio Piccirilo Jonnie Miles Charlie Kitchen Jack Hession Emmanuel Victor Fabian Opoku Luca Dodd Chris Finch Oliver Anstee	Xavier Richmond-Taylor Chidalu Obimah Ryan Karkut Patrick Gallagher Momodu Mansaray Jack Mitchener  Evan Nwanua  Leon Dankwa  Kaiden Halley  Ben Anderson  Dawid Serwin  Ashley Chin	Jacob Jones Gianluca Ercolano  Freddy Georgiou Ben Brant Peter Edwards Joe Roberts Joe Conroy

TEAMS DECIDED ON THE DAY

This is a 5-man relay, each leg is 1.5 miles

It will be a muddy course so wear spikes if you have them, otherwise trainers will be fine

Meet at the minibus at 11.00. Return after refreshments by 5.00

WEAR WARM CLOTHES

Sorry for the late notice but we have only just secured a second minibus

There is no rugby this weekend!

Juniors – opportunities have been rare this season due to several reasons, but this is the penultimate Saturday fixture of the season and it would be great to see you run

Mr Street will be coming with us – so it is really important we do our very best in front of the Head of Sport at JFS!

HABs Relays

Wednesday 23^rd January

 

Goater Cup Relay at

Haberdashers’ Aske’s, Hertfordshire

 

 

Year	A	B
7	Chris Finch	Oliver Anstee
8	Zak Johnson-Alleyne	Harrison Hayman
9	Ebuka Nkamuo	Matt Conway
10	Freddy Georgiou	Joe Roberts
Snr	Gianluca Ercolano	Robbie Tambling
Snr	Jacob Jones	Harry Smith

 

This is a 1.7 mile 6-man relay and the teams can run in any order.

 

The course is a mixture of path and wooden track so short spikes would be an advantage

 

Come to school in kit as we need to leave promptly at 12.00

 

The relay begins at 2.30

 

There is a hot meal afterwards and we will return around 6.40

Bring waterproofs, trainers and warm clothes

 

I need to know before Wednesday if you cannot run as I will need to find a replacement

 

Senior Park Run Success

The JFS senior squad took on the challenge of the Senior Knole Run on the 12th Jan knowing the punishing 5.8 mile course would dust away any Christmas cobwebs.


All were challenged to improve on last years times and there were some fantastic performances.


To finish as the 12th placed A team and the First State Comprehensive was a great achievement by all involved

29   G Ercolano   35.32  (2018 - 37.12)   

58   F Georgiou   37.16  (39.31)

93    J Jones  39.53  (39.38)     

96    B Brant  40.10

120   M Messette  41.39 (46.31)

188   P Edwards  45.49 (47.43)

 

12^th A TEAM                                    

                    28 teams       245 runners

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