Head's Newsletter 9 December 2016

CROSS COUNTRY NEWS

The seven strong squad of Alistair Brendon, Jack Hartrey, Joe Murphy, Tom Armstrong, Matthew O’Donovan, Will Murphy and Euan Sinclair produced the string of performances of a lifetime in forging Tiffin through to the Final of the English schools cross country cup for the first time in Tiffin History.

was just behind them and Jack did well against the best the country could put up against him. The team completed their target of beating the third place teams from around England. Having us ranking 16 th in the country is a best so far for us in the lower age groups; we have to go back to the senior performance of the team coming 9 th at the national relays in Coventry to do any better. The return saw us survive a friendly encounter with a vociferous Liverpool supporter and a fine pizza in a vibrant Liverpool. Thank you both to those who have represented and train in the successful club and to the triumvirate of Mr Reekes, Miss Nava and Mr Russell who enable the training and fixtures to happen. ~~~~~~~~ The seniors saw their first victory in Surrey League Relay on Saturday 26 th November. The prodigal Eric Williams returned from his travels to enhance an already strong team of Eyoel Abebaw-Mesfin, Luca Jackson and Humphrey Allen. The combination of this quartet and our home turf proved too strong for all that Surrey could throw at us. Despite injury to a key runner in the squad the Juniors still managed to get the team round in a creditable 4 th .

The enthusiasm of the squad was not dimmed by a 5 o’clock start from Tiffin on a Saturday and up to Formby. Team manager, Mr Costello, took them for a spin around the course and Euan led the team well in the warm up. The day’s team charged out of the starting gate and gained good position for the first of a series of sharp turns spread throughout the undulating course. Having qualified third in one of eight regions, by rights we should, on average, be placed 20 th out of the two dozen teams. The team packed well with Will and Euan in the top 25% and Tom and Matthew in the top half of the field. Joe