HKSSF Inter-School Athletics Meets

Over the past 2 weeks the Athletics teams have been competing in the HKSSF meets. The selected results are as follows:

Girls Division I Elizabeth Sheary 8th place 1500m C Grade Paige Wills 7th place 1500m B Grade Maria Ho 8th place High Jump C Grade Anna Chen CHAMPION 400m B Grade Paige Wills 3rd place 400m B Grade Sarah Aveline 4th place 4x400m B Grade Anna Chen Paige Wills Yunah Frank Abbey Hammond

Grade C Boys Basketball The boys have so far been unbeaten in the ESF League and are now seeded number one for the finals. The team dominated their opponents for most of the match, even when much larger opposition players were on court. The fast breaks and 3 point shooting were of a very high standard helping to set up a strong victory 45-30.

ISSUE 2 13th March 2017

Results at a Glance

Girls Football A Grade 2–1 winners against AIS

U14 Boys Badminton

HKSSF League 3-0 winners against RS

U14 Girls Badminton

HKSSF League Lost 1 - 3 against

St. Stephen's College

Boys Football C Grade to DBS

Chess

Island School Team 4th Place overall

Healthy Mind and Body Tip #2

Focus on your water intake! It’s your most vital nutrient, so make sure you consume 6-8

glasses of water a day.

Sailing Well done to the sailing team for their 5th place overall in the inter-school sailing recently. The team did extremely well do get into the gold medal final round-robin, and only just coming up short of a medal - just one higher placing in one race would have done it. This was an improvement on last year.

A special thanks to Ryan, Noemi and Lauren for organizing all aspects of the team’s participation.

U20 Girls Football The Girls’ Football team had a great start to their ISSFHK league by beating an enthusiastic American International School team 2-1. They were able to control the match having long periods of pressure, yet had to come from a goal down when AIS scored early into the 2nd half. Their lead didn't last long however as Jenny Swainston leveled the scoring after a great team move and a fine pass from Julia Rhee. The winner soon followed when vice-captain for the day, Kiara Jim, scored by tapping in following another great team play led by Jorja Townson.

Well done to all those involved! Team: Valerie Yau (Capt.), Kiara Jim, Klara Enk, Ana Leissner, Jenny Swainston, Michelle Panuncialman, Julia Rhee, Jasmine Mortimer, Annie Archer, Mackenzie Lai, Garbo Ting, Vanessa Gdowski and Jorja Townson.

“Just Play. Have Fun. Enjoy the Game” – Michael Jordan

Results at a Glance

Girls Basketball C Grade Lost 12-28 to KGV Lost 21-28 to SIS

Boys Basketball C Grade

45-30 winners against KGV

Sailing Inter-School Sailing Festival

5th place

Fencing ISSFHK Tournament

Marcus Pun Yanisha Chung

Noor Rizvi Top 8 Finishers

Did You Know?

Fencing

On Sunday 5th March Marcus, Yanisha and Noor competed in the ISSFHK Fencing Tournament at CIS. Marcus and Noor were both entered into the Open Foil competitions for Boys and Girls respectively. Yanisha was competing in the Open Epee category. All three fencers made it through the pool stages and reached the last 8 play-off stages of their competitions. Congratulations on your results.

Motivation

D Grade Rugby The D Grade rugby team played in a qualifying tournament on Wednesday 8th March and played 4 tough games. Although they lost all 4 games the improvement and effort was fantastic meaning the games have been valuable learning experiences for the players, many who are playing their first season.

Upcoming fixtures

Monday 13th March Netball

Tuesday 14th March

Badminton C Boys vs CDNIS

Rugby

C Girls vs Harrow

IH Basketball A Grade Girls 3 vs 3

Wednesday 15th March

Football C Boys vs St Joseph’s Thursday 16th March

Rugby

B Boys vs Harrow

Basketball Club Thursday 3:30pm

Block 4

Grade C Girls Basketball Congratulations to the girls who triumphed at the start of their season and only missed out from the semi-finals with a 21-28 loss to SIS. A developing squad who have shown outstanding commitment and dedication to training and supporting each other in true Island Spirit. [Coach: Ms Trinder]

“Just Play. Have Fun. Enjoy the Game” – Michael Jordan

Upcoming fixtures

Monday 20th March Football

U20 Boys vs WIS

Tuesday 21st March Badminton

C Boys vs YCIS

Wednesday 22nd March Football

U20 Boys vs CDNIS

Thursday 23rd March Football

U12 Boys vs WIS

Saturday 25th March Football

C Boys vs WIS

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U14 Badminton The Boys are enjoying a very good run in the HKSSF league and are looking good to moving to the play-offs. The boys were too strong for the local RS school team beating them 3-0. The individual match results were 21-0 / 21-4 / 21-2.

Part of the victorious boys’ team

Show your Island SPIRIT in

everything you do and say

SUCCESS

PRIDE

INTEGRITY

RESPECT

INSPIRATION

TEAMWORK

Year 7 Netball The Year 7 netball team has been enjoying being part of the coaching tournaments that are focused on learning the subtleties of the game rather than for the results. As you can see from the photo, the team is having a very positive experience!

“Just Play. Have Fun. Enjoy the Game” – Michael Jordan

Upcoming Event

On Friday, March 17th, we will celebrate St Patrick's Day and

honour the great Jim Stynes by holding two games in Happy

Valley. Matches begin at 6.30pm so be

sure to be there on time to enjoy some light pitch side

refreshment and banter.

St. Patrick's Day on March 17th The Jim Stynes Cup supports

the Reach Foundation (Founded by Jim Stynes) and all proceeds on the day will be donated to

them.