The Middle School soccer team earn a hard-fought victory!

On Tuesday this week, we welcomed our friends from CLS for Middle School soccer. The team has shown great progress throughout the year, with results steadily improving all year. This was a friendly match and played in the right spirit of the game, the Grizzly way!

Jerry scored a goal in the first minute of the game to give CIS a 1-0 lead and this really relaxed the team and we can began to play some good football. CLS came to play, and they grew into the game and created good chances of there own, the game went on for the next 35 minutes with both teams very even and both could have scored. After two superb late saves from our goalkeeper Elizabeth, we charged forward in the last minute of the game, with Chris converting a second goal to earn us a 2-0 victory. A big well done to all players on this solid display of soccer.

Team roster: Jisu, Pepsi, Elizabeth, Amml, Taylor, Andy, Ryan, Eric, Chris, Barry, Anson and Jerry.

Wednesday 7^th of March saw the first outing for the elementary school girls’ soccer team this year, and another tournament for the boy’s. Hosted by our friends at CLS, it was a three school tournament with the British School joining us. This tournament was seen by all coaches as a warm-up/preparation tournament before the big PRC Association tournament at the end of the month. Let’s hear from the coaches:

Boys (Mr Bowden): The boys team have played together in a few fixtures this academic year, and this tournament was another ideal opportunity to test formations and get more playing time together before the big tournament on the 24^th. The boys showed great enthusiasm throughout, and scored three great team goals in the first match against CLS, and showed determination against a very strong BSG team in the second game. Plenty of things to learn and practice before the tournament. Overall, a big well done to the boys!!

Squad List: Taylor Percy, Ahmed Bashir, Eric Huang, Henry Cross, Issac Hui, Feras Muthana, Delcio Fernandes, Asim Alanazi, Alan Zhang, Shawn Yang & Min Seok Baik

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girls (Mr Bartlett): After one training session on Tuesday, these girls were fantastic! They showed great commitment and team spirit, all working incredibly hard for each other. We played three games and we didn’t concede any goals, a huge well done to goalkeeper Kaitlyn Li and the defenders. We managed to win one game and draw two, I am very confident with a few more training sessions, these girls will be ready for the tournament in a few weeks time!

Squad List: Anna Chen, Tota Hassan, Kaitlyn Li, Ivy Zheng, Hannah Uren, Ethel Tang, Aisha Tsao, Julia Ding, Susie Yang & Lulu Khamis

 

 

 

 

 

Our middle school basketball team welcomed Country Garden School to our Cambridgeshire campus this Wednesday, with Coach Turner and assistant Coach Joel having been working extremely hard with this talented group of players. As usual, the game was fantastic and sportsmanship was the real winner. But let’s see the thoughts and feelings from Head Coach Mr Turner:

“As a team, the CIS Grizzlies have worked diligently to improve their basketball skills. Wednesday’s game was confirmation of their effort as they played a very competitive contest against a savvy Country Garden squad. Last year, Country Garden defeated us handily, but had to work much harder this time around. The final score was 39 – 31, denoting a fifty-point improvement for the grizzles over the course of a year. As their coach, I am proud of the team’s commitment, work ethic and sportsmanship. As I always tell them, we learn more about ourselves by overcoming losses than we do from winning games. Each practice will be another step in our team’s development. Go Grizzlies!”

A big well done to the team, and we can’t wait for the next match coming up on Tuesday 30th of January against the British School.

Roster List:

• Pepsi Cheng G7 #11
• Ryan Guan G7 #6
• Alston Huang G7 #3
• Barry Chen G7 #16
• Richard Hsu G7 #12
• Mike Chen G8 #2
• Connor Percy G8 #30
• Yunus Dogan G8 #23
• Daniel Ye G9 #0
• Handing Chen G9 #21
• David Nam G9 #1
• Harry Cheng G9 #24
• Martin Ma G9 #8