From the Head of PE and Sport 18.11.2023
Secondary Sports Day Tuesday 5th December – Save the date!!
This term has been flying by faster than Usain Bolt in the 100m and we have already seen a wide array of wonderful events happening both in and out of school. One of the marquee events for PE and Sport on the calendar each year is of course our Secondary Sports Day. All secondary parents should have received a letter this week containing all the details for the day.
The anticipation and excitement for the day is building, and during the week I met with our talented House Leadership team who will play a key role in seeing which House walks away triumphant. In addition to the traditional athletic events of running, throwing and jumping, there will also be some additional fun ‘drop in’ house challenges for students to get involved in and add to their house point totals.
A reminder that this is a compulsory school day and ALL secondary students are expected to attend unless unable to due to illness.
Key details are:
When: Tuesday 5th December
Where: Likas Athletics Stadium
Time: Students go directly to the stadium to arrive by 7:40am and are to be picked up promptly at the end of the day at 1:00pm.
Parents are of course welcome, and indeed encouraged to come and cheer on the athletes and we look forward to seeing some of you don your trainers for the traditional staff vs parents relay on the day.
Athletic success in the RS Kinabalu League
One student to look out for on the 5th December is Dashie Ong in Year 8. She has already smashed the school record for high jump and is sure to challenge for a lot more medals and potentially see more school records broken at Sports Day.
For the past few months the talented hurdler has competed in five athletic meets as part of the RS Athletics Club Competitions for 2023.
These 5 circuits consisted of RS Kinabalu League 1, League 2, League 3, Berwang Open and Tuaran Athletic.
Dashie performed with great distinction throughout the series recording personal best times in the following classification in the Under 12 category
: 100m @ 13.61sec
: 200m @ 28.60sec
: 80m hurdle @ 13.79sec
: 4 x 100m @ 54.43sec
: 4 x 200m @ 1min.56.95sec
Dashie is highly motivated and dedicated in trying to improve her athletics performances and is currently training under ex-Malaysian hurdles coach. I am sure we will be seeing and hearing more about her achievements in the future.
Liga SupaRimau Season C – Final Matches Today
It’s not too late to fill up your water bottle, grab your hat (or umbrella) and make your way down to Likas Football pitch to catch our amazing Vipers in action playing in their final matches for the season and the year. Game times below:
There will be two more final training sessions at our regular Thursday time slot of 5:00-6:00pm on Thursday 23rd and Thursday 30th of November.
We have plans to celebrate our highly successful first year in Liga on the 30th with a ‘mini-world’ cup tournament with players from all teams mixed together and possibly some food and drinks afterwards. More details to follow on the Liga WhatsApp group.
FOBISIA News
U13’s FOBISIA (19th-23rd Feb) – Dates for your diary
Please take note of the following two compulsory offsite swimming training sessions.
- Tuesday 21st November
- Tuesday 28th November
For both sessions, students will travel to Penampang Pool by bus with a staff member. Students will then need to be collected by a parent from the pool at the end of the session at 4:15pm.
Students should bring with them the following items: swimming costumes, googles, swim hat (if wanted), a towel and a pair of slippers to wear poolside.
Flights have been booked and a letter with both flight details and confirmation of the final payment amount will be sent home to parents next week. The final payment will be due before the end of term break on Friday 15 December.
Primary FOBISIA Games (29th April-3rd May) – Term 2 Training
There is a lot of excitement surrounding the Primary FOBISIA games from our students in year 5 and 6 who can’t wait to get started with their own preparations for the games next year.
In order to maximise our time and preparations, training will commence the first week back after the holidays. Students will need to sign up for the following sessions when the ECA sign ups on schoolsbuddy are released.
Monday – Girls Football
Tuesday – Athletics/Swimming (All) **A full schedule including dates and details for swimming sessions will be sent in a letter before the break.
Thursday – T-ball (All)
Friday – Boys Football
More details and information will follow shortly in a letter emailed to parents.
Miss Catriona Watt
Head of PE and Sport
