From the Head of PE and Sport 26.02.2022
AEON Credit Purple League Junior Grand Final
After Christmas I reported on Kon Han’s teams’ success in the preliminary rounds of the AEON Credit Purple League badminton tournament.
Last week saw the finals take place in Cyberjaya in Selangor with 12 teams from across Malaysia in attendance having earned a place in the qualifying rounds. After successfully winning both their quarter final and semi-final match ups, Kon Han’s team Perling BC faced off against Butterworth BC.
The tournament included 5 different divisions: mixed doubles, boys and girls singles, boys doubles and the girls doubles which Kon Han was competing in. Due to be the last group to play in the final, Kon Han and her doubles partner were in a strong, but also stressful position as they only needed to win one set to secure the overall victory for Perling BC. The match finished a tie with both teams winning a set each but Perling Jaya were awarded the victory and subsequently overall title for the tournament.
In addition to a glittery medal to add to her extensive collection, Kon Han was also able to pocket a small portion of the RM5000 prize money that was awarded to the champions and divided amongst all players. Well done Kon Han in being the only Sabah player representing at the tournament!
FOBISIA Virtual Running Challenge
I take it as a positive sign that perhaps as a community we are starting to look more to the future again and beginning to consider ‘life after covid’ in that parents have begun asking me when we will see a return to FOBISIA events and competitions. At the recent AGM for the FOBISIA Heads of PE, we discussed calendar dates for the Primary, U13 and U15 FOBISIA Friendly Games. With the U15 Games set down for late November 2022. It is hard to believe that our current Year 7 students are yet to have the opportunity to enjoy taking part in these fantastic experiences.
I had previously promoted the FOBISIA Virtual Swimming Championships with the hope that some of our swimmers training externally would be able to take part in this great opportunity to test their performances with other students around Asia. Sadly after further consultations with the organiser, we are not really equipped to enter this event.
An alternative virtual event that is also an inclusive event open to ALL members of the KIS community whether they be students, staff or parents is the FOBISIA Virtual Running Challenge being coordinated by the British School of Manilla.
This event will take place between the 18th March and 1st April. For students there will be 3 Age Groups and Categories.
- U11 3km
- U15 5km
- U18 10km
Open Age Community Event 10km
Now I know full well from tracking my Get up and Move challenges that there are a number of members in the KIS community who get their fitness minutes in by sweating it out and pounding the pavement on a regular basis. So this could be a good one for you and all those who are currently in training for the postponed Half Marathon.
Entries for the event will be made through a google form that will be accessible from the 18th March. You will even be able to update your entry should you better your time on a later run.
A ‘club’ has also been set up on Strava for anyone interested in comparing stats and motivated by climbing leaderboards. I am currently sitting in the top 10 but I am sure some of you out there could easily displace me! Click the link here to gain access to the FOBISIA ASA Virtual Running Challenge Club.
Running can be a wonderful social activity so grab some friends and get out on the road for some gentle exercise! Happy training KIS!!
Miss Catriona Watt
Head of PE and Sport
