Paris- Brussels

After concurring East Africa the ISK LIONS Varsity Basketball Girls team, headed into untapped territory, when visiting the Paris Rebels. Our basketball coach having worked in Paris years before, took us to Paris to play the Paris Rebels and also Travel down to Belgium and play the
- American School of Paris
- British School in the Netherlands
-St.John's International School
As the trip was very short we only have limited about of time to visit the sites, however some how we managed to visit every important historical site from the Arc de Triumph to the Eiffel Tower.

This was a crazy experience as we traveled to Europe to face teams we had never played before.  On the day we arrived after a crazy 9 hour over night flight, we played the Paris rebels. As we were all dreadfully tired and unable to compete or preform we ended up losing the game. This trip was a chance for us to broaden our horizons and expand our knowledge of the world. As international students we get exposed to different cultures all the time,and the Parisian culture is definitely a new one to me.

From this trip to Paris i had hoped that our team would grow closer together as friends and also as team mates. I had also hoped that we would improve our basketball skills and rise to the challenge of the teams that we would face. To my surprise this trip turned out to be a GREAT bonding experience for the team and surprisingly we ended up rising to the challenge greatly and defeating every team we faced. It was a lot of hard work and injuries but we came back champions and better friends than we were before.

This experience gave us confidence as a team and enabled us to be secure and confident in our team and our individual abilities. We encountered so many difficulties over the course of this trip and before the trip. Due to injury we did not have enough players so come on the trip, we had to in the last few weeks pull up two girls from JV and in a short amount of time teach them our offences and defenses. These two players played remarkably in Paris and were very helpful to the team. As a team we are very glad they were able to accompany and thank them greatly for taking the time to learn all our plays. Other difficulties we faced were injures, half our team went on this trip unhealthy and/or injured, however we were all able to compete and rise out of our injuries and keep them from holding us back. This trip really signified how far and how successful our team could be and is at the moment.

In between games it would be a rush to get ice bags and pain medication.

This trip, helped us as a team and helped the ISK community, as we were able to travel to a whole other continent and represent the ISK name in proud stature and people regard ISK as a great establishment.
If i would have this experience again, i would not change a thing, this was the perfect experience and i am so proud of the girls.
We were able to gain new friends and hopefully an exchange program can be built through this initial experience leading to bigger and better things between ISK and and its Global Counterparts

ISK LIONS and ST.JOHNS LIONS :)

Sports Awards

The Sports Awards held on the 23rd of November 2011, is a combining of all the first seasons sports accomplishments. Its a time to recap upon the season and discuss successes and potential failures. This events helps the sports come together, As a member of Athletic Council as well as attending the event, i also have to set up. This years set up was pretty standard, we came in and decorated the MPR and organized the room so socializing and small bites could be had. As people came in, they brought a dish to share, and it was my job to arrange the foods so people could access them easily.

This event is a time in which each teams meets together with the coach and the parents and discusses the season and how they thought it went. It is also a time in which prizes are given our within each team accompanied by a little speech. This year i received the Most Valuable Player award, in the speech about me our coach stated that i was the little general on the floor and if my presents wasn't there, it would be extremely noticeable.  Along with this some nice things were said about me from my peers and fellow team mates. This sports awards was surely a memorable one. As a member of athletic council the event seemed to run smoothly with people helping themselves to drinks and finger foods. The set up along with the decorations were a major aspect people took liking to. The food lines flowed fluidly and nothing got destroyed. This event was a success.

Surprisingly we did not encounter any difficulties during the event, unless putting up decorations counts. As we are a pretty short club, putting decorations in high places was a definite difficulty we had. During the activity all the help stemmed from the ISK staff and the from within the club, we pulled together and really threw a great event. The sports awards benefit the whole ISK sports community as its a great time to reflect and celebrate the ending of one season the the beginning of another. Parents, students and coach's enjoy this time as it is the last time when teams get together for the year. After this people move on to other sports and other interests. 

If i was to put on another Sports Banquette i would make sure there were videos of the season and not only pictures because videos are more interesting to look at.

ISL

Today Saturday 12/11/2011 was the 2011 ISL Basketball Final, ISK vs. Rva. This game was the last game of the ISL season, a culmination of all the previous work we had put into the season game down to this game.  We had to meet the Varsity Football boys team and JV basketball girls at school at 7:30am to travel as a school to RVA which is an hour and thirty minutes away. This trip out to RVA was important because it was the last time I would ever travel to RVA to play basketball, arriving at the school we had plenty of time to warm up and get ready to play, we were able to get a lot of shots up and get our touch back. The gym was packed full with RVA fans which were very intimidating. 

The game started at 10am the game began on a horrible note, we were unprepared and not confident in ourselves and in each other. As we have had so many injuries in the past we were down to just 8 people to play the final game. During the game we lost a few people to injuries which was frustrating because we were all one by one getting knocked out. Unfortunately we were unable to come back and win the game, it ended in an embarrassing loss. The game was the worst game we have ever played as a team, and I am extremely disappointed in the team as they were heavily reliant on me. As the captain of the Varsity team and as the point guard I am meant to dribble the ball up and down the court.  However if one person is meant to play a team game then that is where our difficulty came with this event.

The game benefited the RVA community as they got to watch a game against two opposing sides that have been rivals for years, and it just came to be that it was not our year.  If I could play the game over again, I would speak to my team and tell them about how I feel, that they expect to much of me. I would play harder than I ever have and defend as good as possible.  I would keep my teams spirit high and tell them all what I need them to do.

I am going to continue playing basketball as we have the upcoming ISSEA season, I will continue to push myself and expand my skills and pick my team up over and over until they are up to the standard that we need them to be. Hopefully we will see a championship in 2012 ISSEA!

Marich club

The golf tournament was one of fundraisers by

 the marich club to raise money for the 

upcoming bridge build in 2012 trip. The Activity was sponsored by multiple donors such as Airtel, Yara, Jave House and more. The most amazing price we received was a car from GM which we received a great deal for as the person who gets a hole in one would win some money, the car would go to the Bridging the Gap foundation and the Insurance money would go to our club. Each business paid to sponsor a golf hole which could cost anywhere from 35,000 to 70,000 shillings the gold course was donated to our club by the owner of the Windsor golf club Musoke.  Harmon Parker the CNN hero was in attendance of our event because he works with us in building the bridge. There was a raffle which was also part of this event, we got a bunch of cool prices from jewelry places and once again Airtel. Through this activity we hoped to raise as much money as possible through the tournament and the raffle ticket sales.

This activity was a culmination of a lot of word done through the year, the event was very stressful to organize as the sponsors wanted to have different signs and posters up at different holes, which we had to put up. We ran into a lot of trouble finding places to put the signs and logos on as the course is full of plants and trees, We also had trouble with the golf cart when transporting equipment from place to place as it kept breaking down. Also we had trouble organizing ourselves as half of us had to return back to the international day at school and some of us had a semi-final to play.

This activity in the long run would have a wonderful benefit to the people of the west pokot region, the money we raised at the golf tournament and the raffle will go to implementing small scale community based projects which will in the future help the community greatly. The projects we will implement will also be sustainable projects.

If I could change one thing about the project, I would organize it better and advertise it better so we would have had a lot more people who would attend. If I had time I would organize some music entertainment for the prize giving ceremony. The next time I have the chance to do something like this again I will be very excited and I would love to do this in cooperation with another club or a bigger foundation. 

Marich club

The golf tournament was one of fundraisers by

 the marich club to raise money for the 

upcoming bridge build in 2012 trip. The Activity was sponsored by multiple donors such as Airtel, Yara, Jave House and more. The most amazing price we received was a car from GM which we received a great deal for as the person who gets a hole in one would win some money, the car would go to the Bridging the Gap foundation and the Insurance money would go to our club. Each business paid to sponsor a golf hole which could cost anywhere from 35,000 to 70,000 shillings the gold course was donated to our club by the owner of the Windsor golf club Musoke.  Harmon Parker the CNN hero was in attendance of our event because he works with us in building the bridge. There was a raffle which was also part of this event, we got a bunch of cool prices from jewelry places and once again Airtel. Through this activity we hoped to raise as much money as possible through the tournament and the raffle ticket sales.

This activity was a culmination of a lot of word done through the year, the event was very stressful to organize as the sponsors wanted to have different signs and posters up at different holes, which we had to put up. We ran into a lot of trouble finding places to put the signs and logos on as the course is full of plants and trees, We also had trouble with the golf cart when transporting equipment from place to place as it kept breaking down. Also we had trouble organizing ourselves as half of us had to return back to the international day at school and some of us had a semi-final to play.

This activity in the long run would have a wonderful benefit to the people of the west pokot region, the money we raised at the golf tournament and the raffle will go to implementing small scale community based projects which will in the future help the community greatly. The projects we will implement will also be sustainable projects.

If I could change one thing about the project, I would organize it better and advertise it better so we would have had a lot more people who would attend. If I had time I would organize some music entertainment for the prize giving ceremony. The next time I have the chance to do something like this again I will be very excited and I would love to do this in cooperation with another club or a bigger foundation. 

FINALS!

The varsity girls basketball team are in the finals, winning a thriller against Rosslyn 43-15 they girls have secured their place in the final against RVA on Saturday.
This game was my last ISL game of the season to be played at home, the game had a very rocky start as our team was demoralized after losing 3 players to injury. Leaving us with only 2 subs to rotate in. We had hoped to win the game however we did not expect to win by such as large margin once again as we are missing so many of our players.
This game was a mark of how well our team works together and what we can achieve and hopefully we will be able to show the same thing this Saturday at RVA. Going into this game i had intense nerves, i not to sure why that was, but im glad i was able to shake them off and lead our team to yet another win.
Saturday will present us with the toughest game we have played all season, this is the CLASH OF THE TITANS

Golf Tournament

Marich club, has been preparing for this huge fundraiser on the 11 of November. We have been working super hard to get as many sponsors and prizes as possible. The golf tournament is how we make the majority of our money to go towards our small scale community based projects that we will implement in the West Pokot region later on during the year.
With this activity i hope to run it smoothly as it is a huge event for this club, downer will be coming to play golf and we have been given prizes as big as a car to give away. The Golf Tournament will be attended by a lot of local media and important people in the community. We thankfully got the course for free and got companies to sponsor each hole providing us with some money.
This event is a huge deal for the club, and hopefully will go great, i have some worries as the event is on the same day as the international fair at school, causing conflicts for some people. We will not have a full club attending this event however we will do the best we can with those who make it.

Some pictures from the trip:)