Dear Chinthes,

It is the last week before the holidays and the only official match played this week was high school softball. Please continue reading below in the High School Athletics section for more information on softball.
In elementary school, including grade 6, there was the final day of the football mini-league. This mini-league was organized for grades 2-6 and gave the students a chance to play competitive games against other ISY students. Please read the Elementary School Athletics section for more details about this event.
If you are interested in playing ESports please read the Middle School, or High School Athletics sections. They will give you all you need to know about how to sign up for ESports and may answer any questions you might have about it.
Also, calling all middle school football players. Please read the Middle School Athletics section for all the information you will need about signing up for middle school football.
Finally, well done to all our athletes, parents, coaches, supporters who have put in time and effort over the school year until now. Your efforts have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated! I think we all look forward to the New year and more athletics and activities.

Elementary Football Mini-League

Elementary School Athletics

The ISY high school student run Community Sport Club has organized an elementary school football tournament for ISY students. This tournament was held on Monday, December 4 and continues on December 11.
On Monday the second day of the ISY football mini-league was held. This was for students in grade 2-6. This was organized by high school students in the Community Sport Club. The players were placed into fair teams and played a round robin league style event with playoff games to find the winners.
Congratulations to all students that played in this mini-league. The games were played in good spirits with sportsmanship and trying your best, the two main ideals for the tournament.

Middle School Volleyball Tournament 

Middle School Athletics

Volleyball
On Friday evening ISY was represented by our girls and boys middle school volleyball teams. The tournament was held at ILBC International School. This was the final tournament for the middle school volleyball season.
The boys had only one loss this year and were tournament favorites. However, they were made to work for their wins. The boys played two games to three sets against Yangon International School and ILBC. Both of these games finished 2-1. The next game against International School Myanmar was a bit more of an easy game with ISY winning 2-0. This meant that ISY boys would finish first for the season.
For the girls it was an exciting afternoon from start to finish. The ISY girls team played some of their best volleyball of the season in this tournament. ISY beat ILBC in the opening match 2-1 but came up short against YIS 0-2. Then finished with the most exciting match of the tournament with everyone in attendance cheering for both teams, unfortunately for the ISY team they were not able to overcome ISM’s consistent play going down 1-2. ISY girls took third place.

Football
With the successful close of the middle school volleyball season the middle school football season starts. Training will start in January and be similar to volleyball and basketball.
Training will start January 10 and be on Wednesday and Friday, 2:40-3:40 and after ASAs start Wednesday 2:40-3:40 and Friday 3:30-4:30.
Just like the previous MS seasons, anyone that signs up can come to training. We want you all to come along, improve your skills and have fun.
The girls and boys team will train separately, using half the field for the girls and half for the boys.
Also, like previous seasons, teams will be selected to play against the other Yangon Athletic Conference schools. We will play home and away games and then an end of season tournament.
A sign up form was sent to all middle school students on Monday. Please use that form to sign up if you are interested.
If you have any questions please email me.

ESports
If you are interested in playing ESports as a group or possibly a team at ISY a sign up form was sent to all secondary school students on Monday. Please fill out that form if you are interested in joining this group.
If there is sufficient interest we may form a group to play together and possibly a team to play other schools or enter competitions. The games that we will be playing are:
– Rocket League
– FIFA
– Chess
– Minecraft Capture the Flag
If you have any questions please email me.

High School Softball

High School Athletics

Softball
On Sundays at the American Club our girls and boys softball teams play in the Yangon International Softball League, YISL. This league has been running for a long time and is a great way to play this wonderful sport and meet new people from all over the city.
The ISY girls team played first on Sunday in a mixed game. This is where they mix the team with ISY boys.
After that game the ISY boys played. They had a great win against an older, more experienced team. This was one of the best games that the boys have played this season and it shows the great skills that this team is developing.
Both teams will take a break until January 13 when practices start again and January 14 when the next round of games in the YISL will be played.

ESports
If you are interested in playing ESports as a group or possibly a team at ISY a sign up form was sent to all secondary school students on Monday. Please fill out that form if you are interested in joining this group.
If there is sufficient interest we may form a group to play together and possibly a team to play other schools or enter competitions. The games that we will be playing are:
– Rocket League
– FIFA
– Chess
– Minecraft Capture the Flag
If you have any questions please email me.

SEASAC Information

What is SEASAC?
The Southeast Asian Student Activities Conference is the athletics and activities conference that ISY belongs to outside of Myanmar. Each year ISY sends students to athletic, Model United Nations conferences and arts festivals. These events are a very valuable opportunity for our students to connect with other like minded students across Southeast Asia. This section in the Athletics and Activities blog will outline some of the important information and general happenings around SEASAC events.

SEASAC Dates:
SEASAC Touch Rugby @ UWCE, February 2, 3 and 4
SEASAC Basketbal Girls @ Kuala Lumpur Alice Smith School, February 2, 3 and 4
SEASAC Basketball Boys @ NIST, February 2, 3 and 4
SEASAC Arts Festival @ GIS and MKIS, February 2, 3 and 4

Community Sport

Every Friday, there will be community football. This will start at 6:00 PM and is available for ISY community members. Parents, students, staff and alumni are all welcome. 

Another popular community sport restarting is touch rugby. This will be on Thursday evenings at 5:30 PM. This is also for parents, students, staff and alumni. 

If you are interested in playing either of these community sports please come along at the given day and time and you will be welcomed.

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After School Activities 

Thank you to all the teachers, parents, student leaders and outside helpers that have provided a wide range of activities for our students. I think there was something for everyone to try, make a difference and have fun. Also, thank you to the students that have given something new a go or continued with something they love.
The next session will start on January 29. In January, please look out for information about how to sign up and what activities are on offer in this blog as well as the Principals’ blogs and the “Friday Notices” that are sent out by email.

ISY Sports Broadcasting

Last year a sports broadcasting club was started at ISY. They were able to cover some of our high school basketball games with great success. They produced a very professionally polished product.
This year they will cover our high school athletics for the whole year. If you are interested in this please follow the link below and this will lead you to the group’s Youtube page. So far the group has covered two high school volleyball games and some of the high school basketball games from last year.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIzBh86SGxeV22RG6ZHYW2g

Swim Team

Here are the training times for our elementary, middle and high school swim teams.

ES Swim Team:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2:20-3:20 PM

MS and HS Swim Team:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 3:30-5:00 PM
Tuesday and Thursday 6:45-7:45 AM

Questions or More Information

As always, if you have any questions about what is in this blog or anything else that you may think of related to activities or athletics please feel free to contact me at:

josullivan@isyedu.org

Kindest regards,

Mr. Jonathan O’Sullivan

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