The football season is well and truly in progress. Our high school girls and boys teams had two games this week. One was a friendly and the other was our Yangon Athletic Conference season opener. For more details please read below. This weekend also sees our high school volleyball teams competing in the SEASAC tournament.
Another sport to start at ISY was the middle school volleyball season. The girls and boys middle school teams traveled to Yangon International School last Friday. Continue reading for a round up of what happened in those games.
Next week is the last week for after school activities.

Go Chinthes!

High School Athletics

Football has started at ISY. ISY’s girls and boys high school teams played a friendly match against British School Yangon (BSY) on Tuesday. This was a valuable opportunity to gain more experience of playing together as a team unit.
Our girls team fought very well against a well practiced BSY team. Unfortunately they lost in the final part of the game, 2-3. The athletes learned a lot from this game and they will keep getting better and better as the season continues.
The boys fared a little better coming aways with a comfortable win against BSY. ISY has an experienced group of players and they are gelling nicely as a team. The final score line was 9-0.
Well done to all our players and coaches for putting in the time and effort to represent ISY.
On Thursday our football teams were in action again. This time it was a home game against our cross town rivals, Yangon International School (YIS). The girls played the first game. These were otherwise evenly matched teams except for a couple of experienced players on the YIS side. Their experience made the difference in the end with the YIS girls team beating our ISY team. Our girls fought hard and would have learned a lot from both their games this week.
It was the opposite for the boys’ game. ISY had more experience and worked better as a team with splashes of individual brilliance. Our boys were comfortable winners in the end.
Win or lose, our football players are showing what it is like to play for ISY.
Our footballers will be back in action next week against ILBC International School at ISY on the 8th of November and then they will be playing in a city wide football tournament on the 11th and 12th of November. This tournament will be hosted by YIS.
We look forward to seeing both football teams progress through the season.
The ISY volleyball teams have made a winning start to their SEASAC tournament in Singapore. At the time of writing the girls and boys teams had won their first matches.

ISY Friendship Swim Meet

On the 11th of November ISY will host two other schools at the ISY Friendship Swim Meet. This will be a chance for our swimmers to compete against other swimmers from different schools. Supporters are most welcome to come and cheer on our swimming Chinthes.
The meet will start at 4:00 with warm-ups at 3:30. The meet will conclude at 7:15 with the presentation of the Friendship Cup.

After School Activities: ASA

It has been a wonderful session of after school activities (ASA) this school year. The enthusiasm and enjoyment shown by the students has been wonderful. Next week will be the last week for ASAs. I would like to thank all the ASA supervisors for their extra effort and hard work they have put in throughout this ASA session.
The next ASA session will start in late January. Please look out for more details closer to the time.

Facilities

Please see below for our regular schedule times.

This is just a reminder that our facilities booking form and Liability waiver form, are now combined on the same form for ease of use. Please remember that to use any of ISY’s facilities you must fill out the booking form. 

Facility Schedules

Please note that there are some slight changes to the facility schedule for some areas from next week.

Swimming Pool
Mornings
Open 6 – 7:30 AM Monday – Friday
Afternoons
Monday 5-6 PM
Tuesday 3:30-6 PM
Wednesday 5-6 PM
Thursday 3:30-6 PM
Friday 5-6 PM
Weekends
Open Saturday 8 AM – 12 PM
Closed Sunday
(Please note to use the Swimming Pool you must book your place)

Fitness/Weights Room
Weekdays
Closed 7 AM – 2:30 PM (School hours)
Weekends
24 hours (Please note to use the Weights/Fitness Room you must book your place)

**Please note** The Fitness/Weights Room is busy with a lot of equipment in it. Could all users please tidy up after themselves. This means wiping down equipment after using them and returning all weights and moveable equipment back to its correct place. This will make for a much more pleasant experience for everyone!

HS students may use the Fitness/weights Weights Room unsupervised.
MS students may use the Fitness/Weights Room only with adult supervision.
ES students are not allowed in the Fitness/Weights Room.

Outdoor Areas
Weekdays
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 3:30 – 6 PM
The Field
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday the field will be used until 6:30 for ISY sports teams practice.

(Please note that to use the Outdoor Spaces you must book your place)
Weekends
8 AM – 6 PM
**These times may change once more sports start up at ISY**

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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