Tomorrow the entire school will celebrate the Sports Day. Students, parents, and teachers will enjoy a day filled with athletic events, fun games and surprises.

Schedule:

9.00 – 9.30 Pre 3 and Pre 4 in the Gym

10.00 – 11.30 Pre 5 to Grade 3, Outdoor Courts

12.00 – 15.00 Grades 4-8, Outdoor Courts

Last week the Spanish handball team visited us in the gym while touring the school. Spain is the current world champion in handball, and they are defending their title this year in Doha. Without having a handball background, Sofia, Faisal, and Omar (Pre 4 students) easily managed to score several times in the goal defended by the Spanish goalkeeper Gonzalo Pérez. The Lady Birds, coached by Mr. Mihai Catrinar and Ms. Dalila Rodrigues, are looking forward to the next opponent, if possible a more challenging one. As you can easily see in these pictures, the difference of height didn’t impress the young team of Lady Birds!

Thanks to all the players who spent their free time to come and inspire our students! We wish them good luck at this World Championship!

On Wednesday 21st, the U12 Boys’ squad began their QUESS championship hosted at International School of London Qatar (ISLQ). On the group stage, group B, SEK played against Doha College 2 winning the game with 1 goal. The boys later drew their match against Dukhan English School, 1-1.

Also competing on QUESS U12 Boys’ Football, on group A were Doha College 1; Compass International School Doha, and ISLQ. S.E.K. Qatar will play against Qatar International School on the second phase of the tournament which, will take place on the 21st of March at ISLQ.

Tuesday 20th marked the start of the QUESS U12 Girls’ Football with a tournament hosted by Doha College (DC).  Despite the few chances for training, S.E.K. girls pulled out some fantastic performances both individually, and as a team. On the group stages, SEK began with a 1-0 victory over Park House English School (PHES). On the second match, SEK got defeated against DC who scored 1 goal. Posterior to 1h20 rest, SEK faced Doha British School (DBC) winning the match 2-0. The girls kept a ‘no conceding goals mood’ against Al Khor International School (AKIS), scoring 2 goals on their fourth and last game of the group stages.

On the Semi-finals, DC won over Mesaieed International School (MIC), and SEK lost 1-2 against Qatar Academy Doha (QA). SEK faced MIC to dispute the third and fourth places. With a very competitive match, extra time was needed, leading to a decision on penalties as the teams had drew 0-0. The penalties shot out resulted in victory for SEK 3-1 MIC. QA won the final against DC.

All together, the girls played really well. The P.E. team would like to congratulate their efforts during their first tournament.

Group stage:

Group A: DC (12 points); SEK (9 points); DBS (4 points); AKIS (2 points); PHES (1 point).

Group B: QA (15 points); MIS (10 points); Al Jazeera Academy (7 points); Dukhan English School (6 points); International School London Qatar (4 points); English Modern School (0 points).

Overall Stand: 1st – QA Doha; 2nd – DC; 3rd – SEK Qatar; 4th – MIC.

Last Sunday, 18th of January, S.E.K. U14 Boys’ Basketball traveled to Al Khor to compete against Al Khor International School (AKIS) on the QUESS U14 Boys’ Basketball. The boys did well but, still have to work hard to keep improving their individual basketball skills, and to build up as a team. The highlight among S.E.K. players goes to Adel Amer for his overall performance. The game was resumed with 45 points scored by AKIS, against 12 points scored by S.E.K. International School Qatar.

Last Wednesday, 14th of January, the U14 Boys’ played their first basketball game at home against Compass International School. This was the first game/match hosted by S.E.K. International School Qatar. The game was very competitive, with Compass International School taking the lead. However, S.E.K. Qatar’s boys worked hard and kept focused throughout leading them to win their first game by 20-18.

Highlights go to Adel Amer who scored 12 points, and Mahmoud Ladki who scored 4 points.

U14 Boys’ Basketball squad: Adel Amer; Alejandro Tebar; Gorken Aris; Isaac Miller; Julian Allenspach; Mahmoud Ladki; Marcel Ramoneda; Nejc Petric; Nicolas Montesinos; Oriol Cano Palau.