On Sunday 26th, ten Grade 4’s travelled to Qatar-Finland International School for the QPPSSA U10 Boys’ Basketball tournament.

International School of London Qatar 16-4 SEK-Qatar

Dukhan English School 4-0 SEK-Qatar

Qatar-Finland International School 4-6 SEK-Qatar

Doha College West Bay 10-2 SEK-Qatar

Qatar International School 4-0 SEK-Qatar

Squad: Álvaro Lozano, Aly Ibrahim, Aly Mazhar, Filip Loncaric, Jasem Paredes, Matthew Morais, Mohammed Alsuhaibani, Omar Al Maghrabi, Yazzan Soboh, Zain Khanafer.

On Monday 27th, it was time for the Grade 5’s to go on their tournament at Qatar-Finland International School.

QPPSSA U11 Boys’ Basketball tournament

Qatar International School 10-0 SEK-Qatar

Doha College West Bay 12-2 SEK-Qatar

Al Khor International School 6-4 SEK-Qatar

International School of London Qatar 2-10 SEK-Qatar

Dukhan English School 6-4 SEK-Qatar

Qatar-Finland International School 6-2 SEK-Qatar

Squad: Abdelrahman Awad, Darío Moreno, Gabriel Elbechouti, Guillermo López, Ignacio Narro, Khaled Saed, Leonardo Bettoni, Mohammed Al Rumaihi, Nicolás de la Cuesta, Yehia Elsokkar.

On Tuesday, 21st of March, the U14 Boys’ Football team travelled to the International School of London Qatar to compete on a QUESS tournament. SEK-Qatar competed on Group 1 against International School of London Qatar (ISLQ), Doha British School (DBS), Sherborne Qatar (Sher), Park House English School (PHS).

SEK 0 v 2 DBS

SEK 0 v 0 PHS

ISLQ 2 v 2 SEK

SEK 6 v 0 Sher

Squad: Jorge Brito, Riordan MacGregor, Fabián Escobar, Mario Elbechouti, Antranik Ohanian, Malek Ahmed, Khalid Al Zadjali, Alejandro Narro, Mohammad Gharaibeh.

On Wednesday, 22nd of March, it was time for the U14 Girls’ Football team to compete on the QUESS tournament. The event was hosted and organised by ISLQ. On the group stage, SEK played against American School of Doha, Al Jazeera Academy, Qatar Academy Al Khor. SEK played a fourth match against Doha College.

Squad: Zaynab Berriche, Konstantina Filippakopoulous, Sarah Gil, Mahya Bouaoud, Laila Shokair, Tsunami Ceballos, Ayesha Ayesha, Hana Elsokkary, Jana Salameh.

On the 21st of March, ten Grade 2 girls attend their QPPSSA (Year 3/Grade 2) U8 Girls’ Basketball tournament. The team was very excited about their participation, following the boys’ participation in the previous week. SEK played 5 matches, of 10 minutes each. With exceptional performances from Aina and Celia, the team improved as they progressed on the tournament, becoming Second Place overall.

These were the matches and results: Qatar-Finland International School 6 vs 2 SEK; Doha College West Bay 4 vs 2 SEK; SEK 4 vs 2 Qatar International School; Dukhan English School 4 vs 4 SEK; Nord Anglia International School Al Khor 0 vs 4 SEK.

Squad: Aina Vivas, Celia Lozano, Layla Al Lanjawi, Madison Smith, Matilde Bettoni, Mia Impellitteri, Noga Cohen, Noora Al Thani, Yasmeen Soboh, Zaina Al Muftah.

QPPSSA Grade 2 Girls’ Basketball – Runners up, in the QPPSSA Northern Divison 2016-2017.

On 22nd of March, Grade 3 girls competed in the QPPSSA U9 Girls’ Basketball tournament.

The Grade 3 girls had lots of fun taking part on this tournament of basketball, where they played against teams from Al Khor International School, Dukhan English School, Qatar International School, Nord Anglia International School Al Khor, Doha College West Bay, International School of London Qatar. They kept improving throughout, and got praised by the referees for being the team that showed better sportsmanship.

Squad: Ghala Gharaibeh, Leila Helin, Liv Muth, Jumana Moawad, Pamela Dahdah, Margherita Mino, María Constanza Ades, Shahad Al Romaihi, Sophia Khan.

SEK’s Player of the Tournament was María Constanza Top Scorer was Jumana Moawad, and Best Defender was Ghala Gharaibeh. Doha College West Bay hosted both tournaments.

On Sunday, 12th of March, Doha College West Bay hosted the QPPSSA (Year 3 NC UK/Grade 2 IB curriculum) U8 Boys’ Basketball tournament. The SEK-Qatar team walked to the school next door, in Al Farouq Street, West Bay area of the city, for the competition. The SEK-Qatar’s squad had to play against Qatar International School (QIS), Doha College West Bay (DC WB), Nord Anglia International School Al Khor (NAIS AK), and Dukhan English School.

The boys played well, and showed good teamwork. But, above all they really enjoyed taking part on the competition. SEK was 4th overall.

With points scored by Ali, Ioannis, and Vasco, these were SEK’s results on the matches:

SEK 0 vs 2 QIS

DC WB 4 vs 2 SEK

NAIS AK 0 vs 6 SEK

Dukhan 4 vs 4 SEK

Squad: Abdulaziz Al Fakhroo, Ali Amer, Diego Garrote, Elias Carbajo, Ioannis Augustt, Mihailo Izogin, Omar Aldari, Sahir Samnani, Salman Shaban, Vasco Romão.

Within the SEK-Qatar team, our Player of Tournament was Ali Amer, Top Scorer for SEK was Vasco Romão, and Best Defender was Mihailo Izogin.

On Monday, 13th of March, it was time for the Grade 3 pupils to attend the QPPSSA U9 Boys’ Basketball tournament.

Squad: Dominik Ulloa, Eitan Cohen, Gabriel George, Gabriel Loncaric, Humberto Baptista, Idriss McIntee, Javier Pombo, Kristijan Saric, Nasser Al Kuwari, Usayd Ansari.

With points scored by Javier and Kristijan, these were SEK’s results on the matches:

Al Khor International School 3 vs 0 SEK-Qatar

Qatar-Finland International School 0 vs 2 SEK-Qatar

SEK-Qatar 4 vs 7 Qatar International School

SEK-Qatar played 5th-6th Place match against Dukhan English School. With 4 points scored, SEK won the match by 4-2, finishing 5th overall.