On Tuesday 21st of February, a group of 31 PYP pupils from Grade 2 and Grade 3 attended the QPPSSA Y3 & 4 (G2 & 3) Outdoor Athletics meet at the American School of Doha. Accompanied by Ms. Dalila Rodrigues, Mr. Jack Hatch, and Mr. Diego Encinas, the very enthusiastic pupils, who had been practicing for their events over the past two weeks, had a great time.

The weather held, allowing all events to run safely. SEK Qatar crew was joined by a mass support from our pupils’ parents, who enthusiastically cheered throughout the afternoon. The Outdoor Athletics meet consisted of 32 separate events.

Year 3 Girls: 600M, 60M, 300M, Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, High Jump, Ball Throw, 4x100M Relay.

Year 3 Boys: 600M, 60M, 300M, Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, High Jump, Ball Throw, 4x100M Relay.

Year 4 Girls: 600M, 60M, 300M, Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, High Jump, Ball Throw, 4x100M Relay.

Year 4 Boys: 600M, 60M, 300M, Long Jump, Standing Triple Jump, High Jump, Ball Throw, 4x100M Relay.

These were the individual results.

Girls 60 Meters Dash Y3 (G2) – 15^th place: Noora Al-Thani 12.81

Boys 60 Meters Dash Y3 (G2) – 17^th place: Yahya Isse 11.95

Girls 60 Meters Dash Y4 (G3) – 3^rd place: María Constanza Ades 10.30

Boys 60 Meters Dash Y4 (G3) – 4^th place: Carlos Belman 9.81

Girls 300 Meters Run Y3 (G2) – 7^th place: Noga Cohen 1:09.67

Girls 300 Meters Run Y3 (G2) – 5^th place: Vasco Romão 1:01.24

Girls 300 Meters Run Y4 (G3) – 11^th place: Vivienne Moore 1:10.09

Boys 300 Meters Run Y4 (G3) – 16^th place: Kristijan Saric 1:11.40

Please, note there some issues with the timing of the 600 meters races. The first 3 places were correct. For the other runners, the 4th place was given to all other schools.

Girls 600 Meters Run Y3 (G2) – 4^th place: Madison Smith 5:55.55

Boys 600 Meters Run Y3 (G2) – 4^th place: Nasser Darwish 5:55.55

Girls 600 Meters Run Y4 (G3) – 4^th place: Jumana Moawad 5:55.55

Boys 600 Meters Run Y3 (G2) – 4^th place: Eitan Cohen 5:55.55

Girls 4×100 Meters Relay Y3 (G2) – 9^th place: Marissa Morais, Celia Lozano, Madison Smith, Noga Cohen 1:21.30

Boys 4×100 Meters Relay Y3 (G2) – 15^th place: Omar Adari, Ioannis Augustt, Vasco Romão, Mihailo Izogin 1:20.96

Girls 4×100 Meters Relay Y4 (G3) – 11^th place: Vivienne Moore, Jumana Moawad, Pamela Dahdah, Margherita Mino 1:19.18

Boys 4×100 Meters Relay Y4 (G3) – 8^th place: Javier Pombo, Dominik Ulloa, Eitan Cohen, Carlos Belman 1:09.34

Girls High Jump Y3 (G2) – 6^th place: Sabrina Gutiérrez 0.85m

Boys High Jump Y3 (G2) – 14^th place: Mihailo Izogin 0.80m

Girls High Jump Y4 (G3) – 7^th place: Margherita Mino 0.90m

Boys High Jump Y3 (G2) – 11^th place: Kristijan Saric 0.90m

Girls Ball Throw Y3 (G2) – 16^th place: Celia Lozano 8.40m

Boys Ball Throw Y3 (G2) – 9^th place: Sahir Samnani 21.70m

Girls Ball Throw Y4 (G3) – 15^th place: Laura Ahmad 10.23m

Boys Ball Throw Y4 (G3) – 16^th place: Humberto Baptista 19.21m

Girls Long Jump Y3 (G2) – 10^th place: Jana Shoukria 2.04m

Boys Long Jump Y3 (G2) – 9^th place: Ioannis Augustt 2.37m

Girls Long Jump Y4 (G3) – 1^st place: María Constanza Ades 2.65m

Boys Long Jump Y4 (G3) – 17^th place: Carlos Belman 1.88m

Girls Standing Triple Jump Y3 (G2) – 16^th place: Jenan Al Jallabi 2.70m

Boys Standing Triple Jump Y3 (G2) – 16^th place: Salman Shaban 3.30m

Girls Standing Triple Jump Y4 (G3) – 18^th place: Ghada Al Jassem 3.04m

Boys Standing Triple Jump Y4 (G3) – 14^th place: Sean MacLeod 3.90m

On the overall schools’ total results, SEK Qatar’s G2 finished in 16th place, and the G3 finished in 11th place.

Congratulations to all for the great participation, and enthusiasm! Keep practicing sports!

The IPC Athletics World Championships is an event for athletes with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. Currently being held at Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Qatar Sports Club in Doha. This is the 7th Edition of the event which, started in 1994, and SEK Qatar could not miss out on the opportunity as the event is for the first time being organised and hosted by the Qatar Paralympics Committee.

On Thursday, 22nd of October, Ms. Paula Rego, Ms. Warifa Sobh, and Ms. Mariam Noureddine, took Grade 9 and Grade 10 pupils to witness the first events of the Championships. This Sunday 25th, Ms. Paula Rego accompanied Grade 7A and B, and Grade 8A and B. Teachers and pupils had the chance to watch 100m race, Shot Put, Javelin, and Wheelchair racing. As part of their #beyondincredible experience, pupils had a chance to talk to a couple of Italian athletes. Martina Caironi and Guisy Versace answered to some of the pupils questions, who were curious to learn more about their incredible careers.  SEK Qatar pupils were also presented with autographs from Guisy Versace.

Following this great gathering of elite athletics in Doha, the IPC Athletics European Championships 2016 will take place in Grosseto, closely followed by the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016.

On June 7th, SEK Girls’ Basketball team travelled to Mesaieed International School (MIS) to play two basketball matches. SEK draw 8-8 against MIS A team, and lost 12-4 points on the match versus MIS B team.

On the 9th of June, SEK hosted the Boys’ Basketball matches. Doha College (DC) A team won 13-12 points against SEK on what was a very competitive dispute until the end the match. SEK played a second match against DC B team with a final score of 17-4 points to DC B.

We would like to congratulate the SEK Boys’ Basketball team who at the start of the season lost 45-0 against DC A team, and now managed to come close to a win. Well done, team!

These matches finalised what was SEK International School Qatar first academic year participation in the Qatar United English Speaking Schools (QUESS) league. This was a successful first year participation for SEK Qatar and its’ Physical Education team. Well done to all the coaches, and many thanks for the support of all staff involved.