Tag: Physical Education’

QUESS U13, U14, U16 Boys and U13, U14 Girls’ Table Tennis

 - by Dalila Rodrigues

On Tuesday 9th of May, the English Modern School (EMS) organised and hosted the QUESS U13, U14, U16 Boys’ Table Tennis. SEK-Qatar participated in the U13 and U14 competitions.

Squad: Abdur-Rahmaan Iqbal, Fares Elsayed, Filip Saric, Hyder Jinnah, Jaime Pombo, Jibran Samnani.

On Wednesday, 10th of May, SEK-Qatar participated in the QUESS U13, U14 Girls’ Table Tennis at EMS. Both SEK-Qatar’s players showed a fantastic performance in both the singles, and doubles. SEK-Qatar competed against EMS, and American Community School who presented the biggest squad of players, and won the overall.

On the Singles: Gabriela won 8 matches, and Virginia won 13 matches. With a total of 21 points, and average of 10.5. ACS with 9 players achieved a total of 16 points, averaging 1.7.

On the Doubles: SEK-Qatar won 6 matches. ACS’s highest total of wins was 8 matches.

SEK-Qatar were Runners-up. Well done, Gabriela and Virginia!

Squad: Gabriela Brito, Virginia Beghelli.

QUESS U14 Boys’ Basketball League – Match 1

 - by Dalila Rodrigues

On Tuesday, 9th of May, SEK-Qatar played their first match in the Group B of the QUESS U14 Boys’ Basketball League. SEK International School Qatar hosted the match against Qatar Academy Sidra. With points scored by all five players in the SEK-Qatar’s team, SEK-Qatar secure comfortable victory of 43-21. Well done, Team!

Jorge scored 4 points.

Marios scored 4 points.

Ryota scored a total of 13 points.

Román scored a total of 14 points.

Samuel scored 8 points.

Coaches: Muhammad Mc Intee-Masud, Zisin Lee.

Squad: Jorge Brito, Marios Darby, Román Timón, Ryota Wolff, Samuel Hecker.

QPPSSA G.4 and G.5 Girls’ Basketball

 - by Dalila Rodrigues

On Tuesday, 25th of April, Grade 4’s girls had their QPPSSA basketball tournament at Qatar International School.

Qatar International School 10-0 SEK-Qatar

SEK-Qatar 2-4 Nord Anglia International School Al Khor

SEK-Qatar 0-4 International School of London Qatar

SEK-Qatar 0-6 Dukhan English School

Squad: Aisha Al Sulaiti, Ana-Sofia Haddad, Danae Demetriou, Essma Nechi, Jawaher Al Thani, Joumana Elsify, Julia Ramírez, Mahrya Arif, Sumaya Shaban, Tibyan Abuagla.

On Wednesday, 26th of April, Grade 5’s girls had their QPPSSA U11 Girls’ Basketball. The girls had lots of fun participating in the tournament, and playing against Qatar International School, Nord Anglia International School Al Khor, Doha College West Bay, International School of London Qatar, Dukhan English School.

Squad: Hana Ansari, Luana Buda, Lucía Fernández, Ludovica Mazzei, Marta Abella, Naia Manjón, Narod Kassardjian, Nour Salameh, Paula Manjón, Yasin McIntee.

 

QPPSSA G.4 and G.5 Boys’ Basketball

 - by Dalila Rodrigues

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.

QUESS U14 Boys’ Football and Girls’ Football

 - by Dalila Rodrigues

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.

QPPSSA G.2 and G.3 Girls’ Basketball

 - by Dalila Rodrigues

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.

QPPSSA G.2 and G.3 Boys’ Basketball

 - by Dalila Rodrigues

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.

QPPSSA Grade 2 and 3 Outdoor Athletics

 - by Dalila Rodrigues

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) – 15th place: Noora Al-Thani 12.81

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boys 300 Meters Run Y4 (G3) – 16th 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) – 4th place: Madison Smith 5:55.55

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Boys Standing Triple Jump Y4 (G3) – 14th 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!

QUESS U16 Boys’ Basketball tournament

 - by Dalila Rodrigues

On Tuesday 21st of February, the under 16 boys’ basketball team travelled to ISLQ to compete on the QUESS U16 Boys’ Basketball tournament.

SEK Qatar’s basketball players made a good effort setting screens and moving the ball around the court. Mahmoud was great on the rebounds. Ryota made a very good effort against much taller players in the oppositions. Adel made two beautiful three point shots and showed some nice ball work.

Game 1: International School of London Qatar vs SEK International School Qatar (13-9)

Ryota scored 2 free throws. Adel scored a total of 7 points (1×3 point shot, 2×2 points shots).

The first line up was: Ryota, Adel, Mahmoud, Ulises, and Jonas.

Game 2: Al Khor International School vs SEK International School Qatar (13-6)

Ryota scored 2 points, and a free throw. Adel scored a 3 point shot.

All players got some game time.

Posterior to the tournament, there was time for a couple of friendly matches.

Game 3: SEK Qatar played against Qatar International School on the outdoors court on a 2 ten minutes halves. Everybody played.

Game 4: 40 minutes of a 6 on 6 friendly match between players, Samuel’s father, and staff. It was a good practice time.

The boys had a fun time during the competition. Onwards and upwards! Well done, players and coaches!

Squad: Adel Amer, Gorkem Aris, Jack Kassardjian, Jorge Brito, Mahmoud Ladki, Nejc Petric, Roman Timon, Ryota Wolff, Samuel Hecker, Ulises Ceballos.

Players who attended to watch, and gain experience: Jonas Hecker, Marios Darby, Oliver Wolff.

MYP Sports’ Day 2016-2017

 - by Dalila Rodrigues

On the 26th of January, SEK Qatar celebrated the annual MYP Sports’ Day. The students competed in 8 different events, each one challenging the skills they developed in the Athletics unit. The stations included Shot put, Javelin, Vortex Throw, Broad Jump, Long Jump, Vertical Leap, 100m Sprint, and 1Km Run. The students demonstrated enthusiasm for the day, where they cheered for their classmates, and gave everything a go. Thanks to the excellent work of the Radio Stations, the students had music, and house point updates throughout the day. The celebration concluded with a Tug of War challenge, where the victorious Scorpions even managed to overthrow the teachers’ team. However, after calculating all the events’ points, the Oryx team were the overall winners, closely followed by Stingrays. Well done to all of those who participated on the day, and to the teachers’ collaboration, and parents who supported the event.