Inter House Competitions

In the last sports review we speculated on when, or indeed if, Atalanta would be brought to heel following their runaway success in Inter-House competitions in recent years.  Well, the winds of change, they are a-blowin'.  

Minerva were the first to break the monopoly when the stole the football trophy by the slenderest of margins.  Mr Katz then celebrated with an extra sugar cube in his tea as Diana won their first title of the millennium in the unihoc competition; and the skiing could not have been closer with Minerva piping Atalanta to first place on the final run of the day. Nevertheless, Atalanta were determined to show that their reign has not come to an end by winning back the volleyball cup!

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Inter-House sports events this term.  The spirit with which you enter into them is an integral part of the spirit of the school as a whole.

Photos from the Inter House events can be seen in the Inter House Update section!

Inter School Competitions

St. George's teams and individual competitors are renowned for their sense of fair-play.  At the SGIS swimming championships, Sara Bosshart enhanced this reputation further by handing back a gold medal that she knew was not rightfully hers.  All the same, she still managed to win five other medals, which, along with medals won by Filipa Mendes, Chloe Harty, Shannon Hinton and Nathalie Attar, brought the team tally to twelve.  Training at the pool in winter is not always an attractive prospect but your self-discipline paid off.  An impressive medal haul, girls - well done!

Pictured left to right: Felipa Mendes, Sara Bosshart, Chloe Harty and Shannon Hinton.

In basketball, the junior boys team also achieved a very satisfying fourth place in the SGIS Championships in Geneva.

Junior Boys Basketball team: Harry, Valentin, Jethro, Andre, Steven and Simon.

Finally, the interest in ski racing is growing all the time and this year St. George's pupils finished higher than ever on the results tables of every ski event they took part in.  A special mention goes to Vivianne Loopuyt, who won a silver medal at the Governor's Cup races in Leysin and to Angela Hitchens, who won a bronze medal in the combined event at the toughest of all the competitions, the ADISR Championships in Villars.

Some of the St. George's Ski Race Team pictured with Mr Jan Hill from the PE Dept.

The Swiss Snow League Badges

If you didn't move up through the Swiss Snow League system this year, don't worry.  It sometimes takes more than a year to make the leap to another level.  However, there are some individuals who deserve special mention for the enormous strides they have made. Brahma Kumar, Sara Bosshart and André Verster were all beginners last year but now ski in the top groups; Amy Hellier and Angela Corlett and the very courageous Mr Ward should be commended for their determination to succeed at snowboarding; and it can also be no coincidence that the boarding house girls who made the most progress this year were the ones who made the best use of Sunday ski outings.