St. Andrews Green Valley under-13 FOBISIA team confirmed their sporting prowess in typically victorious fashion in the recent international FOBISIA tournament held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Twenty-four eager Year 7 and 8 students demonstrated teamwork and skills in basketball, football and softball over a three day tournament in the picturesque Malaysian city, known for its rugged mountain treks and orangutan rehabilitation programme.
Faced with the possibility of cancellation less than two months ago, due to the original Bangkok host withdrawing citing the political unrest in Thailand’s capital, Kinabalu International School stepped up to accept the challenge. Much to the delight of international schools from Thailand and Nepal, the school organized a stellar sporting spectacle.
St. Andrews’ students are champions again.
The event was modified to suit the venue and number of participants and this proved to be the key ingredient in creating a wonderful friendly sporting environment. The competition was still tough and there were many great sporting highlights over the three days of competition including a penalty shoot-out in the boys’ football final and an extra-innings decider in the softball final.
Eric shows focus under pressure in the finals of the softball tournament.
St. Andrews teams built on their rich sporting legacy and gained champion status in every sporting event, completing a clean-sweep of success over the opposition to claim five 1st place trophies. With the girls’ team in particular being well-represented, they were separated into two teams for both basketball and football.
The school community is very proud of the team’s achievements, sportsmanship and enthusiasm.
David from St. Andrews (left) challenges for the ball with an opposing team member from St. Stephens.
