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We are only in pre-season, yet the Northbridge International School Cambodia Senior Boys Football Team has already registered its first major success at the 8th Human Rights Tournament hosted by CIA First International School.
Student coach Jeano pictured bottom row 5th from left, team captain Richard shown holding the trophy
By Ben Holman, Senior Boys Football Coach
As coach, I was unfortunately out of the country and the team was left in the trusty hands of student coach Jeano. Jeano and I had worked on tactics as part of his MYP Personal Project in Grade 10 so this was a perfect opportunity for him to lead a team, which he did with aplomb.
Our Boys, who were in the U19 category, started the day with a loss in the first game of pool play. The boys, with Jeano and Richard (captain) spent time talking as a team and analyzing what they needed to do to win moving forward.
This growth mindset by looking at learning from failure in the first game, really set them up for the rest of the tournament. This dedication paid off as the boys played well enough in their next three games to progress to the final.
The final game was close and very defensive ending 1-1. In the penalty shoot out our boys goalkeeper, Cameron, was able to stop an early shot and our penalty takers were able to finish the job successfully!
Many thanks to our Athletics Director, Emma Sparrow, who was there to look after the boys and sent me the match report details which have been used in this news post.
Last week, our second annual NISC Cup kicked off, with four schools and over one hundred students facing off to see who would be taking home the silverware on offer in separate boys’ and girls’ competitions. Last year CIA girls’ team won a thrilling final and were hoping that the cup would be returning to their school for a second year in a row, while our own NISC boys’ team were hoping to retain their hard won 2023 title.
The other week I was in Bangkok at the ASAC Basketball Tournament that is open for Grade 6 – 8 students from 9 competing schools across South East Asia. It gave me some time to reflect on the benefits and opportunities that our Northbridge students can access that will develop them holistically and physically.
Here at Northbridge International School Cambodia, we have the privilege of having an amazing 25 meter undercover swimming pool on campus. The school swim program is embedded in our curriculum from EL2 to Grade 10.