St. Andrews Green Valley Panthers made the trip to Malaysia on May 26 for this year’s Primary FOBISIA Games at the British International School Kuala Lumpur (BISKL). Having arrived tired but excited, the Panthers enjoyed an excellent welcome dinner before an early start the next day.
On Friday morning the team arrived at the Shah Alam Aquatics centre, hoping that their previous hard training work in the pool would pay off. They did not have long to wait before the medals started coming and it was fantastic to see the improvement from the previous year.
With spirits high the squad headed to the Panasonic Stadium where they showed amazing commitment and excellent consistency across track and field events. The St. Andrews team achieved third place overall in the athletics – a brilliant achievement and so well deserved.
That winning feeling followed through into the following day at the BISKL sports field where T-Ball was the day’s event. The Under 9s showed great enthusiasm and confidence and after overcoming some tough opposition they achieved a fantastic third place finish.
The Under 11s, brimming with confidence, batted and fielded superbly and in the final game held their nerve to secure the runs needed to deservedly take second place. Once again, the students fought hard and showed terrific sportsmanship and made St. Andrews proud.
Day 3 was the football competition and every game played displayed St. Andrews Green Valley’s brand of movement and flair and soon the results started stacking up. The under 9 girls showed just what exciting prospects they are for the future, narrowly missing out on medals but playing with big smiles on their faces and producing some lovely football.
The under 9 boys were absolutely dominant with solid defending turning into beautiful attacking football. Some huge scorelines later they had won all of their matches and brought home the champions’ trophy.
The Under 10 girls also showed what quality there is at St. Andrews, going unbeaten to the end and they were thrilled to win their gold medals.
The Under 10 boys were in a tough, physical group, but showing defensive grit and moments of attacking magic they managed to finish the group unbeaten, only losing out on the medals on goal difference.
The Under 11 girls fought bravely in the KL heat, winning some tough matches but narrowly missed out on the top 3. The boys however played some fantastic football bringing home the silver.
The weekend was capped off with a gala dinner where Lily and Keng were presented with St. Andrews Green Valley Most Valuable Athletes awards.
