Issue 20 - Australian International School Malaysia

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International Schools Athletic Conference
(ISAC) of Kuala Lumpur
2012 Swimming Championships
On Saturday, 1st December, the AISM Swim Team of
44 swimmers set off to the Aquatic Centre at Shah
Alam. There they competed against the 7 ISAC
Schools and two invited schools from Penang.
These were our results:
• Alysha Bender – BRONZE – U9 Girls 50m Freestyle
• U9 Girls Freestyle Relay – BRONZE (Alysha Bender,
Ariana Eimer, Alana Gallagher, Tania Thong)
• Brenna Maconaghie – BRONZE – O15 Girls 100m
Butterfly
• Alex McLaws – BRONZE – O15 Boys 100 Freestyle
• Melissa McLaughlin – SILVER – U13 Girls 50m
Butterfly
• Melissa McLaughlin – SILVER – U13 Girls 50m
Freestyle
• Maiku Nakajima – SILVER – U13 Boys 50m
Freestyle
• O15 Girls Freestyle Relay – BRONZE (Amelia
Kortum, Brenna Maconaghie, Atsuko Sunaga
and Brooke Turner)
• O15 Boys Freestyle Relay – BRONZE (Mitch
Booker, Stefan Domanski, Alex McLaws, Nathan
Pearsall)
Many of our swimmers
were unlucky to be just
beaten into fourth place
and it was fantastic to
see the large number
of personal best times
recorded. Our overall result of 5th place amongst the
KL based International Schools which equaled our
efforts of 2011.
At this point I would
like to acknowledge the
fantastic job that our Head
Coach Chan Jun Xiong,
affectionately known to
the swimmers as “JX”,
has done in preparing these students over the last
three years. JX has worked
tirelessly with his team
of coaches and is held
in high regard by all the
Barracuda team. I would
like to wish him all the
best as he moves on with
his coaching career.
Phil Wilkins,
Sports Coordinator
AISM Wins Basketball Division 2
ISAC Competition
Over the last few weeks the Senior Boys Basketball Team
had participated in the division 2 International Schools
Athletics Conference (ISAC)competition. Over three weeks
we played 10 games and were undefeated throughout the
tournament.
On Tuesday night we had the finals. We came across
Garden International School in our semi-final. After a good
game by the boys, we beat them 33-11. This got us a spot
in the grand final. After Alice Smith beat ISKL by only
two points in the other semi-final, we had our Grand Final
against Alice Smith who had been our strongest opponent
over the last few weeks. After a well-fought game we won
by 15 points. This was a great outcome especially without
key players Tom Tranter and Josh Edmonston. All the boys
played very well throughout the competition and deserved
the Grand Final win.
Joe Tranter
AISM Take Back to Back Touch Title
AISM Touch Girls have once again displayed their
dominance of the International Schools Athletics
Conference (ISAC) Touch Competitions taking out the
Division 2 Championship. The second year in a row has
seen the girls go through the competition undefeated,
providing some skilful and entertaining Touch along the
way. Ten of the girls have backed up from last year’s
premiership win and were joined by this year’s captain,
Brook Turner, and a number of rookies to the game, who
gained valuable experience.
Taking on Mont Kiara
International School in the
Semi Final, the scores were
locked at 1 – 1 at half time.
However, after the break the
nerves seemed to disappear
and the team posted five
unanswered tries, winning
6 – 1. This placed us in a good position to take on the
International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL) for the
Championship.
This game saw a much more disciplined approach as the
girls set about the basics and ran in three early tries,
taking a commanding lead into half time. ISKL weren’t
done and continued to pepper our line but the defense
held strong which opened opportunities for us to run in
another three tries, taking out the game 6 – 0.
It has been a great effort by
the girls over the last couple
of years and combining
the expert coaching ability
of Kasie Wilkins with their
commitment to learn the
game has taken this team to
great heights.
Congratulations on your efforts and I hope to see the
Division 1 Trophy held high next year.
Phil Wilkins,
Sports Coordinator
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