Senior Sports Awards (U17 & U19)

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Message Message from from the the Head Head of of School School Welcome to Tonight’s Sports Award Dinner Welcome to Tonight’s Sports Awards Dinner

As most of you know, I’m a huge supporter of sport and still have very early memories of passing a heavy leather rugby ball around at the age of four. I never reached any great claims of fame as a sportsman but I loved the participation and the team connection. I’m a huge fan of most sports particularly rugby, tennis, basketball and cricket. It always amazes me when you think back to your childhood how much of your memories are sports related.

For me, it was the Christmas family cricket matches at the beach, watching the All Blacks playing the Lions at 2:00 am in the morning on a black and white television and having cheese toasties at half time. I think at the end of the day the memories stay because they are not only happy memories but generally they involve family or special team members that eventually become lifelong friends.

As the Head of School at Bangkok Patana School it is abundantly clear to me that sport is incredibly valued by the staff and students. We have some of the finest sports coaches in the world and we have students that are dedicated and passionate to improve their sporting skills. We have supportive parents who are always cheering from the sidelines and enjoying the games just as much as their kids are. This year I got to see some outstanding football, swimming, basketball, rugby, badminton, gymnastics, tennis and the list goes on........ My highlight of the sporting season this year would have to be the amazing SEASAC wins for the Senior Girls’ Tennis team and the SEASAC Boys’ Basketball team. What a wonderful confirmation of the hard work, commitment and talent of not only our students but our amazing coaching staff including Head Coach Daniel Ahl and coaches Jan Viratprasert and Danai Downer, Simon Tyers and Coach Carlos.

There is no doubt in my mind that one of the reasons why our sports programme at Bangkok Patana School is so strong is because of the dedicated, professional and passionate PE staff we have at this school lead so capably by our Acting Assistant Principal Sports and Activities Mr. Andrew Tatam. Andrew has had an excellent two terms in his important overall sporting leadership role. Special thanks to all of our sports administrators, grounds people, and caterers and housekeeping staff; we couldn’t do it without you. I’m very sad that Coach Nicola our amazing Head Gymnastic Coach is leaving us at the end of this academic year. She has been an inspirational coach since she started at Bangkok Patana in August 2013. The gymnastic programme under Coach Nicola has flourished and the results speak for themselves. We wish Nicola all the very best as she moves back to the UK. Congratulations to all of our students for participating, aiming high and most important of all enjoying your sport.

Have an enjoyable night celebrating each other’s talent on and off the field.

Matt Mills, Head of School 3

Message from the Acting Assistant Principal Extra-curricular Activities and Sports It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the very first web based Bangkok Patana Sports round up and annual awards. This follows on from our Sports Awards Dinner which was held in the Sports Hall as a marvellous evening of celebration and signifies the conclusion of yet another successful sporting year for BPS teams within the school. In liaison with our students, through our wonderful Athletics Council, we have chosen not to produce a paper booklet this year as an attempt to be a little greener in support of many whole school initiatives already in place.

Our school teams have continued to thrive and compete upon all levels and we should be rightly proud of the diversity and dedication of our sporting communities. We have participated in all BISAC Sports and nearly all that SEASAC have to offer, as well as traveling to China for the Under 13 FOBISIA Games, enjoying FOBISIA Sailing and Swimming and most recently, hosting a very well received Primary FOBISIA Games. Focusing upon these recently hosted Games I feel that this event was a prime example of our community pulling together to produce a marvellous and FUN event. Secondary PE staff gave up valuable time to support the athletics and umpire the Tee Ball. Feedback from student athletes, coaches and parents alike was very positive and much of this was down to the hard work of teaching colleagues, our wonderful buildings and grounds team and the ever supportive Sports and Activities team.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you, the students, for dedicating so much time and committing sincerely to the sports programme. Without our dedicated student athletes we certainly would not be in a position to offer the huge range and depth that we are so proud of. To those students leaving Patana, the whole PE and Sports staff would like to wish you well and we hope you continue to enjoy sport for many years to come.

At Bangkok Patana School, the sports programme gets a lot of support from the Foundation Board and the Senior Leadership team which is very much appreciated. Our facilities are constantly praised by colleagues and this allows us to host some wonderful and successful events. I would like to thank all of our parents for your invaluable support, both to your children and to the sports teams throughout the year.

I would like to recognise a wonderful Sports and Activities Department Khun Nui, Khun Suly, Khun Champ, Khun Korn and Khun Peach for all their support and help throughout the year. These people do a lot of work behind the scenes that tends to go unnoticed and they ensure that your season runs smoothly.

Finally a huge thank you to all of our Coaches, both internal and external, who have contributed to the development of our teams throughout the school. Without your involvement, expertise, enthusiasm and dedication we could not sustain such a large programme. You give up a lot of precious time and we are all very grateful. Many thanks to the following; the grounds staff, Khun Prawit and all the estates department, Khun Kaew, and her team for all their support in organising our many overseas and local trips. Thanks also to the Transport Department for always being flexible and cooperative.

Enjoy the following Sports Reports and get motivated for an even more action packed year from August 2016!

Mr Andrew Tatam, Acting Assistant Principal, Extra-curricular Activities and Sports 4

SEASON 11 SEASON JV Boys’ Volleyball

The season’s stats were 9 and 1. Nine straight wins, with the only one defeat being the BISAC final. A bitter end indeed, to what was otherwise a great season. We had a considerable advantage with a lot of taller players this year, especially with the new net height at Varsity of 2.43m. The middle blockers were able to adapt easily and proved to be our most effective attacking option but at outside, we could not quite find the vertical to be as effective. Throughout the season we spent a considerable amount of time on serve and serve receive to ensure our setters were given plenty of good first balls.

We still struggled on serve receive and were almost undone by a single player from RIS at BISAC. Once we had established positions, the season went just fine. Undefeated in the League and looking forward to BISAC. We made the final and met TCIS, who we had comfortably beaten in the League. Although it appeared that the opposition had a new outfit at BISAC, we still managed to win the first set 25 - 15. However, unable to hold our nerves, we lost the second set 24 - 26 and then the final set. A thoroughly enjoyable season and I am sure that a number will move onto Varsity next year, with a number of seniors graduating.

Honours: BISAC 2nd Team Awards: MVP: Prem (Teddy) Boonbandansook MIP: Ta Soung (Taisho) Loo CC: Aeneas Compernol Team: Prem (Teddy) Boonbandansook, Wirattawut (Max) Boonbandansook, Poomkhun (Poom) Chayavoraprapa, Seongmin Cheung, Aeneas Compernol, Lachlan Dibbayawan, Akshil Jhaveri, Ta Soung (Taisho) Lo, Arnav Mahajan, Nicholas Roberts, Jevin Sakriya (Captain), Glenn (Kyle) Shelford Coaches: Mr Richard Watson & Khun Korn 5

JV Girls’ Volleyball

At the beginning of this volleyball season, our team was equipped with positivity and potential. Thanks to our wonderful coaches, we became both physically and mentally stronger. The challenge began at our very first training, where we faced our first match before having played together. Our ability to work well with one another proved to be useful when we walked away from the match victorious. During the season we built up our team spirit and learnt to encourage one another. Two weeks into practice, we asked our coaches if an extra day of volleyball training would be possible. These Friday trainings soon became key to working on both our individual and team skills, which were put to use in future games.

Throughout the season, we won the majority of our fixtures, but the losses were what really motivated the team to stay strong and seek improvement. Keeping up our spirits in matches was crucial to being successful, as giving up was never an option. We often began our games by losing the first set, but never stopped fighting to win the next.

With the determination for our team to improve, Mer (captain) organised additional trainings for our team over the half-term holiday. This prepared us well for BISAC. We started the day by narrowly losing. Although this meant we would not be able to compete in the finals, we quickly picked ourselves up to win the next games. We reached the 3rd/4th play-off, but unfortunately lost to a team who played better than us. We all ended the season proud of the way we had played and with new friendships that will last for years to come. There is no doubt that each and every one of us has grown individually and as a team. [Report by Florence Lacrosse] Honours: BISAC 4th Team Awards: MVP: Clara Boucher MIP: Irene Wessels CC: Nalin Karnchanchari Team: Nalin (Mer) Karnchanachari (C), Florence Lacrosse, Irene Wessels, Buse Ozgulsen, Isabelle Coenen, Cream Ramanat, Teresa Boardman, Blanche Boucher, Sarina Sugita, Laure Hermes, Adelia Liew, Clara Boucher.

Coaches: Khun So and Khun Ying 6

JV Boys’ Football

This was the first season of Under 17 football and Patana fielded a very young team including many Year 8 and Year 9 players. It was a mixed season with highs and lows throughout. Patana secured the first silverware of the season by winning the Shrewsbury Invitational Tournament without losing a game and only conceding one goal. In the BISAC League games the boys defeated NIST for the second time this season but narrowly lost a close game with Shrewsbury that prevented us from winning the league. Progress in a very tight BISAC tournament was going to be difficult after a couple of key injuries and call ups to Varsity. Progress came down to the final group game where we lost to eventual winners Trail. The overall finish of 5th was very disappointing and did not reflect the performances throughout the season. Marching on together I am sure that next season will be more fruitful, ‘Howway The Lads’.

Honours: BISAC 5th Team Awards: MVP: Alessandro Miotto MIP: Ben Winyard CC: Jamie Wuethrich Team: Miyauchi Kenji, Poolworaluk Cholsatien (Click), Rijnders Jasper, Taylor Jeffrey, Ayrle Benedikt, Brandt Remington, Haughton Sam, Kho Pablo Dennis, Miotto Alessandro, Nanoo Dhanesh, Warjovaara Nikolas, Winyard Benedict, Wuethrich Jamie Coaches: Mr. Paul Summers and Mr. James Myers

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JV Girls’ Football

Perseverance and the determination to never give up, along with an attitude of giving your all for your teammates can never be underestimated. Also never underestimate your opponent. This was certainly true of the Junior Varsity Girls Football Team who finished their season with many wins and a few draws and 1 loss (friendly), as well as taking home the BISAC Championship trophy. After winning the first game and drawing our 2nd in Pool A in the BISAC Tournament, we faced a tough encounter with RIS in the finals. Through their commitment and team spirit the girls managed a 1 goal win, winning the Championship Gold Medal game against Ruamrudee International School in golden goal time. After dominating most of the game and having many shots on goal, either straight to the keeper or hitting the crossbar, Emiko, with 2 minutes of extra time left, shot the winning goal over the keepers head. The Patana girls dug deep in one of the hottest days we’ve had, and found the back of the net to take home the championship. Thank you to the youngest team out on that park and for all your excellent display of sportsmanship and discipline. Hope to see you all back for Season 1 JV Football trials 2016 and thank you to all who supported our winning BISAC team.

Honours: BISAC CHAMPIONS Team Awards: MVP: MIP: CC:

Emiko Araki Janelle Lourdes De La Cruz Amanda Sarfelt

Team: Anastasia (Nastya) Boutou (CC), Amanda Sarfelt (CC), Emiko Araki, Daphne Van Den Oetelaar, Lia Wilson, Annabel Paxton, Feline (Fee) Abrahams, Janelle Lourdes De La Cruz, Anne-Sophie Janssen, Melanie Marcar, Anna Mellor, Momiji (Momo) C Uji and Camila Cognac.

Coaches: Ms. Karen McGuire and Mr. Kazuya Yoneyama 8

Varsity Boys’ Volleyball

This season the team were very successful throughout all of their friendly fixtures, showing progress each week and building together as a team. We had lots of new players this year which bought a new dynamic and lots of options on court. Early in the season we attended friendship tournaments at NIST and ISB, performing well at both. We attended BISAC at SHB where we came 2nd in our group, beating ICS and SHB to reach a semi-final v NIST. We narrowly lost 2-1 to finish 4th. We then dedicated lots of training time to serve receive, attacking and transition play in order to be a strong force at our home SEASAC in November.

The team showed much promise for the SEASAC tournament, with lots of experience in the team and some seriously tall blockers. However, the enormity of the situation got the better of the lads and unforced errors were rife, resulting in losses to CDNIS, ISY, RIS and NIST. This prevented us from qualifying for the semi-final leaving us to play for 5th against MKIS. The boys chose to keep the game a close one, winning 3-2 (15-2 in the final set). Patana MVP for the tournament was Jittarin (Win) Kanjanphairoj, dedicated captain and ‘go to’ player on the court.

Well done to all the players on the team, congratulations to those who won awards and best of luck to the departing seniors on the team who have played an integral part in guiding others and leading by example on and off the court.

Also a special thank you to Win for being an aspirational captain, to Christian for being an incredible co-captain, as well as to Mr. Thombs and Khun Champ for being tremendous assistant coaches helping to improve the skills of every member of the team.

Honours: BISAC 4th SEASAC 5th Team Awards: MVP: Krit (Tey) Chaiprasit MIP: Gilbert Van Gerven CC: Christian Salce Team: Jittarin (Win) Kanjanphairoj (C), Christian Salce, Krit (Tey) Chaiprasit, Markus Soos, Sukhavaj (Om) Rasmidatta, Gilbert van Gerven, Finn Campton, Simon Cable, Alexandre Lacrosse, Hong-Wei (Will) Chen, Kmik (Mickey) Karnasuta, Haneul (Hanz) Kim. Coaches: Ms Laura Bebbington, Mr. James Thombs and Khun Champ Vutipanit 9

Varsity Girls’ Volleyball

The Varsity volleyball girls had a rocky start this season, facing losses at the NIST friendship tournament. However, with a few remaining veterans and the new young, fit team - the potential for improvement was ever present.

Guided by the experienced, knowledgeable and strong Thai coaches - Coach Jang and Coach To - the girls went through rigorous training to work on their serve receives and aggressive attacks before BISAC came around.

With so many new players on the team, communication was essential.

Our friendly games throughout the season were dedicated to building strong cohesive play on court, however we met with many challenges along the way - one of them being our rivals ISB against whom we never could quite finish off the game with success.

Until BISAC came around when the girls' hard work finally paid off. Starting off strong in the pool games but narrowly losing a great game against NIST we came head to head with ISB for the 3rd place medal. After losing to them the entire season, our determination shone through and we were able to finally defeat them in a tense match – bronze medallists!!

Thus, we were in high hopes for SEASAC in November, putting in extra training over the holidays to make sure all the progress made was not lost. Rocking up at NIST to compete, seniors Nina, Ellen and Emiri were filled with determination to make something of their last season whilst rookies were ready to showcase all that they've learned this season. Strong at the net and touch in back court - we were confident with the upcoming challenges from teams around South East Asia. Meeting great success with lots of grit and determination, we qualified for the semi-finals against CDNIS. We started incredibly strong, smashing them in the first set. However, with a couple of points won from the other team in the second set, our heads went down and the nerves overcame us. Unfortunately, our mental strength was not strong enough to swing momentum back onto our side and we lost a very tough game.

Luckily, the girls were able to snag the 3rd place again, facing local rivals RIS and former SEASAC champions. The frustration of our unfortunate semi's the night before was instead transformed into even more motivation - leading 10

to a successful 3rd place playoff and a great end to the season. Well done to MVP's Ellen and Nina. Finally, big thank you to all the parents that came out to support us, and most importantly, thank you to our amazing coaches. Next season is bound to be a great one.

[Report by Nina Chatuchinda] Honours: BISAC 3rd SEASAC 3rd Team Awards: MVP: Ellen Hagelauer MIP: Nina Chatuchinda CC: Emiri Vithonntien Team: Nina Chatuchinda (C), Ellen Hagelauer, Emiri Vithoontien, Abbie Slowther, Sri Hollema, Beccy Waite, Lita Yodmani, Julia Verstraete, Annie Flint-Smith, Dame Bunnag, Kitty Chaivirach, Lucy Thompson.

Coaches: Khun Jang and Khun Too

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Varsity Boys’ Football

Following a busy transfer window in the summer of 2015 the Patana Varsity team was always going to be in a phase of transition. All of the senior pro's which the team had relied on the past few season had finally succumbed to the lure of university and therefore moved onto pastures new. This meant that there was space in the team for a few up and coming youngsters and fresh faces to the squad.

The season started with the NIST invitational tournament which actually turned out to be an example of what would happen the rest of the season. One minute the team looked like world beaters and the next it was like they didn't know how to play football. However with the team being full of youth and inexperience this was to be expected.

Moving onto the first major tournament of the season saw us at Ruamrudee trying to defend our BISAC title. Due to some poor scheduling and our lack of consistency (which had evaded us the whole season) we lost our opening game to Traill meaning that we would be unable to make the final. All credit to the team however as they put this setback behind them and played some great football the rest of the tournament, finishing 3rd and leaving us to ponder what could have been had we started better.

SEASAC followed the same pattern with us losing to NIST in the opening game. We bounced back however beating UWC East (with a great comeback) and BIS Jakarta leaving us top of the table after day 1. Day 2 saw us with knowing that 1 win out of our 2 games would see us through to the semi-finals and the boys were really up for it. We dominated both games playing some great football however we ended up paying for our missed chances losing both games and failing to qualify. It was another example of our youthful inexperienced team being unable to punish teams and was a lesson learned that should see us stronger next year. The final day was the dreaded 'relegation' game against BIS Jakarta! The team absolutely blew BIS Jakarta away in the first few minutes and it turned into a comfortable win meaning we will stay in the top division another year.

Overall it was a great learning experience for the players which looking ahead to next year should stand them all in good stead. Unfortunately as with every year we will be losing our Year 13's who have been fantastic on and off the 12

pitch. However as one door shuts another one opens for all the other hungry players wanting to try out for hopefully a successful football season in 2016!

Honours: BISAC 3rd SEASAC 5th Team Awards: MVP: Kevin Wuethrich MIP: Eugene Grimaud CC: Alessandro Kho Pablo Team: Hein Htet MacArthur, Toby Altree, Phillip Bergman, Kevin Wuethrich, Eugene Grimaud, Lo Sidelind, Alessandro Kho Pablo, Shaan Ali, James Ashford, Ross Nicholson, Michael Nunbhakdi Coaches: Mr. Billy Osborne and Mr. Adam Reid

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Varsity Girls’ Football

This Varsity Girls Football team started this year with some new faces, and extremely high expectations. From the start of the season the team worked hard to improve both physically and technically. During the initial stages of the season training sessions focused on improving fitness after the long summer break and encouraging the team to maintain possession of the ball. After only a week of training the ‘friendship’ tournament held at NIST was the team’s first real challenge, a great opportunity early in the season to assess how we are looking compared to other BISAC opponents and get lots of match practice. This tournament was a great success with the team playing some fantastic football, winning the tournament quite comfortably; including thrashing local rivals NIST 5-0.

In the build up to BISAC the team continued to improve and record excellent results against local opposition, including Harrow International School and International Community School. The team also participated at the ISB ‘Spirit Night’ competition, competing against the ISB Panthers in the exhibition match of the evening. Unfortunately for the Panthers, Patana secured a win, abruptly silencing the ISB celebrations. In training the team was focused and the girls were developing a great team cohesion, helped by entertaining games of football tennis and cross bar challenge. The girls continued this winning form by securing back to back BISAC competitions, remaining undefeated throughout the competition. BISAC CHAMPIONS! The girls deserved this win, demonstrating how comfortable they are on the ball and composure in front of goal.

This victory provided the team with lots of confidence and high expectations as we approached SEASAC. This year SEASAC was hosted by NIST, allowing lots of parental support which added to the electric atmosphere. The girls started the SEASAC tournament very well, winning four out of four games on their first day; certainly setting a precedent for other teams in the competition. During the second day of competition the team finished with the group stages of the competition, aiming for a spot in the semi-finals. The final game of the group stages, between Tanglin and Patana, was the decider for which team topped the group. After a very slow start Patana found themselves 3-1 down in the first half. Unwilling to give up, and showing great determination and character, Patana overturned the deficit and came out as 4-3 winners. This set up a semi-final against the Canadian School of Hong 14

Kong. Patana won this match 4-1, meaning we would meet Tanglin, once again, in the final. Unfortunately this time Tanglin would come out of a very close game on top, winning by a cruel golden goal. Despite not receiving the colour of medal we would have preferred the girls should be so proud of themselves, finishing second out of seven strong teams is a great achievement.

We would like to thank every member of the varsity girls’ team for their hard work and dedication throughout the season. The team developed an unbreakable bond and demonstrated a level of maturity and character which they should be extremely proud of. It has been a very enjoyable season, with plenty of fond memories. The future of Patana girls football looks exciting!

Good luck to all our leavers who are heading on to even greater things.

Honours: BISAC – CHAMPIONS SEASAC – 2nd Team Awards: MVP: Danielle Rotenberg MIP: Ella Busby CC: Maria Bobic Lindstrand Team: Abi Barton (C), Maria Bobic Lindstrand, Ella Busby, Patricia Hall, Reesha Jagdeo, Kerryanne Kelly, Jenny Lojanavanich, Daywe MacArthur, Gemma-Rose Nevin, Honami Ota, Satu Penttila, Danielle Rotenberg, Laura Worthington Coaches: Miss Hannah Marshall and Miss Lena Perriam

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Varsity Golf

The 2015/16 SEASAC Golf competition took place at the challenging Nilai Springs golf and country club just outside of Kuala Lumpur. With the tournament taking place in the Malaysian rainy season the ground was very soggy which made ball striking and scoring very tough. Fortunately the rains stayed away on the competition days and after the first day of competition the girls were in 3rd place and the boys 4th, with team captain Nadoln Narongdej 2nd in the individual competition after a fine 76. With a stiff breeze on the second day making conditions even tougher, much improved rounds from Conor Kelly and Gerry Hall saw the boys improve to 3rd place overall, the first time a Patana Boys team has received a medal at SEASAC golf. Doln just missed out on an individual medal finishing 6th.

An outstanding lifetime best round of 84 from Patricia Hall saw the girls consolidate their 3rd place in the team competition and propelled Patricia to an excellent 3rd place in the individual competition. There were also medals for Patana students in the Handicap competition with Malachi Frye finishing 2nd in the boys and Tina Kong in Year 7, taking part in her first competition for Patana, securing 3rd with a personal best score.

There were further successes for the Patana Golf Team at BISAC with Win Viravan winning the Under 11 boys competition and Tina Kong finishing second in the girls Under 13.

With the majority of the Patana team in Year 10 or below the future looks bright for the Patana Golf Team.

Honours: BISAC Under 11 boys champion, Under 13 girls runner up.

SEASAC Boys team 3rd, Girls team 3rd, Patricia Hall 3rd Individual Girls.

Boys’ Team Awards: MVP: Nadoln Narongdej MIP: Password Sudjitporn CC: Conor Kelly

Girls’ Team Awards: MVP: Patricia Hall MIP: Tina Kong CC: Kerryanne Kelly

Team: Nadoln Narongdej (captain), Gerry Hall, Conor Kelly, DC Sarajoti, Guilhem Echivard, Malachi Frye, Cue Chinthammit, Cane Chinthammit, Password Sudjitporn, Thames Tangitvet, Todd Tangitvet, Pomme Buleth, Erik Appelberg, Win Viravan, David Bobic Lindstrand, Kerryanne Kelly (captain), Patricia Hall, Tina Kong.

Coaches: Mr. Paul Wadsworth, Mr. Andrew Haughton, Mr. Timothy Jarrett 16

Varsity Cross Country

This year was the first in which Patana has entered a cross country team at SEASAC. It has been a steep learning curve for everyone involved but there are some talented and committed runners at the school who will certainly do well in the future.

In term 1 the students competed in the BISAC cross country at ISB and there were some great team and individual performances with Ross Nicholson winning the boys varsity and Laura Worthington and Sri Hollema finishing 1st and 2nd respectively in the girls varsity. Although we didn't have individual winners in any of the younger age groups, our teams did get 1st place in the girls Under 11, Under 13, Under 15 and boys Under 11 too, a great achievement!

Our preparation for the SEASAC was hampered by Sri Hollema and Ben Ayrle collapsing during their training and Clara Boucher damaging her ankle in the weeks leading up to the competition in Hong Kong. They put on a good show though with most students running impressive personal times in both the relay and individual races at SEASAC. Unfortunately this year our team were not in contention for either the individual or team medals. A lot of the runners were very young though (including Lily-Anne in year 6!) so they have plenty of time to improve further and I am hopeful that over the next few years we will develop into a very competitive team.

A big thank you to Clara Boucher and Patrick Schlaeppi for stepping into the SEASAC team at a late stage when other students had to pull out.

Honours: BISAC Under 11 Girls’ 1st Under 13 Girls’ 1st Under 15 Girls’ 1st Varsity Girls’ 1st

SEASAC Varsity Girls’ 5th Varsity Boys’ 7th

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Under 11 Boys’ 1st Under 13 Boys’ 3rd Varsity Boys’ 3rd Boys’ Team Awards: MVP: Ross Nicholson MIP: Henry Chandler CC: Ben Aryle

Girls’ Team Awards: MVP: Sri Hollema MIP: Camila Cognac CC: Marilou Turner

SEASAC Team: Girls: Sri Hollema, Marilou Turner, Camilla Cognac; Clara Boucher, Lily-Anne Boucher Boys: Ian (Ross) Nicholson, Benedict Ayrle, Alexander Jensen, Patrick Schlaeppi, Henry Chandler Coach: Mr. Alex Collins

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SEASON 2 JV Boys’ Basketball

With this being the second season of the league format before the main BISAC tournament, the team had an even greater understanding of how important each game was, and how this would affect which pool we would be placed in.

Thus the pressure was really on from the start and the team delivered right from the off. Playing a strong NIST team at their home court the starting 5 of Kris, Kent, Max, Kyle and Seongmin helped us to a big lead from the off and the regulation win was never in doubt, with the final score being 41 – 29.

Next up was Shrewsbury for our first home game. After building a big lead we started to play as not to lose instead of to win, and this nearly cost us. Though we manage to hold our nerve down the stretch to win by one point, with a final score of 50-49. However the lessons we learnt in this game would help us later on in the season.

An away mercury ruling win against RIS 47-17 helped us move to a 3-0 record. The team was lead in scoring by Judo Ekwarin and Akshil Jhaveri.

This was followed up by our only loss of the league season against a very strong ISB team who made it all the way to the BISAC finals. Despite playing well we lost 56-44.

Our final group game saw us finish with a league record of 4-1, beating for the first time in 4 years a well-coached Harrow team 53 – 41. A balanced team performance was led by Malachi Frye, Handel Gonzales and Anil Dharmaseri.

This year the BISAC tournament was again at ASB. We won our first pool game against Harrow 56-34, which was the perfect team performance and a great way to start the day. This was followed up by our only loss of the day against eventual winners TRAIL 51-37. Beating RIS again with a mercy ruling, meant we reached the 3rd/4th place off against our old rivals ASB. 19

A closely fought game where no team lead by more than 6 points went down to the final play of the game, with BPS coming out winners 42-38.

This meant a well-deserved final placing of 3rd. We couldn’t be more proud of the team, they always gave 100% on the court and as coaches we cannot ask for more than that.

Honours: BISAC 3rd Team Awards: MVP: Kent Dante MIP: Akshil Jhaveri CC: Seongmin Cheung Team: Max Boonbandansook, Seongmin Cheung, Kris Dante, Kent Dante, Anil Dharmaseri, Judo Ekwarin, Malachi Frye, Handel Gonzales, Akshil Jhaveri, Dorji Phuntsho, Kyle Shelford, Samriddh Kothari Coaches: Mr. Kristen Meadows and Mr. Richard Watson

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JV Girls’ Basketball

The Junior Varsity Girls’ basketball team had an exciting and challenging season that really brought them together as a team and as friends. The team’s schedule at BISAC was challenging, resulting in some gruelling games. However the girls rose to the challenge and performed with strength and skill throughout the day. There were many highlights including three pointers from Lisa, Athena and Pinn and a sensational game against ICS which saw ICS unable to score for the entire first quarter and our girls winning the game by 20 points.

In their game against ISB the girls proved that tiger spirit isn’t just once a year. It was a close match throughout with ISB in the end taking the lead in the fourth quarter. One ISB player subbing on said ‘I’m scared,’ this was because of the constant pressure from our girls. They played with such determination and heart that coaches of the rival teams were complimenting them on it. The girls showed great character and a fantastic team spirit which led them to steadily improve both individually and as a team throughout the season. The future for BPS JV girls’ basketball looks bright as there are lots of talented players who will still be about next year to hopefully improve on our results this year. Special mention should go to departing seniors Christina (Kit) Zellerbach and Hsin-Ju (Lisa) Lo. Both girls have been fantastic role models for the younger players and will be a great loss to the team.

Honours: BISAC 5th Team Awards: MVP: Athena Intanate MIP: Pawarin (L) Sungkboon CC: Hsin-Ju (Lisa) Lo Team: Loyola Lauvoravit, Chada (Jessy) Mahadumrongkul, Puntrika (Pinn) Tannirandorn, Athena Intanate, Yuen Yan (Joey) Wong, Sasa Chanuntranont, Pawarin (L) Sungkboon, Hsin-Ju (Lisa) Lo, Joycelyn (Jojo) Intanate, Christina (Kit) Zellerbach, Dora Zoeller Coaches: Khun Pol, Khun Fon, Mr Chris Ferne 21

Varsity Boys’ Basketball

Our previous season finished with a SEASAC finals loss to NIST. Although a silver medal is great achievement it left our players thinking about what else they could have done in order to claim that gold medal. As coaches, we were incredibly lucky to have nine of those players return for a chance of redemption; nine players who wanted to take that next step and achieve the SEASAC gold.

We all had high expectations but the season didn’t start as we wanted it to. The skill level was there, but team chemistry was lacking, resulting in a number of losses early in the season that really should have been wins.

However, as the season progressed, the team began to get together not only trusting each other on the court but also enjoying their time together off it. Unfortunately, our BISAC tournament was as competitive as ever and after a couple of tough losses the highest we could finish was fifth. This kept our players hungry though, training harder than ever in preparation for SEASAC. Boosted by strong school support from the home crowd our SEASAC weekend was nothing short of spectacular, reaching the finals again for a rematch against NIST. This time there was no mistakes and no one was left wondering what else they could have done. A beautifully controlled game from start to finish was concluded with the presentation of gold medals for our players.

Special mention should go to departing seniors Charn, Alan, Christian, Devyn and Gilbert. All of them have been fantastic role models and leaders for the younger players and have been a huge part of the BPS Basketball program over the years.

Honours: BISAC 5th SEASAC CHAMPIONS Team Awards: MVP: Alexandre Lacrosse MIP: Tom Van Dan Oetelaar CC: Charn Chanarat Team: Charn Chanarat, Aryan Jain, Chayakorn (Alan) Joos, Alexandre Lacrosse, Nicholas Roberts, Jevin Sakariya, Christian Salce, Devyn Smith, Jai Suphavadeeprasit, Tom Van Den Oetelaar, Gilbert Van Gerven, Louise Velayo Coaches: Mr. Carlos Iroung and Mr. Simon Tyers 22

Varsity Girls’ Basketball

The BPS Girls’ Varsity team fought in a very tough pool including ASB and Shrewsbury at BISAC. We started off well with a victory against NIST and our second game was against the eventual champions ASB. A great double-team defensive effort on their two star players got their coach startled when we were up by 18 points. In the end we lost (47-52) because the constant defensive intensity tired us out and we couldn’t answer their following pressure. After a slight loss to Shrewsbury, we came back strong against Harrow (34-30) to win the match for 5th place.

After practising almost every weekday, the team got stronger and more confident. At first the girls were concerned that SEASAC would be difficult to survive, but hard work and persistence took the girls to the next level and BPS became a team to fear. After strong wins against NIST, CDNIS and Garden, we also had to deal with an unnecessary loss against RIS (40-48) in the preliminary round. This would also be the team to face in the bronze medal match and the girls were excited to have the opportunity to finally earn a medal. A variety of pressure defences and more effective teamwork on offense resulted in a 48-33 win.

Thank you Eshana Pussegoda for greatly using your exceptional team building and motivational skills as part of this team and we wish you a happy future. The Varsity Girls team has an encouraging future, full of potential, so keep working hard!

Honours: BISAC 5th SEASAC 3rd Team Awards: MVP: Serri Matula MIP: Daywe MacArthur CC: Julie Matula Team: Eshana Pussegoda, Abbie Slowther, Laura Worthington, Beryl Hsu, Serri Matula, Yae Rim Park, Ishita Chatterjee, Yu Rim Hong, Daywe MacArthur, Julie Matula, Enaara Pussegoda, Aiko Saeki Coaches: Mr. Bob Smeding 23

Swimming Team 2015/16

The TigerSharks team have had another successful year. The top team award and numerous individual awards at ISB SwimFest in November was followed by some excellent swims and the overall team award at our own Feeding Frenzy International meet in December attended by 500 athletes from Asia!

In January 52 athletes swam at FOBISIA in Phuket winning Top Team as well as three age group trophies at the meet. Fourteen Patana swimmers competing in the Thai Nationals in individual events. Ton Kiangsiri won a Silver medal in the 17-18 years 50m Breaststroke and Coach Bank a Bronze in the Open Ladies 50m Breaststroke. Chloe Burkill, Max Stockdale, Prin Chantarangkul and Lachlan Dibbayawan all made finals. The 12-13 year Girls 4 x 200m Freestyle relay won an historic Silver medal.

In the SEASAC event in Kuala Lumpur the 13-14 year Boys won their age group with the Girls age 13-14 and 15+ team third in their age groups. Overall the Girls team were third and the Boys second with TigerSharks a close third in the overall meet. Many personal best times set by the team.

BISAC 2016 saw both the Senior and Junior teams crowned Champions. The junior title was the first time since 2009 that BPS had won this event. All but two age group trophies were won by the team.

A small team also went to Dragons Den in Singapore finishing 5th overall at UWC EAST with Chloe Burkhill and Daniel Fuchs winning age group trophies.

This year just under 50 school records have been broken by the team as well as many personal times achieved along the way. A very well done to the whole team and the coaching staff. Good luck to all TigerShark leavers and a special farewell to Millie, Kate, Mel, Sophie, Ton and Anselm for their dedication to the team over the years.

SEASAC Team: Kaitlyn Dibbayawan, Palida Leenabanchong, Anna Meller, Alinta Wongwatanasin, Teal Uahwatanasakul, Jasmina Barron, Misol Cheung, Ela Rylichova, Niamh Flannery, Tia Mclean, Millie Ribeiro, Kristine Huang, Melanie Koh, Kate Wattanavekin, Sophie Tulloch Jack Kinsella, Mark Chan, Daniel Fuchs, Prin Chantarangkul, Zhen Tam, Klang Jatusripitak, Krating Khemkhon, Daniel Rinne, Patrick Schlaeppi, Tan Sriprai, Anselm Xavier, Arin Kiangsiri, Lachlan Dibbayawan, Pasut Sudlabha, Napat Kornsri 24

Boys’ Awards: MVP: Ton Kiangsiri MIP: Lachlan Dibbayawan CC: Anselm Xavier

Girls’ Awards: MVP: Millie Ribeiro MIP: Sophie Tulloch CC: Kate Wattanavekin

Coach: Mr. Richard Thorp

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JV Boys’ Rugby

After a season of hard work on the training field and some knock backs at Spirit night at ISB, the team was only quietly confident upon arrival to the BISAC tournament at ISB. Their first game proved difficult against Harrow, but their superior pace in the form of Federico Perren, Oscar Matijasevic and Michael Nunbhakdi proved too much for Harrow, they took their first game 24-12. The second game in the pool was against Ruamrudee against whom we had only drawn earlier in the season. Solid scrums from Alex Mackinnon, Sebastian Bailey, John Broadbent and Joseph Wood and some good set piece play from the backs, Duncan Kerr at scrum half, Federico Perren at fly half and Tan Sriprai at centre saw them win comfortably 17-5.

Improving with every game they scored 4 tries against Shrewsbury, using moves learnt at training and some solid tackling from Sebastian and Alex. Their fourth pool game against ISB was very close, ISB put pressure on the BPS kicks and they scored a runaway try to win the game by two points 12-10, however BPS had scored the most tries in the competition putting them top of the pool, to play Harrow in the final. Confidence was sky high at this point and BPS kept the ball well, spreading it wide for Oscar, Michael, Henry Zoeller and Federico to score the days highest point victory, 51-5. Congratulations to Skipper Jack Hickey and Vice-captain Joseph Wood for their determination and encouragement on the field. Also to Duncan who showed that size doesn’t matter when you have a great sidestep, Killian Kleemann who proved he can play in many positions, and Tan who set up many tries by passing at the right time.

Honours: BISAC CHAMPIONS Team Awards: MVP: Federico Perren MIP: Henry Zoeller CC: Tan Sriprai Team: Jack Hickey, Sebastian Bailey, Alexander MacKinnon, Joseph Wood, Tan Sriprai, Jonathan Broadbent, Duncan Kerr, Kilian Kleemann, Henry Zoeller, Federico Perren, Taratorn (Michael) Nunbhakdi, Oscar Matijasevich.

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JV Touch

The start of any Junior Varsity season is a challenge in regards to team dynamics. You have older athletes disappointed not to have earned a Varsity spot and other enthusiastic and somewhat less experienced ones. This year’s dynamics were no different and becoming a team was much a challenge for all.

The team found early success in BISAC league play with clinical and one-sided victories over NIST, Harrow and Shrewsbury before heading into the Winter Holidays. On return, the team continued to dominate league play with victories over ISB and RIS. These 5 wins ensured we finished top of the league heading into the annual BISAC tournament.

The last week leading up to the BISAC tournament the team was determined to learn from our mistakes at the previous week’s ISB “Friendly Tournament” where the girls finished a disappointing 4th. The team demonstrated a renewed focus lead by our captain Luka Hekkelman. Our new focus was on doing the basics better and executing in attack from the 5 metre line.

At the BISAC tournament the team cruised to pool wins against Harrow and NIST executing the basics better and scoring some well-constructed scores from the 5 metre line. More significantly, the team was coming together and the girls were now playing for each other, and with these two wins we were assured a spot in championship game against ISB. The championship game had all the usual pre-game tension and nerves. The team dominated possession early and were denied what looked like an early score. ISB responded with a score and the team suddenly found ourselves on our back heals defending. We were also faced with an early serious injury to Katy Boardman which impacted our focus. It was not to be our final and the hosts ISB went onto victory.

The team has athletes that will push for Varsity spots next year and it is hoped all will continue to get involved in Patana Sport.

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Honours: BISAC 2nd Team Awards: MVP: Scarlett Jhanji MIP: Anna Ratayczak CC: Luka Hekkelman Team: Luka Hekkelman (C), Katy Boardman, Scarlett Jhanji, Daria Kukhuruk, Jessica Chaplin, Anna Ratayczak, Alysara Heberling, Alexandra Williams, Dena Rana, Lilly Byrne, Lei Nishiuwatoko, Skout Hekkelman, Kara Chewter, Paulina Kukhuruk.

Coaches: Ms. Laura Bebbington and Mr. Richard McLeod

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Varsity Rugby

With the inclusion of a new coach, as well as a mix of new promising talents and experienced players in the squad, we were all very excited for the rugby season. After a first very strong display at home against Shrewsbury (77-0), our first tournament was the Royal Bangkok Sports Club Invitational - a first chance to bond as a team and also to observe areas to improve on for the season. Narrowly losing to the Barbarians in the Semi being the only low point of the weekend, we made a strong statement by comfortably beating our arch rivals NIST (24-0) and finished 3rd.

Players who stood out in this tournament include Ross and Lucas as they displayed great potential in their first ever rugby tournament.

The following tournament was the NIST Invitational. Our first game was against the Barbarians, and narrowly lost (again). We then won our remaining games against Thepsirin (39-0) and Lycée (22-0) to finish 3rd. ISB Spirit Night was a real test for us, as we were missing some key players in our team and we had a record of never beating ISB at this event. However, we managed to beat Harrow (38-0) and break the curse by overcoming ISB (22-0) in front of a big crowd, whilst playing 10s rugby.

Before the Christmas break, we hosted the BPS Invitational. South Island School of Hong Kong was our first opponent, and after being dominated in the first half our late tries were not enough to get the win (12-19). We then went on to defeat RIS (42-0), ASB (40-0) and Lycée (21-5) and met SIS in the final. At this point we had many injuries and SIS’ power and skills proved too much for us (0-29).

After a long winter holiday, we came back and had our last friendly game against ISB at home, where we played like we were still on holiday, eventually defeating them 17-0. The following weekend was our BISAC tournament, and again we did not play to our full potential, coming away with scrappy wins against Harrow (19-5) and Shrewsbury (22-7). The final was against NIST, who seemed to have improved since we last played them. With a large crowd to support us, the game had high intensity from the kick-off, as we conceded the first try. However, the tables were turning and we managed to score 3 back to back tries, before conceding one just before the final siren (21-12). This victory was well-needed as it raised our confidence 2 weeks before SEASAC. Because of last year’s results, we were drawn in a difficult pool for SEASAC. Our first opponent was UWC East and it was an imperative to win this game to get to the Semis. However, we played some inaccurate and scrappy rugby, 29

overwhelmed by the high tempo of the game (7-19). Our second game was against the title holders, Tanglin. Even though we had most of the possession and had some great attacking platform, we were never able to add the finishing touches to score. Tanglin, on the other hand, pounced on our mistakes to score (0-26). Our next objective was 5th place and we needed to win all our remaining games to achieve this. We went on to beat CDNIS (19-10) and GIS (29-7) to make the 5th place playoff against KLASS. In front of our home crowd, we played great 7s rugby putting all that we had learned into practice to score some amazing tries (19-10), claiming the Plate trophy.

This season was very enjoyable and exciting, as we had the chance of playing lots of competitive and high quality rugby. I would like to thank Coach Graham, Mr Tatam and Coach Yeah for guiding us through this adventure and helping us love the game that is rugby. I would also like to congratulate the rookies Lucas, Markus, Harry, Ross, James and Kulit for stepping up to the challenge and improving massively throughout the season. Good luck to the Year 13s, it’s been a great adventure. It’s been an honour playing alongside you legends and to have been your captain. [Report by Paul Boulom] Honours: BISAC CHAMPIONS SEASAC 5th RBSC Sevens 3rd Team Awards: MVP: Paul Boulom MIP: Markus Soos CC: Ross Nicholson Team: Ashford James, Boonbandansook Prem (Teddy), Boulom Paul (Capt), Grimaud Eugene, Harris Kieran, Landi Nicholas, Nicholson Ian, Seymour Kulit, Soos Markus, Stevens Lucas, Switala Kevin, Williams Harry, Wilson Alexander (Cosmo) Coaches: Mr. Andrew Tatam and Mr. Graham Lewis

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Varsity Touch

Once again the Girls’ Touch team has been particularly strong and competitive within Bangkok finishing as BISAC Champions for the 2nd year running! It was a very close tournament where the girls ended up facing ISB in the final.

We had played them 3 times during the season losing all three times!! However the girls performed when it mattered and ran out 5-3 winners!! The girls were buoyed by this achievement and went into SEASAC full of confidence and raring to go. Having been relegated to Div 2 last year the girls were highly motivated to perform well and get back to Div 1. We coasted through the group stage and semi-final, to arrive in the final to play CDNIS. Unfortunately, unlike the BISAC final where the girls performed when it mattered, the team were unable to pull out a performance. The girls huffed and puffed but lacked any real quality (that they had showed earlier in the tournament) losing comfortably to the deserved winner CDNIS. Despite our disappointment this has been an excellent team effort, with very strong contributions from the entire squad. The girls showed great character and a fantastic team spirit to steadily improve both individually and as a team throughout the season. The future for BPS girls touch looks bright as there are lots of with many talented players still here next year to hopefully improve on our results this year.

Special mention should go to departing seniors Nina, Kate, Ellen and Donna. All of them have been a pleasure to coach as well as fantastic role models and leaders for the younger players and will be a great loss to the team.

Honours: BISAC CHAMPIONS SEASAC 2nd (Div 2) Team Awards: MVP: Nina Chatuchinda MIP: Sophie Stevens CC: Marie Guest Team: Nina Chatuchinda, Ellen Hagelauer, Kate Wattanavekin, Donna Hekkelman, Marie Guest, Florence Lacrosse, Emily Mitchell-Storey, Ela Rylichova, Sophie Stevens, Emily Hagelauer, Silvia De Gomery, Reesha Jagdeo Coaches: Miss Hannah Marshall and Mr. Billy Osborne 31

Varsity Boys’ Tennis

After last year’s successful season and with 6 of last year’s team still available to play squad selection was a relatively easy task.

The boys worked hard from the first week establishing a good work ethic and further developing team spirit.

The first event of the season was an invitational tournament which NIST, SHB and RIS all took part in and these matches also doubled as league matches – the boys were victorious in all three and followed this by beating ISB and HIS to win the BISAC league title.

Post-Christmas as ever tournaments and matches come thick and fast and we were all delighted when Leo and Donald reached the BISAC Under 19 singles final which Leo won.

The BISAC team event this year was hosted by ISB and an event where although we had finished runners up in four of the previous five years was something we had not won since 2009. The boys all turned up with their A game and we duly despatched the opposition and comfortably won the title.

SEASAC as last year was hosted at Patana which although means the team is not able to travel away together which is the highlight of most Varsity seasons does mean the team are used to the courts and conditions which has a massive benefit.

As defending champions we were looking to compete well and make it tough for the opposition. The group stage went well with four of the five matches won putting us through to a semi-final with CDNIS who we beat 4-1 to set us up with a final against UWC D. Leo and Donald were electric winning their matches 8-0 to put us into a strong position which we were not able to capitalize on and the other three matches slipped quickly away leaving us with a 3-2 defeat and the silver medal.

Nevertheless a fine effort.

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Two stalwarts of the tennis teams for numerous years Tey and Kan graduate this year and both have had many memorable moments with the undoubted highlight being their two clutch wins in last year’s SEASAC event. We wish them both well and will remember their contributions for many years to come.

Honours: BISAC league winners BISAC team champions BISAC individual champion (Leo) SEASAC runners up Team Awards: MVP: Leo Vithoontien MIP: Zhilling Zhou CC: Kan Vanthanasuksan Team: Tey Chaiprasit (Captain), Kan Vanthanasuksan, Leo Vithoontien, Zhiling (Donald) Zhou, Jonah Tuggenner, Denis Sprenger, Mashu Furata, Mark Nielsen, Julien Vandlik and Sithi Srichawla Coach: Mr Daniel Ahl

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Varsity Girls’ Tennis

After the success of the team last year and the loss of three key players the team this year started with one key goal and that was to remain unbeaten all season.

With the BISAC league finally introduced as compulsory at Varsity level the girls were able to get play regular competitive fixtures before the tournament season started and these provided valuable match play opportunities.

All league games were won which placed us as top seeds in the BISAC team event which this year was hosted by Harrow school. The girls performed well all day winning all four matches very comfortably to win the title for the 5th time in 6 years.

The BISAC singles which had preceded the team event was won by Balloon who played outstanding tennis all day against girls many years older than her, Moniqa and Emiri also won their group but lost in the quarter final whilst Clara playing in the B draw did well to reach the final.

As always the culmination of the season is the SEASAC event which for the 2nd year running was hosted at Patana.

We were looking for a 6th straight triumph and having decided to make a couple of tactical changes after the BISAC event we were confident in our chances.

The group stage saw 5 wins out of 5 to qualify for the semi-final where we comprehensively defeated UWC East 50 to reach the final against Bangkok rivals NIST. The girls were fired up and outplayed the opposition winning 4-1 to extend their championship winning run.

No individual player can ever be bigger than the team but Emiri comes pretty close – having played Varsity tennis for the last 7 years and been part of 6 SEASAC winning teams plus numerous BISAC winning teams at all age groups Emiri has set an example to many players both on and off the court of how to compete and do your best at all times.

We all wish her well as she graduates this year and she will be missed a great deal.

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Honours: BISAC League Champions BISAC Team Champions BISAC Singles Champions (Balloon) SEASAC Team Champions Team Awards: MVP: MIP: CC:

Balloon Ruamrak Rhea Poonevla Emiri Vithoontien

Team: Emiri Vithoontien (Captain), Balloon Ruamrak, Moniqa Nielsen, Sashini Ranawana, Rhea Poonevala, Zahra Poonevala, Savannah Olds, Sri Hollema and Clara Boucher Coach: Daniel Ahl

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SEASON 3 JV Boys’ Softball

Another softball season has come to a close. The Junior Varsity Boys’ Softball team won some games and lost others.

In the end we finished in 3rd place, a respectable finish as we lost to teams we knew would be a challenge. We were competitive though and we had fun. I’m very proud of the effort and attitude the boys brought to the game, their improvement was evident throughout the season, especially in the BISAC tournament. They played well together as a team, showed great sportsmanship and enjoyed the competition.

Honours: BISAC 3rd Team Awards: MVP: Sam Ghandi MIP: Achu Balasubramanian CC: Samriddh Kothari Team: Mitsuyoshi Araki, Sam Gandhi, Achu Balasubramanian, Rahul Pradeep, Ken Yamashita, Alexys Warjovaara, Kyle Shelford, Ramon Del La Fuente, Saurav Sawansukha, Samriddha Kothari, Ren Neville, Malachi Frye

Coach: Mr. Patrick Stenger

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JV Girls’ Softball

Enthusiastic ladies from Year 9 to Year 13 came together to play softball. Some old hands to softball and some who decided to play for the first time. For one season we came together to learn from one another and to try and play the best softball ever! Three wins gave the girls confidence leading up to BISAC, however, it really does depend on what happens on the day. We lost to Shrewsbury for second place despite a win four days earlier. This resulted in 3rd place. The girls can be proud of their achievements taking bronze.

Being part of a sports team teaches us a range of skills. From communication, encouraging one another when things are not going to plan, celebrating highs and lows, being humble when we win and gracious in defeat. Being part of a Patana team enables one to develop character and strength. I would like to thank the girls for an enjoyable season and hope you will be ready to 'batter up ' next year.

Special mention should go to departing students Dora Zoeller and Kit Zellerbach. You will be a great loss to the team.

“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.” Mary Lou Retton Olympic Gymnast Honours: BISAC 3rd Team Awards: MVP: Dora Zoeller MIP: Kit Zellerbach CC: Athena Intanate Team: Dora Zoeller; Christina {Kit} Zellerbach, Nalin {Ning} Udomsak, Sasita {Bua} Boonkongchuen, Athena Intanate, Marina Kusumoto, Daywe MacArthur, Saranya Fischbach, Larissa {Gloy} Nandhabiwat, Rayyana Baghazal, Joycelyn {Jo Jo} Intanate, Karnsiree {Ling Ling} Chen Coach: Ms. Tracey Barton 37

Varsity Boys’ Softball

A young team, with hopefully a few very fruitful years ahead, comprised the Varsity Boys’ roster this season. A couple of veterans lead the team through a very successful League, finishing top. Losing only one game all season was a confidence booster, but beyond NIST and ISB, the domestic competition was very weak this year. We had to compromise positions on the outfield, in the absence of enough natural infielders. We battled to find the best combination in respect to the positions for the players and once we found it, the team settled. We did make a number of defensive errors in the field both at SEASAC and BISAC and at Varsity level, one or two fielding errors will cost you dearly. Batting again this year remained inconsistent, running up large scores against weaker teams through fielding errors, becoming simple fly balls to stronger teams.

Under pressure, we had to rely too often on the same few batters, who were able to hit line drives and hard grounders. Depth in batting and ability to hit line drives is an area that we definitely need to rectify next season.

Consistent pitching was again a huge strength for us and numerous times, kept us in the game. However, the final results speak for themselves and I am sure the boys were a little disappointed. However, if you do not perform when it counts, then you will always fall short of victory. Despite this, it was definitely a fun season, with plenty of highs and lows to look back, but above all, we all thoroughly enjoyed the motivational speeches from our most distinguished VC. We say goodbye and wish all the best to Toby, Christian, Andre and Manav.

Honours: BISAC 4th SEASAC 5th Team Awards: MVP: Jai Suphavadeeprasit MIP: Christian Salce CC: Andre Sprenger Team: Thanachot (Toby) Altree (Captain), Seongmin Cheung, Kieran Jagdeo, Aryan Jain, Hanuel Kim, Alexandre Lacrosse, Tae Seob Lim, Kenji Miyauchi, Christian Salce, Andre Sprenger, Jai Suphavadeeprasit, Manav Thakker Coach: Mr. Richard Watson 38

Varsity Girls’ Softball

The Varsity Girls Softball season was a challenging one, yet one of growth and success. The team began the season with a disappointing performance in the NIST "Friendship Tournament" and early season losses in league games.

However, the team re-grouped and focused on limiting errors defensively and focusing on hitting fundamentals on offense. The team had some lopsided wins against ASB and Shrewsbury prior to heading to Singapore for the SEASAC Tournament.

SEASAC was a positive experience for the girls beating RIS, ISY, UWC East in order to gain a place in a semi-final v UWC East. The team were given strict instructions when batting and all knew their roles in the field. However, nerves got the better of them and a very dry game finished 1-3 to the opposition. This left a bronze medal game v NIST. The girls were fired up to go home with medals and this determination paid off with a 13-7 dominant win!

The team returned from Singapore confident and focused on performing strongly at the BISAC Tournament hosted at BPS. In the BISAC tournament the team opened up with a loss against a strong ISB team and went on to defeat Harrow and Trail by lopsided margins. With two wins and one loss the team finished second in their pool and would find themselves playing for third place against old foes NIST. In the third place game the girls would not be outplayed on home soil and cruised to a 9-2 win over NIST and a bronze medal.

The team was led by seniors Ellen, Abigail, Nina and Captain Satu Penttila. Moniqa Nielsen led our offense with her bat and our defence was able to shut down teams by outstanding pitching by Yu Rim Hong.

Honours: BISAC 3rd SEASAC 3rd Team Awards: MVP: Satu Penttila MIP: Nina Chatuchinda CC: Yu Rim Hong Team: Satu Penttila (C), Abigail Barton, Ellen Hagelauer, Nina Chatuchinda, Pepe Chirakiti, Yu Rim Hong, Ella Busby, Maria Bobic Lindstrand, Laura Worthington, Moniqa Nielsen, Savannah Olds, Adys Yusuf, Aiko Saeki Coaches: Mr. Richard McLeod, Mr. Billy Osborne, Ms. Laura Bebbington 39

JV Boys’ Badminton

This year’s Junior Varsity Boy’s badminton team consisted of Win, Leo, Tony, Ishan, Chester, Arnav, Float, Kan, Ninja and Pound. Our squad performed very well during the season, with good results in our friendly matches against other teams. As we continued to train throughout the season, our drop shots became more refined, our smashes became more deadly, and our clears became more powerful.

We ended up placing 2nd at BISAC, which was a welcome improvement over our 3rd position in the last two years.

Overall, it was a very successful season with our players enjoying the practice sessions and games with good fun.

Special mentions to our honorary member Tey for playing for us in times of need.

Thank you to our coaches Mr. Willis, Khun Pik, and Khun Ton who trained us, supported us, and gave us valuable advice during every game. It would not have been possible to play without their help.

Honours: BISAC 2nd Team Awards: MVP: Leo Vithoontien MIP: Kan Vanthanasuksan CC: Float Keerasuntonpong Team: Leo Vithoontien, Tony Christjaroon, Ishan Kotecha, Chester Huang, Arnav Mahajan, Ninja Suchato, Float Keerasuntonpong, Kan Vanthanasuksan and Pound Karnchanapimolkul.

Coaches: Mr. Mark Willis, Khun Pik, and Khun Ton

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JV Girls’ Badminton

Our team of 8 players played very well this season and tried our best in every match. Furthermore, throughout the season we have slowly improved our skills and learnt from our mistakes. This year the Junior Varsity Badminton BISAC was held at BPS and started at 8am. However, the first two matches, we lost narrowly to RIS and ICS, which were 2-3. Then, we played for 5th and 6th place with HIS. We won them 4-1. Nevertheless, despite coming 5th we were still very positive and showed a great spirit throughout the day.

We would like to thank our coach P'Pan for always supporting us and making this season a blast, we wouldn't have gotten to this point if it wasn't for her!

Honours: BISAC 5th Team Awards: MVP: Natalie Chu MIP: Dee Dee Boonpiti CC: Pinn Tannirandorn Team: Natalie Chu, Stephanie Richt, Lyn Tan, Jenny Tungsubutra, Pinn Tannirandorn, Gigi Karnasuta, Dee Dee Boonpiti, Alina Hatch Coach: Mr. Mark Willis

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Varsity Boys’ Badminton

This year’s Varsity Boys’ team had the goal of winning SEASAC Division 2 after being relegated to the second division in 2014-2015. Against an increasingly competitive second division, our boys’ skills came through and they achieved their goal. This was not without some dramatic moments. After losing the first 2 of 5 matches, BPS needed the next three wins for the title. Panarin’s 17-17 third set and subsequent win was dubbed the most exciting badminton of the year. In addition, congratulations to Alex, Win, Taisho and Mickey for ensuring the overall score was balanced in our favour. Not only did the boys achieve their goal of winning Division 2 they also represented BPS admirably by winning the Sportsmanship Award. Well done boys for representing BPS and bringing us back to Division 1!

At BISAC the boys put forth a terrific effort but ultimately lost to a stronger RIS team in the championship. Placing second amongst the field was a very good showing. Every single member of the team showed improvement in the face of challenging opposition. Their play was a testament to the commitment that was shown through the season.

Om, Andreas, Win, Panarin and Ake should be given a special mention for their contributions as they graduate this year. All have left very large shoes to be filled in the coming year both in terms of playing excellence and sportsmanship.

Honours: BISAC 2nd SEASAC Division 2 CHAMPIONS Team Awards: MVP: Andreas Jensen MIP: Om Rasmidatta CC: Panarin Sungkboon Team: Andreas Jensen, Sukhavaj (Om) Rasmidatta, Panarin Sungkboon, Alexander Jensen, Jittarin (Win) Kanjanaphairoj, Kmik (Mickey) Karnasuta, Ta Soung (Taisho) Loo, Sukhapatr (Ake) Rasmidatta Coaches: Mr. Florian Lauffer and Coach Pik 42

Varsity Girls’ Badminton

This year’s Varsity Girls’ team had a great season which represented a very strong foundation upon which to build further in 2016-2017. At the culminating SEASAC tournament in Singapore, the girls represented BPS both as strong players and as excellent ambassadors of the game. During the pool stage, BPS beat high-quality opposition including CDNIS, RIS, ISY, and UWC East. In the semi-finals, a fourth place finish was the final outcome, but not for lack of effort and focus. Congratulations on an excellent effort at the tournament, and for Nita and Rung for winning the Doubles 1 strongest team award at SEASAC. Well done also to the entire team for representing BPS admirably by winning the Sportsmanship Award.

At BISAC the girls put forth a terrific effort but ultimately lost to NIST in the championship. Placing second amongst the field was a very good showing. Jasmin’s victory against her NIST nemesis and Janice’s nail-biter final symbolized for me the growth that all of the members had throughout the season. The improvement was visible and the commitment by all players should be celebrated. A special mention to Rung and Janice who will not be with us on the courts next year. Their leadership, skills and the cohesion that they brought to the team will need to be matched by others. This will not be a small task. Well done girls for a successful year!

Honours: BISAC 2nd SEASAC 4th Team Awards: MVP: Pawarin (L) Sungkboon MIP: Chana (Jasmine) Mahadumrongkul CC: Wutthinee (Rung) Rungsaeng Team: Pawarin (L) Sungkboon, Chana (Jasmin) Mahadumrongkul, Shreya Kaushik, Nannita Hardy, Wutthinee (Rung) Rungsaeng, Damisara (Dame) Bunnag, Janice Jean, Chada (Jessie) Mahadumrongkul Coach: Mr. Florian Lauffer

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Gymnastics

The Patana Gymnastics Team have attended a record number of competitions this year with 10 in total; three overseas trips and seven local meets, three of which we’ve hosted ourselves. With a large depth of squad we regularly enter teams at every level of competition with good success, particularly this year for our boys.

Across the major competitions of the year – FOBISIA, SEASAC and BISAC - the Gymnastics Team have taken an impressive 14 podium finishes in the individual all-around competitions for the boys and 10 for the girls, and a total of 19 trophies in the team competitions with 8 of them being championship titles. Many more medals and ribbons have also been won in individual apparatus finals where event specialists have their chance to shine.

In Term 1 Patana held their first in-house competition, readying our team members for a busy year of competition.

Later we hosted the 3rd FOBISIA Gymnastics Invitational Championships and our higher-level girls also had the opportunity to attend the UWC Dover Invitational in Singapore. With participation numbers and the level of gymnastics within South East Asia increasing year on year it was a tough term of competition with the girls’ Level 5 team and boys’ Level 2 Senior and Level 3 juniors giving standout performances.

Term 2 was again a busy time with the ISB Black & Gold Competition in February, the new Senior Division SEASAC in Singapore in March and the Moose Games competition in April where many of our Development Squad gymnasts had the opportunity to compete for the first time. Term highlights included winning a team trophy at every level and every age group at the ISB competition with every boys’ team winning gold, Level 3 boys winning SEASAC Gold and Rebecca Russo winning Bronze in the all-around competition at SEASAC Level 6, and taking home the overall team championship trophy at the Moose Games.

We have already, in Term 3, attended both BISAC and Junior Division SEASAC in Hong Kong with our Y1/Y2 Grading Day and the NIST Invitational competition still to come, giving our younger gymnasts plenty of opportunity to show off all their hard work in the gym. And it certainly has not gone unnoticed with our Level 2 Junior and Senior girls winning their BISAC competitions and taking 1st and 2nd spots in their individual all-around competitions, and our Level 3 Juniors also taking gold for the team with two individual all-around podium finishers. For the boys the 44

success continued with Level 3 boys finishing more than 10 point above the second place team, a phenomenal achievement at the end of a triumphant year for them.

The future looks bright, with the combined determination and efforts of our spectacular gymnasts, wonderful student-coaches and committed coaching team, and a wealth of talent emerging from our foundation stages and recreational programme the sky is the limited for the Patana Gymnastics Team.

Team Honours: Girls

Boys

FOBISIA

Level 2 Senior BRONZE Level 4 Junior BRONZE Level 5 SILVER

Level 2 Junior SILVER Level 2 Senior GOLD Level 3 GOLD Level 4 SILVER

BISAC

Level 2 Junior GOLD Level 2 Senior GOLD Level 3 Junior GOLD Level 4 Junior BRONZE Level 4 Senior BRONZE Level 5 SILVER

Level 1 SILVER Level 2 SILVER Level 3 GOLD Level 4 GOLD

SEASAC

Level 3 Junior GOLD Level 4 BRONZE

Senior Girls Awards: MVP: Amy Teigen MIP: Keira Mcknight-Burrell CC: Roisin Sehmar Senior Boys Awards: MVP: Miles Tang MIP: Max Thompson CC: Zachary Bolesta Special mentions for their achievements and continued commitment to the sport go to: Girls: Amelia Golden, Amy Teigen, Angel Li Yun Lin, Charisse Tan, Eunice Duan, Hanami Roughley, Jennifer Greenbank, Jessica Bastin, Kaitlyn Dibbayawan, Keira Mcknight-Burrell, Koko Lotharukpong, Password Thepkanjana, Rachel Manda, Rebecca Russo, Roisin Sehmar, Saira Sachdev, Sofia Rinne, Usha Hollema.

Boys: Alex Leiler, Beniam Piller, Giles Kinsella, Hugh Graham, Jacob Broadhurst, Max Thompson, Miles Tang, Sam Jones, Thomas Horton, Xavier Arkotxa Lakha, Zachary Bolesta.

Coaching team: Nicola McRae (Head of Gymnastics), Javier Ros Fraga (Assistant Head of Gymnastics), Athorn (Nui) Chansawang, Auttapon (Sai) Phuangmanee, Boonmasai (Bee) Tanyarat, Chadaphon (Naam) Sirithai, Ekalak (Bell) Singharat, Lapas (Whan) Narongnu, Nimit (Mitt) Sukpaibul, Nirut (Joke) Yeunburee, Siranya (Wah) Bunphueak, Suksan (Mao) Kaewpitsadarn.

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Varsity Water Polo

It was another great season for both the BPS Under 19 and BPS Under 15 Water Polo Teams. This year was challenging with a young Under 19 team and almost a brand new Under 15. However, throughout the season our Water Polo teams dedicated themselves to the sport.

At BISAC, our teams performance was great especially for the Under 15 team who played outstanding polo against ISB in what became a highly contested match. They managed to win their game in the last 4 seconds with a goal by Oak. This showing from our Under 15 shows the depth and talent in our ranks.

Under 19 played ISB for their final match of the season in which ISB won. However, for the last 2 quarter BPS managed to stop the ISB juggernaut from scoring anymore. Which was a fitting result for a dedicated bunch of students, who have been in the program for a number of seasons now.

Honours: BISAC 2nd Team Awards: MVP: Andrew Broadbent MIP: Nathanial Avila CC: Nanchalee (Beccy) Waite Team: Andrew Broadbent, Arin (Ton) Kiangsiri, Anselm Xavier, Nanchalee (Beccy) Waite, Jonathan Broadbent, Lachlan Dibbayawan, Sebastian Bailey, Theo Bien, Matilda Boyce, Nathanial Avila, Jessica Montgomery-Day, Pasut (Proud) Sudlabha.

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