U15 BSME Games Brochure January 2024

U15 BSME GAMES BROCHURE Friday 19th January – Saturday 20th January 2024 HOSTED BY CRANLEIGH ABU DHABI & BIS ABU DHABI

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Date

Friday, 19th January Boys Volleyball & Girls Football

Time

Events

Location

6:30

Breakfast

Hotels

7:30

Busses Depart

Hotels

8:00

Arrive at Venue

8:30

Opening Ceremony

9:00

Warmup / Coaches Meeting

9:30

Boys Volleyball / Girls Football

16:30

Tournament Finish

16:45

Busses Depart

18:30

Dinner

Cranleigh School Abu Dhabi

Hotels

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE Date

Time

Events

6:00

Breakfast

Location

Hotels

Saturday 20th January Boys Football & Girls Netball

7:00

Busses Depart

7:30

Arrive at venue

7:45

Warm up / Coaches meeting

8:00

Boys Football / Girls Netball

14:30

Day 2 Events Finish

14:40

Busses Depart

17:00

Awards Presentation

18:00

Gala Dinner

Cranleigh School Abu Dhabi

Cranleigh School Abu Dhabi

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS School Name

School Code

British International School Abu Dhabi

BISAD

British School Al Khubairat

BSAK

Cranleigh Abu Dhabi

CAD

British International School Riyadh

BISR

New English School Kuwait

NESK

Park House English School

PHES

The British International School Jeddah

BISJ

British International School Cairo

BISC

The British School of Kuwait

BSK

South View School

SVS

TOURNAMENT GROUPS BOYS VOLLEYBALL / GIRLS FOOTBALL GROUPS

BOYS FOOTBALL / GIRLS NETBALL GROUPS

GROUP A

GROUP B

GROUP A

GROUP B

BISR

BISJ

BISJ

PHES

NESK

BSK

NESK

BSK

PHES

SVS

SVS

BISR

BISC

BSAK

BSAK

BISC

CAD

BISAD

CAD

BISAD

The British International School (BIS) Abu Dhabi is part of the Nord Anglia family of premium international schools, delivering life-changing learning opportunities that nurture growth and ensure our students thrive. Our students flourish in an environment where curiosity is encouraged, personal growth is nurtured, and academic outcomes are celebrated. Our diverse community is home to children, families, and teachers from more than 90 countries, creating a vibrant international environment that celebrates difference – and where everyone flourishes. Those that already know BIS Abu Dhabi, will be aware that our success has been achieved through the persistence and hard work of our trailblazing teachers, students, and parents.

The amazing family-orientated community at our school is one which always strives to achieve excellence and never settles for anything less.

BIS Abu Dhabi are once again proud to be part of the BSME games and are looking forward to competing and sharing new experiences with you all.

Top (Left to Right): Seungho Jeong, Matthew Thebus, Owen Warwick, Ayaan Afaque, Nadine Khaled, Aaron Belgians,Tariq Ahmad, Gabrielle Sacy, Seema Darwazeh, Matteo Carlomagno, Zach Pitman Bottom (Left to Right): Ignacio Fernandez Del Rey, Chakib Lerari, Willow Brown, Christen Kelly, Didintle Kela, Molly McPheator, Sofia Alsabagh, Raya Kalsheker, Kayla Broughton, Megan Bain, Joe Baker, Absent: Emma Amundson, Peter Blasko

British International School Riyadh (BISR) is heading to the BSME U15 Games!

We are not just playing for wins, we are learning and growing along the way.

Every race teaches us to be strong, every high five makes new friends, and every cheer makes us one big team. We will bring home more than trophies; we will bring back lessons about teamwork, respect, and meeting new people from different places.

Mariam Ali-Prince, Aania Raza, Francesca Daly, Amber Leask, Lara Oldmeadow, Jude Elshurafa, Mercedes Lucena, Julia al safadi, Arjumand Brittenden, Melisa Besen, Leena Al-azzawi, Charlotte Bagoee, Dylan Gladstone, Archie Burnett, Mostafa Elghobary, Munir Elshurafa, Ziad Al-Sarawan, Amer Al-Jitawi, Salman Samir, Zachariah Russell-Dunstan, Mekky Guenfoud.

The British School of Kuwait (BSK) traces its origins to 1978 when Mme Vera and Mr Sadiq Al-Mutawa established a small kindergarten which became known as The Sunshine School. Currently, there are over 3200 students from Reception to Year 13 at BSK. They come from more than 70 countries and follow the National Curriculum of England through to GCSE, IGCSE, AS and A Level qualifications. BSK is a founding member of the British Schools of the Middle East (BSME), a founding member of the Council of International Schools (CIS), a founding member of the Association of British Schools Overseas (AoBSO) and a member of the Council of British International Schools (COBIS).

Physical Education and Sport play an integral role in developing the schools vision of providing a world class British education. Continued hard work and dedication to practice has brought about success in recent BSME competitions, recently winning bronze in the 2023 U19s BSME Volleyball competition, alongside achieving medals in basketball, football netball and individual athletics events and even winning the U13 BSME Volleyball competition in 2019.

This year’s team hope to continue this success and are looking forward to a top weekend of sport. This is the first BSME games for some students with a mix of experience for others, they are all very excited and thrilled to be a part of the BSME sporting family. The enthusiasm of the BSK students will echo through the venues. We are very excited to be here in Abu Dhabi for this prestigious event in 2024.

Back Row (from left to right): Ahmad Alnajdi, Zeyad Esmail, Nikhil Chandy, Ashraf Elsherif, Karim Farag, Omar Elassy, Fares Shanteer, Yusof Daher, Mostafa Elgendy, Yassen Nada, Daniel Seif.

Front Row (from left to right): Zainah Alkhaledi, Lojain Alshael, Dareen Roushdy, Ghalyah Alkhaledi, Yasmineh Salous, Aleksia Knjazeva, Kanzy Elessawy, Karen Michael, Fatma Muqamess Absent: Sulaiman Al-Kharji, Retaj Bahzad

The British School of Al Khubairat was founded in 1968 and built on land generously donated by the founding president of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and BSAK has been at the heart of the Abu Dhabi community ever since. The School is under the ongoing patronage of the British Ambassador and is sponsored by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the current President of the United Arab Emirates. In 2019 the British School Al Khubairat was extremely proud to celebrate its 50th Year Anniversary. The British School Al Khubairat are thrilled to be once again competing at the BSME Games. The BSAK U15 team have worked extremely hard to prepare for the BSME Games with the support of their parents and teachers. The BSAK team are very excited to join up with the teams from around the Middle East to make new friends, share experiences and make lasting memories.

Front Row (left to right): Poppy Gorman, Ailish McLaughlin, Sophia Keane, Maia Rizzi, Isabel Mulligan, Miriam Al Qubaisi, Norelle Kareem, Ava HumphreyGaskin, Taylor Larkin, Yara El Asrag, Mia Gubbay, Ghalya Alyousif (absent).

Back Row (left to right): Ethan Gordon, Mark Makhoul, Roman Wood, Archie Woods, Harry Sheppard, Jake Davies, Oliver Berger, Yousef Helal, Elliot Whyte, Louis Woods, Yusuf Salih, Alexander Yazdabadi.

Cranleigh Abu Dhabi opened in September 2014, and is the sister school to the prestigious Cranleigh School in Surrey, UK, which was founded in 1865. We draw on over 150 years of educational excellence from Cranleigh UK and have infused it with Middle Eastern culture to create something truly unique to the region.

Cranleigh Abu Dhabi sits at the entrance to Saadiyat’s emerging Cultural District in keeping with the school’s motto, ‘Ex Cultu Robur’ – ‘From Culture Comes Strength’. Built over seven hectares, our beautiful campus hosts stateof-the-art facilities and is situated within minutes of New York University Abu Dhabi and the magnificent Louvre Abu Dhabi, as well as the pristine Saadiyat Beach.

The school offers a British international curriculum to over 1,700 pupils from more than 70 nationalities, spanning FS1 Nursery to Sixth Form.

Back Row from left to right: Mrs Wilson (coach), Alvaro Castella, Jigher Nazarbayev; Yousef Najib; Sam Hutton; Daniel Avis (captain); Finlay Diacon; Lorenzo Gottoli; Maxwell Kalkman; Matvei Chirkov; Archie Mather; Missing: Isaac Moore; Alex Dunatov; Mr Tombs (coach) Front Row from left to right: Salma Massad; Almina Dorjiyeva; JuliaIlyasova; Salma Al Ali; Bella Hewitt; Sophie Nesbitt (captain); Santina Merz; Tanzil de Sylva; Filippa Van Hellenberg Hubar; Chloe Grannan; Emma Sellar

The school serves both the local and international communities, with children from over 70 nationalities and close ties are maintained with the U.K. and with other overseas British and International schools.

The New English School is a member of the European Council of International Schools and is accredited by British Schools in the Middle East. In 2011 the school also achieved British School Overseas status, approved by the UK Government Department for Education and monitored by Ofsted.

The New English School has an enviable academic record and is outstanding in the region. The school achieves its mission through a combination of academic and extracurricular activities. Thus, along with a broad range of academic subjects, extra-curricular activities programme spans diverse areas – drama, music, sports, the arts, crafts, technology as well as formalised programmes such as the Model United Nations the International Debating Club and the Duke of Edinburgh Award, the first school in Kuwait to offer this.

Our young athletes are excited by the opportunity of participating at the 2024 Under 15 BSME Games, which we are sure will be a fantastic event for all involved.

Top: Meshari Al Eidan, Ali Al Salem, Hamza Amer, Kabir Mittal, Joseph El Habr, Tristan Davey, Zeyad Soliman, Aleksej Gradinac, Andrew Obino, Iaroslav Krokhin, Omar El Shorbagi, Yassin Al Adawi.

Bottom: Mary Walugembe, Garinn Dimirjian, Iman Naim, Christina Atieh, Arabella Wrenn, Rosie Sutherland, Elizabeth Odihi, Salma Farghali, Keziah Tabi, Anaiya Dhanak, Ganna Aboushama.

Absent: Saja Badr

Park House English School is excited to attend the U15 BSME games for the first time ever. Founded in 1994, Park House has a long sporting heritage and continues to provide opportunities for students from nursery to year 13. The secondary school participates in QUESS (Qatar United English Speaking Schools) tournaments and leagues, which take place across the country. Park House also won the BISQ (British International Schools Qatar) games in March 2020.

Our secondary school took part in the U13 BSME games in January 2023 and the U19 BSME games in November 2024. They had an amazing time and now it is time for our U15 team.

Back row: Bishara, Kayde, Seif, Jack, Hasan, Abdelrahman.

2nd Back row: Mamdouh, Chris, Fausto, Zyad, Jaydon, Tamim.

2nd front row: Sofia, Seren, Roisin, Raluca, Maria.

Front row: Olivia, Juman, Alexandra, Taline, Mariam, Joud, Gaelle.

South View School is an International, British curriculum school developing remarkable, problem-solving leaders aged 3 to 18, located in the heart of Dubailand. We offer engaging, inquiry-based, and student-led curriculum that encourages students to be aspirational, creative, and entrepreneurial. Our aim is for every South View student to achieve their full potential by equipping them with the life skills they will need to succeed in the 21st century world into which they will graduate. The happiness, well-being, and success of all our South View family members is our ultimate goal.

The British International School, Cairo is one of Egypt’s leading academic institutions. BISC is a selective, co-educational day school committed to excellence in all of its activities. The School’s mission is to be a vibrant international community offering an outstanding British-style education, focused on independent learning and the promotion of global citizenship. The school has 1100 students with a diverse range of social backgrounds, creeds and cultures, as our web pages seek to celebrate and convey.

We are delighted to be taking part in the U15 BSME Games again this year. Our athletes are looking forward to the competition ahead of them and meeting a number of other students from across the Middle East. We would like to thank the hosts for this year’s U15 BSME Games.

Back (left to right): Yassin Elamrawy, Seif Talaat, Seif Abou Hussein, Hassan Abdullah, Ali Abounahia, Yassin Fathallah, Ibrahim Fawzy, Omar Tharwat , Seleem Badrawi, Samou Zakaria, Michael Iskander Front (left to right): Lily El Ghamrawi, Hebatalla Bebars, Samiyya Miah, Farida Mazen, Nour Sobhy, Fariada Mubarak, Mariam Zakaria, Leilah Raslan, Dina ElSherbini, Amena Abdel Khabir, Hannah Emam Absent: Zeyad Khedr, Hoda El Etribi

The British International School, Jeddah was established in 1977 and is now one of the largest international schools in Saudi Arabia. Our school provides high quality international education to the expatriate and local community. Since its inception it has grown and developed rapidly, culminating in relocation to the current purpose built campus in 1999.

In total, the school has more than 1200 students from over 60 countries. We have more than 240 members of staff with most teachers recruited from the United Kingdom, Australasia or North America.

BISJ is accredited by the Council of International Schools, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the British Schools in the Middle East.

We are also authorised by the International Baccalaureate Organisation and Cambridge International Examinations.

Our school vision is to be an outstanding International School, continuously striving for improvement and engaging our whole community with the concepts of: We are excited to be back competing at BSME following a prolonged absence due to the pandemic. Thank you to all those involved in organising the event!

Back row: Omar El Raas, Taym Atassi, Yousif Idris, Rayan Diab Hachim, Mostafa Eldesouk, Saoud Sabalbal, Saif Abu-Shamiyeh, Abdulrahman Bajunayd, Abdalrahman Dorra, Karam Abu-Shamiyeh, Musa Shahrukh, Saad Alsabban.

Front Row: Miriam Martin, Nick Jones, Caitlin Daly-Crane, Aya Ahmed, Lina Chehab, Isabelle Lewis, Aida Alshawwa, Lulwa Enany, Ghalia Badreddine, Layana Haidar, Hana Islam, Mariam Azzam

GIRLS FOOTBALL FIXTURES & PLAYOFFS (Friday 19th January) Pitch 1

Pitch 2

Pitch 3

Time

Match

9:30 - 9:55

1

BISR v BISC

BISJ v BSAK

NESK v PHES

9:55 - 10.20

2

BSK v SVS

PHES v BISR

BISC v CAD

10:20 - 10:45 3

SVS v BISJ

BSAK v BISAD CAD v PHES

10:45 - 11:10

4

BISAD v SVS

BISR v NESK

BISJ v BSK

11:10 - 11:35

5

NESK v CAD

BSK v BISAD

PHES v BISC

11:35 - 12:00

6

SVS v BSAK

BISC v NESK

CAD v BISR

12:00 - 12:25 7

BSAK v BSK

BISAD v BISJ

12:55 - 13:20

8

2nd in G1 vs 3rd in G2 (1)

3rd in G2 vs 2nd in G1 (2)

13:20 - 13:45 9

4th in G1 vs 5th in G2 (3)

4th in G2 vs 5th in G1 (4)

13:45 - 14:10

10

Semi - 1st in G1 vs winner match (1) (5)

Semi - 1st in G2 vs winner match (2) (6)

11

Loser match (1) vs loser match (2) (5th & 6th)

Winner match Loser match (3) vs winner (3) vs loser match (4) (7th match (4) & 8th) (9th & 10th)

14:10 - 14:35

3rd/4th Play off - loser (5) vs loser (6)

14:35 - 15:00 12

15:00 - 15:25 13

Final - winner match (5) vs winner match (6)

BOYS VOLLEYBALL FIXTURES & PLAYOFFS (Friday 19th January) Group A Court 1

Group B Court 2

Time

Mat Team 1 ch

Team 2

Team 1

Team 2

9:30 - 9:55

1

BISR

BISC

BISJ

BSAK

9:55 - 10.20 2

NESK

PHES

BSK

SVS

10:20 - 10:45 3

BISC

CAD

SVS

BISJ

10:45 - 11:10

4

PHES

BISR

BSAK

BISAD

11:10 - 11:35

5

CAD

PHES

BISAD

SVS

11:35 - 12:00

6

BISR

NESK

BISJ

BSK

12:00 - 12:25 7

NESK

CAD

BSK

BISAD

12:25- 12:50

8

PHES

BISC

SVS

BSAK

12:55 - 13:20 9

BISC

NESK

BSAK

BSK

13:20 - 13:45 10

CAD

BISR

BISAD

BISJ

13:45 - 14:10 11

2nd in G1 vs 3rd in G2 (1)

14:10 - 14:35 12

4th in G1 vs 5th in G2 (3) 4th in G2 vs 5th in G1 (4)

14:35 - 15:00 13

Semi - 1st in G1 vs winner Semi - 1st in G2 vs match (1) (5) winner match (2) (6)

15:00 - 15:25 14

Loser match (1) vs loser match (2) (5th & 6th)

15:25 - 15:45 15

loser match (3) vs loser match (4) (9th & 10th)

15:45 - 16:05 16

Final - winner match (5) 3rd/4th Play off - loser vs winner match (6) (5) vs loser (6)

16:15

3rd in G2 vs 2nd in G1 (2)

Winner match (3) vs winner match (4) (7th & 8th)

GIRLS NETBALL FIXTURES & PLAYOFFS (Saturday 20th January) Group A Court 1

Group B Court 2

Group C Court 3

Time

Match

8:00 - 8:25

1

BISJ v BSAK

PHES v BISC

NESK v SVS

8:25 - 8.55

2

BSK v BISR

SVS v BISJ

BSAK v CAD

8:55 - 9:20

3

BISR v PHES

BISC v BISAD

CAD v SVS

9:20 - 9:45

4

BISAD v BISR

BISJ v NESK

PHES v BSK

9:45 - 10:10

5

NESK v CAD

BSK v BISAD

SVS v BSAK

10:10 - 10:35

6

BISR v BISC

BSAK v NESK

CAD v BISJ

10:35 - 11:00

7

BISC v BSK

BISAD v PHES

11:30 - 11:55

8

2nd in G1 vs 3rd 3rd in G2 vs 2nd in G2 (1) in G1 (2)

11:55 - 12:20

9

4th in G1 vs 5th in G2 (3)

4th in G2 vs 5th in G1 (4)

10

Semi - 1st in G1 vs winner match (1) (5)

Semi - 1st in G2 vs winner match (2) (6)

11

Loser match (1) vs loser match (2) (5th & 6th)

Winner match Loser match (3) vs winner (3) vs loser match (4) (7th & match (4) 8th) (9th & 10th)

12:20 - 12:45

12:45 - 13:10

13:10 - 13:35

13:35 - 14:00

3rd/4th Play off - loser (5) vs loser (6)

12

13

Final - winner match (5) vs winner match (6)

BOYS FOOTBALL FIXTURES & PLAYOFFS (Saturday 20th January) Group A Pitch 1

Group B Pitch 2

Group C Pitch 3

Time

Match

8:00 - 8:25

1

BISJ v BSAK

PHES v BISC

NESK v SVS

8:25 - 8.55

2

BSK v BISR

SVS v BISJ

BSAK v CAD

8:55 - 9:20

3

BISR v PHES

BISC v BISAD

CAD v SVS

9:20 - 9:45

4

BISAD v BISR

BISJ v NESK

PHES v BSK

9:45 - 10:10

5

NESK v CAD

BSK v BISAD

SVS v BSAK

10:10 - 10:35

6

BISR v BISC

BSAK v NESK

CAD v BISJ

10:35 - 11:00

7

BISC v BSK

BISAD v PHES

11:30 - 11:55

8

2nd in G1 vs 3rd 3rd in G2 vs 2nd in G2 (1) in G1 (2)

11:55 - 12:20

9

4th in G1 vs 5th in G2 (3)

4th in G2 vs 5th in G1 (4)

10

Semi - 1st in G1 vs winner match (1) (5)

Semi - 1st in G2 vs winner match (2) (6)

11

Loser match (1) vs loser match (2) (5th & 6th)

Winner match Loser match (3) vs winner (3) vs loser match (4) (7th & match (4) 8th) (9th & 10th)

12:20 - 12:45

12:45 - 13:10

13:10 - 13:35

13:35 - 14:00

3rd/4th Play off - loser (5) vs loser (6)

12

13

Final - winner match (5) vs winner match (6)

TOURNAMENT SCORING POINTS & AWARDS POSITION

POINTS PER SPORT

1st

10

2nd

9

3rd

8

4th

7

5th

6

6th

5

7th

4

8th

3

9th

2

10th

1

After the last event the scores will be added up to provide final places which will be announced at the awards ceremony prior to the Gala dinner.

Combined points across all sports will be added to award the winning school. In the event of tied points there will be a count back and the school with the highest podium finishes will be awarded the championship.

TROPHIES 1st, 2nd, 3rd Trophies and medals for each sport 1st, 2nd, 3rd Trophies and medals for overall competition Player of the Tournament - 1 per sport awarded at the closing ceremony Fair Play Award - One School awarded at the closing ceremony Participation trophy and individual medals per school.

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