Athletics News

Dragons Chess Tournament

Hello Chess Champions!

With the increasing popularity of chess, our Concordian Dragons Chess Club seeks to invite people from all ranges to come, learn, and have fun during our weekly meetings. Over the past year, we have worked to help people from our high school acclimatize to the various openings, mid-games, and endgames. Whether club members are playing a 1 versus 10 simuls game against Ninja, learning the basics through our tutoring, or simply playing in our round-robin tournaments, we all have fun whilst simultaneously improving at chess. Our Dragons Chess team is on a roll.

I think it is time we reclaimed chess as a game for older children, most younger children will, to be honest, gain more benefit from playing simpler games. And, with an enormous amount of instructional material available online, much of it free, along with websites where you can play chess whenever you want and technology which will analyze your game and help you improve, it has never been easier for secondary schools to promote chess excellence.

We hosted the Concordian Intramural Chess Tournament on Jan 13th 2024 for categories from Grade 1 to Grade 12. All students played serious chess and are eagerly looking forward to upcoming tournaments. More students are joining the chess club every year. This continuous increase in chess participants is encouraging, so we purchased 60 more international chess sets and 60 more digital chess clocks for all of our chess club members to get tournament style practice.

We are really looking forward to our annual Dragons Invitational in May.

Dragons Chess Team

Grade 3U Track and Field

What an exciting competition we witnessed as the Concordian Dragons roared onto the tracks of the AISAA Track and Field Meet on Thursday January 7, hosted by the Thai Chinese International School.

Our Grade 3 U Team, comprised of 15 enthusiastic students, showcased their talents and determination in a variety of events. From sprinting distances of 60m, 100m, 200m, and 400m, to enduring challenges like the 600 m race and various field events including standing long jump, ball throw and push ball throw - our Dragons left no stone unturned in their quest for victory.

Throughout the event, our Concordian students exemplified remarkable sportsmanship, integrity and perseverance, pushing themselves to their limits in every event.

The results speak volumes of their dedication and skill - our proud Dragons returned with an incredible 25 medals!

A huge round of applause to all the students who dedicated themselves to rigorous practice sessions since the beginning of the year, not only the students that participated in the AISAA meet, both those who worked so hard, but did not qualify for the meet. Your determination and hard work during all of our sessions, helped push the students that participated in the meet and won medals. We are so very proud of all of you!

To every student on the Track and Field team, your commitment, spirit, and determination are commendable!

Congratulations to all students!

Ms. Mari, Mr. Jared, Ms. Ailene, Ms. Irish, Ms. Marily and Ms. Rona

Winners Varsity Boys Tournament

Our Varsity Boys Tournament 2024 on the 10th of March was a blast of a tournament! Finally beating our long rivals Wells in the semi-finals and being the underdogs to beat ASB GV who have been unbeatable all tournament. The atmosphere in the finals was absolutely rocking, and the game came right down to the wire! Let’s congratulate our Dragons team and especially our amazing seniors, as it is our last tournament with them!

Concordian Dragons Girls Varsity Football - Double Champions!

The Girls Varsity Football team came to play this year. They not only won the AISAA League in convincing fashion, but they also won the AISAA Tournament. They played six games and won them all, only allowing one goal against them all year while scoring twelve. It was a truly dominating performance against other strong schools. The most amazing thing about this group was that the team was composed mostly of Grade 8’s and 9’s. So this was a very young team competing against very tough, older teams. They did it with not only speed and skill, but also with aggression, spirit, perseverance and teamwork.

The girls won the league by beating Berkeley 2-0 on goals by Bam Bam and Harmonie. They followed that up with a 1-0 win over Wells, in which Ploy scored and Rita saved a penalty late in the game. Finally, to wrap up first place, they defeated MUIDS 4-0 with two goals from Ploy and one each from Harmonie and Tonkhing.

Then, on Sunday, January 21, the girls took to the field on a scorching hot morning to face the same teams in intense

tournament fashion. The Grade 11s were unavailable, so we put out a youthful line-up. In the first game, Tonkhing scored twice and Ploy once as the girls saw off Berkeley 3-0. The second match vs MUIDS came right down to the wire, when Ploy fed Harmonie with a long pass in the dying seconds and she outraced two defenders to slot home the winner at the final whistle. The result: 1-0 Concordian. Each player in midfield and defense helped each other constantly against the skillful dribbling opponents to totally shut them down.

The last game vs Wells also came down to the wire and, once again, it was Harmonie who scored in the last two minutes and, once more, Concordion won a nail-biter 1-0. They say that defense wins championships and it was proven here on this day with three clean sheets. Nampetch, Homdaeng, and Grace rocked the back line so that Rita only had two decent shots at her the whole tournament.

Thus the girls scooped up two trophies (AISAA League and AISAA Tournament) and a big haul of medals. They should

be congratulated for their hard work and their commitment. It will be the last time that Grade 12 Grace will grace our field. She was a key part of the team and a warrior all year and has been a terrific student athlete in so many sports for this school since PYP.

Congratulations should go to all the girls though: Our superb goalkeeper: Rita (G8), our amazing defenders: Nampetch (G10), Grace (G12), Homdaeng (G10), Ploy (G7), Harmonie (G9), Fern (G11) and Gia (G8). Our midfielders: Imboon (G9), Proud (G8), Pim (G8), Alyssa (G11), Bam Bam (G11) and our strikers: Airi (G8), Tonkhing (G9) and Emily (G12).

Dragons Varsity Table Tennis Team

CHAMPIONS in the AISAA Tournament! Congratulations to the varsity table tennis team! Achieving such success reflects the hard work, dedication, and skill of the players, as well as the efforts of the coaching staff and everyone involved with the team. Winning a championship is a remarkable accomplishment and evidence of the team’s talent and commitment. I’m sure the entire school community is proud of this great achievement.

Varsity boys & girls individual medals

Grace - 1st place

Tubtim - 2nd place

Mon - 2nd place

Man - 3rd place

Dragons Varsity Badminton Team

Congratulations to the varsity badminton team. Their achievement of earning second place in the AISAA badminton tournament is truly commendable, especially given the intense competition with 10 schools participating and high level players.

The varsity team’s hard work, dedication to practice, and commitment to sportsmanship have undoubtedly played a significant role in this success. Excelling both on and off the court is a testament to our team’s character and dedication to the sport. Team sportsmanship reflects positively on our school and sets a great example for the tournament. Friendships were forged during the 8-hour tournament.

Continue to build on this success, keep up the hard work, and may the team success inspire continued dedication and enthusiasm for badminton within the varsity team and the entire school community. Well done!

The results for varsity boys & girls individual medals: Grace & Tubtim CHAMPIONS (Girls Doubles)

Austin & Melody earned 2nd place (Mixed Doubles)

And in a very challenging group, Jiho & Thun finished in 3rd place (Boys Doubles)

Your proud Concordian Dragons Badminton Coaches, Kru Tiew & Ms. Yatima

Kru Tiew & Kru A