GOLF

This season of golf was certainly a memorable one for DC. We competed in 4 qualifying tournaments against more than 10 schools in the Middle East on courses including Dubai Hills, Arabian Ranches, and the Montgomery. The tournaments took place in a stableford format with the aim of scoring the highest score possible, where each of our team members had the chance to showcase their ability, including Jay, Gloria, Alex, Keiran, Andrew, Arthur, Charit, and Karma.

We saw outstanding performances from Gloria in Year 10 and Jay in Year 11, who scored a cumulative score of 37 and 34 respectively in the first 4 games, qualifying them for the finals at Arabian Ranches on the 13th March, where Jay shot 75 to tie for 2nd place gross, and Gloria shot 90 for a T19 finish, raising the bar for the precision and skill in DC’s golf community! This was certainly a successful season of golf, which can hopefully continue with more tournaments to be potentially announced soon!

Dena Senior Girls Golf Captain

This netball term has truly been an outstanding one, with over 300 girls playing throughout the season with a variety of ability levels and ages all being able to experience the excitement of the sport and being a part of the amazing ‘DC Netball Family’. Passion, Respect and Commitment are our key words, and we aim to recognize these every day

To start, all age groups have had an incredible season with the U12, U14, U16 and U19 A teams all winning their Division 1 DASSA leagues with the U13A team coming runners up. The U12, U13, U14 and U19 B teams also all came first in their Division 2 DASSA leagues with the U16B team narrowly missing out coming runners up Furthermore, the U12, U13, U14 and U16 C teams were all winners of their Division 3 DASSA leagues showing just how much depth of talent we have at DC. The U12 D team came 7th in division 4, the U13D team came 5th in division 4 and the U16 D team came 8th in division 3. An amazing set of results with winners across every age group, which is a truly awesome achievement by the Dubai College netball girls.

In addition to the domination of the DASSA leagues, the U12A team were also winners of the NAS tournament and were the DASSA tournament champions. The U13A came runners up at the DASSA tournament and the U14A and U19A were all winners of their respective DASSA age group tournaments. The U19A were also champions of the DC senior international netball tournament played in February half term which topped off a fantastic season having won the Emirates Dubai 7’s Open Youth Cup earlier in the year.

These excellent achievements can be attributed to the girl’s hard work in training and to our amazing and dedicated coaches who have guided us throughout, making us the best netballers we can be.

Therefore, I would like to say a massive thank you to our coaches Ms Kgasi, Ms Bland, Ms Paice, , and Ms Tomkins for all their hard work in helping our DC ove I’d also like to say a special thank you to Ms Sdao, none of and she has spent countless hours planning, organising, and for all the work you have put in to create our DC netball

Congratulations to Molly, Jemma, Maria, and Chloe who represented the U17 UAE netball team in the European Championships in Northern Ireland, playing England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland the best teams in Europe.

Congratulations to Alex, Alana, Charlie, Kate, and Sophie who have been selected to represent the UAE Open team in the Europe Netball Open Challenge competition in Wales in May. We also had a parent social event at Sho Cho, a night to support the WSG and Australia touring teams which was a fantastic evening with lots of parents present, to be repeated annually hopefully!

An end of season celebration awards lunch will also be happening after the spring break to celebrate all the girls amazing achievements this year!

And finally, we would also like to say a huge thank you to our sponsors this year: NEXUS, Huriya Private, Proventeq and Happy Travel who have offered support for the competitions through the year, the girls really appreciate your support.

We are looking forward to the WSG games for our U13 and U14 teams in June, defending our titles, and to 30 senior netballers travelling to Australia in July to play arguably the best in the world – starting in Sydney, going to the Gold Coast and finally Sunshine Coast. A special mention to our amazing parents for all their support this season, it has been great to have you back on the side lines.

Lastly, thank you to the Y13’s who leave this year, Sophie, Kate, Alex, Alex, and Sam for all their passion and commitment and years of playing for DC, all role models to our younger players.

Evie Senior Netball Captain

This year has seen some incredible rugby within the past few months, with all age groups competing at the highest level of rugby that a player can reach in the UAE, some players and teams going above and beyond by competing internationally, playing some of the best rugby schools in the world, and proving Dubai College to be an excellent rugby school as well as an academic school.

To start off with, the U12 boys saw great success in major tournaments, beating JESS in the Cup final of the DASSA tournament and winning all 15 a-side games throughout the season. They also went on to win the DC10’s by also beating JESS on home turf. What an outstanding achievement for these players!

Next, the U13 boys saw great success this year with their rugby, by winning the DASSA league, as well as the U13A boys being semi-finalists in the Millfield prep 7s and tournament winners at Rosslyn Park. I am sure Mr Benade is ecstatic with these results from the younger years and shows that DC rugby is in safe hands!

The U14 boys fought valiantly in both the DC 10s, as well as the DASSA league however unfortunately coming up short just losing to JESS. The U15 Rugby squad travelled to Portugal and competed in the Rugby Youth Festival Portugal, which consisted of teams from across Europe and South Africa. The squad won their group and reached the semi-finals, narrowly losing to the eventual winners and finished third in the tournament.

The U16s resumed Dubai College success as the U16B’s won the DASSA league undefeated and beating rivals DESC in their final. The U16 A’s were edged out in their DASSA league, however they went on to beat DESC 15-0 in the DC 10’s final, bringing back even more silverware for DC. The U16s also competed in Rosslyn Park, perhaps the most prestigious schoolboy tournament in the world, and these boys fought hard and managed to make it to the knockout stages, a feat that I’m sure that they are all very pleased with.

Finally, the U19 boys, perhaps seeing less silverware, but still giving it all their heart. The boys lost very narrowly to their main rivals DESC and JESS in the DASSA league and were even more unfortunate to miss out on the DC 10s final due to a point difference margin! I can say however it has been an honour to play for Dubai College, and looking at these results, it is fair to say that DC is going to see a lot of success in rugby in the upcoming years, these boys also are lucky enough to be in the safe hands of Mr Jones and Mr Benade, two of the best coaches I have ever had training me, so on behalf of all of the rugby players here at DC, I would like to thank them both and Mr Walsh f improving us as squads.

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