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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Staff Photograph and Farewells

House Music 2006

Year 7

British Embassy Musical Evening

100

Year 8

Jazz Band

101

Year 9

Lower School Production HONK!

102

Year 10

Activities Overview

103

Year 11

Master Chef

104

Sixth Form

Barbarossa

106

Chichester

108 110

London Theatre Trip

Cousteau

Cyprus Field Trip

Heyerdahl

112

Ski Trip 2006

Sailing

114

Berlin History Trip

Ski Dubai

115

Bedales Drama Trip

Scuba Diving

116

Y11 Art Trip to Mussandam

Horse Riding

117

Junior Maths Competition Trip to Paris

The Debating Society

118

Young Musician of the Gulf Trip to Bahrain

Y7 Dibba Trip

Sports Overview

119

U14 Rugby Hong Kong Trip

Sports Day

120

Rashid Athletics Meet

121

Girls' Athletics

122

InterGulf Netball Tournament

Primary Schools Athletics Championships

123

Dubai Desert Classic

Triathlon

124

Doha Exchange

Haifa Cross Country

125

Overseas Visitors

Swimming

126

DofE Bronze Award

Badminton

127

DofE Silver & Gold Award

Junior Rugby

128

Dubai College Successes

Intermediate Rugby

129

Maths Olympiad

Senior Rugby

130

Ski Dubai Opening Ceremony

Rounders

131

World Food Day

Junior Football

132

Students Vs Staff Golf Challenge

Intermediate Football

138

Young Enterprise Scheme: Habibi Bibi

Senior Football

139

Young Entrepreneur Competition

Girls' Football

140

Young Enterprise Scheme: Beadalites

Boys' Basketball

142

Young Enterprise Scheme: House of Cards

Girls' Basketball

145

Netball

147

Junior Cricket

152

Open Day

DT GCSE

Intermediate Cricket

153

DT AS Level

Senior Cricket

154

DT A Level

Art & Design GCSE

Prize Giving

155

Art & Design AS Level

Exam Results

160

Art & Design A Level

Destination of Leavers

161

TEACHING STAFF v..0.1

DUBAI COLLEGE

Back row: Mr A Davidson, Mr G Case, Mr M Woolley, Mr C Agent, Mr J Miller, Mr P Flower, Mr J Mcllveen, Mr S Over, Mr C House, Mr A Clark, Mr M Quinlan, Mr D Lee

Mr P Rivers, Mr A Jones, Mrs V Holmes, Mr G Roberts, Miss R Keeley, Miss T Drake, Ms M Doherty, Mr D Giles, Ms S Paterson, Mrs L Nowacki, Mrs G Howard, Miss C Carberry, Mr G Crist, Mr R Dennis

Mr P Dale, Mr A Parry, Mr J Salisbury, Mrs I Jones, Mrs S MacLaren, Miss J Irvine, Mr S Shakil, Mr H Grant, Miss T Kazim, Miss G Ratcliffe, Miss R Trainor, Mrs M Al Heddi, Mrs L Money, Mrs J Chandley, Mrs S Abdulhadi, Mrs E Adamson, Miss N Mallen

Front row: Mrs J Miller, Mr K Evans, Mr A Greenhow, Mr L Ashmore, Mrs J Renfrew, Mr I Jones, Mr K Money, Mr M Gulliford, Mr E Parton, Capt R Higgins, Miss A James, Mr P Hill, Mr H Lakiss, Mr N Jones, Mrs H Dabbagh, Mr M Donovan, Miss E John

ADMINISTRATIVE & ANCILLARY STAFF

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DUBAI COLLEGE

Back row: Mr V Nisar, Mr K Jainudeen, Mr S Nagarajan, Mr E Alva, Mr S Basha, Mr Y Assif, Mr D Fernandes

Mr P Fernandes, Mr G Mohammed, Mr M Bathrudeen, Mr A Gomez, Mr W Pinto, Mr A Ahmed, Mr M Fernandes, Mr K Sambandam, Mr P Lobo, Mr S Charolia

Mrs N Nasir, Mrs C Fautrier-Labban, Miss S Aziz, Mr H Mir, Mr R Govindagswamy, Mr M Naidu, Mr F Pereira, Mr C D'Souza, Mr S Kamalanathan, Mrs K Smith, Mrs I Murray

Front row: Mrs E McKaveney, Mrs D Milner, Mrs D Harding, Mr M Abdul Rehman, Mrs E Skouroupathis, Mr E Parton, Capt R Higgins, Mrs L Malone, Mr A Dey, Mrs M Redley, Mrs L Colton

Shamal

2006

it 0 e arrived in Dubai in September 1990... we had heard of the place but had no idea what it was like! We had promised our reluctant children that life would be good here and that we were going to do lots of exciting things. We were to stay three or four years at the most but somehow Simon and Julia both completed their schooling at Dubai College and both left a long time ago and we are still here!!! Why have we stayed here for such a long time? It is thanks to you — the pupils of Dubai College. The first impression I had of the pupils at Dubai College was how happy they all looked and how well mannered and sociable they were. I remember thinking how it would be nice to work there. This is exactly what happened in 1992 when I got a part-time job and I was over the moon! I gradually became a full-time teacher later on. Of course there have been grumpy days and stressful moments — but that is to be expected in any job. However my first impression was right: the pupils at Dubai College ARE GREAT! It really has been a pleasure to teach you all and I will always treasure the times I have spent with all of you. Simon and Julia left quite a while ago and are now both in the U.K. both happy in their careers and settled but they have both kept very fond memories of the College and they would not be the wonderful adults they are now if they had grown up in a comprehensive school in a big city in England. And both Mr. Money and myself were right: we have had some wonderful times here and we have done exciting things, such as travelling extensively as a family together; we have also made lots of friends from different countries and of different nationalities who have made us more aware of other cultures and customs. I will also remember the care that was shown to me when I had health problems in 2001. Pupils, parents and teachers all rallied round and helped me and my husband get through the hard times and, in fact, turned it into a positive experience. I will always be thankful for the love that I received. I have also been very lucky to work with wonderful colleagues and I think we are a great team in the Languages Department! I had the privilege to work under the guidance of my husband who must be the best teacher I have ever known. Miss John has also been a great inspiration to me — she has always been very generous with her time and effort. People come and people go and a lot of them will always remain in my heart but I think Dubai College will not really change because we are very lucky to have the nicest pupils we can imagine. This year has been the best and I have greatly enjoyed the time I have spent in the classroom with all of you. I would also like to wish 1OLM all the best of luck in the future and I hope they will get the "cool" teacher they deserve as their next form tutor. Fortunately this is not going to be a good-bye but more of an "au revoir" to all of you as I am not going too far...you are not getting rid of me yet! I will keep an eye from the distance on all of you and find out how you are doing! All that is left for me to do is to wish you "Bonne Chance" and I hope you will all succeed in your exams with flying colours. L. Money

A photo of me the year I started working at Dubai College!

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"My Revels Now Have Ended"

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1 few years ago, while sifting around the

campfire in the desert one spring evening and gazing up at the Milky Way, someone asked me if I felt humbled and awed by the power and beauty of nature. I considered for a moment and tried to remember those times where I gasped with wonder or inwardly trembled with awe. "No," I said, thinking about the week that had just passed at DC. "What I find most awesome, most humbling is the talent and abilities of some of DC's students." And my mind filled with countless examples: watching Natalie Dagestani at work in the Art rooms or DT, creating something unique where once was an empty canvas or just a set of unformed materials; listening to Josephine Kiernan sing so movingly in an assembly; the energy of Rikki Topp on the drums during a school concert; witnessing compelling performances by Tom Jones and Tim Hassall in Blood Brothers; the seemingly effortless flow of eloquent prose from Claire Sheldon; the speed, grace and athletic talent of Rehan Ali; the delight and pride on Rachel Phillips' face as she told me about being the first girl in the Middle East to receive the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award; Luke Irwin's modest account of saving a man from drowning off Jumeriah Beach; the extraordinary and heart-breaking courage and good-spirits of Joseph Zakko ... the list is endless and I know I will look back on this and regret I did not include others just as inspiring. But all the students in DC in one way or another have been models of the exceptional. The fact that some of you wake up at 5.30 in the morning, complete a full school day, including attending a Ski Dubai meeting at break; volunteer at Al Noor during your free lesson (if you are in the Sixth Form); play softball during lunch; compete for DC in a swimming gala after school, speak and learn in English throughout this time, and then arrive home at 5 or 6pm to hold completely fluent conversations with your mother in French, your father in Arabic, and perhaps your grandparents in Chinese; then sit down, do your homework, practise your clarinet for a music exam; grab a few bites of an evening meal; read yourself to sleep... and then begin it all again the next day, with a smile on your face, full of good humour and impeccable manners! How do you do it? It is you, the students, who I am completely in awe of and feel dazzled by the thought of the adults you will become. It is that daily stimulation of being in the company of such flair I will miss the most. That is the impression I will take away with me. But with it is a host of miscellaneous experiences and events, which in no particular order are now swirling for attention as I write: Struggling up a mountain of clothes for Kosovo refugees organized by Miss John and collected by students and staff; "stripping" in Mr Parton's office for an interview (and no, I didn't get the position!); never being adequately able to apologise to Mr Penson for stumbling in the staffroom and grabbing the nearest thing my hands could latch onto before I hit the floor; an outburst which left Mr Altham-Lewis and Mr Crist (why is it that every time I type that name it comes out "Christ"?) red-faced and speechless; the goodbye speeches on the last day of each academic year where I would always have to have a good supply of tissues; my

Shama!

2006 wooden spoon for coming last in the Fantasy Football; 7TK as overall winners of the Year 7 barbeque; being a barrow girl with Miss Smalley during the Silver Jubilee celebrations; feeding three five-day-old, abandoned kittens between lessons in the English office; Race Nights organized by Mr Lakiss; rugby-tackling Mr Parry and winning (actually that never happened, but thanks to Vicky and Johnny, it could well become an urban legend); lying flat on my back in a green hospital gown and bath-hat on a gurney, while being raced through the college grounds by my tutor group for the Friends of Dubai College Spring Fair; organizing the books for Founder's Day and Prize-Giving with Mrs Romans; "escaping" once a week with Mrs Ashmore to have lunch at Media City; queuing outside the Old Bailey at 6 a.m. in the rain with a group of Year 12 students to get a seat in the public galleries to hear Ian Huntley give evidence during the Soham Murders Trial when on a English and Drama Theatre Trip; Mr Gulliford — my voice of the morning, letting all the staff know with his daily briefings that their day had begun; entertaining, and often bizarre, heated debates between Sami Shobaki and Adam Picot in 'A' Level lessons, and the strange tangents my current Year 12 wander off to when discussing a text; one of my most embarrassing parents' evenings where I discovered that a very strongly worded (and possibly even rude) letter of complaint to Star World was received by the father sitting in front of me, who thanked me for taking my time to write in, (Thanks Damien for reminding me about this at regular intervals!) . . . and again there are so many more memories to dip into. However, there are a few things I would rather forget and won't miss: •

Vegetarian options for lunch in the staffroom - baked pasta encrusted with pickled gherkins in white, stodgy, tasteless sauce,

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Telling students to: tuck in their shirts, pull up their trousers (boys), do up their top button (girls); in B block — to go back down

anyone? the down-stairs, and come up the up-stairs, instead of pushing up through the hordes going down while they are trying to get up the wrong down-stairs. (Does that make any sense?) •

Near-Arctic conditions in certain areas of the school, despite wonderfully warm and pleasant temperatures outside.

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Constant football talk in the staff room.

No "goodbye" is ever complete without some thanks as well. Firstly, to Mr Parton and Mr Gulliford for interviewing me on a snowy, blustery, cold day in London over ten years ago, and by offering me the job, subsequently gave me some of the best years of my life and a host of wonderful opportunities. Captain Higgins has been there to take care of a multitude of school related and personal needs — thank you for your time and patience. Thanks to my magnificent colleagues in the English Department who have been the best team of people ever, and in particular to Mr Donovan, our illustrious leader. I have learnt so much from all of you and have valued your support. There are so many members of staff I don't have the room to thank, but I'd like to particularly mention four who have assisted me so much over these years: to the always-smiling, ever-accommodating and utterly reliable Steven in the office — photocopier-worker-extraordinaire; to Mr Momin who is enormously caring, gracious and obliging; to Mrs Stubbington in the library, whose sheer enthusiasm, knowledge of books, and helpfulness is second to none; and to Mr Kamal who has calmly solved and eased my anxiety over numerous computer and technology related problems. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have loved teaching at this school, and feel privileged for the years I have had here. Thank you to the all the wonderful students who have made me laugh and cry for so many reasons, and to the incredibly supportive parents whose kind words at parents' evenings often left me blushing. And as for me, where to now and how does it end? As they say in Shakespeare in Love: "It all ends well, but how? . . . I don't know. It's a mystery." I have visions of how I'd like it to be - a place of fairness, lacking in gender discrimination, with outstanding students like those at DC, and excellent facilities. Perhaps a place where I can indulge my passion for Media Studies and dabble again in some drama teaching and a little RE. But my path ahead is wide open and full of possibilities. Quite a few old faces find themselves back here on a circuitous route. Who knows? Maybe one day I'll pass this way again.

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rrewell from Miss

Stahl

didn't realise just how difficult it would be to write a 'leaver's article' for Shamal until I spent so many days

procrastinating over it. My main problem was that I didn't really know what you'd all be interested to read...(and how long

it should be seeing as I have only been here for four years! Or is it 'four years factorial' as Mr. Dale would say...oh dear I have been here too long). Was it that I secretly had a life outside of DC where I didn't go home and read the Maths Heinemann text books (sorry to disappoint Martin K) or was it that yes, I am leaving for New Zealand to teach (Ali — I confess that I hope to continue teaching maths — I really don't think I'd be great on the football field, sorry) or was it my love of the job, the fantastic students that I've worked with and the wonderful experience of living in Dubai?

I'm still not sure but I do know that I would like to thank a few students: my form 10KS who I have seen grow from strength to strength; all those that ever took part in the cookery sessions after school; Kate and Elle for their dedication and loyalty during maths lessons; all of my Year 13 Maths group; my set 1 Year 9 2004 Maths group (aka 'the Weakest Link') and I could go on...

I can't begin to thank all of the teachers — I'll do that personally but I have to say it's been wonderful working in such a happy environment where the staffroom isn't full of moaning teachers — instead, ones that care. A few teachers however that I'd like to mention: Miss Drake has been a wonderful friend and an absolute star professionally and out of school; Miss Beveridge and Mrs. Kelleher have also always been so supportive and such good friends. Mr. Altham-Lewis was brilliant as a 'godparent' when I first arrived at DC and Mr. Lakiss has been the best Head of Department I have ever worked for (I've only ever worked for one!). Mr. Lee has been a great 'next door neighbour' and has never moaned about my occasional frustrations.

Making the right decisions is not always easy but coming to Dubai and joining DC was definitely one of the best decisions I have ever made. It helps that I love my job and I would recommend anyone, whole-heartedly to the profession!

Best wishes for a wonderful long summer and a happy and healthy future.

Kathryn Stahl

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Mrs. Kelleher

have managed to get a lot done during my three years in Dubai. Getting married to Liam in February 2005, then going on to have my daughter Evie May in October 2006, I can safely say it's time for a rest! Reflecting upon my time at Dubai College fills my mind with happy memories-most of them spent with the wonderful PE Dept. The Doha Exchange trip in 2004 where I managed to survive an entire Air Arabia flight seated next to Mr. Woolley and The Ski Trip to Austria in 2005 where Mr. Woolley and I were totally in control on the toboggan run (honest!) are two that spring to mind. Coaching Dubai College sports teams has been a rewarding but exhausting commitment. It has been a pleasure leading my rounders, netball, athletics and swimming squads to victory (or defeat!). Well done for your tireless efforts in addition to all your studies-you are the school's unsung heroes. I have loved coaching the Desert Cats netball teams and watching them secure their position in Division 1 was a great highlight. This achievement can be attributed to my great friend Mrs Mayo, from whom I have learnt so much. To my Head of Department, Mr Jones; we've generally been too busy for words but we always got there in the end! Think of me at next year's tug of war. Thank-you for your support and friendship (even if you are from the Hendy side of the bridge). Goodbye to my form, who went from KJ to KK without complaint! I wish them the very best of luck as they enter the upper school. As I leave so does a student who makes teaching seem like the best job in the world. Good luck Vanessa-Dubai's loss is Ireland's gain! Thank-you to Mr. Penson, who has known me since I was young. It's been lovely working with you and I will miss sharing your salads. A big thank-you to Mrs. Adamson, for her words of motherly wisdom and constant supply of cherry bakewells. Also, to all the caretaking staff, in particular Conceicao - is there anything that man can't arrange? Goodbye and good luck to Miss Stahl, who departs for the other side of the world! I hope we meet up again soon. Finally, a special thank-you to Miss Drake, my confidant, my best friend and my daughter's fairy Godmother! I am looking forward to going home (well someone's got to take Evie to watch Aston Villa), but it is with sadness I leave Dubai College and indeed Dubai.

A BOOM &HANKA

FARE

t does not seem four years since I rolled in from watching a midday football match (Liverpool of course), to be confronted by my excited wife. I had received a phone call from Mr. Parton and he was about to call again. Immediate excitement had to be contained as I composed myself for the phone call. Being offered the chance to work at Dubai College became life's great new adventure. Of course Dubai has its sun and sand, but if some crazy idea is going to be realized its going to be in Dubai. Oddly enough I can say that I learnt to ski in Dubai. The decision to leave Dubai College was amongst one of the most difficult decisions that I have ever made, but sadly Dubai will never be home for me. So it's home to the UK for me. Is the grass always greener? I will soon find out! I have never had to do this before so in an Oscar style, here are my goodbyes: To the students, any place of work is affected by the people with whom you work. Dubai College is lucky that its major populace (YOU, the students), have such a positive outlook on life. To my form, I have been particularly lucky to have such a fantastic group; you are a lively and enthusiastic group, who are always caring and supportive of one another. Most significantly, you all have a great sense of humour, which is very important when putting up with me everyday. I have been privileged to see you grow and I will miss your informed discussions that usually head off down some bizarre tangent. To the footballers, thanks to you I have an exemplary coaching record, four times league champions, twice league cup double winners. I had to turn down an offer from the F.A. a couple of months ago, honest! Truthfully, if it wasn't for your raw talent and desire to win, none of this success would have been achieved. I will always remember Ryan Topp soldiering on through an injury, flying through the English College defence and scoring the cup final winner in the dying minutes to secure us the League and Cup double. With Mr. Mac's new found F.A. training skills I'm sure that you will maintain a monopoly on Dubai's silverware. To my colleagues, thanks for your support and time, it's been great fun! Captain Higgins and the caretakers you have eased many burdens. Fellow science teachers, thanks for all the help and advice. The big man Mr. A, you have led with a no nonsense approach, (you know what I mean). To Mrs. Colton, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Fautrier-Labban (Science technicians), thanks for your patience and efforts. Your support and flexibility with my last minute requests have been a lifeline. Boom Shanka. Andy Clark

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When you can't find the right words, it is always best (or easiest) to start with a quotation and as I leave Dubai to return home to Ireland, my most pressing thought is, "How will I cope with the torrents of rain that await me?" In the words of Billy Connelly, however, "There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing!" A true optimist and certainly the best way to look at any situation! On reflecting upon my four years at Dubai College I can count myself extremely fortunate to have been a member of the English Department because they are the most creative, humorous, kindest and generous group of people with whom I have ever worked. I am not one for exaggerated, gushing sentiments, but I really did find a true friend and someone with a loving heart in Mrs. Ashmore. Thank you to Mr. Miller (put the key back in the cupboard) for the entertainment. Thanks to Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Howard for showing me what good teaching really involves. Good luck to my fellow leaver Miss Kazim and, even though I have only known her for one year, thanks to Miss Carberry, whose accent has been music to my homesick ears. What can I say about Mr. Donovan? Truly, a nice person. A fantastic subject leader and the best boss I've ever worked with due to his affable, calm, reassuring style. He is someone who always has time to listen and is endlessly patient. I have to mention one highlight of my time at D.C. and that has been helping Mr. Roberts and Mr. House during the D.O.E. expeditions. Both men proved themselves worthy of 'Alpha male' status due to their prowess with a 'Leather man' and 'Swiss army knife' respectively. Mr. House, however, may just have the upper hand with his fire extinguishing skills, while camping atop a mountain in Oman. Thank you, it was terrific fun and extremely memorable. My final mention is to all the students I have taught during the past four years. As we all know, they really do go above and beyond the call of duty, excelling in so many areas of school life. I have been constantly amazed with their energy and enthusiasm. None more so than my last Year 11 group, who deserve a special mention for their endurance over the past two years, (Jamie, Chris Mc, Calum, CoIm, Patrick, Shaun, Jonathan, Chris Al, Ryan). An eclectic group of individuals! Your parting gift of shirt pockets was inspiring and I'll treasure them. So, with my overcoat, boots, gloves, scarf and umbrella at the ready, I'll say one final goodbye and thank you! I wish you every success and happiness in the future. Rosemary Trainor

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FIRST DAY IN YEAR 7

2006

I walked into the Dubai College school hall at 8am on Sunday 11th September to see an awful lot of new faces! Some smiling, some looking rather apprehensive!! After a morning of introductions and talks, (mostly aimed at parents!), the afternoon was spent in the sports hall with 120 Year 7 students, 20 Sixth Form liaison students, 6 tutors and no parents. The idea behind this afternoon session was to get everyone working together in their new forms, on various team activities, examples of which can be seen in the photos. The afternoon was a great success, enjoyed by everyone. Congratulations go to 7CG for building the highest structure and for winning overall and congratulations go to Year 7 for surviving their first year at DC!

s. A bit of help from 'Yea 1 liaison

Found it!

Where's the ball gone?

Who can build the highest tower?

Not bad!

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VFAR 7 In' Wednesday was over and we were finally making our way to the school changing rooms to transform ourselves into regular people. Wearing shorts and tshirts we soaked ourselves in a water balloon fight which was supposed to be a game of pass-the-balloon, (only two balloons actually made it to the other side!). After that we warmed up playing a game of dodge ball against the six formers (may I say that it was a slight disad-

vantage to play against 6 ft tall people), we ran to the pool where we raced girls v boys across the pool wearing rugby shirts (girls won in most cases). Once again a drying session was the way forward this time taking the form of a very strange obstacle course (TK cheated, NM should've won).

waiting for us inside the 6th form common room. Around 130 sugar donuts were hung on a string for us to try and eat. This ended up with year seven covered with a sugar coating!

Penalty shoot outs were next. Blindfolded! (Really fair when you have goal posts which probably came from the Early learning Centre with Ben Kilsby Goalkeeping!)

And then it was all over and our parents rolled in to pick up 120 wet, tired and happy children.

Finally, 120 starving year sevens were fed thanks to Mr. Lakiss and Mr. Bernaz. It was delicious. Our reward for being such well-behaved children was

Well done to 7MQ whose performance of the Barbie Song was perfect.

Thanks to everybody who organised and helped out with the BB'Q, and everything else that has made Year 7 a great year for all of us! Kate and Majdie

7CG

Mr. G. Case Back Row: Mark Thomson, Nay Gireesh, Tom Summers, Charles Barsaga, Rutvij Merchant, Conor Corroon. Middle Row: Mr. G. Case, Sid Choudhary, Emma Fantham, Ciara Hartley, Lauren Dhanki, Anthony Flannery, Ellie Tarrant-Taylor, Mr. M Woolley. Front Row: James Capon, Catriona Burke, Genna Daya, Kinara Rodrigues, Rhiannon Rees, Frith Connold, Frank Ryan. Absent: Alex Chevin.

7CH

Mr. C. House Back Row: Zehra Sharif, Owain Jones, Michael Robertson, Sameh Khan, Ali Alami, Victoria Radford. Middle Row: Mr. C. House, Nicola Blower, Alister Boags, Alexandra Ferguson, Harry Loakman, Dawn Stevenson, Joshua Middleton. Front Row: Jasim Malik, Anushka Parackal, Emma Vaux, Layla Van Rooyen, Tara Bell, Ellie Collins, Christopher Scade. Absent: David Gowans.

Shamal

2006 7NM

Miss N. Mallett Back Row: Nicholas Spiteri, Clare Thompson, Simran Ahluwalia, Georgia Fotheringham, Dominic Palubiski, Danielle Bolton. Middle Row: Miss N. Mallett, Honor Brannelly, Jack Collins, Jonathan Caddick, Rohan Tourani, Dushyant Tiwari, Hannah Matthews. Front Row: Majdie Hajjar, Sophie Coombes Roberts, Kate Burns, Laura Worger, Isabel Hodgson, Verity Brown, Jan Biddle.

7MZ

Mr. M. Zambonini Back Row: Nikhil Kanade, Chris Stephens. Middle Row: Miss R. Keeley, Neha Khan, Sava Davis, Raaghav Ramani, Cyrus Edgar, Mark Heyster, Alesha Bhavnani. Front Row: Joe Palau, Nayana Prakash, Alice Turner, Jessica Sanders, Kate Ashwell, Natasha Daoud, Bill Martin. Absent: Helena Agathangelou, Zoe Panayi, Sara Magee, Laura Henderson, Andrew Keenan, Mr. M. Zambonini.

Shamal 2006 7MQ

Mr. M. Quinlan Back Row: Mr. M. Quinlan, Jonathan Baxter, lona Stewart, Eleni Skouroupathis, John Sprengers. Middle Row: Moray Tripney, Sophie Armstrong, Alessandra Fernandez-Hollis, Talia Banks, Sophie Middleton, Mustafa Shaikh. Front Row: Zain Kassam, Meghan Vetch, Jamie Wallace, Alice Raymond, Alex Caneborg, Kaneekka Gajendra, Daniel Hendry. Absent: Matthew Kilsby, Stephen Everest, Constance Fisk.

7TK

Miss T. Kazim Back Row: Vincent Sterel, Christopher Burke, Aman Navani, Jake Willet. Middle Row: Miss Kazim, Sophia Kenaghan, Charles Furness, Aditi Shrikhande, Edward Sims, Kim Boshoven. Daniel Ferguson. Front Row: Emraan Dharsi, Inc' Baysal, Clara Daniel, Kerris Davies, Chandni Pagarani, Saffiya Al-Hafidh, Conor Seabrook. Absent: Milly Putt, Tiffany Sheridan, Shounak Das.

Outings We did loads of thinus this year ‘‘ ith our liaisiins. For example, in March we \ lent to Ski Dubai with our liaisons. We put on our 'gorgeous' ski gear and went inside! It was cold and adventurous, like \\ hen the guys had snowball tights and \\ cut crazy. After that we went to lY it Friday, which was great. A big I I TANKS to our liaisons for organizing this trip!!

Howdy I'm cowboy Grant, 8HG's cool, form tutor.

Pictures courtesy of Google Images and Hamza, Dalia and Sophie's pictures. Made by Dalia, Hamza, Natasha and

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8DG MOST LIKLEY... Aleena - to make an "O.C" spinoff

Becca - to own a wildlife resort

Bechan - to be the number one footle player

Namy - to fill the world with rainbows and cupcakes

Tina - to be the next Einstein

Clara - to be an evil genius

Sara - to be in a Sunsilk advert

Sian - to spend the rest of her life laughing

Lucy - to succeed at everything

Tom - to be a pro surfer

Josh - to be a male model

Greg - to be the next Bill Gates Paddy- to be a truck driver

Scott - to defend Man Utd

Greif.) Ewen —Qualify for ti)e

Elliot - to be an amateur foot skater

Alice - to be a world-class cat sailor

Kaveh - to be a dancing popThe star of the class is... star

Alex - to be the nicest guy alive

Mo - to be the next Louis Our Mascot Armstrong Humpy Billy - to be the next American President

*ran Dastur — play Prof essional Cricket

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Clarissa Eboon —be irrime minister

Lily sclmek — win a

Sara Shirker -

Andrew clxcuti — be anf star on Art Olympic Swimmer AO Attack

Grannity Din e,s0 cbugani —run a

mititiiniffion-offar Agency Arias Soe6 — W/e next Einstein

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Livvi witpers —be a stylist to tl)e stars

Ananya jaikv —to be a famous scientist Jamie Eldridge— Io Will

Dani Soskin —be a leading actress.

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On the 16th of May, we had a delicious Pizza Party organized by our liaisons. At lunchtime we eagerly waited for the pizza and drinks to arrive. When they finally did we had LOADS of fun! THANKS LIAISONS

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North Star was when some of us went into the desert to experience the great outdoors and woke up VERY early for two days.

Beat hundreds of 16 year olds in a maths competition in Europe.

Smart and sweet, she loves to be Miss Perfect.

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8AL is interesting. 8AL is cool. 8AL is so Oen( We've has a brilliant year in Year 8 and I know that we will have a brilliant year next year in Year 9. We've hal a pizza party ano we've gone to the cinema to see Big Momma's House II. As time passes though term alio changes must be male: Bye ano so long to both Jai at@ Hal who will be leaving us at the enO of greetings to Matthew, welcome to the class! A big thank you to our liaisons,. Sam, Marwak Emily and Hayley. Last but certainly not least thank you to Mr. Attham Lewis, we woutOn't be a proper form without him.

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The Fact File:-

Name: Roofus Age: Unknown Sex: Male Fur colour: Ginger and white Breed: Unknown Hobbies: Living on the roof

That other cat, Roofus is so boring. He won't ever play with me and keeps glaring at me while I'm eating my food. I like to lie down a lot because my thick fur makes me very warm and sleepy. Children are always coming to pick me up and stroke me. I like my belly being tickled and being stroked but I DO NOT like being picked up. Those children normally come and pick me up just after my morning nap so I'm like, "What?" And I'm really sleepy so I can't think properly and suddenly I'm in the air and since I've just been asleep my eyes are all funny and being up in the air is then not on top of my list of fun things to do.

Diary Entry No. 30

Roofus was in a fire when he was young and lost his tail. He lives on the school roof from where he got his name. He is very wary of strangers and often runs away from children who try and pick him up, stroke him or even go near him. He gets his food from a tray by the A Block. The school has more or less adopted Roofus so he was the Official School Cat. That was, until Alfie came along...

Diary Entry No. 50

Name: Alfie Age: Unknown Sex: Male Fur colour: Ginger, Black and white Breed: Half Persian, Half Unknown Hobbies: Sleeping

Fact File:-

I don't like that other cat, Alfie. He keeps eating my food. I heard he kept getting into MY school. He is so stupid and really fat. I know it's his fluffy fur but I like to think of it as fat. Also he keeps on trying to attack me. Alfie has got all these children on his side, they come in the morning and pick him up and cuddle and stroke him. TRAITORS! They should be stroking me. I was here first!

Alfie the ca777177 t 11rermrtha o t is school year. Alfie loves getting into school blocks and sleeping everywhere. He is very friendly and lets everyone pick him up and hold him unlike Roofus.

By Pooja Nair, Layla Goddard and Beckie Waddacor 8RD

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8AL

Mr. G. Altham Lewis Back Row: Sahil Tourani, Raeleen Murugan, Jai Srivastava. Middle Row: Mr. P. Dale, Patrick Tansey, Charlotte Cameron, Zachary Tarrant-Taylor, Amali Pathirana, Ben Allison, Shehzeen Ahmad. Front Row: Jack Fantham, Georgia Vann, Hal Furness, Lauren MacDonald, Edward Hossell, Georgina O'Mahoney, James Mulvaney. Absent: Mr. G. Altham-Lewis, Emma Harding, Harriet Midwood, Madhuvanthi Suresh, Matthew Melone.

8SS

Mr. S. Squire Back Row: Dinesh Chugani, Lily Schuck, Layth Massoud, Shahyan Dastur. Middle Row: Greig Ewen, Olivia Withers, Stephen Jones, Zara Thornberry, Anas Syed, Sara Zafra-Shuker. Front Row: Andrew Chetcuti, Rebecca Mills, Danielle Soskin, Ananya Jaidev, Jane McNamara, Penelope Hook, Jamie Eldridge. Absent: Sophie McAdam Clark, Alex Milne, Clarissa Ebdon .

Shama!

2006 8S0

Mr. S. Over Back Row: Sophie Balding, Kyal Mapara, Amy Bishop, Rached Khairallah, Anika Niazi, Matthew Grayston, Hannah Flower. Middle Row: Mr. S. Over, Ella Townsend, Alexander Gowans, Alexander Snaas, Phelim Dunleavy, Edward Otty, Rishibha Kawatra. Front Row: Lois Britnor, Sherif Salem, Farah Padmanabhan, Ben Holmes, Madison Allen, Ali Yousuf, Lana Neil.

8DG

Mr. D. Giles Back Row: Bilal Ali, Lucinda Turner, Christina Mandalios, Aleena Khan, Sara Haider, Joshua Doak. Middle Row: Mr. D. Giles, Bechan Parry, Gregory Shore, Kavian Lahooti, Elliott Denham, Mohammed Al-Hasso, Namita Cariappa. Front Row: Scott Prior, Ciara Sheikh, Steven Porter, Sian Hobbs, Tom Pollock, Rebecca Jackson, Alexander Hollands. Absent: Alice Kent.

Shama! 2006 8RD

Mr. R. Dennis Back Row: Claire Rivers, Josh Allison, Kabir Tourani, Zara de Belder. Middle Row: Mr. R. Dennis, Henry Morris, Tom Capon, Nirmal Nandwani, Richard Jalili, Shaun Ayrton, Cody Duncan. Front Row: Iman Tahir, Alisdair Ferguson, Beckie Waddacor, Jeeda Nouri, Layla Goddard, Firdauz Abdul Gahni, Mhairi Benson. Absent: Pooja Nair, Rachel Park, Victoria Staley.

8HG

Mr. H. Grant Back Row: Devin Clarke, Emily Kaba, Mohammed Khan, Helen Diggle, Josh Santos, Iseult McArdle. Middle Row: Mr. H. Grant, Natasha Bradstock, Lloyd Corcoran, Toby Watts, Robbie Corkill, Stuart Allen, Rosina Simmons. Front Row: Chae-Yoon Kim, Usman Naqvi, Emma Rogerson, Lucas Metaxas, Sophie McKeever, James Donovan, Dalia Adib. Absent: Yekta Gerami-Tajabadi.

VERVE

This year has been eventful for all students in Year 9. We have faced many challenges such as how to complete our Community Service Award, finish our geography projects, decide what we want to eat at the prom or how to get certain individuals to help with fund-raising activities. This year has seen Year 9 rugby players go off to Hong Kong only to lose to their Dubai rival EC!!! It has definitely been the year for sport, not only with our usual school activities but also the Desert Classic and Primary Sports Day where many of us had great fun helping out. Year 9 has also been the year where students face one of the hardest decisions that they have yet faced, what they will do for GCSEs. It has been a hard decision for all of us, many of us getting stuck as some subjects are hard to give up. However it has also been an enjoyable year ending with the Year 9 Prom which gave us a chance to dress up for once and have some fun after the gruelling exams. Emma Hawkins 911

ERE ARE SOME OF THE QUOTES \MICH HAVE PERME — cI ATED YEAR AND MADE US LAUGH DURING THE YEAR...

Commun Action Service Award

In Dubai College, the Year 9s have a choice of participating in the Community Action Service Award. This year almost 50 students gained the award. For this award, the students have to get 35 points in total, in the following sections : Activities, Representation, Responsibility, Performance and Creativity and Events. The award encouraged us to 'Accelerate through the apex,' Toni Kelly. participate in more activities, be more responsible 'What a hero!' Duncan Head. and be more involved in school life. Apart from 'Shhhaarmushhh; Mr. Hill participating in sport and music within school, we 'Dish bash bosh Hotta yatta yatta Dob's your father's brother,' Mr. Case. gained points for a whole range of activities in the community including the Terry Fox Run, the Pink Walkathon, and the K9 Dog Walk and the highlight "[IAAp k.tu for many students which was the Dubai Desert stitokb Classic. We also sold Calendars for MSF, a group of try students from 9DL held a charity raffle for the Pakistan Earthquake appeal and each tutor group has raised money to support Oxfam Unwrapped. The award has been interesting and fun to complete, it has provided us with new opportunities and a sense of purpose.

'guys help, why is a half bigger than a third,' Rachael McKinnon. 'That's about as useful as a chocolate tea pot,' Miss John. 'Duddy,' Jan Matus. "Don't just do the give, do the give and go!" Mr McNeal. 'Oh so....' Enna.

This year, each form in Year 9 prepared a song to perform in a competition known as "The Agents". Each tutor group had three agents whose job was to discover the hidden talents lurking in the form and produce a pop star or pop group. This was not as straightforward as you might think, some forms were fighting over which song to perform *ahem* (9KK), and as well what to wear, the band name and the style of performance. Auditions were held, compromises made and a lot of time and effort was put into practice. The performance day was wild! New talents were discovered (Vardhan!) and after an hour of "pure thrilling fun" the results were as follows: 1st Place — Spud (9CJ) with Unwritten by Natasha Bedingfield 2nd Place — K9 (9KK) with Karma by Alicia Keys 3rd Place — Rock, Paper, Scissors (9JM) with Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes A big thank you goes out to the judges, Mr. Zambonini and Sophie Hurdiss for taking time to watch and judge this superb event. Well done to every form for taking part and performing exceptionally well.

Goodbye to all our leavers and Good Luck, bonne chance, , viel glueck, goed geluk, buona fortuna, boa sorte, buena suerte, slante. Emma, Laura, Vanessa, Julissa, Francis, Nina, Amy and Maria

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Shama!

2006 9VH

Mrs. V. Holmes Back Row: Alexander Ferrari-Stanford, Nina Nahhas, Sofia Vyas, Laura Reader, Duncan Head. Middle Row: Mrs. V.A. Holmes, Paul McKeown, Megan Schapiro, Mahpari Sotoudeh, Alia Al Ghussain, Kaitlin Jones, Cian Perham. Front Row: James Harding, Tanisha Saxena, Connor Pollard, Kelly Park, Chengaiz Khan, Fiona Heath, Michael Tonna. Absent: Erik Brinkhorst, Sarah Holly

9JI

Mrs. I. Jones Back Row: Megan Jones, Phil McCarter, Sunit Sheth, Tom Kelly, Alia Ahmed. Middle Row: Mrs. I. Jones, Sade Goddard, Jamie Shirlaw, Shivangi Jain, Jon Cottrell, Julissa Edgar, Mike Geeson. Front Row: Karan Shirgaokar, Vanessa Hullon, Sohanna Srinivasan, Frances Jennings, Karina Takapi-Lambert, Emma Hawkins, James Nielsen. Absent: Laura Hutchinson, Anant Mohan.

Shamal 2006 9KK

Mrs. K. Kelleher Back Row: Liam Abu-Nimeh, Nicola Blincow, Rachel McKinnon, Rafae Ali. Middle Row: Lara Daoud, Jemma Gardner, Kayleigh McKee, Aoife Kilalea, Shika Bodani, Fatimah El-Rashid. Front Row: Matthew Santos, Meghan Silveira, Cameron Kashani, Melissa McWhirter, Thomas Seabrook, Maria McDermott, Neal Thomson. Absent: Maria Goulamhoussen, James Johnson, Robert Miller.

9DL

Mr. D. Lee Back Row: Jan Matus, James Armstrong. Middle Row: Mr. D. Lee, Sarah Cheetham, Katy Hassall, Lewis Hammond, Gabriella Skouroupathis, Nikita Patel. Front Row: Abigail Johnson, Murtaza Kheriwala, Jessica Graham, Sohan Rodrigues, Amy Campbell, Jean-Michel Hurst, Maham Mandviwalla. Absent: Samiha Bham, Tanya Kewalramani, Sam Aki, Abhishek Chandra, Anay Dave, Hector Murphy.

9JM

Mr. J. Miller Back Row: Fiona Tarbet, Justine Morgan, Melanie Sprengers, Kalyani Nedungadi. Middle Row: Mr. J. Miller, Greg King, Rhian Turner, Bryan Pereira, Minaal Khan, Jim Prescott, Priyanka Patel. Front Row: Varun Tikku, Anam Rahman, Andrew Helsby, Naomi Thompson, James Bazargan-Young, Michelle Bushill, Sam Adamson. Absent: Vardhan Kapoor, Tom Powell, Callan Strickland.

9CJ

Mr. J. Croft Back Row: Michael Farid, Tara Mehrabanzad, Lorna Keegan, Seren Gough-Walters, Olivia Lochhead, Pieter Sayer. Middle Row: Robyn Smith, Erin Felesky, Emma Gatrell, Marie Al Rustom, Amanda Cheng, Bijan Motiwalla. Front Row: Finn Harceaga, Anisha Senaratne, Stuart Keenan, Farah Hertog, Oscar White, Helen Panayi, Ross Barry. Absent: Sara Ahmed Al Liusie.

Shamal

2006

1 OBV

Miss J. Beveridge Back Row: Hasan Morshed, Ross Gould, Ben Thompson. Middle Row: Dylan Price, Stephanie Gay, Leah Mapara, Artemis Constantinides, Zenny Sharif, Isaac Hook. Front Row: Anish Bhatnagar, Carina Rodd, Roxanne Mukhi, Katie O'Mahoney, Shreya Radia, Anushka Chugani, Matthew Snelling. Absent: Miss J. Beveridge, Neha Choudhary.

1 OAC

Mr. A. Clark Back Row: Ross Langdon, Bilal Khan. Middle Row: Mr. A. Clark, Alex Brightmore, Nupur Mohan, Matthew Turner, Alexia Austin, Elle Puni, Rahul Kanade. Front Row: Sharif Kamyab, Leigh-Anne Janaway, Rosie Ryan, Maxine Machado, Emma Putt, Alexa Soar, Craig Dymock. Absent: Dhwani Soni, Maya McNicholas, Mandira Dhawan, Aisha Al-Hafidh

Shama!

2006 1 OAD

Mr. A. Davidson Back Row: Pascal Yammine, Greg Cannie, Mc Roderick, Sahas Saigal. Middle Row: Mr. A. Davidson, Rob Dude, Nikita Mediratta, Charlie Hynes, Iva Stefanovic, Gabbie Savastano, Paul Rogerson. Front Row: Anish Gupta, Haneen Khan, Ranjani Ramani, Katy Barry, Corinne McElhinney, Georgina Stephens, Philip Illingworth.

1 OM C

Mr. J. Mcllveen Back Row: Talal Al-Nawab, Shawn Smith, Yasmine Rastegar, David Hillier, Hassan Aslam. Middle Row: Laura Westeng, Shalin Kataria, Tessa Deykin, Elliot Hurdiss, Pippa Seika, Robert Legnar. Front Row: Jason Comport, Lena Rodgers, Vibeke Nielsen, Zahra Haider, Aneeka Ahmed, Riddhi Cidambi, lssam Ashur. Absent: Siobhan Gerrard.

Shama! 2006 1 OLM

Mrs. L. Money Back Row: James McConville, Annabel Young, Daniel Fernandes, Richard Holly. Middle Row: Mrs. L. Money, Stephanie Constantinides, Rory Convery, Matthew Rivers, Sean Thornberry, Conor El Sibai, Ishita Kohli. Front Row: Ben Pollock, Charlotte Codd, Lauren Bruffaerts, Diosa Taylor, Zara Nicholas, Alana O'Kirwan, Marcus O'Connell. Absent: Natalie Robehmed, Elodie Davidson.

1 OKS

Miss K. Stahl Back Row: Eloise Rowe, Oskar Caneborg, Charlie Wild, Ryan Sheridan, Hannah Campbell. Middle Row: Miss. K. Stahl, Greg Smith, Clare Gaskell, James Turner, Liz Thomas, Matthew Corcos, Vanda Pickup. Front Row: Steve Fernando, Jennifer Smith, Saanya Papar, Kate Barnett, Nida Leewenburgh, Sarah Martin, Tom Stone. Absent: Emily Burns.

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* 6th FORM!. People have different hopes and aspirations for next year's entry to the 6thi form. We will all miss the secure feelings of our own form rooms when the are exchanged for the 6th form common room. The room that has remained a mystery to most of us apart from the chosen few who have been fortunate enough to visit the land of ping-pong and sofa filled dreams that are the 6th from block. We all look forward to the next year of hard work, hard play, being neat, being civil and being cooperative in our A-level careers.

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Shama!

2006 11JB

Mr. J. Bailey Back Row: Chantal Jones, Ashley De Beer, Maria Daoud. Middle Row: Anisha Malhotra, Alistair Fortune, Chris McKeever, Rehan Ali, Samee Siddiqui, Kimberley Reader. Front Row: Isabelle Smith, Lauren Silveira, Zena Armstrong, Mr. J. Bailey, Emma Smith, Jasmine Lindstrom, Eleanor Fisk. Absent: Hamza Javed, Diana Crispe, Ellen Bruffaerts.

11JC

Mrs. J. Chandley Back Row: Calum O'Grady, Andrew Gibb, Jordan Dawson. Middle Row: Ross Ewen, Rory MacDonald, Emilene Parry, Georgina Wells-Sheppard, Guy Wolfenden, Craig McDonald. Front Row: Saffiya Ansari, Sherina Teckchand, May Ling Nuttman, Mrs. J. Chandley, Cat Salisbury, Anika Ladva, Abeer Mian.

Shama!

2006

11GC

Mr. G. Crist Back Row: Jonathan Raynor, Becky Perkins, Maya Srivastava, Natasha Ludolf, Calum Birse. Middle Row: James Lochhead, Jade Lindstrom, Tom Evans, Lucy Steptoe, Alex Blower, Jessie Parton. Front Row: Siddharth Singh, Charlie Clark, Monica Farid, Mr. G. Crist, Jade Pollard, Louise Aiken, Khalid Yousuf. Absent: Kelly Chan, Martin Kettlewell, Bernard Pereira.

11IJ

Mr. I. Jones Back Row: James Harbron, Tom Scriven-Baker, Sahil Gandhi, Luke Conway, Nikhil Walia. Middle Row: Kelsey Neil, David Burke, Natalie Cottrell, Hannah Corcoran, Li-Yon Tan, Natasha Maw. Front Row: Francesca Deeb, Coim Noonan, Stephanie King, Mr. I. Jones, Emma Lacey, Chris O'Brien, Halle Grant. Absent: Lisa Badaoui, Sarah Eldridge.

Shama!

2006 11RG

Miss G. Ratcliffe Back Row: Jamie Young, Chris Kaba, Michael McCarter, William Sutcliffe. Middle Row: Aneesha Baharani, Ryan McConnell, Sid Cidambi, Shehmir Shaikh, Matthew Middleton, Sam Jones. Front Row: Kelly Smith, Noor Khan, Charlie Stokes, Miss G. Ratcliffe, Jane Pickering, Ishika Das, Samar Kazranian. Absent: Sally Collinson, Natasha Pagarani, Natasha Vora.

11RT

Miss R. Trainor Back Row: Chris Al-Barwani, Louis Constantine, Shaun Seaman, Richard O'Mahoney. Middle Row: Vicky Pletts, Charlotte Brear, Shannon McPhillips, Gabby Parsons, Stephanie Edwards, Bethan Jones. Front Row: Jenny Adamson, Patrick Khourdaji, Karen Byers, Miss R. Trainor, Sarah Tonna, David Bieleski, Kirsten Krause. Absent: Jade Stones.

Shamal

2006

The Way We Were...

The Way We Are... loved Looking back to our

electronic entertainment.

slightly more innocent

Basically, keep it clean next year guys,

days in year seven

keep it clean.

(page overleaf), you can

all see just how much

On a slightly more serious note, the 6th

we've changed. Where did

form have played an invaluable role in the

the time go, when did we

lives of so many Year Sevens and Eights as

stop being so na誰ve and so

their liaisons, organising pizza parties, cine-

blissfully unaware of the

ma trips and the unforgettable Year Seven

future that was to come? Were

BBQ. Remember it's a huge responsibility,

- we really that innocent, just 7

DO NOT take it lightly, this

L years ago?

is not a `UCAS-filler'.

VI form really is all it's cracked

It's been a year of fancy

up to be; 9 free periods a

dress, black tie and good

week (sorry "study ses-

old fashioned Mardi

sions" which we of course

Gras. The socials that

use extremely productively

have been organised

and not lazing about on the

have been the making

sofas or playing foos or

of many of the rela-

tekken or some other imag-

tionships between

inative game that the 6th

upper and lower 6th. I

form have refined to an

think it's safe to say

art). Let's face it. We work hard enough in

that there are many

our lessons, a little non-contact

memories that won't

time in the common room is

be forgotten in a

the essential tool to surviving

hurry, or on the other

6th form life.

hand some nights are

This year's most valuable les-

just a blur for

son learnt has been that, " If

some...Tanmay.

ou don't pick up your rubbish....no one else will." Failure to comply to

The Christmas social was indeed a tri-

such an important life lesson has

umph; some people even came away with

resulted in numerous punishments in

some extra household goods...irons,

which the 6th form have been

socks and some overly large underwear.

deprived of their much

Shamal

2006

1 2NB

Mr. N. Bernaz Back Row: Reem Ibrahim, Tasha Young, Rory Jackson, Tanya Burton, Kirren Kang. Front Row: Yong Shin, Emily Morris, Mr. N. Bernaz, Elizabeth Kay, Carlyn Lobo. Absent: Jayanika Samaranayake, Jonny Ryan, Varun Venkatesh.

1 2CC

Miss C. Carberry Back Row: Richard Westmacott, Naina Mohan, Daniel Smith. Middle Row: Jack Skinner, Hannah Linford, Maham Hanif, Matthew Judge. Front Row: Alistair Vowles, Jill Macpherson, Miss C. Carberry, Delicia Murugan, Deepak Prabhakar. Absent: Ben Butler.

All in all the night was a success and hopefully the graduation will be just as enjoyable if not better. • And don't Warnings to future 6th form:

even bother with the upside

•

down water bottle trick; been

Do not leave any much

I wanted food unattended, at ANY time...or you will get snack attacked.

Do not be surprised if you wake up in a barricade of furniture...Adam...Pip.

• Do not play with Mr

there, done that, and got wet...

We'd just like to say a really big

Lakiss's overly large foam dice, Mr Jones does not approve...

Gentlemen... if it's your birthday, don't tell anyone because otherwise you'll get your birthday bumps and get the "you know what" kicked out of you.

thank you to Mr Jones and Mrs Miller for putting up with our crazy antics. They might think that some of us are more than ready to leave, but some still

• Do not let your friends

grip onto their carrels for dear life,

sellotape you to the bottom

white-knuckled, afraid of what the big

of a table...and then let Mrs

wide world has in store for them. Good

Miller catch you...

luck everyone, all the best.

Charlotte & Laura H

Shama!

2006 1 2PF

Mr. P. Flower Back Row: Nadeem Kapasi, Sehr Sarwar, Joseph Fitz-Gerald. Middle Row: Jeremy Gaylor, Mille Haugnaess, Sarah Crabbe, Christopher Holman. Front Row: Ben Kilsby, Jasmine McKeown, Mr. P.Flower, Rochelle Fernando, Alistair Blincow. Absent: Nicola Moore.

1 2RM

Mr. R. Miles Back Row: Sun Ho Hwang, Mihail Kolev, Saad Khan. Middle Row: Lisa Dicks, Jade Snelling, Saad Siddique, Pasangi Weerasinghe, Josie Walsh. Front Row: Rohit Java, Saba Morshed, Mr. R. Miles, Sanna Naapuri, Ross MacDonald.

Shamal

2006

1 2SM

Mrs. S. MacLaren Back Row: James Corcoran, Carishma Sequeira, Jonathan Leeuwenburgh. Middle Row: Ashwin Cariappa, Daniella Casey-Lowe, Sam Davidson, Sean Gould. Front Row: Usama Paracha, Marta Kijowska, Mrs. S. MacLaren, Emily Blower, David Fernandes. Absent: Felicity Gibbons.

1 2JR

Mrs. J. Renfrew Back Row: Ram Menon, Jonathan Hancock, Tomos Roderick. Middle Row: Damien Smith, Eleanor Smith, Bojana Rajkovic, Eun-Jee Jung, Riva Tourani, Matthew Colton. Front Row: Martin Verheij, Gabriella Moore, Mrs. J. Renfrew, Dima Hamati, Lyes Hassaine.

Shama!

2006 1 2PR

Mr. P. Rivers Back Row: Anooshiravan Askarpour, Natalie Kenny, Craig Wilson. Middle Row: Arman Motiwalla, Kristina Mills, Marjolijn Zwanepol, Faraaz de Belder. Front Row: Hareth Al Bustani, Emily Hack, Mr. P. Rivers, Michelle Harvey, Adam Ellerby. Absent: Francesca Leenen.

1 2AG

Mr. A. Greenhow Back Row: Sanam Khanchandani, Russell Sparkes. Middle Row: Amrit Awtani, Saam Takaloo, Tanmay Saxena, Jae-Wook Song. Front Row: David Knight, Rebecca Clifford, Mr. A. Greenhow, Laura Cheng, Eldon Cate. Absent: Victoria Metaxas, Josepine Kiernan.

Shamal

2006

1 3AP

Mr. A. Parry Back Row: Chris Phillips, Oliver Partridge. Middle Row: James Jones, Amy Walker, Dina O'Brien, Sophie Young, Igor Djordjevic. Front Row: Timsy Awtani, Marwah Hassan, Mr. A. Parry, Kristie Beck, Victoria Legnar.

1 3GR

Mr. G.Roberts Back Row: Sisila Pathirana, Stuart Burrows, Philippa Turner, Sean Kelleher. Front Row: Hayley Leeman, Amy Steptoe, Mr. G. Roberts, Ania Kubow, Laura Holden. Absent: Laura MacPherson, Henry Miller, Sami Shobaki.

Shama!

2006 1 3TD

Miss T. Drake Back Row: Rob O'Kirwan, Dane Sedgwick, Jonny Muir. Middle Row: Sam Coulter, Jessica Wallace, Nitya Tiwana, Leo Gimenez. Front Row: Katherine Keenan, Kate Cory-Wright, Miss T. Drake, Amy O'Grady, Emily Cunningham.

1 3JA

Mr. A. Jones Back Row: Christophe Vaillant, Claire Stokoe, Nicole Wingate, Nicholas Morgan. Front Row: Dariush Kamyab, Sarah Khan, Mr. A. Jones, Charlotte Epsom, Karim Maher. Absent: Davinder Pagarani, Adam Picot.

Shamal

2006

13CA

Mr. C. Agent Back Row: Sarah Crawley, Kabir Seth, Rahel Aima, Rahul Jagtiani, Rachel Hennessey. Front Row: James Cannie, Sacha Robehmed, Mr. C. Agent, Melissa Hullon, Ozzie Rodgers.

13JS

Mr. J. Salisbury Back Row: Andrew Machado, Eamon Jasim, Alexander Eckersley, Ramee Trivedi, Aditya Singh. Front Row: Niamh Kilalea, Beatrice Murphy, Monica Griffith, Laura Gordon, Mariyah Siddiqui. Absent: Mr. J. Salisbury, Lauren Sadler.

1Shamal

2006 1 3BA

Mrs. B. Ashmore Back Row: Keith Chan, Dariush Homayoun. Middle Row: Laurence Frangie, Jonathan Aitken, Jae-Jun Hong, Nisharth Nizar. Front Row: Emily King, Sahar Kazranian, Rahul Devnani, Anwesha Kundu, Sophia Mandalios. Absent: Jennifer Christie, Mrs. B. Ashmore.

1 3LA

Mr. L. Ashmore Back Row: Zain Hanif, Shari-Anne Bradnick, Craig McPherson. Middle Row: Jason Connolly, Vernon Silson, Salman Bham, Tom Ross. Front Row: Remalie Comport, Nadia Al-Shehab, Mr. L. Ashmore, Alison Smith, Nikita Palmer.

Shamal

2006

Am London Trip I think that the words,

'organised chaos' perfectly describe this year's Drama/English Lit trip to London. Organised in the sense that, thanks to Mr. Jones and Mr. Penson, we had a bed to sleep in every night, and tickets to see some spectacular shows every day. Chaos in the sense that many of us can't read maps, find it incredibly hard to be on time anywhere, and always manage to pack completely the wrong clothes. Looking back, there are many amusing anecdotes from the trip. Rory was mugged by a...cough...terrifying outlaw, while Felicity was almost killed by animal rights activists outside Harrods while wearing her rabbit-fur jacket. Henry's phone was stolen by a monkey (yes, a monkey, that's not a typo) while at London zoo, while Jasmine got stuck to a wall (enough said). Tasha got sick after eating Chinese food from a stand in Camden (you are what you eat Tash!), and Francesca lost about five things in the space of two hours, and blamed it on everyone but herself. But that's London for you. The shows themselves, for the most part, were thoroughly enjoyed. We were welcomed to London by the unexpected sight of mammary glands bouncing about on the set of 'Otherwise Engaged', and kissed farewell (much too quickly) by 'Chicago'. In between, we were enthralled by the likes of 'Les Miserables', an enchanting musical set in the French revolution, Arthur Miller's classic, 'Death of a Salesman', 'Mary Stuart', powerfully portrayed and incredibly moving, the strange but thought-provoking 'God of Hell', and 'Richard II', starring Kevin Spacey (...we were awake for some of it, promise!!). London is one of those places where you can take a group of students with conflicting interests, let them loose and be assured that they will all find some way to amuse themselves. Whether you were the 'shop till you drop' gang, the ones who came back each day with a new piercing, or the group who enjoyed walks in the park and getting stuck in trees, I'm sure you were guaranteed a good time. Especially if you gorged on Ben's cookies all week... Not mentioning any names. Emily Hack

Our excitement began well before we even set foot on Cypriot soil, when we were presented with our invaluable navy fleeces, which many of us fashioned around the common room, much to the sneers (ahem jealously!) of the rest of the sixth form. 6:15AM. We arrived at Dubai airport bleary eyed and still drowsy (incidentally, not for the last time during the course of the week). After a successful and lively plane journey, with an in-flight trivia tournament entertaining us on the 5-hour trip, we landed in Larnaca. We swiftly departed by bus from the only civilization we would see for another week. Most memorable quote of the bus ride, "GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS!" On arrival at our destination, we momentarily despaired, thinking we'd been abandoned in the middle of nowhere, but in fact we discover that this charming place was Kritou Terra, a "rural retreat" and our "home" for the rest of the week. As everyone hiked up the road to settle in (except Noosh, who cleverly hitched a ride) our group of girls was eagerly anticipating hot showers, warm and cosy bedrooms and a well deserved rest. Alas, our dreams were shattered when we reached the 'Andres accommodation' and shouts of, "Oh, my god! We have to share a bathroom between six girls?" "Ahhhhh, my bed is damp!" "You think your bed is bad? Mine has wrappers in it! !" and "Guys, there's no electricity". Poor Miss Trainor had to sleep in a dudgeon, while Miss John spent the week in a garage. Suspiciously, Mr Bailey's lads managed to acquire accommodation with heated floors and fantastic views, and as for Mr Mac's boys, their spacious courtyard proved invaluable for an evening's socializing and relaxation. After the kafuffle in the girls' rooms was sorted, we made our way to the Environmental Centre, where we met Nick, Lyndon and Lenni, our teachers for the week. Our first task as Biologists: capturing snails? The thought alone may be enough to make you snore, but if you were part of the Cyprus Crew, you made the most of it and I will always remember Sam's cries of disgust, "Ugh, my snail is FOAMING!" Even stranger than this was our first encounter with a certain "quirky" villager, who seemed to remember Sean from their days in the army together? (much to Sean's bemusement) and his other bizarre conversation with Noosh, who innocently gave him a friendly smile and was quizzed with the reply, "Why you show your teeth?" This would not be the last we saw of Andreas, who reappeared at the back of the class in the Environmental centre, much to the dismay of Sam, who was privileged enough to sit in front of him. That night we all squeezed into the little Taverna and hungrily ate the delicious food and as for that cake! Guys, it was good. Evenings were spent at the boys' courtyard, with music provided by Daniel and other entertainment usually involving playing some sort of 'game' (educational, of course...). The next morning was not a pretty sight, with us girls being woken up at 7am by the "Gabby alarm" (ELLO SAMME! being my personal favourite). Breakfast was always fun, watching the stragglers scrounging for the last piece of toast or trying to judge who had the most sleepless night.

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For the Biologists, our first full day of work was spent with Nick, who generously shared his extensive knowledge with us and spent an horn• (or five) discussing our task of examining a burnt and one un-burnt site. The day was long, but proved educational and I for one am grateful to learn the difference between "Hairy Garlic" and "Blue Pimpernel". The Geographers, spent the day at the river and returned bragging about their adventures, but Daniel's appearance was dangerously green and slimy, as he took a dip in the plague-infested river. The next day, the Biologists visited two river sites and Lyndon thought it would be incredibly funny to put various aquatic organisms down our wellies; it wasn't! Sam and Emily were ecstatic to find an orange tree but less ecstatic to discover that sour marmalade oranges with maggots didn't actually taste nice. All in all the clay was fun and looking at Cased Caddis Larva at 40X magnification doesn't do much for your appetite. Later that night Jae learnt a valuable lesson — when visiting the little boy's room, leaving the key to the room on the inside and closing the door on your way out is not a good idea. Subsequently, Korky, Daniel, Jez and Tom became homeless for the night. A burden they endured heroically. The next morning Bojana and Ellie surprised everyone by still having enough energy to hike to our next site, on a very steep mountain with fantastic views. This is where the guys should be commended for their bravery: David for finding a tarantula, Adam for discovering various other disgusting creatures and Russell for capturing more spiders than anyone else. Meanwhile, the Geographers enjoyed a day in Pafos "counting cars".....actually their term for this activity was a, "Traffic and Pedestrian Count". However, we knew this meant shopping and admiring tourists. As the sun rose and clouds gathered on our last educational day in Cyprus, we clambered onto the "Happy Bus" to get to the beach. I say beach, but no golden sands here, instead, heavy rain poured down, but luckily I had my "kids' size" rain poncho, which managed to shelter everyone on the trip underneath it. The memorable phrase, "What's in the quadrant?" was born — see Sam and Felicity for details. When the Biologists had finished a few heroes volunteered to visit the much dreaded and anticipated "Snake Farm". I'm sure the snakes will never forget us, as we forced them to pose for photos just to prove our bravery. The final night in Cyprus was spent in Pol is; hereby known as "Chav Night"- it was chavtastic. The boys proudly representing DC with their Burberry hats and tracksuit bottoms artfully tucked into their socks. We painted the town red and table danced at the local and "happening" DISC 0! Many interesting dance moves were observed courtesy of Reem and Damien. The bus ride home included renditions of, "Colt 45", "Yellow Submarine", "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" (with alternative lyrics supplied by David) — sec members of the Cyprus Crew for the recordings. We stayed one last night in our damp beds and looked forward to coming home to the much missed luxury of Dubai, but before we left the village, we spent the morning saying our goodbyes to Andreas and the other townspeople. It was also time to thank Nick, Lyndon and Lenni at the Kritou Terra Centre for all their help. Also, special thanks to our teachers, Mr Mcllveen, Mr Bailey, Miss John and Miss Trainor for all their hard work on the trip and the entertainment they gave us. Last and not least, a massive thanks to all my fellow students who made it one of the best Josephine Kiernan 12AG school trips ever.

1111F-Vbia This year's ski trip was definitely a memorable one. For the first time, we visited Les Elfes in Verbier, which proved to be as exciting and sophisticated as its reputation. Starting off in Dubai, where goodbyes were said to parents, the ever so attractive t-shirts and fleeces were handed out and we began with a one hour bus journey to Abu Dhabi. Following that came a six hour flight then a 2 hour bus journey to Les Elfes, our home for the next 7 days. There are a few things that clearly stick in our minds when thinking back to our arrival and stay... the cupboards, (which people can just hang themselves up in), the friendly staff, the ever entertaining ding-aâ€˘lings, Mr. Crist's *ahem* "skiing" the fun activities and how a table of girls always manages to avoid having a guy sit with them ... (something wrong there!!)

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The ski trip wasn't solely about the skiing. Throughout the holiday the adorable "animation staff' at Les Elfes organised activities for us to do in the evening, many of which were interesting and surprisingly fun... One of the first things we did was a torch lit walk. It always surprises me how 50 of us managed to walk around a whole village with huge fire torches without managing to set either each other or a tree on fire. Like every torch lit walk in existence, people discovered that the trees cannot be set alight, no matter how hard they tried. The highlight of the night had to be the two tourists who had clearly had a great night out and decided to join us, singing "WE PREDICT A RIOT!" Another evening was casino night. Of course the money wasn't real, to some people's disappointment and others' relief. There were those who had trouble grasping the concept of any of the games, and therefore had lost all of their money in a matterâ€˘ of minutes, Sean T and Haribo (JC), bet money on who could make each other laugh first, let's just say that's not a skill we practise at DC, sorry Sean!! The evening was finished off with a mini-auction with the money we "won" allowing us to buy traditional Swiss items including chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate.

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They say a picture holds a thousand words, so with that sentiment in mind here are a few snippets and snapshots of The Good Times'. Although this year has been filled with coursework, stress and exams as well as the usual shebang of extra-curricular activities, sports and music, we have still found time to do what we do best: have fun.

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DING-A-LINGS Each year, "awards" are given out to those who manage to commit an act stupider than anyone else. These are the DING-A-LINGS, which cannot be removed for a complete 24 hours. This year our winners were: SHAREEF for a story too gross to repeat. MAH for seeing "smiley faces on the ceilings" and other strange things. DAR — Isn't it cute when an 18 year old's Mum and Dad come to give him a piece of cheesecake...and a kiss. JANE — Despite being in the advanced group, she still couldn't stop. ALEC for taunting Laith, who turned out to be the better snowboarder HANNAH for skiing down the slope on her bottom.

TOP 5 MEMORABLE MOMENTS 1. As always, Snowball fight • 2. Mr. Crist attempting to "sic' down a red slop 3. Dar's forfeit, singing "In Jungl

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Night Skiing was another activity for one of the evenings and also a good chance for the advanced snowboarders and skiers to show off their skills! Alternatively, for the GCSE skiing students, it was a good chance for them to practise. It was a really good evening, despite the icy slopes and the teachers insisting they were all going too fast. Ice-skating was equally as entertaining after an impromptu game of "steal the hat" occurred. Those with expensive hats and limited ice-skating skills were not so amused but overall a fun and energetic time was had by all. A definite highlight of the trip, especially for the girls, was the disco which was held at a nightclub in town. It was great to see so many of us on the dance floor including, and be sorry you missed this, Mr. Crist. However, our personal favourite moment was the wild moves of 'medicated Marta' a previously quiet and flu-ridden staff member at Les Elfes. What a fantastic night! As the trip neared to an end, everyone began to feel dread as we realised we would be leaving the great skiing, beautiful weather and the numerous lovely people we had met after only six days. The elves kept up their entertainment skills right up until the very end though with the surprise presentation of a DVD containing nearly every embarrassing moment that had occurred that week played on a huge screen for all to see! Murmurs of "So THAT'S what Marta has been doing with her video camera all week!" echoed through the room amidst the laughter. Lastly, congratulations must be given to all skiers or snowboarders who gained awards on the final night for their achievements. Finally, thank you to all the teachers for a thoroughly enjoyable trip. MINIM I

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(Editor: Space is limited for this article, so hurry up.) Day One: snow — Museum — snow — Goths — snow — rubber and fat for tea. (You had to be there) (Editor: No need to be silly.) Day Two can't be summarised because on day two we met KENNY! Kenny was our all singing, all dancing, often smoking, Scottish guide for our four hour walking tour of Berlin. And wow, has Berlin got some history (good place for a History trip then). The walk, he informed us, would take us right through the length and breadth of the history of Berlin from its days as a 'smelly fishing village'; palace city of the Hohenzollerns; centre of Nazi Germany and finally scene of so much Cold War tension. It was at some point between Frederick the Great and Kaiser Wilhelm II, that Rahul decided to launch his first pre-emptive strike. Kenny deflected it and walked on; oblivious to the threat rapidly approaching at the briskest of waddles. Rahul, expert on all things historical, (or is that hysterical?) felt that 'Frederick the Great's military achievements had been the primary reason for him not just remaining Frederick the merely average. Kenny disagreed and deftly parried with an argument extolling Fred's liberalism and his tolerance for religion. The trio of teachers huddled in fevered conversation, "Could this be the one? The one to lead them out from under the shadow of Rahul's intellectual tyranny?" they asked. The tour itself was inspired, in particular Kenny's rendition of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, (it wasn't because it was built by Emaar, as some thought) the parallels between the East German and Glaswegian accents were enlightening; apparently border guards had adopted Scots as their primary medium of communication! Standing just a hundred metres away from the Brandenburg gate and the Reichstag, it was impossible not to be moved. At this point Rahul sensed a weakness and took the opportunity to relaunch his stifled debate 'on the origins of Berlin in the Prussian hegemony' (his words not ours). Once more he was smoothly batted down; second blood Kenny. Mr. Giles at this point was positively doe-eyed, "Could this be love?" he dared wonder. Berlin is in many ways a city looking backwards, a monument to a past that encompasses both the highs and the lows of human experience. In near freezing temperatures and a short snow blizzard Kenny kept us entertained, informed and amused with his stories — it was just like being in an A Level History lesson! Next the German resistance museum, which offered an enlightening look at the German resistance told from a German perspective. Even more importantly for some of us the rooms were well heated and the seats offered a welcome respite after four hours in sub zero temperatures. After the seminars were complete we trudged back to the hostel through the dark, and enjoyed a thoroughly cringe-worthy session of Karaoke. Suffice to say chants of England 5 Germany 1 didn't win many hearts and minds, thank you Daniel, Eldon, Jack, Karim and Chris, for confirming all German preconceptions about English yob culture! Day three was our day out of Berlin, but by no means a happy day trip. First we visited Sachenhausen Concentration camp to the west of Berlin. This camp was used by the Nazis from 1933 until 1945 and then by the Soviets. 56

Although much of it is now in ruins it was an eerie, thought provoking trip and for many of us the most moving place we have ever visited. The snow made it all the more atmospheric. Hareth managed to cheer us all up in the afternoon by spilling drink all over himself, as we set off towards Potsdam. Some clever planning by Mr. Giles meant that our coach took a little detour past the Berlin Olympic Stadium, built by the Nazis for the 1936 games and hosts of this summer's World Cup Final — (i) and England's greatest triumph since 1966; (ii) and England's predictable anti-climatic and somewhat embarrassing, if inevitable, defeat (delete as appropriate). We then skirted the shores of the Potsdam Lakes as we headed for Wannsee. (By the way, in case anyone is still under the allusion that what Mr. Giles told us - about the lake being salty and the Dubai flamingos summering there - is true, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!) The Wannsee Conference house is a lovely old mansion house built on the shores of the lake. Why were we there? Unbelievably because this was where the decision to annihilate the Jews of Europe by Nazi officials was made on January 20th 1942 (See "Conspiracy" for more details). Such a beautiful setting for such a heinous crime. All the more horrendous as the meeting consisted of about 20 highly intelligent (well, most were lawyers) men and took only two hours — over lunch) Back to our hostel (through the snow) where Mr. Giles and Mr. Dennis took on and beat Year 13 at pool (At least that's their story). Our last full day in Berlin and we hopped on a tram and went for a ride into East Berlin. We were off to Gedenkstatle Hohenschonhausen, which is easier to find than pronounce. It was a Stasi prison camp and torture centre. The Stasi (East German secret police) ran this camp until 1989 and it was very moving to be taken around. We saw the torture cells, interrogation rooms and heard stories of how the Stasi held, intimidated and treated thousands of their own citizens during the Cold War, Very moving. Back in central Berlin our last port of call was the chaotic but interesting Checkpoint Charlie Museum. Situated at the site of the famous Cold War border crossing the museum is packed full of information and gadgets to do with the Wall. This was also a last chance for some shopping and Joe and Chris thought it would be a good idea to buy some East German military hats (bet they don't think it's such a good idea now!). (Editor: I warned you — space!) Last day — flight — Vienna — horses — chocolate — airport — sleep. Berlin is a fascinating city and the trip certainly helped us consolidate a lot that we had learned in school. So what did we learn? Well, some learnt where Michael Jackson dangled his baby from the balcony (a highlight for Miss Drake); that the Berlin Wall wasn't, in fact, always a Wall (yes, Saba sometimes it was a canal); that Mr. Giles and Mr. Dennis clearly studied pool at University (keep practising Karim); that Frederick the Great was Great for many reasons (no, REALLY Rahul), and that if asked a direct question Amy will break down in tears and squeal, "No". But, for many reasons, we all learnt that Berlin is cool and the Cold War was aptly named!

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Bedales Trip

2006

Every year the A-level Drama group takes part in an exchange with a school called Bedales in Petersfield, Hampshire. This year it was our turn to go and we took a devised piece called 'After Abigail' which was based on Mike Leigh's play 'Abigail's Party' After months of developing the play we were all ready and wanting to perform. Going there was to our advantage in that we were able to tour around a number of different schools and perform to various audiences in a wide variety of spaces. This, therefore, meant that we were constantly changing and needing to adapt to each new venue. We presented our piece six times to a total of five different schools. In one school, we also had to carry out a workshop in the afternoon for a group of highly excitable Year 9 students! Most mornings were filled with rehearsals (as our piece was a workshop production it was constantly changing and adapting) and the afternoons were assigned to performances, sometimes we had two performances in one day. However, we still managed to squeeze in a Bedales . little time to eat. Luckily one of the great things about Bedales is that we were fully catered for, which meant 0that we had five meals a day. Now yes that does sound a lot but we managed it. First breakfast, then midmorning snack, followed closely by lunch, afternoon tea and last but not least dinner. There were many moments on the trip that will surely be remembered: 1. On the way to the airport Dar realised he had forgotten his wallet and his driver Mohammed ever so kindly dropped it off, only in Dubai would you see such a thing happen! 2. Sami lost his camera - wanted to take pictures so borrowed mine and by some means managed to lose that as well- typical! 3. The day in which we had three hours to teach our entire piece to a Bedales student, Freya, who filled in for Lauren in one of the performances. Now I'm sure at the time we all thought it would have been impossible but somehow she managed it! After a large portion of our performances were complete we were able to switch roles and instead of being performers we became the audience. Bedales performed their very own play, written by one of their members of staff, called 'The Poets', After all our hard work we were able to go in to London for a day and look around and shop if we so wished; later we experienced a West-end production called 'Shoot the Crow'. Our agenda in England was always full, so it was nice to have a little break. As the trip drew to an end we were all quite fed up with the traditional English weather and were looking forward to a bit of warmth. On landing in what we thought was Dubai Airport, we were looking forward stepping outside hopefully into some Olmr sunshine. However, to our dismay we had landed in Al-Ain! As Sami would say, "It was NOT FUNNY!"

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On the 2nd of February 2006, 40 art students and their teachers, embarked on a trip to the Mussandam Peninsular, which helped them to appreciate the smaller pleasures of life. These would include things such as road signs, pylons or sand... in the desert.

uncomfortably pebbly beach, where they collected interesting souvenirs ranging from driftwood to dead crabs. Despite the lack of sand, one group used their innovation to construct a sculpture made of rocks inspired by Andy Goldsworthy.

On the bus journey to the destination, they did lots of bumpy bus drawings. Most were starving, having missed breakfast, so were glad when they stopped at the petrol station for food.

After a stint on the beach the students had lunch, did some more drawings and headed back to the harbour for the return bus journey. This consisted of charades and a lot of excited chatter about the day's events.

By the time they reached the dhow, they were feeling much better, and ready to set sail. The boat was really spacious and there were lots of colourful, comfortable cushions to prop up against while doing some observational drawings - or in Chris McKeever's case, some inventive body art! Before the appetizing buffet lunch, they had the choiceâ€˘ of going to an

Overall, the trip was immensely successful and loads of fun! Thanks to all the teachers who organized and accompanied us on the trip for making it such a memorable experience! Ishika Das, Catrina Salisbury, Chris McKeever, Samar Kazranian, Jasmine Lindstrom

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Junior Mathematics Competition Seven Dubai College students (Siddharth Singh (11GC), Monica Farid (11GC), Sarah Tonna (11 HT), Samar Kazranian (11RG), Samee Siddiqui (11J8) and Siddarth Cidambi (11 RG) participated in the Junior International Schools Mathematics Teachers Foundation (ISMTF) Competition against 162 of the best and the brightest Mathematics students from international schools across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The competition was hosted by the British School of Paris (BSP) and the team was accompanied by Mr. Lakiss (Head of Mathematics and Team Coach) and Mrs. Tourani (mother of Kabir). In the team event Kabir Tourani, Samee Siddiqui and Siddarth Cidambi gained a commendable 5th place out of 54 teams. In the individual contest all seven Dubai College students were placed in the top 50% of the individual competition with Kabir Tourani (8RD) producing an astounding performance to take the individual title beating 161 mostly 15-16 year—old students. This was a fantastic result for Kabir and Dubai College. Monica Farid also gained a commendable 18th place. It was a memorable trip with lots of fun and friendship gained by everyone - a truly remarkable experience! The next Junior competition will be in March 2007 in Bonn, Germany. It was a memorable trip with lots of fun and friendship gained by everyone - a truly remarkable experience! Here are just a few of the highlights of the trip to Paris: *Having great hosts who take care of us well; Sid C's by explaining the rules of War Hammer, Samee's by giving him a tour of Paris, Sid S's by playing billiards with him 24/7 and Sarah, Monica and Samar's who showed them the true teenage life in Paris. *Missing the cruise but it turned out for the best since we went SHOPPING! *Having delicious crepes outside the Eiffel Tower.

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For the 7th year running Dubai College musicians competed

towards an informal concert, A big thank you goes to our

in the Young Musician of the Cuff Competition in Bahrain.

two accompanists this year Mrs, Judith Hughes and Mr.

Seventy competitors from around the gulf took part in the

cordon Hardman who were fantastic, as always, especially

four-day competition which is hosted annually by St,

considering the huge workload that twenty-five soloists

Christopher's School,

creates,

This year DC entered twenty-five students who competed in

As ever this week proved to be an exciting and highly educa-

eight solo and two ensemble categories against musicians

tive experience and provided an opportunity for the musi-

from schools across the Middle East, DC entered a record

cians of Dubai College to shine in an international competi-

number of six ensembles. The music played in this category

tion, We heartily applaud all of our competitors for their

ranged in variety from a Haydn trio to a Miles Davis jazz

effort, dedication and for being excellent ambassadors of

ensemble.

Dubai College and congratulations go to our winners:

The competition also provided an opportunity for our stu-

Woodwind Prize

Laura Macpherson

dents to take part in master classes with visiting adjudica-

Brass Prize

Den Duller

tors, Stephen Montague, Atarah Den-Tovim and Theresa

String Prize

Natasha Pagarani

Runner-up Freestyle Ensemble

'I Bought Me Cat' Ensemble.

Furthermore, the "Young Musicians Orchestra" gave competitors from all schools the chance to work together

THE YEAR 7

IB In the second term this year a group of year 7 students adventured on a trip to the North Star Adventure camp based in Dibba! (A two-hour journey to the east coast of the UAE). Firstly upon our arrival we spent an exciting hour climbing and abseiling down, what seemed to be a gigantic wall! This definitely had its ups and downs, many people trembled at the thought of climbing down this wall. Some took minutes however some took longer, and some just didn't do it at all! Next came what was meant to be team building ... more like team warfare! Walking on planks of wood and running around blind folded, carrying buckets and kitchen equipment isn't exactly what I call entertainment, but it was great fun! Next came our GPS (global positioning system). We ventured out into the mountains with our GPS in hand and attempted to reach certain destinations, however, some failed and some thought they were to walk through a fence!! After all these activities we were all exhausted but we weren't finished yet. Yet again we ventured out into the mountains but this time for an exiting night walk among the spirits, hahaha! We gazed upon the stars and learnt all about the constellations as we listened to terrifying ghost stories. As we were walking back with only our torches to guide us we saw shapes moving and some say they even saw a man peering out of a bin! The next day we were all ready to start another adventure but this time on the sea! On the Dhow we got up to many things such as snorkelling, swimming out to a small island; competing, in a boat-to-boat singing/shouting competition but best of all, plunging off the top of the boat into the water! Back at camp we packed up and sadly waved goodbye. It was a great weekend and thanks go to North Star and all the staff who made the experience possible! By Sophy Coombes Roberts.

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More events that Year 7 experienced!

(The Year 7 barbeque! The exams! The Year 7 disco!

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This year, the Under 14 rugby team found out we were going on a tour to Hong Kong. As you could imagine, we were extremely excited at the prospect of travelling to Hong Kong to play in a rugby tournament. As Hong Kong approached our training sessions were stepped up to get us fit enough to perform to our best capabilities. Finally, after many training sessions with the Year 8s being put in their place by the year 9s, we were ready to go and give it a shot in Hong Kong. So, on the 27th of March, we boarded our plane to Hong Kong after saying goodbye to our families. Our flight was to prove nothing but hilarious with such comic moments as Jan's reaction to turbulence which gave many members of the team a good laugh, Mr. Jones falling asleep on Mr. House's shoulder (Awwww bless him) and Josh's world record attempt for the most amount of time spent in a toilet cubicle on a plane. When we arrived in Hong Kong we were driven to Wu Kwai Sha youth camp where we trained for the first two hours of our stay. Dedicated or what? After we had unpacked our bags, showered and changed we spent our first few hours playing PSP, watching DVDs on portable players and listening to our iPods, our eagerness to learn about another culture evident! The next morning we were woken up nice and early and ordered down to the field for another training session. We then drove to the Peak. We lunched at the old Chinese restaurant named `McDonalds' overlooking a glorious view of the Hong Kong skyline. We had a look around the mall at the Peak, eventually ending up at 'Tom's company' where the shopkeeper enthusiastically told us about his love for 'The Big Strong Black Man' (a.k.a Sunit). Soon after, we headed to Stanley Market where we found many wild and wonderful things that we could waste our money on. After a lengthy spell in Stanley, we regrouped at the bus and delivered the presents purchased for Mr. House and Mr. Jones (A 13XL size shirt for Mr. House and exotic underwear for Mr. Jones). We set off for 'China Red', a restaurant with food that caused mixed reactions from the squad.

The next day was tournament day, so we packed our stuff and headed to the club. After about an hour of waiting we kicked off our first match against Bangkok Lions, a match that served as a good warm-up for our next few matches with a convincing double figure try victory. Our next match was, once again, a convincing victory conceding no tries with very little scares from the opposition. Feeling pretty confident after our first two matches, we walked onto the tiger turf pitch to face our next opponents in the form of Valley Fort, Hong Kong. This match proved to be a fairly physical encounter but in the end we came through with a solid victory against the toughest of our opponents so far. Our fourth and final group game was against English College's B team where a draw or win would send us into the knock-out stages. We recorded a solid and efficient victory sending us to the semis. We were to face the DEA Tigers of Hong Kong. This match proved to be an extremely difficult encounter, with the Tigers taking a 5-0 lead into halftime. After a tough talk with Mr. Jones we came out ready to overturn the result. We camped in their half the whole time but could not find the breakthrough until the last minute when Tom Kelly dived over and converted to send us through. This was it, we had reached the final and all that we had to overcome was a challenge from the old enemy of English College. Unfortunately, we couldn't come up with the goods and we went down 7-0 at halftime. We came out for the second half intent on overcoming our Dubai neighbours. We were once again unable to find any gaps and couldn't overturn the 7-0 deficit. The truth is, we performed extremely well and were very unlucky to lose after coming so close. The next day we took a trip to Ocean Park. It proved to be a great experience that everyone enjoyed. That night we travelled to the Hong Kong stadium, where we were to experience the thrill of the game at its best. We returned to the Hong Kong Sevens the next day via a boat ride across the bay. At the 7s, we were kept amused by the 'game predictor' system formulated by Mr. Jones where we would guess the scores of the

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matches and the winner would get 20 Hong Kong dollars. On our penultimate day in Hong Kong we once again returned to the Sevens wearing our Chinese robes and in Duncan's case, a big green afro which was to be a piece of attire that attracted 5 people to ask for photographs. After the final, we ran around the stands collecting all the cheese-hats, Samoan horns and inflatable fingers we could and tried to attract the attention of the cameraman. This proved successful as the whole team appeared on the big screen. The flight home proved to be just as funny as the outward journey with Josh breaking his own record for time spent in a toilet cubicle, Mr. Jones losing terribly at FIFA on the PSP and

Philip having to sit 10 rows in front of the other members of the party. We landed in Dubai and as we exited through the doors of the airport we walked out to a round of applause. In fact, the real applause should go to Mr. House and Mr. Jones for oganising a brilliant trip to Hong Kong. I think I speak for everyone when I say that it was an experience that we'll carry with us for a long time and we'd like to thank you. We were pleased to express our gratitude by getting our message to you on the big screen at the 7s and are pleased to express it now as well. Duncan Head 9VH

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The annual intergulf netball tournament in Abit Dhabi was dawning and it was time for the nail biting trials. Over 70 people tried out including schoolgirls and teachers alike from all over Dubai. Unfortunately, there was only room for 40, four teams each with ten players. Despite the tournament weekend originally clashing with the ever-popular senior football cup, many DC girls turned up in the hope of making one of the teams! The teams were announced and out of the nine girls from DC who tried out, all nine made the selection process. Jenny Adamson being picked for the B team, Pip Turner, Bethan Jones, Hayley Leeman and Laura Holden for the C team and Vicky Pletts, Natalie Cottrell, Clare Gaskell and Becky Perkins for the D team. Everyone was thrilled and looked forward to the next month of training with Zorina and her bamboo stick. When the weekend finally arrived, after an amusing bus journey, everyone took great delight in wearing the hotel slippers and team fleece while exploring the adjoining mall. However, an early night was in order (for the more serious ones!) as the tournament commenced the following morning. The next day, we were transported to the International Tennis Complex where numerous games were played. Each team performed extremely well in the heat and were thoroughly entertained by the cheerleading that was frequently performed by the Dubai Vets. After a day of serious competition, it was time to return to the hotel for the BBQ being held for all the players. Not wanting to disappoint, the Vets entertained the crowd again with their amusing cowgirl outfits and what can only be described as 'country' dancing! It was a great night and the schoolgirls all joined together on the dance floor to "Dance the night away!" Friday was the final day of competition and the tension was building. After a great Dubai C vs. Dubai D semi final, the C team went onto the final to win the Plate, with the D team coming 3rd. The Dubai A team were denied first place in a thrilling final, losing narrowly to Abu Dhabi A, with the Vets coming 3rd and the B team coming 5th. After such a great weekend, it was sad to have to leave, but for many of us it was a great learning experience, which we hope to be part of again next year! Natalie Cottrell and Jenny Adamson 65

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Tiger Woods made it third time lucky at the 2006 staging of the Dubai Desert Classic as he claimed his first victory at this prestigious golfing event. Dubai College students and staff were again asked by Emirates Golf Club to provide the scorers for this championship. About 160 people per day are needed to fulfil such duties as accompanying the golfers and transmitting the scores via palmtop. as they happen. handling the data as it arrives in the control centre and seeing that it is sent out to the scoreboards on the course and in the press centre. ,...1 s, The photographs show some of our scorers Arilw \ during one of the training sessions that they took part in prior to the real event. Tiger says Thank You

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`A S1}10 (f0 'EXCHANGE (It's 2 years old!) 2006 The Doha weekend is always well looked forward to by most and is filled with all the sporting events you can think of with a chance for both schools' athletes' to show off their talent! This year's weekend took place in February (16th/17th) and began with Doha College arriving, rather late, by bus, to a 'select' group of hosts. All sorted, the PE staff hoped that the night would not be too late, so as to be ready for the first day's sporting events. Water polo, Basketball, Football, and Volleyball were all done on the Thursday, and although both teams were all worn-out, DC swam hard to have all age groups win the swimming gala!

The fun was not to end here however, as that night the seniors and their guests were invited to a themed 18th birthday party. Everyone somehow managed to recover from the exhaustion of that day's events, to have a merry time. 'Bright' and 'Early' on the Friday morning ALL students had to be ready to go again at Sam for another day's sport. Needless to say that there were a few bleary eyed seniors not so ready for the off. The girls played netball and, along with the boys, played softball also. The weekend was full of tough competition, enjoyment and a chance for everyone to make new friends or meet up with friends made from previous exchanges. All in all there were 25 events played, of which DC triumphed in 18, with only 6 lost and 1 drawn. A clear show of DC's talent in the sporting arena! A huge thank you must be made to the PE staff, who make the weekend possible. It couldn't have been done without you. The Doha weekend really is one of the sporting highlights of the year and is never quickly forgotten. PIP TURNER 13GR

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Again, a busy year draws to a close on Year 10 in respect of Our biggest number yet embarked upon the challenge this year where one hundred and seven pupils took the challenge in September. It is clear that the (much loved) Expedition training sessions, which took place between September and December, were indeed invaluable. The expeditions ran smoothly with tented villages springing up at the designated campsites and groups navigating their way through the desert without much fuss (apart from rather a lot of moaning, grimacing and crawling on all fours in very dramatic fashion from one particular individual whom shall remain nameless as I don't want to embarrass Aneeka). The qualifying Expeditions were truly a test for all those who took part. The first happened on the hottest weekend in February since records began and the second, two weeks later, turned out to be quite a soggy affair! Sitting on the busses at Thunderbowl waiting to go there was plenty of thunder and even more rain. However, spirits were high and the sense of fun and adventure was flowing. (Everyone was warm and dry at this point!) I was somewhat worried about Mr. House and his Silver groups who had set off the day previously towards the mountains. I telephoned him to check that they were all OK. I was right to be worried as Miss Carberry was giving him a hard time for providing a sub-standard breakfast â€” he needed rescuing! After a late start and slow (but safe) journey everyone disembarked and got straight back on again. Those unprepared for the rain (the vast majority) scrambled to adorn themselves with bin bags. Later in the day when this look was combined with huge clumps of wet sand sticking to shoes this did not make for a very attractive sight. Though the rain continued throughout the day and came down in a deluge during the night, everyone coped admirably and it will probably remain a strong memory for those students for a long time. A special thank you goes to Miss Ratcliffe who is leaving Dubai College at the end of the year. She has been a stalwart volunteer here at the college helping out with the training and assisting on numerous Expeditions. Congratulations to all those that have qualified this year. Graham Roberts (D of E Award Co-ordinator)

A TROOPER'S STORY It was 09:00 hours on a miserable Thursday morning in what could have been the middle of Saigon (Thunderbowl car park really!) Our platoon consisted of 8 well-trained members of the 10th marines (Expedition group 10). From day one it seemed that you were better off to be walking in the rain than waiting in it. Ponchos (bin bags) were donned, weapons (iPods) checked and we set our course towards the unknown.

Before long we set off and began the run to catch up with "Charlie". With 60's/70's music blasting out from our portable speakers we chanted marine marching songs, We arrived at the 1st objective checkpoint receiving news that the next group was not far ahead. Once we were ready we wasted no time and set off. Before long we had reached our next obstacle, a mountain stood in between the next checkpoint and us. We spent our time on this mountain discussing whether to go over or around this beast of nature. We opted to clamber over using our special forces (successfully fitting 15 people on a bench outside 'B' block every break-time carefully negotiating a doughnut and a portion of chips) experience in the field. We pushed on now only a few kilometres from the camp, with one group separating victory and us. Eventually we met at the checkpoint nearest the camp and the race was on. We hunted them down, taking no prisoners.

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Then came the ordeal of setting up camp due to the rain and various survival experts chipping in advice. By nightfall the rain had stopped which allowed us to leave our cages (tents) and "socialise". However it wasn't long before lightning and further rain arrived to drive us back into our confinements. Getting to sleep seemed to be worse than the trekking during the day. Trying to find a comfortable part of the tent was impossible so few were able to regain valuable energy that had been used up throughout the course of the day. When we woke the rain had stopped and we thought that it would be smart to begin cooking breakfast straight away. As well as this we began to clear out our tents, some had been flooded right through. Once again with our music blazing we left the camp for the desert. It wasn't long before we had reached a road, the first we had seen since our arrival. There was a tunnel running underneath and we ran through this and next we had a fence to cross. In front of us we saw a sea of dunes that would need to be climbed, literally. Before long we were discussing what we would do when we got home, picturing the food and the A/C and the nice beds we would be able to sleep in that night. Finally we could see the last checkpoint and the DC bus waiting to extricate us, the 2km walk/sprint seemed to last 2 minutes as we completed our mission. Rory (cowboy) Convrey & Paul (Rambo) Rogerson

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Numbers of pupils participating in the award scheme continue to grow. This year 34 pupils were squeezed onto a flight to Mauritius for the Silver expedition week in November whilst 16 other Silver students took part in a 3-day, 48km hike in the Al Hajar Hills in Fujairah. This turned out to be the wettest weekend of the year with everybody soaked to the bone at some point. Well done to those students who have completed the Silver Award, I am sure that you will now be doing the Gold Award. At Gold Level there are 31 students currently registered. These are the largest numbers of students that have ever participated and it is a testament to the organizational skills of the students because they have to fit in the demands of the various strands of the scheme around their academic studies. There hasn't been a Gold Expedition this year but it will take place in the upcoming academic year when the temperatures have cooled off. Very special congratulations must go to our current Year 13 students who have competed their Gold Award. In no particular order, well done to Pip Turner, Sahar Kazranian, Hayley Leeman, Sarah Crawley, Nitya Tiwana, Kristie Beck, Monica Griffith and Laura Gordon. The activities that they carried out to gain the award included doing a netball umpiring course, learning about mushroom farming for a week, tutoring languages, teaching handicapped children and doing an outdoor pursuits course for a week. Thanks to Mr. G. Roberts and Miss C. Carberry for your support on the expeditions. Mr. C. N. House.

Halloween: We arrived at Dubai International Airport at 10:00pm on October 31st 2005 in time for our flight to Mauritius. This was with the exception of Natasha Pagarani who decided to watch the end of 'Sex and the City' at home and arrive over an hour late. We finally checked in, once Pagarani decided to turn up and coincidentally all decided to eat our last real meal for a while at McDonalds, forming a long table down the centre of the restaurant. At around 1:00am we boarded our flight with frappachinos in our hands and the question of which movies we were going to watch on our minds.

Walk, Day 1: Every group Finished in a different order from which they had started. This was due to walking 3km in the wrong direction, walking slowly or even running! But finally all arrived tired and burnt at the campsite along the beach. That night we ended up having a huge sing along with the help of an i-station.

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Prison Camp: We arrived at the 'prison camp', our accommodation for the first night and everyone went their own ways. Some found a disco bus to ride on, others sunbathed and swam at the 5* resort next door and the rest of us decided to play an energetic game of football. That was until Sahil decided to kick the ball out of the surrounding area. and into the wilderness. We left it there. After finishing playing football and eating our long awaited dinner, we filled in our route cards for the first day of walking, and went to bed early for the tiring day ahead.

Walk, Day 2: Just our luck, the Mauritian walking with our group knew a short cut on the second day, which he promised would be far less tiring and time consuming than the route which our teachers had planned for us. This was not the case, we found ourselves wasting a lot of precious time and energy walking far more than we were supposed to. Although, he did redeem himself, when he managed to fill our empty stomachs with yummy sugar cane. We finally arrived at the second campsite, excited to eat our yummy pot noodles and cuppa soups!

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The last checkpoint on the final day was to be found 101un up a mountain. Only to our horror, we (the girls' group) found ourselves climbing the wrong mountain (thanks guys!), and had to painfully walk back down and relocate to the foot of the right one. This last walk to the final checkpoint was a very long one and many stops had to made on the way up. (Walk for 10mins, rest for 5mins girls...or was it the other way round?) We finally made it to the top of the mountain, with the aid of some very wise pylons, and once there we got to enjoy warm baguettes and a well deserved bus ride down to begin our holiday!

On the last night, we said goodby to Topaz and Mauritius and mat: our way to the airport after taking hundreds of group photos. We checked in, did last minute shopping and somehow managed to cover ourselves in luggage tags. Once we boarded the plane, everyone watched their favourite movies anti caught up on some well needed sleep. We would like to thank Mr House, Mr Roberts, Miss Ratcliffe and all of North Star on behalf of all of the students who went to Mauritius, we thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank ybu!

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Top 5 funniest moments: The Holiday!: After loads of hard work and effort over the three strenuous

Jays walking we arrived at our home' Topaz hotel. We spent the final three days of our time in Mauritius sunbathing, parasailing and partying. It was a common fact Tait the three days spent i-elax Mg whilst staying in the Form apartments were definitely worth the three day hike. When the holiday was over, funnily enough the majority of us had no money t!f-t and flew back to Dubai with empty pockets for our parents. Now what was all that money spent on guys? Well it certainly wasn't on souvenirs for our friends and fiunily back in Dubai that's for sure.... :D

- On the first night, the boys found it hilarious turning oft' the lights in the communal bathroom, whilst Jane, Vicky and Kelly were having a shower. (Well it was kind of funny!) - Ten minutes before we set off on the walk on the first day, Nikhil managed to let go of our group's route card and allow it to fly into the sea. Leaving us with no bearings to follow! Smart guy! - A panicked Mr House at 2:00 am in the morning, trying to find where Zena, Georgina and Karat) were, later finding out that they were fast asleep in their beds the whole time. Now that was hilarious! - Being led through a Mauritian 'ghetto' by the two Mauritians in our group and told to stay quiet and not talk because the locals wouldn't like it. (Scary stuff). - The amusement for the other holiday makers at Dubai airport, at the sight of' over 20 Dubai College students lining up to have their D of E bags cling wrapped. And the bewilderment of the cling wranner at such gond husiness!

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Dubai CoIle Jamie Donovan / Sir Alex Ferguson Year 8 student Jamie Donovan with Sir Alex Ferguson. Jamie will represent Dubai in the World Final of the Manchester United Soccer Skills Competition at Old Trafford in November.

Arabian Gulf Under 16 Rugby The Under 16 Arabian Gulf Team that recently defeated Hong Kong. Pictured are DC students Greg Cannie ( Man of the Match in Game), Matthew Middleton (Man of the match game 2), Shehmir Shaikh, Andrew Gibb, Luke Conway. Tom Scriven Baker and Louis Constantine were also named in the squad but missed the games through injury.

Mannekind Mannekind Winners of the Dubai Battle of the Bands entertain the crowd at Desert Rock

Sophie Balding and Taffy

A fantastic season for Sophie and Taffy culminated in them winning the UAE National Dressage Junior Championships. Earlier in the year they also competed in the FEI World Championships (Dressage). Good luck to Sophie in the UK!

Vanessa Hulion Outstanding soccer talent described by Eric Cantona as 'amazing" distinguished herself this year at the Manchester United Soccer School. She is returning to Ireland where she will hopefully fulfill her dream of soccer stardom. We wish her every success.

Great British Day it's a Knockout Winners

Pictured are Pip Turner, Laurent Frangie, Vicki Legnar, Hayley Leeman, Darius Houmayoun and Jonathan Aitken who won the It's a Knockout title at The Great British Day.

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Jenny Adamson outstanding athlete Jenny has been consistent all season

Jenny Smith Winner of several local and regional events this year Jenny qualified for the Women's ATP Championships in Dubai.

Scott Prior Scott pictured with Jamie and Vanessa and ex England Captain Bryan Robson. Scott has achieved great success at the MUSS this season

Shehmir Shaikh, Noor Khan and Rhiannon Rees. Fundraisers Shehmir and Noor organised a Charity Walk for the Pakistan Earthquake Appeal. Rhiannon raised a considerable sum in support of the Terry Fox Foundation.

Jo Kiernan Winner of Best of the Best â€” The National Voice Competition.

Alloy Sailor! DC Students Joe Palen, Isaac Hook, Penny Hook, Marcus O'Connell, Guy Wolfenden and Michael Geeson all performed well in the National Topper Sailing Championships earlier this year. In July they will all be traveling to Lake Garda in Italy for the World Championships. We wish them every success.

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The ever-popular Mathematics Olympiad was a resounding success again this year. Well over half of our students entered the first round, earning a House merit each, and the majority of these were successful, thus earning two House merits. There was also a healthy sprinkling of staff and parents. Round two was successfully completed by over 300 competitors, but round three provided a much stiffer test and, once the final stage was reached, there were only 47 entrants left: 41 students, with 6 parents. The final was conducted under examination conditions (without a calculator) on Wednesday 31st May 2006. Results of the Final: Junior Category (Years 7-9): Winner: Kabir Tourani (8RD). Second Place: Stuart Keenan (OCT). Third Place: Dinesh Chugani (8SS). Intermediate Category (Years 10 â€”11): Winner: Nida Leeuwenburg (10KS) Second Place: Samee Siddiqui (11JB). Third Place: Ross Gould (10BV) Senior Category (Years 12-13): Winner: Jonathan Leeuwenburg (12SM) Second Place: Leonardo Gimenez (13TD). Third Place: Marta Kijowska (12SM) Parents/Staff: Winner: Mr. A. Leeuwenburg. Second Place: Mr. M. Jalili. Overall Champion: Kabir Tourani (8RD) (Kabir attempted both the junior and senior papers, scoring 116/120 and 117/120 respectively). His score in the senior contest is outstanding and 37 points higher than anyone else! Congratulations to the winners and all finalists. Special congratulations to the members of the Leeuwenburg family who defended their titles successfully. The winner in each category will be presented with a trophy during the last assembly of this year. Special thanks must go to Mr. Lakiss who prepared all of the question papers, researched, selected and printed all of the questions. Thanks also to various members of the Mathematics department who checked his solutions and helped with the marking.

-1111lltills As the first school to ski at Ski Dubai, we were very excited at being asked to take part in the opening ceremony and wanted to get out there and show everybody what DC skiers had to offer. It was an interesting feeling, going from 35째C to-4t, and it had quite an impact on us, especially if you weren't moving! Getting your 'skiing legs' back is not an easy task. Going down the slope on a few practice runs gave us the feeling of being in control. We were asked to wait at the Avalanche restaurant at the mid-station, where we met the USA Olympic skiing freestyle team. We chatted as if we had known each other forever. A group of very tense instructors entered and we knew the time had come. We all felt rather nervous at the prospects of performing in front of Sheikh Maktoum and Sheikh Mohammed, the rulers of Dubai, and many other dignitaries. They were all wrapped up in warm long coats provided by Ski Dubai. The show started with a stunning audio-visual stage set, lighting the slope with a holographic light and sound extravaganza. Colourful flares were set up on the edges of the slope, spraying sparks upwards when we skied, U.A.E. flags in hands, doing perfect snow plough turns down the slope. We stayed at the bottom of the slope clutching our UAE flags, waving them dutifully whilst the freestyle skiers performed some amazing acrobatic movements down the slope. Our ecstatic Mr. Woolley, (whose smile was so huge it seemed to take over his face as he congratulated us on our 'good' performance on the slope), met us after the show. Although all I could think of was, "what would have happened if Ed Otty's flag had hit Sheikh Mohammed when he was parading past us at the bottom of the slope!" James Bazargan - Young, 9JM

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World Food Day... Wednesday 1st March 2006 So here we are again, three years on since we first started tossing around ideas about the possibility of a World Food Day at DC, and we're still going strong. Admittedly I was a little apprehensive when the event's founder (Kathleen Rademan) asked me to take the reins this year. "Just remember to, plan ahead," she said it would be easy...oh how naive I was to believe her! â€˘ About a month before the big day I sent out the initial sign up sheets (to all of the forty six forms in the school), so I was a little concerned when two weeks later I'd only had three back. However with a bit of persuasion, a few eager Year 7's, some trusty sixth formers and some very willing family members of staff (Mr Case's mum) I had the best part of fifty people bringing in food from eleven different countries.

However, I still questioned as to whether our world food day would be as big and as first-rate as when Kathleen was in charge...luckily I had excellent backing from Mrs Miller who always said, "not to worry, people will definitely bring in food!" But I had my suspicions.... I think she may have threatened a few people with detention in the end.. .just kidding! So a week before World Food Day I put up colourful posters all around the school but still I didn't think that anyone would remember. Now the great words, "location, location, location," come into play. The perfect venue for the event was of course the canteen, where else? I hovered about in Ll for the whole of registration on the morning of World Food Day and was completely amazed when student after student kept rolling up with cookies, cakes, samosas etc, even students who hadn't signed up had brought things in (HOORAH). So we had enough food, I just hoped there would be people to buy it...1 set up four coupon tables just to be on the safe side, but then I was advised to put out line dividers; I did think that was a bit extreme.... but when the bell rang at 10:40am I was absolutely bowled over by the number of people actually running to the stalls! I could barely believe it, I'd really underestimated the turn out. The day ran as smoothly as I could have expected it to with just a few minor hiccups...like running out of coupons (ARGH!) although with a bit of quick lateral thinking and some fast-footed sixth formers we managed to gather up all the used tickets from tile stalls and recycle them; genius! Seven of the stalls had been completely cleared only ten minutes into the event and only a few sheepish looking items remained on the other four. It was a great success and by the end all that was left were A LOT of crumbs.

We made the grand total of 2,215dhs, which has been donated to the Christina Noble Foundation, supporting Vietnamese and Mongolian children. I'd just like to give a big thank you to the following people, who manned the stalls with superb organisation and efficiency: UK & Ireland: Emily and Claudia USA & Canada: Hayley and Ania Middle East: Sahar Kenya: Danielle Pakistan: Chengaiz India: Sanam and Naina Sri Lanka: Pasangi and Sisila New Zealand & Australia: Danielle and Nadeem Europe: Sacha and Dima Coupons: Dina, Laura, Faraaz, Aditya Also a BIG thank you to all the sixth formers who had a free period 3 on the Wednesday; the food would have never reached the stalls without your help! An even bigger thank you should of course go to Mrs. Miller (my rock throughout the entire event) and Captain Higgins for sorting out all the behind the scenes business. My final and biggest thanks goes to all the students, mums, dads, grandmas and grandpas who stirred, baked and iced, none of this would have been possible without you! Bonne chance to the next person who takes over this fantastic event; remember...plan ahead! Laura Holden 13GR

The Winners â€” The Students

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STUDENT GOLF SUCCESS '''A . mmk_ This year several students have distinguished themselves in UGA golf events. In particular Khalid Yousuf and Matthew Turner have produced outstanding performances to earn themselves a reputation as young golfers to watch. Both boys have had successes at junior level this year but it has been at senior level where they have shone. Having won the Middle East team and Individual Championships in Syria earlier in the season Khaki recently retained his title as the UAE National Champion. Matthew's performances this year in the Senior Men's Order of Merit have been astonishing. Having led the competition early in the season most of Dubai's golfing fraternity thought Matthew would crack under the pressure in the final tournaments. However, Matthew seemed to go from strength to strength and eventually winning the title ahead of the finest amateur golfers in the UAE. In addition to Matthew and Khalid's successes Sean Thornberry, Robert Legnar, Ross Barry and Jae-Jon Hong have all gained notable successes in local junior anti senior tournaments this year and there is a host of juniors in the lower school who will soon be competing at a similar level.

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Entrepreneur Competition in Reef Mall. Each group had to create their own products and sell them to the general public. The contestants were assessed in three areas; marketing, innovation and sales. There were long working hours from 10am-10pm on all three days, excluding the time taken to set up the stalls.

'Roller Coasters' was the project of the Year 11 students Siddarth Cidambi, Noor Khan and Samar Kazranian. They handmade unique coasters from a range of velvet-like materials which had the local Arab women flocking to their stall. When asked, they said the most enjoyable part of competing was the satisfaction felt from making a sale and the Dhs 3300 profit that was made.

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We woke up at 6:00 AM on the first day and made our way to Reef Mall in Deira. Our group `So...?' sold T-shirts and teddies for the company, who sponsored us and paid for everything! We were sat in the mall trying to sell our stock for the highest price. By the middle of the second day we were all so sick of each other that we went our separate ways to try and sell away from our booth. By the end of the contest we were all tired having spent 36 hours working in 3 days but we were happy to have each made Dhs 850 in the process; Dhs 2550 in total. Some of 'C-Shells' products. DUBAI COLLEGE ROLLER COASTER

C-Shells was the only stall manned by Year 10 pupils who sold handmade macrame shell jewellery and figurines. All the products were handmade by us so unfortunately our fingers died in the process. Even though the 12 hour shills were "slightly" tedious, we managed to occupy and entertain ourselves by talking casually to a random sheikh's son and then realising who he was 10 minutes later. On the first day not many sales were made as Reef Mall was fairly isolated at that time, but this changed on Thursday evening and business picked up drastically. In the last few hours of the competition, we tried to clear all of our stock by attempting to attract some people by handing out flyers and directing people to our stall. We received many responses; the 'polite hand gesture', which we soon found out

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meant NO, the 'vigorous nod' followed by the 'quick turn around and walk away in the other direction', or the 'blatant ignoring' of our desperate pleas. However these could not compete with the one man,

who literally turned around and ran away and the one woman who laughed in our faces. Even when we managed to attract some people to our stall, they soon promised that they would "come back later" after which, of course, they were never seen again. However, overall it was an enjoyable experience and a great opportunity to learn how the business world really works. In the end, all the hard work paid off when we received the best teamwork award at the prize ceremony and made over Dhs 1000 in total revenue. 81

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The first Young Enterprise meeting of our group started ominously feminine, with much talk of jewellery, gift baskets and greeting cards. It was a trend that would continue to cause much questioning of masculinity well into the year. After much discussion amongst members of our group, we decided that it would be best if we made our own jewellery, from pieces bought from all five corners of Dubai to sell at various markets around the UAE - gypsy style. The elections within the company passed quickly and with minimal fuss; Marta won the election for Managing Director and Saba, in a cruel twist of fate, was given the title of Production Director - a job with endless potential when it came to doing the work of others. So it was that our little company trundled off into the world. We soon realised the urgent need for quality control once earrings started spontaneously selfdestructing whilst the girls were modelling them. Soon afterwards, we added some packaging teams and a stock counter to the expanding chain of production. In the meantime, the sales team raced around, looking for places to sell and people to sell to and logistics cruised around Satwa, looking for jewellery suppliers we could use. Marketing was into the more technical side of things, and made inexplicable - yet colourful - logos and posters from the comfort of their luxury hot tubs. After this brief spate of activity we found our target market and set up a website as well as our own private forum for "communication". In the meantime we heard rumours regarding the other YE companies (our would be rivals) and tales of stainless steel greeting cards and non-stick bibs. It was around this time we began to argue that it was not a competition per se but more an

Beadalites [noun] (sin-kiciPg-bat) An amazingly intelligent and dedicated group - look at the focus there in the front row. We're so multiracial we could he a sitcom on FOX - yes, we're just that good. entire school effort where all the groups were really just one giant team . . .and it didn't matter at all that any other group made more money than us. By the end of the scheme we had more than tripled our initial investment, sold over two hundred items of jewellery and screamed at passers-by at over twenty markets within the UAE. But the real benefits of the scheme lie in the new skills we have learnt and the experience we have gained from the Young Enterprise scheme - not to mention the great fun we had participating and the fond memories we will keep for years to come. We would like to say thank you to Mr. Agent, and Mr. Atkinson, our business adviser, for their incredible assistance throughout the year and give a blanket recommendation of the Young Enterprise scheme, regardless of career path. By Jonathan 'Jaffa' Leeuwenburgh and Rory Jackson Thank you Mike and Mr Agent, for putting up with our naivete and eccentric business sense.

Marta: 'I reserve the right to laugh at entirely normal things' Salmis : 'If God wanted me to go and buy stuff, I would have been born in Satwa' Rosy: 'As Assistant Massager, I have tots to do right now I'm reading Sun Tsu — hang on, that was nearly a haiku!' `radial 'If it doesn't hurt — you're not making the earrings properly.' Saad 5: 'You're not an MI) — you're a WMD! I want UN inspection teams!' Amrit, Saad K & Sun Ho: 'They hate us because we're more ethnic than them.' Rochelle: 'They may be mere minutes to you. But to me they're hours . . of work!' Jaffa: 'Halm this necklace will give +3 protection from fire — lol at the mobs' Lisa: 'We will package or we will trot— there is no try' Daniella: 'Error, yeah I couldn't do that because of . .Amrit. Yeah. Ann•it.' Emily: 'It was a great sale and everyone was there — if only we were ...[sniff]. Saba: 'My carrel is now officially a nature reserve - go ahead check a snap.' David: 'Dude, if you swallow the key to the box, I will re-enact Saw,' Varun: 'I was at the mall a few months ago... and they were closed then too.'

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Young Enterprise Scheme: House of Cards Our Young E nterprise experience began with an eager group of year 12 students getting together, hoping to gain business experience and hopefully make a little profit. The Young Enterprise scheme is a corporation that helps students 'learn by doing' in an attempt to share some experience of the business world. Our team of 10 consisted of Ta nmay "Best Dictator" Saxena (Managing Director), Deepak "Playstation 2" Prabhakar (Head of ICT), Saam "Minutes" Takaloo (Administration), Ross "Revenue" Macdonald (Finance), Chris "Dynamo" Holman (Operations), Alistair "Advert" Blincow (Marketing), Delicia "Picasso" Murugan (Designs), Maham "Costs" Hanif (Finance), Jayanika "Saleswoman" Samaranayake (Sales) and Jasmine "Quality" Mckeown (Designs and Quality Control). One of our biggest challenges was finding an idea as we couldn't really agree on a final product and brainstorming lasted for around 2-3 weeks. Some of our initial ideas were good, for example party planning, sun visors and greeting cards. After a lot of tiring discussion and debating and useful help from Miss Ratcliffe and our Business Advisor Sophia Richards, we finally agreed on greeting cards as our product. We came up with our own Dubai camel theme on all our cards as we wanted to create something unique and regional that would be recognized easily. When all this was agreed, we chose the name 'House of Cards' and a suitable logo was designed, which would be printed on the back of each card, along with the group's contact details. The group artist, Delicia, produced the camel design, which we related with all our cards. The majority of cards were sold at fairs throughout Dubai, such as the JESS night market. They were also sold at school events for example Open Day, Parents' Evenings and the school-play show nights. We also produced gift tags, which were very successful and popular.

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Sets of Valentine's Day cards were then produced from the profits of the Christmas cards. These cards were sold within the school — with a special free rose delivery along with the card. This proved extremely popular and demands exceeded the stock available. The success was partially due to the unique camel design used on the card cover. We never really encountered any problems except for deciding on the occasional and the product disagreements. We worked very well as a team and were generally well organised. We rarely had any financial problems, however there was a bit of trouble keeping track of revenue in the end! This experience has given us knowledge in the aspects of time management, company structure and communication. I would like to thank our group for all their hard work and dedication. Special mention must go to Chris for his endless market research and ideas and Delicia for her excellent card designs.

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The College's ever-popular House Music Competition took place in February. This provides our musicians with the opportunity to air their talents and gain some valuable experience in the art of performing in front of an audience and a pair of judges. Our sincere thanks again go to Mrs. Squire and Mrs. Scott-Minter for giving up their time to judge the College's considerable musical talents. As we have come to expect, the standard of performance from the students was exceptional. Whilst this competition is small compared to the Young Musician of the Gulf in Bahrain, we must not forget that many of our finest musicians cut their teeth whilst representing their House.

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The competition began just twenty hours after our return from the Young Musician of the Gulf with the senior category. The standard of performance was very high and selecting an overall winner proved to be difficult. In the end the judges awarded third place to Lauren Sadler (Barbarossa, voice), second place went to Laura Macpherson (Barbarossa, flute) and Natasha Pagarani (Heyerdahl, violin) was named as winner. In the intermediates the judges could not chose between Emily Burns' (Barbarossa) beautiful singing and Natalie Robehmed's (Cousteau) dynamic piano playing so awarded them joint first place. There were very impressive runner-up performances from Maya McNicholas (Barbarossa, flute) and Sara Alliusie (Barbarossa, piano). The Junior event was also very closely fought. After a long deliberation the honours went to Charles Barsaga (Heyerdahl, piano) from year 7 with Lily Schuck (Barbarossa, voice) and Kinara Rodrigues (Heyerdahl, flute) coming a joint second and Sophie Clark (Chichester, voice) third. The overall winner of this year's competition was Emily Burns. Our thanks go to all of the competitors and the Music department for their hard work and to Mr. Altham-Lewis and the Heads of House who did so much to help with the smooth running of the competition.

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British 141rialbass- \ .Musical. Evening Evenino. to IL crineurther This year's British Embassy Musical Evening was indeed an evening to remember. Over one hundred and fifty musicians entertained three hundred and fifty guests to a wonderful programme lasting well over three hours. As usual the setting of the Embassy gardens provided the perfect backdrop as guests enjoyed their picnics whilst listening to an eclectic mix of music that ranged from Bach to Schoenberg. Mr. Dale as compere for the evening kept the programme ticking along nicely, as we were treated to some beautifully crafted performances from solos through to small and larger ensemble pieces. Ensembles from this year's Young Musician of the Gulf competition were given another chance to perform after their huge success in Bahrain. Mr. Shakil had twenty six enthusiastic guitarists strumming their way through an wonderful mix of rock & roll numbers. Mrs. Hughes' flute choir performed beautifully as always and the Jazz Band kept everyone's feet tapping. Both the Senior and Junior Choirs had their chance to perform. Perhaps the highlight of the evening was fittingly the finale, where a sixty piece orchestra gave an amazing interpretation of 'The Phantom of the Opera Suite' by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The evening raised 14,000 dirhams which was presented to the charities Gulf 4 Good and the British Community Assistance Fund. As always our thanks go to the Consul General and his wife Mr. and Mrs. John Hawkins for their generous hospitality and to the staff and Dubai Police for their assistance in presenting the event. Congratulations and a sincere thank you to all the musicians, together with Mr. Squire, Mr. Zambonini and the music department for their efforts in providing us with such a memorable experience. Mr. &Squire

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Another great year for the Jazz Band in which our numbers have swelled to over forty musicians! As always when new members are introduced the "old hands" make them feel very welcome helping them to develop their musical style of playing in a jazz ensemble. In a short time these junior members will become the seniors, and they in turn will help the "next generation". As usual we have played in many concerts, and have prepared many different pieces of music. Our first concert was the traditional Christmas Assembly, where the jazz band have played for many years now with the school singing along in great chorus sporting a fine array of festive hats! After this we always had our eye on the end of the spring term, where we had two major concerts. The first was at the British Embassy, and our own Jazz Band and Leavers' Concert was held in the Music Centre only a week later where we unleashed not only our full repertoire, but had four different Jazz bands playing! Both concerts were fantastic and a tribute to the hard work and dedication to which our musicians have committed in order to make this such a successful year for the jazz Band. As ever we say a fond goodbye to our leavers who have worked very hard for many years supporting the Jazz Band. We wish them good luck for the future, and hope that they will take their instruments with them wherever they go, and keep on playing! The summer term has been busy preparing two new jazz ensembles for the Year 7-10 concerts towards the end of term. Thank you to Mr. Grant and Mrs. Irvine, and all of the musicians in the various jazz bands this year for all of your hard work â€” it has been great working with you all, and we are excited and looking forward to playing some more jazz with you next year! Mr, Zambonini and Mr. Altham-Lewis.

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Since the last Lower School production of Tracey's Day in 2003 the Drama and Music Departments had been considering a number of shows for 2005. One thing we all agreed on was that it should be a 'big' musical offering as many students as possible the opportunity to take centre stage! After considering a number of options we chose a very different type of show called HONK! The musical is a modern interpretation of the Hans Christian Anderson tale of the Ugly Duckling. Without giving too much away to the students we held auditions for singing and dancing during September for Years 7, 8 and 9 (there was also a small number of Year 10 boys who we asked to audition for specific roles in the play). Although one or two students got 'cold feet' rather than webbed and didn't turn up we ended up with roughly 160 people auditioning altogether. Each student had to sing a song from the show and learn a dance sequence to perform in front of the Drama/Music teachers — some students found this very intimidating indeed! As you can imagine this was a very difficult task but we eventually whittled the numbers down to a cast of 40 very enthusiastic students. Once the main roles had been cast rehearsals began in earnest with the group working on their singing, dancing and acting during lunch-times and after school. At first the young cast was a little inhibited and found it rather embarrassing to characterize the different animals in the piece. We spent many 'happy hours' walking/talking/singing/dancing as ducks/chickens/swans/cats/frogs! What was particularly worrying was that some members of the cast found it quite easy to become their various animals — Sahil Tourani had no problems turning into a very entertaining bullfrog! We would like to thank all the teachers who 'volunteered' to help with the show in whatever form — costume design/make-up/props/video to mention just a few — Jones and Penson, that famous double act, did a very good job 'encouraging' the various members of staff to help out! The band under the expert guidance of Mr. Squire was a mixture of staff and senior students in the school. They were always extremely professional and produced a superb sound! However, our biggest thanks should go to the cast and crew who were absolutely fantastic! As most of you know, Mr. Jones finds it difficult to associate himself with anybody below Year 9 but he actually admitted to me that he quite liked this lot! There were so many good performances during the show that it is very difficult to single out any particular student. However, we feel we should mention three members of the cast who played a. vital role to the overall success of HONK! First, Sophie McAdam Clark who was superb as Ida — so professional for one so young and what a wonderful natural voice! Secondly, Ben Holmes who played the central role of Ugly and showed moments of real quality and humour — all the sixth form girls wanted to take him home with them! Lastly, Anisha Seneratne as the Cat who captivated audiences with her confidence and control during each performance. The chorus was also excellent and worked extremely hard to support the major playF • i F work without a chorus and ers in the piece. A musical such as this 5i t, • Ili so young was outthe level of commitment and ent standing. The Drama and everyone who c.ont Mrs. I. 1. Jones Head of Drama

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It's been an exciting year so far but what I can't understand is how can we have wo the Swimming Gala, won Sports Day and tvvon 2 out 3 of the House Music and a load of other house competitions and still be last. Surely it's not physically possible. Does this mean that Barbarossa are physically superior and verging on Superhuman? With 10 house events remaining at the time of writing this page and 21- points between 2nd and 4th I have every confidence that we will not fall victim to the other houses AGAIN this year.

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What do you mean I've go the 800m record... I was just warming up! House Music...2 out 3 ain't badIII!

A big thanks to Sanam and Lisa for their efforts this year and for David and Eldon for looking pretty...only

joking... Sanam and Lisa are pretty too.

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Only a few events left on the ever expanding house calendar (Grouse Shooting to be added next year) which were dominated by Barbarossa victories, be it moral victories or actual victories they all count in our book (but sadly not in Mr bale's.) Anyway as we edge closer to the final stretch there are those of you (Yr 10 and 11 individuals who are too cool to be labelled a Barbie or too rebellious to gain a merit) who will rejoice that you do not have to give up 30 minutes a month to listen to the intense, inspirational house captain speeches. Well we WON the Swimming Gala. And Sports Day. That's all that matters. We

should just get the trophy surely? No. Not to be. There were all those other events and merits... No comment on that competition. Congratulations to all of you who participated in your proud red shirts (even if they were borrowed). Special congratulations to Rebecca Clifford for participating with great emotion in basketball. A huge thank you to Mr Case who led us proudly and to everyone who stuck with us through tick and tin (even when we were in 4th place for several years running....it was all part of the BIG plan Barbarossa appears to be out of the mist and are now the new rising power. Eldon, Sanam, Lisa and David

To all Barbies who helped make Sports bay such a success, winning it by thousands of points. The following Barbies deserve a mention.... Ben and Claire Thompson, Nish Nizar, Laura Holden, Charlie Epsom, Josh book, Jon Cottrell, Sophie and James Armstrong, Mad Man McConville, Clare Gctskell, Katie OMahoney, Nico 5piteri, Sian Hobbs, Andrew Chetcuti, Georgina Stephens, Lena Rogers, Cyrus Edgar and Finn I-larceaga. Some of the above are individual winners, some are individuals who helped us win.

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Sophia Keneghan 1st Y7 800m

Natasha Daoud 1st Y7 Discus

Clara Hartley 1st Y7 100m

James Mulvaney 1st Y8 High Jump

Hall Of Shame! Shame! Shame on... E Igor for his Senior House Music Performance (Stepped in at the last moment, you get kudos for that, but you don't make a mistake, stop, growl, and start again!) Senior Girls Relay Team: Disqualified on Sports Day... you always think you're going to drop the baton, but you're not actually meant to do it! We would have won those races... Sahil & Kabir Tourani, nicknamed the 2 Geniuses managed to lead the Junior Boys Quiz Team into a gallant last place... Korky still doesn't understand how it happened! Heyerdahl, for letting us rip their Phoenix flag to shreds! A lot of tension was released at that house meeting... Nic Roderick 1st Y10 800m Shannon Palmer 1st Y10 200m

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Riva's Thanks...

Most Valuable Girls

Mr. F, for all his support, guidance and general unfailing belief that 'We Will Win This Year!' Korky, for making me laugh, and for his support. Year captains for selecting teams, getting everyone there on time, in kit and winning (most of the time right?). People I depended on and/or bullied into taking part, I wouldn't have survived without them Dima & Emily for the noticeboard. Emma, Maria, Tasha, Eun-Jee & Ellie, took part in nearly every sports event possible. Rochelle, Nikita & Vicky P â€” for when times got rough To all in Chichester, the staff, the 6th form right down to the wee lil uns, in Year 7 for listening to me, showing up to support their friends! The one thing I've realised about our beautiful, if slightly green house, is our undying spirit (rubbed off on us from Mr. F?!), no matter what happens, we always THINK we'll win. Belief is taking it one step beyond, but I know that everyone wants and tries their hardest to do their best, that is what counts, plus teamwork and a whole lotta laughs, cheers and fun, good times guys, good times...

Junior - Hannah Flower Intermediate - Kate Barnett Seior - Ellie Smith

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Another successful year for the boys in green, dominating the rugby and basketball events. This is due to the hands of all members but there are a few special cases, people who have done extraordinary deeds. Without my partner in crime, Usama Paracha, house meetings would have gone without joyful laughter from tearing the Heyerdahl flag to creating the video about Chichester. Tomos-Henson for being there in all sports events and presenting his useless advice when not needed. Yong-Sup...for just being...Yong, and playing the funeral march during the Heyerdahl flag annihilation. Thanks also to Craig Wilson who will be greatly missed next year. thank you all for your commitment and making our tasks easier, to Riva for being there and to Mr. Flower for motivating us with his traditional comment, "This is our year." Best of Luck to the new captains. Its been a privilege to serve this house. Peace Out Love Korky

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Last year's House Captain, in a momentary lapse of sanity, feeling nostalgic managed to be convinced into singing 'A Wimba Wey' (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) with backing vocals done by Chichester G-Unit and Cannie! Sports Day Video which Usama compiled, with surprises at the end for Riva & Korky, embarrassing, but thoughtful and sweet, thanks Paracha! Winning the Senior House Quiz everyone thought we were losing but we finished as champions, probably due to the fact that Cannie pretty much answered all the questions we happened to get right!

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Most Valuable Guys Junior - Lloyd!!! Intermediate - Rafae Al! Senior - Korky

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THE COUSTEAU COMPENDIUM C-O-U-S-T-E-A-U (Oh, so that's how you spell it!)

Cheering on our talented team mates from the sidelines, poolside and front row seats onOnouring the victorious and laughing off our many hopeless losses

U gly competition from Messrs Flower, Case and Crist's disciples did not demean us Showcasing the talents of the fresh new athletes that came in the form of sniurf sized year 7's raining rigorously before big events like Sports Day and Swimming Gala ngulfing the House Competition with our (few) juicy victories

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oder the watchful eyes of our over-bearing and terrifying head of house, Mr Dennis. ir By Sehr

Cousteau Heroes! Yr 7 Frith Connold James Capon

Yr 10 Natalie Robhemed Ross Gould

Yr 8 Amy Bishop Thomas Capon

Yr 11 Jenny Adamson Shaun Seaman

Yr 9 Vanessa Hullon Duncan Head

Sixth Form Michelle Harvey, VERNON! Sean Gould, Amy Steptoe

Ideas for Future House Events House Jousting House Palm Climbing House Eating Competition

House Fishing House Sumo Wrestling House Bimbo Competition

By Emily + Kristina + Sean K + Big Dar

A word from the House Captains... Firstly we'd like to say that it is indeed a miracle that we made it through this year 11, alive. Despite probably being the two most disorganised captains on record, we somehow managed to scrape together a team for...well...almost every event. And though we may not have won, it's NOT ABOUT THE WINNING. According to the I mantra of Mr. Dennis, it's about participating. So there! In any case, we have a few eople we'd like to thank for their help this year: Mr. Dennis first and foremost for his never-ending, unconditional love for ousteau- what would we have done without that motivating smile? All the vice captains (Kristina, Sehr, Marta, Noosh, Ashwin) Everyone who participated in the events (and those like Ed who made it all orthwhile...not that violence is the answer...) ...anyone else who we've forgotten

astly, best of luck to the future Cousteau House Captains...We hope you know what ou're getting into. â€˘KI if the Barbarossa page is better than this we must all remember that Mr. Case eats and does it all himself. ;ease and love. he Sean and Emily

We were unstoppable in... MR. CRIST S This looks like being another great year for Heyerdahl. We are currently leading by more than 15 points and will, hopefully, have clinched our 2nd title in three years by the time you read this. To celebrate our year and the fact that we are now Tiggers I decided to write a poem. Sorry.

Senior Volleyball Senior Girls Water polo Senior Boys Water polo Year 8 Girls Quiz Year 8 Boys Quiz Junior Basketball Year 9 Netball Year 10 Netball Senior Soccer Senior Netball

Girls Merits Yr 10 Girls Quiz Yr 10 Boys Quiz Int. Girls Softball Sen. Boys Softball Senior Rounders Junior Rugby Int. Glrl Rounders

SPORTS DAY: Junior Girls Junior Boys We are at this point 19.5 points in the lead

The wonderful thing about Tiggers, is Tiggers are wonderful things. Our heads are full of brains and our legs can run like the wind. We're musical, sporty, beautiful, brainy, bouncy bundles of fun. But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is we are Number One. The wonderful thing about Tiggers, is Tiggers have loads of power. We're better than Case and Dennis and especially Mr Flower. With Martin and Jo, we're bound to go and we're having plenty of fun. But the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is we are Number One. -1"12

Torn MERIT EARNERS THIS YEAR are. . • Karina Takapi- Lambert 9JI - 77 • Alice Turner 7MZ - 67 • Aman Navani 7TK 66 • Josh Allison 8RD - 63 • Laura Worger 7NM - 55 Well done to all the Juniors for their efforts and as always the Seniors showed their obvious commitment to sport, being far too busy to collect merits. Well that's what we want you to believe.

Shamal 2006 You all knew we couldn't let you young innocent children leave this year without the man himself, Rory Jackson, bestowing upon you all his finest moments and witty comments to kick off your summer with a laugh.

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Heyerdahl has witnessed a huge change this year, changing our mascot from a Phoenix to a Tigger, moving from the bottom of the pile, to having the rest of the houses eating our Tigger dust. Surprisingly, the new mascot has gone down extremely well, whiskers and black noses graced the faces of not only Heyerdahl members on sports day, but also on wanna-be lleyerdahl students front other houses. It seems that Pirates, Smurfs and Dragons are getting a little boring, and bouncy, orange striped Disney characters are the flavour of the month, well who can blame them? House meetings have been a blur of suspicious smelling, yellow cream pies in Mr. Crist's face, Rory's 'table-turning' speeches and Year Eleven hopefuls dancing to 'Saturday Night', (who will ever forget Ali Fortune breaking it down?) All in all, it's this Great Spirit that has brought us to where we are at the moment, THE TOP!!! Special thanks must go out to all the students, espite not getting reminders, going in at the last minute and prepared or not, giving it their all, and mostly coming out victorious! A memorable moment this year, was at the Junior Girls Netball, where a keen excheerleader in Year 8, performed a little chant for us, which went something like: "Who rocks the house? 1 said, I leyerdahl rocks the house, and when Heyerdahl rocks the house, we bring it all the way d00000wn!"

NI7b3dCDPifil Hello, my chickens! It's the end of the year, and the start of the holiday. Except for a number of Year I I kids who still have exams. To them, I say- it's your own fault for taking GCSE Economics, you should be busy preparing to lead Heyerdahl yourselves in September. To everyone else, I say- well done! Unless we go and do something stupid before the end of the year, we might just win! Obviously, when I bellowed that you were all lazy scoundrels in our first House Meeting, you all got the message LOUD and CLEAR! Of course, to relax now would be a big mistake. Oh yes. While Cousteau and Chichester are busy partying and I don't think the Smurf idea sunbathing all over different parts of the paid off for us this year. I mean world (let's face facts, Barbarossa aren't how could we win House Music with a voice like mine? even playing the game anymore), you will Lonely, I ant so lonely all be busy losing weight, seducing women/men, and practising all sorts of your own speeches, getting ready to race ahead of Cousteau and Chichester (Barbarossa will have tragically died of old age by then) long Complete with movements, the before they can even put their marathon thongs Mantra soon caught on, and as it on. turned out the Junior Girls won Here's a warning to the Year I Is who the netball! Martin and I would have to put on Martin and Jo's pants next year: like to thank Victoria, Marjolijn, Emily, Rory and Not a kind word in your ear to ask politely for Daniel for all their help with organizing events your consideration, but a proper warning like and stepping in when Martin or I were away. I when you shout at a child who is about to stick think people look much more forward to house its foot in the mouth of a komodo dragon. meetings in the hope of receiving chocolate and Heyerdahl must remain one step ahead of the congratulations go out to all the people who competition. They steal a win in I-louse walked away with bars (if Laurent didn't steal Football... we put bullets in their heads so we them) We must thank Mr. Crist for being a might steal their toenails. fantastic head of house and leave Heyerdahl in the In races, quizzes and speeches we very capable hands of the current Year Elevens. must dazzle the crowds with our staggering Have a fantastic summer and spread the joys of works of heartbreaking genius; we must be the Heyerdahl wherever you're going! aurora borealis, a meteor shower, a tornado and Jo and Martin House Captains '05 - '06 a nuclear explosion all rolled into one. We ALL need to pull our weight and DO something. But wait! You're doing something RIGHT NOW. You're... reading... my... words. That's ALL it takes! Now, you can all go home, refuse to do any work or chores, because you've already done your part in saving the rainforest. Hope you all have an awesome holiday... and don't forget to bring the chocolate. Rory Jackson Heyerdahl taking control this year and Even the teachers got into the we have the huge lead to prove it!!! swing of things this year

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Every Wednesday since October, 35 lucky students enjoyed "having fun at minus 1" in the middle of HOT Dubai, thanks to Mr. Woolley's great organisation. Lucky us, many other schools fought for our position but we were the first school in!!!!

that were more complicated than they looked. It seemed we didn't know about everything. Good thing we came!!!

On the first exciting day of the second term, on our journey to ski Dubai, everyone clenched onto anything stable while Mr Bernaz skidded and screeched on the Dubai roads- 'the French way.' Once we had all arrived, we all struggled to yank on all our ski equipment as fast as we could, eager to get on the slopes. Many of us also exaggerated about our skiing and snowboarding skills to any one who would listen. But as soon as we were on the 'towering' slopes we faced the truth!

Some brave students attempted the challenging jumps and grinds, unfortunately only a few suc'HAVE A NICE TRIP ceeded EDDIE'.

The grand doors opened to the white paradise and we shortly got onto our skis and snowboards and were whooshing down the slopes in no time. The funny and ever so kind instructors showed us how to do things

Once again thanks to Mr Woolley, our great school and ski Dubai.

Of course it was priceless to witness Mr Clark proving Einstein's theory really worked as he tumbled down the slope always smiling!

Well done to everyone, especially to all the beginners, as they had improved greatly and were hurtling down the blue slopes within a few lessons, some even better than the intermediate skiers, ahem_ Claire. I think we we had a can allthat say fantastic time and can't wait to go again!

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In Year Eight, I had heard only positive things from my friends about Scuba Diving and wanted to give it a go. The chance finally came on Activities Sign-Up day in Year Nine when I eagerly approached Mr. Lee's stand under the 'Scuba Diving' sign and wrote down my name and form. A few days later Mr. Lee handed me a note in morning registration to attend the first Scuba Diving meeting. That lunchtime, I anxiously waited in C2 to meet my fellow divers for the next few weeks. I admit childish questions were on my mind such as: 'Is the tank very heavy? What if I run out of air? What if a shark attacks me?'. Mr. Lee explained what diving is all about, why it's fun and how much it would cost. We were told to meet in the Computer room in C Block on Sundays for the first part of the course which is theoretical, This involved having to watch cheesy American videos on scuba diving and ended a few weeks later with everyone taking a test. "Since when does a fun school activity include studying?" I ask you! Luckily everyone passed and we could move on to the second half of the course and put to practise all that we'd learned. After that, every Thursday morning consisted of diving practice at the Pavilion Dive Centre, much to our enjoyment. At first we practised in the pool only and trained for the day when we would be able to go into the sea. Our first sea dive was fantastic and much better than we had imagined. We saw all sorts of fish and plants and even a real ship wreck. The only negative aspect was that visibility was down to only about a metre or so and also the water was really cold.

In spite of that, every dive was immensely enjoyed by the whole group and I absolutely recommend it to any DC student looking for a thrill. A special thanks should go to Mr. Lee for organizing it all! Also, I thank the staff at the Pavilion for their immense patience while I assembled my scuba gear. It wasn't until the day of our last dive when I was finally able to put everything together in its right place and in the correct order, BCD and all.

Advanced Open Water Course By Richard Wastmacott and Ram Marion

Our advanced PADI course was a terrific experience. We were able to build on our diving capabilities as well as ensuring amazing and fun dives for us. Our course consisted of learning more about buoyancy control, underwater navigation, a naturalist dive to study fish and underwater plant life and also a deep shipwreck. On our course there were two other people a hit younger than us who were great company during the course. For us, our most vivid experience was our shipwreck dive. This consisted of us being able to swim inside a sunken postal ship, whilst dolphins were circling us, however the barracuda weren't too friendly! But on the whole, the experience was fascinating, we learnt many useful skills, which we will use in later life, however the best moment of the course was playing with sea cucumber.

Kescue Diver Course Congratulations also go to Natasha llradstock in 81Ia who recently completed this course, which concentrates on rescue, life-saving and first aid with particular relation to scuba diving. We look forward to seeing lots more people join the exciting and rewarding world of scuba diving next year!

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e g P ri9e7Dcbel at Jebel Ali Equestrian Club Sunday afternoons meant riding day! We spent half the session riding and the other half on stable management. Every so often we went into the nearby desert on a hack which was one of the highlights. At the end of each term we got certificates to show what we had achieved. Every lesson had at least one memorable event for each of us. Here are just a few: Our very first lesson was more than we bargained for as we started cantering, which felt more like galloping around the arena. Everyone managed to stay on, some a little shaky, some excited. Riding with us was a group from the English College and when we arrived each week we had to race the EC posse for the decent horses. Melanie never had much luck because she managed to get the same horse EVERY SINGLE TIME despite the race against EC. Accidents or near accidents happened from time to time, such as Melanie managing to almost to lose her shoes through the stirrups which meant almost getting her whole foot through them. While Laura is no longer able to count the number of times she fell off on her fingers. However, her grand finale was falling off her horse, winding herself AND knocking over a fence! There were a few embarrassing moments too such as when a certain person from another school asked our riding teacher, 'HOW MUCH IS YOUR SALARY?" after being told a small tub of saddle soap costs about 100dhs. Julissa learnt that her concentration skills need improving when she started telling the people in front of her to get a move on only later realizing that she was meant to be lead file, at the front. O0000pppsss. Layla remembers the time when they were just learning to trot and one girl from the English College found her horse cantering instead, which none of them had learnt yet. The girl started screaming and screaming and ended up with her arms around the horse's neck. Once when Layla was riding Shaheen he suddenly stopped and wouldn't move at all no matter how hard she tried. How she wished she was on her favourite horse, Abeer who would never misbehave. Lucky Katy hasn't had a single embarrassing or scary moment yet! Her favourite horse is Tobey. He is s00000000000 cute! He has a really good canter and gallop. We look forward to riding again next year. Thanks to our instructor, Mrs Dianna Thornborrow and to everyone else at Jebel Ali Riding Stables, and also to Miss Kazim who organized the activity.

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Perhaps one of the most memorable debates of the year was; 'The Woman's Place Is In The Home'. Rory Jackson and Faraz de Belder carried out the challenging task of persuading the (mostly female) audience that women's abilities are best in the domestic world. Although most voted against them (of course!), I must congratulate them on their quick and witty responses to all the criticisms with which they were bombarded! Unfortunately, this year has been a fragmented one, much like last year, and there were a few clashes with other events. However, I was impressed at how the enthusiasm and commitment of the Year 7s and 8s never stopped. They attended all the debates and some even bravely contended Sixth Form speakers. Well done! On the whole, it has been a thoroughly enjoyable year for all members alike. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped me in these past two years, including Sophia Mandalios and Anwesha Kundu. I would especially like to thank Mrs. Ashmore and Mrs. Miller for their unlimited support and for giving me the opportunity to chair the Debating Society. It has been an invaluable and unforgettable experience in every way. I hope that next year is equally successful for everyone concerned and I wish the new chairperson, Naina Mohan, all the very best! Sahar Kazranian

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Someone once said that, 'It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it', and I couldn't have put it better myself. As I look back at another year of debating, I realise that people didn't participate in the Debating Society just to 'win' a debate. Together, speakers and audience members joined forces to analyse a motion in detail and in the process, learn a great deal; this is what characterised our first debate of the year, `Kate Moss Should Not Have Her Modelling Contracts Renewed'. Representing the proposition, Anwesha Kundu and I highlighted the unfair treatment of celebrities by the media and their rights to privacy. Sehr Sarwar and Christopher Holman did a splendid job arguing against the motion, that celebrities should be punished for their misdeeds as children look up to them. Both sides sparked heated debate amongst members of the audience, which is what debating is all about!

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SPORTS REVIEW 2005 / 08 Well, another chaotic year comes to a successful end! A year that has seen additional fixtures against a number of new schools in Dubai, as well as numerous fixtures against our traditional rivals. Huge congratulations must again go to our senior teams, in particular to the Desert Cats for staying in Division 1 of the netball league all season and to the senior rugby team who actually had a number of fixtures this season and just got better as the season progressed. It is also worth noting that both senior teams were instrumental in helping DC retain both athletics titles. However, it is always good to pick one team out for special mention and this year must be the junior boys' football team for yet again winning the league, the Cup and the Gulf Unity Cup. Congratulations to all team members and to Mr. 'Jose Mourinho' Flower for the continued success of his junior teams. Here are some interesting facts for you. 87% of all Year 7, 8 & 9 took part in a sporting extra-curricular activity this year, which is absolutely fantastic. Even more impressive are Year 9, where 98% did one or more extra-curricular activity after school! Additional amazing statistics are that James Armstrong (9DL) and Vanessa Hullon (9E) both represented the college in eight sporting teams each this year and still managed to find the time for some homework!!! However, the most bizarre award must go to the Under 15 rugby report, which has been written in the style of two Hollywood blockbusters. I will be giving out two merits to any pupil who can explain to me what on earth they are talking about!!! Next year our challenge is very simple â€” 100Â°/0 attendance of sporting extracurricular activities! Mr. A. Jones

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V Once again the boys of Dubai College did not disappoint. The Rashid Athletics tournament is held once a year and involves schools from ail over Dubai competing for one day in events ranging from Javelin to the 100 metre sprint. The event has been held for 10 years and this year Dubai College was successful in winning for the 10th consecutive year. The guys from DC were determined to take home the trophy and left DC in high spirits. Mr. Jones and Mr. Woolley gave us a list of events in which we were to compete; told us to maintain a good attitude and dished out surprisingly tight-fitting kits. (Obviously someone's idea to make us run faster, jump further and well, they didn't really help that much). Straight out of the gates it looked as if it would be a tough challenge for DC to win. The juniors, although giving it their all finished in 3rd place behind Rashid School for Boys and American Community School on 80 points, leaving the Intermediate and Senior boys with a lot of catching up to do! However it must be noted that DC dominated the long distance events at under 13 level winning both the A and B competitions. The intermediate boys seemed to maintain DC's Strength in the long distance events winning the A competition and coming in a close second in tile B competition. As we advanced through the age groups and the DC guys got bigger and better, the throwing events seemed to become our main points earner, taking wins in both discus and javelin at A and B level respectively. Once the intermediate boys had their say, they finished in a respectable second place only 5 points behind ACS. At this point the current standings were: 1st place: ACS with 192 points 2nd place: DC with 173 points 3rd place: RSB with 142 points leaving Jumeirah College and Cambridge trailing in our wake. All this meant that the senior boys had a 19-point deficit, which they had to close down. The first to take a chunk out of the gap was Rehan Ali and Nishath Nizar taking first place in both the 100 metre events. The DC senior boys showed a great all round performance claiming a total of 107 points and DC went on to win again. Special mentions go to Laurent Frangie and Ali Vowles for their throws in tile javelin, Jeremy Gaylor for putting his shot further than any other and all the guys from each age group who gave up their afternoon to compete so that DC could maintain their record. Also, special thanks go out to Mr. Jones and Mr. Woolley for putting in the time to train us all!

Victorious Athletics Team 10 in a row!

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Girls' Athletics 2006 The annual Dubai Schools Girls' Athletics Championships were held at Dubai College on 21st March 2006. Competing schools included The American Community School of Abu Dhabi, English College, Jumeirah College, Emirates International School and Cambridge High School. Athletes contested in three separate categories; junior, intermediate and senior. On the track ACS continued to impress with some excellent individual performances. DC dominated middle distance events with Emma Lacey winning the senior 800m and Katie O'Mahoney setting a Jennifer Adamson and

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consistently well throughout the field events. Clare Gaskell jumped to victory in both the senior high jump and long jump. Natasha baoud threw a massive 19.69 metres to win the junior discus. Infact, all three Daoud sisters (Natasha, Lara and Maria) competed in the discus events - it must be something in the genes! Overall, it was a closely fought contest and DC's polished relay performances managed to secure the team victory for another year. Team captain, Pip Turner accepted the trophy on behalf of the squad. Thank-you to all students who helped out at the event and a big well done to all the athletes!

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THE PRIMARY vs* SCHOOLS' ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS This year Dubai College celebrated the tenth year of successfully hosting this key annual sporting event. Nearly a thousand competitors and spectators enjoyed an afternoon of high quality athletics and good sporting competition. Teams from JESS, DESS, JPS, Jebel Ali, Horizon and Cambridge all participated. There were some outstanding individual performances on both track and field and all schools maintained a wonderful team spirit throughout the afternoon. Once again this year the final Tug 'o' War competition was tremendously exciting and a fitting end to such a successful event. Aficionados of this power event will remember that last year Cambridge managed to break the seven year unbeaten record of Jebel Ali. In 2006 however Jebel Ali came back stronger than ever to defeat DESS in the knife edge final. The overall winners of the championship were JESS who showed themselves to be masters of both the track and field. This is their sixth successive victory â€” an amazing achievement for all involved. Jebel Ali were runners-up. Our thanks and congratulations must go to the competitors for providing us with such an enjoyable afternoon of first class sport. A big 'thank you' also to the Primary P.E. teachers for their superb preparation of the pupils and for their assistance on the day. The event would not have happened without the organisation, administration and patient guidance of both the staff and students of our own PE Department - so a well deserved thank you to all concerned. This annual fixture is going from strength to strength and we look forward to another highly successful championship in 2007!

RECORD BREAKERS II Event

Age

55m hurdles

Yr 6 Girls

High jump

Yr 4 Boys

Record 9.22s 1.15m 1 . 15m

(Joint)

1.20m 1.20m

Pupil

Schoo l

C.Hernshaw A .Cotribs

JPS

A.M. Adalla A.Melone

Comb JESS

JPS DESS

High jump (Joint)

Yr 6 Boys

Long jump

Yr 4 Boys

3.65m

J.Mann J.Morrice

Long jump

3.71m

C.Benstead

Long jump

Yr 5 Girls Yr 6 Girls

3.85m

C.Hearnshaw

JESS JPS

Long jump

Yr 6 Boys

4.05m

R.Case

DESS

JESS

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By Carina Rodd and Matthew Rivers

gai rh1041 1;43%90 Triathlon is the fastest growing sport in the world and in Dubai we are lucky enough to experience this new and exciting event. A triathlon race consists of a swim in the sea, followed by a bike ride and finishing with a run. To be successful requires lots of motivation and determination during the weeks of hard training prior to a race. A little shorter than the Triathlon is an Aquathon, which consists of a swim followed by a run. These are good for beginners and give you a chance to warm up before the big races come! During the triathlon season from October 2005 until April 2006 there have been many triathlons, duathlons and aquathons organised mainly by the Dubai Tri Club. These have been held at numerous venues: Events: Dubai Td Club Aquathon - 20th October 2005 - Jumeirah Beach Club Dubai Tri Club Sprint Triathlon — 16th December 2005 — Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa Dubai Tri Club Duathlon — 2nd February 2006 — Al Jazeera Hotel & Resort Dubai Tri Club Olympic/Sprint/Junior Triathlon — 17th March 2006 — Jebel Ali Golf Resort & Spa Aquathon — 31st March 2006 — Jumeirah Beach Club Dubai Tri Club Aquathon — 28th April 2006 — Le Meridien Mina Seyahi Dubai College has many successful triathletes (probably more than any other school) of which the most frequent and successful contestants are: Carina Rodd, Jennifer Adamson Matthew Rivers, Jamie Shirlaw, Cody Duncan, Sam Adamson, Shaun Seaman, Claire Rivers, Andrew Chetcuti and Carlyn Lobo. Also competing were Tom Pollock, Ben Pollock, Mike Geeson, Jon Cottrell, Hannah Flower, Owain Jones, Edward Otty and Stuart Allen. But it's not only the students who compete in these races; various teachers who have also participated in them are Mr. Jones (DT), Mr. Agent and Mr. Grist, The most popular distance for triathlons/Aquathons amongst DC students is the Junior course: Triathlon: 400m swim, 10km bike, 2.5km run. Aquathon: 400m swim, 2.5km run. However, Carina Rodd, Matthew Rivers and Jamie Shirlaw this year participated in the Open Female and Open Male categories with distances double that of the junior course. Carina and Matthew both finished 2nd in their Open categories at the Dubai Tri Club Sprint Triathlon on 17th March 2006. They continued to do well throughout the season: Jennifer Adamson and Matthew came 1st in their categories in the Long Distance Aquathons, and Carina finished 2nd repeatedly.

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IFIATTA CROSS COUNTY 2006

On January 19th 2006 Dubai College competed against three other schools in the annual 5km Cross Country Run hosted by the Hatta Fort Hotel. When we met at 6am sharp to begin the long bus journey to Hatta most of us were longing for the warmth of our beds! Not only was it pitch black outside but freezing cold too! After a two-hour bus journey, we finally arrived and walked the 5km course with the ASD organiser. Many newcomers were shocked, they had expected a few small hills but certainly hadn't bargained for the killer hill at the end! We had to conquer this incline not once, but twice! The girls set off first at 9am and were relived to find that the weather was in their favour. After 20 minutes, the first athlete finished, DC succeeded in claiming both 2nd place (Carina Rodd) and 3rd place (Katie O'Mahoney) in the junior race and 2nd place (Jennifer Adamson) in the senior event. Everyone ran superbly and managed to complete the gruelling course. Well done girls! It was then time for the boys' race, which started at 9.45am. The competition was intense. James McConville managed to secure 3rd position overall, although none of the other boys were placed. After everyone had finished there came the part we had all been waiting for; the fun-filled afternoon. We enjoyed a special barbeque put on by the hotel and then could chose from a selection of activities, including archery and mini-golf. We were later delighted to find that DC had finished in second place overall. Carina Rodd and Katie O'Mahoney 1OBV

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Swimming !lighlights

Firstly we would like togha all the stall who helped through.ou the whole swimmin season. Dubai College did very well \i thanks to all the organisation and work ptit in by every member oi the swim team. We had many swimming galas and events during the season which were; Nancy Grosser meet 1. 2. ASD gala Doha Exchange Gala 3. 4.3G Invitational meet 5.3G ktriendly)

DOHA EXCHANGE SWIMMING GALA After a full day of competitive sports, the swim gala took place. With everyone already tired from their previous event they all put in an astounding amount of effort to give Dubai College a victorious win. Thank goodness this event was only over 25m!

UAE SPRINT SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS The first national swimming championships were held in Abu Dhabi. The standard of swimmers was high with the UAE national team in attendance. DC students collected an array of medals culminating in Alexia Austin being crowned U-16 Girls Champion!

NANCY CROSSER MEET 17th November 2005

The Nancy Crosser swim meet was one of our toughest galas yet. But thanks to all the competitors we only lost by 10 points to ASD the hosts, 1st Position — ASD 584 2nd Position — DC 574 3rd Position — ABA 286 4th Position — DAA 266 5th Position — ASC 90 We had some brilliant performances but our stars of the day were definitely ANDREW CHETCUTI who swam in the Under 15 age group even though he was only 12. We also have to mention ALEXIA AUSTIN, who just recently joined squad and blew us all away with her magnificent breaststroke talent! It was a tiring day for everyone but we were rescued by ROSS EWEN who ordered himself a pizza! Unlucky for, him the delivery man went all the way up to DM instead of ASD!

Finally we would like to say big congratulations to the Dubai College swim team. None of it would have been so successful if it hadn't been for all the members of the PE staff and of course the swimmers themselves. It's been a good year! GOOD JOB!! TURBO...

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JC INVITATIONAL MEET (Nov 2005) The Jumeirah College invitational meet involved not just DC and JC but also including DM, Wellington, EIS and DESS. We had an astonishing 15 first places thanks to our swimmers and the end scores turned out like this; 1st Position — DC 170 2nd Position — JC 160 3rd Position — DAA 134 4th Position — Wellington 57 5th Position — EIS 38 6th Position — DESS Since it was an inaugural gala Dubai College were able to take home the first ever trophy of the gala, which was received by the swim captains MONICA GRIFFITHS and MARTIN VERHEIJ. JC INVITATIONAL MEET (May 2006)

4 teams were involved in this end of season gala which took place on a hot and sticky Wednesday afternoon at Jumeirah College. DC led the proceedings from start to finish. It was great to see such a strong year 7 squad with the likes of Clare Thompson, Mark Thomson and Nikhil Kanade stealing the show. Our relay teams really were superb winning all but one of the freestyle and mixed relays! Winners-DC-188 Runners up-JO-157 Squad captains Rahul Kanade and Alexia Austin collected the trophy on DC's behalf.

BADMINTON AT DUBAI COLLEGE Interest in badminton at Dubai College has grown in recent months as the DC badminton championships got underway in April. It has been wonderful to see so many students of all ages and abilities enthusiastically racing to get the best rackets and to arrive onto the courts first at the lunchtime clubs. The school competition has seen a number of exciting victories for a range of pupils but none have been so loudly applauded than those of year 7 students overcoming their year 8 rivals! The senior girls doubles competition was a small, but competitive occasion where Jenny Adamson and Sam Jones won through in the end. Natalie Cottrell was equally successful in the Girls' Singles final. Earlier in the season several Dubai College students, ranging from Years 10-13, competed in the ASD Badminton tournament. Whilst the competition was quite fierce at times, many of our students equipped themselves well in the various categories with a number of them winning matches. However, the DC players of the tournament have to be Hannah Campbell (10 KJ) and Lauren Bruffaerts (10LM) who managed to be successful in all their doubles matches.

Medal Winners Sam Jones, Jenny Adamson, Natalie Cottrell

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Junior Rugby

2006

U 12 Rugby Year 7 rugby players have provided excellent entertainment this season for anyone that has had the pleasure of seeing them play. The most difficult aspect of the season has been to decide which players should be selected for the Sevens or Tens squads for the various competitions throughout the year. Training sessions throughout the year have invariably had 30 boys attending! Well done for this and let's keep it up next season. The DC 7's tournament yielded our only blot on the copybook throughout the year and I think that some of the boys are still seething from the fact that we did not perform on the day and lost in the semifinals of Back Row: Nikhil Kanade, Michael Robertson, Cyrus Edgar, Chris Burke, Ali Alami, Jack Collins, Owain Jones. the tournament. The boys subsequently Middle Row: Mr. A. Jones, Tom Summers, Anthony Flannery, Josh Middleton, Daniel Ferguson, Charlie Furness, Jonathan Baxter. swept all before them in The DC Tens comFront Row: Chris Stephens, Moray Tripney, Frank Ryan, Jake Willet, Harry Loakman, Jamas Capon, Sava Davis. petition, the Exiles tournament and in every full game that we have played. Some superb, running rugby has been played along the way with vital contributions from many players. Boys that have provided the engine for the successes include Ali 'The Terminator' Alami, Chris 'The Man' Burke, Cyrus 'The Fearless' Edgar, Dwain 'The Guitar' Jones, Michael ' The Mouth' Robertson, Josh 'The Mighty Atom' Middleton, Tom 'Sunny' Summers, Jake 'FruitLoop' Willet, James 'Mighty Atomll' Capon, Moray 'Mc' Tripney, Nikhil 'The Jumeirah Express' Kanade, Chris 'Ginger Express' Stephens, Harry 'Kick it' Loakman. There are only thirteen names mentioned here but can I reiterate that it has been a pleasure for myself and Mr.Jones to see so many students committed to training week after week during the season and keeping the competition for places even hotter than midday during a Dubai Summer.

U 13 Rugby The Year 8 team enjoyed a very successful year, playing a number of fixtures at 7, 10 & 15 a side games. The early season was dominated by 7 a side rugby, climaxing with the DC 7's tournament at the end of November. All the signs had been good in the build up to the tournament, with a number of victories of local opposition. On the day however, we were beaten in the final by a determined EC team. The New Year brought further challenges in the form of the 10 a side game. This game suited our rampaging forwards far more than the back-orientated 7's game. Rached Khairallah, Layth Massoud and Zach Tarrant Taylor were now in their element, actively searching for physical contact with players of the Back Row: Rached Khairallah, Josh Doak, Sahil Tourani, Layth Massoud, Kabir Tourani. opposite team! The DC 10's in February finished yet Middle Row: Mr. A. Jones, Devin Clarke, Alisdair Ferguson, James Mulvaney, Jack Fantham, Henry Morris. again with another EC encounter in the final and this Front Row: Matthew Grayston, James Donovan, Edward Otty, Lucas Metaxas, Steven time we were successful, grinding out a victory Porter, Zachary Tarrant Taylor. through sheer endeavour and fine handling skills. The season came to an end with the Hong Kong rugby tour. Although an Under 14 trip many of the Year 8 team travelled with the Year 9 boys, illustrating the strength of this squad. Additionally, Josh 'Twinkle Toes' Doak made the 'A' Team on the wing! So, overall a very good season with lots of promise for next year. We wave an "adios amigo" goodbye to Ed Otty, who leaves us for another team in tile UK. However, this team (if the backs grow a bit) will go from strength to strength! 128

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U 14 Rugby

Back Row: Philip McCarter, Liam Abu-Nimeh, James Armstrong, Sunit Sheth, Jan Matus. Middle Row: Mr. A. Jones, Sam Adamson, Stuart Keenan, Thomas Kelly, Michael Tonna. Front Row: Michael Geeson, Jonathan Cottrell, Duncan Head, Greg King, Paul McKeown.

Intermediate Rugby Middle Earth The return of Ice Man and Frank the Tank (Sort of) Middle Earth had fallen into dark times and it appeared that the evil eye had set its sights on Iceman and Frank the Tank, luring them to the far away realms to the state of the art Topgu if facility where the best of the hest could grow into fine young men. However, with their absence, the eye could fix its gaze onto us, the remainder of the fellowship. It was to be expected that we would start off slowly very slowly, losing to the dark riders by a substantial score line. However, I believe the heathen kings of old wished well upon us and we had a major victory in battle against the Russkies. Soon after this vital encounter, we came across our old foes that had come back seeking to finish us off for good. I lowever, we did as Gandalf the White had asked of us and stood our ground. \Ve were close to victory in the final seconds when a mountain troll trundled over the line for them, an agonisingly dose game in which a draw seemed fair. By early winter, the higher powers had decided that Iceman's time in Topgun were over and he returned to its ahead of an almighty battle, in which a miracle was to be performed. Throughout the day, we had faced opposition that were to provide the warm up for an age-old clash between the two titans of Middle Earth. Us, the remaining members of the fellowship versus the Dark riders from the east. A magical speech before the final had our sights set on the big prize - the chance to throw the ring into mount doom. However, the dark ride's had done their homework and we found ourselves down at the half. Gandalf the White asked the fellowship to change things at halftime and every hobbit, dwarf and Topgun pinup boy responded. As I said, a miracle happened and we won the game by three tries to two with seconds to go. It was not just the fact that 'Sundown f managed to catch a ball (that had eluded him all da)) but Ile caught one whilst actually moving. Crowds of young and old united in their joy and rapmre and how they danced the night away! After this almighty triumph, we had a string of small hut significant victories over a variety of opponents with many of the fellowship playing a vital part in the march to glory. Young Merry for example seemed to be everywhere on many occasions and I thank the elusive Goose for dodging everything the came towards him - he was the saviour of more than one occasion. And yes, I thank Iceman, with his precision down to the last inch. I am afraid the horn of Condor sounds but before I go, let me leave you with a list of those who fought for honour and truth: • Elliot "Cheesebread" Hurdiss • Michael "Merlin' Geeson • Sean "Sam-Wise Gamgi" Thornberry • Charlie "Treebeard" Wild • Dancy the "Mountain Troll" • Ross 'Merry" Gould • Anish "Sundown Gupta • Pascal "Hollywood" Yanunine • Robert Ti ppm" Legnar • Greg "Iceman" Cannie • Oscar "Goose" Cannebourg • Dave "Cougar" Hillier • Conor "Maverick" El Sibai • Rahul "Sundown Kanade • Greg "G imli Son of Gloi n" Smith • Frank the Tank (in spirit, due to hack wounds In addition, of course we would like to thank Mr. A Back Row: James Turner, David Hillier, Greg Cannie, Charlie Wild, Greg Smith. "Gandalf the White" Jones and Mr. G. Crist and anyone Middle Row: Daniel Fernandes, Sean Thornberry, Steve Fernando, Anish Gupta, lse who may have helped the cause for the greater good. Alexander Brightmore, Pascal Yammine. \Ve also look forward to the challenges of bigger mountain Front Row: Paul Rogerson. Rahul Kanade, Robert I xgnar, Conor El Sibai, trolls next year with the prospect of senior rugby waging, Ross Gould, Rafae Ali, Oskar Caneborg. 129 soon to be upon us. Conor El Sibai

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U 16 Rugby

Back Row: James McConville, Louis Constantine, Greg Cannie, Shaun Seaman, Calum O'Grady. Middle Row Mr. A. Jones, Li Yon Tan, Michael McCarter, James Harbron, Jordan Dawson, Thomas Scriven Baker, Luke Conway. Front Row: Ashley De Beer, Ross Ewen, Andrew Gibb, Matthew Middleton, Shehmir Shaikh, William Sutcliffe.

Senior Rugby Report The rugby year began in the humid month of September with Mr. Jones eager to test his summer 'purchases' on the senior team. These are not in fact fitness products, but torture devices that have evolved over centuries to cause a team the maximum pain and exhaustion possible. And so it was that the squad could be found an the 'Astroturf Oven' every Sunday and Tuesday lunchtime. To a casual observer, it my have seemed that the team was working hard, pushing themselves through the pain barrier, but this was simply a clever illusion. After a team collaboration, it was decided that we should have a code to be used when Mr. Jones wasn't looking, enabling us to relax for a few precious moments. Unfortunately this lax attitude was carried through to our first game against English College. We walked onto the pitch knowing that we would win. A 14-8 loss later, we walked off knowing that we were in for a fitness beasting of epic proportions next Sunday lunch. This match should not be remembered just for the score line though, but for James Cannie's brilliant tactical substitutions of himself off and then back onto the field. Mr. Jones did not think them so brilliant... Stunned by this loss, the team bounced back and played superbly for the rest of the season. We were once again barred from entering a team in the Dubai Rugby 7s, but several players earned the prestige of playing for the AI Ain Amblers [basically DC with a few Al Ain players], not to mention appearances in the Arabian Gulf Men's Social League. After recovering from the 7s, the team continued a fine run of form by convincingly beating local rivals Dubai Exiles in several games. These were always physical encounters, but our players consistently stepped up to the mark and gave everything for the team. One of the most challenging encounters with the Exiles was the final game we played against them. We narrowly won, thanks to a huge game-breaking try scored by the team captain, Laurent Frangie, followed by constant testosterone-driven shouting and roaring. Goodness knows what on earth heck he was trying to say, but we think it was something like, "Who wants the ball!? Common! Yeah!" and other obscenities. The team may not have been filled with superstars, Tom 'Gavin' Roderick excepted, but it was unanimously agreed that the defence was the best ever displayed by a Dubai College team. They denied our opponents of several try-scoring opportunities and stopped them from putting any points against us, after being camped on our try line for a considerable length of the game. The true strength of the team was shown during the lOs tournament when we came from behind to win the final against Abu Dhabi, courtesy of a try in the corner by David Knight. We finished the season in style, regaining our honour against EC with a 45-10 beating and edging out Abu Dhabi one hot afternoon 10 points to nil. Special Mentions: James 'The Football Hooligan' Corcoran. Repeatedly told by the ref to 'Leave it!', James decided that he would smack the hand of the Abu Dhabi scrum-half only a yard in front of the ref. Also known for enraging large opponents by slapping them while they are trapped at the bottom of a ruck. Tomos 'I Love Gavin' Roderick. Balanced his reputation as team primadonna by consistently turning in good performances. Would frequently turn up to training wearing (-shirts from Mothercare. Jeremy The Mouth' Gaylor. Known for giving cheek to the other team, the ref, his own team, the spectators... anything that would sit still for long enough. David 'Prankmaster' Knight. Thought he could play in the back row, but was exhausted simply by walking down to the field; formed a Pranking Partnership with James Cannie, dedicated to embarrassing Year 11s and disrupting Mr. Jones' sessions as much as possible. Pranks included removing the shorts from an unaware player and doing cross-field kicks during games of touch. Although it may not seem so, the team trained hard and played harder, allowing us to have a great time for the whole year. We would like to thank Mr. Jones on behalf of the team, and Laurent and James would like to extend their apologies for any 'questionable' decisions made Back Row: Andrew Gibb, Ram Menon, Martin Verheij, James Cannie, Tomos Roderick, David Knight. during our time this year. Middle Row: Mr. A. Jones, Ashley De Beer, Anooshirawan Askarpour, Yong-Sup Shin, Adam Ellerby, Richard Westmacott, Karim Maher, Jeremy Gaylor, Many thanks, and good luck for next year. Front Row: James Corcoran, Nishath Nizar, Sean Gould, Laurence Frangie, Robert O'Kirwan, Matthew Middleton, Laurent Frangie and James Cannie 130 Dariush Homayoun.

ROUNDERS

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Following last season's success, Dubai College started this year's rounders season with positive enthusiasm. Each age group competes in a district tournament, which is hosted by Latifa School. The Senior Tournament, held in March saw some high standard performances. Laura Holden captained DC's team, comprising of Year 11, 12 and 13 students. Year lls; Sam Jones and Emma Lacey were fast and efficient as bowler and backstop. The team finished Runners up for the second successive year, losing to English College by 1 rounder! U-14 A&B Teams

DC's U-14 squad was divided into 'A' and 'B' teams. Anisha Seneratne was in charge of the 'B' team who finished in an impressive 5th position out of 10 teams. Anisha could be heard talking her players through each ball from miles around! Vanessa Hullon captained the 'A' team and led them to a convincing victory, winning each of their 9 games.

Sophie Coombes-Roberts led the U-12 team in their debut tournament on 2nd May. They had a nervous first game but soon found their feet and fielded excellently. Well done Kate Ashwell and Helena Agathangelou for some brilliant catches! The girls were beaten by 2 rounder in their first and penultimate games to finish in 3'd position. The girls later played a friendly match against JC. They can't wait for next year's season to begin! I was very impressed with the standard of captaincy of each DC team. The four captains, who instilled a keen competitive spirit within their team whilst playing fairly, led them impeccably. Another great season DC-well done!

Tournament Results 2006 Age-Group

Result

DC Player of Tournament

Senior

Runners Up

Laura Holden

U-14 a U-14 b

Winners 5th Place 3rd Place

Vanessa Hullon Anisha Seneratne Alex Ferguson

Year 7 Mrs. K. Kelleher

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Junior Football

This has been another incredibly successful season. Weekly practice sessions have once again witnessed around sixty boys (and girls!) turning up to hone their skills under the watchful eyes of the coaches. Senior students Nick, Darkish, Chris, Karim, Craig and Richard provided invaluable assistance particularly with the under 13 B squad while Mr. Evans gave watchful support all year. In a new venture this season, Mick Leonard from the Jebel Ali Soccer School also weighed in with professional guidance each week and there is no doubt that the individual skills of everyone who worked with him have improved considerably as a consequence. On the pitch the teams have played with a great deal of energy and endeavour. As the season has progressed so has the teamwork and understanding developed within each squad; success has been well merited, therefore. The under 13's began the season with a couple of victories in the knockout cup before Christmas but had to wait until the very final game of the year to regain the trophy in a hard fought final against Emirates International School played at the Rashid School. The under 13 League trophy was also reclaimed for the third time in four years in some style with a complete sweep of all matches; only the second time that the double has been achieved by DC in this age group. At the same time, the under 13B squad were proving to be equally hard to beat, their only loss a narrow one to DIA in their final match.

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The Gulf Unity Tournaments have been happy hunting grounds for DC teams in recent years in the various different age groups. The under 12 squad are always something of an unknown quantity as this is the first opportunity for them to play as a team each year. Brushing all opposition aside over the two days of competition they found themselves in the final against local rivals Jumeirah College and despite dominating the game throughout could not find a winning goal. Yet again parental nerves were stretched to the limit in the ensuing penalty shootout but it was DC who kept their cool to emerge victorious for only the second occasion, sweet revenge for the disappointment of being beaten in similar fashion by the same opponents last year! For the under 14's it was business as usual having first of all weathered an unexpected storm (literally!) and recovering from defeat in their first round robin match to Jordan to a last minute goal to end up as champions for the third year in a row by virtue of winning every other game. Football at this level continues to progress and there is every reason to be optimistic in the years ahead with a numnew ber of schools becoming involved in the schools football scene. This additional competition should help to improve the overall level of youth being football played in Dubai, hopefully DC will continue to be in the forefront for a long time to come! P.Flower

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2006 Under 12 Football

Back Row: Frank Ryan, Andrew Keenan, Jake Willet, Cyrus Edgar, Chris Burke, Ali Alami, Vincent Sterel, Harry Loakman, Conor Seabrook, Jamie Wallace. Front Row: Siddarth Choudhary, Sophie Armstrong, Daniel Hendry, James Capon, Nikhil Kanade, David Gowans (Captain), Toni Summers.

Under 13A Football

Back Row: Lucas Metaxas, Alex Milne, Tom Capon, Phelim Dunleavy, Josh Santos, Chris Burke, Sahil Tourani, Stephen Jones, Henry Morris, David Gowans, Front Row: Jamie Donovan, Matt Grayston, Ben Holmes, Scott Prior (Captain) James Capon, Nikhil Kanade, Ali Yousuf.

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Under 13B Football

Back Row: Robert Corkhill, Devin Clark, Ben Allison, Kyal Mapara, Steven Porter, Richard Jalili, Edward Otty. Front Row: Shaun Ayrton, Nirmal Nandwani, Josh Allison, Elliott Denham, Alex Hollands. Absent: Stuart Allen, Alisdair Ferguson, Greig Ewen, Laytli Massoud, Jamie Eldridge.

Under 14 Football

Back Row: Jamie Shirlaw, Tom Kelly, Lewis Hammond, Robert Miller, Duncan Head, James Armstrong, Steven Porter, Josh Santos, Phelim Dunleavy. Front Row: Matt Grayston, Scott Prior, Vanessa Hullon, Jon Cottrell (Captain), Andrew Helsby, Lucas Metaxas, Jamie Donovan.

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0—0 7—0

0—0

St Christophers School Bahrain Fursan (U12) Dharan Fawzia Kuwait

Jumeirah College

2— 1

1—0 4—0

4—0

Jumeirah College Fawzia Kuwait

NES Kuwait

T T

St Christophers Bahrain Naseem Bahrain Fursan Dharan

2—1

4—0

0-1 3—0

ALL Jordan IKNS Bharain

T T

Jon Cottrell Andrew Helsby. Duncan Head 2, Steven Porter Scott Prior, Duncan Head, Jon Cottrell James Armstron

Jon Cottrell, Andrew Helsby, James Armstrong Tom Kelly, Jon Cottrell, Lucas Metaxas, James Armstrong Vanessa Hullon, James Armstrong Jon Cottrell, James Armstrong

James Johnson

1—0

Doha College

Cyrus Edgar

Harry Loakman (lost I — 3 on pens: James Capon)

Nikhil Kanade

Cyrus Edgar, James Capon

Sidharth Choudhary Nikhil Kanade Vincent Sterel

Harry Loakman 2, Jamie Wallace 2 Conor Seabrook 2, Frank Ryan Won 4 — 2 on penalties: Conor Seabrook

Under 14

Under 13

Under 12

Roll

Dubai International Academy

English College

F F

English College

Jumeirah College

Josh Allison 2, Ben Allison 2, Steven Porter Andrew Keenan, Edward Ottey Ben Allison

Josh Allison 3. Steven Porter, Alex Milne Elliott Denham. Alisdair Ferguson Josh Allison2 Alex Hollands Alex Milne. Steven Porter Jamie Wallace Cyrus Edgar 2 Alisdair Ferguson Andrew Keenan

James Capon

Scott Prior, Stephen Jones 2, Alex Milne James Capon

Nikhil Kanade, Scott Prior, Alex Milne

Scott Prior, Chris Burke, Matt Grayston. Stephen Jones Nikihil Kanade, Jamie Donovan, Lucas Metaxas 2. Matt Grayston Chris Burke 2

James Capon 2, Chris Burke. Ali Youscf Chris Burke, Lucas Metaxas

Gulf Unity Champions

Dubai Schools Cup Winners

Dubai Schools League Champions

Gulf Unity Champions

Of Honour

1—2

7 —2

7—0

1—0

4—2 1—0

Rashid School Choueifat School Dubai Emirates International School

3—0

2 —1

5—0

4—0

Cambridge International School Jumeirah College

Emirates International School English College

CUP Final

L L

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1—1

1—0

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Final

2—0

6—0

NES Kuwait

Jumeirah Primary School Dubai International Academy Emirates International School JESS Ranches

3—0

IKNS Bahrain

T T

3 —2

ALL Jordan

2—1

Rashid School

CUP

Jamie Wallace. Cyrus Edgar, Sophie Armstrong Harry Loakm an 3, Andrew Keenan 2 Frank Ryan

2—1

Fursan (u 1 I) Dharan

Lucas Metaxas 3, Scott Prior,

8—0

English College

CUP

Nikhil Kanade, Chris Burke

4— I

Lucas Metaxas, James Capon

2—0

Jumeirah College

David Gowans, Nikhil Kanade, Chris Burke

Chris Burke 2 James Capon 2 Jake Willet Conor Seabrook 2 Andrew Keenan Nikhil Kanade 3. Andrew Keenan

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Emirates International School (Meadows) BIS Jeddah

JUNIOR FOOTBALL RESULTS 2005-2006

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Final Playing Records 2005-2006

Under 12

Under 13 A Under 13 B

Under 14

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

10 4

10 3

0 0

0 1

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Goals scored 38

Goals against 5

Goals scored 32 26

Goals against 4 5

Goals scored 21

Goals against 3

Goal Scorers No of Goals

Under 12

8 7

6 5 4 3 2

Under 13 Under 13 B

Under 14

Lucas Metaxas Josh Allison Nikhil Kanade, Harry Loakman Chris Burke, Conor Seabrook Andrew Keenan James Capon, Jamie Wallace Cyrus Edgar Frank Ryan

Jake Willet, David Gowans Sophie Armstrong

Chris Burke, James Capon Scott Prior

Jon Cottrell, James Armstrong

Stephen Jones Steven Porto; Ben Allison Matt Grayston, Nikhil Kanade Alex Milne Alex Milne, Ahsdair Ferguson Cyrus Edgar, Andrew Keenan Ali Yousuf, Jamie Donovan Elliot Denham, Alex Hollands Jamie Wallace,Edward Ottey

Duncan Head Andrew Helsby

James Johnson, Lucas Metaxas Vanessa Hullon, Scott Prior Tom Kelly, Steven Porter

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Intermediate Football

A new season and a new challenge! We had to cope with the inevitable

skills were negated and we ground out a resounding 3-0 win. Sweet revenge!!

but we had done enough, winning 4 and losing only the final match. We emerged

changing of the guard as a new year com-

We finished our long season with

as champions of the 2005-6 season so

menced. We lost the leadership and mid-

a 'derby' against Choueifat Dubai. It was

congratulations go to everyone on the

field presence of Ali, the solidness of

always going to be a tough match but it

team.

Louis at the back and both James and

was made tougher on the day. Rob Durie

A few players deserve special

Rory upfront so we knew it was going to

a key midfield player was injured so we

mention. Thanks to Ben Thompson who

be a tough season. However, as usual,

were lacking some presence in midfield.

bravely stepped in to play as goalkeeper,

emerging talent from the year below

Ben Thompson our one and only goal-

a thankless task at time. David Hillier per-

assured us it wasn't going to be as bad as

keeper was absent and it was too late for

formed solidly throughout the season pro-

we thought.

the match to be postponed! This meant

viding much needed confidence at center

we would have to have a member of the

back understandably feeling pressured at

With our coaches Mr. Mcllveen and Mr. Clark we started our training sessions. The first few sessions included the ever-popular running drills "to improve our fitness" and "get over the summer." Whatever you say Mr. Mac. Anyway after picking the team we started training as a unit and begun getting our positions sorted. We started the season with a first round cup match against Cambridge. We went into the game brimming with confidence only to be outplayed on an unfamiliar, hard, bouncy Astroturf pitch by a few very skilful individuals. We lost 3-2. A shock to all concerned. We now only had the league to concentrate on. We started with a game against English College, the old rivals. With Mr. Mcllveen insisting on playing the 3-5-2 formation "to win the game in midfield' we quickly went 3-0 up only for our lead to be clawed back to 3-3 by half time. A sign of the fragile and unfamiliar formation perhaps!

Nevertheless we

powered ahead in the second half, using our new found superior fitness, to a resounding 7-3 victory.

Next came

Rashid School. A tight first half quickly faded and again we maintained our discipline and shape, kept patient and were rewarded with a 3-1 victory. A further solid 3-1 victory against EIS followed. Next we had to face Cambridge and we were out to prove a point. Despite some success using the 3-5-2 we resumed a more comfortable 4-4-2 formation and, playing at home on a grass pitch, their 138

team in goal, which was problematic

times when playing 3-5-2. Jon Cottrell

because we had no natural keepers. The

emerged as a real talent and will be sure

whole situation was rescued by Ross

to leave his mark next year. Robert Durie

Gould who volunteered to go in goal after

captained the side with quiet confidence

playing at the weekend in JFL (his debut

throughout the season and must be con-

appearance in goal). It was a tight match

gratulated for his efforts throughout the

and we always had that feeling of nerv-

year.

ousness about our new goalkeeper. We ended up losing 1-0, the difference being

Thanks to Mr. Mcllveen and Mr.

a spot of individual skill from their star

Clark for their intense half time talks,

player but we played well considering the

coaching and everything else in between.

circumstances and the goal was at no

Oh and good luck to Mr. Motivator in his

fault of the keeper. As it happens this was

new school from everyone on the team

Rob Legnar's first loss for Dubai College

and thanks for another great season.

in his four years here at DC! Greg Smith should have made it 1-1 but the long grass ensured his left foot power drive from one yard didn't make it to the goal line. The season ended with a whimper

David Hillier 10 MC

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This year the First XI was captained by Nick Morgan and consisted predominantly of Year 11s and 12s. It was the lack of experience this young squad had that meant we did not realise our full potential this season, although we did win the league again. It was a season where we did well, but not as well as we could have, and should have done.

pick up 3 points with a win against IKNS late on the first day with a 2-0 win. A revised centre back pairing of Sean Gould and Tomos Roderick meant our defence was tightened up for the second day of matches. This worked well as we won our next 2 games 6-0, exacting revenge on EC in the process with Nick Morgan scoring 4 times in a stunning team performance.

Our first game as a team was against ASD and Rory Macdonald stepped up to the mark scoring 2 good goals in a convincing 4-0 victory. We then went on to play Middlesex University, where their physical strength cancelled out our footballing superiority and the game ended all square at 11 with James Corcoran scoring his one and only goal of the season.

We had one more game against Naseem School from Bahrain, which would decide Cyprus' opponents in the final. Going down 1-0 early on to a goal on the counter-attack sparked DC into life. We had piled on the pressure, dominating possession, and position, but just couldn't find the back of the net. The Naseem players sensed their lead was in danger and turned to other means of winning. The game ended up with 4 red cards and a very unsavoury post match celebration from a lucky Naseem team. All credit goes to the DC team who managed to show great restraint and did not rise to their opponent's bait.

The next game saw most of our season end before it had started. We were paired with EC for tough first round tie in the cup, and on a very hot Wednesday afternoon we paid the price for poor organisation, and lack of passion. The game started off terribly with 4 of our key players not being there for kick off due to them returning late from an off campus PE assessment. One of these was our goalkeeper Andy Gibb. We were hurt early on going down 3-1 within 10 minutes. However, we managed to scrape it back to 3-3 with good goals from Rob Dude and Karim Maher by half time. Then the heat took its toll on us and we were finally beaten 5-3, and out of the cup at the first hurdle. As much as the Cup exit hurt, we could not let it get us down so we had to concentrate on the League. Good games against the Old Boys, EIS and Cambridge set us up for the crunch game of the league against a strong JC side. We came out of the blocks with a quick start, and went 2-0 up through Nick Morgan. They managed to claw one back, so the score was 2-1 at the break. However, in the second half we showed the passion that was missing from the EC game, and stormed on to a convincing 42 win to consolidate a good start to our League campaign. A disappointing friendly draw against the touring Doha side preceding a draw against an EC team who were quickly becoming our Achilles heel this season, set us up with an away fixture at Rashid that has proved difficult in the past. It was not to be the case this time around as we dazzled them with top class football. We showed supreme strength of character to come from 1-0 down to go into half time 2-1 ahead with 2 goals from Nick Morgan. Then we really turned up the heat with Dane Sedgwick scoring a hat trick (albeit from a combined distance of 9 yards), Ali Fortune scoring a fine strike, and Nooshi Askapour rounding off an excellent team move. Chris Phillips and James Cannie also contributed greatly to the result with tireless effort. The final score, a well deserved 7-1 victory. The last game of the league season saw us lose 3-2 to Choueifat Dubai in a tough match. After going 2-0 down we managed to get back into the game through 2 Nick Morgan goals to make it all square. However, we were unable to add another to our tally and were punished for losing concentration at a corner by conceding with only 3 minutes to spare. This season we also took part in the Gulf Unity Cup and came 3rd in the Senior category. We started the tournament badly with an early morning loss to the Dubai Diamonds, and our situation didn't improve as we went down 2-1 to Cyprus in a bad tempered match. However, we managed to

We have also been participating in a 5-a-side adult's league all year at the Dubai Country Club. There was a main backbone of the team consisting of Nick Morgan, Andy Gibb, Ali Fortune, Rob Dude, James Corcoran, Sean Gould and Rory MacDonald, with people like Nooshi Askapour, Daniel Smith, Dane Sedgwick, Jordan Dawson and Karim Maher among others helping us out when needed. We mainly hung around Divisions 2 and 3, with the occasional foray into the first division where we showed we could mix it with the best of them. Our main problem this year was consistency, but I think that this good young team will have gained a lot from this year in terms of experience. We have shown that we can play football of the highest order, we just need to produce it on a more regular basis. Thank you to Mr. Crist for taking time out of his schedule to coach for us, and referee from time to time. Also, thank you to Mr. Greenhow for refereeing our matches. It is a job no one relishes. Good luck to the team for next year. See you at the Old Boys game! Nick Morgan Scorers: 19 Nick Morgan Rory MacDonald 7 6 Dane Sedgwick 4 Rob Dude Craig Wilson 3 2 Nooshi Askapour 2 Ali Fortune 1 Karim Maher James Corcoran 1 1 Omi Goal

ASD 4-0 Middlesex University 1-1 Old Boys 2-2 Doha 1-1 EC 3-5 (Cup) EIS 3-1 (League) JC 4-2 (League) Cambridge 2-1 (League) EC 2-2 (League) Rashid 7-] (League) Choeifat 2-3 (League) Gulf Unity

EC 6-0 Dubai Diamonds 0-2 IKNS 2-0 Cyprus 1-2 Naseem 0-1 Someone 6-0

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Girls Football Under 16 Gulf Unity Champions 2006

Gulf Unity Cup March 2006 U16 Team celebrating after winning the penalty shootout The tournament was split into 2 groups of 5 teams that played each other in a round robin form. The league table at the completion of the first stage was: Dubai College Al Ain ESS BS Muscat ABS Dubai IA

Vanessa Hullen

P 4 4 4 4 4

D 0 0 0 0 0

L 0 1 2 3 0

Pts 12 9 6 3 0

F 15 4 7 3 0

A 0 3

Diff +15 +1

11 11

-8 -11

Having won the group stage Dubai College moved into the final by beating Al Bayan School from Bahrain by two goals to nil. At this stage, we had already won the schools tournament because our opponents in the final were Shamal, who are a club team from Dharan in Saudi Arabia. The final was always going to be a close affair and when Shamal scored very early on from a dubious penalty the team had it all to do. In the last ten minutes, we threw everything at Shamal but apart from a couple of half chances it did not look like we would be able to equalise. However, we do not give up and Laura Reader went down the right wing and somehow chipped the goalkeeper to equalise with the last kick of the match. A draw was probably the right result but there has to be a winner so we went into a penalty shoot out. This was a tense affair with Shama! taking an early lead before we prevailed 5-4. Natalie Cottrell was outstanding in the shootout saving three penalties.

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Elizabeth Thomas

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The school entered two teams in the Emirates International 7-a-side tournament. The A team consisted of: Maria Daoud (IIJB) Emilene Parry (I IJC) Vanessa Hullon (9J1) Laura Reader (9VH) Elizabeth Thomas (I OKS) Lena Rodgers (IOMC) Lara Daoud (9KK) Jessica Graham (9DL)

Eleanor Smith playing for Senior 'A' team

The 'A' team won every game without conceding a single goal. They kept the best to last winning the final 5-0. Player of the tournament was shared. Elizabeth Thomas and Vanessa Hullon were both outstanding all day long. The B squad (mainly year 8) was Bechan Parry (8DG) Lois Britnor (8S0) Zara De Belder (81(D) Lana Neil (8S0) Sophie McAdam Clark (8SS) Zara Thornberry (8SS) Shreya Radia (10BV) Charlie Beth-Hynes (IOAD)

ll is good to win competition, Samantha Jones and Catrina Salisbury playing for the Senior 'A' team

The `EV team reached the semi-finals and were eliminated by a single goal in a penalty shoot-out Dubai College also entered two teams in the Senior EIS competition. Unfortunately, the competition clashed with the Gulf netball tournament and some players were missing. Even so both teams played very well with the `A' team finishing third overall. Senior players were: Natassia Young Victoria Legnar Marjolijn Zwanepol Mille Haugnaess Eleanor Smith Samantha Jones Catrina Salisbury Emma Lacey Amy Steptoe Ania Kubow Amy Walker Emily Morris Victoria Metaxas May Ling Nuttman Philippa Seika Lucy Steptoe Louise Aiken

but the real success story is that 41 girls have played football for the school this academic year

U15 EIS 7's Champions

Maria Daoud, Emilene Parry, Lara Daoud, Elizabeth Thomas, Vanessa Hullon, Lena Rodgers (Capt.), Laura Reader, Jessica Graham

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JUNIOR BOYS' BASKETBALL

Back row: Mr. D. Giles, Alex Snaas, Phelim Dunleavy, Matt Grayston, Kyal Mapara, Dinesh Chugani. Front row: James Mulvaney, Bilal Khan, Charles Barsaga, Jonathan Caddick. I was delighted to be selected for the boys under 13 basketball team along with:- Kyle (tall rebounder), Matt (great all rounder), Alec (ball carrier), Lloyd (great defensive player), Phelim (great defensive player), Charles (class defender), Jonathan (ball carrier), Bilal (the main man), Dinesh (what game are we playing?), James (which end am I shooting?) and Sava (ran around a lot). During the season, which started in September, we played a variety of Dubai's Secondary Schools in a Basketball league, which included J.C., EIS (Jumeirah), Choueifat, Rashid School, EIS (Meadows), Cambridge, and Wellington. We played 7 games and won 2, against EIS (Meadows), and J.C. The league was won by Cambridge High School but DC finished a very creditable 4th place. Our team and coaches were delighted. We also played in a basketball tournament at Rashid School, which we all enjoyed very much, although we didn't play very well! Our player of the season was Matt who really held the team together and scored a lot of our baskets. I also played well and I will play next year in the Under 13 team because I am only in Year 7. I would like to thank Mr. Giles and Mr. Woolley for coaching the team this year and taking us to all our fixtures. I hope we do even better next year. I would like to emulate our senior boys' team who won their league this year for only the second time. Jamie Wallace

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InteRmebiace Boys' Basketball Going into the new season was going to be very tough as we had lost the majority of our league-winning team due to them moving on up into the seniors. We had only three players from the team last year, however after some intense sessions in pre-season we discovered some new talent emerging from both Year 9 and Year 10. With this new squad we embarked on our journey unaware of what was to come. We went into the new season with a vague idea of the skill levels of our opponents, and with the knowledge that we would not be playing Ghoueifat Sharjah. Moving swiftly on, we kicked off the season with a match against Rashid School. We started the season in great fashion beating them by 20+ points. We also had strong results against JC, Wellington, and more notably against EIS, our previous rivals. We seemed to beat them with ease as we had our best game of the season. The score was 38-22 thanks to a great performance by Rafae Ali and the rest of the team. Over the season we played 7 league games and won 4. Our points difference for the season was +19. One of the highlights of the season was a tournament at Rashid School, competing with schools we had met in the league. Due to this we ended up playing against our new arch rivals Cambridge twice in a day, after playing them only a week before. We lost to them in the group stages, but with lifting experiences against the other teams we made it into the final, only to be faced with Cambridge, again. With some inspiration from our coach, we each knew what we had to do. Unfortunately my job was manmarking the "beast" (the seemingly 7ft. monster was the key to the success of Cambridge in the previous games) and it was my job to try and shut him out. The other members of the team did their respective jobs of keeping our zone defence tight, forcing Cambridge to change their style of play. After a great performance we... came second, again, for the third time in Back row: James Johnson, David Hillier, Talal Al-Nawab, Rahul Kanade, Hassan Alsam, the season. On the other hand, we Matt Corcos, Charles Wild. could draw many positives from Front row: Oskar Caneborg, Anay Dave, Bryan Pereira, Rafae Ali, Duncan Head, that final. We cut their lead down Matthew Santos. to 1 point from a previous drubbing earlier on, we could have even snatched a win but they had possession in the last 30 seconds. On the whole I am proud to say that 'my' team played with true spirit and determination so a big thank you for making those trips after school and being available to play. We seemed to improve and progress as the season went on, apart from a bad result against EIS meadows. (Thanks Raf!) Another big thank you goes to Mr. Woolley for coaching and organizing. This season wouldn't have been as enjoyable, or successful for that matter, if it wasn't for you.

Congratulations to everyone on a strong second place, just behind a seemingly unbeatable Cambridge team. David Hillier

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SENIOR BOYS' BASKETBALL This year was a great year for Dubai College Basketball, the team finished the season as Dubai Champions for the second time in the history of Dubai College. A glass trophy was presented to us at the end of the season. Out of the 8 schools we played against in the league, we beat 7 and lost only to our neighbours,

Choueifat

School. Against some schools we managed to win by more then 30 points, which was truly amazing considering how long the games lasted. Four of the games were played at Dubai College where large crowds of supporters gathered to watch the games, and the other four games

Back row: Mr. M. Woolley, Rohit Java, Martin Verheij, Igor Djordjevic, James Cannie, â?‘avid Fernandes, Mrs. L. Nowacki. Front row: Rehan AU, Shehmir Shaikh, Rahul Devnani, Siddarth Cidambi, Dariush Homayoun.

were played away, and throughout the season we remained in high spirits and played not only to win, but also to impress, which we did! Our final points difference for the season was +60. The team was coached by Mr. Woolley, and Mrs. Nowacki, without whom we would never have played so well as a team, or in fact won the league. We played a tournament at Rashid School where six schools competed for first place. The games lasted only 10 minutes so it was very fast paced, and to add to the spirit of basketball there were televisions, which played videos from the NBA. Dubai College managed to get to the finals by beating all the teams, but unfortunately lost in the final to Rashid School by one basket only. The final was a spectacular game, where both sides played to a superb standard. Although Rashid beat us in the finals of the tournament, we outdid them in a full league game played at Dubai College the following week, which was a much needed victory. As the captain of Dubai College senior basketball team I would like to thank the coaches, the spectators and of course the rest of the team for their commitment and quality of play. It has been a fantastic year for DC boys basketball, and I wish next year's team all the best! Igor Djordjevic, 13AP

GIRLS' JUNIOR BASKETBALL

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Back Row: Sian Hobbs, Charlotte Cameron, Hannah Flower, Clare Thompson, Mrs. M. Mayo. Front Row: Lois Britnor, Natasha Daoud, Amy Bishop, Zara Thornberry, Kim Boshoven. Absent: Bechan Parry, Harriet Midwood, Yekta Gerami-Tajabadi.

GIRLS' INTERMEDIATE BASKETBALL Basketball season kicked off this year with Mrs. Nowacki announcing that tryouts would be held for Year 9 and 10 girls who wanted to join the under-15 basketball squad this year. After an hour of running lengths of the sports hall while bouncing balls, the team was chosen. In Year 9 Nicola, Fatima, Vanessa, Farah, Kayleigh, Melanie, Jemma, Megan, Rachel, Tanya, Nina, Karina, Olivia and Sarah made the team while in Year 10 Nida, Natalie, Gabby, Shreya, Liz, Ellie, Maya and Emily were selected. The team was different for every game. This meant that everybody could learn from die rest of the team, and have loads more fun! Enough fun, in fact, to win lots of games. We beat: EIS Jumeirah (21-20) Cambridge (28-22) EIS Meadows (15-4) and Wellington (20-4). The most exciting by far being the EIS jumeirah game. Back Row: Karina Takapi-Lambert, Nida Leeuwenburgh. Both teams were very evenly matched and Middle Row: Elizabeth Thomas, Olivia Lochhead, Nicola Blincow, the lead changed hands constantly during Kayleigh McKee, Fatimah El-Rashid. the match, but we managed to gain the Front Row: Megan Jones, Vanessa Hullon, Farah Hertog, Shreya Radia, Jemma Gardner. lead late in the second half and cling onto it until the end. were undefeated, but with 8 points to their 10 the marWe lost to JC (3-13) and to Chouiefat Dubai (6-14), but gin is not impossible. Roll on next year. in these games we also learned an important lesson â€” why humans (and especially annoyed basketball players) It has been a very enjoyable experience for the team, have elbows. parents, supporters and let's hope the coach enjoyed it too! Congratulations to everyone who was involved. This season has been full of fun and excitement, lots of success and a really tiny bit of losing. We were runners Melanie Sprengers 9 jM up in the league to JC, who had a very strong side and 145

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Type

Venue

League League League League Friendly League Friendly Friendly Tournament Friendly Tournament Friendly Tournament Friendly Friendly

home home away away away home away away

Jumeirah College English College Emirates International School Choueifat School Dubai American School Dubai Cambridge International School Dubai American Academy Al Mawakeb School Barsha

Won Won Lost \Von Lost Won Lost Won

32 — 10 30 — 12 24 — 39 33 — 12 8 — 52 47 — 10 21 — 38 16-5

away

Rawdha High School Beirut

Lost

20 — 23

away

Al Mawakeb School Garhoud

Won

17 — 15

home home

Doha College Dubai American Academy

Lost Won

14 — 19 28 — 21

Opponents

Result

Score

Overall playing record

Ganes played 12

Won 7

Lost 5

Points scored 290

Points conceded 256

The senior girls' basketball team has enjoyed a great deal of success this year. The highlight, undoubtedly, was winning the Dubai Schools' Basketball League for the second time by virtue of completing all fixtures; this in spite of losing to EIS, a game where DC just could not buy a basket. Under Laura and Pippa's astute leadership, combined with regular attendance to weekly practice sessions, the girls have gradually honed their skills to become formidable opposition to almost every school team that they have encountered this season. Tenacious defence and an extremely effective fast breaking offence have been the cornerstones upon which success has been built. Every member of the squad has contributed during the course of the year either with vital interceptions or match winning baskets. Outside of these games, a large number of friendly matches, including taking on the American schools at their own sport, have enabled the girls to improve their technique. The Friday afternoon spent at Al Mawakeb School also gave the girls the chance to take on overseas opposition from Lebanon (a real shame that this thoroughly enjoyable afternoon was marred slightly by Bethan's unfortunate knee injury; get fit quick for next year Bethan!) Maria will doubtless remember that day for the family support she received! While some of the team will be moving on to pastures new and will certainly be missed, the future is indeed rosy if this progress can be maintained.

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Back Row: Bethan Jones, Jenny Adamson, Vicky Pletts. Middle Row: Mrs. L. Nowacki, Sam Jones, Maria Daoud, Vicky Legnar, Natalie Cottrell, Hayley Leeman, Mr. P. Flower. Front Row: Jasmine Lindstrom, Becky Perkins, Laura Holden (Captain), Pippa Turner, Marjolyn Zwanepol.

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Year 7 Netball 2006

Under 12 A Team Winners of Inter School Netball Tournament DC under 12 A and B Teams The Year 7 netball team has been very successful this year and has won plenty of events! We have had loads of fun as well as working really hard! The Year 7 'A' team did extremely well and won the league without losing a single match. The DC 'B' team, did well and finished in a promising third position. We all worked hard and managed to do lots of great team work to ensure we won. Dubai College held a tournament where we had two teams playing, 'A' and 'B'. Sixteen teams, from plenty of different schools, played in this tournament and there was a lot of support. In one match, DC 'A' had to play DC 'B' and that was a good game but not too competitive and we all had a laugh! DC 'A' won but it was very close. Dubai College 'A' team got into the final and had a great victory over JC, winning the tournament! DC 'B' also did well and came 3rd. Natasha Daoud, who played Goal Shooter for the 'A' team throughout the tournament, shot amazingly well and practically never missed a shot. The judges recognised this and made her player of the tournament! Well-done Natasha! The netball season was over after that so we just played the odd friendly. We played quite a few against JESS Ranches who kept on inviting us back so then they could gain a victory, but a mighty Dubai College team, never let them win! We have all really enjoyed netball in year 7 and can't wait until Year 8 netball starts! Thank to everyone who has coached us! Sophie Armstrong and Kate Ashwell

Year 7A Netball Team

Back Row: Danielle Bolton, Clare Thompson. Front Row: Sophie Armstrong, Genna Daya. Alex Ferguson, Natasha Daoud, Sophie Coombes-Roberts. Absent: Helena Agathangelou.

Year 7B Netball Team

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This year netball has been the best ever! We have had a great time and loads of fun. It has been an eventful year for us. From everyone being able to become captain to netball tournaments and awaiting the results of the netball league. We started off playing against a British team from the North of England. They were a very good team to get us ready for netball again after the summer break. We played hard and this paid off as we won the match. It was a fun and excit-

Back Row: Sophie Balding, Penny Hook. Middle Row: Amy Bishop, Zara Thornberry, Zara de Belder, Hannah Flower, Mrs. E. Adamson. Front Row: Lois Britnor, Charlotte Cameron, Sian Hobbs, Olivia Withers, Lana Neil. Absent: Clarissa Ebdon, Sara Zatra-Shuker, Harriet Midwood, Madhu Suresh, Bechan Parry.

ing game; everyone loved their

of that league. For most of the match we played well

accents, and their personalities! After the match we

and were in the lead, but in the last minutes JC came

were geared up to play more matches against more

back and drew the score 14 — 14.

teams.

As we waited a couple of weeks, we were As we raced up the Year 8 netball league

anxious to find out who had won the league. We later

table, we played with determination and everyone put

received the news that we had won the league! We

great enthusiasm into our matches. We worked

were joyous about our success and jumped around a

together as a real team, which is what made this year

great deal!

so amazing.

Players of the season:

We played JC A, JC B, JESS, DBS, EC and we played each other (DC A and DC B). We were

A Team — Sian Hobbs and Charlotte Cameron. B Team — Lana Neil and Hannah Flower.

invited to a netball tournament held at JESS Ranches

We would like to thank everyone who has

where we played extremely well. The B team battled

helped us this year. Thank you to the team for all their

hard and finished 5th place. The A team won all their

efforts and last but not least thank you to Mrs.

group games and went into the final against JC A. We

Adamson for coaching us and making us a great

all tried our hardest, but unluckily we lost by one point

team.

(7-8). So at the end of this tournament we finished as worthy runners up. After this tournament we had a small break, then went on to play against the JC A team to decide the winner

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Amy Bishop 8S0 and Olivia Withers 8SS

Under 14 Netball This year's netball season has been a great one with many funny moments, pressured moments, and moments, which were so hard to tolerate. Although we did not come top in the table we still played brilliantly and finished in 2nd place. At the beginning of the season JESS Arabian Ranches hosted a netball tournament, and the Year 8 and 9 students joined forces hoping for a victory to start of the netball season. The A squad made their way to the finals, after just beating EC in the semi-finals. In the finals we came face to face with the JC A squad, and the pressure mounted as the game was coming to an end with the scores still tied. In the end JC went on to win by only one goal! DC were worthy but disappointed runners up! FUNNY NETBALL MOMENTS! •

Fatimah's accidental '3 cheers for JC' whilst playing EC.

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Farah's continuous tripping over her own feet, and falling flat on her face 5 times in our first match of the season.

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Karina's constant fighting with her opponents. Netball's a non- contact sport Karina!

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Olivia's get-out-of-my-way move when trying to get the ball.

•

Back Row: Olivia Lochhead, Megan Jones, Nikita Patel, Lara Daoud, Mrs. E. Adamson. Front Row: Farah Hertog, Anisha Senaratne, Karina Takapi-Lambert, Fatimah El-Rashid, Vanessa Hullo. Absent: Rhian Turner, Naomi Thompson.

Anisha accidentally throwing the ball into a girl's face, and at the end of the match apologizing to her twin sister by mistake.

Congratulations go to the whole team, who have played exceptionally well throughout the season. We have all greatly enjoyed this season and would like to say thank you to Mrs. Adamson for all her hard work. We couldn't have done it without you!!! Farah Hertog (9CJ) and Fatimah El-Rashid (9KK)

Under 15 Netball

Back Row: Mrs. M. Mayo, Liz Thomas, Eloise Rowe, Nupur Mohan. Front Row: Charlie-Beth Hynes, Iva Stefanovic, Nida Leeuwenburgh, Alexa Soar, Shreya Radia. Absent: Ellie Davidson, Neha Choudhary, Shannon Palmer.

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U16 NETBALL This year, 1_116 netball was very eventful. Although the team were not able to play in the league, we made the most of the season by organising friendly matches against other schools. Training alongside the Y JO team became a highlight of the week as we had a lot of fun and learned loads about techniques and tactics. Our first matches were at JC. The combination of training hard and laughing was obviously a good one as we beat the JC Y1 1 team i3 — 12 and the JC Y to team 9 — 6. In the next we drew against Cambridge 13 — 13 carelessly letting go of the lead in the dying seconds, but bounced back with a 13 — 1 win over the Dubai British School.

Back Row: Hannah Corcoran, Tane Pickering, Maya Srivastava, Mrs. M. Mayo. Front Row: Kelsey Neil, Sarah Tonna, Emma Lacey, Charlotte Clarke, Catrina Salisbury. Absent: Sarah Eldridge.

We went to the U16 tournament at JC in good spirits. The result didn't really convey how well we played, as even though we came in 5th position we were always within 5 goals of the oppostion. There were memorable moments, including a certain Y10 saying, "We beat the Y 1 1 every time we play them in training so this should he easy". When the 2 teams faced each other for the play off the end result was 10 — 9 to the Yi — HA! Overall everyone in the team has made a valuable contribution this season. Maya and her height in defence against the Cambridge giants; Hannah's intimidating `lean'; Cat's endless energy; Charlie and Jane mastering the centre court with their non stop running and unbeatable C pass combinations (the same one every time but no-one noticed!); Sarah and Kelsey hardly missed a shot between them, and Captain Emma bounced around the court intercepting everything....and managed to keep her feet under control. Well done everyone and a big thank you to Mrs. Mayo. Most improved player: Kelsey Neil Player of the season: Emma Lacey 150

Emma and Sarah

DESERT CATS I We began the season in division one very anxiously. After losing many valuable players our new team had to work very hard in an attempt to live up to the high standard of netball that had been demonstrated by the previous year's desert cats team and that we did! After many strenuous training sessions and 'fastrack' twice a week, forced upon us by our ever-caring PE department, we began the season admirably. The more games played, the better our skills and cooperation became, however we realised it wasn't going to be easy. After losing to the top four teams but still gaining half points in the matches, we went on to beat two other teams, one being the 'Bacardi Breezers' who, before then, had never been relegated from division one. Therefore, we managed to retain our place in the division for the next season ahead.

Back Row: Victoria Legnar, Bethan Jones, Rebecca Perkins, Maria Daoud, Natalie Cottrell, Mrs. M. Mayo. Front Row: Jenny Adamson, Laura Holden, Pip Turner, Hayley Leeman, Clare Gaskell. Absent: Mrs. Kelleher.

As proof of our ability, 8 of the 10 Desert Cats team members were selected to represent Dubai in the Inter-gulf Championships hosted by Abu-Dhabi. Facing top teams from across the Middle-East, Dubai 'C' did extremely well by going on to win the plate. However, the weekend wasn't just taken up by netball...you know what we mean girls ? You make me feel like dancing, I wanna dance the night away! The socials held by your dear captain and vice were a real success with many eventful moments including Laura hiding in a cardboard box in an attempt to imitate a Christmas present! The younger players did not let us oldies down by partying far too much, you know who you are...ahem Kate. The final season was just as enjoyable and demanding as the first and we completed it by breaking school netball history! After battling hard to stay up for the second time and succeeding, we are now known to be the first schoolgirl team in Dubai ever to remain in division one TWICE! A great finish to an excellent season well played cats!!! Natalie and Jenny... you two have a lot to live up to! ? Player of the season-Jennifer Adamson Most Improved Player-Laura holden By Pip Turner (captain) and Hayley Leeman (vice captain)

DESERT CATS 11 Following a long, relaxing summer, trials for both Desert Cats teams were as early as September and being thrown back onto the netball court was quite a shock for most of the team to begin with. Nevertheless, we started the netball season with high hopes and a great team spirit. Our first few games were challenging but after a few strenuous training sessions, we were ready for anything. Several new year 10 and 11 players joining the team strengthened our squad and gave us a strong sense of team spirit.

Back Row: Samantha Jones, Sanam Khanchandani, Victoria Pletts, Ellie Puni, Mrs. M. Mayo. Front Row: Stephanie King, Charlotte Epsom, Amy Steptoe, Kate Barnett, Jasmine Lindstrom. Absent: Mrs Kelleher, Victoria Metaxas.

With two seasons of ladies' league netball behind us it was obvious that we have all improved. Playing against new teams of school girls and adults has been a definite learning experience for all. What made this season the best out of all my years in Dubai College has to be however, the social events and team spirit associated with the Netball League. The final gala dinner of the year at the Movenpick Hotel speaks for itself and the night was one to remember by all!

We secured 3rd position in the league and I'm sure the next year's team will do Charlotte and I proud and achieve promotion into the second division. A big thank you goes out to Miss Mayo and Mrs. Kelleher for all their hard work and great advice! Finally, good luck to both teams next year and have a successful season! By Amy Steptoe (captain) and Charlotte Epsom (vice captain) Player of the Season- Kate Barnet Most Improved Player- Jasmine Lindstrom

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Junior Cricket enjoyed a very successful season. We started the year with some training sessions where we sharpened our fielding, batting and bowling skills. We practised in the nets often, and, oh yes, we played everyone's favourite game, the classic: DIAMOND CRICKET! The first real chance to show off our skills came in our first match this season on a bright and sunny Wednesday afternoon. Our two captains, Sahil and Usman, felt like the 'chosen ones' as they excitedly spent the few days before the match preparing and working out their strategies and tactics like real professionals. After an enthralling two hours of action-packed cricket in a 15-over match, Sahil's team, who were chasing a modest target, won convincingly. The highlight of the match though was Shaun Ayrton's innings. He blasted his way to a quick fire 47, smashing 6s and 4s all around the ground before Kabir caught him at the boundary. Soon after, to everyone's delight Mr. Lee announced that there was to be yet another match. The captains now were Eddie and Bilal. Nirmal and Sahll took two early wickets apiece to leave Bilal's team Back: Sahil Murat* Jake Willet, Mr. Lee, Abhishek Chandra, Bilal Ali, Duncan Head, Shahyan Dastur, like a sinking Jean-Michel Hurst, Anay Dave, Murtaza Kheriwala, Thomas Seabrook, Andrew Helsby, ship. Bilal, who Bryan Pereira, Lewis Hammond. led his team's Front: Amen Navani, Michael Robertson, Rutvij Merchant, Alisdair Ferguson, Shaun Ayrton, Nirmal Nandwani, Sohan Rodrigues. recovery with a captain's knock, was accompanied by fellow teammates Alisdair and Sameh. However, the final total was not daunting enough for Eddie's team as Rutvij, the more dominant, and Shaun shared an unbroken last wicket partnership of 25 runs to seal the victory. The final match of the season had a combined team of Year 8s and Year 7s against the Year 9s. Although underdogs, the junior cricket team tried to spark a surprise against the Year 9s but failed as they were convincingly beaten by a strong opponent. On behalf of the junior cricket squad, we would like to express our thanks to Mr Lee, and Mr Woolley who helped organise the matches and practice sessions. As it is our last year in junior cricket, we would like to wish best of luck to future junior cricketers. Nirmal Nandwani and Kabir Tourani 8RD

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INTERMEDIATE CRICKET 7AWNI2006

Hasan Morshed, Sahas Saigal, Thomas Seabrook, Craig Dymock, Bryan Pereira, Ben Thompson, Abhishek Chandra, Bilal Khan. Steve Fernando, Shalin Kataria, Chirag Mehra, Rafae Ali, Anish Gupta, Hassan Aslam

Intermediate Cricket 2005/2006 was an absolute, 100% success. The cricket season started after half term in October and the intermediate sessions were held every Tuesday with Mr. Woolley. Every week there would be a turnout of at least 30 people, from Year 9 and Year 10. Anyway, it was really good as everyone improved their game, and yes, even Sahas Saigal of 10AD, our tall, big and gangly fast bowler. The intermediates had one serious, intense and full on match against the seniors of the school. Hassan 'The Man' Aslam captained the underdogs (intermediates) while Rehan 'The Ray' Ali was skipper for the superfavourites (seniors). Now, all jokes aside...the intermediates THRASHED the seniors!!! Yep it's all true — well, the match was actually a nail-biting affair — but we out-classed the "weakened" senior team and won with just three deliveries to spare. Man of the match was awarded to Steve "The Sri Lankan" Fernando, who scored an amaaazing 43 runs NOT OUT which consisted of two sweet sixes and a few fours. All in all it was a great day for the intermediates, many of whom received threats and intimidation from the likes of Rehan Ali and Ashley De Beer for the week before the game!!!! Also, two quick-cricket matches were held between Year 9 & 10. The Year 9's convincingly beat the year 10's so well done to them! To add to the matches, we have come up with some humorous incidents that occurred during the season: • • • • • •

Sahas falling flat on his face during his run-up! Anish Bhatnagar getting a knock on the head from a straight hit by Matthew Turner while talking to Talal Al-Nawab about maths! Anish Bhatnagar picking up ANOTHER knock to his skull — this time top edging a delivery straight into his face whilst batting in the nets! Shalin Kataria not being able to keep the ball BELOW the net whilst bowling, (many times during the year!) Issam Ashur attempting to fit into pads that were almost the same size as him! And finally, Rafae Ali, running up to bowl almost starting from the boundary rope — and then bowling a no-ball!

Intermediate cricket this year has been great fun and we have all thoroughly enjoyed it (yes, even Bilal Khan stopped whinging for once). Many thanks to Mr. Woolley because he's really cool. Years 8 & 9 should really look forward to it next year, as we move on to bigger and better things in cricketing life — with the Seniors. Hassan Aslam and Steve Fernando Yr 10 163

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Senior Cricket Report 2005/06

Jordan Dawson, Ashley De Beer, Zain Hanif, Bernie Pereira, Shaun Seaman, Nikhil Walia, Hasan Morshed, Bilal Khan. Rafae Ali, Sahil Gandhi, Rehan Ali (Captain), Samee Siddique, David Bieleski, Shalin Kataria, Hassan Aslam. This year held many ups and downs for the senior squad but the overall commitment and dedication of the players was outstanding. There were many changes in the squad throughout the year due to a healthy number of cricketers turning up to practice sessions in order to make the team. Practice sessions were held twice a week and there was a mix of experienced players as well as those keen to learn the game from the basics. Many thanks must go to Mr. Woolley and Mr. Agent who took their own time to come and run these training sessions that were beneficial to all who attended. Our season started with a match against a depleted Darjeeling squad who failed to put up much of a fight. After being put in to bat, Darjeeling was skittled out for a mere forty three runs. In reply we chased down the runs with five overs and five wickets to spare thanks to the extras column that was awarded man of the match for being the top scorer! The senior squad took part in the Pepsi Challenge this year that showcased talent from all over the UAE, including members of the UAE under 19 nationals as well as the under 15 national team. Our first match in the knockout challenge was against the runners up of the previous year, the Pakistan School of Ajman. We knew our task would not be simple as we were playing against a group of talented Pakistanis, which is always a tough task. Nevertheless, we won the toss and elected to bat first and put up a relatively weak total of 105. Our bowlers could not offer enough resistance to bowl out the Pakistani school and as a result our total was chased down with three overs to spare at the loss of three wickets. This match, however, gained us vital experience and a lot was learnt from the loss, on which we can work for the following year. The penultimate match of the year for the senior squad was against the intermediate team of Dubai College. On behalf of the senior team I must admit this game was taken too lightly. After deciding to bat first we put up a modest 89 runs in our 20 overs but still thought the total would be enough to carry us through, however, Steve Fernando, deserves many congratulations on his superb innings, which ultimately lost us the game. His individual score of 43 allowed the intermediates to clinch the game in the final over with three wickets to spare. Nonetheless, the seniors were missing some vital members of the squad due to various reasons, such as Martin Verheij phoning Ashley two hours after the start of the match to ask, "Is the match today?" and Rohit Java tearing the ligaments in his ankle after deciding to jump off a three meter-high wall the night before. Yet it is a policy for the seniors not to make excuses for the loss and therefore we accept the defeat even though tile intermediates were lucky and we didn't have a fully fit squad. The final match of the year was a student/staff encounter in which we played against the 'Sand Dancers' who were led by Mrs. Mayo's husband. We chose to bat first and posted a healthy total of 165 in the allotted 20 overs thanks to some high-quality batting by Mr. Woolley and Matthew Middleton during the early stages and by Steve Fernando (making his senior debut) and Sahil Gandhi towards the ending avers of our innings. Nevertheless our hopes of winning were shattered due to a classy half century by Mr. Mayo which saw his team clinch the match off the final delivery of their allotted 20 overs. The game was played in high spirits with many laughs being shared between the teams. Special mentions much be made of Matthew Middleton for his superb work behind the stumps and his solid batting at the vital onedown position and to Hassan Aslam, who has been a good find as an opening batsman for the senior team. The top two batting averages this year were Rehan Ali (15.33) and Bernard Pereira (14.67) whilst the top two wicket takers were Sahil Gandhi (6) and Rehan Ali (6). The Senior Cricket XI 2005/06: Rehan Ali (captain), Rohit Java, Bernard Pereira, Hassan Aslam, Sahil Gandhi, Bilal Khan, Samee Siddiqui, Matthew Middleton, Martin Verheij, Ashley De Beer, Rafae Ali, Hassan Morshed, Saad Khan, Zain Flanif and Shaun Seaman. Behan Ali 11JB

PRIZE GIVING 2006

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Guest of Honour

Her Excellency Sheikha Lubna Bint Khaled Al Qassimi, Minister of Economy

Her Excellency Sheikha Lubna Bint Khaled Al Qassimi, Minister of Economy, delivering her address to honoured guests, parents and student

JUNIOR (YEARS 7-9) SUBJECT PRIZES SUBJECT

WINNERS

SPECIAL MENTION

ARABIC ART

Justine Morgan 9JM Samiha Bham 9DL Helen Panayi 9CJ

COMPUTING DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

Fiona Heath 9VH Erin Felesky 9CJ

DRAMA

Anisha Senaratne 9CJ

ENGLISH

Alia Ahmed 9J1

FRENCH

Lara Daoud 9KK

GEOGRAPHY

James Armstrong 9DL

HISTORY

Sara Ahmed Alliusie 9CJ

ISLAMIC STUDIES MATHEMATICS

Hamza Khan 8HG Paul McKeown 9VH

MUSIC P.E. (GIRLS)

Sara Ahmed Alliusie 9CJ Vanessa Hullon 9JI

P.E. (BOYS)

Rafae Ali 9KK

SCIENCE

Jan Biddle 7NM

Gabriella Skouroupathis 9DL Fatimah El-Rashid 9KK Katy Hassall 9DL Kalyani Nedungadi 9JM Michael Farid 9CJ Megan Schapiro 9VH Amanda Cheng 9CJ Michelle Bushill 9JM Kaitlin Jones 9VH Anisha Senaratne 9CJ Samiha Bham 9DL Fiona Heath 9VH James Armstrong 9DL Fiona Heath 9VH Anant Mohan 9J1 Thomas Kelly 9JI Duncan Head 9VH Sameh Khan 7CH Emma Hawkins 9JI Samiha Bham NIL Maria Goulamhoussen 9KK Nikita Patel 9DL Farah Hertog 9CJ James Armstrong 9DL Duncan Head 9VH Sahil Tourani 8AL Kalyani Nedungadi 9JM

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SENIOR (YEARS 10-13) SUBJECT PRIZES

SUBJECT

WINNER

SPECIAL MENTION

ARABIC

Samar Kazranian 11RG

ART

Oliver Partridge 13AP

BIOLOGY BUSINESS STUDIES CHEMISTRY COMMUNICATION STUDIES COMPUTING

Marwah Hassan 13AP Monica Farid 11GC Marwah Hassan 13AP Rebecca Clifford 12AG Eamonn Jasim 13JS Craig McPherson 13LA

Jasmine Lindstrom 11JB Emma Smith11JB Rahel Aima 13CA Timsy Awtani 13AP Laura Macpherson 13GR

DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

Kristie Beck 13AP

DRAMA

Victoria Legnar 13AP

ECONOMICS ENGLISH

Nicholas Morgan 13JA Bernard Pereira 11GC

FRENCH

Naina Mohan 12CC

GEOGRAPHY

Sisila Pathirana 13GR

GERMAN HISTORY

Monica Farid 11GC Rahul Jagtiani 13CA

MATHEMATICS

Kabir Seth 13CA

FURTHER MATHEMATICS

Samuel Coulter 13TO

MUSIC

Jennifer Christie 13BA

MUSIC TECHNOLOGY

Benjamin Butler 12CC

P.E. (GIRLS)

Philippa Turner 13GR

P.E. (BOYS)

Martin Verheij 12JR Nishath Nizar 13BA Salman Bham 13LA

PHYSICS

Erin Felesky - Winner of Junior Design & Technology prize

Leonardo Gimenez Paez 13T0 Arman Motiwalla 12PR Christophe Vaillant 13JA Oliver Partridge 13AP Leonardo Gimenez Paez 13TD Jason Connolly 13LA Alison Smith 13LA Amy Steptoe 13GR Sarni Shobaki 13GR Jonathan Muir 13TD Monica Farid 11GC Bethan Jones 11RT Marta Kijowska 12SM Sanam Khanchandani 12AG Damien Smith 12JR Osama Rodgers 13CA Ellen Bruffaerts 11JB Jessica Parton 11GC Dariush Kamyab 13JA Sophia Mandalios 13BA Robert O'Kirwan 13TD Nicholas Morgan 13JA Keith Chan 13BA Salman Bham 13LA Kabir Seth 13CA Lauren Sadler 1 3JS Henry Miller 13GR Jack Skinner 12CC Yong-Sup Shin 12NR Laura Holden 13GR Jennifer Adamson 11RT Laurence Frangie 13BA Craig McPherson 13LA James Cannie 13CA

James Armstrong - Winner of Junior geography prize

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ENDEAVOUR PRIZES

Awarded to a pupil who has made an outstanding effort across the curriculum, or who has made a very determined effort to overcome problems by a diligent approach to their studies.

YEAR

WINNER

SPECIAL MENTION

YEAR 7

Natasha Daoud 7MZ

YEAR 8

Georgia Vann 8AL

YEAR 9

Emma Hawkins 9JI

YEAR 10

Maxine Machado 10AC

YEAR 11

Ryan McConnell 11RG

Charles Barsaga 7CG Aman Navani 7TK Ella Townsend 8S0 Henry Morris 8RD Ross Barry 9CJ Anant Mohan 9JI Anushka Chugani 1OBV Sarah Martin 10KS Shaun Seaman 11RT

PASTORAL PRIZES Awarded to a pupil who has made valuable contributions to PSHE and the House Programme, is consistently well-organised, has shown care and consideration to members of tutor and year groups and has a positive attitude to school life.

YEAR

WINNER

SPECIAL MENTION

YEAR 7

Eleanor Tarrant Taylor 7CG

YEAR 8

Iseult McArdle 8HG

YEAR 9

Meghan Silveira 9KK

YEAR 10

Kate Barnett 10KS

YEAR 11

Lucy Steptoe 11GC

YEAR 12

Sehr Sarwar 12PF

YEAR 13

Aditya Singh 13JS

Simran Aluwalia 7NM Charles Furness 7TK Mohammed Al Hasso 8DG Amali Pathirana 8AL Fiona Heath 9VH Alia Ahmed 9J1 Anish Bhatnagar 10BV Hasan Morshed 10BV Samantha Jones 11RG Natalie Cottrell 11IJ Faraaz de Belder 12PR Francesca Leenan 12PR Sarah Crawley 13CA

Naina Mohan - Winner of Senior French prize

Samar Kazranian - Winner of Senior Arabic prize

ALL-ROUNDER PRIZES Awarded to a pupil in recognition of their all-round academic and creative talent, social contributions and extra curricular participation.

WINNER

SPECIAL MENTION

YEAR 7

Sophie Armstrong 7MQ

YEAR 8

Lucinda Turner 8DG

YEAR 9

Fatimah El-Rashid 9KK

YEAR 10 YEAR 11

Natalie Robehmed 1OLM Bernard Pereira 11GC

Nikhil Kanade 7MZ Rhiannon Rees 7CG Kabir Tourani 8RD Sahil Tourani 8AL Lewis Hammond 9DL Stuart Keenan 9CJ Carina Rodd lOBV Jennifer Adamson 11 RT

HOUSE CAPTAINS 2005 - 2006 BARBAROSSA Sanam Khanchandani 12AG - David Knight 12AG

CHICHESTER Riva Tourani 12JR - James Corcoran 12SM

COUSTEAU Emily Hack 12PR - Sean Gould 12SM

HEYERDAHL Josephine Kiernan 12AG - Martin Verheij 12JR

SPECIAL PRIZES THE ERNST AND YOUNG PRIZE FOR LITERATURE Jonathan Miur 13TD SPECIAL MENTION: Sahar Kazranian 13BA & Adam Picot 13JA

Rebecca Clifford - Senior prize winner for Communication Studies

Rabat Jagtiani - Winner of Senior History prize

PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING DESIGN TALENT Sponsored by: Godwin Austen Johnson

Ania Kubow 13GR

The 'AAA' Service Centre Prize Laura Holden 13GR SPECIAL MENTION: Alexandra Robehmed 13CA

Awarded to a Sixth Form Pupil (other than Head Boy or Head Girl) who has made the most significant contribution to the Sixth Form in terms of academic endeavour, active support of the Sixth Form community and with a genuine concern for the welfare of others.

THE MAXINE L. MCALLISTER PRIZE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Ishika Das 11RG SPECIAL MENTIONS: Emma Smith 11JB & Jennifer Adamson 11RT

THE MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A SCHOOL PRODUCTION AWARD Sophie McAdam Clark 8SS SPECIAL MENTION: Benjamin Holmes 880

FOUNDER'S PRIZE FOR THE MOST PROMISING MUSICIAN (UNDER 14) Charles Barsaga 7CG

THE YOUNG ENTERPRISE AWARD 2006 Marta Kijowska 12SM

IN RECOGNITION FOR ACHIEVEMENT IN THE JUNIOR ISMTF MATHEMATICS COMPETITION IN EUROPE Kabir Tourani 8RD

THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING Marwah Hassan 13AP Awarded to a student who is a good representative of his or her own country, with a positive attitude towards the life and culture of others, able to converse in at least two languages, a contributing force in the life of the school, with the ability to bring people together into a sense of community, thus furthering the cause of international understanding.

HEAD GIRL 2005 - 2006 Ania Kubow - Winner of prize for Outstanding Design Talent

Victoria Legnar 13AP

HEAD BOY 2005 2006 Jonathan Muir 13TD

EXAMINATION RESULTS

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ADVANCED LEVEL

GCSE

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

160

No. of Candidates

A* to C passes

97%

A and B passes

55%

Overall passes

100%

A to E passes

96%

No. of Candidates

A* to C passes

99.3%

A and B passes

65.9%

Overall passes

100%

A to E passes

98.5%

No. of Candidates

A* to C passes

96.6%

A and B passes

68.1%

Overall passes

100%

A to E passes

98.4%

No. of Candidates

104

No. of Candidates

A* to C passes

98.1%

A and B passes

57.7%

Overall passes

100%

A to E passes

98.4%

No. of Candidates

A* and A passes

55.3%

A and B passes

61.5%

A* to C passes

98.1%

A to E passes

99.1%

No. of Candidates

105

No. of Candidates

A* and A passes

63.2%

A and B passes

70.2%

A* to C passes

99%

A to E passes

98.8%

No. of Candidates

104

No. of Candidates

A * and A passes

67.2%

A and B passes

76.4%

A* to C passes

99.8%

A to E passes

100%

No. of Candidates

106

No. of Candidates

A* and A passes

71.3%

A and B passes

72.4%

A* to C passes

98.2%

A to E passes

100%

No. of Candidates

106

No. of Candidates

A* and A passes

62.6%

A and B passes

82.8%

A* to C passes

99.6%

A to E passes

99.8%