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By Jamie Williams
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It has been an actioned packed term for TeamNLCS! We have been back out on the sports field taking part in a wide variety of sporting events across Dubai.
Starting with netball. The U12, U14 and U16s Senior Girls teams have played weekly fixtures against some well-established and very competitive schools, here in Dubai. Our students showed amazing sportsmanship and netball ability. All three teams were fantastic both on and o court and we are excited to see them further improve next season. A huge well done!
Moving onto football. Our U12 boys football team played their socks o and a er already securing a triumphant win against Jumeirah College back in Term One, they gave Jumeirah College another challenging match and successfully won the match 2-0 in a friendly fixture in March. This is one team to watch out for in the next academic year.
Then we have athletics. Our Junior and Senior Athletics Teams both took part in the annual DASSA Athletics meet at Sports City on March 17th. Many records were broken by NLCS students in events such as long jump, javelin and running events. A large majority of our students gained a new personal best on the day of the event and we would like to congratulate them on their e orts and achievements. We can’t wait to see what your athletics future holds.
We also competed in several swimming galas this term. Our Junior School Swim Squad finished second in the league beating Kings Al Barsha and Gems Wellington. It was a hugely competitive gala as all five schools had put in the training and some races were extremely close. So, NLCS Dubai did amazingly well to come in second place. A special mention goes to Asjad and Sonny who were phenomenal at the gala, winning all their races.
Our U11 swimmers also competed in our first Aquathon of the year that was held here at NLCS with the support from RaceMe. Each athlete was given an individual chip to record their time and we were extremely excited to have JESS, Hartland, JPS, JBS and DESS come here to compete. We are extremely proud of our athletes, and we are looking forward to hosting our second Aquathlon event on Monday 21st March.
Senior Girls Volleyball was another highlight of Term Two, Miss Jones’ team were exceptional and played some well fought matches. The team is continually growing in confidence as we look to develop in this sport each year.
And finally, Sports Days. To finish our module of athletics and a great term of sport, the NLCS community came together for our annual Sports Days. From KG1 to Grade 12, all students participated and competed in a wide variety of athletics events, from target throwing to javelin, from the sack race to 100m sprinting, all events and races were met with fantastic sportsmanship, cheering and many happy faces. We are already looking forward to Sports Days 2023 and look forward to welcoming back the parent community.