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COMPETING ON THE NATIONAL STAGE Captions 1. Ben Brownson 2. Arron Gould with his dad 3. Kai Wolgram 4. Matthew Haji-Michael
Eight MGS pupils participated in the 19th Maccabiah Games – the Jewish Olympics – held in Israel every four years. Around 10,000 athletes from over 80 countries competed in 30 sports during a three week period.
Maccabiah Games
Sailing
Ben Brownson
Kai Wolgram
Ben was appointed as the youngest manager across all delegations in the history of the Games and was the Team Manager of the GB Junior Golf Team.
Junior pupil Kai Wolgram holds the impressive 65th place in the national rankings out of 253 nineyear-old sailors and will now trial for the GBR teams to represent his country at next year’s international competitions; he has also been invited to join the Welsh National Optimist squad.
Ben, who left MGS this year and will join Deloitte on their BrightStart Scheme, said: “It was an incredible experience and great to see the boys get along with their fellow athletes, creating friendships for life.” Arron Gould Arron was the youngest player in the Water Polo competition, competing in an experienced adult men’s team.
Although GB did not win the tournament, they played extremely well against the five teams representing Brazil, Italy, Israel, USA and Hungry. Arron’s dad also represented GB in the Masters Golf.
Kai collected his first sailing trophy in June at the Optimist National Inland Championships, battling it out against 250 other sailors. Matthew Haji-Michael Matthew qualified for the Topper National Racing Squad after another successful year of competitive sailing. He is now part of Team GBR which has given him access to a world class training programme.
Sailing most weekends in national events throughout the UK, Matthew had a successful year at the World Championships in Holland in 2012, and competed at the 2013 World Championships in Brittany.
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