ISAZ Cross-Country

On the fourth of February, the Amano under 19 teams A and B ran a five kilometre cross-country route along roads, paths, and trails on Amano property. The schools that came to compete were Chengelo, Lechwe, Ndola Trust, and Life Song. However, Life Song is not an ISAZ school, but an orphanage that was invited as guests. Out of all these teams, we knew that Chengelo and Life Song would be our hardest competitors to beat. It was a good effort put in from all members of the team. However, one of the rules for a team to qualify is that all members must cross the finish line. In light of this, two teams did not qualify – the Lechwe team and our Amano A team. Therefore, the results at the end of the day for the ISAZ schools were Ndola Trust in third place, Amano B in second place, and then Chengelo in first. Congratulations to Rose, who came in first for the ISAZ girls teams [and 3rd of all the girls] and also to the new people on the team – Naomi, Grace, and Faith. To the rest of the team, thank you for putting in your best effort and we hope that enjoyed the run.

For those who have been running for the last couple years and have perhaps completed their final run, I hope that you have learned a thing or two from running in the Amano team. Through this cross country running event, we have learned that it is not a one man show but it is a team effort and although we go through challenges along the way, we should persevere until we cross the finish line. Just as Paul says in 2 Timothy 4:7; “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.” 

Thank you to all who were there to support us and thank you very much to the organisers and helpers of the event and an even bigger 'thanks' to God for His hand in the event.

And they're off...

Most of the B team

Naomi and Diana hard at work for the A team