Family Service

Sunday the 18^th of February saw the first Family Worship service for the year.

Pupils, staff and parents alike were invited and there were over 200 in attendance on the day. A  Praise band led by Mr Bachman and other staff of Amano enhanced the worship and praise. The children provided a lively accompaniment to ‘I’ve got the Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy’ and this was reflected in their enthusiastic performance of the song.  Mr J.J. Zhou spoke about his involvement in the work amongst the Chinese community and showed a presentation about the Chinese New Year drawing a contrast  between this celebration and the lives of the children of Israel. An offering was taken to support a new project amongst the community. A Sunday School led by Mrs Kirk and a team of helpers taught the children about sharing their joy with others. Mr M Pflaum spoke on Paul’s joy whilst in jail encouraging us to be joyful in all situations. Mr J. Furnish concluded the service with prayer, announcements and an invitation to enjoy a lunch together.

The next Family Service will be scheduled to take place on 25^th March at 11.00.

Contributed by Mrs Reid 

Welcome...

The 'joyful accompaniment'

The praise group

A Great Time of Fellowship

17 February was a busy day for the Boys and Girls Dorms. The morning began with some indoor football for the boys with the girls watching and cheering. After football we all enjoyed a nice lunch in the hall. Following lunch, the children were lined up and marched to the Girls Dorm for a Surprise Birthday Party for Asia that was hosted by her parents. At 1500 the boys returned to the Girls Dorm where we all joined together for a braii and movie night. The children played games while the food was being prepared. After supper we watched “Left Behind,” starring Kirk Cameron. Mr. Kamanga closed the evening with a short message from God’s Word and a prayer. Fun was had by all. 

Reported by Miss Jackie

New Sports Kits

The Secondary Sports department of Amano Christian School are very grateful to the kind donation of money from the closing PTA of St Louis RC School, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in England. The money has gone into buying some superb new kit that are the envy of former students and a delight for the current students. Our cricket, rugby and netball teams have all benefited as can be seen in this years' blogs. Thank you very much for your generosity.

Rugby team in their brand new kit

5-a-side Football

This is a great opportunity for the school staff to interact with the students outside of school hours in competitive sport. This was our second year and the pressure was on the staff to retain their title of last year, though each one feeling disproportionately older!
Primarily this is a boarding activity, but this year saw a number of our day students from Kitwe and Chingola attend too. They made a positive impact to the event. One staff team named "Don't Break!", and three student teams, "All Stars", "Chiefs" and "United Squad", all sought to win the trophy-less accomplishment of best 5 aside team 2018. With the hall cleared of all furniture, goals marked out and rules clarified, we were set to go.
Each team played the other teams twice in 12min games. Some good performances were put in by Mr Sven, Graham in goal, Chilanzi, Joseph and Taonga from the younger boys. Below are the results for those interested.
Don't Break finished with 12pts. Four wins and 2 losses made things very tight at the end.
All Stars had a hard day with 0 points.
Chiefs were looking strong and scored fluently finishing with 11pts. 3 wins, 2 draws and a loss. PD +6
United Squad were also strong and ended with 11pts. 3 wins, 2 draws and a loss. PD +3
Thankfully no staff broke and we retained the the illustrious title much to the astonishment of United Squad.

Thank you for a fun morning everyone.
Mr Grove

Taonga attacking for United Squad

Peter playing for the Chiefs

The crowds flocked to the spectacle

Chandalala of the Chiefs, shooting at Cholwe, United Squad

Youngsters L-R: Joseph, Chilanzi, Juandre, Chandalala and Troy

Evasive Action! Graham was solid in goal.

Nate of United getting stuck in

The big boys of All Stars and Chiefs, Philip (in goal) and Ilunga

FQML Rugby 7's

Amano Christian School went to Simba school to play FQML sevens rugby against 8 other teams [Saturday 10th February]. Our first game was tough, it was against Mpelembe. In general we were a lot more prepared than what they were, but it still took us a little while to get our heads in the game. We managed to score one hard earned try by Musonda and sadly just missed another two tries. We ended that game 7-0.

Teams L-R: AISL, Chiwala, Chengelo, Simba, Amano, Trident

L-R Captain Philip, Top try scorer Musonda, Conversion kicker Cholwe, Prop Kaoma

In our second game we were a lot more prepared and communicated quite a lot more. When we played Chiwala boys, we hammered them 21-3, with two tries from Musonda and one from myself.

In our third game against Kansenshi, we didn’t exactly have the fairest game, but the guys kept their cool and pushed forward. We scored two tries taking that game 10-0.

Another visit to Mpelembe's try line going unrewarded

Xavier scrumming down against Mpelembe

Our final game in our pool was against Simba. They came on very strong and scored a try very early in the game. We fought hard and just as the bell rang for the end of the game, Ilunga made a spectacular run, right past their defence, 'dummied' a player and scored a beautiful try. This game ended tied at 5-5.

Conditions started well...

...but deteriorated significantly!

Overall we came first in our pool and this meant that we would be playing for first and second position, the cup final, and our opponents would be Trident.

When we played Trident, it didn’t take us long to realise that they did not come there to have fun, after conceding two tries against us and 5 penalties in the first half, we realised that sportsmanship was apparently not the aim of the game here. We managed to get a penalty try after Musonda was high-tackled out of desperation [by the last defender]. We sadly lost the final game 17-7. 

The finish of Trident Cup Final.

Somewhat muddied but still smiling. A good day out for the boys

Nevertheless, the guys kept an amazingly cool tone even though it was not the match we were hoping for. In general I was very proud to have been the captain of this team and will encourage them to work harder and harder and to keep up the effort. I finally just want to thank Mr Grove for his support and training, and God, that he gave us more than we hoped for. Never minding the scores, I still believe we came out champions of that tournament.

Philip receiving Runners-up award and participation shirts

Report by P. Nieuwoudt

U19 Girls Netball

On Saturday the U19 girls went to Lechwe School and participated in some Netball games. There were five teams in attendance including ourselves. The other teams were Kalulushi Trust, Lechwe, Trident and Mpelembe.

Centre - Rosemary and WD - Thoko

 

GS Naomi shooting

    Our first game was against Trident. We were a bit unsure at the start of this game as we were a new team and hadn’t played in a long time. Nevertheless, we played well in this game. We used the space well and worked well together even though we lost many balls from poor catching, which was a problem we faced in every game. We won that game 11 to 6.

  Our second game was against Lechwe. We started that game very well and made a good goal difference but we soon lost focus and Lechwe then caught up. It was a tight game but we lost it 14 to 11.

GK - Mwayi passing to Rosemary

Natalie spoiling a pass

Half time coaching. Girls in brand new donated kit

GD - Wami's first time on team with Mwayi defending as GK

  Our third game was against Mpelembe. We started that game very sloppy and let them score 3 goals on the trot. When we finally woke up and regained our focus, we managed to catch up but we’re still sloppy and gave away easy balls and so we lost that game 11 to 8.

  Our fourth and final game of netball was against Kalulushi Trust. We also started that game very sloppy but soon regained focus and played well. There was better communication in this game and that was something else we were lacking in. We won that game 16 to 1.

GD - Halayna before injury!

GK - Kathleen shooting with Naomi

   I would like to thank the team for working hard, Mrs Grove for coaching us before and during the game, everyone who cheered us on and most of all, God, for the opportunity to play and for a lovely day. I would also like to recommend Rosemary Nawakwi as ‘lady of the match’ for her exceptional effort and excellent communication as our new centre.

Report by G. Kampeni

U19 Boys Football

On Saturday the 3^rd of February the U19 boys went to Lechwe International School to play football. There were five schools present. Amano, Lechwe, Mpelembe, Trident and Kalulushi. Because of a delayed start we played games of 30 minutes with no half time. Our first game was against Trident, this was a bit of a struggle as we weren’t very organised and we were often under pressure and defending deep in our half for long periods of the game. We kept them out for a long period of the game but eventually they broke through and when they did they scored 3 so we ended up losing 3-0.

Our second game was against Mpelembe in which we were much more competitive and for most of the game it was 1-1 with Ilunga scoring for us. However, we made some very bad mistakes at the back and we conceded 3 late goals. So we lost 4-1.

Amano v Mpelembe - Samuel (5) captain

Taonga played well at left back for his first time

Our third game was against Lechwe and their confidence was really low and when Ilunga scored from the half way line it set the tone, as we 'destroyed' them 4-0, with Dalitso and Kaoma scoring penalties.

Our last game was against Kalulushi. In this game we really clicked and we settled into our game plan and this showed as Chanda scored, what we believe is the fastest ISAZ goal, which was after about 9 seconds (we think). After this we defended really well and hit them well on the counter and we scored 2 more, Musonda and Peter making the goals. So we ended up winning that 3-0. 

All together we finished 3^rd which is very encouraging because we played some good football. I want to congratulate the team and especially Musonda who bullied the other team’s defenders all day and Jackson and Dalitso who played really well. I also want to thank the team for their overall effort and I want to thank God for a good day that was injury free.

Report by S. Kirk