Girls ISAZ Basketball

On Saturday the 17^th September, 2016 ,we the Amano girls basketball team, went to Lechwe School to compete in the ISAZ basketball tournament of the Zone 1. We only played two games instead of three because Kalulushi did not bring a girls basketball team. Our first game was against Lechwe, we played well as a team, had fun and enjoyed our time playing the game and also did our best ,so we won that game 11-7.

Amano (white) v Mpelembe: Kathleen's jump shooting

Our second and last game was against Mpelembe. We really played extremely well and did a lot better in that game because we applied all the tactics taught to us by Mr Jarrett and the best thing was we did not give up and we also won that game 17-6. We pushed through both games and did exceptional well. A big thanks to the team, for not giving up but pushing and fighting till the end. We really improved and played well compared to the previous week and we turned our weaknesses into strengths. Some examples of these are that we had amazing lay ups, fabulous foul shots, great defence and a good sportsmanship portrayed on the day, our only weakness was not looking up before we passed, when dribbling and shooting. The woman of the match on the day was Josiah Muteb. Many thanks and appreciation to Mr Jarrett for coaching us and not giving up on us, Mr Grove and Mrs Grove, Mr and Mrs Kirk for supporting us, encouraging us to do better and helping us to learn from our mistakes but a big 'thanks' to our God for the lovely day, the games and the good health he gave to us. 

Report by Natasha Chiombe

U19 Boys Volleyball

On Saturday 10^th September 2016, we went to Lechwe to play volleyball but it was a friendly. We played games up to 25 points and it was a best of three sets competition.

The first we played was very good because we were communicating well and we were well organised, so we won that set 25-17.

The second set was another story, we lost focus and we didn’t communicate as well, we also gave away easy points so we lost that set 25-19.

We then went to the third set which decided who won the volleyball match but the team had switched off and we stopped communicating and we became disorganised and so we lost that set 25-20.

Overall, we came out second out of two schools! I would like to thank the new members of the team: Jackson, Mthunzi, Mwansa, Musonda, Samuel and Philip for working hard and I would also like to thank the old member of the team, Ilunga.

Mthunzi against old boy Jean

I would like to thank Mr Grove for putting the team together and I would like to thank God for making it a good and successful day. Thank you very much.

Report by Cholwe Muleya

U19 Boys Basketball

On Saturday the 10^th of September the U19 boys went to Lechwe to play Basketball. Since only Lechwe and ourselves were there, we played 1 slightly longer game. We played 4 quarters of 8 minutes. The first quarter was ok and Cholwe scored our first basket of the new season and by the end of the half we were losing 4-2. We continued to play well in the second quarter but we found ourselves losing 6-4. In the 3^rd quarter we made a few sloppy mistakes and we were losing 12-6. But during the last quarter we really fought back, but we could not overturn their lead so we lost the game 14-8. Our baskets were scored by Cholwe, Jackson and Ilunga. Despite our loss I was not too disappointed with the result as it is a completely different team to last year. I want to thank Mr Grove for taking us and the whole team for trying their hardest despite the end result.

Amano v Lechwe

 

Report by Samuel Kirk

U19 Girls Basketball

Amano Christian School U19 girls basketball team went to play zone 1 games at Lechwe. The tournament was hosted by Mpelembe. We were supposed to play multiple games but most schools were absent due to various reasons. We then had a friendly and this meant we had only one game against Lechwe, so  this game was split into 4 quarters because it was our only game. We played well in the first two quarters and were in the lead and also scored many goals .We had a good team and a few new players , the Lechwe team had a whole new team so we didn’t know how good they were but we pushed through. We had many opportunities  on the goal but most of them were bouncing back and we were not ready for rebounds .we were in the last minutes and Lechwe had caught up to us and scored their winning goal in the last few minutes and won the game 18-16. I could see that the team was tired but I won’t use that as an excuse ,but I can say although they were exhausted but they were still pursuing and they had a lot of fun.

I was really happy that everyone in the team tried their best and contributed something to  the team. There was only one new player who was Rosemary Namakwi and she scored two baskets and Diana Shakwelele was recognised as the woman of the match.

We faced some challenges as a team and these are the ones that stood out :

·         We had team work but we believe it could have been better and stronger .

·         Our defence needs to become stronger and better.

·         We should practice on our layups ,3 pointers and foul shots

·         Communication  

·         Always being alert and looking up before passing the ball

·         Trying and willing to play in new and different positions

·         Defending the ball when dribbling and looking up

Our strengths were:

·         Getting the ball from the other team

·         Having fun

·         Pursing even when exhausted

·         Not giving up

A big thanks to Mr Kirk, Mr Walker and all those who came to support us, to Mr & Mrs Grove and Mr Jarrett for coaching us, advising us and for just being there for us, but mostly a big thanks to our GOD, for making this day possible and for being with us throughout the day .