Basketball Nationals U19

On Friday the 12^th of October, Amano U19 boys went to Lusaka for the nationals tournament, which was taking place on the next day at American International School Of Lusaka (AISL).

Our first game was against Horizon the champions of midlands region. We had to do all we could and give it all if we were going to win. But, in the first half we were down by a bit of a margin and in the second half we made mistakes like bad passes and going in wrong positions, so we ended up losing 39 to 5

Our second game was against Baobab, a different team so we had to go into this game with a different mentality and not think about our previous game. In the first half we played really well, much better than the previous game although we were down by 1 point by half time. In second half we started slacking off and gave them 2 easy baskets and so we ended up losing again with a score of 15 to 4.

Our third and final group game was against Lechwe, which we really wanted to win, and went into this game strong. In the first half we kept the game really close and tight and so we were tied. In the second half we started strong as well but near the end of the game we made mistakes and gave them 2 easy baskets and so we lost that game 18 to 14.

So that meant that we had to play Ndola Trust for a game which would decide the 7^th and 8^th place. Even though we lost all our previous matches we still entered this game like it was our first. First half we gave it all we had and were tied by then. In the second half we fought till the end and had plenty of chances but we just couldn’t make them count. But they had some chances and took them and they ended up winning 14 to 8.

Overall we played really well and gave it our all; we had a different experience and in the future we'll try and even improve and do better. I would like to thank Mr Jarrett and Mr Kapalaula for the coaching they gave to us, Mr George for driving us and God for giving us safe travels there, seeing us through the day and then bringing us back safely.

Report by Chandalala Kondolo

Visit to Mapalo School

On 24^th September grades 6&7 visited Mapalo – a community school in the township of Kapisha in Chingola. When we arrived it was shocking because there were a lot of children in the classes and there were only 3 classrooms. The children were very excited to see us and they were surprised as they didn’t know we were coming!

Reading

Sharing a Gospel tract

Teaching them was hard because they weren’t concentrating the whole time but as we continued it got more interesting. We had taken phonic word building activities, which we had previously made at Amano, maths activities and simple reading books.

We also took lots of copies of the gospel booklet ‘God loves me’ which we explained and gave one to each child. After this we sang some songs.

Learning the Alphabet

The largest classroom

When it was time to go, the time was delayed because we continued singing songs. Finally we finished singing which was sad, we said our goodbyes and then we left. But, they ran after the bus until we got to the main road.

It was a good experience and it showed how privileged we are at Amano.

                                                                                   

by Lena and Annie (Grade 7 students)

U19 GIrls Basketball

  On Saturday, an U19 Girls’ Basketball team was quickly put together because Konkola did not turn up and  Mr Grove felt the need to give Mpelembe a game after travelling all the way.

  Our first game was against Mpelembe. In this game we worked well as a team and managed to win it 10 to 4.

  Our second game was also against Mpelembe but this time it was only a friendly game. We manipulated space well and worked together. We also won that game 6 to 2.

  Our final game was against Trident, I believe it was a friendly. In this game we were good at penetrating their defence but it was a tight game, a close call. Fortunately for us, we won that game 4 to 3.

   I think we played very well, not just because we won all our games, but also because we played as well as we did without any preparation. I would like to thank Stacey, Mwaya, Natalie, Kuwunda, Rosemary and Naomi for willingly stepping up and performing so well. Thank you to everyone who had a hand in organising the day and running it smoothly, to Mr Jarrett and Mr Kapalaula for coaching, to everyone who cheered us on and most of all to God for a day well spent. Thank you.

Report by G. Kampeni

On Saturday, the 22^nd, I was helping keep score for volleyball and Mr Grove walks up to me and said, “Get changed, you’re playing.” So the girls ended up playing three games of volleyball against Mpelembe, Trident, and Kalulushi [as a team had failed to show up]. I believe we beat Kalulushi with 2 sets to 1, lost to Trident with 15 points to 8, but we only played one set, and lost to Mpelembe at 2 sets to 1. 

I think we really need to work on communication so we don’t end up all running towards the ball or no one running towards the ball! One thing that was quite hard to cope with was the wind, but we couldn’t really do anything about it. I want to thank the team for working hard together even though we only got together 5 minutes before we actually started to play, and I want to say a special thank you to our relatively new players like Kuwunda. Thank you for being willing to play hard. I would also like to thank those who help to organize this event and especially God for the day and that it went well.

Report by N. Ronald

Sakeji Tournament - Volleyball

   On Friday the first of June, the under 15 girls played three games of volleyball in the afternoon.

   The 1st game was against Mpelembe and we lost that game 2 sets to 0.

   The 2nd game was against Nchanga Trust School. Compared to the last game, our communication improved and people became more confident to hit the ball. In that game we still lost 2 sets to 1.

   In the 3rd game we played against Sakeji. There were some good sets and passes but we still lost that game 2 sets to 0.

   Although we came last, we pretty much had a team which was made up of all new players who were learning and played for their first time competitively. We did fairly well as a team and had lots of fun.

Report by N. Grove