ISAZ U19 Girls Football

We, the under 19 girls football team, went to Lechwe School to compete in the ISAZ zone one, 7 aside football games on the 28th of January. Only Lechwe and Kalulushi schools brought a girls under 19 team for football. We had to play the Lechwe and Kalulushi girls twice, so this meant that in total we had to play four football games.

Natasha with Rosemary and Faith in the background

Our first game was against Lechwe. In the first half we started off rocky and 3 quarters of the game the ball was on our half but in the second half we improved on our attack and this gave us a few chances to get some shots on the goal. Unfortunately we did not manage to get a goal in, so in that game we drew 0-0. Our second game was against Kalulushi and the girls were really rough but we did not let this get in our way. We had many shots on goal but failed to get any in, until finally in the last 2 minutes Josiah scored a goal and this game ended in a 1-0 win to us.

Rosemary showing her skill

We played two more games but in our second game against Lechwe our defence was a bit weak [as we were experimenting with positions] and the Lechwe girls managed to score a goal. We picked up our defence and we kept the ball off of our side but we were unable to score a goal and so we lost that game 1-0 to Lechwe. Our last game was against Kalulushi and we played better in this game. We had a strong attack and defense, making many shots on the goal but in the last 2 minutes Diana scored a fabulous goal [from out wide] and we won that game 1-0. Overall we finished second out of three schools.

A big 'thanks' to the new players namely, Natalie Grove, Faith Chansa, Grace Kampeni, Rosemary Nawakwi and Naomi Ronald as they played extremely well for the first time. Big thanks to Mr Grove, Mr Kirk, Mrs Grove for the coaching, Mrs Kirk and Laura for all the support. Our big thanks to God for the day and weather.

U19 Boys Touch Rugby

On Saturday the 21st of January, Amano hosted a touch rugby competition against two schools known as Simba and Lechwe, though we played four games against them.

Our first match was against Lechwe and in my opinion I would say that we had warmed up well and therefore we played well in the actual game. In the first half we managed to score two tries, the first one by Yarel followed by the second which was scored by Broddy. Before half time, Lechwe managed to score so the score at half time was 10 to 5.

In the second half we managed to score another try by Samuel Kirk ending with the scores of 15 to 5.

The second game was against Simba school. They had quite a fast team so this game was a bit more challenging but we ended up winning that game ten to zero. The tries were scored by Ilunga and Samuel.

The third game we played Simba. They were tired and bored from their game against Lechwe so we won that game twenty to five. Tries were scored by Cholwe, Mwansa, and myself.

Lastly we played against Lechwe. The second game they played was a bit more intense though we also played well and ended up winning that game twenty to five. Tries were scored by Cholwe, who scored two, Ilunga and Mwansa. Cholwe played really well in the last game.

I would like to appreciate the great effort that the new players put in. These were Broddy, Xavier, Kaoma, Samuel, and Peter. I would also like to thank Mr. Grove for 'shouting' at us, for coaching us and for the supporters who came to watch and cheer us on. Lastly I want to thank God for keeping the day dry as well as keeping everyone safe from injury.
                            
Report by Musonda Mwansa

U19 Girls Tag Rugby

On January 21, 2017 the under 19 girls had a tag rugby tournament at Amano. The teams that we played against were Lechwe and Simba. Although there were other schools that came for the tournament, only these two teams had an under 19 girls team. This meant that we were going to play against Lechwe and Simba twice during the course of the day.

We started off the day with our first match against Lechwe. By the end of the game, the scores were 5 – 3 for Amano. We played fairly well considering that it was our first match of the day. We then played Simba straight after this, winning again, with the scores being 9 – 5. There were then a number of games until we played Lechwe again on pitch three. The results of this game were 10 – 2 to Amano. The scores in our last game, which was against Simba, finished with 12 points for Amano and 7 for Simba.

We had some new players on the team that had never played before. It was good to see them quickly get the hang of the game. Although everyone played well even nearing the end of the tournament, I would say that Grace Kampeni played really well. She had never played before but quickly adapted to the game and its rules.

There was one time in our second game playing Lechwe that there was a brilliant play, resulting in a try. Diana did a dummy to her right but then passed to Josiah on her left. The ball swiftly moved down the line to Grace and she scored a try. There were also a couple of times in our last match that Faith ran straight through the defenders scoring three tries.

I think our lowest moment was getting ourselves back together again to take Lechwe on again. We were just from having a relatively long break between games and we did not seem to be fully prepared to play again. Because of this, the first half of this game was not the best. To go back on the field after halftime we subbed in some new players and we seemed to have a little more energy.
I can say from being on the side lines for half a match that our defensive line was not that good. I think that we could have kept our opponent’s score closer to zero if we stayed tighter as defence. We won all our games, but no team is perfect, but overall we played well as a team.

Thank you to those who left their beds in the morning to come and play, to set up, and to do everything else that does not get noticed. It was a good day.

Report by Shoshanna Ronald

U16 boys Volleyball

On Saturday, the third of December, the under sixteen boys played volleyball against Lechwe and Simba schools here at Amano.  The first game we played was against Lechwe and we started out alright.  Our play was a bit sloppy, but we still managed to get a good lead of about 6 points.  But we gave the serve away and allowed them to catch up and only managed to win that set by a few points.  In the second set we played pretty terribly and gave it away completely.  We lost that set something like 15 to 9.  The third set was much better but still a bit sloppy.  There were lots of times when we were just volleying the ball over the net rather than spiking properly.  We got better towards the end though and managed to win that set as well, meaning that we won the game two sets to one.

Amano v Lechwe - Jackson attacking

Jackson, Samuel and Mthunzi blocking

   Our other game which was against Simba started out quite badly.  Our communication was poor, half of our passes were hopeless, and some of us still didn’t seem to be able to smash so we lost that set quite quickly [9 - 15].  The next set was the complete opposite of the first one.  We talked more, our passes were more accurate and we got in some good hits and so we won that set by a big gap, I’ve forgotten exactly how big [15 - 7].  The third set started out with us gaining a lead of 5 to 0.  But then we gave the serve away and before long we were losing 7 to 5. Still, we managed to win the serve back and play some good volleyball
and win that set by a few points, which means we also won that match two sets to one.  I’d like to commend a few of the players for good performance.  Eun Taec was doing some excellent blocking. Yarel was doing some very good serving and recoveries, and Mthunzi, it seems, learned to spike quite well just over the course of the morning.  I’d like to thank Mr Grove for umpiring the games, the team for playing well and doing their best, and everyone who was there to support us and cheer us on.  I’d also like to thank Mr Grove for selecting me as a captain.  It was a great privilege to represent the school in that way.

Report by Jackson Reed


"It was good to see this team do well. Two older players formed the U19 team which competed well at the U19 tournament but narrowly missed victories so it is good to see that age for age they were very competitive and won the day! A team well led by Jackson and great work from Samuel who consistently gave some great sets and support to his captain. Excellent work boys." - Mr Grove

The Wood Workshop

The following are paragraphs and thoughts lifted from reports Grades 6 & 7 wrote following an educational visit.   Mrs Kirk

On Wednesday 28^th September 2016 at around 8:15am grades 6+7 were invited to the Amano workshop. We all set off on our little adventure that took about 5 minutes to get to. When we arrived we greeted the carpenters: Mr Kelvin and Mr David.

Mr. David and Mr. Kelvin showed us everything they used to make their woodwork look so perfect, like the joiner, bevel machine, sander, planer and the circular saw. There were all types of beautiful woodwork furniture that they had already made like a bed and many chairs, but they were working on a luxurious door.

Everywhere you walked there was wood and sawdust. They showed us how they get rid of it, it’s really cool, there is a pipe that’s sucks it out and drops it outside.

It was really noisy because of all the machines. That is why they used ear plugs. It also had a strong wood and dust smell.

Despite the loud noise it was really interesting.

When we were done with our tour we were allowed to get off-cuts (scrap) and keep them. Some got big pieces of wood and halved them to share with others – I shared mine with Keysha. Others even sanded theirs to make them smooth, I was one of them.

After picking, all the G 6+7s were at a machine; some are sanding their off cuts to try to make it smooth, some use the bevel machine to make the edges smooth, others use the circular saw to cut the off cuts into thinner pieces and a few are by the planer to trim the off cuts.

But I had some other plans for my wood. I was going to carve my name out of it and decorate it and do different types of creative things like picture frames and many more things. I really liked it and I hope we can come back again.

The two men were very kind because even though they had work to do they still cut and sanded wood for us. 

We all had great fun, but sadly it couldn’t last forever. Eventually we had to go back to class, taking the bits and pieces we got as souvenirs to remember this life learning experience, I know that whenever I look at my pieces of wood I will remember today. We all hope to go back there again.  

It was over all too soon, but we had a good time and by the end most of us were inspired to become carpenters.

U19B Volleyball and Basketball

On Friday the 23^rd of September the U19 teams went to Chengelo to play basketball and volleyball.

On Friday a little while after we arrived we played our first volleyball game against Lechwe. We were very slow to start and lost the first set too quickly and despite a strong push in the second set we lost 2 sets to 0. Our second game was against Ndola Trust and although we think the refereeing was questionable we played our hardest and lost 2-1. [The boys did extremely well mentally in this game as they had to win three set points to win the second set as the referee kept changing his mind and reserving the point after having awarded the point to Amano! The third set also went down to the wire. SG] Our third game was against Nsansa and after our game against Ndola we were rather disheartened and lost the first set too easily. During the second set we really tried but we could not get the game back and we lost 2-0. Our results meant that we played the 7^th place game which was against Simba. We won the second set after losing the first but we slept in the last set and lost it. So we came out 8^th overall.

Philip attacking from deep

The next day we played our Basketball games. Our first game was against Simba and after good first half we were tied 4-4.  The second half was a close contest and Simba barely beat us 13-10. Our second game was Lechwe and we were out to win, but we let them get into our heads and I especially played horribly and we lost 28-6. We would have played the 5^th place game but our opponents Ndola trust forfeited the game so we won by default.

Amano countering with Ilunga

Overall the trip was not as bad as those score lines suggest, especially since we had a much smaller team than last year. We also probably played our best volleyball during the competition. I want to thank the team for trying their hardest despite the tough score lines. I also want to thank Mr Grove and Mr Jarrett for coaching and supporting us.

ISAZ Girls Provincial Basketball

On Saturday the 23^rd September we went to Chengelo School to compete in the ISAZ provincial basketball games. We played four games, which were round robin games, so that meant we didn’t play in pools but round-robin scheduling arranges to have all teams play each other, with the winner emerging from the total points gained.

So we played Lechwe, Chengelo, Ndola Trust, and Mpelembe.

Our first game was against Lechwe, where we played well and beat them 14-12, because of good team work and a good attitude. Our second game was against Ndola Trust and this was our first time playing them this year and we did not let them beat us and they had a good team but we beat them 10-8. Our second last game was against Chengelo, our rivals, and this year I can say we played really well compared to the last year. We put in our best effort and although we lost that game 9-13 we had played exceptionally well as a team and made some beautiful baskets. Our last and final game was against Mpelembe ,this game was tough and we under estimated them. and this time they came fired up and ready to beat us ,so at the end of the match we were equalised and so we had 3 minutes extra time and we managed to score 2 more goals and then we won that game 8-6.

Amano (white) v Chengelo: Josiah warding off another attack

All I can say that this was a great basketball season and we emerged at second place out of 5 schools. We had a lot of fun, great sportsmanship amazing layups ,fabulous foul shots and beautiful defence line. Our women of the match were Natalya Yoro, Kathleen Kaufman, Fernulla Milner and Rosemary Nawakwi. Big thanks to the team for all the effort and applying all we learnt into the game, sportsmanship and for their great spirit of fighting till the end and to Mr Jarrett for coaching us and Mr Grove, Miss Simone and the boys for supporting and cheering us up and God for the safe trip, good health and his love and mercy.