Sports Update
Black Belt in Taekwondo
Rudra has achieved a Black Belt in taekwondo. He had to go through two assessments. Each assessment was tough in its way.
Each assessment lasted around 2 hours, and consisted of the following:
100 Push ups
100 sit ups
100 squats
100 star jumps
45 mins of taekwondo skill demonstration
Perform Poomse ( a series of taekwondo steps done in a disciplined way with correct power, pose and timing), it requires dedicated ongoing practice to excel it.
Had to spar (fight) with seniors ( 5 rounds) and put up the best fight.
During all of the above, he only had one water break which was strictly limited to 10 seconds that included going out of the ring, drinking water and returning back to the ring.
He tore his ligaments during the sparring assessment, he was in pain and was left with a choice to either give up or continue, he dealt with it, continued to spar gave 100% and proved that he had what it takes to be a black belt ( you may have seen him in his moon boot at school). His coach loves him and quotes his example to other students for his consistency and dedication.
To be able to do this, Rudra has worked out at home every day for months to achieve the strength and stamina required to pass this assesment.
We very proud of his efforts and tenacity to acomplish his black belt.
Basketball Semester 2
Wildcats Enjoy Lemon Sorbet
Last week, Prescott’s 5th placed Wildcats played the 6th place SFX Bullets.
With Jonah on loan, Zukiah was recalled to play a critical leadership role, helping steer the Wildcats to a comfortable 12 point half time lead.
Kaitlyn dominated the rebounding stats, and top scored for the game (with 10 individual points), followed closely by Scout (making all 8 of his in the second half).
Simon and Tanner had to be reeled in, in fact all year 6’s adopted some peculiar defensive tactics, and Sade clung to the ball like nobody’s business, before it was discovered late in the game that not quite all Wildcat’s players had scored - triggering “Operation Lemon Sorbet”.
Without giving up the Gem-game, Wildcats, one-and-all, were covertly briefed and unified in the mission, and with minutes to go, Gem, our at-times feistiest Wildcat, managed a basket (to the delight of his ever present, die-hard fan base and chums).
Well done, team. Mission accomplished.
Signing out, Coach HATCHARD, until tomorrow, should you choose to accept your next mission…
Radioactive Cheeseballs get GF Dress Rehearsal in a Game of Stifling Stats
Hoping to extend their 5 game winning streak, and up against the undefeated, League Leading Bullets, Prescott’s Radioactive Cheeseballs (when they had all finally arrived), and assisted by Jonah, unpacked their gamiest and highest, most extreme, next-level bag-of-skill and competitiveness to take it right up to the Bullets.
After a (fortuitously delayed) slow start, the Cheeseballs found themselves 10 to nothing down early, before THE GAWAR TRAIN PULLED INTO STATION, scoring 8 of his game high 16, assisted by Peggy-Lee and Alex on the scoreboard for 10 unanswered Cheeseball points to tie things up, and forcing the rather rattled Bullets’ coach to call the first of his three time-outs for the game, resulting in the Cheeseballs going into the half time break trailing by ONE.
Indicative of the Cheeseball’s intensity, the game foul count (heavily against the Cheeseballs) was 14 to 3 by game’s end, and late in the second half, the Cheeseballs had accumulated above the allocated team penalty, sending every Cheeseball foul to the free-throw line for a Bullet scoring opportunity (bullets getting 7 trips to the charity-stripe for the game, compared to the Cheeseballs ZERO).
Seeming to earn closer scrutiny, 6 Cheeseball players were penalised with fouls (Akoul on 4), versus only 2 Bullets players.
Alanna received some special attention, regularly swamped by Bullets throughout.
The second half saw Nate recalibrating to find his range,with other scorers, Jonah, Akoul and, of course Gawar - reaching his scoring cap with less than a minute remaining AND BRINGING SCORES TO LEVEL.
Inside the final 30 seconds, with scores still tied, the Bullets (after yet another trip to the foul line) gave up the second for a rebound, dragged down by Gawar, who deftly ran the floor, with Alex and Jonah in support and some Bullets in hot pursuit, ran the length of the court only to have a momentary, glory chasing brain-fade to lay the ball in, WHICH WAS WAVED OFF - Gawar having only seconds earlier, SCORED OUT, and resulting in a scoreless Bullet’s baseline ball inside the final 10 seconds of the game.
With 7 seconds remaining and scores STILL TIED, another Cheeseball infraction on the inbound resulted in one final Bullet trip to the foul line for two bonus shots, AFTER THE FINAL BUZZER!
Clearly feeling the pressure, and infront of a stadium with hearts in their throats, the Bullet player sunk one, and sealed the Cheeseball’s fate - having lost on the back of some forbidding stats and a technicality.
A legendary and super competitive, down-to-the-wire effort by all players present, and top notch SKILZ by Gawar.
Coach HATCHARD