Baseball Player

Baseball is the national sport of Japan.  Weekends are busy for baseball players - young and old.  I spent time watching this young fielder on the baseball pitch on Sunday.

Sakura and Sport

Baseball is the national sport of Japan.  As I was out exploring on Sunday and enjoying the Sun and the Sakura I saw many baseball teams playing on pitches along the river. 

Saturday Sri Lanka Sign

I have been traveling through a small part of Sri Lanka this week. Spotting signs such as this for milo. Same as home, but a different cricketer: the captain of the Sri Lanakan team, Angelo Mathews.

When did Javelins become less deadly?

Last Thursday was VIS Secondary Sports Day.  Due to internet problems  (GRRRR)  I couldn't post any photos.

It was a great day, with a focus on participation and competition.  Students in house groups which was great as younger students mixed with the older students, but were still able to run, jump or throw against their peers to be the best in their grade.

Mr Mark supervised the javelin from the comfort of his cane arm chair - he had a great system!

Question of the day - What is it with plastic javelins???

Sports Day at APIS

 Today was Sports Day - well really sport afternoon as the events didn't start until after lunch.  It was a fun day with most students participating.  It was organised according to Grade level.  I was with my advisory group, Grade 12 and they played against the Grade 11 students.  They rotated through a series of activities during the afternnoon, Volleyball (above),  Fusbal (below), Basketball, Ping pong, Atheletics ( if you class piggy back races as athletics), catch the flag and others.
Each grade chose their team color.  The Grade 12s were sedate with grey, while the preps, below were in bright green and grade 4, which has some strong girls in it wore pink.
APIS are called the Dragons, hence the writing on the wall of the gym.
It is starting to cool down a bit, but it was warm just being a spectator.