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A W H O L E LOT O F F U N I N FULLY BOOK ED WEEK

Fully Booked Week 2017 was filled with stories, books, and amazing costumes. The week started on Friday 3rd March, one day earlier than usual, with the house story-telling competition. During lunch break over the next six days, all of the houses in the Senior School performed their very own original stories for Pre-Prep students in the story-telling tent.

The stories, costumes, and musical accompaniment were enjoyed by dozens of children each day. In the end, judges from the English de-partment declared King’s House this year’s winners.

This year also saw the return of the Book Swap, hosted by the English department and the library team. Every morning before school, students and parents

could bring in an old book and swap it for a book brought in by someone else. Hundreds of books were swapped over the course of the week, and they all went to happy new homes.

The library hosted special compe-titions and story times throughout the week. Students competed for prizes by drawing book charac-ters, creating book spine poetry, making LEGO story scenes, and completing a scavenger hunt. Hundreds of entries came in for the bookmark competition. Kiddee in 1CF, Fah in 6DL, and Lucy in 10YM were chosen as the winners for 2017. Look for their bookmark designs in the library in Term 3.

The Reading Fair returned for the third time this year. Organized by

Ms Otter and Ms Beeman, the Reading Fair is an opportunity for students to share their love of books in a creative way. The over-all winners were Dasha in 3CG; Abigail, Katherine, and Nisha in 4WB; Kate in 5AW and Prim in 5RK; and Belle in 6SW. Their en-tries will remain on display in the library through for the next few weeks.

As is Shrewsbury tradition, stu-dents in the Junior and Senior school had a chance to dress up as their favorite book characters. On their dress up day, Senior School students visited the Junior School to share some of their fa-vourite books with the younger children.

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Continued from front page… Meanwhile, Junior children got to compete for prizes and share their amaz-ing book character costumes with parents and friends in the ever-popular character parade. Look for pic-tures from the Character Parade in a special library display at the beginning of Term 3.

Fully Booked Week also provided the launchpad for this year’s Family Reading Challenge. Nearly 200 families in the Junior School are participating in the challenge this year, themed Reading ABCs. Parents and students are asked to read at least 10 (and up to 26) books from a variety of authors and in a variety of formats. Prizes will be awarded to all participating families during Term 3.

Following hot on the heels of Fully Booked, Shrewsbury got a special visit from Carnegie Medal-winning author Tanya Landman. Ms Landman began her visit by reading one of her favourite childhood stories in the Senior School assembly. She then gave two presentations, one to year 7 and a second to year 8, where she talked about her childhood, how she became so passionate about writing and how, in particular, she managed to begin writing her addictive Murder Mystery series. The children were inspired; Ms. Landman had them captured right from the start and many were so intrigued that they asked several questions at the end to help them with their own writing. Her final workshop of the day was with the finalists for the Neilson Hays competition in which they worked on writing their own ghost stories. The students even had the pleasure of Ms. Landman writing her own ghost story alongside them which she presented for them at the end.

Thank you to Ms Beeman and all of the library and other staff who helped to make Book Week brilliant!

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SHREWSBURY INTER NATI ON AL SCH OOL ENGLISH & DRAMA HIGHLIGHTS

TOMORROW’S WORLD, TAKE 2

In March, Year 9 students were tasked with creating a product or service with the simple brief of 'Tomorrow's World', and then to showcase their ideas in an expo attended by Industry experts, Business and Economics teachers and Year 10 pupils.

As well as generating lots of creative ideas, the Expo, which was coordinated by the English department, was designed to encourage group work, oracy, dynamic inventions, persuasive writing, and presentation skills.

Following last year’s inaugural event, the 2017 edition generated an excellent range of products, and Expo attendees had a tough time deciding on the most innovative product and most persuasive pitches. How-ever, in the end it was Harambe, Hepburn and Avenier were named as the top 3 ideas.

DRAMA STUDENTS ENJOY PEAK PERFORMANCES

In March, the Drama and English department took 24 students from Y10 to Y13 to Hong Kong, where they had the opportunity to experience some high quality performing arts in action.

The group travelled to HK Cultural Centre to watch a contemporary dance performance which included two pieces by Pina Bausch (Café Muller and The Rite of Spring), whilst Arthur Miller’s All My Sons was on the pro-gramme for the second night, this time at the Hong Kong Academy of Per-forming Arts.

GET THE BUZZ GOING: Next Term, Key Stage 3 stu-dents will compete in Shrewsbury’s first House Spelling Bee. The final will be held on May 11th in the Memorial Hall. Spread the word! #SpellSHBee

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SHREWSBURY INTER NATI ON AL SCH OOL MATHS HIGHLIGHTS

POSITIVE ‘SINES’ AS MATHEMATICIANS ANGLE FOR COMPETITION SUCCESS This half term Shrewsbury students have competed in a multitude of Mathematical competitions. In addi-tion to our own KS3 Problem of the Month (most recently won by Pun in 7CG), we’ve also sat the Ameri-can Scholastic Mathematics Association competition (ASMA) here at Shrewsbury and taken part in the 2nd annual Key Stage 3 invitational competition at Bangkok Patana. There were also two overseas adventures for the Junior FOBISIA and South East Asia Mathematics Competition (SEAMC) teams. The Junior FOBISIA Maths competition in Malaysia saw the SHB team pitted against teams from 31 other schools. Over 2 days of team and individual challenges they performed really well, but could not quite rep-licate their 2nd place success of 2 years previous. ASMA is an enrichment competition that provides students with the opportunity to compete with other high ability students from Year 7 to 10 across many different schools. At the end of the 6th contest round, the students are then awarded certificates based on the final scores of all schools involved. 2017 was an-other victorious year for Shrewsbury students with special mention going to Thien (Y9), Orca (Y7) and Pun (Y9) who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Y10 students Panda, Karuna, Kazuki, Arina, Benny and Neun travelled to Jakarta to represent Shrewsbury at SEAMC 2017. In preparation for the competition, students had attended several afterschool sessions, using some very difficult past SEAMC questions to hone their skills, and gaining insights and knowledge from last year’s SEAMC representatives. A special thank you to Pino (Y11) who taught the students new skills that he believed would help the team throughout the competition. Up against some of the best mathematicians in Asia, the team showed great team work and determination throughout the Passback round, Mathematical relay and the Individual rounds. On 15th March, 11 students from Year 7-9 went to Bangkok Patana School to compete in the KS3 invitational mathematical competition. Having been assigned into teams, students tackled a 10-question, 1-hour team round, followed by 2 hard individual rounds lasting 45 minutes each. One of the SHB teams placed first and Thien placed first in the individual category. We were also pleased to receive the results from The United Kingdom Mathematics Trust (UKMT) Interme-diate Competition which took place in February. Normally open to Years 9 – 11, a special invitation was also extended to three talented students in Year 8 and one student in Year 7. The results were truly out-standing this year, with 89% (an increase of 10%) of our students being awarded a certificate; 36 Gold, 24 Silver and 22 Bronze. It has been another record breaking year with a total of 36 qualifiers. There were 26 qualifiers in the Kangaroo division (15 Pink Kangaroo and 11 Grey Kangaroo) and ten students qualified for the Olympiad division, open to just the top 1% of all participants worldwide. Of the 135 marks available over 25 questions, 3 students achieved an incredible 100%: Pino (11EN), Arina (10KS) and Thien (9SD).

MATHS OLYMPIANS TAKE DOUBLE GOLD

Two Shrewsbury students have been awarded distinctions in the second round of the British Maths Olympiad, firmly securing their place amongst the world’s mathematical elite.

The competition is designed for students up to 18 years of age, and includes university level mathematical material. Thien (Y9) and Pino (Y11) achieved distinctions in BMO round 2, placing them in the top 50 students worldwide. At the time of writing, both students are still in with a chance of representing the Thai-land national team this year.

Visit the website for the full story: http://bit.ly/BMOgold2017

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VISIT FROM BRITISH AMBASSADOR

On Monday 20th March, we were delighted to welcome the British Ambassador to Thailand, His Excellency Mr. Brian Davidson, for a visit to Shrewsbury.

This was Mr. Davidson’s first visit to the School, follow-ing his official arrival in Bangkok last June. He was greeted by school leaders, Junior Heads of School, and three Year 13 A-level students, two of whom assisted Principal, Mr. Stephen Holroyd in giving a tour of the school’s facilities. His time with Senior Prefect Richard (who is set to study Law at LSE) and Head Girl Pearl (set to study medicine at UCL) was an experience that Mr. Davidson particularly seemed to enjoy. “The tour was great and clearly this is a fantastic school”, he commented, “but it was especially good to talk to the students themselves. The true value and strength of the British Curriculum is not only in the knowledge it imparts, but the critical thinking and de-bating skills it develops. The students here have learned to debate ideas and challenge viewpoints in a way that is respectful, and which in turn, gives them an authoritative and respected voice.” In a week where the Shrewsbury community joins peo-ple around the world in marking the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Mr. Davidson was also encouraged to see that the princi-ples of equality, diversity and inclusion are put into practice throughout the daily life of the school, helping in turn to nurture a sense of responsibility and global citizenship that is the driving force for positive change in the world. No surprise then that school’s community outreach activities were also a keen topic of conversa-tion over the lunch that followed, and which also gave Mr. Davidson an opportunity to engage with members of the management team and student body. We are very grateful to Mr. Davidson for taking time in his extremely busy schedule to come to visit us here at Shrewsbury.

INTERNATIONAL FOOD DAY RETURNS

Thanks to all of the parents who volunteered to run stalls and celebrate the cuisines and cultures of their home countries in the 2nd very successful International Food Day.

SHREWSBURY SAYS NO TO RACISM

Shrewsbury’s Peace Ambassadors led a series of activities to mark the UN’s international day for the elimination of racial discrimination.

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SP COCKTAIL PARTY

CELEBRATING SONGKRAN

Thanks to all the parents who helped us to celebrate Songkran and who provided such delicious Thai treats. More pictures at https://www.flickr.com/photos/shbriverside/

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ROTARY CLUB’S KIDS DAY OUT

This year, Shrewsbury International School was proud to continue its sponsorship of the Rotary Club, Bangkok South’s “Kid’s Day Out”; a chance for children with various disabilities to enjoy a day of fun and games by the sea at Royal Varuna Yacht Club. As usual, a group of Year 11 students, once again accompa-nied by Mr. Simcox and his team, set out early to meet the Rotary Club buses at Pak Kret. The onward jour-ney, however, was significantly delayed by technical issues, and Shrewsbury’s students showed real initia-tive in helping to keep the children entertained. During the day, our students helped to serve their new friends lunch, looked after them as they played on the beach, and even took some of them into the sea. It was a long, tiring and emotional day, but in-credibly rewarding for everyone involved!

Here’s what some of our students had to say about the experience::

“The most amazing thing on the Kid’s Day Out was seeing the kids smile, ex-periencing those unforgettable moments; it makes me appreciate life a lot more.” Victor (11JB)

“I’ve learned to show compassion towards the less fortunate; it was a heart-warming experience helping the kids to enjoy their day.” Praew (11SB)

“The kids were always so positive about everything, even when the buses were delayed. Those smiles never faded from their faces.” Nae Nae (11SB )

“Being around such kind and positive people demonstrated just how beautiful life is”. Robbie (11SB)

JUDGES LOVE NOODLES: FACT!

This year’s Filmfest competition documen-tary entry from Mandela House, “Noodles”, which showcased some of Thailand’s most iconic dishes and renowned street food cul-ture was shortlisted in the Across Asia Youth Film Festival 2017, hosted by Tanglin Trust School in March. Whilst the film missed out on the top award, jury members, and a content manager for Mediacorp, showed a particular interest in the film, and have since contacted Deputy House Cap-tain, Jenny (Y12), who submitted and co-directed the film with Y13 Austin McDonald, regarding her future possible involvement in a Mediacorp food programme. Bright lights await!

The Mandela Team. Watch “Noodles” and all Filmfest shortlisted films on our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/TVshrewsbury

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SHREWSBURY INTER NATI ON AL SCH OOL JUNIOR HIGHLIGHTS

The EY1 children had a wonderful time exploring the array of creatures at Ocean World. They saw clown fish, giant spider crabs, seahorses, penguins, otters, jelly-fish, sharks of course, and even got to touch a starfish. They ate their lunch in front of the penguins and watched them jump in to the water and race each other. The children were very brave as they walked through the shark tunnel... Their teeth were so sharp!

This half term children in the Early Years enjoyed a very special event organized by our EY2 parents and Ms Claire - Thailand Day. This Thailand Day we paid our respects to the late King. Each activity the children could participate in was or-ganized with him in mind. The children enjoyed drinking and eating his favourite foods, playing his favourite music and learning more about his projects. They all had a fantastic time and learnt lots about King Rama 9.

Year 1 having been learning all about monsters in Term 2b; the good ones and the bad ones. In their topic day activities they learnt a monster mash dance, and created monster masks and balloon monsters. They even got to do some mon-ster coding in the IT room. It was very exciting to see the monstrous creations coming to life!

The topic for Year 2 this half term was Robots. The children had lots of fun on Robot day with a carousel of activities. They prepared a healthy snack that looked like a robot, made a moveable robot pop up card, learnt how to dance like a robot, used their IT skills with Lego robot animation, created a 3D robot and used their knowledge of robots to answer questions in a ‘kahoots’ quiz . Ear-lier in the term they also visited the Robot Learning centre in Asoke where the programmed their very own moving model robots.

Year 3 had their Super South America day on Thursday 6th April. The children came to school dressed as flags or other artefacts linked to the different South American countries. The children learnt about the Inca trail, The Amazon Rain-forest and the animals that live there and even got into the Rio carnival spirit, learning about the Mardi Gras parade and making carnival masks. They also learnt about the Kuna tribe and created Mola art work. The children used their knowledge of South America, as well as their ICT skills to complete a South America quiz. To round the whole day off, the children and Year 3 parents all joined together on the Prep playground to perform Samba music and show off their headdresses and masks that they made in Art this term.

Year 4 have been immersing themselves in the mysterious world of the Ancient Egyptians. In their topic dress up day, children created Death Masks like Tutank-hamun’s, learnt how the Egyptians danced and wrote and decoded hieroglyphs to reveal secret messages. They also made pyramids using some Mathematical magic, and drew some ancient gods.

As part of their ‘Daring Detectives’ topic, Year 5 put on their thinking caps and visited the ‘Escape Hunt Experience’. They took on the role of detectives and moved through room after room problem solving and using their team work skills to solve the tantalizing mysteries. Everyone in Year 5 was stumped by some of the problems but in the end they figured out the answers and can now say they are all Daring Detectives!

Year 6 completed their World War 2 topic with a well deserved, VE day style street party in the year 6 corridor. In a term where they also got to experience what it is like to be a wartime evacuee, sent out to all parts of the school site to perform all sorts of jobs to aid the war effort, the street party was a well-deserved celebration of the end of the topic, and end of the war!

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HOUSE MUSIC COMPETITION 2017

Shrewsbury’s biennial inter-house music competition took place in March, with each house performing 2 songs in the Disney and hugely eclectic “Genre Defining” categories. Congratulations to Mandela House who were named as this year’s winners.

BBC MUSICIANS VISIT SHB

At the end of March two members of the London-based BBC Symphony Orchestra visited our school as part of the tour of the region.

Following a short recital, Stephen Bryant, Leader of the Or-chestra, then led a masterclass with some of our talented string players. Meanwhile, our orchestral percussionists had the opportunity to work in small groups and one-on-one with David Hockings, BSO Principal Percussionist and Head of Percussion at the Royal College of Music. Tay (Y10) com-mented; “The Masterclass was very useful; it helped me take my piece to the next level. I also took away a different per-spective on piece itself. It was a great experience”.

BROWN UNI FOR JAJA AND JUILLIARD SCHOLARSHIP FOR GUN

Adding to the brilliant university news for our Class of 2017, we also received news from Class of ‘16 graduates Jaja, who has secured a place at the Ivy League’s Brown University, and Gun, who has been offered a scholarship to the Juilliard School, widely regarded as the world’s leading performing arts institution.

For the full story on Gun’s offer, visit our website: http://bit.ly/GunJuilliard

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FUSION’S PERFECT BLEND

Fusion #7, Shrewsbury’s annual variety showcase of performing arts talent returned in March for 2 nights of rip-roaring entertainment.

FOBISIA’S BEST OF BRITISH

In March, 24 children Y5 and Y6 travelled to Kellett International School, Hong Kong, for the FOBISIA Primary Music Festival. The Festival, which was also attended by children from 11 other FOBISIA schools, saw children taking part in a series of workshops and rehearsals, building up to a “Proms” style con-cert finale, which was themed “Best of British” and showcased a varied repertoire including English Sea Songs, Calon Lan, Danny Boy, a Beatles medley and even The Spice Girls. In addition to the music, par-ticipants also had an opportunity to learn some dance and make flags (which provided extra colour to the Proms event) and also to enjoy some shop-ping time in Hong Kong’s Stanley Market. Well done to all of our young performers who represented Shrewsbury so well at the event, and thanks to our brilliant hosts at Kellett, especially to event coordi-nator Lucas Cox. We look forward to next year’s Festival at Tanglin Trust, Singapore.

CARNEGIE CALLING

Two Shrewsbury musicians have earned the honour of performing in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Fay (Y5) took second place (Young Musicians Category) in the American Protégé International Piano & Strings Competition 2017, whilst Y10 vocalist Mew, is due to travel to New York in June having been named as the winner of We Sing Pop! Contest 2016; a big voice, a big future no doubt. (visit http://wesingpop.com/contest-2016/ for more details)

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DIVERS RISE TO THE CHALLENGE

Nine Shrewsbury students successfully completed their advanced open water diving qualification this term. They will put their new skills to the test in South Africa this July, when they part in an expedition run by Operation Wallacea; a biodiversity and conserva-tion programme operated by a network of academics from European and North American universities,

CHESS MASTER CHOO CHOO BLITZES THAI TOURNAMENT

Champion chess player, Choo Choo (Y8) secured 2nd place in the standard games and 1st place in the Blitz competition at the 2017 Thailand Junior Chess Championships (U14).

Also a keen badminton player, Choo Choo’s love of chess started 3 years ago when he took up the game as a “You-Time!” activity.

Now rated as the best player in Bangkok for his age group, his simple ad-vice to anyone else inter-ested in discovering their tactical talents; “Get your game on!”.

CHEMISTS CONJURE OLYMPIC GOLDS

Shrewsbury’s Sixth Form Chemists produced some outstanding results in the UK Chemistry Olympiad.

In a competition designed for Year 13 students, our Y12s did exceptionally well with Jay and Boss earn-ing certificates, Jenny and Toon taking Bronze, and Firm, Pound and Gunner taking Silver awards. The stand out performances came from Year 13, however, with Golds for Poom, Up and Earth, whose scores placed the in the top 5%, 2% and 0.6% of 6,000 competition participants—cue wild reactions in the Chemistry department.

MOSQUE VISIT FOR RS STUDENTS

In March, our Y11 Religious Studies classes visited the local mosque on Chan Road. The trip focused on Muslim beliefs and practices, and gave students the opportunity to learn about the important de-signs, features and purposes of the Mosque in our local community.

SHARK GUARDIANS STOP BY

It was a pleasure to welcome back our friends from conservation charity, Shark Guardian, in the last week of March. Junior children, as well as Year 5 and 6 par-ents, learned about some of the challenges and threats facing these magnificent animals, and the im-portance of protecting the ocean’s top predators.

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IA STUDENTS FORGE AHEAD

112 students participated in the DOEIA Bronze expeditions this year – nearly the entire Year 10 cohort, and the largest number of students to date.

3 groups completed their final expedition to the Khao Yai National Park on successive weekends in March, which involved 2 days walking and 2 nights under canvas, represented the culmination of much hard work and dedication throughout the year. Participants also completed a weekend first aid course and “You-Time!” activities where students learnt about the importance of correct nutrition and the intricacies of cooking ‘al fresco’ on a portable gas stove. There was also a field craft weekend where students mastered the basics of using tents and navigation using nothing more than a map and a compass; essential skills that were honed further in a practice expedition in the hills around Fang in the North of Thailand.

U13 FOBISIA GAMES

The U13 squad performed really well in the U13 FOBISIA games in March, taking 3rd place in both the swim-ming pool (led by Pump and Proud), and in the athletics stadium; an incredible 1.65m high jump from Janus the highlight here amongst several golden performances.

A typically steely performance in the football brought another bronze for the girls, whilst the boys found the going tougher on their way to 5th place overall. The boot was on other foot when it came to the bas-ketball, however, as the girls finished sixth, and the boys finished on a high; Chian’s last gasp free throw netting a solid 4th place. (follow all our results at www.shbsport.com)

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BISAC SWIMMING

In March, Shrewsbury’s swim teams competed at the 2017 BISAC Championships. Saturday’s Junior Com-petition was hosted here at Shrewsbury, whilst Sunday’s Senior Competion was hosted at Bangkok Patana. Shrewsbury finished in a solid 5th place in both the Junior and Senior Trophies, with the combined Junior and Senior points Shrewsbury finished a brilliant 4th place overall in the Team Trophy.

HOSTS HOIST SAILING TOPHIES

Shrewsbury was proud to host the 2017 FOBISIA sailing competition in Pattaya. After three days of sailing it all came down to the last race, but Shrewsbury’s young team, ably led by Jia, was just pipped to the finish line, taking 2nd in Vision Class, 2nd in Team racing and 3rd place overall.

VARSITY VICTORIES

Shrewsbury’s Varsity sports teams scored some big successes in this year’s SEAFA Competitions, including 1st place for both boys and girls teams in softball and basketball, 1st in girls badminton and touch rugby, and 3rd in boys rugby; all great signs for the develop-ment of varsity level sport at Shrewsbury, where we hope to repre-sent in full SEASAC competition next year.

ATHLETES AIM HIGH AT BISAC

Continuing very successful outings in previous years, Shrewsbury’s athletes put in another great showing at the BISAC Track and Field championship, taking home numerous individual gold, silver and bronze medals. The U13 Boys placed 1st overall, bur special mention goes to Janus (Y8) in the high jump with a height of 1.70m - equaling the UK record for his age group, highest in Thailand and probably the high-est jump in the world in the last 12 months for a U13 Boy. A truly excellent perform-ance!

There was also success at the Moose Games where SHB were awarded the Best Thai Team Trophy!

SINGLES AND TEAM SUCCESS FOR BOYS AT BISAC TENNIS

The U15 boys followed Patorn’s (1st) and Eric’s (3rd) success in the singles tournament, with victory in the Team Champion-ships. What a season.

Follow us on twitter @SHBsport

Shrewsbury will host the Primary FOBISIA Games 2017 in June. Follow all the action on the event microsite and twitter @shbsport

http://blogs.shrewsbury.ac.th/fobisia2017/

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FOBISIA GOLD FOR GIRLS AND TRIUMPH FOR TK

In March, 115 golfers from 14 different schools traveled to Phuket to compete for golfing glory at the 2017 FOBISIA championships.

Shrewsbury’s girls were crowned FOBISIA champions for the 3rd time in 4 years, courtesy of two excellent individual perform-ances from Tanya (Y11) and Vicky (Y10). Tanya secured a strong 3rd place finish in a very competitive O15 field, whilst Vicky pro-duced a very composed performance over 36 holes to win the U15 category by a comprehensive margin of 11 shots.

TK (Y5) also dominated his category, taking the U11 title by a staggering 19 shots, with 5 consecutive birdies at the end of his first round standing out as his ‘best ever finish’ and laying the platform for an imperious second day victory.

In the U13 boys, it was not until day 2 that M (8CW) really began to find his rhythm, but 5 birdies in the last 7 holes helped to pull himself back from a tough first day into a well deserved 2nd place overall.

Senior SHB golfers Ryu, Gus, and Arm displayed true leadership throughout the tournament, built great team spirit and were ex-emplary great role models for the younger students, including U11 Gunn who was playing in his first ever tournament for Shrewsbury. Together, the team’s combined scores led to a very creditable 3rd place finish for Shrewsbury, and one very proud Mr. Edmunds.

Two weeks later, the team were in action again at the BISAC Golf Championships; the final tournament of the year. The whole Shrewsbury team competed well and finished 4th overall missing out by one shot on the 3rd place finish.

Individually, Tanya (3rd) and Vicky (1st) had another successful tournament in their respective flights, with Vicky shooting a great 2 under par in the tough windy conditions to place 2nd in the entire tournament.

Shrewsbury dominated the U13 boys category, with TK (Y5 - competing above his age group!) placing second to M (Y8) who is now the U13 boys BISAC Champion! As an added bonus, the aptly named Trophy (Y9) also managed to pick up the nearest the pin on hole 3! The future of Shrewsbury Golf certainly looks bright!

Elsewhere this term, Tanya (11SB) wrapped up another great win in windy conditions at the ASB Eagle Cup. In a great double for the girls, Vicky (10SF) also won her flight, whilst a further victory at the Bangkok Cup (in her flight, and all female categories) ranked Vicky as the top performing U15 female golfer in Bangkok this year.

NETBALL NEWS: On 10-12 March

Shrewsbury’s U16 netball team, ac-companied by Ms Rawlison and Ms Walton, travelled to Singapore to compete in the SEA Netball Tourna-ment at Tanglin Trust School.

The tournament proved to be a huge learning curve for SHB’s fledgling squad. Being out on court against some tough competition, the girls quickly picked up a lot more about the rules, game plays, positioning, skills and techniques. They devel-oped hugely as individual sport peo-ple and as a team, taking some well-earned victories in a hugely spirited performance spearheaded by Honor Cuckson, who was named as the Most Valuable player in the whole competition. Congratulations to her and the whole team.

SQUASH NEWS: Well done to all

the players that competed in the British Club Junior Squash Tourna-ment, especially Shane (Y9) who won the U15 Boys tournament.

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SHREWSBURY INTER NATI ON AL SCH OOL EXCELLENCE AWARDS

OLIVIA’S 10k TRIUMPH

On 2nd April, Team Shrewsbury Gold athlete, Olivia Taylor, met up with coach, Mr. Chai, to compete in the Rajamagala Univer-sity of Technology Krungthep (UTK) 10km road race. Following a busy month of BISAC competition in both athletics and swim-ming, Olivia had planned to use the event as a training experi-ence and to experiment with race tactics. However, with typical class an determination, and despite an unfavourable starting position several hundred metres behind the leaders, she was able to work way through the pack into first place. With a scorching time of 41m 36s, Olivia was the first female to cross the line, and was honoured to receive the winner’s Princess trophy from the President of the University.

EXCELLENCE AWARDS 2017

On 4th April, students and staff gathered to celebrate the amazing achievements and contributions to Shrewsbury’s co-curricular Excellence Programmes at the annual Excellence Awards dinner. More pictures to follow...