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Our two schools have a rich tradition of successful participation in a wide variety of middle school and high school sports at the varsity, junior varsity and club levels. The Sabers teams benefit enormously from the Two Schools model, comprising of student-athletes from both OIS and SIS. Our association with international schools across Asia and domestic schools in Japan create many opportunities for both overseas and domestic competition.

HS Boys Soccer at the AISA Tournament

Head Coach Simon Parker
Assistant Coach Tatsuya Hashimoto

HS Boys Soccer team は4月15日～18日まで、AISA サッカートーナメントに参加するために中国の蘇州に行ってきました。大会初日から3試合と厳しい日程の中、KIS、SIS、SSISと対戦し、と予選1位通過を決めました。2日目は準決勝でSSISに勝利し、決勝戦への切符を手に入れました。決勝では、KISと対戦し、今シーズンで一番と言っていい程のパフォーマンスの結果、見事勝利することができ、シーズン最後のトーナメントを優勝で飾ることができました。

HS Girls Soccer at the AISA Tournament

AISA Varsity Girls Soccer Tournament in Seoul.

On the 8th of April Mr Entwistle and Mr. Baig set off with 17 of SOIS’s finest sportswomen for the first AISA High School Girls Soccer Cup in Seoul.

The tournament consisted of SOIS, Yokohama International School, Sacred Heart International School (Tokyo), Seisen International School (Tokyo), Seoul International School and Korea International School.

The SOIS Sabers fought hard and were rewarded for their “never give up” attitude with a win and a draw on the first day, which put them into a semi final on the Saturday. After getting winning the semifinal through a tense penalty shoot out, SOIS found themselves in the final versus a daunting opponent – an undefeated Yokohama team!

It was a very tense and exciting final game, with SOIS scoring an equalizer in the final minute of play to force extra time. Unfortunately, there was not to be a fairy tale ending this time and Yokohama bundled the ball over to score the winner. Yokoahama IS were the worthy winners, but a lot of credit must be given to the SOIS team for their grit and determination.

Mr Baig and I were very proud to be with the team this year and look forward to seeing all the girls back next year. A special mention to the seniors and especially Lianne Terhune from OIS, who was representing the school in soccer for the 4th time!

Derek Entwistle

8 athletes place in Suita Duathlon

Hiroshi Baba, Tara Cheney
Triathlon Club Coach

Sunday, Apr. 25, Suita City Triathlon Association Cup Duathlon was held at Suita-shi Sogo Undojo. The 13 people from SOIS participated and 8 people placed.
<Gr.4-6: Run 1km>
Boys: 2nd 馬場優人 Yuto Baba (OIS4)
<Gr.7-9: Run 2km + Bike 10km + Run 3km>
Girls: 1st 藤崎麻理香 Marika Fujisaki (SIS9), 2nd 徐亜斗香 Atoka Jo (OIS7)
Boys: 1st 細井陸 Riku Hosoi (SIS9), 2nd 山本ﾕｰｼﾞﾝ Yujin Yamamoto (OIS8), 3rd 宮本麟太郎 Rintaro Miyamoto (SIS8)
<Gr.10 and up: Run 2km + Bike 15km + Run 5km>
Gr.10 - 39 y.o. Men: 1st 馬場健人 Kento Baba (OIS11)
40 y.o. and up Men: 3rd 馬場博史 Hiroshi Baba (Faculty)
<Other Finishers> here

5 runners place in Suita Track and Field Games

Hiroshi Baba, Tara Cheney

Sunday, Apr. 18, Suita City Mayor's Cup Track & Field Games was held At Suita-shi Sogo Undojo. 11 students and faculty of SOIS participated and 5 people got awards. Gr.7-9 Girls 1500m: 3rd Marika Fujisaki (SIS9), Gr.10-12 boys 1500m: 1st Kento Baba (OIS11), 3rd Teruki Tanaka (SIS10), 100m: 2nd Takeshi Yamamoto (SIS10), 50-59 yrs old Men 3000m: 2nd Hiroshi Baba (Faculty) Here

HS Girls Soccer at the WJAA Tournament

Tatsuya Hashimoto
Supervisor for the Nagoya tournament

The HS Girls Soccer team had the WJAA Tournament at Nagoya on the first weekend of the spring break. They won against Marist and lost against Yokohama on the first day, so they ended up playing CA to get into the final. Because of the two decent games on the fist day they looked tired, but the girls performed well against CA unfortunately, we lost in a penalty kick shoot out. Overall, we couldn't play our best performance during the tournament, which was a little bit of a disappointing result. I was impressed with their positive attitude and I wish them luck for the last touranament in Seoul.

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