The Primary Athletics team ended their productive season with a Head-2- Head match with Waseda International School. Only Track events took place due to the earlier downpour.

It was a cold and miserable day for BST and WIS to do athletics but Mr. Wild didn’t even think about cancelling the meet. Despite the bad weather, BST’s boys and girl’s kicked off with a good start by winning the first relay of the tournament. While the students were trying their hardest the parents were chatting away comfortably until at the start of the 200 meter race when Lewis Peedle accidentally tripped his fellow friend Matthew Viner over. Kindly, Lewis stopped and helped him up and said sorry and then zoomed of but still came 2nd last. In Matthew’s case blood was pouring down his leg and had to go to the nurse. Unfortunately that was the end of the day for Matthew. Even though Mr. Boyes and Mr. Wild put lots of pressure on some people, it didn’t affect them and they kept happily running.

It was great that BST children were cheering for everyone who was running and all of the people who participated tried their hardest all the way through even with the tough conditions. Without Mr. Boyes putting pressure on everyone and Mr. Wild organizing and fairly writing down the times BST would have crumbled into pieces like a cookie.

There were some great performances from all Year groups. At the end of the day it stopped raining all because of the amazing BST Athletics team.

By Kaze McGonigal (Year 4 Sports Captain)

The afternoon started with the High school girls Futsal tournament.  BST girls played second against KIST, they got off to a really good start and played really well.  Tactically the better team and some very close shots from Yunji Hwang and Roxy Lambert but the ball wouldn’t go in.  Then in the last minute of the game KIST managed to break through and score a goal.  As they won it meant that BST did not go through to the final, overall they came third in the tournament.

Following the girls tournament the boys tournament began.  The match for BST against Canadian International School the boys got off to a great start and soon took the lead with a goal.  BST dominated the rest of the game ending the game with an amazing win of 4 – 0.  BST second game was against Columbia International School and they needed to win this to get through to the final, the boys felt a bit of pressure and struggled to remain the dominating team.  They did work really hard together but Columbia managed to score a late goal, meaning the final score was 1-0 to Columbia.  Which meant BST didn’t go through to the final but they came third out of the 6 teams, so a good performance.

It was the last game for a number of students that will be leaving this year, Josh Tateno and Vitor Taigo-Bronzatto, who has both played outstandingly for BST in a number of sports throughout the years.  Good luck boys.

In the Summer Kanto Plains Swimming Championship BST came in third place behind St Marys and Yokosuka. This was an excellent result for the Swimming Team and all members should be very proud.

Top 5 Overall points scorers included Nana Ohashi, Ariana Hill, Joey Tomita, Jamie Spencer, Lilica Tomita, Kai Enderle and Emma Spencer, congratulations an excellent result.

Well done to Nana Ohashi, Joey Tomita and Lilica Tomita for winning overall trophies on the day. Lilica Tomita managed to claim three Kanto Plains records.

It was a fantastic team effort from everyone involved. Well done!!

Mr Boyes

In the Summer Kanto Plains Swimming Championship BST came in third place behind St Marys and Yokosuka. This was an excellent result for the Swimming Team and all members should be very proud.

Top 5 Overall points scorers included Nana Ohashi, Ariana Hill, Joey Tomita, Jamie Spencer, Lilica Tomita, Kai Enderle and Emma Spencer, congratulations an excellent result.

Well done to Nana Ohashi, Joey Tomita and Lilica Tomita for winning overall trophies on the day. Lilica Tomita managed to claim three Kanto Plains records.

It was a fantastic team effort from everyone involved. Well done!!

Mr Boyes

We had our first trial BST Sprint Meet on Tuesday 5^th February against a combined team from Nischi Machi/MST and a team from KIST. It was an opportunity for a number of our swimmers to get a taste for competitive swimming. It showed the depth of our team and once again BST shone in the pool. The final result by the end of the meet was heavily in BST’s favour:

BST:                       438 points

NISHI/MST:         250 points

KIST:                      114 points

Click here to read the full report.

On Sunday 3^rd February, 44 members of Team BST took part in the Winter Kanto Plains Swim meet at St Mary’s school. It was arguably our toughest meet of the year and the students really showed how much they have grown as a team. The performances across the board were very pleasing to see. Overall BST finished 3^rd out of 11 schools and with a little bit more luck on our side it could easily have been 2^nd. A big thank you must go out to our army of parent supporters who helped the students along throughout a very long day. The final medal tally was:

Gold: 11

Silver: 10

Bronze: 14

Click here to read the full report.

House Basketball Tournament – Tuesday 22nd January 2013

A very busy and exciting evening, as pupils started to arrive and warm up in preparation of the Middle School boys’ basketball house tournament and then the Middle school and High school combined girls’ House Tournament. The Girls’ games got under way with Tsukiyomi and Bishamon playing first. Bishamon took an early lead but Tsukiyomi were able to regain possession and won the first game.  Bishamon played Amaterasu next, Bishamon had the upper hand as their height as well as High School experience allowed them to dominate the first half but Amaterasu found their feet in the second half and the game ended with a draw.  The final game was between Tsukiyomi and Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi managed to retain their lead throughout the game leading them to an easy win. So the final results meant that Amaterasu and Bishamon had 2 points each, Amaterasu came 3^rd on goal difference and Bishamon came 2^nd. Tsukiyomi were the overall winners, with two excellent wins.

The boys’ tournament was a fun packed evening although this time Amaterasu completely dominated the tournament. Their first game against Bishamon was a 10-2 win to Amaterasu. Next  Amaterasu took on Tsukiyomi  who were unable able to gain a lead and Amaterasu won 18-0.  The final game, Bishamon vs. Tsukiyomi,  was a tense and tight game through out with the final score being 5-6 to Tsukiyomi.  Amaterasu were the overall winners, Tsukiyomi took second place and Bishamon came third.

A great evening of sport  with commendation going to Jiwoon Joung and Ryo Koyama for organising the events which will go  towards their final GCSE PE practical assessment. The next house tournaments will be Tuesday 12^th February with several more throughout term two.  All winners receive points for their houses.

Girls Basketball Winners Tsukiyomi 2013

MS Boys Basketball Winners, Amaterasu 2013

Futsal report – Saturday 19^th January

It was a cold and sunny start to the day as we travelled to YCAC for the MS girls’ Futsal tournament against YIS (Yokohama International School) and NIS (Nishimachi International School).  BST had one team and the other schools had a few teams making 9 teams in total.  BST first two games were against NIS teams, both ended with a draw as the girls took some time to warm up and find their feet.  In the third game against NIS 3 Camilla Mattioii scored the first goal of the day, after a couple of near misses by Jimin Park and herself.  The girls were starting to look much more confident after the win and the rest of the morning was spent warming up.  Ingrid Corbett, took position as Goal keeper and did an excellent job for the rest of the morning.  In the fourth game BST won 2-1 with goals from both Camilla and Jimin. The fifth match unfortunately ended 1-0 to NIS 2 as the team began to tire.  This soon changed in the sixth and seventh game and BST won 2-0 against YIS 1 and YIS 3, 4 great goals from Jimin.  The last game finished a draw meaning a successful morning with excellent performance and effort by all players.

Team Captain – Mia Rothrock

Team – Lisa Taniguchi, Jimin Park, Ingrid Corbett, Camilla Mattioii

Middle School Boys Basketball Reports

BST A Team V’s YIS A Team

Going into the game with little practice and multiple players sick or unavailable, BST’s A team started off extremely well by moving the ball around the court in a collaborative effort. By the half, the A team was up by six with a three pointer to end the half by Cameron Avent. However, the minute the 3rd quarter began, BST’s little practice got the best of them. Their passes got sloppy and their shots just weren’t going in. Although it was close to the end, YIS pulled out in front.

BST A Team V’s St Maur A Team

On St Maur’s home court, BST never got into their rhythm. Their energy was flagging slightly from the earlier game that day and nothing was working. At the beginning of the season, their stamina was terrible and couldn’t keep up with the well-practiced St Maur’s team. By the end of a long game for the A team, St Maur’s were victorious.

BST A Team V’s Nishi Machi A Team

As our main rival, Nishi Machi have always defeated BST in basketball. When the whistle sounded they weren’t expecting BST to start as strongly as they did. With a few three pointers and lay-ups from the A team’s guards, BST was up by ten at half time. However, the A team took it easy in the second half and Mishi Machi tied it up. With thirty seconds to go, BST scored and then kept possession to take the victory.

Paul Rothrock BST A Team Captain

BST B Team V’s St Maur B Team

The BST B-team went into the first two games feeling a little bit nervous. BST hit off with a good start in the first game with some good passes from point guards Matthew and William. Despite the good passing St. Maur scored a couple of baskets before BST.  BST then gained a few but unfortunately it wasn’t enough to see them through to victory.

BST B Team V’s YIS B Team

The B-team went into the second game tired from the last. This meant BST was a little sloppy on defence allowing YIS some easy baskets. Despite the poor start, once into the 2^nd and 3^rd quarter BST started to get some good baskets and they started to play around YIS. However this late spark of good play was not enough to pull BST into the lead.

All in all the two games were a learning curve for the B- team helping to prepare them for future games.

William Brett B Team Captain

Middle School Girls Futsal Tournament Week One

Saturday 1^st December

The girls Kanto Plains Futsal season kicked off this week at ASIJ.  BST played five games, the first against ASIJ. The girls got off to a good start with a score of 2-2 at half time, but towards the end ASIJ took the lead and just before the final whistle managed to score another goal.  Without a break BST then played ISSH. Some great shooting from Camilla Mattoii and some strong defensive from Mia Rothrock meant BST won 3-1.  After a rest BST played St Maur and managed to hold a 1-0 lead until the final whistle. Following that they then played CAJ in which the game remained 1-1 until the last few minutes where unfortunately CAJ scored making the final score 2-1 to CAJ.  The last game of the morning was against NIS, it was a very even game all the way through with the final score being 1-1.  All players worked hard all morning with some great scoring from Camillia Mattoii and coaching from Mia Rothrock the captain.

Cross Country ISTAA Annual Event

 Friday November 30^th

The morning started off very grey and cold, but we were there in plenty of time (for those of you that remembered last year) which gave the competitors plenty of opportunity to warm up and get prepared.  BST Primary started the races off, producing some great times and several winners. This helped motivate the secondary school runners.  Year 7 and 8 ran 3.5km first, with Dylan Simmons coming first place for Year 7 boys and Antonia Clarke coming first for Year 8 girls.  The Year 9 and 10 race was next with Paul Rothrock gaining first place in the 3.5km race.  The final race was the year 11, 12 and 13 race running 5km, Hiro Katori and James Carson came in a close second place in their age group, an exceptional final by both competitors.  Overall BST did extremely well and we came away with many medals as well as many tired and cold competitors.   All competitors times and positions are below.

Netball Homestay Weekend with North London Collegiate School from South Korea

Last Friday 25 pupils for NLCS Jeju Island South Korea arrived at Narita Airport. Once back at Showa they then went home with their BST homestay buddies.  After a grey and dismal start to Saturday morning, the netball tournament got under way. There were 11 teams of all ages in total, including several from ISSH who joined us for the tournament.  The BST U13 and U15 team 2 came 4^th in their pool while the U18 came 2^nd after several close games.  The U15 team 1 did exceptionally well, yet unfortunately lost to ISSH in the final when the match went to sudden death.

Once the tournament was over, moral soon lifted as 48 students from BST and NLCS left for an afternoon of fun activities. First stopping at Tokyo Tower, continuing on to Shibuya for Genki Sushi, which everyone agreed was a lot of fun.  They then finished off the evening with two hours of bowling before going home to rest before the NLCS girls flew home.

All in all, it was a great weekend, new friends were made, a lot of netball was played and everyone enjoyed themselves.  It’s now time to plan our return trip to NLCS in Jeju in April, which will also be a very exciting experience for the BST girls.

Miss Swain

MS Girls End of season ISTAA Volleyball Tournament

Thursday 22^nd November 26, 2012

The MS girls’ volleyball team headed to Tokyo International School for the end of season tournament against TIS and KIST.  BST played KIST first. .) Due to some great serving from BST, KIST were unable to return the ball and score points leading BST to win 3 sets to 0, (25-18, 25-19, 25-14.)

BST then played TIS and after such a great win against KIST they were feeling positive.  Again, BST were able to maintain their winning streak, beating TIS 3 sets to 0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-5.) BST had full control by the last set and they were pleased to be able to take the trophy away.  Yurika Yamada, the captain of the middle school team this season collected the trophy and the girls were able to celebrate their win after a very busy, exhausting season.  Well done to both the A and B team this year.

Miss Swain

The Yokosuka Military Base is a nerve racking venue even before seeing the pool, but our travelling party of 70 all made it onto the base without any problems. Once pool side, and looking very smart in their new shirts, the team got to work breaking eight Invitational Records on their way to a medal count of:

Gold: 13

Silver: 16

Bronze: 11

It was many of the team’s first attempts at racing in a 50 meter pool which is considerably different to 25 meters. Their hard work at training paid off and a number of highly memorable performances were witnessed.

The team composed of 28 Primary and 20 Secondary students did their school proud, not only in the pool but with the continued support of every swimmer and great team spirit throughout.

A big thank you must go to our army of parent supporters who cheered themselves hoarse throughout the day and to Miss Olsen De Fine for her help in organising the team on the day.

Go BST

Mr Boyes/Dr Reilly

On Sunday the Under 12’s football team were up for an early start. The tournament (Kyonan Cup) began with an opening ceremony where the captains of all the teams gave a speech.

Next up were the games. Our first two games were against two Korean teams.

30 minutes later we were on the pitch ready for kick off.

Many of us were tired and the opposition took advantage of this as they kept pressing on, this lead to several unfortunate goals. At half time it was 3-0 to the Korean team and at the end it was 6-0 to the Korean team.

Our next game was against the other Korean team. This team wasn’t as strong as the first team we had played.

The game started quite equally until they scored their first goal. After that, we started to lose our concentration, which lead to more goals. At half time the score was 2 -0. We had a good talk at half time meaning we all gained some confidence and ended up scoring two amazing goals. In the end the score was 4-2.

Next we were up against the French team. We knew we had to win this otherwise we would place last. The game started with the French team scoring first. However, we fought back to score three goals before half time. In the second half BST destroyed their defense and scored another four goals. In the last minute of the game the French team scored one more goal, but the victory was ours with the final score being 7-2.

The day ended with the closing ceremony, where the teams got boxes of snacks. Overall it was a fun yet tiring day.

By Luka Inglis

It was the final Invitational Mustang Meet at ASIJ this weekend with 38 swimmers from BST taking part. The team has worked hard all year with a big focus on doing well at this event. They did not disappoint, bringing home:

Gold: 19

Silver: 13

Bronze: 12

BST managed to break 3 records one of which had stood for 22 years. Congratulations to Flavia Ginefra breaking the Y6 50m Breaststroke and Lilica Tomita for breaking the Y6 100m Individual Medley. The Boys Y4 Medley Relay team consisting of Joey Tomita, Charlie Bottrill, Yuma Teshirogi and James Hill also broke the record. The team missed out on another 5 records by less than one second.

The team spirit was excellent with children aged from 7 years up to 12 years old cheering each other on all day. As a result BST came out overall winners in both the Boys and Girls Competitions. Each and every member of the team should be proud of their contributions.

The team consisted of Nana Ohashi, Holly Hunn, Imogen Wright, Ines Marcal, Bridgette Denning, Erin Vogler, Ciara Vogler, William Roue, Kaze McGonigal, Kaz Enderle, Ariana Hill, Joey Tomita, Charlie Bottrill, Jack Maeda, Yuma Teshirogi, James Hill, Lilica Tomita, Emma Spencer, Flavia Ginefra, Kana Kanzaki, Fiona Anstey, Malin McGonigal, Pia Oprisan, Emily Ukai, Erina Fukuura, Lee Clarke, Freddie Bottrill, Jake Herse, Kai Enderle, Shota Hirano, Antonia Clarke, Imogen Thomson, Thomas Blouin, Harry Blackett and Camillia Mattioli.

Thank you to all the parents for your cheering and great support throughout.

Congratulations!!

Mr Boyes / Dr Reilly

Saturday 13^th October, 2012

MS Girls Volleyball match

BST V ISSH

A team BST 2-1 ISSH
B team BST 0-2 ISSH

The B team were up first against the ISSH Symbas.  The B team worked well but were unable to consistently serve over the net meaning a lot of points were given away allowing the Symbas to win, 11-25.  They went into the second set more positive and Amy Carson, the team captain, gave great encouragement from on court.  BST worked really hard in the second set and their returning of the ball and moving around on court really improved. They managed to keep the score even until half way through the game.  Then once they had lost a few points, their heads dropped and they finished the second set 18-25 to ISSH.

The A team started off really well and gained the lead due to some great serving from Yurika Yamada and working together very defensively to maintain procession.  BST remained on top of the first set winning 25-18.  ISSH came back into the second set with more fight. This meant, despite some excellent serving from BST, ISSH won the second set 25-21. A very close and tense set followed with neither team gaining the upper hand. However, with some excellent game play BST won the third set 15-13, the first A team game win of the season.

Tthe Kanto Plains end of season tournament will be the next match on Saturday November 3^rd at BST.

ASIJ Swim Meet

BST arrived at the American School, on Saturday the 13^th of October, confident after their great performance on home soil. As it was the school’s Spirit Day, it was buzzing with a variety of activities which inspired the swim team to perform extremely well yet again.

The overall result was:

Gold: 17

Silver: 6

Bronze: 4

The Primary School welcomed the attendance of 8 Year 7/8 students from the Senior School who did themselves proud. Once again, the behaviour of all 31 swimmers from BST was exemplary and they were a credit to their school.

Keep it up.

Mr Boyes

BST Swim Meet

Friday the 12^th of October was BST’s chance to host its own Swim meet and it turned out to be a great success. In total 87 students from BST took part and everyone performed extremely well. It was good to see the whole team supporting each other and their behaviour was excellent.

A swim meet of this size (approximately 160 swimmers) takes a great deal of organization and a big thank you must go out to all the parents for their hard work, both prior to the meet and on the day itself. Also to all the teachers who helped and supported on the day, thank you.

In total BST finished with 51 gold, 55 sliver and 36 bronze ribbons which is a phenomenal effort. There were a considerable number of personal best times and all who took part should be very proud.

Mr Boyes

MS Volleyball – House Tournament – Tues 9^th Oct 2012

The volleyball house tournament continued last Tuesday with the Middle School participating.  Charlotte Griaud in Year 11 organised both the girls and boys tournament as part of her GCSE PE assessment.  She organsied and led the session outstandingly.

The girls’ games started with Amaterasu vs Bishamon. Amaterasu only had 4 players but managed to convincingly beat Bishamon after only two sets.  The next match was a fierce battle between Amaterasu and Tsykiyomi. As both teams were comprised completely of MS volleyball players.  It was a great game enhanced by the fact that  Amaterasu still only had 4 players meaning they had to work extremely hard  beating Tskyiyomi in the second. Unfortunately Tskyiyomi mananged to beat them in the third making it a very close game.  In the final game Tskyiyomi beat Bishamon due to some outstanding serving from Yurika Yamada, who scored 18 points in a row.  Tskyiyomi were the winners, Amaterasu second and Bishamon placed third. Bishamon did very well seeing despite not having any players from the A MS team.

The boys’ volleyball was dominated by Amaterasu, they won both all their sets and both games.  Amaterasu had some strong Year 9 players who served and returned the ball very well.   Tsykiyomi and Bishamon played the last but close game, Bishamon managed to take the lead and win two sets to nill.  In the end Amaterasu were the winners of the boys’ middle school house volleyball tournament.

Amaterasu have won both the boys and girls High school games and now adding to that the boys middle school volleyball so they already have a lead in the points this term, let’s see what happens during sports day.

More photos on Flickr here

It was another early morning for the swim team who travelled to St Mary’s on Sunday 7 October. There was an air of anticipation for everyone as the competition was expected to be extremely tough, with the attendance of a number of Schools and Japanese clubs. It was another outstanding performance from the whole team bringing home a number of medals:

Golds 9

Silvers 11

Bronze 8

Congratulations to our girls’ 50m freestyle team winning Gold in an excellent time of 2min 38.39 sec. Other Gold medal winners included James Hill in the 25m Freestyle and Backstroke, Freddie Bottrill 50m Butterfly, Nana Ohashi 25m breaststroke, Flavia Ginefra 50m Breaststroke, Fiona Anstey 50m Backstroke, Lilica Tomita 200m Individual Medley and Charlie Bottrill 25m Butterfly.

A big thank must go out to all the parents who supported throughout the day. Congratulations to the team and keep up all your hard work at training.

Mr. Boyes

Saturday 6^th October, 2012

MS Girls Volleyball match

BST V NIS

A team BST 1-2 NIS
B team BST 0-2 NIS

The B team’s match against NIS was a first for both Antonia Clarke and Kiuko Notoyo. Despite Amy Carson’s encouragement from on court, BST were unable to work together as a team. This, combined with strong serves from NIS, meant they lost both sets. Regardless of this it was a great experience for the team and a good first match for the new players.

The A team followed with a strong first set, narrowly losing with a score of 23-25 to NIS. The score remained close throughout the match, creating an intense and exciting game. In the second set however, BST were able to take a convincing lead over NIS due to some amazing serves from Mia Rothrock and Yurika Yamada scoring 12 points in a row. The second set finished 25-19 to BST.  The third set was tense as NIS began to get stronger and the BST team was starting to get tired, losing focus.  The score was back to being even point for point, at 12-12, 3 serves from Yurika gave us a two point lead, but NIS won back the serve and scored making the score 15-14 to BST.  BST needed to win by two clear points. Unfortunately they were unable to hold the serve and finally lost 15-17 to NIS.  A disappointing result, as the team had worked so hard together.

This week, we had the girls and boys High School house volleyball between the three houses, Amaterasu, Bishamon and Tsukiyomi organized by Aakriti as part of her GCSE PE assessment.

High School Girls.

Amaterasu seemed to be the firm favorites for the girls to clinch the first win of the evening as they squared up against Bishamon but solid serving in the 3^rd set from Maria gave the underdogs a 2-1 victory over Amaterasu. Straight after the 2-1 victory, Bishamon were on court again to play Tsukiyomi who only had 4 players in their team! Despite this Emily, Rayna, Areej and Iona made sure Bishamon were left stunned for underestimating their opponent as they came out on top with a hard labored 2-1 victory. Upon seeing what happened to Bishamon, Amaterasu went into the 3^rd game of the evening against Tsukiyomi focused and made no mistake of underestimating their opponents, as a result they cruised to a 2-0 victory over their Tsukiyomi.

The results from the 3 games meant that there was a tie between Amaterasu and Bishamon and as a result, the two houses would have to square up against each other once more to decide the overall winner. The two houses played a 1 set game up to 8 points and it was Amaterasu this time that came out on top after they held their nerves to win 8-4. So overall after the four action packed games played on the evening, Amaterasu came 1^st, Bishamon 2^nd and Tsukiyomi 3^rd.

High School Boys

The scene was set for the battle of the big hitters….. On a balmy Tuesday evening the three houses drew their lots. Amaterasu to play Bishamon, Bishamon then to play Tsukiyomi and finally Amaterasu to play the Tsukitomi. Vibrant colours of green, orange and purple punctuated the tiles as bodies thrown in sacrifice dove to stop the ball hitting the floor. All three matches were a joy to behold.

In the first match Bishamon with the power and precision of Vitor Bronzatto took on the guile and athleticism of Josh Tateno and his Amaterasu team. Green won the first, orange won the second and in the final set the Orange pipped the Green Machine. Tsukiyomi saw themselves as the underdogs and in the first set it seemed that the Purple David’s would indeed slay the Green Goliaths. Order however was restored and Bishamon won the second and third sets comfortably. The stage was set for the final match as a Tsukiyomi win would mean a three way tie. Amaterasu were just too strong and ran out comfortable 2-0 winners. The final standing Amaterasu 1st, Bishamon 2nd and Tsukiyomi third. Great volleyball, healthy competition; overall a great evening!!!

Team talk with Miss Van

Tsukiyomi Star player

MS Girls Volleyball Tuesday 2nd October 2012

A team BST 2-0 Seisen (21-25/13-25)
B team BST 2-0 Seisen (4-25/14/25)

The B team struggled to get into the first set as they were unable to get it together as a team unfortunately but they learnt a lot. They were able to work better in the second set and start to attack Seisen but were unable to retain their serve so unable to gain points.

The A team played really well with some great serving with serving from Lisa Taniguchi and BST were leading 11-7 then Seisen stepped up their game and pulled back a few points finishing the set 25-21 to Seisen. The girls went into the second set really positive and again the set was even until half way through and then BST were unable to hold off the Seisen powerful returns, and defensive play.

All girls worked hard and together it was tough environment for them to be at Seisen home ground.

Well done all.
Miss Swain

BST vs. ASIJ 29^th September

Spirits were high in the BST A team after a victory against St Maur’s the previous night and many were willing to add another victory to the tally. However, in front of that stood ASIJ, who has won the league the most times. As the ASIJ team kicked off, both teams tried to get the match under their control. The centre back pairing of Ken and Jules proved quite effective as ASIJ were unable to test William in goal often. When an ASIJ man got through, Jules was there to slide in to clear. As BST attempted to get close to goal with a long ball, ASIJ repelled it, by squashing Paul Rothrock with a stupid challenge. The result wasn’t a particularly pleasant sight. An elbow caught Paul in the jaw, busting his lip open and forcing him to substitute off. BST had temporarily lost its main attacking option but Jesse and Jonah worked hard up front in an attempt to provide the team with the opener. Neither team was able to go into the second half, when Paul was re-introduced, with an advantage but that soon changed. The ASIJ player outmuscled the BST midfield and slipped the ball through to the striker who blasted past William. BST then tried to get back into the match but an unlucky error by Will led to ASIJ’s second goal. From a throw in, the winger crossed in an extremely high ball which bounced over William and bounced into the goal for a lucky goal. However, due to ASIJ”s large squad, they were then able to substitute in a whole team so a tired BST team was playing a mostly fresh team. However, this wasn’t shown and BST started to dominate but as they got closer to goal, a second bad challenge on Paul harmed his head and he was taken off again. BST kept on trying but decisions didn’t go their way as frustration grew. When BST finally won a freekick on the edge of the box, it was a difficult mission to get done. Ginji Kinashi then expertly curled in to the top corner but that was the end. The referee blew the whistle for full time and for the second time this season, BST came out disappointed.

Ms girls Volleyball Saturday 29th September

A team – BST 0- 2 ASIJ (14-25/14-25)
B team – BST 2-0 ASIJ (25-10/25-19)

The B team played first and had an excellent game, the first game for Camilla Mattiolli. Aayaka Teshirogi the B team captain got the game off to a great start with 5 straight serves meaning we were leading 6-0 before ASIJ got to serve. We remained on top of the game through the first set finishing 25-10. We went into the second set in high spirits, although we were 10-12 down half way through but with some great serving and defensive play we went into the lead 21-18 and then finished the game with a 6 point lead of 25-19, a great game by all players.

The A team were then ready to play ASIJ A team, they started off strong and were working really well together as a team with some great attacking plays but ASIJ managed to get through with their powerful serving and short balls over the net. We lost the first set but went into the second very positive, but with a few injuries to Mia Ryan and Yurika Yamada we found it difficult in the second set and although they worked hard we lost the second set. The girl put together a awesome performance and played really well as a team.

Miss Swain

It was another successful day for BST in the ASIJ B swim meet. We travelled with a small squad of 15 swimmers who dominated the event from start to finish. The eventual medal tally was:

Gold 19

Silver 7

Bronze 4

Congratulations to a number of our swimmers who were to strong for the opposition winning all their events. The gold medalists on the day were Imogen Wright 25m fly and free, William Roue 25m fly, Danica Titze 25m fly, Ines Marcal 25m back, James Hill 25m back and free, Amy Stewart-Box 50m back and breast, Kio Lovric-Biegler 50m breast and back, Yuma Teshirogi 25m breast, Nana Ohashi 25m breast and 100m IM, Fiona Anstey 50m free.

Our relay teams were outstanding, managing to win every race. Congratulations to all swimmers for their excellent behaviour and for working so well as a team. A big thank you must go to all the parents for their support throughout, even though it was a long day.

Well done!

Mr. Boyes

BST – St. Maur’s A-Team

After getting defeated by St. Mary’s, BST trained their weak points and was ready to play against St. Maur’s, the second match of the season. BST knew that it was going to be a difficult match but had a spirit to win it. BST kept the ball, showing some good performances on the first half and pressured them constantly, before giving them time to play. Around the 10^th minute on the first half, Dylan Simons from BST found the back of the net for his team. As BST found their momentum, they scored 2 more goals through Jesse McCrindle and Ginji Kinashi. But this caused BST to lose their concentration and made them to concede a goal. The first 35 minutes had finished with the score 3-1 to BST. The Captain of BST, Ginji Kinashi, went off after the first half and Jonah Sundstrom replaced his position. On the second half Matthew Freeman from year 7 put in a fantastic effort and scored 2 goals. However on the other hand BST’s defense didn’t work hard enough because of the lack of stamina and communication, letting in two more goals. As the referee blew the whistle, all of the players from BST were full with joy; it was their first victory of the season.

By: Ginji Kinashi Yr 9AP

MS Volleyball – Saturday 22nd September

YIS

A team – BST 0 -2 YIS (12-25/21-25)

B team – BST 0 – 2 YIS  (8-25/10-25)

AOBA

A Team – BST 1-2 AOBA (16-25/25-17/13-15)

B Team – BST 0 -2 AOBA (10-25/19-25)

Four games in one morning.  It was the first game for some of the B team players, Lauren Chambers, and Amy Carson and the first time that all the B team players had played together against another school.  The score doesn’t reflect the effort, they put in, it wasn’t until the second set that they started to gain some confidence and settle into the game. The A team were then taken by surprise during the first set of their game and were unable to make a comeback in the second set, although Yurika Yamadas serving was outstanding she bought the team back from 11-18 down to 16-18 with 5 great serves in a row, they were unable to win the last few points of the second set and YIS left winning both games.

The B team were worked hard against AOBA B team and really started to develop their skills, unfortunately there serving let them down a little, but they worked extremely hard and learnt a lot from the game.  The girls started communicating and moving around the court really well.  The A team put up a tremendous performance against ABOA A team, some outstanding serving from Mia Ryan and  Lisa Taniguchi serving 5 successful balls in a row.  BST lost the first set although it was pretty even for the first half of the set and then BST lost focus and lost the first set 16-25.  BST entered the second set a different team with confidence and fire, it was even points throughout the game with excellent scoring and team play they won the second set 25-17.  In the final set BST dominated AOBA with a defensive play and setting up strong attacking plays.  Unfortunately BST didn’t manage to hold their lead in the last few points and lost 13-15, but what a nail biting performance.

Four great games by 13 great players well done girls you worked extremely hard.

Miss Swain

BST girls warming up

The first A swim meet of the year saw a group of 17 BST swimmers travel to ASIJ. All the swimmers had put in a number of extra early morning sessions in preparation for the gala. This hard work and dedication lead to some excellent results from the 23 events entered:

Gold 12

Silver 3

Bronze 3

Congratulations to Lilica Tomita achieving first place in every event she entered. Other individual gold went to Holly Hunn in the 25m backstroke, Lee Clarke 50m backstroke, Nana Ohashi 25m breaststroke, Flavia Ginefra 50m breaststroke and Charlie Bottrill 100m individual medley.

Our relay teams were exceptional winning every medal, only to be disqualified in one of the events for an early start. The team should be very proud of their efforts.  The behaviour and sportsmanship on the day were a credit to the school.

Congratulations once again to the team Jake Herse, Freddie Bottrill, Lee Clarke, Kai Enderle, Flavia Ginefra, Lilica Tomita, Emma Spencer, Ebba Ashe, Malin McGonigal, Nana Ohashi, Holly Hunn, Jack Maeda, Yuma Teshirogi, Joey Tomita, Charlie Bottrill, Kaze McGonigal and William Roue.

A big thank you must go out to Ms. OConnor and all the parents for their support.

Great job!

Mr. Boyes

Middle school Girls Volleyball
Saturday 15^th September 17, 2012

BST V CAJ

A team lost 2-0

B team won 2-0

The B team played first and with BSTs two new players to the court, Bella Sharp year 7 and Shuko Fukama year 8.  They both played extremely well for their first game ever, Bella made 4 successful serves in a row.  The BST team worked well together as a new team and won the first set.  They then went into the second set very strong and confident once again some great serving from Lisa Taniguchi, who served 5 balls in a row in both the first and second set.   The whole team work together to win the second set 25-14.

The A team worked really hard together and the first set was even points most the way through the game, but the first set ended 20 -25 to CAJ.  The BST girls knew they could give CAJ A team a good game and continued to work hard throughout the second set but at BST got tired CAJ remained strong.  Every time BST were down by a few points they managed to bring the score back to even and then CAJ would manage to get ahead again.  The last few points were very tense and it was all down the good clear serving but unfortunately BST lost the second set 22-25. Overall, an outstanding performance by all players.

Middle school Girls Volleyball
Thursday 13^th September 2012

BST V St Maurs

A team lost 2-0

B team won 2-0

The first game of the session and after only a few practice sessions the girls demonstrated their skill and got off to a great start.  BST only had one team so the same girls represented BST in both A and B games which was tough.  Having not played together as a team since last year the girls go straight into the St Maurs B team game, winning the first set 25-22, with some great serving from Lisa Taniguchi and Yurika Yamada who served three amazing serves at the end of the set.  Into the next set BST held their own and won 25-19, with some outstanding serving from Mia Ryan.

After a short rest BST played against St Maurs A team, who had been patiently waiting to play and watching the B team play eyeing up their opposition.  In the first set BST doing were doing extremely well and giving St Maurs a good game with each team continuously attacking each other.  Despite some outstanding serving from Mia Ryan and Yurika Yamada BST lost the first set 18-25.  The girls continued to work hard and as team they also lost the second set 18-25.  It was still an outstanding performance by the 8 girls, well done.

On Saturday 8 August, BST took ten cricketers to take part in a quadrangular tournament at Oami Shirasato Arena, sponsored by Cricket for Smiles. After a long bus ride to the venue we managed to get in a 30 minute practice session. This enabled us to start the tournament off well beating Little terns by 15 runs. Our second game was against Chiba.  With BST into their stride they scored an impressive 53-3 from our six overs with excellent batting from Liam Waide. The bowlers all performed well, restricting Chiba to 22-3 from their six overs.

The final game saw the two undefeated teams playing against each other, BST v Jinta. Jinta won the toss and batted first. Once again the BST bowlers were excellent restricting Jinta to 23-4 off their six overs.  Dylan Simons and Jake Herse batted well chasing down Jinta’s total in the third over without losing a wicket. This resulted in BST winning the tournament.

Congratulations to everyone who took part, Liam Waide, Dylan Simons, Logan Simons, Jake Herse, Jinu Lee, Roshan Soni, Charlie Wiggins, Luke Matthew, Leon Mehlig and Danny Stainer. You should be proud of your efforts.

Mr Boyes

BST vs. St Mary’s September 15^th

As the BST football squad walked into the St Mary’s football pitch, emotions were running high. After only a single training session, BST were facing their first match and this wasn’t just any team, it was against a multiple time Kanto Plains winner. As the referee blew his whistle to start the game, St Mary’s immediately took control forcing our keeper, William Herse, to make many difficult saves. Due to the hot September day, the referee stopped the match 15 mins in for a water break with the score still level. However, this break caused the defence to break their concentration. The St Mary’s striker muscled his way through the BST back line and slotted in for the opener. The lack of communication between centre backs, Sean and Ken caused the second goal, letting a pass slide into the front man to take his tally up to two. Mr. Williams then instructed Sean to push up into midfield with a direct swap with Jonah but this couldn’t stop St Mary’s scoring their 3^rd from a corner. As both teams came back in for half time, desperation was in many of the BST players’ mind. They had to get back in it. After half time, it was like a changed team. BST were competing for every 50:50 ball. They wanted to win it. This seemed to have helped BST push on and by the time the ref signalled for the second water break, BST were firmly in control. The only thing that was lacking was the finish. However, it eventually came. As Sean Peedle whipped in a freekick from the half way line, it went all the way through to Dylan Simons who tapped in from close range. As BST pushed for 2 more, Paul Rothrock slipped through for the second. BST still pushed on and Ginji Kinashi hit the bar followed by 2 fantastic saves from the keeper. When the ref finally blew for the whistle the entire St Mary’s team seemed to let out a huge sigh of relief. It was a convincing second half performance but much must be taken in for a chance at the league title.