With all the excitement following Canada’s win in the recent Singapore Rugby 7s tournament, CIS was thrilled to be part of the pre-tournament hype.
On the Tuesday afternoon prior to the tournament, CIS students were lucky enough to witness the New Zealand 7s team train in our gym with autograph hunters at the ready for a famous ‘selfie’ with their favourite players. All the fans were in awe of the skill level displayed and delighted that many of the activities the team practised were similar to those they do during their PE classes!
A few days following the Kiwi team visit, our rugby academy members and a number of other lucky secondary school students, were treated to a talk by Rob Vickerman (former England rugby captain turned TV presenter). His speech was extremely inspirational as he related playing sports to being successful in academic studies and life. Everyone was completely absorbed - you could have heard a pin drop in the theatre! Afterwards, we presented Rob with a CIS rugby jersey which he was wearing proudly when he left the Atrium.
These recent elite athlete visits are just some of the ways we encourage our students to stay healthy and play sport. All our students also have two compulsory PE classes a week and from Grade 4 onwards, the opportunity to play in over 14 competitive team and individual sports including rugby, swimming, netball, basketball, volleyball,
badminton and golf.
By Dean Monaghan, Head of Sports
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