KMS’s third annual Sports Day was held on September 12, 2011. The house masters, house mistresses and all of the other staff were just as excited as the children as trials were held over several weeks to select the best athletes from each house (and grade) for each event, and to energise everyone in the lead up to the big day. Sports Day 2011 was, after all, going to be a very important day. Not only were the Trustees and staff from the Head Office in Islamabad attending, but 31 international and 10 Pakistani cyclists, competitors in KMT’s Tour of The Himalayas 2011 International Mountainbike Race, would also be there to cheer the children on.

Bright and early on Wednesday morning the KMS administration and academic teams made sure everything was in place and that children were gathered in their respective house enclosures for last minute house meetings during which coloured fabric bands in house colours were tied around the arms of the children and staff members so that officiating judges could differentiate between houses during competition.

The 50m boys race kicked off the event with Eagle house taking an early victory. By lunchtime, the heats for 50m, 100m, long jump, 3-legged race, baton relay and tug of war had been completed.

Kindergarten had also shown off their impressive ball handling skills in a non-competitive game of tunnel ball. The finals began with the top 8 boys from the 50m heats being escorted to the starting mark by their teammates. Cyclists and Trustees, all of whom had been assigned to houses, were on hand to offer special tips and support to their respective teams.

After an incredible day of competition and sportsmanship, the ‘Champion House’ Trophy was won for a second consecutive year by the high-flying Eagle House who had dominated the day’s events, scoring a massive 34 points. Wolf House came in at second place with 20 points, Ibex House placed third with 15 points and Bear House settled for last place with 11 points. As a consolation, however, the Bears walked away with the coveted tug of war title after beating previous year’s champions, Eagle House, in the final.

At the conclusion of the formal competitions, and as a special treat for the children, the cyclists, Trustees and KMT/KMS staff all represented their respective houses in an Adult Tug o War competition in which each house battled against every other house in a round robin format. The top two teams, Eagle and Bear, then had a hard fought showdown in the exciting final match which was won by Eagle House.

The awards ceremony rounded off the day as the top three position holders in each event were awarded prizes by cyclists. Individual ‘School Champion’ and ‘Bear House Champion’ trophies were picked up by Amina Bibi of Grade 3, who left her competition in the dust in her events. ‘Eagle House Champion’ went to Shoaib Shafeeq of Grade 1; ‘Wolf House Champion’ went to Nasir Hussain of Grade 3 and ‘Ibex House Champion’ was awarded to Kamil Arifeen of Grade 3. The most valued tug o’ war trophy and Champion House Trophy were awarded at the end of the ceremony to Bear House and Eagle House respectively.

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