威雅公学U13/U15橄榄球队赴上海参赛 U13/U15 Rugby Tournament in Shanghai
时间： 2019-05-28
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5月18日，威雅公学45名学生到浦东参加了另一场橄榄球联赛，对阵上海德威学校，LFS和惠灵顿学校。尽管该比赛是十人制，但是可以看出威雅公学不断壮大的体育力量，目前我们拥有两支13周岁以下的队伍以及一支15周岁以下的队伍。除此之外，我们仍然留有一些队员在校内继续训练，侧重于他们的处理技巧和比赛理解力。威雅公学的橄榄球俱乐部不断扩大，这是所有参训学生的功劳。
比赛当天，三支球队都取得了不同程度的胜利，但是不容置疑的是，我校队员们此前的训练成效在比赛场上得到了体现。今天的重头戏是我校英制八年级的男孩们利用许多凶狠的防守三比一战胜了惠灵顿学校。在这场比赛中，J. Liu同学（特纳学院英制八年级学生）第一次对抗赛就拿到了宝贵的两分，并且要不是他对球场上的线判断失误，还能得到第三分。再次值得注意的是，我们为更多的学生提供了初次体验橄榄球对抗赛的机会，他们从比赛中学到了很多实战经验。对于有经验的队员来说，他们又获得了一次比赛的经验，他们应该从比赛中获取很大的信心，他们拥有这个能力。
作为教练团队，我们决定从每组队员中选出当日之星，这些学生分别是布莱克学院英制七年级的C. Parkin，埃尔加学院英制八年级的L. Liu以及埃尔加学院英制十年级的A. Tian。之前我们作为一个橄榄球俱乐部最大的难关是帮助学生们提高对比赛的理解力，在最近几个月，这一点得到了很大的提升。随着每堂训练课的开展，威雅公学的学生们正在变得越来越强，我们对学生们倾注到该活动中的献身精神和努力程度感到十分高兴。本周末，我们将带领学校13周岁以下的队伍和11周岁以下的队伍远赴北京参加无板篮球和橄榄球比赛。女子无板篮球队伍也将对阵同年龄的其他队伍。对我们的年轻球员来说这是一次很好的机会，赴异地参加比赛的同时也能更多地了解他们自己和队友们，以及能够强化他们的橄榄球知识。
On Saturday 18th May, 45 pupils travelled to Pudong to play another round of competitive rugby fixtures against Dulwich College Shanghai, LFS and Wellington College International School. Despite the tournament being 10-a-side, it showed the growing nature of the sport at Wycombe Abbey International School that we could field two teams at U13’s and an extended squad at U15’s. In addition to this tournament, once again we had several players remaining at school to continue training with real focus being given to their handling skills and game understanding. The Rugby Club at Wycombe Abbey International School continues to swell by the week which is a credit to all those pupils involved.
On the day, all three teams had a mixture of success and defeat, but it is unquestionable that our improvements on the training field are being reflected in our performances on the pitch. One highlight of the day outside of some of the crunching tackles being put in by our boys was the 3 tries to one success for our year 8 boys against Wellington. In that game, J. Liu (Year 8, Turner) playing in his first competitive match, scored two tries and would have had a third, had it not been for misjudging the lines on the pitch. Once again, we were able to provide a few more pupils with their first taste of competitive rugby and they learnt a great deal which will help moving forward. For the more established players, they experienced another step up in performance levels but should take great confidence from their ability to match their counterparts in all areas of the game.
As a coaching group, we decided to award a player of the day for each of the teams and these awards were given to C. Parkin (Year 7, Blake), L. Liu (Year 8, Elgar) and A. Tian (Year 10, Elgar). Our biggest hurdle previously as a rugby club has been to develop the pupils game understanding but this has come on exponentially over the past month. The pupils at Wycombe Abbey International School are going from strength to strength with every session and I’m delighted with the dedication and effort being put into the programme. This week, we are taking our U13 rugby team along with the U11’s on a joint Netball and Rugby tour to Beijing. The girls Netball squad will also compete at the same age groups. This is a wonderful opportunity for our young pupils to experience an away tour and learn more about themselves and their teammates, whilst further enhancing their rugby education.
