Rosslyn Tournament 15th/ Sep/12

 On the 15th of september we had a mini tournament at Rosslyn at 8:30 and we played teams such as West Nairobi, Rosslyn, RVA, Hillcrest, and Brookside. It was a very tiring, hot yet fun because we got some more experience of what other teams were like. The most frustrating part was the fact that all the games were 15 minutes each and if you didn't play well from the beginning and made your shots you would potentially lose because the time is so limited. With almost every game the score reached about 25 to maybe 10. I think we did a good job. In the semi finals we played against Hillcrest and it was a pretty tough game because we weren't scoring any points and i think since we just had lunch before and we were tiered and for the majority of our games we played outside and it affected the way we were playing. But on the other hand we ended up doing well even though i think we could have down better. In the finals we played against RVA inside and in the end we ended up winning and we showed all the other teams that we could still do really well even though we had several obstacles in our way. In the end we got medals and i won the best player of the day, i was very shocked, excited and honored that i was presented this award. We spent 8 hours at rossyln and it was worth it because we gave all the teams a run for their money.

RVA - 13/ Sep/ 12

     On the 13th of September we had our second game of the season which was a friendly against RVA. However  it was still very nerve racking because RVA has always been our number 1 rival and last year we had a terrible game against them and we wanted to show them that we could bring it. As soon as we went inside the gym i got really nervous all of a sudden and the memory of our terrible game came flooding back and i kind of felt sick to my stomach but as we started to put on our shoes and warmed up i started to get excited again .  Then Mr. Quinet gave us a pep talk which really helped and i was definitely ready to give it a hundred percent. As soon as the game started it was zero, zero for a while and i think they scored the first point but then we got it back and we caught up. we were leading by 8 point by the first quarter. Then by the second quarter it was a tie and they caught up quite fast and we just weren't scoring any points. It was so frustrating. But by the third quarter we had to step it up because the score was really close and fortunately we did step it up and we scored a lot of points. I felt so  proud of our team because we stepped it up when it really counted and we showed them that we were there to play and we wouldn't give up that easily just because we lost last year.

1st Basketbal game of the season vs Rosslyn 11/Sep

     On the 11th of September we had our first basketball game of the season. It was very nerve racking yet very exciting. Rosslyn has always been one of our rivals as well as RVA and since we had some new team members and it was our first  game i really wanted us to do well. As the game started we were all pumped and ready to go. In the beginning we scored the first shot but after that it was a slow start because for the first quarter the score was only 08-02 and we just weren't scoring. Then by the 2nd quarter we started to step it up and we started scoring. It was a pretty tough game because we weren't in the best shape  we usually are in by the middle of the season, so half way though most of us were exhausted, however this game helped us gain some experience and understand what we needed to work on  and it also reminded me of how much i missed and loved basketball. By the end of the game the score was 36 to 12 and we showed them what we had and what we would hopefully accomplish through out the season.

Shangilia Trip

        This was our first trip to Shangilia and it was very exciting because we hadn't seen them in a long time. As soon as we walked into the gate all the kids were very excited.  We started by introducing ourselves all over again and some of them remembered our names while others were still trying to learn them. It was very funny because when they tried to pronounced our  names it was very cute.  We decided to only play games because it was our first meeting. It was really fun to reconnect with the kids. We played with jump ropes and the girls were really excited and i recognized that the kids had new toys probably from other people. I played frisbee with Newton and Peter and it was really fun because we were all trying to show off our skills and they were pretty good. I think that this was a very fun Shangilia trip because it was fun to reunite and i was excited to go to the next trip and teach them new things.