The Indian School and AMA had a winning start in the Third School Mini Olympics yesterday (Sunday).
In the boys secondary stage football championship, the Indian School and AMA registered respective 2-1 victories over Kanoo International School and Al Hedaya Al Khalifia at the Bahrain Football Association grounds in Riffa.
In the same age category, Al Hekma and Shaikh Isa bin Ali schools eased past Al Wisam and Al Noor schools with an identical score of 3-0.
In the opening match of the 3-on-3 basketball championship, AMA topped Group ‘A’ in the intermediate boy with victories over NMS-2 (14-3) and the Indian School ‘4’ (11-0), while NMS-3 took an early lead in Group ‘B’ beating Indian School ‘3’ and Multinational ‘2’ with the same score of 11-0.
Al Raja ‘2’ recorded double victories over NMS-4 (9-3) and Indian School ‘2’ (10-3) to dominate Group ‘C’, while Group ‘D’ is being led by Othman bin Affan School, beating NMS-1 (19-3) and Al Wisam ‘3’ (11-0), respectively.
The Mini Olympics action continues today with the group stage matches in the secondary boys and girls basketball championships as well as the girls football and boys intermediate table tennis and the secondary boys and girls volleyball semi-finals.
There are 3,000 students in total – making up 16 government and 18 private schools – vying for glory in the third edition of the Mini Olympics, being organized by the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) in cooperation with the Ministry of Education.
There are nine sports events that have been staged for this year’s event, including three team sports – football, basketball and volleyball.
The remaining events are athletics, aquathlon, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo and athletics for disabilities.
Other results:
Football:
Intermediate boys: Sacred Heart School bt Al Bilad Al Qadeem 2-0, Kanoo International School bt Al Wisam School 5-0; AMA bt New Millennium 6-0, Riffa School bt Al Naseem 7-0.
3-on-3 Basketball:
Intermediate girls: NMS-4 bt Al Wisam ‘1’ 2-0; Um Kulthoom ‘1’ bt Um Kulthoom ‘2’ 7-3; Um Kulthoom ‘1’ bt NMS-4 15-1; Sacred Heart ‘1’ bt Al Wisam ‘2’ 5-1; NMS-1 bt Indian School ‘3’ 4-2; Sacred Heart ‘2’ bt Al Wisam ‘2’ 3-1; Al Wisam ‘2’ BT Indian School ‘3’ 4-2; NMS-1 bt Sacred Heart ‘2’ 7-2; Um Kulthoom ‘2’ bt Sacred Heart ‘3’ 3-0; Indian School ‘2’ bt NMS-2 6-5; Indian Club ‘2’ bt Sacred Heart ‘3’ 5-3; Sacred Heart ‘4’ bt Indian School ‘1’ 5-3; Sacred Heart ‘4’ bt NMS-3 5-3.
Volleyball:
Intermediate boys: Muharraq bt Al Noor 2-0 (25-8, 25-18), Indian School bt Kanoo 2-0 (25-12, 26-24); Al Jabriya bt Al Wisam (w/o).