NPS International School offers a rather challenging and comprehensive Athletics programme spanning activities like cricket, football, basketball and badminton for both boys and girls of different age groups. Our teams have been participating in various interschool tournaments on a regular basis.

The call for selection trials this year (2012-13) for various sports representative teams saw a big response, with over 500 students attending trials. 200 of them made it to various representative teams in different age categories. New representative teams have been formed in the following sports and age categories.

1. Cricket Boys - Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 and Under 16.
2. Football Boys- Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 and Under 17.
3. Football Girls- Under 10, Under 12 and Under 14.
4. Basketball Boys - Under 11, Under 13 and Under 14.
5. Basketball Girls - Under 11, Under 13 and Under 14.
6. Badminton Girls - Under 12 and Under 14.

Season 1 saw more than 350 students participate in 27 interschool tournaments in various sports, playing around 138 interschool games. This has been one of the best seasons for our sports teams in terms of participation, achievement and most importantly the exposure students have had playing these games. Given below are the highlights of Season 1.

Cricket

The Cricket season started with a successful tour to Bangalore in April, our U-13 team won the TISB Cup by defeating good cricket playing schools and academies like Vidyashilp Academy, Jain International School, Mac sports and The International School Bangalore.

Our teams continued to do well after their return to Singapore
U-14 team was the champions of the ACSIS U-14 tournament.
U-13 teams were runners up in the SCA tournament.
U-11 team was runners up in the Howzat tournament.

Football

Our football teams were in the limelight as well this season
U-9 boys finished runners up in the ACSIS Tournament
U-16 boys finished runners up in the ACSIS Tournament.

Basketball

This was a good season for our basketball teams as well.
U-14 Boys basketball team were the winners of the CBL Tournament, they won a closely contested finals against AISS sharks (37-34).
U-12 Girls won the AISS Basketball Carnival.
U-12 girls and boys were runners up in the ACSIS tournament.

Badminton

Our U-12 Girls badminton team playing their first tournament finished a very promising third in the ACSIS tournament.

Diving

Niharika Jhingan represented the school in the Singapore Inter-School Diving Championship and got a Silver medal in Girls 1m Category B

Cross Country

28 students represented our school in the junior cross country event this season; Anshul Jhingan won a bronze medal in the U-10 category.
Shail Modi won the Silver in the Middle School Category, 14 students represented our school in this event.

Sport	Tournament	Age & Gender	Outcome / Results
Football	ACSIS	U-9 Boys	Runners up
Football	ACSIS	U-16 Boys	Runners up
Football	SWISS CUP	U-9 Boys	4th placed
Football	SWISS CUP	U-11 Girls	4th placed
Football	SWISS CUP	U-11 Boys	4th placed
Cricket	TISB Cup (Bangalore)	U-13 Boys	Winners
Cricket	ACSIS	U-14 Boys	Winners
Cricket	AISS Sixers	U-12 Boys	Winners
Cricket	SCA (Singapore Cricket Association)	U-13 Boys	Runners up
Cricket	Howzat Cricket Tournament	U-11 Boys	Runners up
Cricket	Indian Association Cricket Tournament	U-12 Boys	Lost in the semis
Cricket	Howzat Cricket Tournament	U-13 Boys	Lost in the semis
Basketball	ACSIS	U-11 Boys	Runners up
Basketball	ACSIS	U-11 Girls	Runners up
Basketball	CBL (Community Basketball League)	U-14 Boys	Winners
Basketball	CBL (Community Basketball League)	U-12 Girls	3rd Place
Basketball	CBL (Community Basketball League)	U-12 Boys	4th pace
Basketball	CBL (Community Basketball League)	U-14 Girls	4th pace
Basketball	AISS BASKETBALL CARNIVAL (One day)	U-12 Girls	Winners
Basketball	AISS BASKETBALL CARNIVAL	U-12 Boys	No position
Basketball	AISS BASKETBALL CARNIVAL	U-14 Boys	No position
Basketball	AISS BASKETBALL CARNIVAL	U-14 Girls	3rd placed
Badminton	ACSIS (Team- A)	U-12 Girls	3rd placed
Badminton	ACSIS (Team- B)	U-12 Girls	4th placed
X-Country	ACSIS (Cross country)	U-8 & U-9 Boys	All participants completed the   2 KM race
X-Country	ACSIS (Cross country)	U-10 & U-11 Boys	One bronze, all participants completed the 2.5 KM race.
X-Country	ACSIS (Cross country)	U-14 Boys & Girls	One Silver, all participants completed the   3.5 KM race

Our ECA programme continues with a range of activities for all age groups. These are offered by professional partners like British Council, APSM, and Town for Kids. For more information on the various ECA programmes, please contact our ECA partners:

ECA FEES: SGD 320 (SGD 480 for creative writing) All activities are subject to minimum enrolment of 8 students Cheques for aerobics, taekwondo and sports activities should be made to: “Asia Pacific Sports Management Pte Ltd” or APSM

Cheques for ALL OTHER ECAs should be made to: “NPS International School”

Completed forms along with the cheque are to be handed over to your child’s home room teacher by 24th April 2013.

In order to better plan our ECA and bus routes, late entries will not be entertained. There will be a maximum number for many of the ECAs, so do register early so as to avoid any disappointment. We look forward to an active, event filled term.

ECA Dates

Months	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
May	6, 13, 20 ,27	7, 14, 21, 28	8, 15, 22, 29
June	3, 10	4, 11	5, 12
July	29	30	31
August	5, 12, 19, 26	6, 13, 20, 27	7, 14, 21, 28
September	2, 9, 16 , 23, 30	3, 10, 17, 24	4, 11, 18, 25
October	-	1	2
Total – 16 Classes (Oct 7, 8 & 9 no ECA)

Please check the Semester 1 ECA Schedule here.

You can download the ECA registration Form here.