QSI Happenings

For Spirit Week at the Middle School, Rachel came to the teachers vs. students soccer game to play the school mascot. Our mascot is a dragon but since this is China they can never get things right so we ended up with a mascot costume that looks like a cross between a dragon and a bee. Not quite the scary intimidating mascot we would want.
She really enjoyed giving the younger kids a hard time. She would wrestle with them, tease them, etc. Of course she got the same treatment back. They all wanted to pull her tail. It was fun to watch but I had to step in a few times when some students were trying to remove her mask. One students succeeded at the end but Rachel was quick enough to cover her face so they still didn't see who she was. Of course that ended the fun and I escorted her off the field with some stern words to those students.
She tried doing some of her gymnastics stunts but the tail kept getting in the way so the only things she really could do were round offs, kicks, and of course the splits. That was enough to impress the students though.

Our Volleyball season came to an end a few weeks ago. Both Jonny and Rachel played on the varsity team this year. They had a pretty good season with both teams taking the championships at the Pearl River Conference Tournament which was basically the international schools in the Guangzhou and Shenzhen area. We had 8 teams participate in the tournament which was hosted here at QSI.
The final ACAMIS tournament was held in Guangzhou this year. Teams from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shekou come for a three day tournament. It is the big deal here and is a lot of fun. As you can see, Jonny knows where the right place to be is....with all the girls.
Rachel and Blair just being their crazy selves in between our games.
Our girls team was undefeated the entire tournament without losing a single match until the Championship game. They just didn't play their best in that game and were defeated by a team which they had beaten by a big point difference earlier that day. It was disappointing but the girls gave it their all. Here the girls are psyching up for the final game. The girls came home with second place and the boys came in 5th.

Now it's on to Basketball which Gavin and I are both coaching the girls team.