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i joined the ISP  football  team in september of 2010 playing the position of goal keeper this was an entirely new experience for me as I have never played football in a team before. Before moving to france I was an avid rugby and cricket player and hence moving countries and taking part in the IB diploma has allowed me to broaden my sporting horizons. Playing for the football team was a lot of fun and it helped me quickly cement new friendships with people within my grade and the grade above. Training was once a week for 2 hours on a Friday after school and we had matches roughly every two weeks. The matches were a lot of fun and they gave e the opportunity to test new football skills against other opponents. W3e played matches against the American School of Paris, the British School of Paris, Ecole Active Bilangue (Victor Hugo) and some french clubs. we won a few lost more and drew none. i am a sports lover and it was great to try out this new sport. This activity finished in December of 2010

Total time 25 hours

future plans
i have speculated with setting up a touch rugby session after school for isp students in the summer as rugby is my one passion. in addition in september i aim to join either a colts rugby team or a adult team as i will be eighteen by that time.

As planned this September i joined a rugby club in francoville, playing with another friend from ISP, Simon Harding, it is great to get back into rugby and i am really enjoying playing. i have played rugby since i was thirteen and have represented the eastern counties team in the UK. i played for my club called Shelford up until 2010 and county and eastern county until this time too, it was hard having a year off rugby and i am loving playing again. There are many challenges playing rugby for a French team namely the difficulty in language and not being able to speak French offers up some problems in communication. Thankfully having a friend with me who is bilingual and is able to translate often smooths the process. This has the added benefit of helping me learn more French. .

time played 20 hours

since January of 2012 I have decided to take a more vigourous approach to my personal fitness and as a result I have joined neoness gym in 15eme paris. This is an important to me personally as I believe that fitness and health are important factors in life. And with the approach of deadlines and exams I no longer have the time to travel out to the suburbs of Paris and play ruby so the gym has become a substitute. I have signed up with my friend Tedros, this is so we can help keep each other motivated and hence make the activity more effective for the two of us. I intened to keep this activity up indefinatly

unfortunately I was never able to set up a touch rugby club mainly due to an increase in my school workload. I am disappointed that this project has not come through, however a friendly intergrade rugby match between grades 11 and 12 has been planned for the end of school.