Robbie's International Games

Last Thursday and Friday Robbie competed in an international school tournament - the British Schools of the Middle East tournament. There were fourteen schools competing, from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE and so forth; the tournament was held right here in Qatar in a place called Al Khor about an hour from home. The kids were a great mixture of all cultures, all of whom attend English-speaking schools. In Robbie's school there are 52 different nationalities represented; the other schools I saw look similar.

Robbie had been selected to play in three of the four codes, athletics, soccer and basketball. He has been training for weeks - we have been arriving at school for 7am three days a week, and some days he has had five little training sessions.

He came third in the standing triple jump, and his basketball team reached the final and had a thrilling and close match. Park House School came fourth overall, which was a huge improvement compared to previous years, due competely I am sure to Robbie's presence in the team.
Here they are getting ready for the basketball tournament(above) and playing (below).