Recent Results:

By Mark Austin, RAHA Athletic Director

Monday 19th March

 

U11 Boys Football Tournament hosted by BISAD

Well done to the RIS U11 Boys football team who finished runner-up in their 6-a-side football tournament, unluckily losing out to BSAK in the final 2-0. Congratulations to all the boys; Luka Clough, Nathan Meakin, Sondre Asheim, Thomas, Jasper Mellish, Jaime Alcazar, Faris Kakish and well done Mr. Chris! It was very pleasing to hear how well the boys did and the positive example our boys set…Faris Kakish was a model captain making sure his players all shook hands, cheered for other teams and picked up their own litter – fantastic!

Wednesday 14th March, 2012

U16 Boys Football
RIS v AGS

Entertaining AGS in the final league game of the season for the U16 boy’s team, our boys got off to a great start scoring after 34 seconds. AGS then hit back with a penalty minutes later to level the scores once again. AGS then soaked up the pressure from the RIS team and always looked dangerous on the counter attack.

This proved pivotal mid way through the first half when an AGS counter attack led to them taking a two goals to one lead. AGS maintained the lead until half time and our boys went into the break trailing.

The half time team-talk from coach Mr. Mark contained words of encouragement, to be more positive and to not let our unbeaten season slip.

From the start of the second half the RIS boys were much more decisive and created several chances and soon managed to pull back a goal to tie the scores. Moments later AGS attacked and restored their goal advantage, only for our boys to restart and attack again with a long ball towards the AGS goal and a decisive touch over the advancing goalkeeper. Having equalized, the RIS boys sensed victory and pushed for the winner and after some tidy passing the boys created an opportunity for our striker to shoot from a tight angle. The ball drilled into the top corner of the goal and nestled in the top of the net. The boys played out the remaining minutes looking for another goal but defending resolutely to keep AGS at bay. The final whistles went in a thrilling game with our boys jubilant for a 4-3 victory and remain unbeaten this season. Hopefully if results are correct, the u16 boys should be crowned league champions – well done to all involved.

Goal scorers: Saif Arar, Omar Al Hashimi, Ziae Mustafa (2)

Swim Squad
Congrats to swim squad who did a fantastic job on Wednesday at a swim meet vs. CIS. The RIS swim squad defeated CIS to win the swim meet!!! GREAT WORK

Friday 16th March
U14 Boys Cricket
RIS v BSAK

Playing 2 ten over games on Friday morning, the U14 boy’s cricket team entertained their counterparts from BSAK. The RIS team, including several under-12 players, showed some fantastic potential in a competitive game but unfortunately the more experienced and older BSAK team came out victorious in both games. T

The BSAK Director of Cricket noted that the RIS team contained 3 or 4 good cricketers and that everyone should be proud of the efforts. With more experience and exposure to cricket through our games ,the RIS team and players should develop into a fine cricketing team. Thank you to Mr. Peter Crowther for his coaching and well done to all the boys involved!

More cricket matches to come after the Spring Break!

Good Finish to U14 Rugby

The U14 team finished the season with a good score and classified for the cup final beating BISSAD 45 – 24.

As BISSAD did not have many players, some Raha students volunteered to play with the BISSAD shirt. Everyone had the chance to play and it was quite an entertaining match with a few good tries.

The team, captained by Saud, showed a clear superiority in the first half although in the second half things became a bit tighter with BISSAD scoring four tries.

Congratulations to all the U14 team for all the commitment, effort and teamwork put throughout this season. We are looking forward to the start of the U16 season next year!

Wednesday 29 February
U9 Boys football
RIS 0 – Al Mushrif (Al Bateen) 1
In a close game with chances at both ends, Al Mushrif took the lead in the first half. The u9 boys battled hard throughout the whole game creating many opportunities but could not break the deadlock. Unlucky boys!

U12 Boys Football RIS 3 – Al Bateen 3
Senior Girls Football RIS 2 – AISA 4
Senior Boys Football BSAK 3 – RIS 1
 

Saturday 3 March

Senior Boys Football
NYU 4 – RIS 3

Monday 5 March
U9 Boys Football AYS ‘A’ 2- RIS 3

Playing their penultimate game of the season, the U9 boys travelled the short distance to Al Yasmina School. Taking to the field the boys were anxious about the opposition’s quality of football and soon found themselves trailing by a goal. A resolute defensive game by the RIS boys held the score to 1-0 at half time. With such a large squad to choose from, the u9 coach made several substitutions during the interval to ensure everyone got some valuable game-time. The substitutions worked wonders and within minutes of the restart a Goal by Saif had our boy’s level. The second half continued with our side on the attack and a second goal from Saif midway through the half saw the comeback complete. A further goal from Nicholas made the score 1-3 to RIS, only for AYS to pull a goal back and make for an exciting and frantic finish but we held on for a superb 2-3 win. Well done to everyone on the team.

UAE National Schools Rugby
Congratulations to the following u18 boys rugby players Mitchell Luff, Jamie Palmer and Mustafa Sheibani for being nominated to attend the UAE National Schools Rugby training session with the opportunity to then be selected to represent the UAE in a schools match. Well done boys and we look forward to hearing how you get on.

Cricket
Congratulations to Leuan Carney in grade 6 for being selected for the U13 boys Abu Dhabi Cricket Academy squad. Ieuan trains with the squad every Friday and now has the possibility of representing the team internationally on their summer tour to England. Well done , Leuan
 

U14 Boys Rugby
Tuesday 21st February.
AYS v RIS

Sporting the new RIS rugby shirts, our under-14 boys team visited Al Yasmina school to take on their respective team. In another tough match, our boys were defeated by the more experienced team. Our U14’s look forward to their next match on the 13th March.

Wednesday 22nd February
U16 Boys football
RIS 2 – AIS 2

Our U16 boys came from behind to continue their undefeated status in a tense match. AIS started as the better team and took an early lead in the match which remained until half time. The RIS boys lifted their performance in the second half , playing much better passing football and took the game to AIS, creating numerous chances to score.

Unfortunately the AIS team counter-attacked and hit our boys with a second well -taken goal. Determined not to give up our unbeaten status, we dug in and bombarded the AIS goal for the remainder of the game.

Inspirational captain Saif Al Hameli led his team forward and scored a goal to pull us right back into the game. Minutes later, another run from Saif caused the AIS problems, resulting in him being brought down for a penalty. Unluckily, the penalty was missed and we were left with an anxious end to the game to find the equalizing goal.

Finally with three minutes remaining, the breakthrough came: a quick attack from the RIS boys left AIS short at the back  After a goal mouth scramble Zia-e Mustafa and Omar Al Hashimi managed to bundle the ball towards the line with Omar getting the decisive touch to put it in the back of the net.

Well done boys for a spirited comeback & we move on to our final game, still unbeaten!

Goals: Saif Al Hameli & Omar Al Hashimi
 

U9 Boys Football
Monday 27th February
RIS v AMP

The U9 boys, playing their first of two matches this week, put up a fantastic display to win against Al Muna Primary School. In a competitive first half, the U9 boys took an early lead and held on for some time, only for the AMP team to attack and win a corner, from the resulting corner they managed to score to level the game. As the game went on our boys got stronger in the second half and created more chances and with this, the goals came. The RIS boys ran out eventual winners four goals to one.
 

Goals: Cameron, Rashed, Nick & Saif

Week of February 12-16

On the whole our sports teams had a successful week, with three of the four teams in action recording victories.

Tuesday 14th February U12 Boys Rugby

BSAK B v RIS
In a very close game with our boys playing some spirited rugby and showing just how much they have improved in recent weeks our boys unluckily were edged out by four tries to three. Coach Mr. Pene was pleased with the performance and commented on the quality of the boys tackling (‘smashes’).

Wednesday 15th February U12 Boys football
RIS 7 – BSAK B 2
A confident and clinical display from the u12 boys saw them win emphatically. The RIS goals scored by Farah Farah 6 and Ahmed Lamki.

U14 Boys Football
BISAD 2 – RIS 7

In a mirror of the u12 boys score line, a strong performance from our u14 boys saw them ease to victory. In a game with chances a plenty the score could have been more. The u14 team appears to be improving week by week and has now stretched their unbeaten run to three games. The key being more effective teamwork and passing – well done and keep it up! Goal scorers: Mohammed Abousen 2, Will Jonhston 3, Babiker Abdalla and Omar Abdelati.

Senior Boys
RIS 5 – AIS 4

In a thrilling game that entertained the numerous onlookers the senior boys came from behind to beat their capable opposition. A spirited team performance and some great passing football and goals pleased both the players and coach Mr. Tim. A fantastic performance a massive lift for all the boys involved. Goal from: Yazan, Teni, Khalid, Filip and Saif.

The U12 Boys Football Team are proudly showing off their new football uniforms, kindly donated to the school by Mrs. Yaghnam (parent) and sponsored by Al Wasita Emirates.

All the boys and the RIS sports department would like to thank our sponsors for their fabulous generosity and fantastic kit – thank you!

Monday 6th February
U14 Boys Football:     RIS 3 – AISA 2
Goal scorers, Omar Abdelati and Mohamed Abousen (2)

Tuesday 7th February
U14 Boys Rugby:     RIS 2 tries – Cambridge 6 tries
U16 Boys Rugby:     BSAK – RIS

Wednesday 8th Feb
U12 Boys Football:     RIS 4 – 3 BISAD
Goal scorers: Farah Farah (2) Ahmed Lamki (pen) and Andrew Dando
U14 Boys Football:     BSAK B 0 – RIS 4
Goals from Will Johnston (3) and Mohamed Abousen

Monday 13th Feb
U9 Boys Football:     Al Mushrif (Al Bateen) Cancelled on arrival by host school, apologies to all involved.
U11 Boys Football:     RIS 3- BISAD 0
            Goals, Abdulrahman, Sandre and an own goal
U12 Girls Football:     RIS  1 – AYS 4
            Scorer: Amadine B
            RIS 1- AMP 1
            Goal scorer, Holly Mason
 

25th January
U14 Boys, ACS (3) v RIS (2)
U16 Boys, RIS (6) v AYS (1)

U16 Boys Beat BSAK 1-0, Remain Undefeated
U9 Boys Defeat CIS 2 to 1

U16 Girls Tie Al Yasmina
U14 Boys Suffer Heavy Defeat From Al Yasmina
Senior Boys, Up Against AISA, Were Unlucky in Last Minutes, Lose 1-0.

U12 Boys Rugby Were Runners Up to Older Cambridge Team

U11 Boys Football Defeat JBS, Tie GCS & UPS, and Lose to DBS

U14 Boys Lose to GCS & DBS, But Cream JBS 5 to 1

in Taaleem Schools Tournament

U14 Boys Rugby Vigorously Challenge BSAK, But Lose 5 to 2

On Tuesday, January 21, the U14 boy’s rugby team visited BSAK for their league fixture. Prior to the game the boys had the opportunity to attend a presentation hosted by former international and professional players Gavin Hastings (Scotland) and Jonathan Davies (Wales). After the presentation with the ex-professionals watching on the action got under way. A well practiced and more experienced BSAK side to the game to our boys and tried to dominate proceedings. Our boys defended well with spirit and put some good plays together and matched their hosts in parts but unfortunately ran out losing 5 tries to two. Our boys take away many positives from the game and some good individual performances.

U12 Boys Rugby Were Runners Up to Older Cambridge Team

The U12 boy’s rugby team hosted Cambridge High School in the quarter finals of the Abu Dhabi Schools Rugby Cup competition. Fielding a young, talented and enthusiastic team made up of our students from grade 4 to 6,
our boys put a fantastic spirited performance against a much bigger and older Cambridge team.
Unfortunately our boys came out runners up losing two tries to six but U12 coach Mr. Pene was
very pleased with how our team played. The u12 team now moves on to play in the semi finals
of the U12 School’s Rugby Plate competition in February.  

Saturday 11th January

U11 Boys Football Defeat JBS
Tie GCS & UPS, and Lose to DBS

U14 Boys Lose to GCS & DBS, But Cream JBS 5 to 1
in Taaleem Schools Tournament

On a windy cold Saturday morning RIS U11 & U14 boy’s football teams travelled
to Greenfields Community School to play in the Taaleem Schools Football Tournament.
The early start saw our boys arriving at GCS with rain in the air and both teams were
soon in to action. Both teams finished third in their respective tournaments but were only separated
from the winning spots by two and three points respectively.

U11 Boys                            U14 Boys
RIS 1 – GCS 1                    RIS 0 – GCS 1
DBS 2 – RIS 1                    DBS 1 – RIS 0
UPS 0 - RIS 0                     RIS 5 – JBS 1
RIS 3 – JBS 0

Well done to all the players involved & thank you to the coaches & parents who gave up their weekend
to travel to Dubai.

Football Results, Week of January 11-17, 2012
 

 U14 Boys Suffer Heavy Defeat From Al Yasmina (Wednesday 11th January)

RIS boys travelled to Al Yasmina full of spirit only to come up against a very strong Al Yasmina team. Unfortunately a poor day on the pitch for our boys saw us suffer a very heavy defeat. The boys will no doubt put this behind them, reflect & move forward to focus on their next match verses ACS.

U16 Girls Tie Al Yasmina

Wednesday saw our girls back in action for the first time in 2012 with a trip to Al Yasmina also. In a very evenly matched contest with the defenses on top for both teams and chances few and far between our girls drew 0-0. Notable performances from many of our girls but in particular from Lindsay-Ann Sparrow & Justine Buyse.

U16 Boys Beat BSAK 1-0, Remain Undefeated

One of the biggest fixtures in the U16 Boys Football season saw our boys kick off 2012 by entertaining BSAK. Still unbeaten and looking to maintain the winning streak our boys suffered some bad luck with the news that inspirational captain Saif Al Hameli was unavailable for the game due to a health concern. Also issing several other players due to injuries our squad was still however confident & determined to take the game. In a tough encounter BSAK maintained possession of the ball and put our boys under lots. Our defence stood firm led by stand in captain Mohamed Arar and a fine performance by goalkeeper Andrew Williams kept the BSAK attacks at bay all afternoon. With half-time approaching Oakley Mellish produced some moments of inspiration & skill on the left wing to dance past the BSAK defenders and cooly slot home an excellent finish to give our boys a 1-0 lead at half time. The second half saw more BSAK pressure but we defended hard and created some chances on the break. In the final moment Jackson Clark hit the woodwork with a fine effort on what could be his final appearance before departing for home. In the end our boys hung on to win the match 1-0 and still remain unbeaten – well done all!

Senior Boys Unluckily Lose to AISA, 1-0  (15th January 2012)

A windy afternoon made for difficult conditions for both teams in the senior boys football. In a very close game with nothing too much between the teams, saw chances for both teams to take the lead. At half time the deadlock had still to be broken and the second half continued in much the same way as the first half. With the game entering the dying moments unfortunately AISA attacked and scored to take the lead. RIS boys tried to mount attacks to find the equalizing goal in the final stages but unfortunately ran out of time and very unluckily lost the match 0-1.

U9 Boys Defeat CIS 2 to 1 (16th January 2012)

The U9 Boys started the year off eagerly by taking an early lead against the visiting CIS U9 team with the goal coming from Nikolas. Our U9 boys continued to attack for much of the first half but alas could not find the second goal but pleasingly took a one nil lead into the half time break. At the start of the second half the CIS team came out much stronger and managed to score a goal to level the scores. Our boys showed some great play and determination to look for another goal and were rewarded when Tariq scored the second RIS goal. The final score RIS 2- CIS 1 – well done to all those involved.