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Heraclitus
“The only thing that is constant is change”

The development of our sports facilities, which started in June 2017, continued through
physical education
this year. We are delighted to have our own brand new weights room, which features a
range of weight training machines, as well as free weights, catering for both our younger
students and for our elite senior athletes.

by Yiannos Papaioannou, Head of Physical Education

Our gym instructor, Mr Vasileios Tsatsanis, is there to support our our Sports Centre and changing rooms were being upgraded.
students and sta by creating personalised training programmes In addition, our school teams had another successful season with
for all gym users, who may access the weights room before and our Senior Girls Volleyball Team winning 4th Place and our Senior
after school. Boys Basketball Team making it to the Quarter nals of the Pancy-
prian Schools Competitions. A number of our students won medals
The latest project that is currently under way is a state of the art in individual Pancyprian events and some of our school teams
Tennis Centre that will be available to us next term. It will feature and athletes dominated in a range of Nicosia competitions.
four top-class clay courts and will add to the range of facilities
available to our students. Next in line, is the re-development of Finally, the Founder’s Day Games between ESOBGA and our School
our Futsal Pitches, Main Football Ground and Athletics Track. Teams took place in April, generating some very positive and
The planning for these projects is at an advanced stage and we encouraging comments for the future. Our mission is to look forward
are hoping that work will start in the coming months. and nd ways to continue the rich and long-standing tradition of
sporting excellence of the School, whilst meeting the ever-evolving
Besides progress on our facilities, this year we had the relaunch sporting needs of our students.
of Afternoon Games after the challenges of the previous year, when
Graduation Sports Awards

The Takis and So a Sideris Award for Sporting Excellence & Conduct Christos Loucaides
The Michalakis Karaolis Award for Long Distance running Andreas Galides
Athletics Award Andreas Charalambous, Konstantinos Mitsides, Elina Christodoulou, Marisa Stephanie Hadjichristo s, Rea Ioannou,
Karolina Panayiotou, Tonia Solomis, Iris Soteriou
Basketball Award Ekin Inan, Alexios Ioannides, Andreas Kakoullis, Michalis Matsis, Demetris Papaloucas, Rea Ioannou, Angeliki Konomi
66 Volleyball Award Kleitos Kountouris, Aegli Evgeniou, Vasiliki Karagianni, Daniela Kefala, Eleni Procopiou
Football Award
Andreas Charalambous, Alexis Charalambous, Ioannis Efstathiou, Thomas Petrou, Elena Ashioti, Yiolanda Shiakola
Handball Award Ioannis Pericleous
Hockey Award Michalis Angelos Georgiou

Sportsman of the Year Sportsman of the Year
Andreas Charalambous Demetris Papaloucas
Andreas was an all-round athlete who represented The English Demetris stood out in the sporting life of the School as a true
School in Football, Athletics and Cross-Country. sports leader and o ered great inspiration to many of our younger
athletes. He was characterised by his positive attitude and com-
Even though his endurance enabled him to be successful in the petitive outlook to sport and he was always there, working hard
Inter-House and Nicosia Schools Cross-country Competitions, and leading by example.
Andreas excelled in Athletics as a sprinter, relay runner and long
jumper. He represented his House in these events on numerous Demetris was instrumental in the success of our Senior Boys Basket-
occasions and he also won medals in the Nicosia Schools Com- ball Team in 2016-17 and 2017-18, when the team nished in the
petition and competed in the Pancyprian Finals too. top two of the Nicosia Schools Competition. We then went on to
win 2nd place in 2016-17 and 3rd place in 2017-18 in the Pancy-
Eventually, Andreas was won over by Football and was an in uential prian Schools Competition against all odds, competing against
member of his House and School Team. He su ered a number Public and Private Sports Schools. Demetris was our key playmaker
of severe injuries in recent years, however, he displayed resilience and Captain in the last two years and he inspired his teammates
and persistence to return to competitive action in his nal year to success.
and gave us a glimpse of his abilities in all three of the sports that
he loves! Furthermore, he was heavily involved in Inter-house sport and
participated in almost every sport during his school career. He stood
‘What I will miss most about my athletic out because of his winning mentality
experience at The English School is the and he always played with intensity
build-up I felt in anticipation of the and passion. He inspired others and
Pancyprian Games, but also the emotion carried them with him. Whatever sport
of making it up onto the podium.’ he played, he played it well!
‘Although I will miss my sporting
experience at The English School, what I
will miss the most is the P.E. Department.
I had the opportunity to forge personal
relationships will all of the teachers in
the department, all of whom helped my
athletic career in some way.’