Girls’ Football
Sara Bottura, Sheena Shah, CatherineAyebazibwe, Ashley Karanja, Diana Vargas, Mariam Kimutai, Radhika Rana, Paula Kioko, Marie-Noelle Nduwayo, Ivy Gitonga, Mai Sher, Mongina Osoro, Joanna Dyer, Jasmine Jethwa, Andrew Makokha, Reemi Shah, Lisa Kamau, Karen Katahoire, Tamsyn Arendse Shefali Kachra, Miracle Denga, Michelle Harderwijk
The Team
Girls’ football took off a bit awkwardly. We could not make our first match due to lack of training and a proper team. However, as the first half of term steadily progressed we were able to acquire valuable teammates and training was intense; when you’ re unfit, even walking is a struggle! However, coach Andrew worked hard to make sure we were prepared for each match and pushed us to the best of our abilities. Our very first matches were held at Braeside in a tournament bringing together many of Nairobi’ s high schools. The battle
76 was real but we made it to the semi-finals. This in turn inspired us to work harder. A few more intense training sessions later, we drew against West Nairobi School in a home match, following which we played against Nairobi Academy. We lost, but enjoyed the game. As these matches progressed, our team steadily built up in membership and experience. We suffered more losses but unknown to us, our victory lay in our match against Brookhouse. Slowly, but surely, we were able to pick ourselves up with our last match being against St. Andrew’ s Turi. With an easy, friendly and less aggressive atmosphere, we played our best football ever; losing was not so bad in the end. We had been unable to venture towards the finals in the pool, but we had tried our best. Now that we have come to the end of the academic year, we will be saying farewell to some of our year 13 members who will be going to university. We wish you all success in your future, and as a team look forward to the next girls’ football season.
By Lisa Kamau
2017 | Hillcrest Magazine