PELKHIL SCHOOL

PELKHIL PRESENTS ‘ANNIE’…a musical!

FOOTBALL: PELKHIL LOSES TO NIMA IN CLIFF-HANGER

Tandin Wangchuk scores the equalizer

18 May: Sadly Pelkhil XI lost today to a gritty Nima XI. The scoreline remained balanced through most of the game from 0-0 to 1-1 and 2-2 by the final whistle. In terms of possession however, Pelkhil had most of it and the ball was most often in the Nima half. In terms of skills it was clear (to us) that our boys were more polished. But the game was tough and physical and for some reason our boys were somewhat nervy today.

The game remained tied at 1-1 until almost the last 5 minutes when a misdirected header from our defense gave away a corner. The ensuing corner kick was delivered perfectly to an unmarked Nima attacker who headed it in. With just a minute or so remaining in the game the game seemed lost. Our boys, egged on vociferously by our students in the sidelines, did not let up on the pressure and the ball was permanently in the Nima goalmouth. Not surprisingly in the desperate attempt to clear the ball one of the Nima defenders dropped a Pelkhil player leading to a penalty kick. Tandin Wangchuk calmly delivered the game-tying goal in literally the last few seconds before the final whistle.

No overtime was played with the game moving directly to penalty kicks. We were confident with penalty shootouts because of the calibre and experience of our goalkeeper Tshering Dhendup. Unfortunately it was not meant to be our day. Just one of our shooters had his nerves get the better of him and he shot wide. All other shooters hit the mark which led to our defeat.

Still, it is hard not to notice how much above our weight Pelkhil is punching this year. With just about 150 senior students in our school, we have done very credibly against schools that have about 900 senior students to choose teams from. Incredibly, we also had more students and teachers attending the matches supporting our team than the other schools this year. This is no doubt due to the rapidly growing school spirit, an important part of school life.

The match was very very exciting with many students from other schools and even non-students glued to the contest. Each goal was received with lots of cheering. One of the organizers also remarked that this was the only match this year in which his heart beat faster than normal!

FOOTBALL: PELKHIL DOMINATES CHANGANGKHA 8-1

Quite a remarkable performance by the Pelkhil XI against the boys from Changangkha MSS. To be fair again, they are from a middle secondary school so they are younger. Nevertheless 8-1 is never easily achieved. Sonam Younten scored the maximum goals at 4. A great individual effort. It is also worth noting that due to some of the players misplacing their uniforms only10 Pelkhil players were allowed to enter the field today.

Our next game in the semi-final is this Friday against a very strong team from Nima HSS. We have been beaten before by Nima, so we are keen to settle the score! With any luck, we may well be able to do it this year. Good luck!

PELKHIL DUO WIN OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT – AGAIN!

Twins Tandin Wangchuk and Rinzin Lhamo, both students at Pelkhil, played in the national open tennis tournament finals this morning and both won taking home cash prizes of Nu.20,000 and Nu.7000 respectively. Congratulations! Our sincere apologies for not being able to witness the event in person!

FOOTBALL: VICTORY AGAINST KELKI 2-1!

Celebrating the winning goal!

Surprise surprise, but this afternoon the Pelkhil boys beat Kelki HSS, probably the strongest team in the tournament. Kelki has close to 900 students (compared to 220 at Pelkhil) and they are able to attract many national football players on scholarship. So the victory was sweet!

We were down 1-0 quite early on through a good, though deflected shot. The game was fairly balanced through out with both teams having a healthy number of shots on goal. Our No.6 balanced the account with a spectacular strike on volley that whizzed passed the keeper’s outstretched hands and comfortably into the back of the net. Our second goal came sometime after from No.8 whose goal seemed imminent for a long time given the sustained pressure on the Kelki goal. It finally came through following two consecutive corners. Again another spectacular goal that gave the Kelki keeper little chance to defend.

Despite an OT that never seemed to end, the boys were able to defend the scoreline to the end giving Pelkhil an extremely important victory this tournament. Our offense was a bit skittish this time but our defense was rock solid, and an important part of our victory. Our next game will be against Changangkha MSS.

Our girls’ team did not fair so well against Babesa MSS. Although younger, the Babesa girls have been making a name for themselves by knocking out teams consisting of older players. They beat Pelkhil 4-1. Not good! Add to that the fact that two of our main players were missing today and did not hand over the uniforms. So with a shortage of uniforms our team could field only 10 players during this game. What a shame!

FIRST DAY OF JUDO FOR KIDS

The program is still open for more participants so if your child is interested please bring him or her along next Saturday at 11:30am!

FOOTBALL FRIENDLY AGAINST RINCHEN HSS

We had another friendly match against the boys from Rinchen HSS at our grounds today. Coming from a school without a field, the Rinchen boys still put on a great show, thrashing our team 4-1! To be fair though, Pelkhil was represented mostly by our second team members so we still have hope in the real tournament. Well done to Rinchen though!

“ANNIE” PRACTICE

Junior Wing students at practice for “Annie” in preparation for the annual school concert.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_eRMCQTfhs&feature=youtu.be

All Junior Wing students are involved from acting, singing and dancing, to painting, stitching and even basic running around!

LACROSSE COMES TO PELKHIL!

Origins of Lacrosse

Lacrosse began among North American Indian tribes such as the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquinas as early as the 1400s. It started as a game that was part religious ritual and part military training. The game was later taken up by European settlers and its popularity spread through to modern times. Today lacrosse is a popular sport in colleges in North America.

Lacrosse is being brought to Pelkhil by Tom Claytor, Bush pilot and adventurer who has flown solo to all 7 continents. He will arrive 5 June with all the equipment and conduct some basic training followed by matches on the Pelkhil grounds. He assures us that we will play the safer ‘box’ non-contact version of lacrosse that needs neither helmets or gloves!