Written by: Sean Sun, Year 10 Student
When I was in Year 7, I joined my first sports team, CISSA Touch Rugby. It was the first time that I’d ever joined a sport CCA, including previous schools as well. It was something I was not at all prepared for, but I came out of the experience having made new friends from the team, gained experience in a sport I’d never even touched before this, and having a newfound passion for sports in general.
This quickly snowballed into becoming an integral part of my life at YCIS. I attended badminton as well in Year 7, basketball and football in Year 8, and outside of CISSA, I played sports during recess, when outside with friends, basically, sports were always my first choice.
However, Year 9 proved to be a bit of an impediment to my love of sports, as the second semester I was at home E-Learning, and in the first semester I had not attended any sports CCAs, only casual sports at recess.
Undeterred, the moment I came back to school starting Year 10, I got back into sports. I signed up for Friday Football, played basketball every recess and lunch break with friends, and invested lots of time in sports. It had become essential to me, thanks to YCIS, and I wasn’t going to just drop it after a short hiatus.
Now, just a couple weeks ago I signed up for the school SISAC football team, and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for me as I get into yet another sports team, which I hope will help me grow as an athlete and give me new opportunities to represent YCIS as a member of one of its school teams!
Throughout all of this, none of it would’ve been available to me or available at such a high standard if I was anywhere but YCIS, and it seems like immense luck that allowed me to stay here for as long as I have, and really experience sports to the fullest like this.