On 7th November forty very excited MCM footballers set their alarm clocks unusually early, in order to catch a plane to Thailand for a huge annual football tournament, hosted by British International School of Phuket. We arrived at the hotel in the afternoon and everyone settled into their rooms, before cooling off in the swimming […]
Brimming with confidence from their last bi-weekly basketball tournament, the U11 Basketball team came up against some tough opposition at their tournament at Stamford American International School on 31st October. Their hard work during weekly training sessions back at MCM showed on the court, with the boys firstly managing to thrash UWC Dover B by […]
A local Tamil School, SJK (T) Kangkar Pulai, came to visit the Preparatory School on Friday 8th November and we hosted a special Diwali Assembly. The MCM children showed the lovely work that they had produced whilst learning about Diwali. They all spoke beautifully and proudly showed their work to the rest of the school. […]
It has been a fantastic season for U12 Netball at Marlborough College Malaysia and each of the girls involved should be extremely proud of their achievements this year. Not only have they proved themselves to be committed, travelling across international waters for weekly fixtures in Singapore; they also made it clear from the outset that […]
Over the half term break, a squad of twenty-five children took part in the Singapore Duathlon. For most, this involved a 750m run, a 6km bike ride followed by a final 750m run. For a few of the older children, this was increased to a 1.5km run, 12km bike ride and a final 1.5km run. […]
After months of training and ‘friendlies’, hours of gruelling sessions (with multiple children describing them as torture, though with smiles on their faces), hill sprints, intervals and beep tests, the day finally came when all the hard work was put to the test. On Wednesday 30th October, forty three children from the Prep School took […]
The Marlborough House Shout took place on the final evening of the half term before a full house in the drama theatre. Taylor House began the proceedings and performed ‘Demons’, a somewhat dark song by Indie Rock band Imagine Dragons. The tonal quality of the performance was most impressive and the piano playing of accompanist […]
Last week we went to Tanglin Trust School to participate in the ACSIS U12 Netball league. Our first game was against UWC Dover. We won 6-1 which was amazing! We all played well but our shooters deserve a big ‘well done’ for such a good job. Immediately after the first match we went back on […]
After weeks of planning, the day prior to the event arrived and the hares (Adam Wright, Alec Hewison, Tim Wu-Murphy, Rory Tan, Mr Nicholson and Mr Harkins) set out on an adventure through the plantation, to set the trail for our fellow boarders to follow. We used both red and yellow tags and shredded paper […]
The Under 11s Basketball came up against some very strong opposition at their first fixture, a mini-tournament held at Stamford American School in Singapore. However, they did not shy away from the challenge. Although losing in their first game 5-18 to the Australian International School, their tenacity and teamwork really shone through, giving the Aussies […]