Following the storm of Wednesday, the Pre-Prep Sports Day (Reception to Y2) was welcomed with a beautiful morning in Malaysia. A dew lay over the ground but this was brushed away with the herding Pre-Prep pupils who ran and jumped with enthusiasm and plenty of ability. An obstacle course for agility, a sprint, a throw […]
Last Saturday saw the inaugural straits hockey tournament take place here at Marlborough. Interest and participation in hockey has been growing at the College over the last couple of years, and over the past twelve months, in particular. Hockey officially launched as a Performance sport at Marlborough College this year and has enjoyed great success […]
Marlborough’s rugby squads were given the opportunity to take a break from cricket and hockey this past Wednesday, with a special one-off training session delivered by professional Singaporean-based side, the Asia Pacific Dragons. APD play in the Global Rapid Rugby competition, which has unique rules designed to increase ball-in-play time and generate a faster, more […]
On 29th – 31st March 2019, 20 pupils from the Under 10s through to Under 18s competed in the BISP Tennis 4’s Tournament in Phuket, Thailand. This was the first time for many to compete at such a high level of tennis but all played extremely well and really fought for every match. The matches were played […]
On Saturday 23rd March, nine teams arrived at MCM for the annual Prep Netball Straits Tournament. Our numbers rose to nearly 200 this year and it certainly made for a wonderful atmosphere. Our Senior Prep Tournament was competitive but dominated by our extremely strong U13 and U12 teams. Both dominated their groups and won them […]
The third year of the annual MCM Triathlon proved to be the most popular to date, with MCM forming the final leg of the Family Tri series, which was also hosted by EIS and RAS. This helped grow the numbers, which this year saw 543 pupils, staff, parents as well as competitors from local schools […]
On Saturday, 16th March, six teams from Singapore and Malaysia gathered at the MCM Oval for the annual occurrence of the Cricket Straits competition. As expected, it didn’t take long for the morning dew to rise and reveal an outfield which is currently at its prime, thanks to the kind weather that we have had in the Lent term. Competitors […]
On Saturday, 9th March, the 1st VII and U16A netball teams travelled to Singapore for the annual South East Asia tournament hosted by Tanglin Trust School. After a very early start for the teams, the first round of the competition which was in pool rounds, began at 8am. The U16 team, with a mix of Remove […]
Sixteen pupils from Years 7, 8 and 9 made their way to Kuala Lumpur for a day at the indoor ‘Camp5’ schools’ competition and a second day outdoor climbing at the Batu caves. On the first day at Camp5, the pupils were tested on both their bouldering and top-roping skills, taking on no less than five of […]
On Thursday, 1st March, the Magic Academy visited Marlborough College for an exciting afternoon of coaching. The Magic Academy is made up of Russell Earnshaw (Ex England Performance and 7s coach) John Fletcher (Ex England U18 Performance coach) and Juan Gonzalez Mendia (England Pathway coach). All three coaches spent the afternoon coaching both the girls and boys in adaptive evasion games […]