Inside King's-Edgehill School

The Second Annual Crawford Cup of Bowling Brilliance was presented to Grade 9 student,   Greyson Corbett-Lumb, at assembly this week.  The winner is the best bowler in the Junior School based on a tournament recently held at the local alley.    Mr Dwayne Crawford, our KES Business Manager, made the presentation of the trophy he designed using his favourite ball from tournament play. 

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“Athletes of the Week” (AOW) are selected based on athletic performance and sportsmanship. Positive sporting behaviour is valued at KES and integral to our Athletic Philosophy and School Mission Statement emphasizing gentleness and learning and dignity and respect.

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Our King’s-Edgehill Wrestling team had a successful weekend to start the competitive season on January 18-19. This team, our biggest in many years, began the weekend on Saturday by hosting the 25 ^th  Annual King’s-Edgehill Invitational Wrestling Tournament. We had many new wrestlers, including  Chaz Faucher and  Owura Ofori  – two of the younger student-athletes in our School. They were led by our Seniors:   Bella-Turner Galaise, Aimee Cooper, and   captain Quinn Emery, who was on the disabled list but provided valuable coaching all day. Some performances of note included that of   Luis Reutner, our brand-new 111 kilogram German student who won his first-ever match with several 4-point takedowns despite a sore knee.   Maya Faucher  wrestled very technical matches and won second place against older opponents.   Victor Moreno  also had his first tournament and earned second place with his technical, aggressive style.   David Helyer  and   Aimee Cooper  each earned ‘Athlete of the Week’ with their GOLD medal wins. Our Senior girls missed first place by one point, and our Senior boys came in third even though they were missing six boys.

The winter storm did not stop our student-athletes from competing at the Nova Scotia Opens on Sunday. Although many wrestlers were missing, they made the most of it by getting in as much wrestling as possible. 

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A passionate performing artist, Grade 11 student   Victoria Dubois  is a triple threat singer, dancer, actor and multi-instrumentalist. She is a full IB diploma candidate and is taking higher level solo performance as one of her subjects. Here is a recording of her rendition of one of G.F. Chopin's most famous piano pieces, played on the flute, that she has declared her primary instrument for this course. Accompanying Victoria on the piano is our piano teacher,   Mrs. Nicole Barrett. 

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Our 25th Annual KES Wrestling Tournament is being hosted on   Saturday, January 18^th. We have 24 wrestlers on our roster this year, and we are very excited to see some of our new athletes compete in their first tournament. This is one of four wrestling tournaments that we will be hosting this term. We have also been asked to host the Wrestling Nova Scotia Open Provincial championships that will take place the following day of our invitational, on   January 19^th. In addition to these tournaments, we have agreed to host the NSSAF Regionals and Provincial High School Championships on   March 6^th and 7^th.

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“Athletes of the Week” (AOW) are selected based on athletic performance and sportsmanship. Positive sporting behaviour is valued at KES and integral to our Athletic Philosophy and School Mission Statement emphasizing gentleness and learning and dignity and respect.  

Topics: About King's-Edgehill School, Athletics At KES, Athletes at KES

We are fortunate to be in our second year of “Prep Girls Basketball” and our girls’ programme has been flourishing under the tutelage of our Head Coach and Director of Basketball, Marc Ffrench. Marc has been the driver of this Prep Programme and has seen a number of his players scouted in both the Canadian and American university basketball systems. The team continues to excel, and the girls work hard on and off the court. The team culture is one of commitment and dedication in all they do, including in the classroom.  When not in the gym with their coach, the girls have also been assisting and volunteering with other co-curricular programmes. Since arriving at KES, Marc has also been focused on his own professional development. Enhancing his personal coaching development pathway, he has been working through the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) and Basketball Canada’s highest available Coaching Certification level. Recently, Coach Ffrench has been recognized for his commitment to excellence by Basketball Nova Scotia with an exciting appointment: “Basketball Nova Scotia has selected Marc Ffrench to be the Head Coach of the 2020 Nova Scotia U16 Girls Provincial Team. Coach Ffrench brings a wealth of knowledge, demonstrated success in elite level programs, combined with his ability to teach and prepare young athletes to thrive in competitive situations. Coach Ffrench and his yet to be named coaching staff will be responsible for developing the U16 Roster to be the core players of the roster that will represent Nova Scotia at the 2021 Jeux Canada Games to be held in the Niagara Region of Ontario. BNS is excited to welcome Marc Ffrench of King’s-Edgehill School and KES Prep Basketball to our Provincial Team Head Coaches Group for 2020.”  We join BNS in congratulating Marc Ffrench on his appointment to the provincial programme.

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Greyson Corbett-Lumb  (Grade 9) was the Junior School victor at our annual Crawford Cup Bowling Competition. The event is hosted by our KES master bowler,   Dwayne Crawford.  Dwayne is our Finance Manager who works diligently each day in Marshall House; however, he loves to bowl and passed along some tips to our students. Greyson must have been listening very closely as he tied Mr. Crawford during the competition and only slipped behind him in the bowl-off. Greyson was the student with the best score this year and will have his named engraved on the trophy.   Ed O’Neill  (Grade 9) finished second.

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“Athletes of the Week” (AOW) are selected based on athletic performance and sportsmanship. Positive sporting behaviour is valued at KES and integral to our Athletic Philosophy and School Mission Statement emphasizing gentleness and learning and dignity and respect.

Topics: About King's-Edgehill School, Athletics At KES, Athletes at KES

Our team has been very busy lately practicing and playing a series of exhibition games.  A big highlight for our team was the opportunity to attend the CAIS National Tournament in Sherbrooke, Quebec hosted by BCS School.  At the tournament, we earned SILVER medals in the silver division – very exciting!  On and off the court, our athletes performed very well and represented our School and themselves with class.  Also noteworthy is the fact that   Wade, our driver for the weekend, became a part of the team with his safe driving at all times of the day.  Taking into account all the games we watched in the tournament and having the opportunity to see the highly-ranked Bishops University play, this was truly a week of basketball. 

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