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Posted: 30 May 2016

Tehana Selected For UAE Under 15s Touch Rugby Team

Following on from some of our students’ ice skating success, we now have more good news to share, this time about rugby!

Year 8 student Tehana De Klerk, who is 13 years old, has been selected to represent the UAE Under 15 Girls Touch Rugby Team. Tehana was 1 of 3 girls selected from the Al Ain Amblers U15 girls Touch Team, which means she has jumped 2 years above her age level. The team will be travelling to Amsterdam in August for a tournament, where they will proudly represent the UAE. Astonishingly, this is Tehana’s first year playing Touch Rugby! We are very proud of Tehana here at AAESS and we look forward to her sharing stories of this amazing opportunity with us, when she returns in August.

Principal, Andrew Thomas said, “Tehana is the first of 3 girls to be selected ever, from Al Ain.  Tehana, like all of our great sports men & women here, is an excellent student who works hard, & I’m not surprised by Tehana’s latest success.  I am already looking forward to Tehana’s report of her Amsterdam trip and I’m sure she will not only enjoy it, but play very well indeed, whilst her Mum & Dad stay home in Al Ain this Summer to look after the new puppy!  This is a young lady who I believe has all the makings of becoming an adult international player too and with her personal traits and attributes, I will not be surprised if she becomes the Captain.   Many of our students play for the Al Ain Amblers and it’s nice that what started here at AAESS many years ago, is such a successful club now located in the Golf & Equestrian complex.  This has been a great week for our youngsters in sport, and I am now looking forward to celebrating the academic successes of our iGCSE, AS & A Level students, later in the Summer”.

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Tehana in action (pictured with the ball)

 

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