This year, The British School of Bahrain (BSB) entered an outstanding delegation of 130 students into the World Scholars Cup (WSC) Bahrain regional round competition held at St. Christopher’s School. The teams of three consisted of twenty-eight junior teams (below 14 years) and seventeen senior teams (above 14 years). The competition was the biggest ever held in Bahrain with over 740 delegates in total competing to be selected for the global round.
This was no easy competition, starting on Friday with the team debates, each team had to debate against three different teams on motions across all the subjects; from policy to poetry. This was followed by the Scholar’s Challenge in the afternoon. The challenge looks like any other test, but with a multiple choice twist of marking more than one answer per question. The fewer you mark, the more points you can earn if you’re correct. The afternoon finished with a collaborative writing activity. In this activity, the scholars debated with the power of the pen. Scholars choose one statement from six different subject areas and either argue for or against them.
The next day brought about further excitement and entertainment, starting with the scholar’s bowl, each team in the auditorium was given a ‘clicker’. The teams worked together to solve analytical questions and multimedia challenges. Each question was harder than the one before. After lunch, the talent show entertained all the students. Talents ranged from demonstrating yoyo skills, performed by our Darsh Bhatia to musical singing champions Anna Zajaczkowska, who sang ‘Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again’ from the musical Phantom of the Opera and Jennika Lucas who had the crowd in awe with her singing ‘Part of Your World’ from The Little Mermaid. One of our first time participants, Sandra Zaki, was selected to participate in the debate showcase, allowing her the opportunity to address the entire audience with her outstanding debate skills. The evening ended with the Awards Ceremony that was also attended by parents.
This was an unforgettable experience for many of our students who have now qualified to the global round, to be held in Beijing, China, in June 2019. Our students enjoyed the experience of learning, interacting and having fun with other students from different schools. Some of the comments received from the students and parents, Vyas Pillai, Year 8 commented, “I am on top of the world with 6 gold and 1 silver medal!” and Maya Almoataz’s mother praised Team BSB, “Congratulations on such a great achievement … What a proud day for us all!”
BSB is very proud of all our students who won medals and trophies. A particular mention must be made for two of our senior teams, who did exceptionally well in the competition! Rishi Malhotra and Smayan Sharma joined Ann Shaj from St. Chris School to win the first place seniors champion team. The runner up team was also our very own Syed Azhan Gilani, Atta Yousafi and Karthik Arun. Four of the seniors top five champion scholars were also from BSB, Rishi Malhotra (2nd), Rose Baslious Salib (3rd), Imran Nasir (4th) and Karthik Arun (5th). We would like to congratulate the 43 teams that have qualified for the global rounds. We would also like to thank the teachers and sixth form volunteers who helped adjudicate the debates and helped in preparing the students for the competition.
BSB’s TOP AWARD WINNERS
Champion Team (Seniors):
1st – Team 699 – Rishi Malhotra, Smayan Sharma, Ann Shaj
2nd – Team 635 – Arun Karthik, Azhan Gilani, Atta Yousafi
6th – Team 633 – Rose Baslious Salib, Sara Mohsen, Zainab Shoaib
8th – Team 629 – Laneash De Sousa, Oliwer Kolodziejczyk, Eva Brusselmans
17th – Team 636 – Aryaman Arora, Imran Nasir, Fares Alqutami
20th – Team 627 – Manaal Khan, Desiree Menezes, Izabella Rooze
Champion Team (Juniors):
10th – Team 226 – Leen Ahmed, Dia Nanda, Maaryah Ahmad Syed
20th – Team 237 – Mariam Ali, Aqdas Manjlai, Kate Haver
22nd – Team 238 -Maryam Shariff, Yara Tayim, Yasmeen Salman Jaffar
26th – Team 236 – Leena Deeb, Mayyar Al Mubarak, Hana Elgohary
30th – Team 218 – Stuti Siotia, Gauri Ranjith Nair, Daanya Malik
Champion Scholars (Seniors):
2nd – Rishi Malhotra -Team 699
3rd – Rose Baslious Salib -Team 633
4th – Imran Nasir -Team 636
5th – Arun Karthik -Team 635
8th – Kaviesh Kinger -Team
11th – Alexandra Rashed -Team 639
14th – Mashael Zainalabedin -Team 639
16th – Shamayel Qureshi -Team 630
Champion Scholars (Juniors):
13th – Kate Haver -Team 237
19th – Pratham Mehrotra -Team 232
School Top Scholar (Senior):
Rishi Malhotra
School Top Scholar (Junior):
Kate Haver
Debate Champions (Senior):
1st – Sandra Zaki -Team 637
2nd – Imran Nasir -Team 636
4th – Shamayel Qureshi -Team 630
7th – Yusuf Kamran -Team 625
13th – Kaviesh Kinger -Team 632
17th – Rishi Malhotra -Team 699
Debate Champion (Junior):
2nd – Pratham Mehrotra -Team 232
6th – Avikshit Upadhyay -Team 219
Team Debate (Seniors):
2nd – Team 637 – Anna Zajaczkowska, Sandra Zaki, Rahma Ahmad
3rd – Team 636 – Aryaman Arora, Imran Nasir, Fares Alqutami
4th – Team 635 – Arun Karthik, Azhan Gilani, Atta Yousafi
6th – Team 632 – Charlotte Rodney, Kaviesh Kinger, Maya Al-Shanti
8th Team 699 – Smayan Sharma, Rishi Malhotra, Ann Shaj
20th – Team 627 – Manaal Khan, Desiree Menezes, Izabella Rooze
Team Debate (Juniors):
7th – Team 219 – Avikshit Upadhyay, Krishiw Kinger, Altair Marat
9th – Team 226 – Leen Ahmed, Dia Nanda, Maaryah Ahmad Syed
18th – Team 231 – Luna Maria Maronese, Alma Mahmood, Vyas Pillai
Team Bowl (Senior):
2nd – Team 633 – Rose Baslious Salib, Sara Mohsen, Zainab Shoaib
3rd – Team 629 – Laneash De Sousa, Oliwer Kolodziejczyk, Eva Brusselmans
4th – Team 699 – Smayan Sharma, Rishi Malhotra, Ann Shaj
7th – Team 639 – Mashael Zainalabedin, Alexandra Rashed
8th – Team 635 – Arun Karthik, Azhan Gilani, Atta Yousafi
18th – Team 627 – Manaal Khan, Desiree Menezes, Izabella Rooze
20th – Team 638 – Ramy Abdellatif, Fares Yousef, Krish Khullar
Team Bowl (Junior):
2nd – Team 239 – Han Junbeom, Zuhair Khan, Samuel Robinson
18th – Team 236 – Leena Deeb, Mayyar Al Mubarak, Hana Elgohary
Writing Champion (Senior):
1st – Mashael Zainalabedin -Team 639
4th – Sophia Allam -Team 624
7th – Dana Ahmed -Team 625
12th – Sandra Zaki -Team 637
16th – Alexandra Rashed -Team 639
Writing Champion (Junior):
2nd – Mohammed Qureshi -Team 224
5th – Callum Laing -Team 227
8th Razan Dewani -Team 243
9th – Danya Masoud -Team 228
11th – Kate Haver -Team 237
19th – Leen Marzooq -Team 228
Team Writing (Seniors):
4th – Team 624 – Luna Plate, Valentina Cerutti, Sophia Allam
9th – Team 636 – Aryaman Arora, Imran Nasir, Fares Alqutami
13th – Team 699 – Smayan Sharma, Rishi Malhotra, Ann Shaj
14th – Team 635 – Arun Karthik, Azhan Gilani, Atta Yousafi
18th – Team 627 – Manaal Khan, Desiree Menezes, Izabella Rooze
19th – Team 640 – Jaafar Al-Ekri, Qusai Al-Fudhail, Nadine Mohamad
Team Writing (Juniors):
3rd – Team 228 – Reema Zowayed, Danya Masoud, Leen Marzooq
4th – Team 238 – Maryam Shariff, Yara Tayim, Yasmeen Salman Jaffar
8th – Team 227 – Callum Laing, Zaina Hussain, Yara Almudakha
Team Challenge (Senior):
1st – Team 699 – Smayan Sharma, Rishi Malhotra, Ann Shaj
8th – Team 635 – Arun Karthik, AzhanGilani, Atta Yousafi
Team Challenge (Junior):
10th – Team 226 – Leen Ahmed, Dia Nanda, Maaryah Ahmad Syed
Challenge Subject Winners (Seniors):
Arts – Rose Baslious Salib
Social Studies – Arun Karthik
Challenge Subject Winners (Juniors):
Arts – Kate Haver
History -Dia Nanda
Senior Challenge:
3 Silver, 3 Golds – lit his soc ART SCI SPC| Rishi Malhotra
5 Golds – ART SOC HIS LIT SPC| Rose Baslious Salib
1 Silver, 4 Golds – art SOC HIS SCI SPC| Arun Karthik
1 Silver, 4 Golds – spc ART SOC LIT SCI| Alexandra Rashed
4 Golds – SOC HIS LIT SCI| Kaviesh Kinger
Mr. Yasin Motara, Ms. Yasmine Bouroubi & Ms. Vikki Hughes-Swick
