A major sports development has been accomplished at St. Lawrence College through a complete renewal and redesign of the large football field which features at the heart of the school’s sports facilities.

The time had come for a relaying of the football field and the opportunity was taken to establish additional features for the school’s sports provision. Through the summer, work was carried out to remove older broken spectator seating and completely remove, level, and relay a new football pitch surface. Now a high-quality 9-a-side football pitch has been laid, and with perfect timing, for post-pandemic interschool tournaments and matches are due to recommence. Likewise, within school, inter-house tournaments and PE lessons will make full use of the new facility.

Furthermore, surrounding the new football pitch, a running track has been developed. The running track, a feature we have not enjoyed at school until now, will lead the development of track events among the school’s athletics programme. It is already in use, and will be enhanced further, in due course, with a ‘cinders’ surface and the painting of running lanes. Further developments over the summer include a permanent long jump pit and the refurbishment of the spectators’ seating area.

Planning for an official celebratory opening of the new sports facilities is under way and announcements will be made soon. The whole area has been welcomed by sports staff and pupils alike, and with lunchtime try-outs for boys and girls football teams well under way, our pupils are already making the most of this new school feature.

Over the last week the annual sports days for pupils from year 7-10 took place. Pupils came and took part in sports events that included high jump, shot put, running and tug of war.

Over 300 pupils represented their houses from across the four year groups. This year four previous school records were broken! In year 7, Lauren Koutsogianni and Katerina Zagoridou broke the school records for year 7 high jump and shot put respectively. Lauren managed to jump an incredible 1.36m breaking the previous school record (1.33) which stood since 2018. Katerina broke the year 7 girls shot put record that stood since 2012 (7.37)by throwing the shot put 7.41m!

In year 8, the boys and girls high jump records were broken by George Depolo and Sofia Mikati respectively. Sofia Mikati achieved a magnificent jump of 1.44m breaking the record previously standing since 2013(1.37). George Depolo smashed the record from 2019 by 12cm as he jumped an astounding 1.64m.

All sports days finished with fun and big smiles as pupils from opposing houses showed off their strength trying to pull the other team across the finish line in the tug of war event.

Well done to all those who took part and cheered from the stands. Thank you to the parents in attendance who witnessed all the entertaining events. And a special congratulations to the four pupils who managed to set new school records!

Were you once a St. Lawrence College athlete or member of one of our school teams? Then we look forward to seeing you in the biggest Sports Reunion EVER! 

On Tuesday December 20th, 2016, St. Lawrence College P.E Dept. invites you to a Sports Day full of fun.  If you were once a member of our volleyball, basketball or football teams, find your old team mates and come and join us in the most fascinating tournament where past meets the future and memories bring us together!

Check the date, book your flights and if you are planning to attend let us know by e-mail atpe@slc.gr with the subject: sports16 and you will receive further details.

The deadline for submission of participation e-mail is Monday 21st November 2016.

We are looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you all in December, for an unforgettable event!

Were you once a St. Lawrence College athlete or member of one of our school teams? Then we look forward to seeing you in the biggest Sports Reunion EVER! 

On Tuesday December 20th, 2016, St. Lawrence College P.E Dept. invites you to a Sports Day full of fun.  If you were once a member of our volleyball, basketball or football teams, find your old team mates and come and join us in the most fascinating tournament where past meets the future and memories bring us together!

Check the date, book your flights and if you are planning to attend let us know by e-mail atpe@slc.gr with the subject: sports16 and you will receive further details.

We are looking forward to hearing from you and seeing you all in December, for an unforgettable event!

On Wednesday, 30th April, the PE Department hosted our Family Sports Day for all Junior School pupils (Years 1–6). The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves as they had their mums and dads with them to participate in the various games and activities on the sports field. Despite the surprisingly chilly weather that day, there were warm smiles all round and great appreciation for the complimentary ice creams dished out to all afterwards. Thank you to the PE department for their organisation of this memorable event and to all the families who came along to enthusiastically join in the fun. 

Over the past couple of weeks, the annual sports days and running events took place for the junior school and high school pupils.
Pupils in years 1,2 & 3 took part in their annual flat races and their sports day incorporated 9 different displays of skills which they have worked on throughout the year. Whereas pupils in year 4-9 took part in track & field events such as running, high jump, long jump, tug of war and shot put.
This was the first year our pupils of years 4 and up enjoyed using the brand-new track and they managed to set many new school records in various events.
Junior school and high school pupils alike worked hard leading up to these events, and created sporting memories that will last them a lifetime.
Thank you to all the parents who were in attendance cheering from the sidelines and made the events that much more memorable!
 

The annual sports day for Reception and Years 1,2 and 3 took place on the 7^th and 8^th of June respectively. Pupils came and performed exercises which showcased the skills they have developed in an array of sports such as gymnastics, football, basketball, field hockey and athletics. Our pupils got an extra confidence boost from all the parents who attended this fun event as they cheered for their children from up close.

Pupils wore their house colours and collected house points for their respective houses which resulted in some fantastic colourful photos taken from high above. At the end of the day, the results were announced. For Years 1-3, Macedonia finished in 1^st, Attica in 2^nd and Epirus in 3^rd and for Reception Epirus finished in 1^st place, Attica in 2^nd and Macedonia in 3^rd.

Pupils were ecstatic to have helped their houses and await with enthusiasm for the results from the whole academic year, which will be announced at the annual award ceremony on the 21^st of June.  

Last week saw St Lawrence College's Sports Day take place, but this time without spectators and on a different day for each year group. Pupils competed in 60 m. races and a tug of war. Despite the change in circumstances, the pupils put on a superb display of sportsmanship and we saw some incredible displays of skill.

Below are the winners of the 60m races for Years 7,8,9 and 10. Well done to all involved!

Yr. 7

girls 

1. Mando Glymakopoulos
2. Vasiliki Konti
3. Melina Petric and Aikaterini Mandenaki

boys

1. Adrian Delaportas
2. Tristan Shauman
3. Alexandros Roberts Taoufik

Yr. 8

girls

1. Estheleen Charalambidi
2. Zoe Courts
3. Angeliki Nouvaki

Boys

1. Odysseas Mandenakis
2. Jack Courts
3. Mohamed Abdel Fattah

Yr. 9

girls

1. Marita Katsouridis
2. Amaryllis Markopoulou
3. Wang Yifei

boys

1. Dimitris Valkanis
2. Jake Grand
3. Konstantinos Chachaopoulos

Yr. 10

girls

1. Monica Colombo
2. Kleopatra Anastasiou
3. Danni Zhu

Boys

1. Constantinos Iliadis
2. Louis Ritchie-Clement
3. Constantinos Voulgaridis

In the summer term of 2019, the junior school held a number of sports days with events ranging from flat races, circuits activities, high jumps and tug-of-war to swimming galas. Children, parents and teachers loved the excitement of these competitions as the pupils earned house points that contributed to the grand total. There were a plethora of new school records in many disciplines this year too, including freestyle and breaststroke swimming races as well as the high jump. 

The standard of athleticism just keeps on rising higher and higher! At the Annual Awards Ceremony, Macedonia won the Sports Cup this year, having proved that they had the edge over both Epirus and Attica teams. Onwards and upwards towards next year's competitions and events!

On Thursday 10th May, St Lawrence College hosted the annual Senior School sports day. The day proved to be a thrilling success with many new school records being set by some extremely impressive sportspeople.

The following new school records occured:

Year 9 Shot Put
Vasilis Kotsonis, 13.42.   

Year 7 High Jump
Monica Colombo, 1,33. 
Harutaka Ominato, 1,41

Yr. 8 Long Jump
Two boys achieved a new school record of 1.52: Marios Djionis and Leandros Mandilaris

Year 7 Long Jump
Harutaka Ominato,3.75

Year 8 Long Jump
Daphne Votsis 4.05

The final house points were:

Epirus: 1150

Attica : 890

Macedonia: 960

As Michael Jordan said, "Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game!" 

Well that is certainly what was the order of the week at St Lawrence College with two sports days for years 1, 2 & 3 on Tuesday 16th, then for years 4, 5 & 6 on Friday 19th May 2017.

Both days were fortunate with the weather so the children were happy to run down to the sports field and participate in the well-organised events of our PE department. First there was the Skills Circuit with its wide variety of activities followed by flat races for each year group. The finale as always was the Tug-of-War for parents as well as the children, before medals and certificates were handed out to winners.

What an exhausting day it was - but the children certainly seemed to get a lot out of it. Well done to everybody who took part and gave their all for their team. Bravo Macedonia, Epirus and Attica teams!

The tug of war competitions got the pulses racing too, with our three house teams giving it their all to win! The children certainly made the most of being in school and enjoying these classic sports competitions!

Over the past couple of weeks, our school has taken part in two exciting tournaments, featuring four of our Over 16 teams. We were proud to host the Boys Football and Girls Volleyball tournaments, while our Boys Volleyball and Girls Football teams travelled to ACS to compete.

All our teams represented the school with outstanding skill, teamwork, and sportsmanship. A special congratulations goes to our Boys Over 16 Football team, who earned a bronze medal after winning two out of their three matches on the day.

We would like to extend a big thank you to our coaches, Ms Dikaioulia, Mr Strzemiecki, and Mr Styliatis, for their hard work in preparing the teams.

Finally, we wish both our Over 16 Girls and Boys Football teams the very best of luck in their upcoming tournament in Thessaloniki later this year.

On Monday 29^th May, parents and other family members happily attended our Baby & Mini Sports Club event. Our mini athletes participated in a display of their physical skills and showed off what they were learning. You're never too young to start believing in a healthy lifestyle and our 2-and 3-year-olds certainly showed us that!

The summer term is always packed with activities and events, particularly the sporting kind. This year has been no exception as the pupils have run, swum, jumped and hopped around the sports fields here at school. Children and parents alike came to school with a competitive edge, ready to take on the world! And they thoroughly relished the process of smashing their personal bests or even in a few instances, some long standing school records!

Well done to all our young athletes and all their physically demanding efforts to excel!