Event Crew: SAISA GIRLS' BASKETBALL 2014-2015

During the first week of February I was involved in an event crew of SAISA Girls' Basketball 2014-2015  as the tournament was held at my school - OSC. I got to the crew just at the last moment. I wanted to watch matches and support our team. But our event crew needed help with the photography and I got a chance to be a part of the crew. Therefore, I did not only watch the games but also contributed to the organization and regulation of the tournament, and improved my management and photography skills.
The tournament lasted for 3 days during which my friend Charlie and I were taking pictures, sorting and uploading them into the system. We stayed at school from early morning till the evening.  This was sort of exhausting. There were around 8 games every day. Our responsibility was to take pictures of each match and preferably of each player and to edit some of these photos as soon as possible. While some teams were playing, others were warming up so there were almost no breaks between the games and we needed to take shots from different perspectives which was quite difficult. However, we managed to take some hilarious pictures. On the third day, when we had to choose some best shots in order to make a closing ceremony video, Mrs. Shipley and two other members of the event crew, namely Januda and Nisala, helped us and took some good pictures of last games. That was nice to have them as support and we appreciate their help a lot.
The whole event crew was so united and I got to know some people better. I saw many of them from a different perspective. All were so responsible, well-organized and professional like skilled adult experts. Simultaneously this also developed my collaboration skills as I worked better in a group.
The most memorable part for me from this experience was the final game of our team against another undefeated player of a tournament - Dhaka (AISD). When ultimately we won after losing in the beginning of the game all the supporters and other team members ran and circled the winners. I felt such a strong team spirit of our school. That amount of energy was indescribable and definitely unforgettable.

GG player is chasing the ball during the game against AISD; Photo Credit: Anya (me)

GG player is ready to defend during the game against AISD; Photo Credit: Anya (me)

OSC player Kalila is jumping for the ball during the game against AISC; Photo Credit: Anya (me)

OSC player Nela is going to shot overtaking the defending player from LS; Photo Credit: Anya (me)

OSC captain Soraya is taking a beautiful shot during the game against ASB; Photo Credit: Anya (me)

TAISM player is preventing a shot during the game against OSC; Photo Credit: Anya (me)

Moment of a gecko spirit during the finals; Photo Credit: Anya (me)


 Event Crew members are watching over the trophies during the closing ceremony; Photo Credit: Anya (me)
I am copying and editing photos during the break between games; Photo Credit: Nisala Saheed
Winners of SAISA Girls' Basketball tournament from OSC during the closing ceremony; Photo Credit: Anya (me)

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
DP Orientation Trip What? How? What for? Our grade is sliding down waterfall; Photo Credit: Unknown When I first time heard about DP Orientation Trip I was surprised... no... I was shocked! Jumping from the cliff, abseiling, rufting...All these words were just words for me before I was told that we are going to do it. My mom was shocked as well. I am not sure whether it was fear or excitement. But after I have jumped from the cliff I surprisingly fell...freedom. I imply to think that DP Orientation trip was organized mainly to rally us. We need to be united and communicate to survive during next two tough years of IB Diploma program. This trip was like a model of diploma program. We were given different extreme situations which we needed to overcome. For example, we needed to "hear" each other and row synchronically to succeed in rufting, or we needed to be very concentrated and careful, listened to what our instructors are saying, coped with panic to abseil,
Read more
CAS Final Reflection: Lessons Learned The Creativity, Action and Service (CAS) program was an important part of my IB journey. It ensured the balance between physical and mental activity, motivated me to develop new skills and escalated my confidence. The reflections posted in this blog as a part of the program helped me to track the progress and fully understand and recognize the accomplishments and achievements I have made.  In the beginning of each year I posted a set of goals I would like to achieve. Some of them were to improve my language skills, to become more confident and sociable, gain skills in different teams sports, contribute to the community service and participate in creativity events such as concerts and productions. I am happy to share that through the hard work and determination I have achieved all the goals I have posed in the beginning of each of the two years of IB program. All the CAS experiences are tied up to 8 learning outcomes such as initiati
Read more
OSC’s Got Talent! In the middle of February during the evening before Saint Valentine’s Day, I have been participating in the school’s talent show annually organized by Student Government Association in order to bring the entire school together once again, have a memorable and fun time and, of course, raise funds for school’s prompt evening. Despite organization and preparation of the event did not seem efficient in the beginning, on the night everything was well-organized and quite professional. We have gotten the judges who were teachers with different qualifications and backgrounds which brought some diversity and multiple perspectives making the final decision more reliable. We also had many more contestants and bigger audience this year which was very exciting. In the end, after all contestants performed, a special guest, newly formed teacher’s band, has performed on the auditorium’s stage for the entire school. They charged everyone who was there with energy making e
Read more