WELCOME from our Principal
Dear students, colleagues and friends from our fellow ACAMIS schools,
I am delighted to formally welcome you to the ACAMIS Basketball Tournament here at the British School of Beijing, Shunyi (BSB)! This is third time we have hosted an ACAMIS tournament, but the first time in basketball, and it is an honour to have you join us for the event. BSB has been here in Beijing for 11 years now, and we all speak openly of the ‘BSB family’ and the very warm welcome we like to give everyone who comes into our school – we are therefore very pleased to invite you into our family for just a few days in 2015!
One of the huge benefits of being in an international school is the chance to make contacts and deep friendships across the world, which come about through the links we make during our inter-school events as well as in our own schools. That is the reason why we are BSB are so committed to these links, and we know that, in making the effort to come to Beijing, you are equally committed. Sport, in particular, has the power to create friendship and understanding in a way that almost nothing else can match, and I invite you to take up that spirit, in an atmosphere of intense but fair and friendly competition, as you compete for the ACAMIS trophy. I hope you also make many new friends through your participation, and go back to your own schools with happy memories and new skills to help you develop.
My thanks go to our team, but also your own teachers, for putting the programme together. I personally look forward to the opportunity of meeting with as many of you as possible during the coming days. Please do not hesitate to speak to anyone in the BSB team if there are things we can do to make the visit even better for you.
With very best wishes
Andy Puttock
Principal
WELCOME from our Head of Secondary
Dear friends from our fellow ACAMIS schools,
Welcome to the British School of Beijing!
I am delighted that you have chosen to visit us for this ACAMIS event. We are extremely proud to be given the opportunity to host this tournament, and we’ve been working hard to make it really special.
At BSB we believe in making the most of all of our opportunities, be they big or small, and so I hope that you will join us in taking this opportunity to be a part of something special. At this event we will all have the opportunity to learn, to develop new skills and to make new friends.
Enjoy your time with us here at BSB, and if there’s anything we can do to make your visit more comfortable, please let one of our team know.
Steve Lewis
Head of Secondary
WELCOME from our Director of Sport & PE
Dear friends from our fellow ACAMIS schools,
It gives me great pleasure to welcome in addition to BSB Shunyi the Gold Division participating member schools (Dalian American International School (DAIS), Hong Kong Academy (HKA), Hangzhou International School (HIS), The International School of Macao (TIS), & International School of Nanshan Shenzhen (ISNS)) for this year’s U19 Basketball Championships at BSB Shunyi.
This is the 3rd time we have hosted ACAMIS within the Gold Division and the first time hosting for basketball. We are also scheduled to host ACAMIS Soccer in April from 16th to 18th.
With the addition of our new state of the art Sports Dome as well as re-surfaced gym floor we offer this year’s tournament top notch playing facilities which I am sure all players and coaches will enjoy throughout the tournament. Moreover, having three courts will mean the maximum amount of teams playing at designated times.
Like so many things at BSB I just want to say a big THANK YOU to the PE/Sport Department who all of you will see throughout the tournament either managing the action on courts or helping to supervise for the many activities scheduled throughout the tournament. Also our marketing team has done a fabulous job making the ACAMIS environment at school truly in the spirit and mood for this event. Special thanks to Brenda Leung, Anna Jin, Eli Puttock, & Nicole Washko for their added and continued efforts on the marketing and communication side. Finally, I just wanted to thank our students, teachers, and school leadership as without them we won’t be able to do so many of the things we do at the level we do.
Good luck to all the teams and I look forward to a great tournament as well as all the experiences that go with ACAMIS sporting events. Feel free to come and speak to me at any time or any member of the BSB team as it is our pleasure to host these games.
Travis Washko
Director of Sport & PE/Tournament Director