May 14 -18 mai, 2012

lundi/Monday:  BB rugby @ Loyola (14:15 dismissal; 15:30 game);  EARLY DISMISSAL (14:30);  Staff meeting
(14:45)

mardi/Tuesday:  DENIM DAY;  BB Tennis Tournament @ CDL (7:00 departure; return based on results);  BB rugby practice (15:15; WIC turf);  JG touch football play BHS ( 16:00; WIC field)

mercredi/Wednesday: MB rugby @ BHS (16:15);  JG touch football @ MAC (17:15)

jeudi/Thursday: BB rugby play Selwyn (16:00; WIC turf)

vendredi/Friday:  NYC Grad trip (6:40 boarding bus; 7:00 departure; returning Sunday: 22:00)

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Halo Road Race
This is an annual event that will be  held for the 24th year in 2012. It has grown from 3400 runners to just under  7000 runners representing 78 schools last year. The elementary participation  continues to grow and the high school participation is also growing.
All Secondary I WIC students participated in this race, as did Mme. Vien’s running club.  It was a fun experience for all of the runners as the pictures that headgirl Désirée Goldwater took show!

 

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GMAA Outdoor Track and Field
The GMAA Outdoor Track and  Field season takes place during May.  The season is made up of qualifying meets  and a Championship Meet for boys and girls.  On average, around 35 schools take  part in Outdoor Track and Field, which makes up over 1000 participants.  The  students can choose from around 8 track events and/or 7 field events.
Best of  luck to all students and teams participating in GMAA Outdoor Track and Field!

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GMAA Girls Touch Football
Girls Touch Football is one of  the GMAA’s most popular Spring Sports.  The league is run for Bantam, Midget and  Juvenile Girls teams and is comprised of about 40 teams annually.  Almost 700  students participate in Girls Touch Football every year.  The Touch Football  Season starts during the first week in April and ends before the last week in  May.
Best of luck to all teams participating in GMAA Girls Touch Football!

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GMAA Rugby 15s and Rugby 10s
Rugby is a growing sport in terms of  participation for the GMAA.  The GMAA Rugby Season starts at the end of March  and finishes with the GMAA Rugby Championships at the end of May.  Approximately  45 teams from around 20 different schools participate in the GMAA Rugby 15s  league that has recently been extended to include Division III competition as well.  The GMAA also offers a Rugby 10s League. In total, about 1700 students  participate in GMAA Rugby.
Best of luck to all teams participating in GMAA  Rugby!

 

WIC’s JB RUGBY TEAM WIN 2 OUT OF 3 GAMES IN EASTERN TOWNSHIP TOURNAMENT

WIC’s Juvenile Boy’s Rugby 7’s team, coached by Mme Simard, Chris Micheletti and Mr. Reid were invited to participate in the first high school rugby tournament of the season last Sunday (April 29^th) at Richmond Regional High School in Richmond Quebec .   It was a chilly early start and the boys had to be warmed up and on the turf for their first game at 11:00.  This was a first experience for some of our team members who had never played rugby before, but veteran Eddie Cross set a great example, scoring eight tries!  We won two out of three games, returning to the West Island in time for dinner.
Great start guys!

WIC’s Juvenile Boy’s  Rugby 7’s team:  Nomann Ahmed, Zachary  Colavecchio, James Cressaty, Edward Cross, Camille
Darwiche,  Joseph Inhaber,  Kolby McKeown,  Mauro Mongiat,  Julian Pendenza,  George Stuart,  & John Tomaras.

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GMAA Tennis
Tennis is a set of tournaments during the first couple  of weeks in May.  In the past these tournaments were run at outdoor venues,  however due to weather cancellations in the past years, they have now been moved  indoors with much success.  Approximately 20 schools participate in GMAA Tennis  annually.  The participation level is around 400 students.
Best of luck to all  students and teams participating in GMAA Tennis!

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GMAA Badminton
Badminton is a very popular GMAA Spring Sport. Over 800 students participate in GMAA Badminton every year, with teams coming in from over 20 schools. The tournaments are run with singles teams as well as doubles teams. Both team and individual winners are honored. The League runs from mid-February until the end of April. Best of luck to all students and teams participating in GMAA Badminton!

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Touch Football / Rugby Tryout Information

This year, some of the school’s rugby and touch football teams will begin their preparations for the season indoors at Le Club West Island, located at: 205 chemin Alton · Beaconsfield · QC · H9W 2Z5 · Canada    www.leclubwestisland.com

Transportation will be provided by the school, both to and from the facility.
Players are asked to check the Interscholastic Bulletin board, located by the gym, or the Student Life Calendar on the school website, for the dates of their team’s  tryouts.

Procedures for those teams training at Le Club West Island are as follows:

• On the day of a team’s practice, all players planning to travel on the bus are required to sign-up at the reception desk by 1pm.
• At the end of the day’s classes, players are required to quickly change at WIC, and promptly board the bus where attendance will be taken based on the list of names at the reception. (Cleats are permitted at Le Club West Island)
• Departure is planned for 3:15, no exceptions.
• Once training is finished the bus will return the players to the school for approximately 5:30pm.
• Any players wishing to leave directly from Le Club West Island must provide written permission from their parents.
• Training sessions will switch back to West Island College once the field is ready.

Best of luck for the season!!

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GMAA Hockey is a discipline that is growing steadily over the years. The GMAA has recently introduced a Pee Wee Hockey League to go along with the Bantam Boys, Juvenile Boys and Juvenile Girls Leagues that were already in existence. Each year over 50 teams, made up of over 1400 hockey players, battle it out for the title of GMAA Hockey Champions in Division I as well as Division III. The Hockey Season runs from the end of October until the beginning of March. Best of luck to all teams participating in GMAA Hockey!

Bantam Girls

 Basketball Private School League Standings

2011-2012

Yesterday, Feb. 15 th, we played our last game of the regular season game at Trafalgar. We won that game- 34 to 21.  Thus we finish the season in 3^rd place with 5 wins and 3 losses.  Today, we played our first playoff game-quarter finals against Bialik High School,  we won 41 to 14. Thus , our next game will be on Feb 28 for the semi – finals. The winner will move into the Finals.

Mr. Tabatchnick

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Tuesday, Feb. 7 , our girls bantam basketball team played against Bialik here at WIC.

We won – the score 41 WIC, 14 Bialik

Cymarah Harris (Sec. II)  had the most points- 18 , followed by Sarah Kindji (Sec 1) at 12.

Overall the girls played extremely well as a team.

Coach:  Mr. Tabatchnick

                                                                                                     

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WIC PEEWEE HOCKEY TEAM PLAY 1ST GAME

After school on Wednesday, November 9th, our Peewee hockey team had their 1st game against John Rennie High School at the Pointe Claire Arena.

The boys played really hard and the game was tied 4-4 right up to the last 20 seconds of the game, when JRHS scored on them!

Final score 5-4 for them!

Great game boys and good luck this week against LCC.

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WIC BANTAM GIRLS SOCCER TEAM BRING HOME SILVER AFTER GREAT SEASON!

We would like to congratulate the bantam girls’ soccer team on their 2^nd place win at the private school league finals that took place on Wednesday, October 27 against ECS (Miss Edgar’s and Miss Cramp’s).

The girls played hard and showed great sportsmanship without giving up, not for a second.

The WIC community applauds their effort and celebrates their silver medal.

Kudos girls!

Congratulations:  Clara Assouline, Alexia Beaumier, Danielle Burman, Kyra  Caminky, Cymarah Harris, Stephanie Hindle, Erika Infantino, Olivia Lazimbat, Gabrielle Levy, Gabriella Morselli, Kimberlie Ottoni, Sophia Perring, Emily Rosenberg, Gadier Salah, Samantha Saltzman, Katherine Scott & Heather Zsofcsin!

Thank you to the coaches, Mr. M. Al Hilli & M. P. Nantel!

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The WIC Bantam Boys soccer team lost to Face (4-2) in the semi-finals this past week.

Thanks for a great season!

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WIC’s touch footbvall team lost to Royal West (8-7) in the semi-finals this past week.

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Our volleyball teams are in semi-finals!  Good luck!

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CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING RACE ON MOUNT-ROYAL WED. OCT.12

A great time was had by all of our runners at the GMAA cross country run on Wednesday.

 

 

Runners: Courtney Galli, Raphaël Tran Dinh, Terry Sidhu, Michaël Dussault, Daniel Meland, Paul Meland, Jason Sitruk, Zachary
Horowitz-Fenlon, Anthony Baloukas, Vincent Morel, Philippe Li, Emily Freidman & Talya Freidman

Helpers: Chrissy Le, Olivia Evangelidis, Desi Shamash-Goldwater, Stephanie Morais, Melissa Benoualid, Mira Marhaba

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Congratulations to WIC’s Cross Country Running Club who participated in the Pierrefond Comprehensive High School’s Invitational Run on Wednesday, September 28th at Centennial Park.

Raphaël Tran Dinh received a 3rd place medal,  Tarandeep Sidhu received a 6th place ribbon, Vincent Morel received and 7th plasce ribbon and Michael Dussault was pleased to finished the race!  Good job guys and thank you Mme Vien for encouraging and accompanying our runners.

Good luck in the GMAA Cross Country Running Race on Mount Royal on Wednesday.  Stay tuned for the results.

 

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Congratulations to the Bantam Girls soccer team!  They have won their first two games!

Their first game against The Study ended with a final score of 5-0 for WIC.  Goals were scored by Kimberlie Ottoni (2), Erika Infantino, Katie Scott & Heather Zsofcsin.

The second game of the season was agains Bialik: 1-0 with the only goal made by Erica Infantino.

Congratulations girls!  The team is coached by Mr. AL Hilli & Mr. Nantel.

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