The British School in the Netherlands hosts successful boys football division

The British School in the Netherlands (BSN) held a successful International Schools Sports Tournament (ISST) last week with teams from Germany, UK and the Netherlands. [Contributed by BSN]

One football International Schools Sports Tournament (ISST)
International Boys Football Division in the NetherlandsSeven international schools, from the Netherlands Germany and UK visited The Hague last week to compete in the Boys Division One Football International Schools Sports Tournament (ISST). The tournament was successfully hosted by The British School in The Netherlands (BSN) and involved teams of U18 players representing among others the BSN and The International School of The Hague (ISH), as well as ACS Cobham, who were many people's favourite going into the tournament having been crowned champions in the previous two years.

The three days of intensive football produced some highly entertaining games and a number of outstanding goals. The tournament also threw up some intriguing derby matches on the final day, none more so than the third and forth place playoff between local rivals BSN and ISH which looked to be heading towards extra time, and perhaps even the dreaded penalties, before ISH eventually ran out 2-0 winners after two late goals.

ACS Cobham lived up to their billing as pre-tournament favourites, winning each of their games as the tournament's top scorers on their way to the final, in which they faced TASIS, The American School in England, who also went into the final unbeaten. Nonetheless it was ACS Cobham who ultimately prevailed as worthy winners with a 2-0 victory to once again lift the Boys Division One Football ISST trophy for the third successive year.
International Boys Football Division in the Netherlands
In addition to the tremendous football on display on the pitch, the tournament proved to be a rousing success off the pitch as BSN Head of PE Faculty Lee Crook explained, "Hosting any ISST Tournament is a daunting task and its success requires many hours of preparation and hard work from a team of staff. Our thanks particularly go to the BSN staff members who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make this event so special for both the players and spectators."

ACS Cobham Coach Peter Lee also commented on his team's remarkable achievement, "To win three championships on the run is very special, the boys were on their game throughout and were fully focused and it was a pleasure to be around them. Special thanks to the BSN for hosting a truly great tournament, one of the best in my 16 years of being involved with ISST."