- January 10, 2022
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The Windermere Prep and the Greengates School girls basketball teams faced each other during the games.
Athletes all the way from the Colegio Peruano Britanico of Peru competed in the games.
Players from the Colegio Peruano Britanico and Colegio Menor Quito played an intense game of flag football.
Yoonjae Oh, Vimal Velu, Lorenzo Rave, Laito Kizawa, and Taira Shinozaki from the Greengates School located in Mexico enjoyed a meal break before heading out to their next game.
Isabella Owen, Lili Bouchiba, Amelia Bingham, Mia Averette and Isabella Paddock from the British International School of Houston were strolling around the green areas at Windermere Prep waiting for their next game to start.
Coach Ernesto Gomez from the Metropolitan School Panama with some of his athletes: Nicolas Henry, Samuel Reyes, Ignacio Marti, Mateo Ramirez, Saul Guzman and Alejandro Martin.
Alejandra Robalino, Bernarda Aviles, Annabella Zabala, Luciana Albán, Luciana Espinoza and Corina Cepeda from the Colegio Menor Quito of Ecuador enjoyed each other's company while taking a break from the sports events.
Student-athletes from The Village School of Chicago munched on their lunch while covering from the sun under their tent.
Students from the Colegio Menor Quito and the San Roberto International School attempted to gain the dominion of the ball during a soccer game.
The event featured several different sports such as beach volleyball.,
The soccer fields at Windermere Prep were filled with students from North, Central and South America.
Amore, from the British International School of Chicago rocked her sunglasses during one of the volleyball games.
Windermere Prep seventh and eight graders wait patiently on the grass for their soccer match to start.
Students from the British International School from Chicago and from the Colegio Peruano Britanico from Peru faced each other on the soccer field during the games.
Zaria Wellesley from The British International School of Boston partook in the swimming games during the event.
Windermere Preparatory School hosted the Global Games, The Americas 2022 from Tuesday, Nov. 29, to Saturday, Dec. 3.
More than 1,200 students from seven different countries — the United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Brasil and Peru participated in the event in sports such as flag football, beach volleyball, regular volleyball, soccer, track and field, tennis, basketball and swimming.
According to Nord Anglia Education’s website, “Sports have the power to push us further than we ever imagined.”
The Global Games first took place back in 2006, offering the opportunity for students to become global citizens while sharing experiences and building international relationships.
At first, the games only hosted less than 100 athletes and over the years, it’s grown so much that nowadays, Nord Anglia organizes not one Global Games event — where seventh, eight and some ninth graders are able to participate — but also added the Junior Global Games for sixth graders that will take place in Costa Rica come 2023.
The event granted the student-athletes the opportunity to participate in activities such as going to Island of Adventure, visiting the Orlando Eye, among others.