At the end of every sports season, awards are presented: The Marburg-Biedenkopf district and the city of Marburg honor athletes based on criteria related to their championship achievements, and all successful athletes are eligible for recognition.

The situation is different for the Sports Personality of the Year award, which is sponsored by the Ahrens department store, the OP, the City of Marburg, and the Sparkasse. Here, after a jury has made a preliminary selection, the winner is determined by who can garner the most votes from their fans. The school community is pleased that this year’s four nominated athletes all have a clear connection to Steinmühle:

1. Lucas Schäfer, a former student and highly successful rower at RuS Steinmühle, was nominated for the “Athlete of the Year” . He has won national championships and is a member of the national team.
2. Nathalie Pohl was named “Athlete of the Year” in the “Athlete of the Year” . The former Steinmühlen student placed third in the “New World Harbour Race” in Hong Kong, among other achievements.
3. Philipp Leo Mengel (12th grade) helped his volleyball team make the leap to the 2nd Bundesliga this year and is in the running for “Youth Athlete of the Year” .
4. Our rowing coach, Martin Strohmenger, is up for a vote among the coaches. The coach, who has enjoyed success for many years, also guided several of his rowers to the podium last year. He would have earned the title “Coach of the Year” .

Here’s how it works: Anyone who wants to have a say in the 2014 Sports Personality of the Year vote can either use the OP forms or vote online:

http://www.ahrens-marburg.de/mein_neuer_ahrens/sportlerwahl/online_wahl.html

or

http://www.op-marburg.de/Lokales/Sport/Sport-lokal/Sportlerwahl-2014

The boarding school weekend from November 14–16 kicked off on Friday with the Steinmühlen soccer tournament. With plenty of determination and passion, the two boarding school teams took the field and played exciting and entertaining matches against the four other teams. The 11-player team “Classic XI” claimed a well-deserved victory.

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On November 17, the boarding school’s students who are outdoor sports enthusiasts were treated to a special highlight: they attended the EOFT—European Outdoor Film Tour— near Solms/Oberbiel. The tennis hall, which had been converted into a movie theater specifically for this event, was very well attended. The screening featured spectacular footage of top athletes from the worlds of outdoor sports and adventure.

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On November 14, the residents of Hessenhaus paid a visit to the popular Swedish furniture giant. After an extensive shopping trip, the students returned to the Steinmühle and took on the challenge of assembling the individual parts into a handsome piece of furniture. With their new purchases, they decorated their rooms entirely according to their personal tastes.

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The boarding school’s Christmas party will take place on December 13, 2014, and boarding school students and their families are cordially invited to attend. To ensure that the dining hall looks inviting and festive again this year, the boarding school community spent Sunday working on “Christmas decorations” and meticulously folding hundreds of napkins into little works of art.

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On November 29, the boys from Stammhaus and Mühle held their joint house party in the boarding school’s tea room. In addition to plenty of treats, “sports” were the main focus of the evening: they took turns challenging each other to pool matches or played PlayStation together.

The boarding school community’s big Christmas party will take place on December 13.
All boarding school students and their families are cordially invited to celebrate with us at the Steinmühle.

We look forward to a special evening with you and wish everyone a peaceful pre-Christmas season!

Invitation_Christmas Party 2014

Strength, Endurance, and Circuit Training: The RuS presented the athletic program for rowers during the cold season to invited guests and, at the same time, introduced its inclusion project, in which visually impaired youth from the Blinda Institute (Blista) row together with sighted rowers. At the Steinmühle sports hall, Chairman Dietrich Mägerlein welcomed Joachim Lembke, principal of the Carl-Strehl School, Claus Duncker, managing director of Blista; Mr. Jäger, a member of the school association; as well as the collaborating teachers Birgit Göbel and Joseph Berland from Blista, and Mr. Strohmenger, the rowing coach. Mr. Gemmer, the school principal and also vice president of RuS, guided the audience through the program and outlined the milestones of the successful collaboration between the two schools, which has taken root in a short time and is continually expanding. The premiere of the short film “Rowing in the Dark,” which Ms. Vielhaben had produced in class, was met with great enthusiasm and once again brought the topic much closer to the parents, guests, representatives of various institutions, and friends of rowing who were in attendance. Claus Duncker and Joachim Lembke from BliStA christened another boat “Louis” in honor of Louis Braille, the inventor of Braille. As more and more young people are choosing to join RuS, the club is grateful for any additional equipment.

At the sidelines of the event, some welcome news circulated: Harald Blum, state coach of the Hessian Rowing Association (HRV), has appointed our rowers Leon Sauer and Mi n Joon Kang as well as Dustin Brömer as coxswain to the HRV’s flagship boat.