The week that I went to Daktari (A bush school and wildlife orphanage in South Africa) was great and I had a lot of fun. I was the one who was winning the BINGO game! Because I was winning they called me a “champ” meaning champion. The food was also delicious, I really enjoyed myself. [...]

Last year I was happy when I helped my team by scoring three goals in a top four competition of soccer in primary school. They called me a hero of their team and they gave a certificate of soccer. Kaketso, 14, South Africa

Five years ago I won 200 zloty. I was very happy. Michal, 15, Poland

My father is occupied with horse breeding. Last year our horses took part in races. Our horses were the quickest and we won the race. Both my dad and I were very happy, because we had trained our horses for a very long time and this victory made us feel happy. Ivan, 14, Yakutia, Russia

We first graders beat the second graders in soccer. I scored a goal. Ilai, 7, Israel

There I was sitting on the floor of the gymnasium waiting for the results from the tournament. They were narrowing it down to third place then down to second and our names were not called yet, I thought for sure we were not going to place. Then the announcer finally got to the first place [...]

My magical moment took place of the summer of 2009 at swim team “A” championships. I was swimming the 25 meter butterfly and I was so nervous I was shaking. It was my last event of the night. As I stood on the starting block, tons of things ran through my mind. How many times [...]

My Magical Moment is when I am swimming the 50 yard butterfly in a meet. It all starts as the officials make the sound that sends us off the blocks, and the race is on. I feel the rhythm of my stroke-kick, breathe, stroke, kick, breathe, stroke. I love the feel of the water on [...]

My magical moment was on my summer swim team 2009. I was at the “A” Championship meet about to swim the 25 meter backstroke. I thought I had a good chance of winning, but I knew I would have to race against my enemy Pearson. We were not friends because we were so competitive. She [...]

My magical moment was at a gymnastics meet at 10.0 Gymnastics Academy this year.  I needed a 32.0 or higher all around to move up a level.  It was my last event and I was up on vault.  I had to get at least an 8.3 to reach my goal.  I figured it would be [...]