Sports Tournament & Shopping

Friday 23rd October 2009

Hello from Ghana, it's Hannah P here. This blog page was written by me, Rich G, Dan O, Chrissy N and me.

Not so early rise- 7:30 compared to the normal 6! year11 lads only just began to realise the full extent of the Year 12's shananigans during the previous night. Oh my gosh, eggs again- fried this time! We could also chose from toast, porridge and pineapple - the ususal.

We were then allowed an hour of fun on the beach!! So fun, and I have a tan(Hannah). The itinery promised a volleyball tournament, however, a quick change of plan had us all hop on the bus. We drove to Islamic School where a few of us helped to set up a netball and a football pitch! We had to mark out the lines from scratch with powdered chalk. We supported four netball and five football teams, we were also the umpires which was very difficult as the children had no idea what they were doing. Me, Hannah Batson, Dave, Owen, Will and Alew Wright presented the school with some great sports equipment which they seemed very pleased about! Rich Gamble also delivered a very insiring and touching speech (in his own words) to the three schools which consisted of pupils teachers and sports coaches.

On the homeward bound trip we stopped off at Aubrey's local bar and we were allowed to go over the road to a street-side shop where there were many exciting and colourful Ghanahian gifts and souvenirs. Making our way back to Stumble Inn, all that could be heard was the echo of our newly bought dums all the way home! We ate dinner straight away, many of us struggled to cope with the extreme garlic mash! We then sat down to reflect on the fun-packed day we just had and the majority played cards like usual. Us three, Hannah, Rich and Dan, sat down to write this blog but Chrissy had dissapeared off to the showers!

Bye bye England!!
from all in Ghana

Love...
Hannah
Rich
Dan
Chrissy
xxxx