Athletics Day a highlight for Steve.
My name is Steve Johnston, I am from
Nanaimo BC, Canada. Having just completed my first two week stint at ACJ Pakade
Primary School on the sports programme, I am already coming away with some
amazing memories.
We are currently helping the school prepare
for an athletics meeting on the 2nd February. We have been teaching
the students the basics of sprinting, jumping and throwing events. This past
Friday we had the in-school trials where all the children showed up wearing
there different team colours. Using the stadium seating as a drum set, the kids
that weren’t competing danced for nearly the entire day, while others chased me
and the other volunteers around with occasional pause for a massage or simply a
massive pile-on.
Thankfully through all the unorganised
chaos we did manage to find some amazingly quick kids to represent the school,
along with a few kids that could jump farther than any of the sports
volunteers. We should win a couple medals this coming weekend. After the event
on Friday we were all exhausted but all came away with big smiles and great
memories of the day. Only to be followed up by a fantastic evening spent with
new friends and making new memories…and losing a few ;-)
Steve
Johnston, 24
6
weeks Sports and Surfing Programme
Cape
Town, South Africa
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