CWB Autumn 2011
On 23 Sept 2011, a mix of experienced and new coaches from cricket charity Cricket without Boundaries (CWB) returned to Rwanda to coach and develop cricket with key AIDS awareness messages.
Day 13 – 6th October
With fingers crossed for a good turnout we all headed to the Kicukiro Oval in anticipation of running a cricket festival for several of the schools in the Kigali area that we had coached in during the previous two weeks. On arrival at 8.45 we received news that one of the schools was a definite...
Day 12 – 5th October
With a cricket festival and coach education scheduled for tomorrow today was our last planned coaching sessions of the trip. With Tim absent at another suspiciously planned morning meeting (10am) this time with the British High Commission the rest of the team boarded the bus for the 30 minute journey back to the Rwandan Orphans...
Day 11 – 4th October
It is Tuesday, we had a pretty full day ahead of us, which for the first time will see the team being split up as we look to reach as many kids as possible. Our first appointment is back to Nyragunga. We had a great session with them yesterday and it is fantastic to go...
Day 10 – 3rd October
After all struggling the night before from illness, I’m ashamed to say, we all stayed in for an early night to get up bright and early the next day. First up on the agenda was a stop off at Nyaragunga school to coach what turned out to be about 60 children and another 30 or...
Day 9 – 2nd October
Having been assigned a full day off by the Rwandan Cricket Association we decided to contact the orphanage at Pefa to see if we could at least get some coaching done. They were very accommodating as usual and allowed us in with no problem at very short notice. A great 2 hour session took place...
Day 8 – 1st October
Today started early for Jack, Chew, Bob and Mike as they travelled to see the mountain gorilla’s, also departing early was Dave who was travelling to Uganda. The rest of us travelled to Gitarama (again) to coach some more children. We arrived in true African fashion, 20 minutes late as scheduled to see football being...
Day 7 – 30th September
Well it is Friday and as we come to the end of our first week there is a lot to look back on (check out the blogs of Days 1 to 6). The best saying for today is “expect the unexpected”. After a great meal at Heaven Restaurant last night, although a bit pricey by...
Day 6 – 29th September
Time off for Rich, Jack and Dave C today – they’re off for a little golf at Kigali National (after a bit of a lie-in of course!) As for the rest of us we’re headed to Gitarama today, an hours drive South of here, with more space than usual in the van. We arrived around...
Day 5 – 28th September
After a steady night of Chinese noodles and a couple of beers, we awaited the mystery machine to head off down south. A less cramped ride followed with both Dave and Tim being relieved of some coaching. This does mean there are 3 more seats available! Their job was to go and meet some important...
Day 4 – 27th September
After the evening of killer pool (dominated by Lee and Dave) and little taste of Ugandan gin, we were raring to go for our first full day of coaching, going to two schools in Kigali. The first school, Ami des Enfants, had played cricket before and we were told that we would be coaching the...
Day 3 – 26th September
Once again, after last nights typical Rwandan meal of pizza and beers we were up fairly early the next day. I had just about managed to get over the previous nights salt incident, somehow managing to empty the whole contents onto my chips that I waited for so patiently. This morning we stayed in Kigali...
Day 2 – 25th September
After a very enjoyable Indian meal with the top dogs of the RCA (many thanks to Charles!) , we were thrown in to the first day of coaching with a rather cramped three hour trip to the North West of the country, Ruhengeri. An emotional reunion with ‘Big Eric’ the Joel Garner of Rwandan cricket...
