The day started, very much like England; overcast and windy, which was a relief to some of the guys after 4 days in the hot sun.
We were driven by our excellent driver, Moxie on the hour long journey to Kgabophutti primary in Moshupa.
Upon arrival, as usual, no teachers were in sight, the normal African day.
After they finally arrived and introduced themselves, the 13 teachers and the volunteers, were off out to the dustbowl under still cloudy skies for a quick game of continuous cricket with the teachers.
Charlie, Mark, Suresh and Dave led sessions in the basic skills of cricket, while Scotty slept in the van, catching up on sleep after 3 tough days of coaching in the blazing sun!
Followed by presentations of certificates to the teachers and Mark's HIV/AIDS awareness session.
Before lunch, Paul, our leader had the opportunity to meet the minister responsible for the Botswana National Sports council:
No lunch!
For the the afternoon session, Mr Blue Sky returned and temperatures soared to 40 degrees.
We were mobbed by 150 eager children from 3 local schools all wanting to play cricket. After games of continuous cricket, gifts were handed out to the children and the end of a good week by the boys from CWB.
Saturday is a well earned rest day before leaving for Francistown on the Sunday, calling in at the deaf centre on the way.
9 comments
PJ says:
Nov 10, 2012
What? Well, you make him work DOUBLY hard next week!
CWB says:
Nov 11, 2012
I don’t think he could work any harder!!
PJ says:
Nov 11, 2012
I'm glad they corrected the previous impression that he was sleeping off a hangover 🙂
jess says:
Nov 10, 2012
Dad your face is a picture 🙂 glad your all having fun keep up the good work x
Sal says:
Nov 10, 2012
Hi everyone, soundslike you have had a fab if hot and sweaty week. Rest assured the weather is rubbish here! So lots of kids, teachers, ABCs, curries, and great cricket happening. Hope you enjoyed your rest today before you push on into the sticks tomorrow. Well done team Bots! xx
Clare says:
Nov 11, 2012
Sounds like you boys have had a great week, have a safe trip up to Francistown & say hi to Clement from me. Enjoy x
Andy Hobbs says:
Nov 12, 2012
great work and great blog team. Seems like you are hard at it in the sun and doing a great job, well done.
Sal says:
Nov 13, 2012
Hope you are all ok, are you having wifi issues? xx
CWB says:
Nov 14, 2012
WiFi – what’s that?
Storms in Francistown crashed the internet. We found an internet caf and they’ve let us use their LAN plugged straight into the laptop!