{"id":139,"date":"2016-03-11T14:02:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T14:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/?p=139"},"modified":"2016-03-11T15:45:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T15:45:55","slug":"time-for-a-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/2016\/03\/11\/time-for-a-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for a festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As our time in Yaounde comes to an end, in true CWB fashion it was time for a festival to test the cricket skills of the schools we have worked with in the last week. \u00a0I have to admit when I was told last night that the venue for today&#8217;s festival had been changed to a school we had not coached at I feared the worst but was pleasantly surprised by the facilities and lots of HIV\/AIDS messages were included throughout the day. \u00a0It was the first school we weren&#8217;t ferried into the head teachers office though, disappointing!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-145\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_02292-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0229(2)\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having asked for teams of 8-12 from 8 schools, it was natural that our 5 school teams consisted of 25, 29, 30, 24 and 173 respectively. \u00a0The larger &#8220;team&#8221; were students at our host school and had never played cricket before. So superstar coaches Danny, Kirsty, Clive and Winston worked wonders showing them the basics away from the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-144\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_00113-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0011(3)\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_00113-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_00113-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_00113-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With just four teams, the tournament ran smoothly under Ben and Chandra&#8217;s expert eyes. \u00a0A well spectated tournament saw Eboug-Ebe Bapist School, Mario School, Emana School And Ecole Rouveque battle it out to take the Yaounde crown. An excellent final saw a team of 11-13 year olds \u00a0from Rouveque leaving victorious against a team of supposedly similar age students from Emana. The number of beards and moustaches suggested they may have been just a touch older!<\/p>\n<p>Spectators included journalists from several national newspapers and TV channels and I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing the interview. Mostly because my facial expression when I was asked my first question of national TV &#8220;How do you feel the children here in Cameroon&#8221; will be quite entertaining!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-142\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_09573-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0957(3)\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_09573-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_09573-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_09573-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An early finish here today is welcome after a long busy week in hot and humid weather at the start of the rainy season here in Cameroon. The team here are fantastic and I can&#8217;t thank them enough for putting up with the constant changes in schedule and numbers. For such a high proportion of first time volunteers, soaking up their first experience of Africa, the level of confidence, adaptability and energy has been phenomenal.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141\" src=\"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/cameroon16\/files\/2016\/03\/DSC_09482-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0948(2)\" width=\"600\" height=\"402\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow we play the Cameroon national team so check in to the blog. 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