By James
Everyone was up and about bright and early on day three, including Michelle and I following the previous days alarm clock incident! Energy levels in the group seemed high, despite the Tororo heavens opening onto the hotel’s metal roof the previous night, causing a disturbed night’s sleep for many.
Before leaving we decided to order our evening meal in the hope that the ‘best restaurant in Tororo’ might actually be able to go out and get the ingredients to cook the meals advertised on their menu, only to be told the beefburgers (homemade burgers created with an aroma of the chefs desk!!) would yet again not be available.
Leaving the hotel early meant we were able to stop at the supermarket on the way to stock up on water. Mike also managed to find a bottle of another kind, red wine, much to the delight of the two V’s: Veronika and Veronique.
Our 10am start time came and went with just one teacher having arrived, this gave our tutor Rich a chance to pair up coaches, I teamed up with Hannah and we called shotgun on the first school to arrive having spotted them practicing their bowling actions as they approached. While Hannah delivered an excellent HIV/AIDS awareness introduction, I was able to brief the two local teachers who had joined us. Following my now customary traffic light warm up, we handed over to local teacher Florence who delivered a textbook session on close catching, feelings of relief and satisfaction that our previous days tutoring had clearly been a success.
Our morning session was concluded by a target bowling competition with some dubious scoring by the teachers (clearly something they picked up from Mike yesterday!)
Lunch was taken back at the hotel away from the hundreds of pairs of eyes that had watched us take every mouthful yesterday. Yet again the lack of a sharp knife prevented us from eating the pineapple which is rapidly becoming the 11th member of the team (Rich has named her Penny!!).
In the afternoon session we welcomed four local secondary school groups, yet again the teachers and pupils showed great enthusiasm, effort and ability. The teachers were all presented with coaching certificates and resources and the children with CWB wristbands, almost causing a riot among the children from our host school, no doubt we will face similar situation when we return tomorrow.
All in all another successful and rewarding day and we look forward to our final day of coaching in Tororo tomorrow.