Written by Lesley Woolf
After a normal breakfast the team (minus one suffering from the Ugandan equivalent of Delhi belly) headed off to Arua hill Primary school for some coach ed. The teachers who had attended the previous days coach ed delivered the session brilliantly integrating Cricket skills with ABC messages with ease.
The team headed to Buddies for a quick bite to eat. Upon arrival we were given an extensive menu of Chicken and Chips or Chips with Chicken. Derek was delighted, similar to a child at Christmas! An hour later chicken and chips arrived for all, with the exception of Joseph who had something resembling chocolate semolina!
After a break for lunch the team headed off to Muni Secondary school with a group of 40 newly arrived Sudanese girls, who resembled NBA basketballers when they turned up and we introduced them to our beautiful game. Loads of ABC’s were incorporated, something which pleasing to see the girls had a good understanding of.
Next stop for the team was the Orphanage, where chaos ensued. Despite yesterday’s introductory visit there seemed little or no knowledge of our arrival and our purpose for being there. Lizzie saved the day, starting them off with some simple singing before some cricket broke out. Some creative human chain retrieved a rogue ball that Colin edged through the slips from a peach of a delivery from one of the children that disappeared into the crevice. The children thoroughly enjoyed the donations we left for them and we left some games with the staff to play with the kids at a later time.
The team once retreated to the White Castle Hotel bar where there was a quick freshen up before venturing into the unknown that is Arua on a Saturday night. Except the three old men who remained in the hotel bar watching English Football.
In town the search for a restaurant proved tricky, finally finding some Tikka Massala at the fifth place of asking. Lois entertained the locals with some shoulder shuffling jive before the team headed back to the hotel for last orders and then bed.