28th February – day three

We woke for breakfast after a good meal and few beers from the evening before.  Mike and Veronika were up early breakfast following a disturbed night involving dogs and washing up…Myself and Jack made our way down to meet them, and Rich and Jeremy followed…the 10 staff on duty made sure that breakfast went smoothly and took less time than the meal last night

We then set off for our 1^st day’s work! Joseph the driver took us for lunch rations at the 3^rd supermarket we came across – then onto Jinja secondary school for a 10am start. We met the cricket master and head mistress then made our way to the field. Kit was unloaded and we were ready to rock and roll.

At 10am we had 1 teacher but the others were only 5 minutes away so we hung on for them to arrive…We began at 11am with 4 teachers still missing after an hour of international kwik cricket in the shade for the most part until Jeremys sweep shot came out!

The group was very mixed with some teachers who had attended last year and some experienced players along with some novice teachers who had never seen cricket played. We decided to split the groups with myself and Jeremy working with the more experienced and Rich, Mike and Jack working with the inexperienced group – Veronika was our camera woman in the morning then joined the inexperienced group for coaching in the afternoon. The important aspect for us is that the teachers leave with the tools to be able to deliver cricket when we leave to ensure the project is sustainable – the energy and enthusiasm that surrounded today suggested that if that proves to be the case Ugandan cricket in Jinja is going to go from strength to strength.

The day finished with the group being presented with the very dashing CWB certificates and either a t-shirt or a wrist band. All those present were extremely receptive and very grateful for the work CWB complete in Uganda and the progress was evident from the experienced group showing a huge amount of knowledge.

We arrived back the hotel and quickly got changed for a dip in the pool with a cool beer! A quick change and we were out to dinner at the Reflection Restaurant…

An hour later and via 8 or so restaurants we arrived….at Gateley on the Nile having come no where near Reflection at any stage! A very enjoyable meal was had then we felt it necessary to ensure we sampled the Uganda culture which led us to only 1 place…the Casino! A good hour was spent and everyone came out happy – then back to bed in preparation for 2 coaching sessions tomorrow….

Czech
Prvni den koucovani v Jinja. Melo se zacinat v deset, ale v jedenact na jeste 4 ucitele chybeli. Nakonec se z toho vyklubal docela dobry den a vsichni novi koucove dostali certifikaty a tricka. Horko jako v Africe!!!