RCCL Election / Sports Day

On the day of the RCCL election, in the morning, the students and leaders had time to relax and catch up on the mountain of washing there was still to do as the election commenced at 10am. It was clear how some were incredibly nervous, especially amongst the Tanzanians, as next year's inward group was being decided as well as roles amongst the RCCL. Around 1pm the election had finally finished and the students were informed that Tuma, Vale and Vero are coming to England next year! There was tears of excitement and pure joy as these specific Tanzanians have been with us since we arrived here and are now our new kaka's (brothers) and dada (sister.

After an eventful morning we were all on a high as we made our way to Lutengano high school for sports day. This started at 2pm and was so much fun for both us and the Tanzanians. We competed in 4 teams with and equal number of Tanzanians and the British in each group, the teams were blue, purple, green and yellow. We competed in many games where each team became very competitive and came up with their own chants, my team was blue and we would shout "our motto is to win", which the Tanzanians seemed to enjoy. The games started with relay race and was followed by egg and spoon race, 100m race, 3-legged race, sac race and dizzy dinos. After 3 hours competition the scores were finally in, sending the blue team into a frenzy of victory and cheers all around as the day finally came to an end.

 

  • Becky


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