Rugby tour!

There are three main sports at Bana Ba Metsi; football, volleyball and table tennis. Each of us volunteers has the responsibility of coaching one sport, I am the coach of football, Paul and Justus (German vols) are the coaches of volleyball and table tennis. As all three sports have been taken care of, there was an opening in the framework left for Tim. 7 weeks ago he started teaching the boys how to play Rugby, and I would be lying if I said I wasn't jealous. The sessions started with only four boys playing touch together, but since has doubled in numbers and they have gone from knowing nothing of the game to being able to play a well structured game of touch (Slight exaggeration).

Tim managed to contact a juniour rugby coach in Maun and organised a game, which is actually why I'm here now. We, the volunteers and 8 boys loaded into the three tonne truck, drove to Maun, our first school trip! One of the lovely things about this project is the freedom to go as and when the ocassions arise. Not like England where you have to fill out hundreds of forms, just straight up common sense is all that is required. 

We were also lucky enough to play in Maun stadium! The boys won their first game but lost the second, it has been a great learning curve for them and they have thorougly enjoyed the experience.

(BBM left, Maun Pups right)

The whole trip has been a success except for one incident, one of the boys ran away in Maun. He was in our company, we were responsible for him. Tim had made him the captain, and we had trusted him to be a leader to the boys. Its been a bit of a learning curve for us, it seems we cant give these boys an inch because they take a mile. It was a huge shame as the rest of the boys have been good as gold, as usual its the minority that lets everyone down. I hope this doesnt hinder future trips. But anyway, rant over.

We have also all been given our residence permits, which means we may stay for the year! Thank god.

Until the next time ✌️