Thursday 27 August 2009 3 busses left for Potchefstroom. Our first stop was Gold Reef City, where the children & the adults went absolutely crazy on the theme park rides.
We arrived in Potch that evening to a great supper. To tell you the truth, every meal was great!
Friday consisted of training & traveling to our food court. The children went to a HANDS ON SCIENCE LAB, which they went absolutely ballistic in. After a few hours of training the children were too tired to continue, so we let them watch the junior instructors train, which gave them each a look of awe on their faces.
The tournament was on Saturday & ran smoothly, thanks to the administration!
The friendly mixed team event between South Africa & Namibia Junior Instructors went down well with all the spectators.
The final dinner was brilliant, with speeches in between set courses, which kept a vibe of socializing. At one stage a guy who was a little under the influence of alcohol from the rugby game, came into the hall interrupted Sensei Reon’s speech & used profanity infront of people ages ranging from 6 to 70 years of age.
The problem was that some one had parked infront of his drive-way & he was not too impressed. Anyways his mannerisms where not well accepted so Sensei Reon asked me to accompany the person who was moving their car & ensure he was to return safely.
I got up, requested that Kobus joined me & followed them. The guy had turned into a kitten. Not understanding what was going on, I turned around after he went into his house & realized that 20-30 people had followed me outside. It was rather funny.
The trip back was fast & we arrived an hour & a half early.
All in all the event was a huge success.
I would like to thank the following people:
-Sensei Reon Du Plooy & his team for their brilliant arrangements in Potch
-Monica Ross & Ivan Eber for their hard administration work
-Sensei Hennie for assisting with an extra bus driver when needed
-All the instructors involved with the preparation of the team
-Sensei Willem Burger & his team for brining Namibia to the event
-Lastly thank you to all the students for making this the best Development Champs in the history of this event
