June 18, 2014
Connor's June Blog Post
Connor here,
After another long and hard week of exams had ended, the next major event on the Seiritsu calendar was the annual sports festival. The event was scheduled for the 11th of June at the Washimiya Ground (this is where the sports programme athletes live and train). In preparation for the day, many classes began practicing very early but being part of the athlete program my class had little time to go over our events due to our Football training. so our preparation for the event was lacking. As June 11th approached there were question marks on whether or not the event would go ahead as the Rainy season had just hit the country and there were days of continuous rain in the lead up to the 11th.
However, finally the day arrived, albeit under a sky that looked like it could rain any second, and the events were underway. The second years' event was the 'Bo (pole) pulling', which involved two teams lying on their stomachs at each end of the sports field with a number of bamboo Bo laid out in the middle, the teams would then run to the middle and bring back as many bows as possible. My class 2A, eased through the first few games and qualified for the final in a convincing manner with our opponents being the other athlete class 2B. Unfortunately, with some confusion with the starting gun my class was slow out of the blocks and failed to win.
Apart from the loss in the final, the day was incredibly enjoyable with the athletes all uniting as one and singing songs to boost everyone's spirits in the less-than-nice weather!
