Prep Girls' Sports Tour 2022
Posted: 23/02/2022
Over half term, girls from Years 7 and 8 took part in a long awaited overseas hockey and netball sports tour to Northern Ireland. After a very early flight, the girls went straight from the airport onto the netball courts for a friendly tournament against Wallace and Friends. Despite being tired, the girls performed well to win the majority of the matches and enjoyed socialising after the game with their counterparts. After some lunch and checking into the hotel, that evening, the girls enjoyed being coached a variety of skills, including the 'reverse hit' by Irish International Megan Frazer at the fantastic Olympic Astro turf at Ulster University.
Early on Friday morning, the girls enjoyed more netball matches against Laganside Netball Club. We had some mixed results but everyone enjoyed meeting new people. On Friday afternoon, our superheroes quiz was a fun respite from physical activity. The girls' brain power was tested in mixed aged teams - well done to our 'Wonder Women' who won, displaying some impressive knowledge. After the quiz, the girls headed to Pegasus Hockey Club to play matches against the same club in some very cold conditions. Bromsgrove demonstrated their resilience to win six from eight matches played, even when a blizzard came our way.
On Saturday morning, the weather forced the girls inside to play their final hockey matches of tour against Wallace High School. This was many of the girls' first experience of playing indoor hockey (including the opposition), so it was a great introduction to the game with many goals scored. Again, Bromsgrove won the majority of these games played but more importantly, they learnt a great deal. That afternoon, the group travelled to Belfast for a City Tour, visiting City Hall, the Titanic Memorial and a peace wall, where the girls signed their names and learnt about its importance. Following this, they visited the fantastic Titanic Experience and in the evening displayed their dancing, singing and acting skills in 'Bromsgrove's Got Talent'. Well done to our winners who performed a dance by the Jackson Five. After a busy day, the girls enjoyed a swim in the hotel pool before dinner and bed.
On the final day of the tour, after checking out of the hotel, the group travelled up the coast to visit the Giant's Causeway. Storm Eunice was in fine form and the girls more than felt the force of the wind by witnessing the huge waves crashing into the spectacular coast line. They even had to take cover behind the basalt columns waiting for a break in the storm. The girls learnt about the geological features of the coastline, local history and the folklore surrounding the area.
An end of tour meal followed at the 55 Degrees North restaurant in Portrush where every pupil received a tour award. After being well 'fed and watered', they headed to Belfast International Airport for their (slightly delayed) flight home with some wonderful memories of the trip.
Our Bromsgrove girls were a credit to themselves and their parents as they were an absolute pleasure to look after.
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