Day 19 - Final day

The final day of an epic trip has come and everyone is feeling exhausted, however that is of course a good sign. We decided to finish with something to remember the tour by and we thought that a awards dinner would be the perfect way to highlight some outstanding efforts throughout the touron and off the pitch. The organisation of the evening was left up to Mr. Richards. He thought that due to our theme the hotel restaurant would be the best setting. Our theme, which was picked up at the 1stXV match against Geraldine, was jackets/blazers turned inside out. At 7:30 everyone rocked up in some outlandish costumes and the evening started with a buffet.

After a splendid meal the awards got under way. Mr.Kibble kicked off with his speech and awards. He highlighted efforts on the pitch to Chris Campbell as top try scorer of the team, Harvey Hanifan as best player of the tour, and off the pitch Max Valler as best tourist and you could see why with his costume. To round off precedings he decided to award a prize to the best dressed and Charlie Hopkins took it much to his teammates delight. Now it was Jonny Macmillans turn to say a few words. He obviously offered many thanks towards the coaches and to highlight his coaches efforts the U15's had bought a ball each and signed them. Now it was Charlie Hopkins turn to kick off with the seniors speeches. I emphasised about the efforts that had been put in behind the scenes. Also to give the coaches some memrobilia we had collected money off each boy and bought presents for all the staff involved in the trip. Now the awards started for the seniors and the efforts of top try scorer (as decided at Geraldine in a race) was Lawrence Okoye, next was top tourist and this was awarded for his positive attitude as Ollie Dickerson, last but not least was best player and there were many candidates but Tom Nicholls clinched it. The night was then rounded off by a conclusion from Mr.Wilkins.

I would just like to again highlight many thanks to all involved in some organisation of the tour whether thats coaches or parents and to the boys for making this a memorable trip for everyone involved.

Charlie Hopkins