Friday Afternoon Sports

Just a brief update today, as we enjoyed another athletic event this past weekend.
For this Friday afternoon outing, both the women’s and men’s secondary teams were involved, but attending different tournaments. As I got to join the women on this outing, I will begin with them:
We were scheduled to play Volleyball and Football at Ndola Trust school, around one and ½ hours away from us. School schedules and “real time” being what they are, we were actually 1 hour late. No matter, though: the other team simply waited for us and enjoyed the games once we arrived; in good sportsmanship, I suppose, we even split the winnings equally, with us winning the football match 2:1 and them winning the Volleyball 2:1. Amano’s women played extremely well, and we were quite proud. Another highlight from the day was a surprise reunion with a former classmate—one of last term’s Grade 12 graduates. Coming to see her sister—a student there at Ndola Trust, she discovered her former schoolmates out on the field at the time. This led to an amusing round of mid-game smiles, shouts, and waves . . . and then a flurry of hugs once the game was done [thankfully the ladies were able to refrain until then for the hugs].
While the ladies played in Ndola, the gentleman were at Mpelembe school in Kitwe, in the midst of their first ever Rugby tournament. Many of the Amano men had never played the game before this term, so we were thrilled with their eagerness to play, and their fine sportsmanship displays. They played a solid three games, lasting a good hour longer than expected, so we were happy [and tired!] voyagers back to the school that night.