I went away on tour with the rugby and hockey sides this week.
We had to leave Ardvreck at about 6:00 am, and caught a bus to edinburgh airport for a flight down to Bristol (British geography anyone?).
We arrived in Bristol, and went for a tour around Millfield prep and senior school. They were amazing! Millfield is pretty much the premier sporting school in England, so it had the most amazing sporting facilities i’ve ever seen! The prep (primary) school has six squash courts! There are only eight water-based artificial hockey pitches in schools in the UK, and Millfied has three! They cost over a million dollars to maintain a year – each! The senior school has about 5 rugby fields and an Olympic size swimming pool! Apparently, the school wanted to build a 25m pool, but the parents wanted the full 50m, so the parents paid the rest! Here’s a picture of the tennis court, which is enclosed by a massive, heated, bubble dome – to keep out the cold in winter (and summer).
Our rugby boys played a friendly against the Millfield rugby side. They were huge compared to our boys. We lost every single scrum but Ardvreck pulled through for a convincing win, 4 tries to nil.
We stayed the night in a travel lodge, and the boys prepared for their seven-a-side hockey tournament the next day.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackOMG how cool would it be to go to school there!!!
Hey Mitch it’s Jonathon on Mum’s email. How are things going? Sounds like good fun! I wish I had a tennis court in a bubble! Actually, just a tennis court would be good. You must be coaching that rugby team well if they just beat a big pack of boys. Hope the hockey team goes well too and you keep enjoying your time in the UK. Happy easter and keep coaching well. See ya, Jonathon
my my you look so handsome on that court!!!
man you should really try and find a copy of the series ‘Jeeves and Wooster’, its a british comedy with hugh laurie you’d love it to bits. brings me back to speech and drama
peace
Yoo Hoo Mitchell,
OK, enough of the keeping us in suspense! How did the hockey team go? And how does a team from a small school in Scotland beat a rugby team from THE sporting private school in England?? Was is really the supurb coaching??
From the anxiously awaiting Part 2 Patti
i actually got accepted to this school.
but i feel my talents could be used else where, so i vicariously declined.
it was definatly in your best interest- i didnt want to show up your scholarship at your school.
im so unselfish, its amazing.
Indoor tenniss….how halaire!!!!