Following over 2 years of preparation, fundraising and training on Saturday 22nd July 49 students and 5 staff made the 11 hour overnight flight from Heathrow to South Africa on our 2017 Sports Tour. 

This is the third time a group of our students have made the trip following previous visits in 2012 and 2014. What was to follow was an incredible 16 days filled with a huge range of experiences the students will never forget – all the way from Cape Town to Durban. These experiences included visiting Table Mountain and Robben Island, watching penguins on the beach, visiting a township and Zulu village, a water park, segwaying along the beach, a hippo cruise and then to top it all off an evening and morning safari game drive.

Of course the main reason for the trip was to stay with and play sport against the South African students. We know from previous experience they take their sport very seriously and so it proved across all 12 matches and the 3 sports. To their credit our students never gave up and can be proud of their efforts and sportsmanship across all matches – hopefully they can take this experience into the new sporting season at school.  The PE Department were very proud of the effort made by all the students and hope to offer another Sports tour in 2020.