Mkwiro Primary smash Wasini in epic games tournament
Last Tuesday, the community team were
treated to a break in their teaching schedule in order to attend the annual
games between Mkwiro Primary School and Wasini Town Primary School. This year
the games were hosted by Mkwiro, which meant the furious sweeping and cleaning
of the school from the early morning, in preparation for the visitors.
The first matches to take place were the
boys’ volleyball and the girls’ netball. It soon became apparent that Mkwiro
were by far the stronger side in both events. The boys put Wasini to a quick
defeat by two sets to love, with the girls securing victory in the netball no
more than ten minutes later. The majority of Mkwiro Primary proceeded to
stampede around the school compound, singing and chanting in celebration.
The first matches were due to start at nine
in the morning, although of course this meant that Wasini did not arrive until
well after nine thirty.
Myself and the rest of the community volunteers were
invited into the school library to attend a meeting between the two school
boards, where officiators and schedules were finalized. I shook hands with an
eager teacher from Wasini who introduced himself by way of saying: “We have
come to compete. We have come to compete and we have come to win.”
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| Girls celebrating their volleyball win |
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| Students from Mkwiro Primary and Wasini battle it out in a tense football match |
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| Marine Field Staff Ben watches the match with other students in trepidation |
The afternoon saw us depart from the school
grounds and walk across the island to the football field. We arrived around
five minutes after kick off, by which point Wasini were kicking off again
following Mkwiro’s opening goal to put them 1 – 0 up. It was a great
atmosphere, with the majority of the village in attendance.
The crowd were not
disappointed by the remainder of the game – Mkwiro dominated and secured a
sound 3 – 0 victory with ease.
Luke Guiness
Mkwiro Community Field Staff
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