Oh Chami..were u 1 of the young ladies that eventually made very long skirts but used to roll up the waist to make mini nn only let it down whn u entered the sch yard ?? Lol
btw..do u remember the gifts we recvd for winning our relays (after a while they have certificates..which i never saved!! (They were left in my books in the bookcase in my mom’s home ..my mom lent my books (unknowingly to me) to cuz n they never returned then . Whn i finally went to collect after I got married..the bookpress was bare!! No sch reports..no athletic certificates ..n my ‘treasured Modern Maths texts..books 1-8, my Bio texts ..all gone n my mom couldnt rem who borrowed wht)
anyway..back to the gifts..the 1st relay our team got a lil blue leatherette change purse..(i have a similar 1 , I am not sure if I saw it n bought it or if someone gave it to me..will post the pix later)
then we got a bright yellow water bottle..it had the straps to hang on shoulder or across yr body. I rem getting a glass butter dish for 2nd place in long jumps..
I wasnt much of a sprinter but they needed me for the relay team..poor D house! They called is D for DEAD house!
I always got 2nd for high n long jumps..(Mr H who was our house master was very ‘smart’. He put Deb D for the open high jump , if not we would have got 2nd n 3rd as she never beat Claudie . This was she got 1st in open n I got 2nd in my age grp. Debs always bagged the 1st place for the long jumps n I came in 2nd !!
I think I stopped participating in the relay after that ‘fall’ because I felt that we were cheated. You were so far ahead n u fainted just before the ribbon!! Lol..
I LOVED SPORTS DAYS!
Enough for now..tbc