How I got into athletics in high sch..sheer accident!!
During recess times, some of the girls used to tie the gold cords that we wore to form a rope n we would just do high jumps..well yrs truly with her skinny self n LONG legs was clearing all the heights. 2 4th formers were looking out the windows from upstairs( Cham..a girl names shobha n her friend..i dont rem her name but they were bff’s) walked down to the yard n pulled me aside, asked which house i was in n whn i said D..they were so excited, they literally dragged me to meet me Hanf, who was D house-master! So Mr H then tested me for long jumps n sprint.. i wasnt that fast of a runner but i was chosen for the relay n i did good for the long jump! BTW Chams, after u fell, I stopped the participating in the relay ! I stuck to the high n long jumps n came in 2nd after Ms Claudette ..Debbie was put in the open category n got 1st ..that way we ended up with 1st n 2nd for both jumps..rather than getting 2nd n 3rd . Mr H was very wise ,as Deb couldnt beat claudette.
poor D house..they called us DEAD house..we never got more than 20 points ..C n B houses were more than 50 points . F. Nedd was our best athlete..rem him Chams..n debs of course
sports day was the best ever..do u rem once it was healt at Uitvlugt community centre n it rained badly that day..we waited until after lunch n the teachers decided that were were going to let us run in the rain n mud?? Omg i had to borrow my friend’s clothes to go home as mine was all mud!! But it was fun..it was hard to run in the rain ..lots of falls/slides