On Tuesday Linton and I volunteered to do the timing at the annual sports festival for the level 3-6 at the kids' school. After dropping Alex off at school we caught a ride with another mom who was helping to organize the day and off we went to the Collingwood Harriers Athletic Club and a part of Melbourne we never would have discovered on our own.
Fun to be there with Colin and to watch him compete with his friends in events like the 800m, 200m, 100m, shotput, discus, triple jump and long jump. This is yet another bonus of this year away from work - being able to help out at school. Colin managed to finish first in a few of his events and may or not qualify for the district finals - he was very proud. Oh, and so were his parents!
The day was quite cool but we managed to survive with numerous coffees and some friendly banter. We even managed to survive a potential timing scandal when a few moms thought we were short a lap in our timing of the 1500m. Being the "new" Canadians we decided to bite our tongues and keep on timing - thankfully it all worked out and our reputations remained in tact. A subsequent heat showed our thinking to be correct. Phew!
This was an excellent day and a great chance to meet many more of the families at Lee Street School. Tomorrow - back to the books! And speaking of such things, Brideshead Revisited is finally back on the book shelf - next up, Moby Dick!
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Hi Carter/Darling family.
It is the sister of Samuel,Gabrielle. Your little Olympics looks like fun. I wish you the best during your year in Australia.
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