Hi all, Quite a few of us will at Mixed Nationals this weekend, and I was wondering if you had discs you were not using anymore you would be willing to give away.
I travelled to Central African Republic last March and took 20 discs with me, started and trained 6 teams in total in 3 different neighbourhoods of the capital, Bangui, did also some sessions with kid streets in an NGO. Everybody absolutely loved it and they were fast learners! The day I left we organised a tourney on proper grass pitches, 5 aside with 2 subs, 6 teams, we had some music on the pitches and some drinks, it was great. With a strong football influence and neighbourhood pride, spirit was actually the hardest thing, and respecting the rules but I left them with great enthusiasm and 20 discs between 4 captains, which at the time wasn't much to run a practice. Since then I haven't really been in touch with them all but I know they are still playing and that the discs are worn out so I am planning on shipping them some discs. There is a DHL office in Bangui, it'll be easy. So, if you have a disc to give away you can take with you to Southampton, I'll be glad to collect it and prepare the shipment, it'll be a nice boost for them in Bangui! I will be playing with Thundering Herd in the Nationals tourney, my name is Rodrigue, Rod, you'll find me. Thinking out loud, as an alternative you could probably leave them at the tournament central but I haven't asked them for their approval, until now! So I'll give you an update on this once they get back to me. If you could drop me a line saying you will bring a disc for Africa, it would be great, I'll have an idea on numbers and how much discs I will have to carry back home with me, I might take an extra bag to do so. Thanks a lot in advance, any comments, ideas welcome. Rodrigue PS: I have some pictures I am meant to put on a website somewhere but never had time to upload them... __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://www.fysh.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/staying-informed
