Last Wednesday Our years 8,7,6, And 5 got the chance to participate in the Rippa tournament that was being held at Dunkirk park. We all had to come to school in our P.E gear since we were going to be there for the whole day.
When I got to school the only thing on my mind was joyfulness and excitement to play in the Rippa tournament. We all had a little time to play before we had to all sit under the canopy in our teams and do roll call. Everyone was here to participate in the tournament.
We started walking down the gate and on our way to Dunkirk.
When we made it to Dunkirk we only saw 2 other schools that were practicing. Once we came, all of the other schools started coming. There were so many schools there.
We put our bags down and got our ball and
Started to practice like the other schools were and just played tag.
When the Rippa tournament started we went to watch other schools play so we could learn and use their strategies to help us too.
The first game we played was at 10:20am against Panmure District.
We were so excited we were bossing each other around since we were so desperate to win but unfortunately we lost. But we all realised that we weren’t working together and using the strategies Mr Bell told us and said to each other “We can do it”. After our game we went to watch the game that our friends were playing. They were playing against panama road
At 11:00am we had a game against Sylvia park. I was sub, with my friend Patrick.
After half time me and Patrick subbed on so we could have a turn.
We had a lot of energy so we ran as fast as we could but not that fast because it would drain out our energy. This game we won, we were all so happy and filled with excitement that we won our first game. Before we left we paid respects to the team and left.
After our game we went to watch other games that our school was playing in. It was almost lunch time so some of my friends and i went to eat our lunch
At 12:40pm we were playing against Panama. Rd We walked all the way to field 8 and met Panama Rd there. Cosma and I were subs. After half time we subbed on. We were on roll. We all ripped tag by tag, scored a try and another try we were fast like a cheater.
After the game we were so happy again and filled with joy because we won our second game. We paid respects to Panama Rd and moved on.
We all had a break
From the hard and fast running we were all doing.
We all went to the mat to get a drink of water and build up our energy.
We were all so tired that we felt that we couldn’t play our last game but we pushed through it.
At 1:40pm we had a game which was our last game. We play against Glen Brae School. We were losing at first but started picking up the paste and we won.
We were so happy that we won 3 games. We paid respect to Glen Brae school and went to our mat to pack up everything. Before we left we took a photo. Then I went home. When I got home I changed and went straight because I was very tired and exhausted. It was a fun day and I really enjoyed it.