After being hosted with the families the players came into school in the morning with many stories of what an excellent time they had all had. This experience of being hosted will no doubt be one of the best of the tour.
Our final match day arrived with the players both excited and nursing bumps and bruises from the previous encounters. The Netball team were first to take on the Windhoek High School, the best Netball team in Namibia. The competition in the first half was fierce and WHS built up a strong lead. Chipping Norton came back into the game after half time to win the 3rd quarter, and continued to fight hard up to the final whistle. Unfortunately WHS had too much of a lead for us to catch up, but the girls can go back to England with their heads held high knowing that they never gave up and showed great determination throughout. We are extremely proud of the Netball squad and have enjoyed seeing them grow and improve and play some excellent Netball against teams with International players.
The Rugby started slowly for CNS, a stark contrast to the previous games where we have come out extremely strong. WHS scored within 5 minutes and then proceeded to build a lead. It was evident that the CNS boys were feeling the effects of 2 games within 5 days with only 1 substitute. At half time WHS led 35-3, a shock to all concerned. In the 2nd half CNS played their own game and dug deep to work extremely hard for each other. We played some great rugby in the 2nd half and out scored WHS by 14-5 making the final score 42-17. We ended the game with players physically and mentally exhausted but determined to fight to the last whistle for each other. The team spirit amongst the CNS rugby boys has stepped to another level this tour and some of the team talks after the game will remain with us all for a long time.
We are extremely proud of all the Rugby and Netball players, they have represented themselves, their school and their country extremely well throughout. We are now looking forward to seeing the huge positive effects this will have for PE and Sport at CNS next year.
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