Diary

Team Diary Saturday 4th April 2009 For once we didn’t have to get up at 5.15am, so instead the team had a leisurely eight o’clock breakfast. As if to prove that the majority of the team was firmly now on

Team Diary Friday 3rd April 2009 Today was the last early start of the week, with breakfast at 5.30am and leaving the hotel at 6.30am. At the usual team morning meeting, the ‘Mug of the day’ hat was passed from

Team Diary Thursday 2nd April 2009 A typical pre-six o’clock start for the whole team on the morning of the final Grand Aggregate shoots saw the “Mug of the day” committee award Mary Boston with the hat for her extra

Team Diary Wednesday 1st April 2009 Another early start and one of the “Big matches” of the tour – the RSA International for teams of 12 firing 15 to count at 800m and 900m. But first the small matter of

Team Diary Tuesday 31st March 2009 Another early start to the day saw the team out on the range for another 7.30 start in the Dalrymple Cup- a 2 and 10 at 300m and a 2 and 11 at 600m.

Team Diary Monday 30th March 2009 The team arose at stupid o’clock for a team meeting prior to setting off for the range and the ceremony of raising the flags. Once the SA flag had been raised to their national

Team Diary Saturday 28th March 2009 After a very good evening reception for the SABU 80th birthday celebrations held at Grey College (high school home to many famous South African international rugby players and cricketers – including the late Hansie

Team Diary Friday 27th March 2009 Again, the morning started bright and early… and this time we remembered the headsets! We were pleased to hear that General Mac’s trousers had been returned (see yesterday’s diary) and the team arrived on

Team Diary Thursday 26th March 2009 So the day started bright and early with breakfast at six am sharp followed by a morning brief. All the team had been reallocated to various buses based on an algorithm the Adjutant, Del,