Seven of the eight schools (grades 5 through 8) played ball on their play grounds starting in March…We held a tournament the last week of school in June. The venue was the old soccer stadium. Three days of games, lots of fun…a DJ with loud speakers played nonstop music, two games were played simultaneously on each end of the soccer pitch. We had local TV coverage and reporters from papers and magazines. About 60 kids showed up for and awards presentation held in a local theater’s refreshment center…Three teams took trophies back to their schools…all kids received a certificate of participation, and some got special awards….it was a fun evening on the Sunday night of the last games. Gallons of Coca Cola were consumed….they were high on sugar and left the theater singing, laughing and playing on their way home. Our staff was exhausted after 3 days…and we were happy to be headed home to bed after helping the management clean up the tables.
We will try to do the same this fall, but will target kids grade 1 through 4….and the spring school league will start again in March of 2011. I am confident this is the only program of its kind in Romania and probably has not been attempted in Europe.
We are also considering the game of kick ball for younger kids…it will give them the understanding of base running and scoring and may be used as an introduction to the fall program I mentioned above…
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