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AGC JOURNAL 2016
AGC Netball
Caribbean ‘Cool Runnings’ Tour
By Sergeant Dulcie Speer and Sergeant Gemma Faulks
A mixture of 16
female players, from
seasoned netballers to
complete newbies stood
in anticipation at London
Gatwick; bags packed full of
sun tan lotion with the odd
pair of trainers and netball
shorts squeezed in ready for
our early flight to Montego
Bay. Full of excitement
everyone was smiling and
ready to start our sporting
adventure on the island of
Jamaica……..
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motto our Team
Manager, Lorraine
Thomas, would need
to remind herself of, on
numerous occasions during the tour.
The Tour Begins Just the scenery for training
After a nine hour flight we landed in
Jamaica on a runway that could have Despite it being tropical season, we rose on
the first morning to glorious sunshine and
been mistaken for Cardiff - wet. Jet sapphire skies; the mist and rain a distant
lagged and tired, we made our way memory. Jet lag had got the better of most
through security to a slight delay at
baggage reclaim; it would not be a tour of us as we’d been awake since 2 a.m.
However, this had given some the perfect
if one of the bags did not go astray and opportunity to read the hotel information
Venice Thompson had to reclaim her
luggage from another passenger who booklet cover to cover and become very
useful sources of information.
took a shine to her bag instead of theirs.
Outside we met our local rep and driver
Hodges – who had arrived to collect us in
a van that looked like a 1970’s wagon,
but it was functioning and it was ‘ours’
for the tour. Hodges, our self-professed
main man, started teaching us the local
lingo and informed us that
in Jamaica there were ‘no
problems, just situations’; a
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