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      This year’s surf expedition returned to Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, the ‘Hawaii of      o                                                                                           Some of our pupils have been giving up
      Europe’. Again, we used the wonderful Waverider Surf School and their villa.                    i                                                                                            their  Saturday  mornings  to  help  in  the
                                                                                                     t                                                                                             community. Whilst the rest of their school
      The week started with a morning of small but fun waves on the reef outside the villa, with    i                                                                                              friends  enjoy  the  extensive  Saturday
      Nathan and Tahila our instructors, helping those new to the sport, or those who had not      d                                                                                               morning activities on offer at our school,
      surfed for a while into their stride.                                                       e                                                                                                5  pupils  from  Y11  are  volunteering  in
                                                                                                  p                                                                                                Llandudno charity shops. “It’s a great way
      The second day the wind came, and pretty much stayed for the rest of the week! This         x                                                                                                to  feel  more  involved  in  the  town  and
      day and the next were tricky as with a strong onshore wind came large dumping waves,                                                                                                         meet  people  that  we  never  have  the
      which are not good for learning to surf. As a result, there was a little driving around in  E                                                                                                chance to talk to in a normal school day,”
      search of a usable beach at which to surf.                                                   f                                                                                               said Mitzi Tilston, who has been working

                                                                                                   r                                                                                               in the British Heart Foundation shop. “I
      We did find some usable waves though, and the group started getting used to being in the                                                               k
                                                                                                                                                       Wor                                         Waltham,  “but  working  at  the  British
                                                                                                     u                                                                                             do  miss  4x4  driving  and  flying  scale
      surf, choosing their waves, and popping up to standing as their confidence increased.                                                                                                         models  off  the  Orme,”  said  Harvey
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                                                                                                                                                                                                   sense of achievement.”
      Our fourth day on the Island was a rest day away from the waves, and a trek up an old                                                                                                        Heart  Foundation  gives  me  a  different
      volcano, of which there are many on Fuerteventura. We also paid a visit to our                                                   Charity                                                     Hannah Czakan, who has been working in
      favourite café in Cotillo with a chance to fill up on coffee, cake and ice-cream.                                                                                                              the Tenovus  shop,  noted  that  her  time
      Cotillo is also open to any ground swell from the Atlantic, so was a chance to                                                                                                               manning  the  till  is  also  great  work
      watch some really big waves rolling in!                                                                                                                                                      experience. “I really like the responsibility
                                                                                                                                                                                                   of being on the front line of the shop but
      Our last two days continued to be windy but the group did very well in                                                                                                                       I’m  not  too  worried  as  my  manager  is
      dealing with the occasional beach wide dumping wave. The last day was                                                                                                                        always there with me!” The scheme also
      competition day, with a few extra events thrown in to make up for some                                                                                                                       allows the pupils a chance for reflection;
      ‘interesting’ waves that were rolling in to the beach… but the conditions                                                                                                                    Roy Enyiagu, who is also at the British
      eventually cleaned up, and we all had a great last surf.                                                                                                                                     Heart Foundation, observed, “Because I
                                                                                                                                                                                                   board in school, my life can become a bit
      Our final evening was spent at the Waverider villa with a                                                                                                                                     of a bubble but working the shop allows
      BBQ (expertly cooked!) and an awards ceremony to                                                                                                                                             me to stay in touch with the real issues
      recognise everyone’s surfing achievement during                                                                                                                                               some people are facing today.”
      the week.



                                                                                                                                                                                                James Goodwin, Y11, has received a call up to
                                                                                                                                                                                                play Under 18s regional rugby. James has had a
                                                                                                                                            U18 Regional Rugby                                  been a mainstay of the RGC Under 16s pack.
                                                                                                                                                                                                bumper season with the school touring Georgia
                                                                                                    We will be running                                                                          and reaching the semi-final of the Eyruri Cup,
                                                                                                                                                                                                coupled with equally impressive cup and league
                                                                                                    another surf expedition                                                                     wins with his club.
                                                                                                    to Fuerteventura during
                                                                                                    the first week of the                                                                        James has excelled in his performances and has
                                                                                                   Easter break 2018, so

                                                                                                 watch out for details coming                                                                   Head of PE, Dan Lycett, said: “It is testimony to
                                                                                                                                                                                                James’ work ethic and focus that he has been
                                                                                               soon!                                                                                            offered this fantastic opportunity and I am sure he
                                                                                                                                                                                                will be an asset to the Under 18s as he has been
                                                                                                                                                                                                to school and RGC Under 16s.” James will study
                                                                                                                                                                                                his A Levels at St David’s College and is

                                                                                                                                                                                                Sporting Performance course that will start in
                                                                                                                                                                                                September.A
                                                                      u     r    f     ’ s                                   Kirsty Rowe                                                        particularly looking forward to studying the new
                                                                                                                                                                                                Dan Lycett lays the success at the door of
                                                                 s                        up!                                                                                                   good club and school link can produce and it is
                                                                                                                                                                                                community links; “James is the result of what a
                                                                                                                                                                                                pleasing to see players starting to move up from
                                                                                                                                                                                                school to club and achieve the call to play regional
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