The kids took part in the All Stars Invitational rhythmic gym competition. It was the Eastern Cape Junior competition.
Jorja got a second, but there were only 3 in her level 1 under 5 age group. There were about 40 kids in Kayra’s level 1 under 7 age group, she came 13th. Both girls did well considering they have only been in level 1 since the beginning of the year.
What a shambles of a competition! We had to be there at 7am for warm-up with a 8am start. It was a freezing morning and the kids were lined up for the start, and we waited, and we waited, and we waited…. Eventually Shirley got the girls back into track suits as they were frozen. Eventually about an hour late the competition got underway. By that stage some girls were already in tears.
The prize giving was supposed to be at 10:45 but because of the slow start and running behind schedule it only started at about 12:30 and we were eventually out of there by 1:30pm. A long hard day for the kids.
Had we known the competition would only get started at 9am we would never had got the kids up at 5:30am to just make it for the 7am start. I would hate to think what time the poor out of town competitors from Jeffrey’s Bay and further had to get up to be there at 7am.
Compared to last year’s Eastern Cape competition at Mentoor’s Kraal, where everything was well organised and on time, this was a big let down. I know its run by volunteers that are doing their best, but hopefully lessons were learnt and this doesn't happen again.
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