T.I.A: Bush Sports 2008

This is a 2 yearly event Yirara runs to help promote the school. We are possibly going to push for this to be an annual event because the amount of work involved is enormous. We invite communities to bring in the littlies and showcase what Yirara has to offer. I ran the 2 day sporting event- Athletics on 1 day and then Basketball, Soccer and Australian Rules on the other. We had 4 players from Richmond also attend. A big concert on the last night and fireworks for the kids. We involve our 12 and 13 year

olds, but we have kids come who are between the ages of 6 – 13 year olds. Very cute to see the little ones playing basketball and mixing it on the footy field with the older kids. I was very tired after the 2 days, but certainly worth the effort and seeing how much the kids enjoy it. We had 2 days in a row of 35 degrees and it sapped all our energy and dried out the skin…need to cleanse and moisturise a bit more.