October 2011
22 posts
Thanks
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who helped make this trip happen and all the people that supported me. Thanks to all my sponsors as without you i would not have been able to have this experience, i would like to thank Craig, Majella, Alistar and my Dad for helping me while i was over in UK, as without you the tour wouldnt have been a success. Thanks to all the players...
Home
31/10/11
Finally after 28 hours of flying we are all back to our homes. Its good to be back and look over what i have purchased and were we have been. In general the tour was brilliant, with a few downsides.
Leaving
29/10/11
Today we headed back into London before we fly out. We went on a Red Bus Tour, which is a double deck er bus. We saw Big Ben, London Tower, London Eye and many other attractions. Big Ben is AMAZING to see in person. I decided to go on the London Eye, the view was incredible, once in a lifetime experience. We then went to Trafalgar Square, which is on monopoly =D. We than headed to some...
London
28/10/11
Today we drove to London, the drive was about 5 hours and when we got there we checked into our Hotel than headed into town. Today we went to the Buckingham Palace, it was amazing. We saw the guards, that cant move (personally i don’t think they would do much in the occasion of a threat due to how the Wig covers their eyes. We than walked around the town and we went to Lilly Pilly,...
Game & Packing
27/10/11
Today we drove to play another Football match. When we arrived to the field it was cold and raining, so we had the full English experience. The game started and they scored 2 goals in the first half, but in the second half we scored 2 and after a lot of extra time the game still ended at 2-2. We than headed home, to pack our bags and relax, cause tomorrow we drive to London.
Old Trafford
26/10/11
Today we had a sleep in, which all us boys loved. Than we had a choice to either go to the markets or stay at the hotel. I chose to go to the markets, it was great. Than we stayed at the hotel until we headed to the tour of Old Trafford (Manchester United). The stadium was awesome, although i don’t like Manchester United, i did like it. Amon and i were saying 6-1 the whole trip...
Indoor Football Match
25/10/11
Today we went to play futsal against a school. This school usually beats the Australian teams. When we arrived, the match was actually going to be played on an indoor court, which was a first. The other boys team played first, and they won something like 7-2, but the game was extremely rough. The girls than played and won 12-2, they played well. Than my team played and we won 4-3, we...
Football Match
24/10/11
Today we had a slight sleep in than we headed to do some shopping. After a little shopping, we headed to play a football match against a local team. The team was rather good, and they had some good players but the end score was 3-3. Aaran scored the best volley from outside the box, we awarded him best goal of the tour. After the game we were shouted drinks by the other teams coach, we...
Tournament
23/10/11
Today we awoke at the Chester Holiday Village and packed up our stuff, than we headed to play a tournament.
The Australian players were split into the same teams again, my team won all our competitive games, including the on against the other Australian Team. After the competitive games, all the teams were mixed together to have two fun games.
After these games we went to watch...
Shopping
22/10/11
Today was planned to be pri relaxing, we woke up and got packed because we had to change hotels for one night. So we packed an overnight bag and left our suitcases at at the Springfield Hotel and headed to Chester.
We started our shopping at some markets where we picked up a cheap guitar. At Chester we went to a MASSIVE shopping centre called Chester Oaks. It was filled with over 100...
Liverpool
21/10/11
Today was an early breaky at the latest of 9, which thanks to Jess and Emily (Players from the girls team) I managed to just get too. Than we had training with John Owens who coached Liverpool teams for 18 years. I was happy to have this session because i missed the last session with John due to back injury.
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After the cold training session we went too the Beatles Museum, it was...
Stoke FC
Tonight we went on a tour of the stock FC. It was awsome. the stoke grounds seat 27,000 and tonight is a sell out.
Kai asked one of the police men (bobbies) if he could wear his hat… He said a dry no. The other police man responded by saying awww comon….
it was a great game with stoke winning 3 - 0. Great cold night.
Its cold!!!!!
It is approx 2 deg. Its very cold and we are watching a football game.
Big Day Out
Well where do I start… We started out the day going to king aurthers Laberynth. Didnt get there. We were given the incorrect address and ended up at Harlech Castle. This is one of 5 castles built by edward the first to defete the welch. each of the castles were set within 1 days walk of each other and surounded the snowdonia lands. they were to blockade supplies to the welsh that lived...
Parents day - Jason
While the kids were training the other day we decided to go for a tour. First we visited a shopping centre where we did some casual scouting for sports equipment for the kids.
We then went to a Antique shop. The lady was very helpful and explained the where and when for each item we asked about. I wanted to buy this rocking horse. They are rare and worth allot in Australia. It would not fit in...
Manchester City
18/10/11
Today was another early start than head off to train with the academy coaches at Manchester City. When we got there it was about 2-5 Degrees, and we were all keen to train indoors but of course we didn’t. We went outside and did our training in the cold. At one point it was hailing, and the whole time we couldn’t feel our hands. Than we played some games among ourselves on Astro Turf...
Training Sessions
17/10/11
Today was an early wake, we had training planned with our coaches and John Owens, but my back was starting to feel sore. I trained in the first session with our Australian coaches, but afterwards i wasn’t feeling to good. We than went to get some lunch, Amon and I went to a Cafe and had some AMAZING sandwiches. Than due to my sore back I sat out and watched the second training session....
First Games
16/10/11
Today was an early departure at 9am straight to TNS, were we played against the academy teams. The teams we played are the best in Wales, but they only had an outdoor court, so we played 5 v 5 in small parts of a Football field. My team won 1 lost 1 and drew 1. We than watched a Champions League game of Futsal between Manchester and Middlesbrough, it was 3-0 to Middlesbrough. Although it...
First Day
15/10/11
Today was a nice wake up at 8am than headed off to do some shopping at the markets, Amon, Leon and myself decided to take on three local boys in a street football match. I love this country while we were playing so many randoms walking past joined in =D. While at the markets we decided to buy some BB Guns. Than we headed to Rhyl to watch them vs Guilsfield they won 5-1 (i think). Than we...
Plane Flight
14/10/11
After boarding the plane from Rockhampton to Brisbane (40mins), it was of to International Airport than shopping =D. Than we boarded a MASSIVE plane to head to Dubai (14 hours) in which i got 2 hours sleep =(. At Dubai the airport was huge, so alittle more shopping. Than boarding the plane to UK (YAY) but this plane was even BIGGER. So after another (7 hours) we were in UK, but we had...
Preparation
9/10/2011
I leave to UK in 4 days, (not that im counting) im getting so excited I have just started packing, but im only half done. It has been almost 2 years since i have represented Australia. So im so excited. I would like to thank all my sponsors for giving me this opportunity.