Blog – Gatundu
On the Saturday, we went out in the countryside not far from Nairobi for a match at Gatundu with the girls’ team there. It was one of the best pitches we’d played on so far. It had proper goals (albeit with no nets), and grass on the pitch! The game went well. We borrowed a few players again: Tony Small and Ja-Ja (John’s nephews), Dennis, John and Khalifa (Ja-Ja’s friends), and Maureen played in goal. The referee awarded a penalty for handball to the girls in the last few minutes: Dennis, our borrowed centre half was adamant that the ball hit him on the chest. Tony Small finished off a good move for our first goal and Dan buried a corner from Lawsy who came on to play for 5 minutes, despite still feeling bad. The girls played well, and the game finished 2-2. There were two combined girls’ teams from the area playing. We presented them with 2 balls each for the two teams and encouraged them to continue working hard. Hopefully we’ll be able to work with them again in the future, preferably with the two full teams and not a combination thereof.
Later on in the day, we spent the afternoon at the farm that belongs to John’s in laws. They’d put on a big spread for us, which was great. We also had a walk down to the local river, about 20 minutes, a tour of the farm, and we were taken through the coffee-production process, coffee being the main crop that the farm produces.
Maureen and Angel were with us for most of the day.
On the Saturday, we went out in the countryside not far from Nairobi for a match at Gatundu with the girls’ team there. It was one of the best pitches we’d played on so far. It had proper goals (albeit with no nets), and grass on the pitch! The game went well. We borrowed a few players again: Tony Small and Ja-Ja (John’s nephews), Dennis, John and Khalifa (Ja-Ja’s friends), and Maureen played in goal. The referee awarded a penalty for handball to the girls in the last few minutes: Dennis, our borrowed centre half was adamant that the ball hit him on the chest. Tony Small finished off a good move for our first goal and Dan buried a corner from Lawsy who came on to play for 5 minutes, despite still feeling bad. The girls played well, and the game finished 2-2. There were two combined girls’ teams from the area playing. We presented them with 2 balls each for the two teams and encouraged them to continue working hard. Hopefully we’ll be able to work with them again in the future, preferably with the two full teams and not a combination thereof.
Later on in the day, we spent the afternoon at the farm that belongs to John’s in laws. They’d put on a big spread for us, which was great. We also had a walk down to the local river, about 20 minutes, a tour of the farm, and we were taken through the coffee-production process, coffee being the main crop that the farm produces.
Maureen and Angel were with us for most of the day.
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