Keeping you up to date with the Sports Tour to Barbados (Easter 2009)
At the airport England cricket star, Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff was lucky enough to bump into SHS's celebrated "Green" sisters, Sophie and Emily.
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0600
Travel to Manchester Airport
0830
Assemble at Manchester Airport, Terminal 3
1135
Flight BD723.departs for Barbados (flight time 8hrs 55mins)
1625
Arrival Grantley Adams International Airport
Coach transfer to the
Blue Orchids Beach Hotel, Worthing, Christ Church, Barbados
Tel: (00 1) (246) 435 8057 Fax: (00 1) (246) 435 6578
The Blue Orchids is located on a magnificent stretch of white sand beach at Worthing on the popular South Coast of the island, amidst lush tropical gardens and casuarina trees overlooking the beach and ocean.
Thursday 26 March
(Breakfast is served daily from 07.00)
09.00 Briefing meeting by a Sporting Zones tour representative. A brief synopsis, general island dos and don’ts is followed by a Q&A session. Post meeting opportunity to stock up at the local supermarket on essentials for the week ahead!
HOCKEY
14.45 Transfer to the astroturf to play our first match -
15.30 COMBERMERE SCHOOL v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
16.30 Return to the Hotel
NETBALL
16.30 Transfer to the Carlton Club for our first match –
17.00 CARLTON CLUB ‘B’ v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
18.00 CARLTON CLUB ‘A’ v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
18.40 Return to the hotel
A morning to enjoy on the beach
HOCKEY
14.45 Transfer to the astroturf to play the next match –
15.30 SPRINGER MEMORIAL SCHOOL v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
16.30 Return to the hotel
NETBALL
16.30 Transfer to play our next netball matches -
17.00 PINE HILL ST. BARNABAS ‘B’ v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
18.00 PINE HILL ST. BARNABAS ‘A’ v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
18.45 Return to the hotel
Saturday 28 March
Please note that all the party will travel to play or support the netball team then we will go straight on the island tour after the netball match in order to get to the lunch stop on time.
NETBALL
Transfer to the Netball Stadium to play our next matches –
08.00 COMBINED U-16 ‘A’ v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
08.00 COMBINED BLAZERS ‘B’ v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
09.30 We will be picked up at the Netball Stadium for a Jeep Safari Tour of Barbados to see the Island in a unique way.
We travel in comfortable safari-rigged Land Rovers, as a professional guide shows us some of the hidden secrets of Barbados through the gullies, forests, remote bays and coastal views.
15.30 Return to the hotel and enjoy and evening together
Sunday 29 March
A morning to enjoy on the beach. The rest of the party will support the hockey players this afternoon.
HOCKEY
15.45 Transfer to the astroturf to play the next match –
16.30 ALEXANDRA v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
17.30 Return to the hotel
Monday 30 March
Mostly free day, perhaps to travel by water taxi to Mullins Beach for the day to sunbathe with the rich and famous!
HOCKEY
15.30 Transfer to the astroturf to play the next match -
16.00 EMPIRE YOUTH v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
17.00 Return to the hotel and enjoy an evening together
Tuesday 31 March
Today you might like to make the short transfer into Bridgetown, the island’s capital, for some sightseeing and souvenir shopping
NETBALL
16.00 Transfer to the Netball Stadium to play our next set of matches –
16.30 NSC DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ‘B’ v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
17.30 NSC DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL ‘A’ v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
18.30 Return to the hotel and enjoy an evening together
Wednesday 1 April
Morning to relax around the pool.
HOCKEY
14.00 Transfer to the astroturf to play our final hockey match -
14.30 ALL STARS v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
15.30 Return to the hotel
NETBALL
16.30 Transfer to Vauxhall Club to pay our final netball matches –
17.00 VAUXHALL CLUB v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
18.00 VAUXHALL CLUB v SHEFFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
18.45 Return to the hotel
Thursday 2 April
Today we go on a Tiami Catamaran Cruise (prepaid!)
09.00
We will be picked up from the hotel and taken to the quayside in Bridgetown from where the cruise departs. Whilst at anchor, we will have the opportunity to swim and snorkel with the magnificent giant turtles and fantastic tropical fish in the warmth of the Caribbean Sea and dive to a shipwreck.
Afterwards we can relax on one of the floating mattresses and enjoy a sumptuous
meal prepared by some of the Caribbean’s top chefs.
15.00
At the end of the cruise, return to our hotel and enjoy our evening together.
Friday 3 April
This is our last full day to enjoy the island and we might wish to spend it on the beach.
17.45 Transfer to Roots and Rhythms (prepaid)
19.15 Dinner – delicious buffet with local favourites and free drinks all night
20.15 Show featuring – Steel Pan, dancers, tumblers, stilt men, fire eating and limbo
22.20 Return to the hotel
Saturday 4 April
After checking out of our accommodation, there will be plenty of time for last minute sightseeing and souvenir shopping, or to just relax on the beach or by the pool.
14.45
Transfer to Grantley Adams International Airport
15.40
Check in for flight BD724.
17.40
Flight departs for Manchester (flight time 8hrs 25mins)
Overnight in flight.
Sunday 5 April
07.05
Arrive Manchester Airport, Terminal 3
Coach back to Sheffield High School (Botanical Gardens)
10
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