Westonbirt School

Westonbirt School Lacrosse Tour - Wednesday 31st March

Day 12: The girls will have a whole day free to explore the city of Boston. Match 7 -v- Gorton School in the afternoon. In the evening, they will then be transferred to the local Crowne Plaza Hotel for the last night of tour. Click on Massachusetts on the map below to go to the hotel web site.

Had another great breakfast at Leslie's house and then left for downtown Boston. First stop the Aquarium and IMax theatre. Fab 3D Hubble documentary followed by 'fishy' visit which was great. The penguins were so sweet and the sharks so fat!!

After lunch we went out to Groton School for our last game. Unfortunately their fields were flooded and we couldn't work our magic but were invited to join their practice indoors and on half a soggy pitch. The Groton girls were friendly and chatty even though we were only there for a few hours. We watched the Groton boys play lacrosse - wow! A different game altogether with seemingly no rules, but we did discover that anything goes if the ball is on the ground and the only physical restriction being no crashing in from behind! The goalie resembled Ninjas with super speedy reactions.

We are now spending our last night of the tour at the hotel above a bust main road. We have had a small 'closing ceremony' with everyone and it was our chance to give our take on some of their exploits:

Tobi "The Entertainer" Arawole	Georgina "Awesome" Blackmore	Diana "Good Job" Brain	Saskia "Quickstick" Burden
Kat "Goal Getter" Curry	Lucy "Shopper" Fenn	Katherine "Speedy" Fisher	Alice "Assist" Fyfe
Emma "The Wall" Gardner	Remi "Magic" Greene	Cassie "Radio" Greenhill	Aisha "Most Improved" Gross
Tiva "Top Scorer" Gross	Gamle "Cartwheel" Lee	Sophie "Limpet" Levine	Georgie "Cutter" Mobbs
Alicia "Big Check" Motley	Melissa "Best Terrier" Puckett	Laura "Is The Bank Closed" Snape	Helen "Smiler" Walpole

The girls can explain when they get home!!

Last day tomorrow and we're planning to do part of the Boston Heritage Trail followed by last minute shopping before heading out to the airport.

It's hard to sign off for the last time, but we've had a genuinely AWESOME time and each girl has done a GREAT JOB. Jan and Lizzie have been FANTASTIC and we just LOVE Tommy, our driver.

See you soon and THANK YOU.

Love, Celia