Figure 1.--We had a sport and fun day at our boarding school. Here we would have a variety od sporting events, mostly races. In addition there were some competitions more for fun. This ws usually held during the Spring at the end end of the school year when there was nice weather. . |
The school like most continental boarding schools did not place as great an emphasis on sports as was common at British boarding schools. Still sports at our school plyed an integral part in the daily activities at the school. Sport was much more important than was the case at day schools. In Spring and Summer Athletics, swimming, soccer, and orienteering was big. We had very nice sportsfields and a big swimming-pool. Besides that every weekend hikes into the mountains or biking-trips were organized. In wintertime the sportsfield were converted into a skating rink where we played ice-hockey. Naturally skiing was very big, It was not just downhill skiing but we had many excursions into the mountains where we mounted the skins on our skis and climbed up and then skied down. There was also a very well equipped gymnasium where we learned all the basics of gymnastics. I would say that there was no chance for a kid to get lazy. We had a sport and fun day at our boarding school. Here we would have a variety od sporting events, mostly races. In addition there were some competitions more for fun. This ws usually held during the Spring at the end end of the school year when there was nice weather. We all looked forward to it as many parents would come to visit to enjoy the day with us. Not all the prents could make it, but many did. Many parents would bring a picnic lunch for the day.
Voute, Tom. E-mail message, May 26, 2006.
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