Day 17 Queenstown Christchurch

Another travel day. This time we were heading back to Christchurch. Leaving the wonderful scenes of Queenstown and it’s surroundings behind we headed towards the highest mountain of the continent, Mt Cook or Aoraki. With a stop on Lake Tekapo for lunch we snaked our way across the South Island. Then the final 3 hours to Christchurch. Moving from the snow covered peaks of Western Otaga to the milder flats of the Canterbury plains. Back to Bealey’s Hotel (where we spent our previous nights in Christchurch). A weary bunch headed to their rooms after dinner on the eve of matchday 4.

1st 15 v St. Bedes: Conor Thompson, Eoin Howlin, James Tracey, Jack Cantillon, Ciaran O’Neachtain, Marcus Duke, Rob O’Connor, Ronan Mangan, Marc Crowe, Conor Browne, Adrian Dunne, Darragh Hennebry, Sam Coughlan Murray, Kevyn Mahon, Gary Burns.

2nd 15 v St. Bedes: Ciaran Boyle, Conor McHugh, Cameron Dempsey, James Doyle, Andrew Cronin, Jamie Davis, Finnian Logan, William O’Brien, Peter Osborne, Ronan O’Neachtain, Christopher McCarthy, Cormac Dillon, David Moynihan, Brett Cella, Michael Brown

Day 16 Queenstown

Another hectic day with a full schedule of activities. A swim in the local events centre to help us recover from our adventures yesterday. On up the Kawarau river to an old gold mine. A step back in time. An informative tour was followed by the opportunity to try our hand at panning for gold. Unfortunately no luck but our Silverware gear is still intact. Most of the group took an opportunity to experience a jet boat ride down the gorge. A quick lunch was followed by a light training session where Wednesday’s teams got a chance to run some patterns. Dinner was cooked by the groups who hadn’t cooked last Friday evening. Packing was done and on request from the boys an early night to bed.