All But the Teachers!
Over the past two weeks everyone but the teachers had a go at roller blading. The Miners in line Hockey Club at Waihi invited the children from all the schools to come along to the Event Centre and have a go at skating and even a little roller hockey.
Everything we needed was provided; Roller blades, knee pads, elbow pads, even butt pads.
Dave, a neat guy with a funny accent from Canada, taught us how to fall over, get up, bend our knees, keep our feet shoulder width apart and lean forward when we got the wobbles.
There were lots of other helpers there too, mostly students from the college who play In line hockey, and their parents. We were well looked after!
After a lot of tumbling and falling, laughing and groaning, most or us were gliding carefully around the rink and a few were racing! Who knows some of us may make skating or in line hockey a career one day.
