Tour Information Night 28 June

Australia Information Night

28th June

Below is a summary of the points covered .

1/ We agreed on the following aims of the tour :

- Enjoyment – culturally /socially /Rugby
- Develop One Squad spirit
- Gain a head start on other schools for next season – game plans , fitness, hardness etc
- Improve as individual players and coaches
- Be in their face

2/ We decided on the following roles for people ;

- Tour Judge – Martino
- Social Secretary- Webby / Martino
- Schools Liaison- Wilko
- Budget – Noggy
- Kitman – Webby/ Martino
- Tour Manager- Me
- First Aid – Ross/ Webby

4/There are three codes of dress

- No 1s – School Uniform
- No 2s- Tracksuit and polo shirt
- No 3s – Casual

Clothing
- winter clothing
- Whitgift Kit for training
- Tour Kit
- School uniform
- Cold at night – little central heating

Passports
- need to have more than 6 months valid
- photocopies to me
- Hand in to hotels

Visas
- make sure you have visas if need then
- ETA/Evisitors

Money
- Average £300

Luggage
- one big tour bag ( 20kg )
- rucksack

Travelling Groups
- each coach has 6 or 7 boys in his group
- mix from both age groups

Insurance
- school insurance


Matches
- 5 in total
- Equal Game time
- Test Team for Nudgee
- Dirt tracking for those who don’t get on.

Contact numbers

Please text if need anything
Chris Wilkins 0044 7872 162 308
Dan Webb 0044 7779 096397

Australian Numbers

Pier 21- Freemantle 0061 8 9336 2555
Heavitree Gap- Alice Springs – 0061 88950444
Hotel Cairns 0061 740516188


Behaviour
- respect hosts
- any poor behaviour/incidents will be dealt with very strongly

Parent Consent Form
- can’t travel with out me having received it

Fundraising
- Amount raised so far
- Fun Run – Webby / Martino
- Spent on :
- £8.2 k kit
- Rest on meals when not provided and miscellaneous
- Brochures – 5 per boy @ £5 each – Denise Petrozzi


Billeting
- gifts for billets
- vegetarian?
- Sample local culture

Injuries
- Webby and Ross in charge 1st Aid
- School insurance
- Medicines/Asthma

Miscellaneous

- Blog – Noggy
- Flies
- Holiday Sessions
- Clean Boots – no mud
- No produce brough in – Fruit , Meat etc – Sniffer dogs

Sat 23rd July
- travel in Tour tracksuit and Tour polo shirt
- pack kit in tour bag
- Passports
- Meet at Whitgift School 7 am
- 9 am London Heathrow and check in as groups
- 12.05 depart