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The Perse School Cambridge has just returned from a very successful tour to South Africa.

They chose to follow an original itinerary by avoiding Cape Town and the Garden Route and it certainly paid off as their overland trips showed them the country and gave them a valuable insight into the country and people of South Africa.

With the country still recovering from Football World Cup fever the Perse began their tour in Pretoria enjoying the excellent sports facilities at the High Performance Centre, which had been the base for the Argentinean Football team a few weeks earlier.

After impressive displays on the pitch in Pretoria & Nelspruit the boys then enjoyed some R&R in the Kruger before heading south through Battlefield country to the Drakensberg Mountains.

More rugby followed with some great results for the Perse before the tour ended in the Durban area and included a fixture against the impressive Glenwood School. One highlight was the day spent at Gods Golden Acre, a centre that provides support, education and guidance to vulnerable & abandoned children. The day was a mix of rugby, entertainment and hard work with the boys lending a hand to help out with some of the maintenance jobs at the centre.

We were delighted to be involved in organising the tour for the Perse and well done on ending the tour having won 10 of the 16 games played. No mean feat in South Africa.

Rachel Barber