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Black Ferns Visit

Miss Turnbull —

"Strive, Inspire, Excel Together" is a motto frequently used throughout sport at Columba College and these Black Ferns Sevens Worlds Champs did exactly that!

On Wednesday 31 July, 80+ Columba College students gathered in the Caroline Freeman Theatre for a chance to meet the Commonwealth Games Gold Medallists. Among those who visited was Kelly Brazier, Tenika Willison and Alena Saili. They talked about being an elite athlete and part of the dominant rugby teams sisterhood. 

Plenty of questions were asked by our intrigued students especially around nutrition, training plans, recovery, training workload, pre-season vs off-season, leadership roles and responsibilities, as well as how it feels to be a commonwealth games/world champion. They also talked about quirky habits their teammates have and mentioned what a typical game day routine is like - including their three chosen team songs before kick off.