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Spirit of Adventure - Trophy Voyage

TGC —

Ten girls, five nights, a trip of a lifetime...

The Spirit of New Zealand is a 37 year old ship measuring 148 feet long (45 m) and is worth over 35 millions dollars. We were part of a 5 night Trophy Voyage learning key leadership and communication skills through knot tying, sailing, team challenges and various other components. Three other schools were present on the voyage which meant we got to meet loads of new people, encourage others and demonstrate our knowledge of skills learnt on the voyage.

Unity was tested throughout the journey but we dug deep to ensure team unity was number one. Often we used knowledge and stories from our region in our challenges to symbolise the importance of Tauranga Moana to our school. One of our highlights was the rafting race where we managed to pull through the tiniest of gaps to take the lead only to collide in one big raft heap again before bouncing out the other side in front!!

We would totally recommend this voyage to others to improve your leadership skills, confidence and general knowledge of all things ‘salty’.

If you are Y10 in 2022 look out for the notices as when we are allocated a voyage we will be asking for Y10 students to apply. If you would like to know more see Ms Somerville or email jsomerville@tgc.school.nz