Alex Bjoroy Tournament

CAS Objectives:

•  Planned and initiated activities- In order to complete the CAS Objectives for this activity I planned the exact activities that would happen during the Alex Bjoroy, with the rest of the group.
• Shown perseverance and commitment in their activities-  I was in charge of taking the scores for the second field, in which the sub 13 and sub 16 played, in which I was required to show commitment and perseverance throughout the activity.

The Alex Bjoroy Tournament is a memorial to remember  a ex-student and friend of the CGB community, who tragically died on the Air France 447 flight crash in 2009. The tournament is held every year in which CGB and other colombian and rugby schools compete in this splendid sport. The main point of the tournament is for the crowd to have a nice time, and for the teams to compete in order to win trophies in different divisions. This year there were 3 divisions, as the teams competed with the under 13, under 16 and under 19, while the teams that participated were the Anglo, Barbarians, Minotaurs, Alianza, BAC, and of course CGB. I was one of the people in charge of helping in the organization of the tournament which awarded me with creativity hours for the CAS requirements. The organization was explained with more detail on the CAS communication blog entry.

During the tournament I was in charge of writing the scores for each match, while also adding the referee's comment on the best players and winners of the match, along with the names of the players who scored a try or a conversion. At first it seemed like an easy job to do as I just had to watch the game carefully, but as time passed it became harder and harder to concentrate on the game, and narrow down the scores correctly. Even though I had to take scores for the whole day, losing the chance to watch most of the CGB games, I still had fun watching the little kids play as CGB sub-13 dominated the other teams with their agility and speed. I learned the different rules applied to Rugby and when to apply them, and that even thought the job seemed easy, it got harder with time, which means that I had to improve my concentration skills in order to keep it efficient. I really appreciated being at the tournament and being able to help on the whole process of organization and the actual event.