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We came, we SAW, we conquered!

5 GoodGymers made their way to help the Old Alleynian Rugby in Southwark.

  • Southwark runner
  • Sam Lefevre
  • Daryl Shaw
  • Charlotte Millbank
  • Kirsty Richards
 
Sunday, 24th of April 2022
 
Led by Sam Lefevre
he/him

With the beautiful Sunday morning sunshine shining through, five GoodGymers and a friend of Sam's, Aaron, came along to assist Ian with his Sunday morning Green Team session at Old Alleynian Rugby Club.

The five GoodGymers included two newbies, Charlotte and Kirsty who heard about GoodGym through a friend and wanted to check it out rather than sleeping in and having a Sunday brunch. Good choice and welcome again!

After meeting at the top of the drive, we headed down to see Ian and his two DoE volunteers tackling the area where we were on Wednesday evening for our group run. Ian had a few tools left for us to take, but he went back up to the shed to get a few sheers and rakes. After contemplating on what tools to choose, Charlotte, Daryl, Kirsty, Paulin and Sam chose between loppers, saws and rakes to start taking down the prickly trees, thorny brambles and invasive ivy.

Within the hour and ten minute session, we managed to cut and saw down metres upon metres of trees, brambles and ivy, which were all added to the massive pile of dead trees that has been developing over the past month and a bit!

Sam stopped the session 20 minutes early as he wanted to use the last 10-15 minutes to introduce the basics of rugby to everyone. Ian started off with some passing tips and techniques before we progressed to a touch rugby game. Everyone managed to get involved and hopefully, had some fun.

It wouldn't be a session with Ian without treats and he surely delivered with brownies for all! We're back at the end of May again, so please look out for that session on the GoodGym website!

Report written by Sam Lefevre


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