Pastoral Sports Day   Making new friends |16 June 2023

Last Saturday, ‘Pastoral Zanfan’ in collaboration with the National Council for Children hosted some sports and cultural activities at the Roche Caïman playing field, under the theme ‘Making new friends’.

The aim of the activity was for the children to make new friends and interact with each other through various sport and cultural activities, while having fun and staying active.

The event has been part of the annual agenda for ‘Pastoral Zanfan’ and the council, as part of activities to celebrate Children’s Day.

Speaking to Sports NATION, Daphney Belle of the ‘Pastoral Zanfan’ said the different activities on the programme included sports, such as team relay, football, obstacle race, two-legged race, along with various traditional games such as rope skipping, hoola hoops, ‘ronn’,  and tug-of-war.

She said he children were divided into 12 groups of 50 and after spending 15 to 20 minutes in one activity, they switched to another, while remaining in their selected group.

She noted that the children had great fun and took part actively.

“In general each child had the chance to take part in all activities during the day,” said Ms Belle, who added that this year, they received way more kids than the previous years.

“We had a total of over 600 kids, including a great number from the Anglican community, along with kids from different parishes,” she said.

The activity was sponsored by ‘Pastoral Zanfan’, the National Council for Children (NCC), the Children’s Fund, the Catholic diocese of Port Victoria and parents.

Still according to Ms Belle, within the different parishes they will continue to organise different activities, while on June 24, they will conduct the same activity on Praslin, while they will continue to promote the theme for this year.

They will conclude their annual calendar with their regional Christmas party.

Meanwhile, ‘Help me to know my rights and Responsibility’ is the theme chosen by the children themselves, under which to carry out next year’s activities.

Neil Sirame