Rugby Day

High School Rugby
Originally uploaded by *Bundy*

This past Saturday I had the pleasure to attend my old high school where the newly renovated track and field were dedicated after years of disrepair.

I graduated from the school in 1987 and the track was in bad shape then. The football field was also quite a mess having been torn up by many different sports over the years. At times the middle of the field didn't even have any grass on it.

That all changed recently when a movement grew to replace the old track with a new one and to sod the field. After all of the fund raising was complete and the work had been finished I was pleased with what I saw when I visited.

The track is as good as any track in the Province with a proper surface and eight lanes. There is also a new shot-put and discus area along with spots for other field events. It looks amazing and should last for many years.

The field, where I spent most of my time playing football and rugby looks terrific with new sod. I'm sure it still hurts if you get tackled hard to the ground but it's less dusty now and a bit softer when a scrum collapses and your head gets driven into the ground. That was the one and only time where I actually came up seeing triple.

I don't play rugby anymore but it was nice to be able to take my camera with me and photograph some of the exhibition game action that day. Both the girls and boys teams played.

Both teams have dominated the sport going back to when I played and it's nice to see the tradition continue. Perhaps with the new track in place the high school track & field team will see a resurgence in success as well.