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Dave The Man 
Joined: 01 Apr 2005
Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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After training in Potchefstroom on Monday, Collingwood players experienced some confronting South African culture on Tuesday.
The club arrived in South Africa on Sunday after a 33-hour journey that included stopovers in Singapore and Dubai, and after an intense training session on Monday that allowed players to acclimatise to the high-altitude conditions, on Tuesday they took the chance to explore some culturally distinct parts of the country.
"It's been quite fascinating, we had a wonderful day (on Tuesday), we went out to a shanty town community on the outskirts of Potchefstroom and that was incredible," Collingwood defender Shane Wakelin told collingwoodfc.com.au.
"So many happy faces on so many of these innocent little kids.
"No Sony Playstations, no flash DVD players… but they were all happy, out on the streets, playing cricket and rolling car tyres up and down the street, and kicking soccer balls.
"They were absolutely ecstatic when the boys rolled into the tuckshop on the street, and I think the boys bought the tuckshop out of Chupa Chups and sweet lollies, and handed them out as we walked up the street. It was fantastic seeing the kids' reactions and seeing all the smiles on their faces, so it was definitely an eye-opener."
Before visiting that community the boys stopped by at an orphanage to meet some young locals less fortunate than themselves.
Being a father of two, Wakelin explained that the reality facing the young South Africans in the home made it quite a moving experience for him.
"We dropped into an orphanage on the way through before we went off to the other community. They did call it an orphanage, it was sort of a half way home for street kids. |
Photo's at Bottom of Page
http://collingwoodfc.com.au/tabid/5586/News/NewsArticle/Default.aspx?newsId=54740
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pica
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Gee, Dave, when I saw the title of the thread, I thought you'd broken out of Frankston....lol 
But, hey, thanks for finding and posting another good story.
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loki04 
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Joined: 10 Apr 2005
Location: Broken Hill
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Good story and all but how bout a training report from there?
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Magpie_Dan 
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Good story. Love Brods's stunner shades, im guessing Dior or Rayban!!!! 
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Piethagoras' Theorem
the hypotenuse, is always a cakewalk
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Where are all you slack asses with the pics??? 
die4pies, Jock! C'mon, get your buts into gear!!!
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rambopriscilla 
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Wonder how many cars are getting around tyreless though?
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