In the second week of their South African Adventure, our Gryphons Abroad team paid a visit to the Zulufadder Orphanage. Here they tell us all about it. Rachel Weaver Spending the past 2 days at the Zulufadder Ophanage has been one of the most incredible experiences of my life, seeing children who have next to […]
The Gryphons Abroad team tell us about the second day of teaching the children how to both ride and maintain a bike. Charli Brunning Today saw the second day of bicycle training at Mnyakanya High School. The students were super keen to get started, and were waiting patiently for us in the classroom as we […]
Through your donations of bikes, equipment and money our Gryphons Abroad team have been able to set up a bike hub in South Africa. This will allow children who cannot attend school as they live too far away the chance to own a bike which will give them a way to travel to and from […]
Athletes based at the ever growing Leeds Triathlon Centre dominated the World Triathlon Leeds weekend, claiming eight medals across five events, including a Brownlee 1-2 in the finale. The University of Leeds is a key partner in the Leeds Triathlon Centre and many current students and notable Alumni train here, including Olympic heroes Alistair and […]
The Gryphons Abroad team reflect on their time at Gratton school and students sing the Scottish National Anthem, with ALL the words… Jade Lord So today was our final day at Gratton with all the children. I had my curriculum lesson to deliver in the afternoon which I was feeling quite apprehensive about. The first two activities […]
Day 2 in the schools is now complete in the Gryphons Abroad camp and we’ve had our latest update from the team about how it went Rachel Weaver On the second day we worked at Gratton School again. During the first session we did leadership and worked mainly on communication, we led games such as blindfolded […]
After settling in, the Gryphon’s Abroad team have enjoyed their first day of school. Read about how they got on with our student blogs below and keep an eye out tomorrow for the next update… Rosie Kerr The first day in South Africa did not disappoint! No amount of stories or pictures could have […]
After a year of planning the Gryphons Abroad team have made it to South Africa! Project lead Andy Lockwood (right) sums up his excitement and the plan for their days in Eshowe… We are back and so is the blog, this will be the only one I write… promise! So after 10 months, countless […]
With less than 60 days to go until Rio 2016 British Triathlon have announced who will represent Great Britain at the Olympic Games this summer and all three men are from the University of Leeds. The men’s team includes defending Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee and his brother Jonny who are both alumni of the University of Leeds. The third […]
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