Another routine slow morning took us to a cafe in town for brunch and then the supermarket to pick up a few things for the meeting.
The meeting was due to start at 2:00pm but due to a funny misunderstanding between Torbjoern and the caretaker of the community hall we were unsure if the hall would be unlocked at all. On Friday afternoon Torbjoern received a phone call from the caretaker to confirm Sunday's meeting however Torbjoern thought he was talking to his physiotherapist. The same physiotherapist that didn't turn up for Torbjoern's appointment on Friday morning. As you could imagine Torbjørn was not exactly impressed on the phone and when the "physio" had the cheek to try and rearrange the appointment for 2pm on Sunday Torbjoern told him that he was busy on Sunday with a meeting and arranged to see him on Monday instead.
We realised this had happened on Sunday morning so Torbjoern tried to ring the caretaker back to apologise but could only leave a message. For this reason when we arrived at half one to find the hall still locked, we started to worry slightly. Just a few minutes later the caretaker arrived as he eventually got Torbjoern's message. The three of us were set up and ready at 2pm but unfortunately as is the way in Africa we were waiting for late comers.
At 2pm there were around 6 people, I waited till half 2 and by that time a further 10 arrived. I was happy with the turn out of 16 and my nervous/excited butterflies soon flew away after the first couple of seconds. The workshop went well, I managed to get blood from a few stones and got a few answers to the questions I was throwing out. A few more people dribbled in as I was talking an I ended up with around 20 coaches from all over the Nakuru area.
TWOMOC got 1000shillings from the coaches from other clubs and on the whole I thought the workshop was a success. It was great to do something for an area of Kenya and not just one hand picked organisation and by doing this we raised a little money to get TWOMOC's bank account rolling.
After the workshop we had a quick meeting with just the TWOMOC coaches with regards to the market clean up set for Sunday. I'm worried about the organisation already of this Sunday and so hopefully myself and Team Norway can save it from being just a clean up with no money raised at all into a bit more of a success!
We agreed that we would meet some of the players in training tomorrow to let them know their roles for Sunday. It seems last minute compared to how we organise things England and I'm sure Norway is no different but we are embracing Kenya and its culture and doing things last minute seems to be the way they like it here. There's less chance of double booking yourself when you do things last minute but obviously you leave yourself open to everything else that's not been planned.
After that meeting we went to celebrate the mini success of the workshop with some food and then it was back home and bed.
Today was always about the workshop and I'm really happy we had such a good turn out and I hope I gave the coaches something that they will remember and use to good effect. At the end of the meeting we were approached by the CEO of a talent school in Nakuru and he was very keen on showing us around his school. What exactly he wanted from us is still unknown but the courses they teach are very practical and a lot more suited to what Team Norway are interested in. Whether or not this maybe a route they will think about taking when they have finished their year placement I don't know but for now I think we are going to check it out to see how some more organised establishments are run in Kenya.
It seems we have a busy week ahead of us!
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