A Tigershark Downunder

Many of you will be aware that Grant Turner has travelled all the way to Australia to continue his training and education in circumstances that will hopefully prove more conducive to fulfilling his long term swimming ambitions.

Grant has sent us some photographs and his daily itinerary to give us an idea of what life is like for a Tigershark downunder.

Based on the Gold Coast of Australia The Southport School is home for Grant at the moment.

The School is made up of 14 houses; Biddle, Delpratt (Grant's house), Mckinley, Thorold, Rogers, Atkinson, Kaiser, Maughan, Melbourne, Radcliffe, Surman, Turnock, Walker, and Morse. It's web site is http://www.tss.qld.edu.au/ and is well worth a look.

The facilities are truly remarkable and the headmaster says "It is the only school on the Gold Coast which can offer your son the advantages of a GPS education; academic rigour, extensive facilities, sense of history, routine of insistence; integrated programme of competition and co-operation across school life and beyond."

Grant says "I am in Delpratt House and our house War Cry (for inter-house competions) which I need to learn in the first couple of weeks is: -

RIKKI TIKKI, RIKKI TICKI,
ORA KARA WAH, KONAWIRA,
VAKATIRA, DIRRA
KONIAH; OONADATTA
POLYANNA, PIRRA PIRRA
NASH; TIPPEROO TIPPEROO,
TASH SANS TASCHE;
TARRAGINDI OOMALACKA,
IM VOO VOO- COME ON
DELLY, BLUE WHITE BLUE

And you thought I was going for the swimming! Maybe Tigersharks should write a War Cry too!"

The Daily Routine
6.30am Wake Up
6.45-7.00am All shower and Tidy areas
7.00-7.45 Compulsory Breakfast
7.45-8.15 Clean up, water plants, collect notices
8.00-8.15 Room Check
8.30 Collect books lessons Start
10.20-10.35 Morning Tea
12.20-1.00 Lunch
3.30 co-curricular program (sure I will find out what this is)
5.30 Showered ready for dinner
5.50 Sharp Dinner with Blazers In term 2 & 3

Yes it is my dining room (Eat your heart out Harry Potter!)

6.45 Get Organised for Prep
7.00-9.00 Prep
9.00-9.30 Milk Biscuits& Leisure Time
10pm Lights out

Both outside within walking distance of my room. One 25 meter and one 50 meter 12 lane pool.

Plus four hours training a day and one hour gym

Check out the uniform! :-)