Groton students visit St Peter’s College

On Wednesday, 6 March 2019, the St Peter’s College squash team had the amazing experience of spending the day with students from Groton, a school from Massachusetts, USA.  The students were on tour in South Africa and St Peter’s College was privileged to be part of their tour. 

The day started with a meet and greet, and we were all assigned a ‘buddy.’ We spent the whole day with the Groton students and they got to experience a St Petrian’s day.  It was fascinating to compare the differences in the schooling system between us and them. Groton students were completely blown away by some of our subjects, like Engineering, Graphics and Design (EGD) and Information Technology (IT). Due to St Peter’s only having a boys’ team, and Groton having both boys and a girl’s teams, Egoli Squash were invited to join us.  After school we made our way to the squash courts and we started off with some basic exercises.  We soon realised that their level of squash was somewhat higher than ours and we tried to learn as much as we can from their skill sets.

Although we lost most of our matches, we managed to make the Groton players sweat and work for their wins. The most exciting match for the day was the Groton girls’ number one vs Egoli’s selected number one. Groton came out on top for this match after a thrilling five-set match! 

After many hours of school and squash it was time to socialise.  We all went back to the school and had a traditional South African braai.  The Groton students loved the food, and so did we. It was so amazing to spend time with the squash players from Groton and it will be one of the highlights of my squash career at St Peter’s College.