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Women's Hoops in Australia, Day 7: Yarrabah Aboriginal Community
August 30, 2016 | Women's Basketball
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* - Cairns is in a time zone that is 14 hours ahead of Princeton, N.J. At the time of this article, it is 12 a.m. Wednesday in Cairns for reference.
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On Tuesday, the Princeton women's basketball team met the Yarrabah Aboriginal Community before conducting a youth clinic at the Yarrabah Police-Citizens Youth Club. The final event of the trip on Wednesday will give the team the wonderful opportunity to cruise the Great Barrier Reef and snorkel with spectacular coral and sea life.
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Be sure to check out the team's social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat as they show off how their trip is going.
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Rising sophomore Jordan Muhammad describes day seven of the trip…
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We began day seven with a beautiful brisk beach jog, led by the one and only Coach Banghart, and followed it with a body weight workout. After much needed showers, we had our positional "Toughness Talk." Today the team covered acceptance, resilience, self-evaluation and hope.
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We were all excited to see that the amazing Dean as our bus driver because that meant some clutch facts about Aussie Land during our 45-minute drive to the Yarrabah Aboriginal Community. Did you know that sugar cane takes 12 months to grow, but has to be processed within 16 hours of being harvested? I got second-hand stress just thinking about the process. So many sugar canes, such little time.
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We arrived at the Yarrabah community and were welcomed with such open arms. One of the officers of the community, Andrew, escorted us to the mayor's office for a meet and greet. The mayor's explanation about the current circumstances of his community truly touched my heart. He spoke about how he's trying to emphasize the importance of education to the adolescents in the community. I feel that often we fall victim to forgetting that education is a privilege, not a right, and we must appreciate the opportunity.
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After leaving the mayor, we ate lunch and enjoyed a traditional aboriginal dance performance by some local boys. The performance got interactive and we got up to learned the dances with them. I loved my little friend Carl. The team then went to play with some elementary school kids during their recess time. During an intense game of duck-duck-goose, I felt this random weight on my leg as I was chasing Tia around the circle. I looked down and there was a little boy latched onto my leg, hysterically laughing, asking me to walk. As I took a step, he didn't let go. Next thing you know, he jumped on my back begging me to run again. We challenged Leslie and her friend to a chicken fight, but unfortunately Les outran us.
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I would say we could count this as a successful day in the land down under.
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* - Cairns is in a time zone that is 14 hours ahead of Princeton, N.J. At the time of this article, it is 12 a.m. Wednesday in Cairns for reference.
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On Tuesday, the Princeton women's basketball team met the Yarrabah Aboriginal Community before conducting a youth clinic at the Yarrabah Police-Citizens Youth Club. The final event of the trip on Wednesday will give the team the wonderful opportunity to cruise the Great Barrier Reef and snorkel with spectacular coral and sea life.
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Be sure to check out the team's social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat as they show off how their trip is going.
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Rising sophomore Jordan Muhammad describes day seven of the trip…
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We began day seven with a beautiful brisk beach jog, led by the one and only Coach Banghart, and followed it with a body weight workout. After much needed showers, we had our positional "Toughness Talk." Today the team covered acceptance, resilience, self-evaluation and hope.
Â
We were all excited to see that the amazing Dean as our bus driver because that meant some clutch facts about Aussie Land during our 45-minute drive to the Yarrabah Aboriginal Community. Did you know that sugar cane takes 12 months to grow, but has to be processed within 16 hours of being harvested? I got second-hand stress just thinking about the process. So many sugar canes, such little time.
Â
We arrived at the Yarrabah community and were welcomed with such open arms. One of the officers of the community, Andrew, escorted us to the mayor's office for a meet and greet. The mayor's explanation about the current circumstances of his community truly touched my heart. He spoke about how he's trying to emphasize the importance of education to the adolescents in the community. I feel that often we fall victim to forgetting that education is a privilege, not a right, and we must appreciate the opportunity.
Â
After leaving the mayor, we ate lunch and enjoyed a traditional aboriginal dance performance by some local boys. The performance got interactive and we got up to learned the dances with them. I loved my little friend Carl. The team then went to play with some elementary school kids during their recess time. During an intense game of duck-duck-goose, I felt this random weight on my leg as I was chasing Tia around the circle. I looked down and there was a little boy latched onto my leg, hysterically laughing, asking me to walk. As I took a step, he didn't let go. Next thing you know, he jumped on my back begging me to run again. We challenged Leslie and her friend to a chicken fight, but unfortunately Les outran us.
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I would say we could count this as a successful day in the land down under.
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