In this piece of coursework I am going to write an account of my experiences of getting an East Midlands Rugby Union trial and my build up to the day. It all started on a miserable day, rain pouring against the windows

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Michael Haines        Personal Writing        English

East Midlands Rugby Trials

In this piece of coursework I am going to write an account of my experiences of getting an East Midlands Rugby Union trial and my build up to the day.

It all started on a miserable day, rain pouring against the windows. I was sat in the TGC our school sixth form study centre with a group of mates that I play rugby with in the school team. We were discussing the weekends games, when in walked Mr Taylor the head of P.E. we thought he was just returning marked pieces of coursework, as he had a couple of files in his arms. When he reached us he asked us all if we could go to his office at the start of lunch as he had some forms for us to collect, as he walked off I remember we tried to work out what the forms could be for.

At the start of the lunch break we headed over to his office which is based outside the Driver Hall on bottom site, when we arrived there were already a couple of year 11’s stood there waiting. After a few minuets he walked in with a hand full of forms, he started to explain what the forms were for east midlands trials if we wanted to apply. After collecting the form I walked straight down to see my parents at work to give them the news. I couldn’t believe what had happened, I was going to try out for a regional squad, an considering that I had never been consider for county going to east mids was the most amazing thing I could ever have wished for.  I went in to talk to my mum; the look of astonishment on her face was a picture. A day that I thought was going to be like any other was turning out to be quite brilliant. When I left my mum I got straight in the phone to my dad to tell him the news, he was like my mum, and could quite believe it. It was and still is a dream of mine to play rugby at the highest level and I was being given the chance to prove myself.

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I went back to school that afternoon and got talking to, two of my close mates Phil and Paul, who had also been put forward for the trials. We decided that instead of all training individually we should go together to help motivate and enable us to do ball skills as well as fitness. I remember that being the start of a very tuff 6 weeks.

That night I went home to find out that my parents had rang most of the family to tell them the news, it felt great at the time to know that I ...

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