Greetings Your Eminence and AFC Family!
This is week 3 of Term 3 and we're well beyond the half-way mark for
this academic year. The sporting commitments for the college are also
rounding up. All our rugby teams bowed out last week in the semis! I
suppose the most disappointing result is our 1XV who was expected to
give Toloa a good run for their money. My two penny's view is that we
lost the game in the first quarter! Our boys were shocked when Toloa
scored in the opening 5 minutes of the game and they never recovered
from there. They then started to commit many unforced errors and of
course they paid heavily for that. I talked to the boys after the game
and reminded them that our campaign is beyond this year. We're laying
a solid foundation for next year when the college turns 155. We still
take lots of positives from the game. There were patches of play
during the game which led to their try and convinced the boys that
they could have won the game had they stuck to their game plan. We'll
work hard on the mental preparations for the boys as it was obvious
that's an area that went begging on the day! You can see from the
photo after the game how devastating the boys felt, all heads were
downcast. But rest assured AFC will rise from this and will fight again!
Our soccer and netball teams will continue their games this week.
As mentioned in earlier updates, the college is blessed with
ex-students who're experts in their own fields and are taking time to
come and help in the teaching and professional development of our
teachers. Ms. Shannon Nuku (p 022) is a niece of Sr. Fehi who served at
the college clinic for some years. She'll be here for a few weeks and
appears to be enjoying the service at the clinic and also co-teach
with some of the teachers. Ms. Christina Tu'uhetoka (028) was here
recently for the funeral of her late grandpa Mr. 'Aisea Lolesio. She
has offered to return in October to help with preparing the students
for the exams. She's currently doing her PhD in the 'Philosophy of
Teaching'. Dr. Stan Manu and his son Sepa are enjoying their stint at
AFC. Sepa is in Form 1 and he appears to be struggling initially due
to the new environment and the size of the class that he's in, but
hopefully he'll adapt soon. Stan's arrival is a blessing as we lose
Mr. Waibuta from Fiji due to sickness.
Today at lunch time a group of young ladies arrived at the college to
present their donations to the college. These are the Alumni 2005 -
2006 who call themselves "Lalo Kasia". They presented $1000 Pa'anga
to the school. The Form 7 were at hand to receive this generous gift on
behalf of the college. Malo fau e 'ofa mo e manatu ki hotau 'apiako
'ofa'anga.
Viva AFC!
Ekuasi