Day 2 - IOM 2019


The first full day of our Isle of Man course got off to a good start with an all you can eat buffet, room-check, and a new and improved banking system courtesy of Mr Walmsley and Mr Ranson, after which we were on our way to our morning St Thomas’ practice.
After a very productive and high-class practice as proclaimed by Mr Catterall, the boys spent their first lot of money on the sweets, drinks and souvenirs kindly put on by the parishioners of St Thomas’. The second part of the practice saw some of our younger choristers shine with Shaun Tallentire, Charles Cassidy, Harry Jones, Michael Corrick-Pollard and Jacob Mason showing great potential in solo work.
After free time spent either in town, in the lounge or revising for some of our boys, we had our impressive two-course lunch and got packed and prepared for rafting in Ramsay. We arrived in Ramsay and almost immediately split into teams, got organised and started to build our rafts consisting of rope, barrels and wooden poles. After a rather stressful hour we got into the kit and entered the water. The boys dropped like flies, jumping or falling from our magnificent vessels. James Cross, Lachlan Walsh, Harry Jones, Shaun Tallentire, Finlay Ratcliffe and Charles Cassidy were the unlucky victims of our voyages on our boats. We returned to shore, packed up, dried off and decided the winner of our somewhat discarded race was ‘inconclusive’, much to the annoyance of a few competitive boys (Thomas Whalley).
We then returned to our hotel, got changed and had our dinner. Vegetable soup, sausages and mash, and ice cream were a few of the highlight options on offer today. We hastily got into our smart clothes and headed to St Thomas’. The service was brilliant, with super readings by James Cross and Matthew Hickey, and it was brilliantly topped off by ‘O God you search me’ sung by Jacob Egan. Once the service was done, we went back to the hotel, had a drink and went to sleep. Today was a fantastic first day, and it was very impressive to see how the first-timers were getting to grips with the fast-paced and action-packed routine.  

The Head Boys

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  1. Unknown16 April 2019 at 10:34

    Ooooo I bet that water was freezing Shaun 😂 have a great time everyone ☺ very proud of you Shaun T
    Lots of love Dad xxx

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