Students set to embark on Canadian adventure

SPORTS students at Coleg Sir Gar are set to experience a trip of a lifetime as they prepare to travel to Canada as part of an upcoming educational, sporting and cultural tour.

- IAN LEWIS

There will be 63 students on the tour which has been made possible by a generous sponsorship from Vaughan Construction.

Travelling to Montreal Trudeau International Airport, the group will travel this month for a 10-day tour where they'll experience white water rafting, a visit to the famous CN Tower landmark, an amphibious tour, a major league baseball game, water and amusement parks, dinner at Brasa Brazilian Steakhouse, Niagara Falls in an adventure jet boat tour and much more.

They will also be testing their international sports skills by playing arranged rugby fixtures for males and females including a game against Mississauga Blues RFC.

Rob Kirk, lecturer in sports science at the Llanelli campus and tour organiser, said: “Canada has been on our wish list for some time due to its natural wonder but with the rise of our girls’ rugby academy and the Canadian women’s rugby team achieving runners-up in last year’s Women's Rugby World Cup, we thought it was the perfect time.”