Friday 8th March saw the 5 New Zealand Scholars heading off to the week long conference in Guelph just outside Toronto. After a two hour stopover in Vancouver, we were in Toronto late on the same evening. Having started the day at the Beef and Lamb Glammie awards at the Wanaka Show I was ready for some sleep. As a matter of interest, our Athol Valley Meats lamb was placed 1st South Island Retailer at the Glammies !
With the conference starting on the Sunday, we had Saturday to catch up on sleep and at the suggestion of Blake Vince, a scholar who comes from Ontario, some of the Kiwis and Aussies decided to rent two black Suburban SUV's and take in the sites of Toronto including the CN tower which stands some 1400 ft above the city.
With the conference starting on the Sunday, we had Saturday to catch up on sleep and at the suggestion of Blake Vince, a scholar who comes from Ontario, some of the Kiwis and Aussies decided to rent two black Suburban SUV's and take in the sites of Toronto including the CN tower which stands some 1400 ft above the city.
While we did spend a bit longer in traffic than we may have expected, that time was well spent with Blake giving us a great insight into Ontario and with Julian Raine and Stuart Wright in the wagon ,we were involved in some top quality 'information transfer' !
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| Sophie Stanley, Stuart Wright and Julian Raines - A scene from Criminal Minds? |
An Ice hockey game between Guelph Storm and Saginaw rounded off the day and provided great entertainment for the scholars, most of whom had not been exposed to the game before.
Four of our Scholars even became involved in the 'on ice entertainment' during the break. This involved dressing up as a burger bun and having to 'build a burger.
Four of our Scholars even became involved in the 'on ice entertainment' during the break. This involved dressing up as a burger bun and having to 'build a burger.
By Sunday all of the 80 or so delegates had assembled and as the conference opened, everyone gave an introduction on thier business, families and themselves, before breaking into teams and taking part in a scavenger hunt around the Guelph University, enabling them to get to know one another and getting a feel for the University.The evening everyone was hosted to an evening of Curling and again proved entertaining and a great way to interact and get to know one another .
Thanks must go to the team of volunteers from the club who werre there to teach us in the art of curling and give us some tips into minimising the chance of injury on the ice.It should be noted that the ambulance was only called once !
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