week 19 11th-17th June

Finally the day of my last exam in Malta had arrived and it was gymnastics. I wasn’t as prepared for this exam as I was in the human anatomy however I had general knowledge of the subject and had remembered what I had learnt in my gymnastics practical lessons so I knew I would get through it. The questions were all based on the practical sessions that we had taken part in I knew most of the answers and tried to answer them the best I could, I just wish I knew that this is what was going to be on the exam at the start of the semester therefore I would have taken notes in every practical session! There was nothing that I could do now and before I knew it the hour was over. All was left to do was my 12 page marketing report and a sport psychology case study.

I started work on my two assignments and got seven pages completed in my marketing report in just one night so I was therefore very pleased. For my marketing report I had decided to base it on the Ulster hockey association. I had to look into the organisation of the organisation and where they had weaknesses and see what I could do to improve on their financial circumstances and any other problems. The main problem was the lack of coaches and therefore to finish my assignment I had to think hard on what I could do or suggest a solution to fix it. As the assignments were due at the end of the week I made sure I used most of my time to finish them and at the end of the week they had been completed and handed in. I finished my management assignment with the suggestion of an open day/fun day for family members of the players in the hockey clubs. This would include many things such as face painting, bouncy castle, BBQ, team races and five aside hockey games. This will hopefully get more money into the clubs by advertising the sport and getting more members and of course by the money collected from the fun day itself. To fix the solution of the lack of coaches is to train up some of the older hockey members into coaches to save money on bringing coaches in. I completed my 500 word evaluation on the football tournament and handed it all in on time!

In between doing my two assignments my time was mostly for working on my golden brown tan! Also of course to spend time with the people I had gotten close to as it was our last few days together. Therefore we arranged outings such as dinner, trips to the beach and of course some souvenir shopping for the family. This week I was too well at the start and therefore I didn't do that much running about which was convenient as I had to finish my assignments.

It was a sad week as it was time to say goodbye to the famous 103 house. The girls had to move out as the last two weeks the house was being used by a camp full of children to come and learn English. The girl’s one being Niamh were upgraded to apartments so the situation wasn't as bad as it sounds. To say goodbye to the house of 103 we had one last gathering and headed to Pacevillie.