The 1st Year Camp 2013

On Friday, the 8^th of February 2013, the first year CAPA (Centurion Academy and Prestige Academy) students went on their first-year induction camp.

At 9am on Friday morning, students showed up at the Academy, ready to board the buses heading to a location unknown to them. Although a few of them had found out where they were going, and had spread the word among their fellow strangers, they remained excited and acted oblivious as to not give their game away, which the SRC surely caught onto the hard way.

After a long, winding ride, and an abrupt stopping of one bus for a certain young gentleman to use the vast field alongside the road as a toilet, we arrived at the SOS camp in Villiersdorp.

Students were then herded into the Mountain-side hall and were split up into teams headed with various alcoholic beverage names. Some of the persuasive students used their skills of manipulation to get away with changing their groups, while others quietly slipped into another group with their friends. Finally everyone was divided (not so equally) into their respective groups, and were ready for whatever the SRC had planned for them for the weekend.

They then made up their team war-cries, took part in an obstacle course, leopard-crawled through mud and went for a swim to cool off in the pool available at the camp site. Later, they ate, watched the wonderful talent, that is Larry Soffer (South Africa’s number one Mentalist), and painted their team banners and their Academy Life t-shirts. 

After a day filled with action-packed activities, the SRC thought the first years would be stoked to get a good night’s rest in, but this was evidently not the case… I think I’ll leave it at that.

Day two brought along with it heavy rainfall and the ‘boeresport’. Teams, like soldiers in battle, fought their way through the rain and fatigue to rough it out in the 3-legged race, dribbling, the blindfolded race, the fireman’s lift, and the potato-sack relay.  It was war, of which team Amarula were the victors. Some intense arm-wrestling competitions also took place, and Jaco was dubbed the Capa bull, the stronger of the first years.

They then, between meals, had the afternoon to rehearse dorm plays, which they performed. Winners of the Academy Life t-shirt painting competition were chosen,  and karaoke, disco and stok-brood-braai’s were available for the students to choose from, for their evening entertainment.

On Sunday, the fatigue-ridden, redder-than-usual first year students, boarded their buses and returned home. New friends were made and a rad time was had by all (well, most).

Waiting to board the buses

Ready to get going!

Obstacle Course

Leopard-Crawl

Larry Soffer playing a light-hearted prank on a student

Larry Soffer in action

Larry Soffer amazing us all

T-shirt painting

Banner painting

Team Vodka- winners of the best banner

Team Witblitz

Team Savanna

Team Amarula: boeresport winners

Team Papsak

Team Malibu

Team Tequila

Fireman's lift

Dribbling

Wheel-barrel relay

Blindfolded races

Potato sack relay

The teams

The top three t-shirts. Winner on far right, Union Jack

Water-balloon pass

Dorm plays

 Written by Kristyn Rohm