Special Visitor

Today we had a visit from Trevor Shailer, and what an interesting guy he is!  Trevor competed as a boxer in the 1992 Olympics, and 1994 Commonwealth Games.  Since retiring, Trevor has been in an athlete support role at many Olympic and Commonwealth Games.  Most recently he was Deputy Chef de Mission for the New Zealand Olympic team in Rio.  In 2013, Trevor was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit.

I enjoyed Trevor's story about Sir Mark Todd and the opening ceremony at the 1992 Olympics.  It was funny!  Willow.

It was funny how Eric Murray bought 75 Big Macs at the Rio Olympics.  They were free!  Hannah.

Trevor had an awesome sense of humour, and a lot of what he told us was really funny.  Jack.

When Trevor was talking about how a boxer could knock Jack out straight away, I couldn't stop laughing.  Hamish.

It was surprising and funny to hear that when Trevor was standing on the track while the Olympic torch went past, he wanted to blow it out.  Lydia.

The message that Trevor gave us about self belief was really important.  Emma J.

I liked it how Trevor was open about his life, and was funny at the same time.  Catherine.

It was funny when Trevor told the story about how his coach had called him a 'thoroughbred'.  Olivia.