Phase 2 - The Big Five Team Challenge - BGS RPA - ACTIVE ALL-SCHOOL CHALLENGE - Bradford Grammar School
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Phase 2 - The Big Five Team Challenge BGS RPA – ACTIVE ALL-SCHOOL CHALLENGE
What's it all about?
Phase 2
At the beginning of 2021, it took five BGS teams
(#Big5) three weeks and two days to cover the
accumulated full distance from Bradford Grammar
School to Cape Town (results opposite).
Now the race is on to be first to repeat the journey
with just their #Big5 teams...
Team Team
Teams will start at 2,750.21 miles (the best team total PHASE 1 Members
from Phase 1) and the aim is to beat the other Entries Miles
teams to the finishing point at 7,799 miles. Buffalos 31 282 2,750.21
Following on from the success of Phase 1 we Elephants 21 97 1,158.41
will launch Phase 2 – starting Monday
1 March, to raise funds for future BGS tours and the Leopards 17 177 855.96
affordability of ALL pupils.
Lions 33 267 2,318.03
Any physical exertion counts but no motorised Rhinos 14 95 717.17
travel allowed eg. Run, Bike, Row.
TOTAL 116 918 7799.78
Team captains and other contacts
Team captains are responsible for recruiting and Lion
• Year 11 Captain – George H " The role of a male lion is to lead his
organising their teams. Please contact them or their pride through struggle and hardship and drive them through
associated coach for further information. any barrier which they face (like a race to Africa from Bradford)!"
• Year 10 Co-Captain – Luca M ""Lions are the kings of the
Elephants jungle because of their raw power and strength. Lions fear no
other animals and take all challenges on"
• Year 11 Captain – Sam B "Elephants are one of the largest
and scariest animals about and are particularly big and scary, which • Coach – Mr Pullen - RPA Parent – Mr Hahn
is a very useful characteristic. Elephants can run at speeds up to
25 mph whilst weighing 7 tons in certain species!" Rhinos
• Year 10 Co-Captain – Ferg R "They're strong, powerful animals, very • Year 11 Captain Alex G-W "I was a researcher in Rhino behaviour at
good swimmers, and make cool sounds..." Attica zoological park, it is also the mascot of Leeds Rhinos!"
• Coach – Mr Scarbrough, RPA Parent – Mr Bryan • Year 10 Co-Captain Ben H "Because they migrate in herds like a
pack in rugby and they charge and work together!"
Buffalos • Coach – Mr Nabozny, RPA Parent – Mr Greene-Wright
• Year 11 Captain – Will B "They stay and move around in herds,
making themselves one solid unit to protect themselves from Leopards
predators." • Year 11 Captain – Milan S (Supported by Will O) "Quick"
• Year 10 Co-Captain – Tom S "Where some animals would shy away • Year 10 Co-Captain – Yusuf Z (Supported by Beau M)
from danger, a buffalo would always head towards the danger with
no fear of what might happen!" • "Leopards are a fast animal and in life you need to be fast to
hunt or play on the wings! Leopards have clever
• Coach – Mr Wilde, RPA Parent – Mrs Bentley
patterns to individualise them. We also use patterns within the game
to work together!
• Coach – Mr Morrison, RPA Parent – Mr OgdenHow to Donate / Join a Team and Receive
my Team Snood/Hat!
To join #TheBigFiveJourneyHome please make a donation by following these steps:
1. Decide which #Big5 team you wish to join from Team Elephant, Rhino, Leopard, Lion or Buffalo .
2. Please donate £20 in one of two ways:
a. using this link www.GDBmanufacturing.com to order your free snood, following the instructions below:
- Click through to 'Schools and other associations'
- Click 'Bradford Grammar School RPA #Big5'
- Order your team snood ensuring you choose the CORRECT snood for
the team you are representing i.e. 'Team Rhino'. You may also wish to
purchase a BGS Rugby face mask.
b. Donate Sponsorship directly via Crowd Funding here.
3. Please email to katrina@gdbmanufacturing.co.uk if you have a problem when ordering your snood.Please encourage others to take part!
We encourage you to get more people active by recruiting others to your #Pride / #Herd – the larger your team, the quicker we
get to back to BGS!:
➢ You can recruit other year groups, all your friends and family members and any other networks to join you before another
team does! Remember school has over 1000 pupils – one mile each is 1000 miles!
➢ Once they have donated, they can also receive their free Snood in the post and can begin adding to their team's total.
People from outside the school must use this form (for externals) to log their mileage.
Mileage can be recorded in any way by using the following apps:
• Click here for the iPhone/iPad Strava app.
• Click here for the Android Strava app.
➢ Miles can be uploaded manually without an online tracker by (Clicking Here) . However; this is difficult to verify so will mean
you may not be eligible for the individual prizes if you use this method.Logging Mileage Once your donation has been made, your accumulated miles are eligible to be counted towards your team's total. Please log your miles using the following links: ➢ Pupils and staff log miles using this 'Pupil/Staff form' for each session. Please upload a screen shot as photographic proof from 'Strava' / 'iPhone Fitness App', or the like, to be eligible for prizes (ensure your parents are aware). ➢ People outside of BGS must use this 'Externals form' and keep a track of their milage using a fitness app similar to Strava.
Phase 2 - Mileage
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Team Miles Total Mileage
Buffalo 2,750 7,799
Rhino 2,750 7,799
Elephant 2,750 7,799
Leopard 2,750 7,799
Lion 2,750 7,799How else are we raising money?
Sponsorship targets...
• Money can be donated directly through our crowd funding page here.
• You can keep a track of money you have raised using this Sample
Sponsorship Form (to be collected once the target is met). Sponsors are
asked to pay directly into the crown funding page here.
You could for example ask someone to:
• Sponsor a certain amount of money per mile you or your team travels.
• sponsor an amount of money for achieving a targeted number of miles
• Or simply just make a donation to encourage you or your friend / family
member to take part!
Running totals and mileage will be published regularly via Microsoft Teams and
Twitter (@bgsrufc)Contact • For more information on the challenge and how to help with sponsorship please contact our Head of Rugby, Dan Scarbrough on: • DGS@bradfordgrammar.com • Rugby@bradfordgrammar.com • Follow us on twitter @bgsrufc to stay updated.
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