On Thursday 7 May J7 visited the Crusaders at AMI Stadium. They were allowed into the Team changing room (not many people are allowed in this room) where they were introduced to the Crusaders coach Todd Blackadder. Todd was very impressed with the masks J7 were wearing!
Several Crusaders were available to speak to the children and the class had their photo taken with the players. They were then given Crusaders backpacks containing all sorts of goodies. The players autographed the backpacks for the children while they watched the rest of the team train on the field.
The children were then escorted up to the Level 3 area of the Paul Kelly stand where they were spoken to by the Crusaders manager Tony Thorpe. After this they went up to the Level 4 stand. What a long way up this was!! From here they had a very good view of the Captain’s Run. It was a long walk down to the ground floor!
The visit had a positive effect on both the children and the team who went on to win the game against the Reds and now sit in 4th place in the competition.
Have a look at the video of the trip below.
Go the Crusaders!!!
