WORLD DEAF GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Round one of the World Deaf Golf Championships

After a long and slow day, 6 hours to finish round one, the two South African ladies finished a comfortable 10th and 11th place in their first
attempt at the World Deaf Golf Championships. The top ladies after round one are :

Melissa Stockton from USA leads with 86
2nd is Susan Hamilton from New Zealand 87
3rd Jennifer Meric from Australia on 89
Vanessa McIllroy (RSA) in 10th on 98 and Gail klichowicz (RSA) 11th with 102 for the first round.

The leaderboard for the men has David Ewen from Scotland leading dayn one with 72 strokes
2nd Johnathan Rose (CAN) with 74 strokes
3rd Mark Forrest (ENG) 75 strokes
16th Cedric Touzard (RSA) 83 strokes
23 Ryan Lotz (RSA) 85 strokes
37 Danie marais (RSA) 89 strokes

Seniors leader board shows Rob Cundy (CAN) taking an early lead on 78
2nd Kenneth Hofman (CAN) 81
3rd Ian Kennedy (SCOT) 81
15th Raymond Graf (RSA) 98

The Ladies Team results has USA in front, follwed by Ireland and South Africa holding 3rd place.

The Torrance course is a beautiful and very tough course, with the most splendid views of St Andrews Bay, set up on the cliff above the sea, you can see Carnoustie across the Bay on a clear day.
The course itself is well manicured, well bunkered for the errant palyer, so club selection is paramount if you want to finished the day unscathed.
It is a typical links course, lots of rolling fairways and deep rough,and finding balls is always difficult. The organizers have thankfully stationed ball spotters along the course maikng it easier to find errant balls
which have a tendency to follow their own flight path. The greens are in excellent condition and fairly easy to read making putting rewarding.

After a very tiring and lengthy day one, day two has dawned on us cold. overcast and a bit windy. The men tee'd off at 6H30 this morning and the ladies will tee off at 12H10

Collegiate Junior School World Cup

The Collegiate Junior School for girls in Port Elizabeth held their own mini soccer world cup tournament. Here the girls are doing the Diski dance to celebrate the start of their world cup. All the qualifying teams were represented in a fun filled afternoon. I myself was roped in to do ref duties. Al;l in all 24 games were played, using the 6 a side format and ten minutes a game. It generated an amazing sense of awareness for the actual soccer world cup in Port Elizabeth.Lots of flags to be seen, the teams dressed as close to the countries teams as possible. The games were very spirited and the girls showed no signs of fear as they fought for possession and score goals.
It was a fun filled day with no winners and no losers. Red cards were not needed on the day , but yellow possibly came out a few times as the young 'uns fought for control of the ball.