First Term 2024 First Lesson 20 January Putting
So the 2024 1st218 golfing year got off to a good start on 20 January on a beautiful summer morning. We had seven youngsters in the first class, four girls and three boys...
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Fourth Term 1st218 2023, 04 November 2023
After a few weeks of miserable weather Saturday dawned bright and clear. Besides being able to get back on the range with the youngsters, it was a special day in Durban with the Springboks...
Fourth Term 1st218 2023, 14 October 2023
A windy Saturday, 14 October and the youngsters were back after their school holidays. As always we began the new school term on the putting green and they really did well. We set up...
Third Term 1st218 2023, 30 September 2023
On Saturday morning, 30 September, we decided to have our own “Ryder Cup” on the practice fairway. For both classes we split the youngsters into two teams, Europe and America. The youngsters and their...
Third Term 1st218 2023, 26 August & 02 September
Saturday, 26 August was a perfect morning for the youngsters to hit their drivers. Neil, Elham and I put a line of cones down showing the middle of the “fairway” and in line with...
Third Term 2023 1st218, Welcome Elham Shaik
On Saturday, 19 August Neil and I welcomed Elham Shaik to the 1st218 Golf Academy. Elham is a very keen golfer, plays regularly and has also won the National Sanlam Cancer Challenge B Division....
Third Term 1st218, 29 July & 05 August 2023
Saturday, 29 July dawned bright and clear with a warm but gentle breeze. The order of the day was chipping, or the “bump and run shot” as some like to call it. We spoke...
Third Term 1st218, 22 July 2023
Saturday morning dawned bright, clear and pretty fresh. As we always do, the first Saturday of the school term starts on the putting green, and it was great to see how well the youngsters...
Ngwenya Lodge June 2023
On Friday, 16 June at 05:35 Robin and I began the 604 kilometer journey to join friends, Charles and Marcelle, for a week at Ngwenya Lodge. Ngwenya is the Zulu word for crocodile, hence...
Second Term 1st218, 03 & 10 June 2023
Saturdays, 03 an 10 June, were the days for hybrids and drivers and there were some great shots. In keeping with our DnA – distance and accuracy focus – Neil and I put a...
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