Category: Miscellaneous

Second Saturday of the school term and the order of the day was chipping or the “bump and run” as it is also called. We also had a new girl join us so we’ve...

To be quite honest with all the rain that was forecast Neil and I didn’t think we’d be starting the new term on Saturday, but the weather smiled on us for the morning and...

Saturday, 16 March was our ninth and final lesson of the First Term and it was Drivers. The excitement on the youngsters faces when we told them we were doing drivers was an absolute...

Neil and I always look forward to our Saturday mornings helping the 1st2EIGHTEEN youngsters with their golf. This Saturday was no exception except the weather was not kind to us, the wind howled. After...

It was another beautiful but hot Saturday morning in Durban. After two weeks around the green chipping and putting it was time to move a little further away, about 30 metres, and do pitching....

It was another beautiful Saturday morning for our second lesson of the year and we were privileged to welcome three new youngsters to 1st2EIGHTEEN. As is the norm for our second lesson we did...

  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...

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...

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....

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...