I had the honour of accompanying the OPS affiliated Oranjemund Sandsharks swimming team on tour to the Northern Cape Open Gala held in Kimberley this past weekend..... A number of our swimmers obtained medals and a good time was to be held by all......
The weather was typical for this time of the year, with thunder clouds and rain.
The dominant team at the event was another Namibian based team, The Dolphins out of Windhoek.
In total there were 261 Swimmers swimming in 176 events.
It was great to see Skinny and her better half drive 300 km to come and support the swimmers for a few hours.... Thanks guys.....
A number of parents accompanied the swimmers and the neon yellow Sandshark shirts made a striking block up on the bleachers...
Thanks must go to the Sandsharks management team for coordinating the training and logistics...
For what it's worth, I was a bit concerned about what myself and the driver of OPS 2 NA, Brendan would talk about .... turns out , both ways of the trip , the total silent time between the two of us in minutes would not have been more than 15 ..... We covered all possible topics of conversation and I even got a maths lesson on trig about how curves on cables influence the stress on structures..... We discussed , space, the afterlife, geology, science, math, retail, marriages, sport, OPS, Ornajemund, family history, morals and principals and how fast Mossie was driving in OPS 1 NA....
I only managed a few snaps, but if you want more head on over to facebook, the mothers posted plenty....
Yes! Even managed to squeeze in a tour of the Big Hole..... Not all the members went along, just a small interested group of us and it was indeed worthwhile....
:emot112_2: What makes this even more amazing, was whilst we were swimming, another OPS affiliated bus went up to Pretoria with our Badminton team to participate in the African champs.... this tour is still on the go and only ends on Friday.....
It amazes me that kids from this school are still out there , going on tours and doing well at sporting events....
I am also led to believe that social cricket might be making a comeback....
We all know that a good education is not just academical......
And it sounds like the badminton kids are doing really well - from what I can make out the girls are playing in the finals and the boys in the semi-finals tomorrow! We are all so proud of them - they worked very hard towards this tournament and have the best coach ever - well done Lynn, you can be very proud of your kids!
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