Big weekend of action at The Albany Sports Club, Grahamstown. SA Mixed Nationals – Ultimate Frisbee.
The sounds of enjoyment float into my home. 250 players representing teams from across the country (and players from across the world) making Grahamstown their home for the long-weekend.
Make no mistake, this is a proper sport. Combo of netball, rugby and hockey – with a frisbee of course. In fact, called a disk and it flies the length and breadth of the field. Fast, skillful and action-packed. And to top it all – no refs. Games self-regulated and played in fine spirit.
The event – no doubt bringing a potful of revenue into town – is organized by Amy Bray (her mother is chief score-keeper) and Rhodes University Ultimate. More support from Grahamstown community welcomed.
Showcase game this evening (8:30pm) UCT Cincinnati vs a Barbarians team. A host of players with world-championship experience. See you there!
And tomorrow morning the Farmers Market to be held at the fields. If you’ve ever flung a frisbee on the beach, you need to see this.
GRAEME HOLMES
Before moving back to Grahamstown in Oct 2017, Graeme was a bank executive based in the big smoke and craziness of Joburg. He has 20 years’ experience in the Payments Industry. He is a Chartered Accountant, has a Masters in Management by Research (MMR) from Wits Business School, and attended an Advanced Management Programme (AMP) offered by INSEAD (The Business School for the World!) in France.
Graeme is the founder of The Grahamstown Project. It’s simple. He says, “Grahamstown is a microcosm of South Africa. If we can’t get this place to function properly then the whole country is stuffed. Many of the troubles we experience as a country today have their roots here in Grahamstown. it is here where black and white people first engaged in conflict on the African continent. It is here where 9 wars of dispossession over 100 years took place and virtually destroyed the amaXhosa nation. But we are where we are. I don’t have a British passport and the boat-trip back to where my ancestors came from is exorbitantly expensive. Furthermore, this is my home. I am a son of Africa. We must work together to redress the injustices of the past and move as one into a brighter future.”
Graeme is an avid historian, writer, vlogger and public speaker. Like and follow the Facebook page. Join him on a tour. Contact him. He would love that.