RSS feeds from Auckland Deaf Society http://auckland-deaf.org.nz Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:01:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://auckland-deaf.org.nz/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://auckland-deaf.org.nz RSS feeds from Auckland Deaf Society http://auckland-deaf.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=329&Itemid=42 Daphne Ward and Tom Gibling were each presented with a Life Members badge. General News - Additional news Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:04:54 +0100 http://auckland-deaf.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=327&Itemid=42 8th World Deaf Golf Championship, FairmontI flew out with Ben Clifford on 4th August for Edinburgh; it was very long trip – about 30 hours.I have a couple of day break to recover from jet-lag then moved onto St Andrews, New Hall (University of St Andrews) where I stayed for a week.Attend WDG AGM meeting in the morning then the opening ceremony where the 16 countries teams attending in late afternoon. We went for a Banquet Dinner and I sat with VIP group because I am only one from New Zealand.Monday – practice round, get familiar with golf course. The course measurement is in yards instead of metre which I am struggling with.1st round start at 6.30am, my turn to play was at 12.20pm and took 7 hours to complete! 2nd round at 12.40pm and took 5 hours – much better but still in 2nd place. 3rd round, pleased to get early started at 6.30am and still in 2nd place.After 3rd round, my right knee started to swell and painful so went to St Andrews Community Hospital then onto Dundee Hospital for x-ray and didn’t get back to New Hall till 4.30am.I was not sure that I can play in final round until about an hour before I due to play so I tried out few time and thought my knee swelling have gone down to enable me to move around a bit better so play on!The first nine holes, had a bit of blow out and the next nine I worked hard to played better but too late to catch the leader. So finished tied for 2nd but lost the count back so finished 3rd. It was improvement over 4th place two years ago.It was a great experience playing in such wonderful match in World Deaf Golf Championship. But my advice is better to have a team than go myself because of support each other.I would like to thanks Auckland Deaf Society, Deaf Sports Federation of New Zealand, my Mother and friends for their supports of funding my trip. Without their help I wouldn’t have gone.Susan HamiltonNZ Deaf Representative Golfer General News - Additional news Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:55:14 +0100 http://auckland-deaf.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=299&Itemid=42 Info contact Julie-Anne at info.nzdg2010@gmail.com Social night flyer see zoom inAlso see NZ Deaf 50th Games poster - click in General News - Additional news Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:13:44 +0100 http://auckland-deaf.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=334&Itemid=42 World Federation of the Deaf Congres in Durban, South Africia, July 2011. See the Deaf Development Fund applications download the form here (images/stories/WFD%202011%20Funding.pdf) if you are interesting! General News - Additional news Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:13:48 +0100 http://auckland-deaf.org.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=324&Itemid=42 General News - Additional news Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0100