Sunday 6 June 2010

World cup Soccer South Africa 2010 - RSA

This is what Debbie sent in....... Soccer fever has hit South Africa the last two weeks with a huge bang, especially in Sandton, Johannesburg. The city looks stunning with all the flags flying. A lot of the teams have arrived without incident – hopefully it stays like that. Our government has put out a strong message to the country that they will not tolerate any security incidents so let’s hope all goes smoothly. Our Gautrain will be operational within the next few days so we are looking forward to a 10 minute ride from Sandton to ORTambo airport. Beats sitting in the traffic for an hour. Our road infrastructure has been upgraded …. At times I feel like we are in Australia – our roads and major intersections are of a high international standard now – still a few road works in place but otherwise traffic flows smoothly, especially on the north rand.

I am fortunate to be co-organising the Special Olympics Unity Cup match hosted by Coca-Cola in Cape Town on 3 July 2010. This match is the first of its kind worldwide and takes place just before the FIFA World Cup Quarter Final Match. Hope to get a few photos with some of the soccer celebrities from around the world – will send photo’s if I get it right. Next year I get to go to Greece for three weeks with Special Olympics for the Special Olympic World Summer Games. How awesome….

2 comments:

Cooper said...

Debs, it so fantastic to read your positive feedback. With all the doom and gloom we hear sourounding the World Cup, reading your article on the blog was so uplifting. Hope all goes well and look forward to the celeb pics you get to take.
Love
Trica

Mitch Bechard said...

Debbie,thanks for the pics.Good to see and remember some of the roads,and where they go. Good to see turn here for BOKSBURG,are you kidding me!!, best pic of the day. LOL, Uncle Mitch.
Ps Think Melbourn cup.