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Nicola
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| 03/28/2006 8:43 PM |
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Analisa and I, both parents at the school are willing to teach
Basketball free of charge. We both played a lot of basketball as
children and would like to introduce this community friendly, fast,
non-contact sport to all Imhoff pupils. It is still a fairly unknown
sport in SA but it just so much fun and research has proven that this
sport improves social interaction. You can only be a good player with
the help of your team and quick passes and an allert mind. Just the
ingredients for a healthy social life. We want to introduce the ball
game in a fun way and allowing each child to handle the ball throughout
the lesson. For this we have already received a donation of 12 size
5(kiddies) basketballs last year. We have given lessons last year but
because of the terrible quality of the basketball court we had to put
this on hold. We have requested some improvements before we start
teaching again. We would like the backboards, nets and hoops to be
replaced and the court to be fixed and extended with half bricks.
We are willing to teach so who's willing to do the fixing and
maintenance? Is the school willing to contribute towards the cost of
the materials?
When we enter the school by car the first thing we see are the broken
baskets. Is this the image we want to convey to newcomers? We
could do with a couple of strong men who will help us. Or is there a
bricklayer who can teach his skill to the Class 7 and together complete
the task in a meaningful way?
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Alexandra
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| 03/29/2006 1:46 PM |
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What are feasible surfaces for a basketball court? I'd hate to see a concrete slab, but I read your post in the newsletter about needing to collect bricks. Are you visualising laying bricks with concrete... Or what. I have no point of reference here...
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Nicola
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| 03/31/2006 7:04 AM |
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 Well done Andrew and Matthew and thank you for this amazing new website.
Colin Dresher suggested we use half bricks to fix up the site. We would
not need to use cement if they are laid well. By going this route we
can extend the court as we get donation of recycled bricks. This
is cost effective and environmentally friendly.
Last year I got a quote to have a full court tarred at the bottom end
of the school but that would have cost R 27 000 which is too expensive
for the school at this point.
The idea to fix up the holes with cement is not going to work according to Colin because the cement won't last and break out.
If you have any better suggestions please let us know.
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