The Darebin International Sports Centre(DISC) in Thornbury had an open day today to formerly open the newly built centre that will host some of the games which include cycling, indoor soccer and lawn bowling.
We got there quite early so we had to sit through the boring speeches by the politicians about what a marvellous job they've done with my tax dollars!
Then there was a Aboriginal ceremony to bless the centre by playing digiridoos and starting a fire by sticks and dry grasses or something, they did managed to start a fire, just not enough to burn the place down!
When all the formalities were over there were guided tours showing off the centre on how they built the roof, the tracks and so on.
There were already people using the centre for their trainings like these cyclists so we decided to go down to have a closer look.
Most people here were just having fun and talking among themselves and then this lovely lady named Val Gillies was kind enough to ask us to give lawn bowling a go. We accepted because we've never try it before.
That's me giving it a go with Val instructing me. Most people think lawn bowling is a senior citizen sport but it's actually gaining popularity among the younger generation. I guess they're trying to get more young people to develop an interest in the game.
Well I gave it a go but I don't think I'll be picking it up as my sport anytime soon.
5 comments:
ash-that's a big responsibility to bear but i'll try my best, i don't really hv a favourite maybe the opening & closing ceremonies!!!:)
p/s: is it true u won'r b in melb next year?
the opening and closing, but not the sporting events themselves? :p that's a good one lol. but yes, i'd love to read about the opening and closing ceremonies from your blog. as for the sports itself, updates will be available everywhere on the net (official sites, etc)
narrowband-watch this space
yours is the so useful for me especially now... hehe..
while you are at it... can you do a piece on the cheapest place to stay in melbourne...... preferably if i can book through the net.
beerbrat-let me look into that
ashk1n-i wish u the best in all that u do next year, will keep myself posted on your blog
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