Volleyball

Wouldn't it be nice if we could play volleyball, we wondered over breakfast last week.

We eyed a piece of land opposite SDV as an excellent site for a court. We approached the chairman of the village, and in a matter of minutes we had a go ahead.

A pole was donated by the nearby police station, and another by a neighbour of SDV. We went to the nearby town and bought ropes and strings made of sisal and set to making a net.

By late afternoon, the poles were planted, the net strung up, and a ball materialised. It wasn't a volleyball, but a netball, but that didn't stop us from playing - until our hands were bruised.

The next day, a volleyball was donated and now we have regular games and the training of a number of youth who showed interest in the game has also begun.

And now, we are eyeing the nice stretch of concrete just outside SDV - it could make a very good basketball half-court.