Björn the sportsman - still at it!

Golf
Björn's school (which will be Torvy's too, from September) has a wonderful tradition of ending every school year with three activity days. The kids get to choose from an enormous range of activities from free basketball coaching to very expensive trips to theme parks. Some spend the three days designing and making garments, others record their own music in a studio, some go horse-riding. Björn chose to play golf, as he did last year.

They spend the first two days undergoing coaching in the various skills and then, on the third day, they play a round. For beginners, there is the 9 hole par 3 "family" course. For those with more experience, there is the full18 hole course. Last year, he broke his putter, so he caddied for a friend on day 3. This year, he was offered the chance to play the full 18 holes. He completed the course in 99. I understand (ignoramus that I am) that this is a Good Score for a first time out.

So here we have yet another sport at which he shows promise. His father's child indeed!

Cricket
On Sunday, Björn played cricket for the village social side again. He took a wicket, too! Not his first, since a victim was caught off his bowling on a previous occasion, but this time he clean bowled someone, so that was far more kudos. He also made his first foray into double figures on his runs scored for a men's team, with 13, which included a decent 4.

This time he managed to come home in one piece - no more black eyes.