The athletic year ended on a fitting note with its dominant protagonists crowned 2008 World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Gala in Monte Carlo on Sunday night.
AS the clock struck eight and the cafˇ opened (serving coffee, tea and delicious chocolate donuts to bright-eyed parents and spectators) the first bell of the day rang at Twin Palms.
Bahrain's national carrier, Gulf Air, launched the first phase of its 'Football in the Community' initiative at a lunch and presentation ceremony in the presence of ex-England and Queens Park Rangers striker Les Ferdinand at the Gulf Air Club in Salmabad.
LES Ferdinand brought his 21-year-old son Aaron with him on his trip to Bahrain for a morale-boosting break as the young striker tries to follow in his father's footsteps and become a professional footballer.
The images of the Riffa Views Invitational Tournament to mark the official opening of the Colin Montgomerie course at the Royal Golf Club are still very fresh in the mind. It was a marvellous event for everyone involved and a thoroughly enjoyable weekend.
THE ecstasy and the agony was clear for all to see in the players and the fans faces as Bahrain lost to a last-gasp winner in a World Cup qualifier to out-of-sorts Australia at the National Stadium.
Bunker shots are the bane of most golfers' lives. It is a very common sight to see the reaction of most club players when they finish up in a bunker to be one of dread and the realisation that bad things are just going to get worse!
