CABRERA BELLO COACHES SCHOOL CHILDREN AS PART OF EGF’S ARABIC SCHOOLS INITIATIVE SUPPORTED BY DP WORLD
(DUBAI, UAE) – Ryder Cup star Rafa Cabrera Bello took some time out from his busy globe-trotting schedule to put something back into a game that has given him so much when he delighted children at the Sheikh Rashid School for Boys in Dubai with a golf lesson earlier today (Wednesday).
He’s been hitting the heights all season but the 2012 Omega Dubai Desert Classic winner, who hasn’t missed a cut in competitive golf for more than a year, is known as one of the most down to earth and good-natured players on the European Tour and he proved it by passing on some of his knowledge to the eager schoolchildren during some down time in the emirate he calls his ‘second home.’
“Just watching the kids smile really makes my day! I’m very happy to be given the opportunity to be here and watch the kids play the game for the very first time and to see how excited they are and how they interact with their classmates,” said the Spaniard who spent over an hour teaching the enthralled pupils the basics of the game as part of an initiative by the Emirates Golf Federation supported by the European Tour and DP World which will see over 6,000 schoolchildren given ‘introduction to golf’ lessons by the end of the year.
“I think this initiative is a great idea in getting golf into the PE classes. This misconception that golf is for old men and non-athletic people is blown out of the way with an initiative like this. If the schools have the space and capacity to implement this initiative, then I think they should go for it. It will do lots of good for the sport and in this region.”