The players of the National Junior Golf Team, Rashid and his sister Alia Al Emadi, have challenged the conditions imposed by the Corona pandemic, by staying at home, in compliance with precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the coronary virus, by establishing a mini golf course in the garden of their father Mansour Al Emadi’s home in Dubai, to maintain the limit The lowest of their skill levels in terms of shooting balls into the pits, until the actual return to the outside stadiums, and the actual preparation for competitions.

Alia Al Emadi (15 years) told «Emirates Today»: “A prolonged departure from the practice of paying balls and other aspects of the game generally weakens golfers, and subsequently requires them to double efforts to return their playing sensitivity, especially in terms of success rates in paying Long and short balls towards the pits, hence the parent’s initiative came to fulfill my brother and I desire, and help us obtain the minimum level of skill training, by bringing the necessary equipment to the home garden and setting up a mini stadium that helps us to continue with the training, until we return to the actual training in the clubs "Golfer, with the end of the current period of home stone."

In turn, Rashid Al-Emadi, 17, said: “The father’s keenness to continue our practice of the game, and to overcome the challenges that the domestic stone poses to the athlete in general, and the golf player in particular, was behind his initiative to install the game’s nets and equipment, in a way that guarantees me and my sister Continuity in playing, and thus gave us the ability to continue training, ensuring that at the minimum we maintain the accuracy of the shot, which is the cornerstone of this sport ».

Their father Mansour Al Emadi commented, “Rashid and Alia’s passion for the game led them over the past years to reaping achievements in the game of golf, and the same thing led me to fulfill their desire, and to convert parts of the house and its outdoor yard into a mini golf course, especially since this passion is like an incentive for their sister Yasmin, who was only eight years old to catch up with them and play the game too. ”

The stars of Rashid and Alia Al Emadi brightened in the last four years, as a promising two-star project in the game of golf, after they showed the talent they enjoyed, and led them through the national program of the game association to discover emerging talents, to gradually enroll in clubs under the supervision of a group of coaches, and later and strongly enter the list of teams Patriotism, and the achievement of many titles at the local and external levels, including the gold medal for young men and women in its latest version, in addition to crowning them last February, each in its category with the President’s Cup.

Mansour Al-Emadi:

"My children's passion for the game prompted me to turn parts of the house and its outdoor plaza into a mini golf course."

Alia Al Emadi:

"To stay away from long balls and other aspects of the game, golfers are generally weakened."

Rashid Al-Emadi:

"My father was keen on continuing our practice of the game and overcoming the challenges posed by my home quarantine."