JAAGA hosted the JAAGA Invitational Golf Competition (SPORTEX '03) at
Tama-Hills golf course on 24 November 2003. The golf course gate was released
at 6:00 am, the 98 participants from USAF, JASDF and JAAGA assembled at
club house. After taking breakfast, they moved to practice green in front
of club house and got explanation about game rules. Each parties drove
to each starting holes. At 7:30 am, they fired tee-off shots at their starting
tee. On that day it was cloud and so cold (temperature, 10 degrees centigrade),
but the golf battles were so hot. All games ended at 11:30 and submitted
score cards to competition officer. They waited the whole
results of competition while they were taking lunch. When the results was announced, shouts of
joy were raised here and there. At the presentation ceremony, Gen.(Ret.)
Muraki, JAAGA president, awarded prizes to the prize winners. Birthday
award was presented to Lt.Gen. Waskow. It was the successful SPORTEX '03 (Reported by secretariat Yotsue)
SPORTEX 2003