So, at last the inbound visits are over and now we have to get ready for the final presentation in Auckland on the occasion of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth Games Federation.
THE PRESIDENT'S VOICE
With four of the six Commonwealth Games Federation regions having visited Durban, KwaZulu-Natal to do site inspections, one can truly say that the road to Auckland, New Zealand, and the announcement of the host city for the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been shortened.
SASCOC has taken several steps to ensure that there will always a constant flow of talent from grassroots level up.
Cities around the world take sport tourism very serious because they understand the economic spin-offs to be had by hosting mega events in their cities.
The big talking point in South African sport over the next few months will be around the criteria set by us for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Watching what is happening around the SASCOC organisation, one cannot help but think how much is being done to keep the wheels of the organisation turning.
This update comes to you from a very cold Sochi in Russia where we are at the Sportaccord Convention World Sport & Business Summit.
In sport we are privileged (sometimes cursed!) to go through the full range of emotions in one week.
There is a buzz in the country now that the Commonwealth Wealth Games of 2022 in Durban seems a certainty with only the General Assembly in Auckland to endorse South Africa as a host later this year.
Two athletes who participated in sporting events in the last week contacted me after the events.