{"id":109538,"date":"2020-02-10T12:28:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T10:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=109538"},"modified":"2020-02-10T12:28:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T10:28:36","slug":"readers-share-experience-match-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2020\/02\/10\/readers-share-experience-match-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers share their experience of the &#8220;Match in Africa&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Scott Jacobs.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Jacobs is a Middelburg resident who enjoyed his first visit to Cape Town at 73 years of age.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109541\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109541\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/Jacobs-3-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/Jacobs-3-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/Jacobs-3-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At 73 years of age, Scott Jacobs visits Cape Town for the first time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scott is a huge tennis fan and to treat him, his family bought him a ticket to the Match in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanied by a friend and fellow tennis player, Scott and Henning Benadie attended the match at the Cape Town Stadium.<br \/>\nScott said the match was an indescribable experience.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_109540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109540\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-109540\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/Jacobs-1-Copy-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/Jacobs-1-Copy-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2020\/02\/Jacobs-1-Copy-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-109540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scott Jacobs and Henning Benadie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2022Share your Match in Africa experience by sending us an email to <strong>sjani@mobserver.co.za<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Readers are already sharing their experiences of the Match in 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