Written by The Americans who come to New Zealand always seem to be such knowledgeable and confident speakers.
No different to this Ahmad Elhajj (18) has came to this country this month for his summer break. Ahmed is a Civil Engineering student at the University of Virginia. Ahmad’s father is on the board of local civil engineering company, Framecad Solutions and was able to get him temporary employment.
But Ahmads true sporting passion is wrestling. He is a member of his University team. He says wrestling is very big in the states. Whereas there are estimated between twenty and thirty coaches in the entire country of New Zealand, there are twenty thousand coaches in the New York state alone.
Pictured here with NZ Champion and recent Auckland Champion Clinton Davies, Ahmad thrilled the local Club Physical team by teaching them a series of new moves that they had not seen before.
Ahmad says “I love teaching and I love the sport. If I could wrestle all day I would!”.
Ahmad will compete along with the Club Physical team at the Counties Manukau championship on July 27th.
