The hot weather, blue skies and sun has decided now to stay, hopefully for good as the summer gets closer and closer!
As the kids go back to school today we are now doing our football outreach tournaments after school hours so 3-5. Therefore I had the morning off to go on another run up to Rhodes memorial, again the long climb up almost killed me especially in the heat but felt good to get to the top!
So after the run I headed to Dunoon with Chris. First stop was to check out the local high school and see if there is an interest for football development in the school. Again, there was a lot of interest, they're always looking for guys like us to deliver life skills through sport development projects. However the problem is facilities, especially in Dunoon there is a lack of field space for people to train on and there's a lot of politics involved with which land belongs to who so it looks promising for the future, there is certainly a lot of potential however just lack of facilities and resources.
Before long the kids arrived in their masses! Seemed like more than yesterday so possibly closer to 100 than the 80 of yesterday. So after rearranging some of the teams we were off!
Equipped with a whistle today made refereeing the matches a lot easier and today's competition ran a lot more smoothly with the standard of football increased, enthusiasm raised and discipline respected. Team spirit was clear to be seen by all the teams!
There was lots of close games and total white washes. The kids were really getting stuck in making every game count!
It came down to a final. England vs Portugal. Before the final could commence we had the South African national anthem sung by all the young people... It was amazing to watch and listen to them sing with pride for their country!
Kick off. The rest of the kids had split themselves up to support for either team in the final. The chanting was loud and the players were loving the big occasion.
Portugal got an early goal and before long were 2-0 up. However the English fighting spirit was evident as the white bibbed team fought back to bring it to 2-1 but it wasn't good enough (again quite like English international football) and Portugal were victorious. The kids went mad as they swarmed round the winning team! Prizes again were awarded and sweets for the most disciplined team of the day... Germany.
Another fantastic day!! Tired but loving my time here!! Think it's egg and chips for tea so better get going...
God Bless.
Hi Cal - sounds like a great day (especially the eggs and chips!!) Thanks so much for keeping up with your blog and posting all the photos - I am loving reading it every day and am made up that you are enjoying this opportunity God has given you so much. Love and prayers, Andrea x
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