Community against Racism football tournament is a great success
Submitted: 23/10/2007 15:10:41
More than one hundred keen football players donned their boots when they took part in the Woking five-a-side football tournament, Community Against Racism, as part of Kick Racism Out of Football week.
Woking’s Mayor Cllr Bryan Cross opened the tournament at the Woking Leisure Centre and two of Woking Football Club’s players made an appearance in support of the event. Kick-off on Friday, 12 October was at 4pm, with students from St John the Baptist, Bishop David Brown, Winston Churchill and Woking High schools competing for glory. Boys and girls from Years 7, 8 and 9 received medals for taking part, with trophies awarded to the winning teams.
The event is a joint project led by Surrey Police with Woking Borough Council, Woking Football Club and Azzurri Sports. Youth Affairs Officer, PC Craig Matthews said: “This year’s competition was a great success; the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves and the standard of football was very high. The tournament is a great opportunity for kids from all backgrounds to have fun together while promoting the message that racism in football or anywhere else is unacceptable and we have a shared responsibility in stamping it out.”
The following are the winners and runners up for the youth competition 2007:
Year 7 male winners: St John the Baptist
Year 7 male runners up: Woking High
Year 7 female winners: Winston Churchill
Year 7 female runners up: St John the Baptist
Year 8 male winners: Bishop David Brown
Year 8 male runners up: St John the Baptist
Year 8 female winners: St John the Baptist
Year 8 female runners up: Woking High
Year 9 male winners: Woking High A
Year 9 male runners up: St John the Baptist
Year 9 female winners: St John the Baptist
Year 9 female runners up: Woking High A
And it was the turn of the adults to tackle each other in a Community Against Racism tournament which took place on Saturday, 20 October at Winston Churchill School. Among those represented were teams from Woking’s Asian, Spanish, Italian, Chinese and South African communities. Horsell PCSO Dean Sturt captained the Surrey Police team Woking Traps, who made it to the quarter-finals before being knocked out of the competition by Super Eagles. Super Eagles narrowly missed out on the title, beaten by eventual winners DBM.
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