Dream win for Arabian knights
By Saiful Alam
The long awaited OSC 5-a-side football tournament finally took place on Sunday 16th February. The event was sponsored by Sport and Leisure (aka - IC Sports Centre).
Only eight societies turned up with squads on the day, but the favourites were all there. Some of the others blamed the weekends’ ‘open-houses’, parties and fiestas for their players’ absences.
Two groups of four teams were drawn, and the top two from each were allowed to go on to play for the honours. The four others were fighting it out for pride.
Although there was some tension during the games - there were no major outbursts, as anticipated by the organisers. In general, the games were played in good spirit.
It was a ‘funny old tournament’. The Bangladeshi All Stars beat the Turkish Delights in the third place play-off even though the Turks thrashed the Bangladeshis in the qualifiers. Similarly, the High-flying Hellenics were unbeaten all day, but they were outplayed by the Arabian Knights when it mattered most - in the finals.
On behalf of the OSC I would like to thank Sport and Leisure for their support, Alex Neilsen for organising the event, and all the participants who made this event a success. There are plans for this making this tournament an annual event from here on. Finally, congratulations to the Arabic Society team - "maashaallah".
