The DeaF.A Cup

The DeaF.A Cup

On Saturday the 17th of May 2008, 12 men’s and 3 ladies’ teams came to Doncaster College for the Deaf to take part in the ‘DeaF.A Cup’ 5-a-side football tournament. Throughout the day there was a steady stream of people who came along, altogether around 150-200!

The matches kicked off at 10.00am on 4 different pitches. The men were put into 2 leagues, each playing 5 matches before the top 8 teams battled it out in the knockout stages. The ladies played 6 matches each, with the top 2 making the final.

A large number of students took part on the day in many different teams, each doing fantastically well. But it was down to ex-Sports Students Moazzam Rashid, with ‘The Ex-Donny Crew’ and John Atkinson, with ‘D.C.S’ to fight it out in the final of the men’s tournament. After a close match, it finished 1-0 to ‘The Ex-Donny Crew’.

Special mention for Claire Kamis from Sport for getting the award for being the ‘Top Goalscorer’ in the ladies tournament, her team ‘The Owls B’ also finishing runners up to a stronger ‘The Owls A’ team in the ladies’ final. Winning men’s team ‘The Ex-Donny Crew’ stole the show, when both individual trophies were awarded to members of their team; the ‘Top Goalscorer’ award went to Mukhtar Mohammed from Business and Theron McLean from Car Body was awarded ‘Player of the Final’.

It was a fantastic day for all involved, a great sense of community was shared by those taking part and those spectating. It was also a perfect opportunity to see some old faces return, and to see how well they were doing, as well as possibly meeting new faces of the future.

Thank you to everyone involved on the day who helped out and made it such a great success!

Posted: Thu 22-May-2008 10:39AM