Agape Cup SoccerTron (11th Oct) Report

We had another good day out in the sun. This time, it was a real joint-venture between PMC and CMC. With fewer players turning up from all 3 teams, we were hard-pressed to represent ourselves and the 4th team under the Soccer Community. Nonetheless, we did our best, and as we got together to kit-up, we also welcomed a couple of new faces to our fold.

Jingzhong, Marcus & Mike kitting-up

Steve (soon-to-be veteran) and Andy (fully qualified veteran)

I had the privilege of sharing before the SoccerTron began and I focused on the topic of 'Time' and what we've been doing with it. Using examples of people who have had their 'normal time' suddenly taken away through illness, accidents etc... I sought to encourage everyone to live life to the fullest, starting with the next day - The 1st day of the rest of our lives.

As for the matches, we had a number of close games and even had to square off against one another at some stage. The Veterans and Pentecost Teams got knocked out through the sudden-death halfway line kick-out (a most bizarre form of tie-breaker). At the end of the day, it was left to CMC to fly the flag of the District East TRAC churches, making it to the final of the Plate competition, with help from John. With Kevin also taking the field for them in the final, it came down again to the sudden-death halfway line kick-out, which we lost again (who practices these anyway?).

Veterans Szeto, Ramon and John

The joint-venture team playing under CMC colours after the Plate final

I had to leave after the final but was updated by Mark about the prize-giving. In addition to the participation trophies and 1st runner-up finish by CMC for the SoccerTron, CMC also bagged the Agape Cup 2009 Best Organised Team award and I received the Best Manager award. It has been a long (March - October) season, but very rewarding indeed. A big pat on the back for all those who had taken part in this year's Agape Cup and SoccerTron.