We won the football!

"Good morning," Khalifa said this morning as he put not one, but two trophies on my desk! I stared at them for a moment before realising what they were. Before I could ask him what the match was like, he was walking down the corridor and into class so he left me looking at the football trophies in astonishment. Then, I got excited and ran down the corridor with a trophy in each hand to show everyone. We've won the football!

At A+, we play 5-a-side football every Monday evening at Woodbourn Road football pitch. It's a very popular social activity and we often end up playing 7 or 8-a-side as more people sign up for it. We've been playing there for years but have got a bit more organised recently and started playing in the league. 

The organisers put us in the Championship Division and we've been steadily getting better and better with each match and getting higher and higher in the league. Last night was the final and we were quietly confident that we'd have a fighting chance at the top spot. We'd very recently persuaded Munur, a professional footballer in his native Cyprus, to play for us and he was so good that he scored 8 goals and won 'man of the match!' Khalifa, our team captain has been a stalwart, organising a team each time they played. Aqeel played so hard last night that he injured both his knees and is currently at home recovering. Our other fantastic players were Pastor, Nicolas and Javier. It was a tough game and the other team put up a good defence but in the end, they were no competition for us and we won the match 17-9! I think you'll join me in congratulating the team on a well-deserved win!