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Phuket International youth football tournament kicks off

Phuket International youth football tournament kicks off

FOOTBALL: Forty youth football teams from around Asia will gather in Thalang district this weekend for an international football tournament organised by Phuket Soccer Schools (PSS).

Thursday 7 February 2013 09:47 AM


 

PSS head coach Martin Hill told The Phuket News that the tournament had attracted seven teams from Singapore, three from Hong Kong, four from Bangkok, seven from Koh Samui, and 18 from Phuket.

The competition is divided into Under 8, Under 10, Under 12, and Under 14 age groups, with squads of approximately nine players for the five and six-player games.

The tournament runs from 9am until 2pm on Saturday and Sunday, at the Thanyapura Sports and Leisure Club ground in Thalang, where specators can watch from the ground’s covered seating area.

There will be a brief opening ceremony at 8.30am on Saturday, and the prize-giving will take place at 1 pm on Sunday, with professional football players from Phuket FC helping distribute the prizes.