The first one was held on Saturday, August 11th in Verrettes between 4 schools in the area. We had four teams play in the morning, and a final in the afternoon. In this case, the home team, La Providence, won the tournament. More importantly, 11 people indicated they trusted Christ and are being followed up with.
This tournament in Verrettes was observed by a delegation of 13 from Ambassadors in Sport International. There were coaches from Brazil, Peru, Mexico, South Africa and the US present. They were all thrilled with the level of play and the evangelistic component of the tournament.
The second tournament was held from August 14 to 18th and involved 8 schools from 2 neighboring towns: Archaie and St. Marc.
First game of the Archaie tournament
Each town had four teams play to determine a town champion.
The match to determine the town champion of St. Marc was played at a small home-made stadium in the neighborhood of "Cite" in St. Marc. This game drew a large crowd. The seats were shaded and even more comfortable than the professional stadium!
Praying before the game!
The team that won the St. Marc Championship was from the Ebenezer school and won one game 4-0 and the other 3-0 so they weren't really challenged.
The team that won the Archaie tournament won their first game on penalty kicks and the second by only 1-0.
Then on Saturday, the two town champions played in an inter-city championship match.
The final between the two towns was played in the professional stadium in St. Marc which was a very nice grass field with solid goals and nicely laid out.
During the first 10 minutes of the final the teams were playing pretty evenly, but then Archaie scored on a shot from outside, and the Archaie team just started to pass around St. Marc. Once Archaie discovered that the St. Marc goalie could not handle high shots over his head, they scored two other goals in the first half, and added three more in the second.
The team from Archaie was well coached by a former professional player who had played against the Cleveland City Stars back in 2007 and had scored the winning goal. Coach Menard now has a soccer school in Archaie and is clearly doing a good job coaching the school team at Toussaint Louverture school which won the tournament.
During this tournament we estimate that at least 40 people trusted in Christ. We will have more exact figures later after we go over the response cards.
Many thanks to the volunteer committees in Archaie and St. Marc that helped make these tournaments possible, and to the finances of the Canadian "HEADR" team that financed the meals provided each day and the transportation.
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