Corporate Inspi(RED) Tournament

After a very successful Thanksgiving we spent Saturday, Nov. 27th, shedding some of our newly acquired pounds while working the Corporate Inspi(RED) Tournament. In order to raise funds and awareness Grassroot Soccer invited 16 corporations from around Cape Town to submit a team to our tournament. Abigail did a fantastic job organizing and the day took place with a hitch! Throughout the day corporations battled it out on the field and then were brought together immediately following their games to participate in Skillz practices led by our Cape Town coaches.  All in all, the event was a huge success that resulted in lots of awareness and some very significant fund raising!

Highlight of the Day: One of the corporations signed up a team but then was unable to find enough players. While most people would pull out the team coordinator instead called GRS and asked that we keep their money and invite a team from Khayelitsha to play in their place. The guy from the corp. came to the tournament, spent the morning with the team, and they ended up winning the whole thing!!

Sunday, after far too long, Jules, Jeremy, Emma, Sara, Lizzy, Kristin, Mags, T and I headed to Muizenberg where we got to catch some waves. Cloudy skies but warm water (thank goodness for the Indian ocean!) and delicious sandwiches resulted in a really great afternoon.