First of all wanna congratulate Sakura for becoming the BSU Winter Games Football Champion in London on the 13th of December 2008. Wooohooo… We battled and fought hard, gave 110% every game we played, our determination, never say die attitude and most importantly teamwork played a huge factor in our team success. And not to forget, by the will of Allah, we did it guyz!!! Alhamdulillah. Yeeeaaah…
It was a week full of mixed emotions, excited for the winter games and stressful times finishing of my assignments. I stayed up all night in the library for the last day of the school term doing all my work including a 00:00hr laundry service at Eastwood *hahaha* Alhamdulillah, was so relieved after 4pm on Friday when I finally hand in my last piece of coursework. I then went straight to the Sports Training Village (STV) track and field to jog for a few rounds finishing off my 2 weeks of fitness training programme for the BSU tourney. Now…it’s holiday and time to enjoy guyzzz! yaahooo…
Went to London on Friday evening with Kim, Amal, Najib and Emma. Had a meeting with Sakura players at Amin’s room around 10.30pm discussing our tactics for the tourney. Amin was so generous for letting me stay in his room that night. Thanx Captain :D The next day was a very big day for us as a team. Woke up around 9am having almost 9hrs of sleep although we felt we would like to sleep more than that hahaha It was raining in London on Saturday. It’s good that Westway Sports Centre is located under a flyover otherwise everyone would be soaking wet by the end of the event. My motivation was so high on that day that my head kept on saying we must be champion, enjoy the tourney, don’t be nervous and do your best and that was exactly what I did. Adding to this fiery spirit was the support I had from my special one. Thnx so much Sayang for accompanying me ;)
After playing 8 grueling matches and narrowly beating Amoref 1-0 in the final, we were finally crowned as the 2008 champion. UNDEFEATED and winning all 8 games. Especially for myself, this achievement is so wonderful as this is my 1st time to receive a gold medal in any sports activities :D I still can’t believe I achieved this milestone. But this doesn’t mean that the journey is over. There are many more tourneys to participate and I will try my best to achieve the same feat if I’m given the chance InshaAllah.
Finally, wanna thank everyone who supports Sakura for the encouragement you gave us. Will appreciate that always. Thanx again :) Next up, Spain on Friday. Will try to update my blog with pictures from my holidayz in a few weeks time InshaAllah. Cheers guyz. P.S: I’m missing you Sayang, enjoy your holiday trip and have a safe journey. Will see you next week. I really can’t wait to meet up with you.
