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| Captain Miron performing the kick-off. |
The second edition of the SPDP Mambong (Tarat and Bengoh constituencies) football tournament was jointly kick-off on November 4, 2012 at Siburan Mini Stadium by SPDP vice president Captain Zainuddin Tan Sri Hamdan Sirat and chairman of SPDP Tarat Captain Miron Ganguly.
A total 54 teams registered and participated in the competition - 44 in the open's category and 10 teams in the veteran's category.
Also in the fray was Team SPDP 40 marshalled by six ex-state football players, namely
Ramles Sari, Ramos Sari, Bobby Pian, Louis Jakai, Petrus Lassek and Tader
Mogig.
SPDP 40 is the favourite to win the veteran category of the tournament.
SPDP 40 is the favourite to win the veteran category of the tournament.
SPDP president who is also Social Development Minister Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom will officiate at the closing ceremony and give away the prizes to the winners after the final matches of both categories at the Siburan Mini Stadium on Dec 23.
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Captain Zainuddin was delighted to notice the encouraging entries in the tournament saying that several teams could
not make it to the tournament as the entries has reached the maximum number.
“As such we would like to extend our
apology to those teams and we hope to have them in our future tournaments,” he said.
Meanwhile chairman of the tournament
organising committee Tader Mogig said the standard of the tournament is high
with many teams engaging quality players.
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| Captain Miron (fourth right) with Team SPDP 4 players. |
