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and Regular & Munich with
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Presidential Sweet
FOOTBALL

UKAF girls ground flying Dutch but MDS slip to loss

CHASE DOWN: Main, action
from the UKAF Ladies win in
the first of a double-header of
football, below, Cpl Mike Campbell
hassles a dutch defender during the
President’s Cup clash at Cosford.
PHOTOS: SAC NICK EGAN

THE UKAF ladies made it three- following a well-worked headed The men’s clash saw the teams
in-a-row to retain the President’s goal from AB Ciara Boylan at the leave the field after a torrential
Cup with a 2-1 win over the Dutch near post, and despite the visitors downpour, with the Dutch 1-0 up.
Armed Forces for the perfect dominating the midfield it took A goal straight from the restart and
send off for head coach Sgt Paul until just after the restart to find a an own goal by Cpl Carl Evans set
O’Brien. leveller. It took a Cpl Rachel Rigby the seal on the tie, with the visitors
The Cosford-hosted double- header after 80 minutes to win it. bagging a fourth for good measure.
header saw a combined UKAF ladies captain, Spr Combined team captain SAC
development and senior men’s team Shannon Weston said: “The game Ross Gibbery said: “We were
coached by FS Leon Duke face the could have gone either way, but looking for our MDS lads to step
Dutch in the second match of the thankfully we got two good headed up, but the Dutch are a really
day, losing 4-0 after a 30-minute goals. strong side. We missed a lot of
match break following a torrential “For us to get together after three opportunities, and we suffered
downpour. weeks of intense Inter-Service’s from the rain delay so there were
The women’s clash produced the competition is a challenge, but we some tough tests out there for us.”
perfect start to the day, as they went make it work, today the girls are Follow the team on Twitter @
into an early lead after 13 minutes amazing.” UKArmedForcesFA.

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