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Two weekends ago, I attended a special event in my kids school. It was Parents vs. Teachers Football Fiesta, where male parents competed against male teachers, and female parents competed against female teachers. It was a fun and exciting event where we didn't only keep fit but also had fun memories with fellow parents and a fun time with our kids teachers. More of a parents-teachers fun time, it's a win-win.
This type of event usually comes once in awhile and so far , I have been participating, each year, it kept getting better and better. I think I love this idea from the school, where once in a while, parents will be invited to come have a fun time amidst the hustle and bustle of life. It's not as if the school had inter-house sports or a different special event; no, the school proprietor thought that most parents were almost busy with work and might never make it out to exercise and stay healthy. So as a way to encourage fitness and also for parents to have this social relationship with each other, she usually hosts this healthy, friendly match once in a while.
This time around, every parent who attended the event was given a free jersey, fruits, water, and food. I think it's nice from the school without having to task us for it. Of course they can chose to keep their money to themselves, but they were thoughtful to always hold this kind of event for the benefit of interested parents and teachers.
The event proper
Male parents and male teachers started first, while we, the females, were warming up, feeding our eyes, watching them play, and shouting out for them in excitement. It was simply fun even though the male teachers scored 6 against the male parents, who scored 3, hahaha. It's understandable; parents have lots of responsibilities, so not much strength to play the game and win, hehe😃
It was our turn to play, and we all marched into the field with confidence that we were going to win the game against the female teachers. I should have known that those people were prepared for D-day, hehehe 😃. I think the most important thing is that we had fun; it doesn't matter who won. Hint: Don't ask me who won this round.. lolz.
Our coach gave us the needed instructions, and we began the game. It was not in anywhere close to a professional match as my gender was busy pushing each other and even playing when the ball was behind the bar, all joined. 😃.But then, there's this little girl who I call small but mighty... see her below.
She dealt with me during the match; that's me behind her in the image, lolz. She is simply very good at playing football, obviously, she has been training well. She was everywhere, always attacking my team, especially me. 😃... I was surprised the camera man captured every move on how she snatched the ball away from me. I feel shy like this, hehehe.
My fellow parents did well; I wasn't expecting how heated the game was. Even though the teachers won, it was almost at the eleventh hour when we were tired running around the field.
Overall, the main idea of this event is to encourage parents to keep fit despite their busy schedules and also to build social connections. It was an exciting and memorable event, just as anticipated.
Images are mine.
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