History was made as Pretoria Flickers Club decided to "spread it's wings" and stage the 2018 League 1 Cup in the city of Kempton Park on the East Rand of our province. This implied that Gary Downs would enjoy true "home ground" advantage, as the event took place in Gary's home suburb of Bonaero Park! The event drew a small crowd of 5 entires, with 4 players from Pretoria making the trip to Bonaero Park.
Highlights from the day:
Round 1 produced a 0-0 draw in the "derby" match of Jayden vd Merwe vs Kegan vd Merwe. Elsewhere, Bevin Reed had to work hard for a 1-0 victory over host
Gary Downs - inflicting Gary's only loss of the day!
Conway Julie took the headlines in Round 2 as he first earned a 1-1 draw against Kegan, and then frustrating Bevin with some sound goalkeeping to survive an onslaught and earn a 0-0 draw.
Round 3 produced a 0-0 stalemate between heavyweights Jayden & Bevin. Gary then recorded his first win on the day - thanks to a great goal for a 1-0 win over Conway.
In Round 4, Gary beat Kegan by 1-0 to temporarily lead the standings. Elsewhere, Conway came from a goal down to force a 1-1 draw against Jayden.
Then, we witnessed one of the best Subbuteo matches in a long while amonst the Pretoria based players - a fast paced, "no quarters given" match unfolded between Kegan and Bevin. With both players throwing caution to the wind, we witnessed an end to end game with Kegan triumphing by 1-0 in a "must win" match for Bevin. The win saw Kegan secure the runner's up spot, but most importantly the result "handed" Gary Downs the 2018 League 1 title ! A fitting end to an exciting day of Subbuteo action.
Well done to Gary for securing his first ever WASPA title !
Finally, a very special thank you to our host on the day, Gary Downs.
The PFC website & facebook page will be updated shortly with photo's & news content at:
http://pfctest.leaguerepublic.com
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(report by Julian vd Merwe)
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