Victory for SABD in the inter-department football tournament

Recently, Taylors College Petalling Jaya held an inter-department football tournament and I was lucky enough to be apart of it. It was no English Premier League, but the matches were just as intense. School of Architecture, Building and Design (SABD) proved unbeatable when they emerged as champions of the TCPJ Inter-Program football tournament.

Organised by the Extra Curriculum Activities (ECA) department, the tournament was held from the 18th to the 22nd of February at the 3K stadium in Subang Jaya. The six teams that participated were from the School of Communication (SOC), School of Computing, SABD, School of Hospitality and Tourism (TCHT) and Taylors College’s staff. TCHT sent in two teams to represent them.

There were two groups of three with the top two teams advancing into the semi-finals. The preliminary rounds were held during the first three days of the tournament, with the semi’s being held on the fourth (Thursday). The final was held on the last day of the tournament, Friday, along with the third and fourth placing match.

The first semi-finals saw SOC losing 1-0 to SABD in a tightly contested match. The second semi-finals saw the Taylors staff team defeating the computing team 2-1.

On the final day of the tournament, SOC and the computing team battled it out for the third and the fourth placing. SOC won 1-0 in another tightly contested match which saw many goals line clearances by the SOC team.

The final was much anticipated affair with the favorites, SABD, taking on the surprise team of the tournament, the Taylors staff team. It was a very heated affair which saw the staff team go ten men down half way through the first half through an illegal high foot foul. The match ended with SABD clinching it 1-0.

Medals were presented to the winners by members of the ECA department. The best manager award went to SABD’s team manager, Ramanan, while the SABD forward Bahador Razaghi, bagged the top goal scorer award.

Mr. Murali, head of the ECA department, announced after the tournament that he has selected 20 of the students from the tournament to represent the Taylors’ team in the upcoming inter-college football tournament. :)