The first ever women’s FUTSAL five-a-side tournament organized by Fiji Football in the northern division over the weekend proved to be a success with a total of 14 teams participating in two grades.

The Sun and Sharma’s sponsored one day event at St Mary’s Primary School ground saw a colorful opening parade and competition at its best between the women teams coming from as far as Nadogo.

Wailevu won the Open grade title with Nadogo finishing as the runners up while All Saints Secondary scooped the secondary schools crown after beating Labasa Muslim College in the final.

Fiji FUTSAL official Hari Raj Naicker who coordinated the event said he was amazed with the enthusiasm and commitment of the female players in the northern division.

“The one day tournament was a success as the women players displayed outstanding football.”

“The young women have showed that football is not only popular amongst men in the division but women also and I am awed by the level of commitment of the players there.”

“FUTSAL is a new sport for the division yet the teams adapted to the rules quickly and played well.”

“We will be organizing more tournaments in the north in future and are working at organizing a national level inter district FUTSAL competition for women to coincide with our men’s inter district competition” he added.

The winners in both the categories walked away with $150 while the runners up got $50 for their efforts.

Fijilive

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