March 7, 2018, Dubai Men’s College Sports Day: CUD’s men’s football and volleyball teams both made it on the podium at the DMC Sports Day event, but missed the top spot. The teams brought home silver and bronze respectively, and valuable experience for next year. Eight teams took part in both sports. They were organized in a round-robin format, with four teams in each section followed by the semi-final and the final.
Our football team finished in second place as the runner-up behind Hamdan University. Full time ended in a 2-2 draw. Unfortunately, we lost 5-4 in the penalty shoot-out.
Our volleyball team finished in third place, beating Sharjah Men’s College in the third-place play-off.
Ahmed Omar, football team captain said, “Although we played well and should have avoided the draw, we were just unlucky and couldn’t manage to clinch it on penalties.”
Rawad Yamout, captain of the volleyball team, said, “It was a great experience and we learned a lot.”
Summarizing the competition, John Sherratt, CUD Sports Manager, said, “Both teams played extremely well as this was their first appearance in the competition. We just lacked the ability to see the games to the end. We are happy to have had this experience and will use it to do better next year.”
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