University of Waterloo hosts indoor soccer tournament

by Andrew Nynka

KITCHENER, Ontario - The University of Waterloo Ukrainian Students' Klub (UWUSK) hosted its second annual Indoor Soccer Tournament on October 12-13. This year's tournament, held at the Kitchener Soccer Park in Kitchener, Ontario, drew eight teams with participants coming from around the United States and Canada to compete with other university Ukrainian student clubs.

This years champions, a combined team from St. Catharine's, Ontario, and Detroit, beat the University of Toronto Ukrainian Students Association in the final on Saturday.

Also competing were teams from the Rutgers Ukrainian Students' Club, the University of Ottawa, Carleton Ukrainian Students' Club, McMaster Ukrainian Students' Association, the University of Michigan, plus representatives of Plast in Toronto and SUM (Ukrainian Youth Association) in Mississauga.

The teams played in a round-robin format to determine placement in the single-elimination playoff. Several of the playoff games extended to a shoot-out in order to determine a winner.

The tournament was followed by an awards presentation and banquet on Saturday night at the Ukrainian Catholic Center in Kitchener, Ontario. Providing music for the evening's dance was the Oshawa-based band Dunai.

The tournament's organizer, Roman Dykyj, president of the UWUSK, commented on the success of the event, saying that the UWUSK "is extremely satisfied with the success and turnout for the weekend and looks forward to hosting the third annual Indoor Soccer Tournament next year."

Mr. Dykyj hopes to have a larger turnout next year and is actively inviting other Ukrainian student organizations to participate.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, October 28, 2001, No. 43, Vol. LXIX

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