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Monday, February 22, 2010

Round Ball wins first ‘mashup’ encounter

Tom Weedon works hard for the ball.
Sam Shoemark made a huge impression in the first leag of the Mash-up Cup.
The Round Ball Junior Mash-up Cup squad.

The Round Ball defeated Warrnambool Wolves 7 – 0 in the inaugural under 14 Mashup Cup at Grant High School today.
The success of women’s football and an idea suggested on local radio was the inspiration behind the mixed soccer tournament.

The Round Ball chief executive Scott Dickson credits South East radio personality Gordon Milosevic as the inspiration for the concept.

“Milo has spoken about the future of soccer many times on the Saturday Morning Sports Show on 5SE,” Dickson said.

“He has suggested mixed soccer as a natural progression of the social game and we were keen to give it a go.

“For many years female players have played in local soccer matches and the Round Ball and many others have mixed girls and boys to create good outcomes and to extend individual players.

“This is different though; this is a competitive fixture against a talented opposition who places a high degree of importance on co-educational football.”

A return match will be played in Warrnambool next Sunday.

http://www.borderwatch.com.au/archives/6436

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