The cold winds and occasional rain showers did not spoil the enthusiasm of the many young players of different ages who participated in this year’s Christmas Fun Football Friendly Games, organised by the Sliema Wanderers nursery at their com-plex in Tignè.

In order to stress the elements of fun and development in these matches for young players, no scores and position tables were kept. This policy was also aimed to encourage the coaches to give playing time to all their players,

In a statement, Claude Chetcuti and Martin Sacco, the head coaches at the Sliema Wan-derers nursery and co-ordinators of the week-long festival, thanked officials and coaches of all participating teams for their co-operation.

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