Wake up at 6 a.m, call your designated friend to wake him up, brush your teeth, grab your football gear and drive to the field. Since more than 10 years, Sunday mornings are meant for football. That’s how our fathers did it and that’s how we do it… at least we’re to.
Down the years, a simple activity such as playing football has become more and more tedious in Mauritius. From a glorious pool of 25 highly competitive players kicking the ball around on the University of Mauritius football field on Sunday mornings, only two players remain today. But we just won’t let it go away that easily.
Faced with the events of the day, we decided to start this blog. Our objective: tell our story to the world and, in doing so, motivate young Mauritian football players to join our ranks. We are amateurs, we love football and we need you!
Help us save our football!
Chapter 3 – Episode 1: Promising Start
Chapter 3 – Episode 2: Failure
Chapter 3 – Episode 3: Attack of the “Cagenappers”
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July 28, 2009 at 07:11
Avinash Meetoo
Nice initiative
For some years, I played football on Saturday mornings. Unfortunately, as most of my friends and colleagues (and myself) were getting older (and some were starting to have health issues — aching knees for instance), we stopped.
July 28, 2009 at 09:12
1132nd
Thanks for your comment Avinash. Glad to have a “guru” in blogging in our humble abode! Even though your football friends have all “retired”, we’d like to ask for a favor. Could you please just spread the word around for us? There must be a pool of amateur football players in the Mauritian blogosphere and we’d like them to join us.
July 28, 2009 at 10:35
sjdvda
As a young college student, I have time to play football but I really appreciate your initiative.
If you think I can help you in any way, just send me an email and I’ll do my best. I can place an ad for you on my blog if you want.
July 28, 2009 at 10:40
Sun
Mee too.. for almost two year i use to play football early sunday morning! but let me tell u that its we havnt stopped. We still play on sundays.. but in afternoons.. even saturdays!
XD
good blog! kip it going!
Rock ON!!
July 28, 2009 at 12:30
1132nd
@ sjdvda & Sun
Ultimately, our goal is to bolster our team with more players. If you can’t join us physically, please spread the word around – we believe we can get things moving with this blog! I have already designed a sheath that will allow me to place my LG Viewty mobile phone to record (125 fps) phases of our next match. Just to give a glimpse of the serenity of the MGI football fields at sunrise and try to convey what it’s like. But if you want to experience it first hand, you’re most welcome to join us! If you have transportation problems, we actually have people moving from Port Louis, Quatre Bornes and Rose Hill who could give you a ride.
November 1, 2009 at 22:21
Gaia
there are many girls who love to play football maybe its high time Mauritius also promote the female soccer here
November 9, 2009 at 13:31
1132nd
Nice to have a girl around here. And i’ll kick the ball right at you: does Mauritius need to promote football (we’re pro-football here, no americanisation please
) for women to get them to play or the other way round..? I bet that if you can gather two girl teams for indoor football at the UoM gym, this will spark something. On n’est jamais mieux servi que par soi-même, and I’m ready (until my knee gets better that is) to match you on a football field anytime!
November 20, 2009 at 01:04
Gaia
My dear, je releve le defi!
mark my word girls are better than guys at football