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Ray Bande
Senior Reporter
SUNNY Sunday afternoon provided a serene ambiance befitting for a social soccer fiesta that deservedly tuned Dangamvura’s Beit Hall Ground into the proverbial Piccadilly Circus.
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London’s West End in the City of Westminster and the name is now commonly used to refer to a place or situation which is extremely busy with people.
A huge turnout, nowadays no longer typical of competitive football matches, but rather Christian prophetic ministry gatherings, thronged Dangamvura Beit Hall Ground for the four-team social soccer gala.
People from different walks of life created an electric atmosphere that will go down as a testimony of the increasing popularity of social football matches around the country.
Dhunza, Rozvie, Chipolopolo and All Stars clubs played their matches on a round robin basis, with visiting neighbours, Rozvie emerging victorious.
The host of last Sunday’s event at Dangamvura Beit Hall Ground, Dhunza Night Spot proprietor, Daniel Magaisa, said: “We really had a lot of fun during the event. It was just yet another reminder of how people are so much into social soccer these days.
“We will continue having similar matches and competitions so that our patrons and workers have time to unwind while doing something that is beneficial to their health.
“We will have another match against a team that is yet to be confirmed at the same venue this weekend. We urge other outlets to form teams just for the sake of the wellness of their patrons and workers.”
On Sunday, Rozvie is hosting Ghetto Stars at its home ground of Rujeko Primary School where the usual big crowd of spectators is expected ahead of a much bigger social soccer fete set for the same venue during the Easter holiday.
Apparently, the social soccer frenzy engulfing the eastern border City of Mutare in recent months is on a roll with more teams, churches, hospitality industry players and community based teams included, sweating it out every other weekend.
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