What better way for a club to celebrate its 10th birthday than pick up some more silverware to add to its already well-stocked trophy cabinet? That’s exactly what happened over the weekend with the EAWF ‘Olhão over 60s team’ clinching the main prize at this year’s Walking Football Festival at Browns Sports Resort in Vilamoura.
High drama was maintained until the very last kick of the game which saw ‘Olhão’ win a penalty shoot-out to claim victory over Sporting Ramsgits in the cup final. To add even more plaudits to their success, the team remained unbeaten through the whole tournament.
This was the seventh year a walking football event has been hosted at Browns resort with a 5-a-side format of matches over two days in over 50s and over 60s mixed categories.
This year has also seen a new event at Browns which hosted an inaugural women’s over 40s competition.
In both the mixed and ladies’ competitions, all teams play a similar number of games, starting with round robin matches that decide which teams go on to play for the four trophies on offer in the knock-out stages.
A slightly slower paced, minimal contact but no less competitive version of the beautiful game, walking football has taken off across Europe in recent years. Indeed, EAWF was the first club to introduce walking football to Portugal and is extremely proud of its history.
READ MORE at source: https://www.portugalresident.com/tournament-success-for-east-algarve-walking-football
EAWF offers sessions each week in Tavira and Olhão and regularly hosts teams from abroad visiting the East Algarve.
For more information about EAWF, visit their website at www.eastalgarvewf.com
Author: The Walking Football
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