ASK and GES Crowned Champions of the 3rd Annual High School Football Tournament at AUK

The Office of Admissions at the American University of Kuwait (AUK) held its 3rd Annual High school Football Tournament (HSFT). This year, nine schools participated with their boys and girls teams. The four finalists were The English Academy, The American School of Kuwait, Gulf English School (GES), and Lycée Français de Koweït (LFK).

For the second consecutive year, the GES boys team was crowned the champion of the 3rd Annual Football Tournament. Also winning the tournament for the second year in a row was the ASK girls team.

Sponsored by the AUK Office of Admissions, the Football Tournament is held annually to engage High school students in different activities, and to provide a venue to promote healthy competition among students. According to Maher Dabbouseh, Director of Admissions at AUK, the purpose of such activities is to encourage youngsters to compete against one another in friendly matches while touching base with the "lively, active, and diverse environment of AUK."

The final award ceremony was held on March 19th, whereby the champions of the tournament and the title winners were recognized. AUK President, Dr. Winfred Thompson, was present in the awards ceremony to hand trophies and medals to the winning teams.

This year, the boys title winners included; Rabiea Al-Jerbi, from ASK, as the "Golden Boot" awardee after scoring 10 Goals in the tournament; Sulaiman Al-Attar, from GES, as the "Most Valuable Player"; and Haydar Dashti, from GES, as the "Best Goal Keeper" by conceding 3 goals only through-out the whole tournament. From the girl teams; Emily Halal, from ASK, came as the "Golden Boot" awardee; "Racil Hammine", from LFK, as the "Most Valuable Player"; and Deemah Al-Selmi, from ASK, as the "Best Goalkeeper" by conceding only one goal throughout the whole tournament.

Released by the Office of Public Affairs on the 28th March 2013