AUK show their class, clinch Cups By John Mathews

Courtesy of the Arab Times
14th March, 2006
Event was held on 12th March, 2006

Kuwait City, March 12: The Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) in partnership with American University of Kuwait (AUK) and Gulf University of Science and Technology (GUST) held a "Private Universities Championship Cup" at the ACK campus, Sunday.The two major events were the Men's Soccer and the Ladies' Volleyball. The is the second competition of this kind to be held this year.

The ACK Ladies' Volleyball Team defeated Gust 2-0, but were in turn beaten by AUK 2-1. ACK were ahead 20-10 against AUK in the first set before losing it. Then they took the second set fairly easily, but lost the third one. In the other fixture, AUK beat GUST 2-0 and went on to win the competition.

In the Men's Soccer, ACK edged GUST 1-0 in the first match. In the second one AUK defeated GUST 1-0, while in the third fixture, ACK held a 1-0 against AUK, before being edged out in the second half 4-1. AUK were declared the winners of the tournament. Indvidual awards too were given to the outstanding players. In the Ladies' Volleyball, Fay Al-Homoud was chosen as the MVP (Most Valuable Player) while the honor for Best Defensive Player went to Michelle Venter. In the Men's Soccer Jassim Al-Hassawi was named the MVP and Abdullah Al-Sabah as Leading Soccer.

Speaking during the award presenting ceremony, Kawthar Abu Gazellah, Vice-President, ACK said that the sports event "was a great success" and all three institutions enjoyed the great competition. "It was great to see the students and staff from different colleges and universities participate in this event and we hope to have many more in the future."

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AUK's Ladies' Volleyball Team

AUK's Men's Soccer Team