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Inter Mosque 5-a-side Football Cup
MERSEYSIDE Police’s Prevent team have pulled their
football boots on for a tournament with representatives from 7 Mosques, in the
Merseyside area. The 1st Merseyside Inter Mosque 5-a-side Football Cup took
place at Toxteth Fire Fit Hub, on Upper Warwick Street, on Sunday, 10 July 2016.
The Prevent team at Merseyside Police invited mosques from around Merseyside to
take part in the tournament. And after a gruelling competition which saw a
league of 8 teams each play a total of 7, 20 minute games, the team from Al-Taiseer
Mosque were crowned champions and presented with a glistening trophy and medals.
They had lined up alongside teams from Al Rahma Mosque, Whetstone Lane Mosque,
St Helens Mosque/Penny Lane Mosque, Abdullah Quilliam Mosque and 2 teams from
Ottoman Social Complex. The Prevent Team at Merseyside Police work with a wide
range of sectors including education, criminal justice, faith, charities and
health to provide advice and support to prevent people at risk from being drawn
into radicalisation, and improve community relations. Constable John Ward from
the Prevent team, who helped organise the event and played on the day, said:-
"This tournament is not only a great way for us to meet members of the Muslim
community in a fun setting, it also provides a good opportunity for
representatives of Mosques from across Merseyside to meet each other. It’s also
a great way of promoting fitness, friendship and most of all fun. We hope to
organise many more in future. It was a good natured, but fiercely competitive
day. The only downside was that the Prevent team didn't come out on top!"
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