Indoor football is about to take centre stage at Kings Sports Centre.
The 2012 Cayman World Cup of football is slated to take place this Friday and Saturday, 10-11 February. Matches take place at Kings Sports Centre and are being organized by Cayman Sports Authority.
An annual competition, games centre on locals representing their various countries in five-a-side football. Residents have suited up for a number of nations over the years in Africa, Canada, Costa Rica, England, Scotland and Ireland.
Some interesting developments have occurred this week leading up to the World Cup. Various countries have been unable to source a team and the result is the tournament will take on a more friendly mood with exhibition games.
Nevertheless, focus remains on team Honduras. The Central Americans have won the tournament, which has only been in existence for three years, on three straight occasions. The Bay Islands boys are the reigning dynasty and pressure remains on nations like Jamaica, England and Costa Rica to beat the squad in the finals.
News of the World Cup comes as the mens and co-ed five-a-side leagues wind down their seasons at Kings. Also the sports authority are fresh off staging the annual Cayman Islands Humane Society Kickball fundraiser tournament. That competition attracted eight teams at the Field of Dreams facility in George Town. Maples would take the title of kickball champions away from 2011 winners the Doghouse Devils by edging BDO and the WestStar TV Kick Stars in the 2012 playoffs.
To be clear, kickball is a hybrid sport which has been a childhood favourite for many Cayman residents. Also known as soccer-baseball, kickball features the same rules as in baseball with the big difference being one must kick a large rubber ball rather than hit a baseball with a bat.
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