Chronicle

The PASCAL ChronicleFIRST U15 INTERSCHOOL GIRLS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENTPASCAL English School Lefkosia hosted the first Interschool Girls football tournament that began early Decemberand ended at the end of April. Ten private schools participated with teams from Lefkosia, whichwere then divided into two groups. Each school competed for a place in the final after succeeding in bothquarter-final and semi-final games. The final was hosted at the PASCAL English School football facilities atthe end of April. This event was organized by the CFA under the auspices of UEFA.Present at the event was the president of the Cyprus Football Association Mr. Costakis Koutsokoumnis.Officiating at the event were international representatives including Steffi Jones, the ambassador of UEFAfor Women’s Football and Emily Sio, UEFA’s Director of the Development Programme for women’s football.Their presence marks an important milestone in Cyprus’ women’s football as UEFA was an instigating factorin the success of the event. Stefi Jones is known as one of the best female football players, who completedher football career with over 100 games for the national team of Germany. She also received gold medalsin the Olympic Games of Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004. She has been UEFA’s representative for thedevelopment of women’s football in Europe since 2011.The event was cheered on by visiting delegations from Malta, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Bulgaria who attendedthe Grassroot seminar in Cyprus. Students from PASCAL English School participated and receivedpositive comments on their sportsmanship. The girls who attended representing the school spoke fondly oftheir experience and look forward to participating in another such event in the coming years. We would liketo congratulate our pupils Eleni Demosthenous 2A, Antigoni Soteriou 2A, Sophia Christodoulou 2A, ChrysoPitsillide 2A, Erica Ioannides 2B, Katerina Nioullikou 2D, Andrea Pilava 2D, Katerina Kourouklari 3D.48