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A football tournament is one of the Singapore Democratic Party’s (SDP) latest attempts to reach out to Singaporeans on the ground.
The SDP’s Youth Wing held their first football tournament last year – it was the first football tournament in Singapore organized by a political party and featured individuals such as Dr Wong Wee Nam and Dr James Gomez showing off their skills on the pitch.
This year’s tournament will take place on the 22nd of September, Saturday, at KickersBay@IndianAssociation. The SDP welcomes all members of the public to participate in the competition regardless of age, gender or political affiliation. Teams of 6 players with 3 reserves will vie for the SDP Challenge Trophy, which will have the winning team’s name engraved on it.
More information on the rules and format of the competition may be found here, and registration must be done by 15th September 2012.
The SDP uses football partly as a way of re-instilling a sense of community and national loyalty that they feel is lacking amongst today’s youths. According to its website, many youths resort to gangs and other anti-social behaviour because of the lack of such sentiment. By using sports to re-integrate youths into society, the SDP hopes to make them more interested in current affairs and more committed to the greater good of this country.
For a better sense of what the tournament is like, here is a video of last year’s event:
