A team of fleet-footed footballers from WearCheck entered the first maritime industry friendly soccer tournament in the Western Cape recently, where hundreds of players from a range of marine-based businesses exchanged their workplaces for a football pitch, for the day.

During a fun-filled, spirited day, the WearCheck Warriors team won all three group games, but, as scores were tied nil-all at full time in the knock-out rounds, penalty shoot-outs cost them a chance at the finals.

Making up the team were staff from WearCheck’s Cape Town office, along with friends and colleagues from suppliers, including Meter Systems, Calberg Lubrication and Calberg Hydraulics.

Team captain Werner Buys, WearCheck Cape Town’s branch co-ordinator, was delighted with the day. ‘We won 2:1 against Viking Life Saving Equipment, next we beat Dormac 1:0, and lastly, our 2:0 score a gainst SAMSA (South African Maritime Safety Authority) was a sweet victory.  Unfortunately, in the knock-out round against Maritime Review we lost 1-0 in the penalty shoot-out.

‘WearCheck was one of the sponsors of the successful day, which also saw R22 000 raised by the Maritime Industry Soccer Tournament, towards a bursary for a marine engineering student.

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Players in the successful WearCheck Warriors football team were: Back row (left to right): Charlton Fortuin, Rendall van Ryhn, Hoosain Sydow, Bertram Snell, and Bradley Roode Front row (left to right): Ndiphe Gqolodashe, Werner Buys (team captain), Dominic Chanyan, Ashley Davids, and Kenneth Mubeti

Greased lightning! Rendall van Rhyn of the WearCheck Warriors deftly fights off the opposition.
Helping him defend are Dominic Chanyan and Werner Buys in the goals.