Tianjin sent two teams with almost 20 players. With a respectable 7th and 9th place our teams performed well. Both teams worked hard and showed good potential for their next matches. One of the players, Jeff Ma came 1 goal short to be the tournament top-scorer. 

However, no matter winning or losing, the tournament result wasn’t the main priority. That was sportsmanship, integrity, teamwork and comradery within your team and with other players in the Wellington Group. In this, the Tianjin teams excelled.

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After the matches, all the players joined for a well-deserved barbeque. It was a unique opportunity for staff and parents to mingle and share a few drinks with peers from other schools; probably the first of its kind in the group’s history.

The Tianjin players who stayed overnight, visited some of Hangzhou’s famous tourist sites on Sunday, like the West Lake and the finish point of the Grand Canal of China. This made the trip down to Hangzhou even more memorable. 

One day after the tournament representatives from Shanghai Wellington and Nantong Huili offered to host the 2025 event. All Tianjin Wellington parents are invited to join our Friday football to be well prepared for next year. We will organize several matches and fun activities, like the upcoming Father’s Day football tournament-BBQ. We hope that many sign up so that we can grow and improve our Parents' team.