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15 June 2009:
Cygnet Hospital Beckton win the Cygnet Annual Football Tournament 2009

The Cygnet Annual Football Tournament has been running since 2006, so far in previous years, Beckton has won the title twice and Stevenage once. This year (2009), it was held on a hot summers' day at Powerleague in Beckton. We had good support from other Cygnet Units with Cygnet Hospital Wyke and Bierley submitting a team, and Cygnet Hospital Stevenage and Cygnet Hospital Harrow bringing a team along too.

The teams played in a league system tournament with Cygnet Hospital Beckton - (including Lee Hammon, Managing Director in the Midfield!) beating Cygnet Hospital Wyke 7-3 in a tense final game to win the tournament.

The winning team from Cygnet Hospital Beckton

Afterwards we had food, a raffle and a DJ and some team-building at Goodmayes Social Club. A big thank-you to all who took part and special thanks to Andrea Kirkby for helping to organise the event and to Wyke and Bierley for travelling all the way down to London for the day.

The day was well supported by staff too, cheering on their teams on the side-lines. We hope to see more units taking part in 2010 to make the competition stiffer; can Beckton retain the trophy for the second year running??? We'll see...

 

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