It's good to finally start our first official post and even better to do it with this video and the story behind it. As promised, theRYGOchannel will try to showcase as much football related videos and news both internationally and local to Barbados, and this video vividly depicts some of the bountiful talent in Barbadian football. The story behind this video is phenomenal, and it lucidly illustrates what RYGO is all about.
It started with a couple of brothers who were keen to play the sport we all love. With not many areas in the island that cater solely to football, they managed to arrange games on certain days at the hockey turf with the turf officials. I have enjoyed many days playing my football in such an environment; a decent quality turf field; sturdy goal bars; timed games and most importantly a very vibrant and friendly atmosphere among all who played.
As word began to spread, the amount of footballers seeking a good run out rapidly increased, thus, more teams were then able to be formed, allowing "beat offs", where the winning team stays on the turf, while the losing team is replaced by another. After a couple of months, playing footy at the "turf" was official, dragging people from all over the island to meet at a set time, just to play some football.
It's more than worthy to note that the quality of football on the turf had increased over the months, as the players were able to have a decent place to hone their skills. This by no means is shocking, as a prerequisite to become good at anything one may do, is, of course, relishing competition, and that was becoming quite intensified.
Now that the two brothers had a loyal bunch of avid guys (and girl) who would come on particular days to have a sweat, a tournament was subsequently coordinated and executed to perfection. The effort these two brothers put into planning and structuring the tournament is very impressive, kudos to them.
When we talk about football, we talk about passion. I believe that the passion a true lover of the game may have for this sport is unparallelled to anything. I've woken up many early mornings after late, late, late nights just to watch my favoured team play, I've even been "excused" from school with a "doctors/dentist appointment" just so I can watch the game live on television. This passion has driven the two brothers, Justin and Tyler Browne to plan and execute such a tedious and time consuming tournament, which is now a regular event when they are on vacation from their studies.
We would like to thank both Justin and Tyler for allowing us to display this video on theRYGOchannel and we encourage you two to keep it going!
The footage displayed is some of the highlights from the tournament. Leave a comment, let us know what you think about it.
