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UWC SOCCER GREATS AIM TO PLOUGH BACK
2020 will see a reunion of empowerment and football brilliance grace the campus By Myolisi
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s UWC celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, footballers of the past years are set to converge on campus in March – but not just to reminisce and party, though. While alumni will reconnect and socialise at the UWC Soccer Legends Reunion on 27 and 28 March, they will also host football matches for clubs from various disadvantaged communities and discuss ways to give back to these communities. “The Rector (Professor Tyrone Pretorius) has challenged us not to just come here to reminisce, socialise, connect and go back but to also leave a mark that can have an ongoing effect,” explains Malcolm Nasson, a member of the Soccer Legends Reunion’s organising committee. Clockwise from right: Prof Tyrone Pretorius during his days as a UWC footballer; A pre-match picture of the 1983/4 team; The UWC first team of 1980/1.
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