{"id":136558,"date":"2016-02-28T22:40:44","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T12:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=136558"},"modified":"2020-10-21T18:31:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T08:31:16","slug":"scorching-hot-soccer-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/02\/28\/scorching-hot-soccer-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Scorching Hot Soccer Success"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jai Durham, Matt Wakeley and Christian Sutton, from Kingaroy, had a front row seat for the action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Men’s Grand final was keenly contested between Merry Men and Kawana Bananas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 29, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

The weather gods smiled on this weekend’s Soccer Sevens Carnival in Kingaroy allowing the big weekend of super short seven-a-side soccer matches to go ahead without a hitch.<\/p>\n

And for the third carnival in a row, the Kawana Bananas proved too slippery for the opposition, taking out the hotly contested Men’s competition.<\/p>\n

The Soccer Sevens was washed out in 2012 and 2015 but the years in between belonged to Kawana.<\/p>\n

It was also the third carnival in a row that their opponents were the orange-clad Merry Men, made up of South Burnett and ex-South Burnett players.<\/p>\n

Forty-four teams competed in three divisions this year: Over 35s, Women’s and Men’s.<\/p>\n

The carnival, which has been running for more than 30 years, attracts teams from all over south-east Queensland and this year was no exception with teams from Dalby, Bundaberg, Sunshine Coast, Roma, Toowoomba and Chinchilla.<\/p>\n

The games were played in a good spirit and even controversies over goals were forgotten in seconds.<\/p>\n

Players and supporters, who all stayed overnight for the two-day event, provided a much-appreciated mini-boost to Kingaroy businesses on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

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Action from the men’s Grand Final between Kawana Bananas and Merry Men<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Men’s Competition<\/strong><\/strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Men’s competition winners … Kawana Bananas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Men’s Competition runners-up – and the only local team to make it into a Grand Final … Merry Men<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pool A <\/strong>
\n1. Merry Men
\n2. Chinchilla<\/p>\n

Pool B <\/strong>
\n1. BG Stingers
\n2. Agonisms<\/p>\n

Pool C <\/strong>
\n1. Kawana Bananas
\n2. BG Wannabees<\/p>\n

Pool D <\/strong>
\n1. Nanango
\n2. Land Yabbies<\/p>\n

Quarter Finals<\/strong><\/p>\n