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Lions host Israeli cubs

July 4, 2008 08:41

By

Craig Silver

1 min read

London Maccabi Lions junior section hosted its second annual football festival at the weekend, following on from last year when Nice Maccabi came to Rowley Lane.

This year the visitors were an under 14 side from Jerusalem , Etsion FC.

Nicky Bloom, the Lions co-manager who arranged the event, said: “It was a wonderful opportunity for the boys to come together with Etsion FC and to make new friends under the umbrella of football.

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“All the participants enjoyed the experience and the Israelis were always technically of a very high standard, especially as they only play futsal.