Goals are golden as Dah Sing Bank hits net for Operation Santa Claus
With each score counting towards the final donation, participants were trying hard to rack up the tally
This year’s Dah Sing Football Challenge kicked off at Southorn Stadium in Wan Chai with 150 volunteers from the bank enjoying the fun with 30 children from the Changing Young Lives Foundation.
Waving air-filled batons, the children cheered on their favourites in the five-a-side friendly soccer match, played by teams from the bank’s internal competition.
Each goal scored counted towards the final charity donation, with the money raised going to Operation Santa Claus, the annual charity campaign organised by the South China Morning Post and RTHK.
Shooting and scoring for charity at 20th annual Operation Santa Claus five-a-side soccer tournament
The children also got a taste of the sport as they took part in a series of challenge games led by Dah Sing Bank volunteers. The scores would also add to the charity donation and participants were trying very hard to rack up the goal tally.
Games included participants kicking and passing the ball in a zigzag formation, kicking the ball to hit different scores on a net hung on the goalposts and jumping in a rucksack for about five metres before kicking the ball into the net.
Dah Sing Bank volunteer Steve Cheng Tsz-kit was having as much fun as the children.
“I feel the event is very meaningful and sweet,” he said. “We enjoyed it very much, especially during this festive season, and we can help raise donations for Operation Santa Claus, so it means a lot to me.”