{"id":58556,"date":"2013-07-01T00:06:40","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T00:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=58556"},"modified":"2013-07-01T00:06:40","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T00:06:40","slug":"kallon-fc-mahmoud-fc-crowned-airtel-rising-stars-western-area-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=58556","title":{"rendered":"Kallon FC & Mahmoud FC crowned Airtel Rising Stars Western Area Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mahmoud FC and Kallon FC Junior have both been crowned champions in different categories of the Airtel Rising Stars (ARS) Western Area regional tournament that came to an end at the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) academy ground on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Kallon FC Junior won the boys\u2019 category final after a 2-1 narrow victory over Med Man\u2019s in hard fought battle.<\/p>\n

Alimamy Bundu put Kallon FC ahead in the 12th minute when he finished up a cross from the left wing before Saidu Fofanah scored from outside the box with a well taken right-footed volley five minutes later to increase their lead to 2-0.<\/p>\n

Med Mans reduced the scores as ten minutes after the break after skipper Abdulai Mansaray beautifully converted a penalty. They fought very hard to equalise but never succeeded.<\/p>\n

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Kallon FC Junior Captain Mamadu Z. Barrie receiving cash prize from Midium Hypes’ Imrana ‘DJ Foxxy’ Barrie<\/p><\/div>\n

Rural Kings finished the tournament in third position after defeating Area Best 3-1 on penalties after it ended 2-2 at full time.<\/p>\n

A second half goal from midfielder Sarah Bangura known as Saradinho gave Mahmoud FC a 1-0 victory over Young Stars to win the grand finale of the girls\u2019 category and ensured that they retained their title.<\/p>\n

The two sides had met before in the tournament\u2019s opening game with the champions winning 4-1.<\/p>\n

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Mahmoud FC Captain Teresa Rose receiving cash prize from Airtel’s Martha Johnson<\/p><\/div>\n

Med United finished third position. The newly crowned champions for the two categories received a cash prize of Le 1m each whilst the runners-up teams got Le 750,000 each. The third placed teams bagged Le 500,000 each.<\/p>\n

Already the technical committee of the ARS Western Area tournament has selected 18 players each for both categories to represent the region at the nationals in Makeni , and the names will be announced by Airtel on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

John Konteh, one of the organisers of the tournament from Medium Hypes says is pleased with the tournament because they\u2019ve achieved their main goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tournament was good and I\u2019m pleased with it. I believe we have achieved our main goal which was identifying talents.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe provided the environment for the players to showcase their talents and they\u2019ve done exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ARS regional tournament takes centre stage in Kono from Thursday to Sunday.<\/p>\n

Results<\/b><\/p>\n

Girls<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Final: Sunday 30th June 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

Mahmoud FC 1-0 Young Stars<\/p>\n

Saturday 29th June 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

Mahmoud FC 4-0 Med United<\/p>\n

Young Stars 2-0 Pama Queens<\/p>\n

Young Stars 3-1 Med United (Penalty Shoot out)<\/p>\n

Friday 28th June 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

Young Stars 0-0 Med United<\/p>\n

Mahmoud F C 7-1 Pama Queens<\/p>\n

Thursday 27th June 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

Mahmoud FC 4-1 Young Stars<\/p>\n

Pama Queens 1-2 Med United<\/p>\n

Boys<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

Final:<\/strong>\u00a0 Kallon FC 2-1 Med Mans<\/p>\n

Third Place:<\/strong> Area Best 2-2 (1-3-pen) Rural Kings<\/p>\n

Saturday 29 June 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

Kallon FC 3-1 Area Best<\/p>\n

Real Friends 0-4 Med Man\u2019s<\/p>\n

Friday 28th June 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

Bureh FC 1-2 Kallon FC<\/p>\n

Rural Kings 1-0 Real Friends<\/p>\n

Thursday 27th June 2013<\/i><\/p>\n

Area Best 2-0 Bureh FC<\/p>\n

Med Man\u2019s 1-0 Rural Kings<\/p>\n

Article and photographs<\/i> by Mohamed Fajah Barrie in Freetown<\/i><\/p>\n

Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/i><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

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