You merely needed to be there! What an unimaginable day it was on Saturday, June seventh, when our very personal Sierra Queens – the champions of the 2025 WAFU A Ladies’s Event – got here dwelling to Freetown!
The nationwide satisfaction was completely off the charts, overflowing with pure pleasure!They actually obtained a hero’s welcome proper from the Guinea-Sierra Leone border! Our SLFA President Thomas Daddy Brima was there to guide the greeting, together with Vice Presidents Harold Nat-Johnson and Ali Badara Tarawallie, and even our Minister of Sports activities, Madam Augusta James-Teima! You would really feel the significance of the second.
And the followers? Oh my goodness, hundreds of us lined all the route from the border all the way in which to Freetown! It was a parade of nationwide colours, songs, and cheers that you simply’ll always remember. We escorted them each step of the way in which till the convoy lastly reached the magnificent Siaka Stevens Stadium for a grand, grand welcome ceremony.
The power contained in the stadium was electrical, thanks partly to the Sierra Leone Nationwide Sports activities Supporters Union dance troupe – they set the right tone! And all the large media homes – AYV, SLBC, Radio Democracy, Rise Radio, plus all our favourite bloggers like Born To Weblog – had been there to verify everybody noticed this historic second.
Much more high authorities and sports activities officers joined the gang on the stadium, together with Deputy Minister Kai Laurence Bayo and Government Director Dr. Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai. Their speeches had been so passionate, filled with thanks and admiration for our Queens. And the very best half? All of them echoed a name for extra, extra, extra funding in girls’s soccer in Sierra Leone! This win HAS to be a turning level.
And let’s not overlook the person brilliance! Apart from the trophy, our Queens introduced dwelling 4 Girl of the Match awards. Our unimaginable goalkeeper, Hannah Juna, was an absolute famous person, bagging three of these, plus the Finest Goalkeeper and Finest Participant awards for the entire match! And Salamatu Kamara received one within the last – superb!
The Chief of Delegation, Madam Haja Ramatulai Kamara, spoke so fantastically, thanking all of the gamers and Coach Hassan Malik Mansaray for his or her “championship mindset” and “excessive stage of professionalism.” She’s completely proper – they earned this!Because the celebrations proceed, this victory isn’t nearly soccer; it’s a large beacon of hope and inspiration for each woman and lady in Sierra Leone. The way forward for girls’s soccer right here is wanting so vibrant!
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