PACS (Parents of ACS) UTD
was formed in April 2006 when a group of ACS (Primary) soccer
players’ fathers quite sensibly decided that since they were going
to be around watching their sons train, they might as well get
some healthy exercise by playing a game of soccer amongst
themselves. This group of die hard soccer dads has since grown to
a team of about 30 players who take turns to organise and turn up
at friendly matches with other veteran soccer teams around the
island in their very own smart orange coloured jerseys tinged with
the blue of the ACS colours.
The PACS United Team
In June 2006, PACS UTD played a
friendly soccer match with the Subordinate Courts soccer team in
the grand old Madame, The National Stadium. It was a once in a
lifetime opportunity for the dads to play at the very venue where
their National Team heroes were the recipients of their
contributions to the Kallang Roar. The Kallang Roar was heard
again for this friendly match, as the young and spirited ACS
(Primary) soccer players cheered their dads whole-heartedly in a
vociferous display of support seen only in the hey-days of the
Malaysia Cup!
With each match played the
fitness of the team has progressively improved. Although age was
catching up with some of the older members, the sheer joy of
getting to adorn the jerseys and perform on the field was
incentive enough to fight off the “mind is willing but the body is
weak” cliché and turn up for the games.
As PACS UTD strives to live up
to the school motto “The Best is Yet to Be”, we wish them all the
very best in their enjoyment of their beloved sport of “Soccer”.
With such inspiration to draw upon, it will be inevitable that our
ACS (Primary) soccer team achieves the highest accolades in the
upcoming tournaments and we wish both the young players and their
dads all the very best in their soccer endeavours.
If you have the itch to pull
out the old soccer boots from the storeroom and give it a go on
the soccer field, please contact Raj at 91450963 or email
krishnan.rajendra@perkinelmer.com.
If
you can bend it like Beckham,