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Blue Ventures staff and volunteers were out in force on Sunday 9th October as they donned their \u2018football boots\u2019 for Blue Ventures versus Veso male and female football matches. The matches were a village event and a large crowd gathered to cheer on both teams.
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Our ladies made up a full team and put in a fine performance; managing to only lose 1:0. Following this \u2018success\u2019 it was the men\u2019s turn: at \u00bd time the men were losing 2:0 however they ended victorious (by default) as it was claimed that the Andavadoaka team did not want to continue play as the ball was not sufficiently inflated. Confirmation of this version of events is yet to happen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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