After graduation, the football game is a bridge between alumni

On September 24th, the 8th Chinese Universities Zhejiang Alumni Association Football Games in 2022 kicked off in Hangzhou Candy and Park.

The events jointly launched by the Zhejiang League of the Chinese University Alumni Association and the Zhejiang Alumni Association of Huazhong University have attracted 43 teams of 58 universities, and a total of more than 1,200 people participated. There are 110 games in the game, which also makes this event a college football event with the most registered teams, competitions, and participants in Zhejiang region.

According to Xiong Gen, the initiator of the Zhejiang University Football Games and Secretary -General of the Zhejiang Alumni Association of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the event is mainly aimed at college students from other provinces in Zhejiang. Friends of the club, enhance the feelings between alumni.

According to Cao Mingfu, the president of the Alumni Association of China (Zhejiang) Alumni Association, the first game held at the beginning of the alliance was a football game, because sports activities were a way for alumni to integrate as soon as possible.

"Through everyone's hobbies, we establish a platform so that alumni can find a sense of belonging here. So in addition to football games, there are also various types of games such as basketball, badminton, Yixing and other types. During the exercise, everyone is relaxed and comfortable. "

One of the unveiled battles this year was last year's champion team, the alumni team of Dalian University of Technology, and the team member Zhang Jie said that in Hangzhou, it is the most closely connected with this group of football alumni. "We all came from Dalian to Hangzhou. After we came here, the hometown saw the intimacy of the fellow villagers quickly united. Originally, we had a football team. In 2015 Then we will participate every year. "Every time after the game, when we re -enrolled in the competition, chat, and work, it is also the moment when their alumni love is sublimated.

When talking about the football culture and atmosphere of the north and the south, Zhang Jie felt deeply.

"When studying in Dalian, there are many football fields, and there are many participants. When participating in the first college alumni league in Hangzhou, 14 teams composed of 17 universities participated. Remember to be a natural venue on teaching and workers at the time. It was raining that day, we played on the muddy venue, there were a lot of audiences on the sidelines, and the enthusiasm for watching the ball was very high. Now to the eighth session, there are more and more football venues in Hangzhou. Football culture and atmosphere are increasing day by day. "

At the scene, the reporter also found many children, even the young children who just learned to walk, wearing a ball uniform in the walking goal. Xiong Gen said that the small ball children at the scene were mostly children of the participating players. The creation of football culture and atmosphere was cultivated from an early age. "Many people bring their children, let the children know a team, like a team, accompany it to lose, watch it win, print on the road of growth, so that football culture can take root, so that the football culture can take root. We use this way to contribute a little meager power to Chinese football. "

At the beginning of the establishment of the platform, the purpose was to enhance the cohesion between alumni, but after 8 years of accumulation, the event organization became more mature, and the league operations were standardized year by year. The Chinese universities Zhejiang Alumni Association Football Games gets more and more attention. Alumni who love football hope that the event can be more influential and continue to grow in a state of sustainable development.

(Sports Journal reporter Ma Biru)

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