Alelaide secures interstate soccer trophy

Adelaide Dragon Red won the first Australian interstate Bhutanese soccer tournament  beating Melbourne’s Thunder Dragon Club by 1-0.

According to the event coordinator Puskar Poudel,the three-day tournament was organized by the Bhutanese Australian Association of Queensland held from July 1 where eight Bhutanese teams from all over Australia participated.

Local soccer clubs, councils and the Bhutanese community in their respective states supported the soccer teams, informed organizer.

The fundraising events were organized at various occasions to cover  the travel cost for players while  the organizer had managed for their accommodation.

The Adelaide  team had entered the final after winning Cairns by 4-3. Suraj Rai for Adelaide Dragon Red had scored a goal that secured the team’s victory.

Adelaide Dragon Blue, another team from Adelaide lost to Cairns on the first day.