Giochi – it’s a knockout games are once again being held in many of the villages in Gozo. On Wednesday, a fun session was held at the Gozo General hospital in the car park. The teams were composed of hospital employees most of them nurses, doctors and administration staff.
The teams were the Cheetahs, Panthers, Jaguars and Dragons. The Dragons team, made up of doctors and the emergency unit staff won with 30 pts, followed by the Panthers (administration) 24 pts, then the Cheetahs (female ward) 22 pts and finally the Jaguars (male ward colleagues) 15 pts.
The games were great fun mainly water games and the employees enjoyed an evening away from the stress of work. This event was used as a team building event for all the hospital employees organised by the hospital activity team and the knockout team.
The winning team is to represent the hospital colleagues in the final in Marsalforn on the 10th of September.
The villages entering this year are Zebbug, Xaghra, Xewkija, Sannat, Kercem, Xlendi and Victoria. Whichever team wins int the village kockouts, will meet in the final. The Xewkija event has already been held.
During each evening event there is also singing and dancing from local singers and dancers and it makes a great family outing.
The next games are to be held in Sannat on Thursday, the 9th of July, followed by Xaghra on Thursday, the 30th of July and in Xlendi on the 8th of August.
Sponsors for the events are TcTc, Arkadia, Gozo Express and Errea. Whichever team wins the final wins a smart watch for each player and vouchers from the sponsors.
Photographs: Alain Salvary