{"id":63459,"date":"2014-07-09T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/63459\/sport-brings-police-and-community-together\/"},"modified":"2014-07-08T16:07:34","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T14:07:34","slug":"sport-brings-police-and-community-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2014\/07\/09\/sport-brings-police-and-community-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Sport brings police and community together"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Germiston Police Station recently hosted its annual “Sport against Crime” campaign.<\/p>\n

The day involved the youth of the city and took place at the sports grounds in Dukathole.<\/p>

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The fun event was filled with activities such as football games for the boys and netball games for the younger girls of Dukathole.<\/p>\n

The main football match took place between the Germiston SAPS team and the young boys and men of the area.<\/p>

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It was a fiercely fought contest, which ended in a 1-1 draw, forcing the sides to go to a penalty shootout to decide the winner of the match.<\/p>\n

The Germiston SAPS goalkeeper was on fire and kept the strikes of the young guns out of the back of the net.<\/p>\n

By his solo effort he secured the win and the gold medal for the police officers.The Germiston SAPS strikers managed to notch up four goals, while the Dukathole team managed one.<\/p>\n

The match ended in a 5-2 win for the police.<\/p>\n

“The management of the Germiston Police Station thanks all the role players who were involved in making the day a huge success and in partnering with us to show the youth that, together, we can make our communities and environment a better and safer place to stay in,” said WO Andr\u00e9 de Jager, spokesman for the Germiston SAPS.<\/p>\n