Community Cup: Meet-the-Neighbours Party and Woodlands Park

community cup: The grassroots of community-building, according to Hamilton Spectator. On Saturday, at a parched Woodlands Park on Barton , some new Hamiltonians shone proudly under the stately shadows of the old city, represented by the Westinghouse building on one corner and the handsome old Livingston United Church on the other. But the soccer was even hotter, and the grassroots supple and strong. The Newcomers, a group of Syrian refugees in Canada mere months, narrowly edged The Strikers, a spirited team of men and women representing Hamilton Police Services, to win the fourth Hamilton Community Cup. The Community Cup is a kind of open city, meet-the-neighbours party disguised as a soccer tournament. The score was 1-0, but the victory was huge for the cause of integration and togetherness in diversity."It was a long day, everyone gave their all and they really deserve it," said the goalie for the police team. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.