MY SHINING MOMENT
NAME: SAMUEL OLATUNDE ADEFOWOKAN
COURSE: READING 096
SECTION: SEC 096
TOPIC: MY SHINING MOMENT (WON A SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP)
DATE: 17 NOVEMBER, 2014
My shining moment was one of the most memorable days of my life when I helped my team to win the Inter-school Soccer Championship. It was also an awesome day for my school. Many dignitaries such as the Mayor came because it was such a big event in the county. The atmosphere was great; the crowd was wild, cheering, whistling, blowing trumpets, and playing music. The match started with the opponents scoring two first half goals, the score line was even by me scoring two goals, laid up the assist for the third, and we won the championship. To begin with, this shining moment started at 9:00 am. My teammates and I went to the locker room to have a pre-match meeting with the Coach where we discussed about the starting formation, the starting eleven, and substitutes. Next, the team went to the training field to do some light workouts and tactics for an hour. Then we went back to the locker room and the coach gave us a motivational speech, also asked me to be the captain and talked to us about the popularity, the physical and mental strength of our opponents and we all went to our respective classes. By 12:00 noon, the bell rang and a loud noise erupted throughout the whole school because the time had come to go and cheer the soccer team. Also, the atmosphere was electrifying and I felt motivated and excited to do my best and bring the trophy back home. Next the team stood beside the school bus and got supporting handshakes from the proprietress. Eventually, we got into the buses with whole team and the entire school and we sang, played music, and chatted as we went to the stadium. When we got to the stadium, it was loud and packed, the parking lot was filled even some cars couldn’t find parking spots. Then, we went off the bus and went to the locker room; we changed and went to the field and set ourselves in the
COURSE: READING 096
SECTION: SEC 096
TOPIC: MY SHINING MOMENT (WON A SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP)
DATE: 17 NOVEMBER, 2014
My shining moment was one of the most memorable days of my life when I helped my team to win the Inter-school Soccer Championship. It was also an awesome day for my school. Many dignitaries such as the Mayor came because it was such a big event in the county. The atmosphere was great; the crowd was wild, cheering, whistling, blowing trumpets, and playing music. The match started with the opponents scoring two first half goals, the score line was even by me scoring two goals, laid up the assist for the third, and we won the championship. To begin with, this shining moment started at 9:00 am. My teammates and I went to the locker room to have a pre-match meeting with the Coach where we discussed about the starting formation, the starting eleven, and substitutes. Next, the team went to the training field to do some light workouts and tactics for an hour. Then we went back to the locker room and the coach gave us a motivational speech, also asked me to be the captain and talked to us about the popularity, the physical and mental strength of our opponents and we all went to our respective classes. By 12:00 noon, the bell rang and a loud noise erupted throughout the whole school because the time had come to go and cheer the soccer team. Also, the atmosphere was electrifying and I felt motivated and excited to do my best and bring the trophy back home. Next the team stood beside the school bus and got supporting handshakes from the proprietress. Eventually, we got into the buses with whole team and the entire school and we sang, played music, and chatted as we went to the stadium. When we got to the stadium, it was loud and packed, the parking lot was filled even some cars couldn’t find parking spots. Then, we went off the bus and went to the locker room; we changed and went to the field and set ourselves in the