Thanks to the MTA "Every Match is an Experience" team, Maccabi Tel Aviv fans had the opportunity to display their spot kick prowess at last night's home tie against Maccabi Haifa
The "Every Match is an Experience" project, which was such a success in its maiden season last year, was hard at work again at Monday night's home tie against Maccabi Haifa. This time four "Every Match is an Experience" booths were set up around the gates of Bloomfield Stadium where fans were able, free of charge, to measure the speed of their spot kicks both before and after the match. At each of the four booths were large screens that displayed updates of the "table" of the ten fastest shots made by the participating fans. After over a thousand fans had had a go at demonstrating their kicking abilities, the final "table" was fixed and the top three "kickers" were declared the special prize winners. But no participant walked away empty handed: They all received discount coupons for the Maccabi Tel Aviv merchandise outlets around the stadium and for the official Maccabi Tel Aviv shop at the Kiryat Shalom training ground.
Click here to see photographs of the participants in action
The competition winners:
First prize
An official match jersey to Nir Oded Itchkovitch, with a kick of 74 miles per hour
Second prize
An MTA wooly scarf to Niv Agiv, with a kick of 73 miles per hour
Third prize
A satin scarf and a cap to Avi Bokra, with a kick of 68 miles per hour
On Saturday January 18th at 5pm, Maccabi Tel Aviv will play at home again against Ashdod FC, and when the fans turn up at Bloomfield Stadium, the "Every Match is an Experience" crew will be there too with yet another exciting activity to make their MTA footballing experience a truly special one.
