Maccabi GB unveil World Cup Winner Sir Bobby Charlton as special guest at the 18th Maccabiah Games:

Maccabi GB in partnership with UJIA have announced that World Cup winner and Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton will be the special guest of Team GB at this summer’s 18th Maccabiah Games in Israel.

Sir Bobby will be travelling to Israel with his wife, Lady Norma and fellow Manchester United director Mike Edelson and his wife Jacky. The Manchester Foundation Group, including four coaches will arrive in Israel on the 9th July for a four day trip arranged courtesy of Mike Edelson and Darryl Lee.

During his time in Israel, Sir Bobby will attend a number of Maccabiah events. This special visit to the Maccabiah will culminate with Sir Bobby leading Team GB into the Ramat Gan Stadium at the Opening Ceremony in front of 40,000 people before taking his seat in the Presidential box alongside the Prime Minister and President of Israel.

Sir Bobby is also in Israel as part of his involvement with the British Council’s ‘Football 4 Peace’ project. On Friday 10th July Sir Bobby and his party, which includes four Manchester United Foundation coaches, will attend a coaching session with ‘Football 4 Peace’ at the Wingate Sports Institution in Netanya. This will involve Sir Bobby joining Arab and Jewish children from the Football 4 Peace project at the Wingate Sports Institute for a special coaching session.

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Hi guys,

Please see below the Masters Football groups for the 18th Maccabi Games 2009.

a.

The teams will be divided into 2 groups: The 1st team in the 17th Maccabiah will head group A. The 2nd team in the 17th Maccabiah will head group B.

b.

The teams placed 3rd and 4th in the 17th Maccabiah will be drawn for second place in the groups. All the other teams will be placed in the groups by a draw.

c.

In the event that after the draw, one or more teams will not appear and a situation arises whereby a group is short of 2 teams, the team drawn last will be moved from one group to another.

d.

The semi-final games will be played on the Cross system, the team placed first in Group A will play against the team placed second in Group B and the team placed second in Group A will play against the team placed first in Group B.

e.

The two winning teams in the Semi-Finals will play in the Final game for 1st and 2nd places, and the two losing teams in the semi-finals will play for 3rd and 4th places.

f.

The teams placed 3rd and 4th in each group will play on the same system for places 5-8.