The waste management firm was crowned champions after 21 teams took part in the second annual six-aside football tournament. Biffa topped its group before going on to knock out the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management and Severnside Recycling before meeting letsrecycle.com in the final.
 Champions: Team Biffa (left to right) Keith Harper, Emily Munnoch, Kevin Thomas, Dan Fryer, Lindsey Meeks (with Trophy), Derek Boys and Jim Williams |
Biffa shone in the final with five screaming goals. The tournament's top scorer Robbie MacAskill came to the aid of letsrecycle.com with a consolation goal but the team could do little to match Biffa's superior pace.
Victorious captain and group marketing manager at Biffa, Keith Harper, said: “It was a tough tournament, particularly as six of our starting line-up pulled out last minute. But we are delighted to have won the trophy.”
Worthy
Ray Georgeson, director of policy and evaluation at the Waste and Resources Action Programme presented the Waste World Cup to champions Biffa, calling them “worthy winners”.
- For full results tables, see the Waste World Cup website.
Mr Georgeson also presented a Golden Boot trophy to the top scorer of the tournament, Robbie MacAskill of letsrecycle.com. Mr MacAskill scored eight goals in the tournament, including a quarter final hat trick.
 WRAP's Ray Georgeson (right) presents the Golden Boot trophy to letsrecycle.com's Robbie MacAskill |
The tournament was staged at University College Northampton through the valiant efforts of environmental services lecturer Dr Margaret Bates, in association with Official Media Partners letsrecycle.com. The teams taking part in the event included representatives from across the recycling and waste sector including the public, private and community sectors.
Tournament organiser Margaret Bates, lecturer in environmental sciences at UCN, said: “Our congratulations go to Biffa for their magnificent performance through such tough competition. But our congratulations also go to the other 20 teams, the officials and the grounds staff at UCN, who all helped to make the event such a resounding success.”
Group A
Two councils took control of group A, with Leicestershire eventually proving their worth as group leaders and semi-finalists, but Lincoln city council narrowly missed out on a place in the quarter finals as best runners-up. UCN made it to the quarter finals last year, but this year slumped at the group stage.
The biggest surprise in the group was the Environment Agency, a team that reached the final of last year's tournament, but this year lacked any real teeth. Captain Pedro Collins faced a number of team changes from last year's squad, and the regulators went out without a goal scored.
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