THE Black Country Chamber of Commerce held their fourth annual five-a-side football competition at Powerleague Halesowen.

The tournament was based on the European Championships and the teams all played in colours to represent different countries.

Before the 16 teams kicked off Hannah Fahy from Macmillan Cancer Support introduced Male Cancer Awareness week and teams pledged to put up posters and support Macmillan.

Paul Bennett, Senior Partner at George Green LLP, said: “It’s been a couple of years since I retired as Chamber President and my legs were telling me the next day that my footballing retirement should have happened at the same time.

"It was great fun and was impeccably organised by Penny and her team and Chamber members Powerleague."

Signs Now UK Ltd were the winning Chamber team in 2015 and this year celebrated as outright winners.

Liam Dunphy, from Signs Now UK Ltd, said: “Signs Now are extremely proud to have won the Black Country Chamber five-a-side competition. It is an extremely fun event which gives you the opportunity to play against other companies and in our case one of our suppliers.

"The standard was very high this year and we had to work very hard to win. A huge thanks to the Chamber for organising a fun event. We aim to do the treble next year.”

For more information about the Black Country Chamber of Commerce visit www.blackcountrychamber.co.uk.