Super 5′s Futsal in Adelaide are holding the first of many Interstate Challenge’s starting in October 2008.

All States in Australia are now welcome to nominate teams in a number of age groups :

Open Men’s Elite Team “Interstate Futsal Super 5′s Cup”
Men’s Masters over 35′s “Interstate Futsal Super 5′s Masters Cup”
Boys Youth Team “Interstate Youth Futsal Super 5′s Cup”
Boys Under 16′s “U16 Super 5′s Cup”

Costs are $350 per team (shin pads must be worn).

The tournament will take place a the Distinctive Homes Dome, 44A Crittenden Road, Findon, Adelaide.

“The Distinctive Homes Dome stands as the home of the Adelaide 36ers, and the new home base for Adelaide Stingrays Futsal Club. When fans fire up as a nail biter goes down to the wire, the atmosphere in the Distinctive Homes Dome is incredible.”

The Tournament will become an annual event, and each year from 2009 teams from other countries will join. Get in early and try to secure your place. 10 teams have already expressed an interest in attending, and no late entries will be accepted (entry cutoff is October 3rd 2008.

There are a bunch of cheap places to stay for any teams travelling to Adelaide, and the tournament organisers are happy to help secure accomodation for you if required. All teams will have access to first aid and physio facilities as well as a players lounge throughout the competition days.

Further details can be found in the flyer below, or the PDF file here, or alternatively contact Spiros Simeonakis as shown below :

Spiros Simeonakis
Stingrays Event & Tournaments Manager
Mob: 0414 662 771
Email: admin@adelaidestingrays.com.au

ADELAIDE STINGRAYS FUTSAL
PO Box 204
Findon SA 5023
1300 FUTSAL
www.adelaidestingrays.com.au

Flames Futsal have been invited to play a round of the AMF National League in Ballarat on Saturday 27th September. This will involve playing three matches during the day on an international sized court. Flames Futsal has been invited on the basis of potentially becoming a full member of the national league in the 2009 season, which will consist of approximately eight rounds (usually played on a Saturday) with three matches every round.

Flames Futsal would like to invite all current players who are interested in playing representative Futsal to try out for the matches to be played on September 28. Only players who are available to train on the following dates will be considered:

Friday 5th, 12th & 19th September
7.30 – 9.30pm
$7 per player

Source : Flames Futsal
Published : 20/8/2008

Futsal teams that compete within a FFA affiliated centre or club, are invited to register for the ‘2008 Australian Futsal Club Championships’ (AFCC08), proudly hosted by Capital Football – Futsal.

Nominating club teams must be comprised of players who are currently registered with the team, which participates in a FFA approved provincial competition on a regular league basis. In addition to providing teams with the once a year opportunity to play against teams from other centres, clubs and States, this competition will determine the best club Futsal team in Australia for each age category on offer.

DATE: October 4-6, 2008
VENUES: TBC

AGE GROUPS: Male: 12, 14, 16, 19 (Youth), Open.
Female: 12, 14, 16, 19 (Youth), Open.

ENTRY FEE: Junior (12 -16) $200 (Inc. G.S.T)
(PER TEAM) Senior (Youth, Open) $250 (Inc. G.S.T)

PAYMENT: All fees must accompany registration forms. Payment methods are cash (do
not post cash), cheque (paid to Capital Football), credit card* or EFTPOS.

*Credit card payments can be made in person, over the phone or submitted on your team nomination form.
Note: Entries must be received by close of business September 19, 2008

NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED

Please see the file here for more details…

PLEASE NOTE:

THIS IS THE ONLY NATIONAL CLUB FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIPS SANCTIONED BY THE FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA AND ONLY AFFILATED CLUBS WILL BE ALLOWED TO COMPETE

Source : Football NSW

Capital Futsal is a family of futsal leagues, academies, and programs committed to providing the best that there is in futsal training and competitions throughout the Wellington region. Capital Futsal is established as a Trust (not a profit making private company), with the goal to promote the game of Futsal in Wellington and New Zealand.

With approximately 600 players registered, tournaments are played at our dedicated Futsal facility at the Hataitai Sports Park in Ruahine Street, Kilbirnie. Men’s leagues play on Monday and Wednesday nights with women’s leagues on Tuesdays and Thursday nights. Business House leagues run during the 12-2pm slots and youth leagues after school. In the near future we’ll also be starting our Corporate Futsal Cup. The opportunity to challenge your opposition firms to lunchtime battles on the Futsal Court. Sponsorship opportunities are available for each of the leagues.

The park is also used for Womens Roller Derby, as a social community hall for migrant communities (several migrant teams play in leagues), kids birthday parties and as an indoor practice and game facility for local schools and outdoor football clubs (due to the poor condition of the outdoor fields and the cold rainy Wellington winters)

Youth leagues are starting after school from the 9th September, they will go for approx. 4 hours each night with 400 registered players.

The Wellington Phoenix/Capital Futsal Futsal Kick-Start is starting soon. These are 2-3 day Academies during the Spring School Holidays (end of September) and will have visits and displays by the A-league’s Wellington Phoenix players in the curriculum.

Capital Futsal is also home to Wellington’s New Zealand’s Championship side that competed at the National Selection tournament in Auckland during November last year and won the New Zealand Futsal National Championship Cup. Two members of that successful squad (Greg O’Connor and Victor Zaia) were selected for the NZ National Futsal side, the FutsAllwhites that competed at the Oceania Qualifiers for the right to represent Oceania at the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Capital Futsal is the only “true” futsal provider in the Wellington region. For more information: http://www.futsal.net.nz

Source : Capital Futsal Press Release
Published : 21/8/2008

** Update : Lots of great pics of the tournament are available at www.kenbakerphotography.com. Shortcuts are here for Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Finals **

The Vikings Futsal Cup got underway with a huge welcome ceremony on Thursday evening which featured a maori performance by Wainoni Primary School and a celebrity Futsal game.

Day 1′s Match results are as follows…

Men – Day 1

Vikings New Zealand 2 drew 2 Australian Barbarians
South Queensland 3 drew 3 Victoria
Victoria 11 d 0 North Queensland
South Queensland 7 d 1 Australian Barbarians

Men – Day 2

Victoria 4 d 0 Vikings New Zealand
Australian Barbarians 7 d 2 Chengdu
South Queensland 8 d 1 North Queensland
South Queensland 3 d 2 Vikings New Zealand
Victoria 11 d 1 Chengdu
Australian Barbarians 4 d 3 North Queensland
Vikings New Zealand 4 d 1 Chengdu

Men – Day 3

North Qld 7 d 5 Chengdu
Vikings New Zealand 7 d 2 Nth Qld
Sth Qld 12 d 3 Chengdu
Victoria 3 d 1 Australian Barbarians

                      P W D L F  A  Pts
South Queensland      5 4 1 0 33 10 14
Victoria              5 4 1 0 32  5 14
Vikings New Zealand   5 2 1 2 15 12  8
Australian Barbarians 5 2 1 2 15 17  8
North Queensland      5 1 0 3 13 35  3
Chengdu               5 0 0 5 12 41  0

Grand Final:  Victoria 5 d 3 South Queensland (after extra time)
(Victoria De Moraes 2, Pedic 2, Mu – Sth Qld Richardson 2, Pope)

Women – Day 1

Northern Australia 5 d 2 Vikings New Zealand
Southern Australia 5 d 0 Philippines

Women – Day 2

Northern Australia 3 d 2 Southern Australia
Vikings New Zealand 2 d 0 Philippines

Women – Day 3

Vikings New Zealand 2 d 0 Southern Australia
Northern Australia 2 d 1 IROK Philippines

                    P W D L F  A Pts
Northern Australia  3 3 0 0 10 5 9
Vikings New Zealand 3 2 0 1 6  5 6
Northern Australia  3 1 0 2 7  5 3
Philippines         3 0 0 3 2  8 0

3rd/4th Playoff: Southern Australia 5 d 2 IROK Philippines

Grand Final: Northern Australia 4 d 2 Vikings New Zealand
(Nthn Aust. Garvan, Wilikinson, Banks, Burgess – NZ Duncraft, Willis)

Source : New Zealand Futsal
Published : 8/8/208

The Sydney Benfica FC Season Launch will held on Saturday, 13th September at 6:30pm and will feature the presentation of uniforms and the announcement of the Club Captains for the 2008/09 season. There will be a BBQ and Soft Drinks available.

It will take place at the Casa Do Benfica, Centennial St, Marrickville.

It’s a great chance for the Benfica players and families to get together and have a great night.

 

 

Source : Sydney Benfica FC
Published : 20/8/2008

While Spring is traditionally the time of year reserved for soaring temperatures, hard grounds and keenly contested pre-season programmes for Tahiti’s Division Federale, it is the men’s female counterparts capturing all the attention.

Ten of Tahiti’s clubs entered their senior women’s teams in the futsal pre-season tournament opener last Saturday at Fautaua sports facility. Paea – a non-affiliated club that usually takes part in inter-district competitions – was invited to take part.

The tournament features three match days – August 16, August 30 (at Outumaoro) before concluding with a finals day on September 20 (venue to be decided).

The senior women’s club season commences on October 1.

For results and standings from the Tournament, please click here to go to the Oceania Football Confederation website.

Source : Oceania Football Confederation
Published : 20/8/2008

He’s the soccer kid who has Australia talking. The boy who strips to his Bonds while juggling a football, eventually catching it in his underpants.

At South Sydney High School, Maroubra, the Bonds boy is simply known as Kane Edwards.

While he may be a magician with the football, this 17-year-old can actually play. He represents St George under-18s as a right winger and has ambitions of playing at a high level.

Yesterday he took time out from his HSC trials to fly to Brisbane, where he walked the catwalk and again performed his tricks for Bonds.

Kane’s schoolmates think he’s a champion and so do his Saints teammates. And he’s in favour with the girls – so much so that he’s been flooded with invites for end-of-year formals. And they’re not just from the southside, but schools north of the bridge as well.

“I don’t even know them,” he sheepishly admits.

A friend told Kane about the Bonds ad audition and he eventually beat 31 others for the part. Kane revealed that it was a school friend who sent him a text message that there was an audition at Fox Studios for the Bonds ad.

“I’d always juggled a ball since I was young but it was about three years ago that I started football freestyle (doing tricks). It’s an online competition where you place videos on YouTube,” he said.

“When I went to the first audition they wanted someone who could remove their clothes (except underpants) while juggling the ball. I didn’t think I had much chance. I was called back and there were even more people being tested.

“This time they asked for a special trick. I caught it in my undies first go. What else I did was my own idea. I was hoping I might get a side part initially. I was surprised when I got the main role.”

Bonds looked at 32 people for the role – even some from outside Australia. A Bonds representative said yesterday that apart from the fact Kane was a wonder boy with his tricks, he was a fresh talent, down to earth, had a great sense of humour and was very energetic.

Kane revealed he spends three hours some days working on his creative skills with the ball. “When I have a long session like that, I’ll take the next day off,” he said.

“It’s something I might be able to teach people when I finish school. I’ve certainly been giving it a lot of thought.”

Tricks aside, Kane’s burning desire is to play professional football. As a rep player with Sydney Olympic and now with Saints, Kane can’t wait for the weekends when he uses his speed and skills on the flank to torment defenders.

“I am not a noted goalscorer but I’ve been involved in a lot of assists. I enjoy that,” he said.

The season comes to an end for Saints when they play Granville at the weekend. After that, Kane will turn his attention to Futsal (indoor soccer) – and that’s a sport where he can really use his magic.

Source : The Daily Telegraph
Published : 20/8/2008
By : John Taylor
Picture by : Jim Trifyllis

The Tasmanian Futsal Zebras under-10 side is just one of 25 teams from the State that will attend the national school Futsal titles in Dandenong, Victoria, from September 28-October 1.

The teams will consist of players in the 10-19 years age group and the touring party will comprise more than 200 players from around the state.

The Zebras under-10s are part of the Vikings Futsal Academy and are coached by former Hobart Zebras stars Romeo Frediani, 37, and Sergio Pace, 45.

If the youngsters are anywhere near as skilful as these two former players, they will do very well at the tournament, although the indoor version of the game of soccer is somewhat different to the outdoor game.

“There was no Futsal when Romeo and I grew up and learned to play soccer,” said Pace. “So it was new to us when we started to coach this team.

“It’s got its advantages and disadvantages. They play on a smaller pitch, but they get to know each other’s style of play very well because of that and, in certain aspects of the game, it improves their skills.

“They do have to adapt to the outside game because there’s a lot more space.

“Their close control is improved, as is their teamwork.”

Frediani said the team competed in a Brisbane tournament last Easter and finished seventh in a pool of 16 and was very competitive.

“They only lost two games and the scores were very close, with there being only a goal the difference quite often,” he said.

“Some of the other teams had been together for three or four years.

“In the coming Dandenong tournament, the competition will probably be a bit stronger, seeing it’s more of a national tournament than the Brisbane one.”

Pace said that confidence was high for the coming tournament.

Source : Tasmania Mercury
Published 19/8/2008
By : Walter Pless

The South Coast Taipans are looking for more players for their Under 16 Girls squad to compete in the 2008/09 NSW Super League.

If you know of any players, or you are a player interested in taking that next step in Futsal and be able to test yourself in a supportive but competitive environment, please contact Rosemary Digger on 0414 614 810, or via email : Rosemary.Digger@education.nsw.gov.au