Congratulations to the Mens and U16 Boys who both won their respective Grand Finals. The U16 Boys won in extra time (3-2 over Sydney City Eagles), while the Mens game was decided on penalties. Peter Spathis “we love you” put on an unbelievable keeping display saving 4 out of 5 penalties to give Magic the victory.

Magic have made available the full footage of the NSW Premier League Mens Grand Final Penalty Shootout on their website. Click here to view it.

 

 

Source : Sydney Magic
Published : 22/2/2009

20 coaches from around New Zealand are being put through their paces this weekend under the guidance of Master Coach, Mauricio Marques.

Vikings Futsal NZ is once again running an International Futsal Coaches Course in association with Mauricio Marques of Brazil’s EBF (Escola Brasiliera de Futebol)

Marques, fresh from being a keynote speaker at Football Australia’s Coaches seminar, is putting the New Zealand based Futsal Coaches through a 3 day course that will have an emphisis on the Futsal World Cup played in Brazil last year.

The course will not only increase the knowledge of coaches here in New Zealand but will aid in the continued growth of Futsal around New Zealand through Vikings Futsal NZ.

This is the second visit by Marques to New Zealand, who is hoping to return again later this year and do a follow up with coaches along with instructing more newcomers. Marques is by far the most qualified Futsal coach/instructor to visit New Zealand and is extremely sort after around the world for both Fusal and Football.

The course will wrap up on Sunday afternoon but his legacy will be will flow on to many other coaches and players withing Vikings Futsal NZ.

Source : Vikings NZ
Published : 21/2/2009

The 1st Annual Presentation of the Sutherland Shire Futsal Association Incorporated was conducted Friday evening the 20th February 2009 from 7pm.

In excess of 120 people attended including players, parents and supporters with special guests also in attendance Mr. Adam Confoy of 5 Star Futsal, Mr. Frank Rossi representing the Futsal Standing Committee of Football NSW and Mr. Mike Bushe representing Breakers FC.

During the course of the presentation Jonathan Simnett thanked Dave Davids of Endeavour Sports High School and Greg O’Rourke, President of the Sutherland Shire Football Association Incorporated for the support of Futsal within the Sutherland Shire.

A full list of award receipients are shown below;

1. Team of the year – Under 13 Girls
2. Coach of the year – Peter Ellis
3. MVP -
a. Under 12 Boys, Addison Klem-Goode
b. Under 14 Boys, Emmanuel Shewan
c. Under 13 Girls, Morgan Maxwell
d. Under 16 Boys, Andrew Swift
e. Under 16 Girls, Christina Schwartz
f. Youth Men, Jason Becvarovski
g. Open Women, Melissa Cox
h. Open Men, Goran Ljuboja
4. Golden Boot -
a. Under 12 Boys, Nathan Spinola (11 goals)
b. Under 14 Boys, Mark Armstrong (10 goals)
c. Under 13 Girls, Morgan Maxwell (19 goals)
d. Under 16 Boys, Jordon Figon (11 goals)
e. Under 16 Girls, Christina Schwartz (5 goals)
f. Youth Men, Jason Becvarovski (9 goals)
g. Open Women, Monica Kavanagh (7 goals)
h. Open Men, Goran Ljuboja (16 goals)
5. Best Goal Keeper Junior – Alex Pepper
6. Best Goal Keeper Senior – Bojan Radmilo
7. Club Person of the year award – Jim Apostolovski

8. Individual Player’s trophies,
a. Under 12s Boys
b. Under 14s Boys
c. Under 13s Girls
d. Under 16s Boys
e. Under 16s Girls
f. Youth Men
g. Open Women
h. Open Men
9. Individual Team Managers and Coaches awards,
a. Under 12s Boys, Manager Rod Stewart and Coach Lee Pepper
b. Under 14s Boys, Manager Colin Armstrong and Coach Steve Simonovski
c. Under 13s Girls, Manager Alissa Teal and Coach Peter Ellis
d. Under 16s Boys, Manager Ken Swift and Coach Jerry Figon
e. Under 16s Girls, Manager Stephen Iacono and Coach Aldo Liemich
f. Youth Men, Manager Ken Swift and Coach Jerry Figon
g. Open Women, Manager Jonathan Simnett and Coach Dennis Church
h. Open Men, Manager Ken Swift and Coach Hector Martinez

Thank you to our Champion under 9s and 10s development squad players who also attended.

The 1st annual presentation closed with refreshments being served.

Source : Sutherland Shire Futsal
Published : 21/2/2009

This Saturday sees the end to another Futsal season with the Grand Finals held at Dural Sport & Leisure Centre.

Congratulations to all Players, Coaches and officials from the respective clubs on a fantastic season, resulting in a grand final appearance.

There have been some clubs who have made a number of grand finals these are:

Premier League

Sydney Magic 4, Campbelltown Quake 3, Hawkesbury Commodores 2, Mascot Vipers 2, Sydney City Eagles 2, Inner West Allstars 2, Western Raiders 1.

Super League

Dural Warriors 4, Sydney Benfica 3, Breakers FC 3, South Coast Taipans 2, Enfield Rovers 1, Parramatta Blueberries 1, Botany Bay Pirates 1, Sydney Uni 1.

Grand final matchups

Premier League

1:00pm – 12 Boys Hawkesbury Commodores (1st) vs. Western Raiders (4th)
2:00pm – 14 Boys Mascot Vipers (1st) vs. Campbelltown Quake (2nd)
3:00pm – 13 Girls Hawkesbury Commodores (1st) vs. Inner West Allstars (2nd)
4:00pm – 16 Boys Sydney City Eagles (1st) vs. Sydney Magic (2nd)
5:00pm – 16 Girls Sydney Magic PCYC (1st) vs. Campbelltown City Quake (2nd)
6:00pm – Youth Men Inner West Allstars (2nd) vs. Sydney City Eagles (4th)
7:00pm – Open Women Mascot Vipers (1st) vs. Sydney Magic (2nd)
8:00pm – Open Men Sydney Magic (1st) vs. Campbelltown City Quake (2nd)

Super League

1:00pm – 12 Boys South Coast Taipans (1st) vs. Sydney Benfica FC (2nd)
2:00pm – 14 Boys Enfield Rovers (1st) vs. South Coast Taipans (3rd)
3:00pm – 13 Girls Breakers FC (1st) vs. Parramatta Blueberries (2nd)
4:00pm – 16 Boys Dural Warriors (1st) vs. Botany Bay Pirates (2nd)
5:00pm – 16 Girls Sydney University (2nd) vs. Breakers FC (1st)
6:00pm – Youth Men Sydney Benfica FC (1st) vs. Dural Warriors (2nd)
7:00pm – Open Women Breakers FC (2nd) vs. Dural Warriors (5th)
8:00pm – Open Men Dural Warriors (1st) vs. Sydney Benfica FC (2nd)

There will also be a match day program available on the day; you can also click here to download a copy (local copy also here).

Football NSW wishes all teams playing on Saturday the best of luck. Also Congratulations to the referees appointed to matches on the weekend.

Source : Football NSW
Published : 18/2/2009

Sydney Benfica FC would like to wish all their players the best of luck for this weekend’s grand finals. Remember boys, no matter what the result, go out there and have fun !!!!

To the rest of the Sydney Benfica teams, pack your picnic baskets & eskies and get to Dural to support your teams.

Let’s rock the house down!!

12 Boys

Cristian Ramos (GK)
Michael Houdek
Michael Trajkovski (C)
Dimitri Krideras
Steve Kuzmanovski
James McNicoll (GK)
Petros Xenos
Damon Ramos
Nicholas Kazacos

Youth Men

Costa Chronopoulos (GK)
Kevin Oliveira
Jason Camara
Husky Akil (C)
Mark Pinto
Rocci Gabey
Ali Bazzi
Kane Edwards
Wayne Estevao (GK)
Ruben Caetano
Milton Ferreira
Patrick Askaro

Vic Koutsoufis (Stand By – 16 Boys)
Mark Svinos (Stand By – 16 Boys)

Mens

Joshua DaPalma (GK)
Itaua Batista
Caio Ongaratto
Rui Ongaratto
Marcelo De Andrade (C)
Osmar De Barros
Nuno Simao
Costa Chronopoulos (GK)
Kevin Oliveira
Jason Camara
Husky Akil
Mark Pinto

Source : Sydney Benfica FC
Published : 20/2/2009

When growing up, many of us dream of throwing on our favourite team kit and running on to the field with our heroes.

Whether that is for the North Queensland Cowboys, the Brisbane Lions, the Queensland Reds or Manchester United, it is a dream that is rarely fulfilled.

Cannonvale’s 15-year-old soccer player Todd Jenkins is one of the lucky ones.

He was selected to represent the Australian under 17s futsal team at the world championships in England last year and was approached by scouts from Liverpool to attend trials.

From there Jenkins went on the ride of his life and was able to cross off many of the things on every aspiring soccer players’ wish list.

Trials went well and the former Adelaide resident was asked to stick around to play for Liverpool’s reserves in a couple of games to see if he could mix it with the big boys.

This allowed Jenkins to play on many of the famous arenas that most people will only ever see on television including Liverpool’s home ground Anfield and that of their fierce rivals Everton, Goodison Park.

He even got the chance to mix it with some of the games global superstars on the training paddock.

Household names such as Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres and Xabi Alonso have now kicked the ball with a star of the future.

All this from a professed self-learner.

“I started playing soccer in Adelaide as a kid, basically just to make friends,” Jenkins said.

“I haven’t had much high level coaching but I really love futsal and moving through the rep teams in that has given me an opportunity to go to Liverpool.”

It may not be the last time that Jenkins walks Anfield’s hallowed turf either as he’s been offered the chance to sign a pre-contract with the iconic Liverpool club.

The pre-contract gives Liverpool first rights to include Jenkins as part of their squad if and when he steps up to professional, which he hopes will be some time next year.

In the meantime the new resident of the Whitsunday region is looking at playing in an amateur competition in the area to continue to develop his skills and fitness.

It’s unlikely that he will be short on takers.

Source : Whitsunday Times
By : Ben Glover
Published : 20/2/2009

Utility Siga Ali’s brace helped Navua’s Red Devils overcome Nadogo 2-1 in the Fiji FA Futsal Championship final on Wednesday night. National rep Ali scored the winner on the stroke of fulltime as Red Devils collected the $700 top prize while Dinesh Mudaliar’s Nadogo settled for $300.

Last month Red Devils scooped the Fiji FA Beach Soccer title in Suva after beating Suva’s Combine Brothers. Red Devils manager Krishnil Sharma said adding the national Futsal crown to Navua’s trophy cabinet was a major achievement for the players. In the semis, Red Devils beat Civic 3-2 while Navua upset Greenspace 3-1 to win the women’s grade and $150 prize-money. Fiji FA Futsal Commission secretary Jay Sukhu said the standard of competition improved greatly from the knock-out stages.

Source : Fiji Times Online
Published : 20/2/2009

Top Fiji and Navua clubs Red Devils and Red Rock will meet each other in the first quarterfinal of the Fiji Football Association FUTSAL competition at the Tattersalls Leisure Centre this evening.

The two Southern Forest Limited-sponsored side which are laced with Navua reps were tipped to clash in the final but pool results rules otherwise.

Red Devils boast the likes of Pita Bolaitoga, Benaminio Mateinaqara, Taniela Waqa and Alvin Avinesh while Red Rock has the likes of Usaia Tadu, Rajneel Chand, Rajnesh Raju and Sitiveni Qarau.

Central Vuci with Tailevu Naitasiri reps will face Nadogo which has the services of Dinesh Mudliar and Sandeep Nair in the second quarterfinal while Civic faces Lokia in the third quarter final.

Savusavu meets Fiji Sun in the last elimination round.

Four women’s teams will also take part in the tourney.

Pillay Garments will meet UNO in the first match while Greenspace will play Navua in the second. The winners of the two matches will clash in the final which will be played before the men’s final.

Fiji FUTSAL Commission secretary Jainendra Sukhu believes fans will be able to see top level football in the abbreviated code as all clubs that have qualified have some district players in their side.

“We should expect stiff competition as players will be out to give in their best and try to impress selectors who are looking for talents for our national squad which will compete in the OFC FUTSAL playoffs in May,” he said.

Quarterfinals:
6pm- Southern Forest Red Devils vs Southern Forest Red Devils, 6.20pm- Central Vuci vs Nadogo, 6.40pm- Civic vs Lokia, 7pm- Fiji Sun vs Savusavu, 7.20pm- Pillay Garments vs UNO (Women), 7.40pm- Greenspace vs Navua (Women)

The semifinals kick off at 8pm and the final will be played at 9pm.

Source : FijiLive
Published : 18/2/2009

Proposals for a revised O-League and details of the US$8 million “Win in Oceania” project were among the hot topics discussed at the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Executive Committee meeting held in Rarotonga at the weekend.

Convening at the Muri Beach Club Hotel on Saturday, the meeting opened with a guest appearance from Cook Islands Minister of Sport Ngamau Munokoa who was welcomed by OFC President Reynald Temarii, Cook Islands Football Association President Lee Harmon and other OFC Executive Committee members.

One of the important points of contention during the assembly was the future of OFC’s flagship competition – the O-League. Two proposals aimed at improving the current six-team structure were considered.

Due to the complexity of the suggested changes and the importance of the outcome, the decision on the proposals has been deferred until the next OFC Executive Committee meeting on 30 May, 2009.

OFC General Secretary Tai Nicholas says this will give each member association more time to carefully consider each option.

“This is not a decision we want to rush,” Nicholas said. “It is important to mull over the finer details so that the proposal we choose will ultimately ensure the quality of the O-League is kept as high as possible.”

In addition to the O-League proposals, the committee discussed details about the FIFA initiative “Win in Oceania” set to be launched this year. Senior Project Manager Vairani Davio gave a presentation outlining what funding each member association will receive and how the project aims to leave a legacy in areas such as administration, medical procedures, infrastructure, national leagues and futsal as well as media, communications and TV capabilities.

The OFC President added that the success of the FIFA-funded project is paramount.

“Win in Oceania is a significant project and it reaffirms FIFA’s position as one of the most important financial contributors to each country within the Oceania region,” President Temarii said. “Therefore it is imperative that each member association takes ownership and meets the set targets.”

In other matters, the Executive Committee:

approved the audited accounts of OFC showing a 1.1 million profit for 2008 appointed Greg Larsen as Deputy General Secretary of the OFC General Secretariat appointed Iuli Alex Godinet as an observer of the OFC Executive Committee agreed with the findings of the FIFA/OFC delegation that went to Papua New Guinea that David Chung was duly elected as President of the Papua New Guinea Football Association on 5 July, 2008 confirmed that all OFC competitions will be centralised in New Zealand for the next four years with the aim of increasing participation levels. Note: exceptions will be OFC Futsal (to be held in Fiji and New Caledonia) and OFC Beach Soccer (to be held in Tahiti) agreed that OFC will bid to host the 2011 or 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Source : Voxy.co.nz
Published : 18/2/2009

Redland Bay’s Jess Anderson has a great passion for soccer and futsal.

The 11-year-old, who is in remission from juvenile arthritis, was goalkeeper for the Queensland team that won the National Futsal Championships in Sydney last month.

Jess said she had been playing soccer for three years, but enjoyed the indoor version, futsal, because it was “fast paced”.

“My goal is to get into the Matildas (the national women’s soccer team) by about 2013,” she said.

Mum Annette Anderson said her daughter had “always been really focused and really active”.

 

 

Source : The Redland Times
Published : 19/2/2009