Tasmanian State team initial selections have been made for the National Club Titles to be held in Sydney, January 2010. Letters have been sent to players hand picked from either competitions or academies around the state by the state co-ordinator.

If you feel that there are players that have been overlooked please contact Corey Smith on corey@vikingsfutsal.com to be looked at for selection.

Players participating in Winter Competitions and/or Academies state wide will be looked at for selection.

Players selected so far :

AGE - Name
13/14 Girls – Gabrielle Miles
13/14 Girls - Kelly Penman
13/14 Girls – Gemma Chisholm
13/14 Girls – Amelia Griggs
13/14 Girls – Monique Robottom
13/14 Girls – Lauren Grant
13/14 Girls – Sammi O’Brien
13/14 Girls – Emma O’Brien
13/14 Girls – Alesii Tomac
13/14 Girls – Stephanie Apted
13/14 Girls – Naomi Hampel
13/14 Girls – Eloise Murdoch
13/14 Girls – Deahnna Briggs
13/14 Girls – Cassandra Tye
13/14 Girls – Emma Hall
13/14 Girls – Samantha Fleming
13/14 Girls – Bronte Davison
13/14 Girls – Jessica Downham
13/14 Girls – Freya Crocker
13/14 Girls – Ashlee Webster
13/14 Girls – Stacie Hutchinson
13/14 Girls – Maddison Callander
13/14 Girls – Athina Tsakiris
13/14 Girls – Jessika Eyles
13/14 Girls – Sophie Hansson
13/14 Girls – Mikayla Sutton
13/14 Girls – Georgia James
13/14 Girls – Agnes Parr
13/14 Girls – Emma Burrows
13/14 Girls – Tiahna Tomac

10 Years – Tyson Barrett
10 Years – Harry Joyce
10 Years – Matteo Paolini
10 Years – Nicholas Ashlin
10 Years – Jake Barrett
10 Years – Sam Caswell
10 Years – Conor Thompson
10 Years – Baxter Norton
10 Years – Levi Christie
10 Years – Ned Rumney
10 Years – Michael Oddie

11 Years – Kobe Kemp
11 Years – Joe Randall
11 Years – Raffael Frediani
11 Years – Ashley Sutton
11 Years – Mathew Pace
11 Years – Nicholas Fader
11 Years – Manuel Hennicke
11 Years – Ryan Cook
11 Years – Chris Howard
11 Years – Blake Postma
11 Years – Sean Lowrie
11 Years – Connor Schmidt
11 Years – Nicholas Thomas
11 Years – Edward Johnstone
11 Years – Dion Pavlides

12 Years – Christopher Boult
12 Years – Sam Howcroft
12 Years – James Schmidt
12 Years – William Burgess
12 Years – Dean Watkins
12 Years – Lucas Targett
12 Years – Ben Ryan
12 Years – Alex Walter
12 Years – Taliesin Seaborn
12 Years – Gus Rumney
12 Years – Darcy Hall
12 Years – Callum Shea
12 Years – Ben Jarvis
12 Years – Locklan Masters
12 Years – Sam Rigby
12 Years – Job Carr-Turbitt
12 Years – Sam Adkins
12 Years – Ben Chia

13 Years – Josh Williamson
13 Years – Ben Robinson
13 Years – Alex Woodham
13 Years – Ross Driessen
13 Years – Nick Burk
13 Years – Henry Garrett
13 Years – Hugh Fleming
13 Years – Chris Fleming
13 Years – George McEvoy
13 Years – Xavier Dyble
13 Years – Zach Harris
13 Years – Anje Rossendell-Piper
13 Years – Harry Bird
13 Years – Charlie Bird
13 Years – Ben Robinson
13 Years – Jack Fleming
13 Years – Angus Souter
13 Years – Trey Westbury
13 Years – Josh Norton
13 Years – Cameron Rogers
13 Years – Josh Dingjan
13 Years – Jeremy Ayres
13 Years – Jordan Cairns
13 Years – Jackson Nugent
13 Years – Harrison Thomas
13 Years – Hugh Undy
13 Years – Mitchell Wright
13 Years – Phil Berrell
13 Years – Alex Paolini
13 Years – Nick Bartlett

Youth Men – Sam McCarthy
Youth Men – Yosef Kolele
Youth Men – Jacob Clamp
Youth Men – Joshua Quan
Youth Men – Will Ashwood
Youth Men – Matt Chapman
Youth Men – Trent Pearce
Youth Men – Jamie Vernon
Youth Men – DiPendra Junwar
Youth Men – Tom Clamp

Lachlan Dawson loves his soccer.

And after just four competitive matches with the Ballarat Academy of Soccer, Lachlan’s proud mother Nicole believes it is a passion that her son will continue for many years to come.

Nicole, a single mother of five, said her son had become attached to soccer like no other sport he had previously tried.

“He just can’t get enough of it,” she said.

“He started playing Futsal last year and absolutely loved it. He fell in love with the whole soccer thing and now he can’t get enough of it.”

Nicole said Lachlan had played for Ballarat Football Club in an under-10 competition, but had now opted against the traditional Australian game for what appears to be his true sporting love.

“He was great at footy and just loves sport in general, but there is just something about soccer that really took over,” she said.

“I am just really proud of him and that’s why I nominated him for this. He is just a great kid.”

Lachlan is now in his third season of futsal – an indoor version of the outdoor game – with a team from his school – St Thomas More Primary School.

The grade five student, who has ambitions of playing for A-League club Melbourne Victory and even representing the Socceroos, has also been selected for a Ballarat Regional Squad.

Ballarat will play against teams from around the state in Swan Hill during the upcoming school holidays.

The second round of the Queensland School Futsal Premier League and Championship League were recently held. This round was for the 16 years girls. Assisi College won the Premier League held at Churchie and Southern Cross College won the Championship League held at Albany Creek SHS.

The competitions were very close with top quality futsal at both venues. Both victorious teams finished second on the points table on the night and were then able to turn this into a victory in the final to take the trophy.

Qld School Futsal Premier League - Round 2

Assisi College	V	Shailer Park SHS	2 - 1
Shailer Park SHS	V	Robina SHS	0 - 2
Assisi College	V	Clontarf Beach SHS	4 - 2
Shailer Park SHS	V	Tullawong SHS	2 - 0
Robina SHS	V	Clontarf Beach SHS	4 - 1
Assisi College	V	Robina SHS	0 - 3
Assisi College	V	Tullawong SHS	5 - 1
Shailer Park SHS	V	Clontarf Beach SHS	1 - 2
Clontarf Beach SHS	V	Tullawong SHS	2 - 2
Robina SHS	V	Tullawong SHS	4 - 1
The final
Robina SHS	V	Assisi College	0 - 1

Qld School Futsal Championship League - Round 2

Albany Creek SHS	V	All Hallows	3 - 0
Grace Lutheran College	V	Southern Cross College	3 - 2
All Hallows	V	St Andrews College	1 - 4
Albany Creek SHS	V	Southern Cross College	3 - 4
Grace Lutheran College	V	St Andrews college	1 - 1
Southern Cross College	V	All Hallows	2 - 0
Albany Creek SHS	V	Grace Lutheran College	5 - 1
Southern Cross College	V	St Andrews College	2 - 2
Grace Lutheran College	V	All Hallows	0 - 2
Albany Creek SHS	V	St Andrews College	0 - 4
The final
St Andrews	V	Southern Cross College	2 - 3

The accumulated points tables after two rounds :

Qld School Futsal Premier League - Round 2 Table

School	Points
Robina SHS	17
Clontarf Beach SHS	13
Assisi College	13
Shailer Park SHS	12
Tullawong SHS	5

Qld School Futsal Championship League - Round 2 Table

School	Points
Albany Creek SHS	18
Grace Lutheran College	14
St Andrews College	13
Southern Cross College	8
Deception Bay SHS	6
Churchie and All Hallows	0

Round 3 of the leagues is for the 14 years girls. The Championship League is on 22 May at Deception Bay SHS and The Premier League is on 5 June at Tullawong SHS.

QEII Park Christchurch will host the 1st Vikings Futsal NZ National Provincial Championships over Easter 2010 (April 3-5th). These titles will serve as a selection trial for Vikings NZ sides to travel to Australia for the Vikings Championships in 2011.

Selections and trials for Provincial teams will take place during September and October of 2009. This tournament will be the largest Futsal event in New Zealand, surpassing the Vikings NZ Schools Championships.

Appointments for the next three rounds of the Football NSW Futsal Winter State League have been published on the NSWFRA web site. Each round will give an opportunity to a blend of youth and experience while honing the skills of those referees wanting to step to the next level in their futsal refereeing.

State League Referee of the year Gavin Lee will make his first appearance at the Premier Football NSW Futsal competition this Monday when he joins Super League Men’s Grand Final Referee Wayne Ranson and Laura Elliott on the touch lines. Former FIFA referee Rob Porritt and FFA Nationals Men’s Final referee Darius Turner will team up with 2006 State League Referee of the Year Brendon Skinner to officiate on the other pitch.

May 25th continues the trend of Premier League players past and present moving to the role of official with FIFA referee Scott Kidson and Ross Fazzalaro in action. Premier League Grand Final referees Jonathon Moore and Peter Wilson-Mosey along with the experienced Bruce Bailey and Mark Jones complete the crew for May’s final round.

The new month brings FIFA Referee Ryan Shepheard to Homebush where he will join Khaled Aly and Darren Allatt in controlling one half of the fourth round of the competition. Young Referee of the Year from last year, Nick Backo, will team with a former winner of the same award Sam McIntosh. Along with Gordon McOrist, the trio will take charge of the second pitch to round out the first third of the competition

The Winter Super League gives referees the opportunity to continue to officiate on a high quality competition while giving excellent development opportunities to those referees hoping to move up the ranks in the State Leagues as the full club competition returns in October.

Due to the high number of referees requesting to be appointed to this competition, the number of opportunities for each referee to be appointed will be limited.

While the world deals with swine Flu a different sort of Pandemic is spreading throughout Schools in Dunedin. Futsal Fever.

Dunedin Schools Liaison Officer, Simon Mead, has been busy visiting schools and introducing them to the action packed game of Futsal.36 school teams played in the Dunedin School League in term 1 with 38 teams entering the Otago School titles held in March 09.

“School based Futsal is really taking off here in Dunedin with many schools finding that the kids crave the action pact indoor game”, expressed Mead. “Dunedin’s winter climate is perfect for Futsal during PE lessons and schools love how involved all the kids are during the sessions”.

Mead is currently visiting schools and intoducing the game and has a pick up rate of around 85% from Dunedin Schools. He uses a great mix of video imagery, Brazilian Music and skill based activities to get the kids moving.

Recently a touring Brazilian School played against Logan Park High School along with schools in Christchurch. “This is the perfect sport for Schools”, says Mead. “They can play at lunchtimes, PE sessions, inter house and in school based leagues and tournaments’.

Rivermount College ran Robina SHS to the wire in the carnival’s most important game, but Robina still triumphed to win yet another Vikings Coomera River School Futsal Cup, held at UCSC this evening, this time in the 15 Girls Division.

In an exciting end-to-end game, Robina triumphed 4-2 in a game enjoyed by the small but appreciative crowd at the venue.

For full results go to http://www.isport.com.au/futsal/qcrc/

The 2009 National School Futsal Championships.

Where: Albury/Wodonga NSW/Victoria

When: Tuesday 29th September till Thursday 1st October 2009

To be a part of this fantastic event for the following positions please contact Jade Banks on school@vikingsfutsal.com or (07) 3270 2777

- State Coach
- State Manager
- State Player
- Centre Administration
- Sports Training
- Refereeing
- Sponsorship
- Catering

Age Groups Running – Only Students currently enrolled in a Primary or secondary school are eligible.

10 Boys – Born 1999 or 2000
11 Boys – Born 1998
12 Boys – Born 1997
13 Boys – Born 1996
14 Boys – Born 1995
15 Boys – Born 1994
16 Boys – Born 1993
19 Boys – Born 1992, 1991 or 1990

11 Girls – Born 1998
12 Girls – Born 1997
13 Girls – Born 1996
14 Girls – Born 1995
15 Girls – Born 1994
16 Girls – Born 1993
19 Girls – Born 1992, 1991 or 1990

www.vikingsfutsal.com

The National Kurukuru Futsal are expected to name their final squad this week in preparation for the Oceania Futsal Championship in Fiji this year.

The Oceania championship will only feature four countries after New Zealand and Tahiti have withdrawn their participation.

The championship is scheduled for July 5-11 and will be hosted in the Vodafone Arena in Suva.

Solomon Islands Futsal Development Officer and Kurukuru Team coach Victor Wai’i said 22 players have been undergoing intensive training for the championship.

But the squad will be trimmed to 12 players who will travel to the championship, he said.

Wai’i said the selection of the final squad will coincide with the presence of OFC Futsal Development Officer Scott Gilligan who will be in the country to conduct a Futsal Coaching Clinic under the Win in Oceania project, this month.

“This is just an Oceania Championship which was hosted every year and not a qualifier.

“But it is important for the Kurukuru in their preparation to defend the Oceania title,” he said.

The current training squad comprises of old players who played in last year’s Oceania qualifiers and the World Cup, and some new faces that are recently drafted.

It has been hinted that Kurukuru inspirational captain Elliot Ragomo and key player Jack Whitney are likely to make the final squad.

Their inclusion will pose a threat. Previously, they have earned admiration in Fiji during the Oceania Qualifiers.

Meanwhile, the host Fiji have announced their extended squad that will go into trials ahead of the championship.

Fiji Futsal Secretary told Fijilive Fiji was lacking behind in preparation for the meet and they are trying their best to mould and field a formidable team in the tourney.

“We are facing some problems in assembling the squad and organizing training sessions as the players are scattered around the country and the gymnasium courts booked for other events.”

“It’s a bit difficult in Fiji to have only specific players involved in FUTSAL as all players play full code football therefore their availability for 5-a-side commitments becomes a concern for us.”

“Despite our problems, we had our first training session in Suva yesterday and preparations will
intensify from next week.”

“The southern players will train under coach Intiaz Khan on Tuesdays and Thursdays while the western and northern players in the meantime will be training under the guidance of our development officers.”

“We have a mix of young and experienced players and should be able to form a formidable team for the championship,” added Sukhu.

Brazil is the home of the beautiful game and after his recent trip to that country Brandon Harvey can see why that is so.

The 17-year-old was a member of an Australian Vikings squad which travelled to South America to play Futsal against the country that has helped make the sport popular.

Brandon, a defender with Nerimbera in its local Capricornia premier team for the eleven-a-side game, has only played Futsal for a short time, taking up the sport for fitness rather than having designs on making a national squad.

“I was picked for Queensland Schools and then the Vikings,” the Rockhampton Grammar School student explained.

Squads of 15 boys and 15 girls made the journey, with the Vikings making its base at Belo Horizonte, a city of about three million inhabitants.

As with most visitors to South America, Brandon was a little surprised at the passion for football held by everyone he met.

“Even 10-year-olds had the skills and tricks,” he recalled.

The trip was not about playing games and carrying out sightseeing. Brandon said while in Belo Horizonte the squad was coached by some of Brazil’s finest Futsal coaches, men who have made that country the world leader in the sport.

While in awe of some of the skills opponents possessed, Brandon found out that the Brazilians also had a tactical awareness which made them even harder to beat.

“In the first half (of games) it was close, but in the second they pulled away,” he recalled.

“We tried to mark man-to-man, but once they worked us out they changed their plan.

“Most of the teams we played had at least one outstanding player.

With the Vikings facing tough opposition it was satisfying for the Rockhampton player to return home as his team’s leading scorer.

The squad viewed the sights including a visit to Rio and an overview of that city from Cristo Redentor, but what was his favourite memory?

“The first half of our last game; we were 1-0 down and I scored a penalty to get us back in the game,” he said with a grin.

Now Brandon hopes to combine the two sports, gaining selection for a Vikings tour of China while progressing his 11-a-side game through the Young Cougars with an eye towards the North Queensland Fury.