New Zealand will take on Australia in a Trans Tasman Test Series, June 12-14th in New Zealand which will feature both the New Zealand Mens and Womens sides.

The games are part of the respective build ups to World Futsal Association Futsal World Cups for men and women but as with all New Zealand v Australia fixtures no inch will be given.

The 3 match series will be played in Timaru, Dunedin and Chistchurch which will allow a large proportion of New Zealands Futsal community a chance to see the international fixtures. While entry to all the games will be free gold coin donations will be accepted as part of the fundraising effort to send the New Zesaland sides overseas.

Playing dates, Venues and Times are as follows:

Friday June 11th Timaru - SBS Events Centre

6pm Women
7pm Men

Saturday June 12th Dunedin - Lion Foundation Stadium (Edgar Sports Centre)

6pm Women
7pm Men

Sunday June 13th Christchurch - QEII Park Stadium

4pm Women
5pm Men

All games will be played under international rules with 2×20min halves stop the clock.

Local Futsal players, Maggie Mills, Kanisha Phillips-Cook and Robert Marshall, received a boost to their fundraising with a cheque from Ruth and Fred from Diggers Tavern this week. Along with Sam Jarrett, from Urunga, all players have been selected in the National Schools Futsal team to travel to Brazil for 18 days in May this year and are busy working and fundraising to pay their way.

The generosity from many local charities and townsfolk of Bellingen has been overwhelming and this continues on Friday night the 16th at the Tavern where free giveaways are on offer to all patrons. So come along, bring some friends, have a feed and support local sport and business in Bellingen. All profits from the bar on the night go to support the three Bellingen players.

Futsal Geelong with support of the City of Greater Geelong have ran a promotional Futsal day on the beautiful Geelong Waterfront on Saturday the 13th of March 2010. Eight games involving around 120 players of all ages and ability levels from Futsal Geelong participated and had around 1500-2000 people view the matches throughout the day.

Futsal Geelong was created in September 2008 and already supports over 150 teams and almost 1000 members, with competitions played at the Barwon Valley Activity Centre, the Leisuretime Centre and the Drysdale Primary School- Futsal Geelong has programs and competitions available for kids as young as three year olds right up to 75 year old experienced soccer players.

Futsal Geelong Manager Brad Roberts said ‘the day was a huge success and was great to see so many locals of Geelong and the surfcoast support and get involved in the day.’ A huge thanks must go out to all staff from the City of Greater Geelong and Futsal Geelong for making the day possible and to all the teams for getting sides together for the day.

For further information on Futsal Geelong, the City of Greater Geelong or the great location these games took place, please contact Brad on (03) 5275 1816 or email broberts@geelongcity.vic.gov.au

Go Futsalcats!!!

Football NSW announces awards for the Sutherland Shire at the recent Futsal Premier and Super League presentation dinner held Friday 12th March 2010 at Bankstown Sports Club.

Sutherland for the first time at Super League level picked up the following awards;

Under 14s Boys, Super League Champions;

Sutherland – Nicholas Anderson, Aydin Dervis, Ashley Gomes, Jordan Guerreiro, Ben Hancock, Daniel Marques, Dan Nash, Brad Peryman, Nathan Spinola and Jesse Volarich

Under 14s Girls, Goal Keeper of the Year;

Sutherland – Emily Eve

Youth Mens, Golden Boot;

Sutherland – Troy Ruthven

Open Mens, Goal Keeper of the Year;

Sutherland – Joshua Collins

FNSW, Club Person of the Year;

Sutherland – Jim Apostolovski

2010 FFA Futsal Nationals;

Sutherland – 29 players represented NSW

These and many other Association awards from under 9s to open men’s and women’s will be celebrated at the 2nd annual presentation dinner to be held Friday 19th March 2010 at Club Menai from 7pm.

The Following players have been selected by Coach Gui Costa to attend a training weekend in Christchurch April 10/11th. The squad will then be cut to 15 with 3 players being shadow players but training with the squad in the build up to the World Futsal Assoc Futsal World Cup to be held in Columbia March 2011.

Duncan Reid Canterbury GK
Levaine Auckland GK
David Zengerly Canterbury GK
Chris Sinclair Canterbury GK
Ben Keat Wellington
Bakr Alsaudi Auckland
Michael Sannum Otago
James Vaughan Otago
Darren Hart Otago
Josh Cremen Canterbury
Ohadhah Ragued Auckland
Hady Osman Auckland
Peter Rae Otago
Tom Morley Canterbury
Sean McAntee Otago
Kareem Osman Auckland
Ekow Quainoo Canterbury
Troy Burling Wairarapa
Daniel Burns Canterbury
Liam Lockheart Otago

Congratulations to all players. Training is as follows and is compulsory:

Saturday 10th

10am – 12:30am Pioneer Sport Centre
4:30pm – 7pm QEII Stadium

Sunday 11th

9am – 11am Pioneer Sport Centre
1pm – 3pm Pioneer Sport Centre

Brisbane Magic Futsal’s hugely successful first season has come to an end with Grand Finals night on show last Tuesday night.

Brisbane Roar’s young fullback, Ivan Franjic, who has represented Victoria at National Futsal level, was on hand to witness some great Futsal being played and also to present the trophies and medals to the teams.

Of the 10 Grand Finals on show, there were quite a few stand out matches, but one will live long in the memory with the Under 11 / 12 match between the Taipans and Green Machine ending on a penalty shootout. The scores were locked at 1-1 at full time and 2-2 at the end of extra time with Taipans winning the first ever Brisbane Magic Futsal penalty shootout 3-1.

Championship Grand Final Results;

Under 6 /7: Atomic Bombs def Titans 4-3
Under 9: Gladiators def Easts Super Tigers 4-2
Under 10: Easts Tigers def Wolverines 6-3
Under 11 / 12: Taipans def Green Machine 2-2 (3-1 on penalties)
Under 13 / 14: White Wonders def FBI 4-2
Open A: AFC def Golden Star FC 7-2
Open B: UNunited def The Oldies 3-2

Bowl Grand Finals:

Under 6 /7: Chargers def Easts Fire Dragons 6-4
Under 11 / 12: Sharpshooters def Goalbusters 4-2
Under 13 / 14: Colmslie Chix def Un-Real Madrid 9-2

Playoff Results:

Under 6 / 7: Destroyers def Team Up 4-3 and Wynnum Guardians def Robots 3-1
Under 9: Kangaroos def Battle Droids 6-0
Under 10: Red Bulls def The Apprentices 3-2
Under 11 / 12: Young Guns def Fusion 6-2 and Ice Cubes def White Stars 9-5
Under 13 / 14: TTTT’s def Wolves 4-3 and Eagles def Sea Eagles 5-4
Open A: Fireflies def Feensters 8-1
Open B: Allsorts def Not Quite Soccer 6-0

Brisbane Magic Futsal wishes to thank all the players, coaches, managers, referees, volunteers and parents for their support. We look forward to another eventful season later in the year.

James Brackenrig from Inner West Allstars has put together an outstanding high quality highlights package from ALL of the NSW Premier League Grand Finals. It shows the goals and highlights for each of the winners, well worth your time to take a look.

It is the footage that was played recently at the NSW Futsal Awards night. Its 18 minutes long and about 500 Megs in size.

It can be viewed here on the Allstars website.

Football NSW celebrated the culmination of the 2009/2010 Futsal season with a spectacular awards night held at the Bankstown Sports Clubs’ newly furnished Grand Ballroom.

In front of over 400 invited guests 117 trophies were awarded to worthy recipients for their achievements and efforts throughout the season.

Football NSW President Jim Forrest spoke of how pleased he was with the growing popularity of Futsal and in particular the participation of people with disabilities and the social contribution Futsal can provide.

Forrest also praised the efforts of the NSW Thunder side which regardless of the results competed well against fully paid professionals at the World Club Championships in Iran.

Entertainment for the evening was provided by a magician named Phoenix who much to the amusement of the audience met his match when he unwittingly selected Eagles coach Roy (Ray) Cowie to come up on stage (and try) to help him with his routine. Much to the relief of all concerned he eventually managed to complete his trick without too much embarrassment.

A thought must be spared for MC for the evening Football NSW’s Executive Manager for Commercial Services Tony Peters who did a fine job to speak above the unruly din and keep the night moving along on time with the handing out of 117 trophies.

Perhaps the night did miss the opportunity to hear a short speech from some of the winners of the key awards but unfortunately there were so many awards and not enough time.

Many a deserving award were presented with some notable key awards listed below:

Club Championship Premier League - Inner West Allstars

Club Championship Super League - Enfield Rovers

Coach of the Year Premier League – Sam Galayini (Western Raiders)

Coach of the Year Super League – Steve Knight (Maccabi)

Referee of the Year - Roger Lee

Young referee of the Year - Meni Belkadi

Player of the Year Premier League

Mens – Danny Martinez (Quake) and Ben Lawson (Dural)
Women – Fabiana Perfilio (Sydney City)
Youth – Aaron Cimitile (Sydney City)
16 Girls – Doris Osman (Mascot)
16 Boys – Wade Giovenali
14 Girls – Amy Harrison (Sydney City)
14 Boys – Peter Makrillos (Sydney City)
12 Girls – Rhianna Pollicina (Raiders)
12 Boys – Richard Darko (Commodores)

Player of the Year Super League

Mens – Daniel Fulton (Maccabi)
Women – Ellen Wheatley (Breakers)
Youth – Ibrahim Kerem (Enfield)
16 Girls – Sarah Roger (Breakers)
16 Boys – Cristian Ciampa (West City)
14 Girls – Kristina Janeska (Taipans)
14 Boys – Dean Bereveskos (UTS Barcelona)
12 Girls – Caitlin Murphy (Enfield)
12 Boys – Bai Antoniou (UTS Barcelona)

Club Persons of the Year

Premier League

Campbelltown Quake – Jeannette Gilligan
Commodores – Bob Jenner
Inner West – James Brackenrig
Mascot Vipers – Alan Garlick
Sydney Benfica – Alysse Tasevski
Sydney City – Jan Breckenridge
Western Raiders – Aldo Liemich
Dural Warriors – Natalie Anyon-Smith

Super League

A.P.I.A.-Leichhardt Tigers – Glen Errington
Boomerangs – Samantha Mason
Botany Bay – Wanda Clifford
Breakers FC – Shane Watson
Enfield Rovers – Hilary Coolican
GWS Vikings – Ian Flower
Liverpool Fusion – Bojan Radmilo
Maccabi Hakoah – Marco Pin
Northern Tigers – Chris Cowley
Sutherland Shire – Jim Apostolovski
South Coast – Petria McGoldrick
WC Crusaders – Tony Lapatzis
UTS Barcelona – Vesna Ristevski

To view the entire awards list please click here. (note F4A have reproduced the full winners list below)

League	Award	Individual Winner	Club
Super League	12 Boys Premiers		UTS Barcelona FC
Super League	12 Boys Champions		UTS Barcelona FC
Super League	14 Boys Premiers		UTS Barcelona FC
Super League	14 Boys Champions		Sutherland Shire
Super League	16 Boys Premiers		South Coast Taipans
Super League	16 Boys Champions		West City Crusaders
Super League	12 Girls Premiers		Enfield Rovers
Super League	12 Girls Champions		Boomerang FS
Super League	14 Girls Premiers		Breakers FC
Super League	14 Girls Champions		Breakers FC
Super League	16 Girls Premiers		Breakers FC
Super League	16 Girls Champions		Breakers FC
Super League	Women Premiers		Botany Bay Pirates
Super League	Women Champions		Botany Bay Pirates
Super League	Youth Men Premiers		Maccabi
Super League	Youth Men Champions		Maccabi
Super League	Men Premiers		Maccabi
Super League	Men Champions		Maccabi
Premier League	12 Boys Premiers		Commodores FCB
Premier League	12 Boys Champions		Commodores FCB
Premier League	14 Boys Premiers		Inner West Allstars
Premier League	14 Boys Champions		Western Raiders
Premier League	16 Boys Premiers		Inner West Allstars
Premier League	16 Boys Champions		Campbelltown City Quake
Premier League	12 Girls Premiers		Campbelltown City Quake
Premier League	12 Girls Champions		Campbelltown City Quake
Premier League	14 Girls Premiers		Inner West Allstars
Premier League	14 Girls Champions		Inner West Allstars
Premier League	16 Girls Premiers		Inner West Allstars
Premier League	16 Girls Champions		Mascot Vipers
Premier League	Women Premiers		Campbelltown City Quake
Premier League	Women Champions		Sydney City Eagles
Premier League	Youth Men Premiers		Inner West Allstars
Premier League	Youth Men Champions		Inner West Allstars
Premier League	Men Premiers		Inner West Allstars
Premier League	Men Champions		Campbelltown City Quake
Super League	Club Champions		Enfield Rovers
Premier League	Club Champions		Inner West Allstars
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Glen Errington	APIA Leichhardt Tigers
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Samantha Mason	Boomerangs F.S.
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Wanda Clifford	Botany Bay Pirates
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Shane Watson	Breakers Futsal Club
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Hilary Coolican	Enfield Rovers
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Ian Flower	Greater Western Sydney Vikings
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Bojan Radmilo	Liverpool Fusion
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Marco Pin	Maccabi Hakoah Futsal
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Chris Cowley	Northern Tigers
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Jim Apostolovski	Sutherland Shire Futsal
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Petria McGoldrick	South Coast Taipans
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Tony Laspatzis	West City Crusaders
Super League	Club Person of the Year	Vesna Ristevski	UTS Barcelona FC
Premier League	Club Person of the Year	Jeannette Gilligan	Campbelltown City Quake
Premier League	Club Person of the Year	Bob Jenner	Commodores FCB
Premier League	Club Person of the Year	James Brackenrig	Inner West Allstars
Premier League	Club Person of the Year	Alan Garlick	Mascot Vipers
Premier League	Club Person of the Year	Alysse Tasevski	Sydney Benfica FC
Premier League	Club Person of the Year	Jan Breckenridge	Sydney City Eagles
Premier League	Club Person of the Year	Aldo Liemich	Western Raiders
Premier League	Club Person of the Year	Natalie Anyon-Smith	Dural Warriors
Referees	Young Referee of the Year	Meni Belkadi	Mario Mazzeo Award
Referees	Referee of the Year	Roger Lee
Super League	Coach of the Year	Steve Knight	Maccabi Hakoah Futsal
Premier League	Coach of the Year	Sam Galayini	Western Raiders
Super League	GK of the Year 12 Boys	Adam Faulkner	South Coast Taipans
Super League	GK of the Year 12 Girls	Jessica Urquhart	Enfield Rovers
Super League	GK of the Year 14 Boys	Stephen Spirou	APIA Leichhardt Tigers
Super League	GK of the Year 14 Girls	Emily Eve	Sutherland Shire
Super League	GK of the Year 16 Boys	Daniel Rakvin	Enfield Rovers
Super League	GK of the Year 16 Girls	Sarah Veli-Gold	UTS Barcelona
Super League	GK of the Year Youth Men	Lloyd Fermino	South Coast Taipans
Super League	GK of the Year Women	Simone Bateman	Greater Western Sydney Vikings
Super League	GK of the Year Men	Joshua Collins	Sutherland Shire
Premier League	GK of the Year 12 Boys	Dominic Breckenridge	Sydney City Eagles
Premier League	GK of the Year 12 Girls	Chloe Avgoustou	Mascot Vipers
Premier League	GK of the Year 14 Boys	Blake Tuxford & Jayden Diacono	Sydney City Eagles & Commodores FCB
Premier League	GK of the Year 14 Girls	Shamiran Khamis	Western Raiders
Premier League	GK of the Year 16 Boys	Mitchell Gonzalez	Western Raiders
Premier League	GK of the Year 16 Girls	Cassandra Nader & Ava Acevedo	Mascot Vipers & Dural Warriors
Premier League	GK of the Year Youth Men	Wayne Estevao	Sydney Benfica
Premier League	GK of the Year Women	Michelle Dingwall	Commodores FCB
Premier League	GK of the Year Men	Peter Akers	Western Raiders
Super League	Golden Boot 12 Boys	Bai Antoniou	UTS Barcelona FC
Super League	Golden Boot 12 Girls	Caitlin Murphy	Enfield Rovers
Super League	Golden Boot 14 Boys	Dean Bereveskos	UTS Barcelona FC
Super League	Golden Boot 14 Girls	Kristina Janeska	South Coast Taipans
Super League	Golden Boot 16 Boys	Lucas Rossi + Cristian Ciampa	West City Crusaders
Super League	Golden Boot 16 Girls	Sarah Roger	Breakers FC
Super League	Golden Boot Youth Men	Troy Ruthven	Sutherland Shire
Super League	Golden Boot Women	Kimberley Pope	GWS Vikings
Super League	Golden Boot Men	Joseph Foti	Enfield Rovers
Premier League	Golden Boot 12 Boys	Richard Darko	Commodores FCB
Premier League	Golden Boot 12 Girls	Rhianna Pollicina	Western Raiders
Premier League	Golden Boot 14 Boys	Bruno Antelmi	Sydney City Eagles
Premier League	Golden Boot 14 Girls	Shayna Killey	Dural Warriors
Premier League	Golden Boot 16 Boys	Daniel Vellonio	Campbelltown City Quake
Premier League	Golden Boot 16 Girls	Doris Osman	Mascot Vipers
Premier League	Golden Boot Youth Men	Rhys Giovenali + Shervin Adeli	Dural Warriors + Inner West Allstars
Premier League	Golden Boot Women	Stephanie Haim	Campbelltown City Quake
Premier League	Golden Boot Men	Yavuz Ekinci	Mascot Vipers
Super League	12 Boys POY	Bai Antoniou	UTS Barcelona
Super League	12 Girls POY	Caitlin Murphy	Enfield Rovers
Super League	14 Boys POY	Dean Bereveskos	UTS Barcelona
Super League	14 Girls POY	Kristina Janeska	South Coast Taipans
Super League	16 Boys POY	Cristian Ciampa	West City Crusaders
Super League	16 Girls POY	Sarah Roger	Breakers
Super League	Youth Men POY	Ibrahim Kerem	Enfield Rovers
Super League	Women POY	Ellen Wheatley	Breakers
Super League	Mens POY	Daniel Fulton	Maccabi
Premier League	12 Boys POY	Richard Darko	Commodores FCB
Premier League	12 Girls POY	Rhianna Pollicina	Western Raiders
Premier League	14 Boys POY	Peter Makrillos	Sydney City Eagles
Premier League	14 Girls POY	Amy Harrison	Sydney City Eagles
Premier League	16 Boys POY	Wade Giovenali	Dural Warriors
Premier League	16 Girls POY	Doris Osman	Mascot Vipers
Premier League	Youth Men POY	Aaron Cimitile	Sydney City Eagles
Premier League	Women POY	Fabiana Perfilio	Sydney City Eagles
Premier League	Mens POY	Ben Lawson + Danny Martinez	Dural Warriors + Campbelltown City Quake

State trial times and age groups for the North of Tasmania are below.

The chosen players will begin training in August for the National Futsal Championships held in Syndey, January 2011.

Players are to attend both trials for their age group, otherwise their chance of selection will be lowered.

If you are 15 years of age or older, and you are interested in being selected to represent Tasmania, please contact Will on the number below.

Sunday 25th April – Don College, Devonport

8.00am – U/10 boys and girls
9.15am – U/11 boys and girls
10.30am – U/12 boys and girls
11.45am – U/13 boys
1.00pm – U/13 girls
2.15pm – U/14 boys and girls

Sunday 2nd May – Don College, Devonport

8.00am – U/10 boys and girls
9.15am – U/11 boys and girls
10.30am – U/12 boys and girls
11.45am – U/13 boys
1.00pm – U/13 girls
2.15pm – U/14 boys and girls

For all information on selections and Nationals, or Futsal in the North; please contact Will Gee – 0447 335 431

Pro’s Cafe claimed their second victory in Group B of the AFC Futsal Club Championship as they defeated NSW Thunder 6-4 at Pirouzi Stadium on Tuesday.

The three points means the Lebanese side will progress to the semi-finals if Chinese side Wuhan Dilong are unable to beat Port Authority of Thailand or if the Thais fail to win by a large enough goal margin.

Pro’s Cafe started well and Khaled Takaji was instrumental in the opening goal in the seventh minute when he jinked past a defender before stabbing the ball beyond the reach of goalkeeper Roberto Maiorana, allowing player-coach Rabih Abou Chaaya to tap home.

Takaji found the side netting after 13 minutes while at the other end keeper Rabie Kakhi palmed away a long-range effort from Daniel Martinez.

But Pro’s extended their lead with three minutes of the half remaining when Mahmoud Itani side footed the ball into the net.

NSW Thunder responded a minute into the second half when Jack Wetney lashed home from skipper Lachlan Wright’s pass but Pro’s Cafe hit back immediately as Abou Chaaya picked up the ball on the right, shirked the attention of two defenders before lifting a shot above Maiorana.

Takaji’s rasping drive rattled the underside of the crossbar before nestling in the back of the goal soon after before Christopher Zeballos hit the post for NSW Thunder after 30 minutes following a well-worked move.

NSW Thunder pulled a goal back when Mustafa Alpkaya fired home and from then on the Australians were dominating possession but had also pushed their goalkeeper up to the halfway line to reinforce the attack and Pro’s Cafe took advantage when Takaji found the net from his own half.

NSW Thunder again responded as Martinez scored after Dylan Maloney’s effort had come back off the post but Pro’s Cafe quickly restored their three-goal advantage when Takaji charged down the line before flicking a pass with the outside of his boot for Kassem Kawsan to turn home.

Jamie Amendolia’s side rallied late on and reduced the deficit through Dean Lockhart but it was not enough to deny their opponents victory.