Capital Football are pleased to announce the ACT Futsal National Trials for the upcoming 2011 FFA National Futsal Championships in Canberra. All trials will be held at the ACT Netball Centre which is located at Southwell Park, Northbourne Avenue, Lyneham in September.

Click here for dates, times and details

Attached please find an information and registration sheet for the upcoming 2010 ACT Primary Schools Futsal Cup, as endorsed by PSSA.

Program Information and Registration Sheet (PDF)

The Cup will be held across two days at the ACT Netball Centre in Lyneham:

· Thursday 9 September 2010: 5/6 Boys Division
· Friday 10 September 2010: 5/6 Girls and 3/4 Mixed Divisions

Note that registrations are required by Tuesday 31 August.

Contact -

Capital Football
Football House
Unit 2/3 Phipps Close
Deakin ACT 2600
PO Box 50
Curtin ACT 2605

Futsal Department Direct phone line – (02) 6175 7115
Capital Football General phone line – (02) 6260 4000

www.capitalfootball.com.au

futsalleague@capitalfootball.com.au

Please be advised that registrations are now open for the 2010 Mens, Womens and Youth Futsal Premier Leagues, and the 2010/11 Summer Futsal Competition (divisions 1-5 mens, womens and social).

Registrations for the Youth and Senior Premier Leagues close August 31 while nominations for the generic grades close 30 September.

Full information including registration and league formats are available below:

JOMA Futsal Premier League Information and Registration Pack (PDF)

Capital Football Summer Competition – Registration Pack (PDF)

ACT Football Federation (Capital Football ®)

FUTSAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

part-time employment or contract position August to February

We are seeking a dynamic and committed person who wants to contribute to our Futsal and Technical high performance programs.

Applicants must have a strong background in all aspects of Futsal high performance programs including representative player trials, selections and training requirements, coach competencies and education, and excellence in national championship participation. Applicants must also have highly developed organisational skills and demonstrated ability to manage complex and busy workloads in a small team environment.

Applicants must address the selection criteria in the job description www.capitalfootball.com.au or contact Pat McCann 02 61757116 for further information. Applications close 2 August 2010. Send to coaching@capitalfootball.com.au, or PO Box 50. Curtin ACT 2600

Click here for the official position description and additional details (PDF)

In anticipation for what is expected to be the biggest futsal season in recent years, Capital Football is now calling on expressions of interest for a variety of short term contracts related to the 2010/11 ACT Futsal Season.

In response to record futsal registration numbers in 2009/10, Capital Football will this year be offering more competitions across an even larger spread of Canberra’s venues, some of which will host new division competitions. Futsal competition resources need to be expanded to match our expected participation growth, particularly in the areas of referee staff and venue managers.

Enclosed within the attached document is an outline of the various contract opportunities available for the upcoming season – positions include:

· Competition Venue Managers (several) – page 2.
· Assistant State Coach Referees (Futsal) – page 5.
· Futsal Referees Appointment Officer – page 7.

We ask interested individuals to apply in writing to Capital Football, outlining suitability to the job requirements/description, as well as providing an up-to-date curriculum vitae.

Any questions should be directed to the Futsal League Manager on (02) 6175 7115 or by emailing futsalleague@capitalfootball.com.au

CONTRACT OPPORTUNITIES DOCUMENT AVAILABLE HERE (PDF)

2nd June 2010

Dear Player,

Pending admission Boomerangs F.S. will once again be entering the Football NSW Super League Competition in season 2010/11. Boomerangs F.S. is looking to build on a very successful first season in which we had 5 semi finalists, 2 grand finalists and 1 team take out their age title. Boomerangs F.S. is calling for expressions of interest from players wishing to participate in the NSW Super League competition. This fantastic Boomerangs F.S. initiative will be offered to 8-12 players for each age category below.

The Age Groups offered for this competition are as follows:

12 Boys 12 Girls (born 1998 or before)
14 Boys 14 Girls (born 1997/96)
16 Boys 16 Girls (born 1995/94)
Youth Men (born 1991/92/93)
Open Men Open Womens (all age)

The proposed dates for this year’s competition have the 1st round starting September 18th with 1 game each weekend thereafter. The home and away season will comprise of 14 matches, 7 at home in Canberra and 7 away in and around Sydney. An additional 3 weeks of competition will be played for finals with the Grand Finals to be played on February 19. Majority of matches will be played on Saturdays with the possibility of matches on Sundays.

Please note this does not replace the local South & North Canberra Futsal, or Capital Football run competitions, players will have to participate locally in Canberra before being considered for a position in a Super League Boomerangs F.S. team.

If expressions of interest are high, trials will be held to determine the makeup of teams for the 2010/11 Super League Season.

This is a wonderful opportunity to develop and improve skills in highly competitive matches against seasoned Futsal clubs.

Please respond to this letter by email at the following address kristian@boomerangsfs.com.au. Expressions of interests close 2nd July 2010.

We sincerely hope you take on this challenge and strongly consider this wonderful opportunity to test yourself against the best Futsal players that NSW has to offer.

Yours sincerely,

Kristian Collins
Director
Boomerangs F.S.

Eddie Senatore
Director
Boomerangs F.S.

Click here for the original document (DOC)

ACT Futsal trio Angelo Konstantinou, Tom Rogic and Pat Ross-Magee have been selected in the Futsalroo’s squad for the 2010 AFC Championships to be held in Uzbekistan from 23rd-30th May.

The talented indoor players, who were in the ACT Cobras team that finished as runner’s-up in the 2010 FFA Futsal National Championships held in Canberra, form part of a 14-man squad set to battle it out with Asia’s finest in order to be crowned Futsal Champions of the region.

All three were also part of the Australian squad that won their qualification tournament by defeating Vietnam 4-1 in Jakarta in February and did enough in training camps since then to impress Head Coach Steven Knight who selected them for this prestigious competition.

Their tour of duty begins with a pre-tournament training camp in Thailand with warm-up matches scheduled for 16th May against Thai Port FC and 18th May against the Thailand National team before heading to the tournament in Uzbekistan.

The Futsalroo’s have been drawn alongside Kuwait, Iran and Tajikistan in a tough round of pool matches and will play on three successive days from 23rd-25th May. Providing the team is successful in qualifying from its Pool, the tournament resumes after a rest day with Quarter Final, Semi Final and Finals action between the 27th and 30th.

In the other groups, host nation Uzbekistan has drawn Chinese Taipei, Indonesia and Lebanon in Group A, whilst 2008 runner’s up Thailand is drawn in Group C with three-time semi-finalists Kyrgyzstan, Korea Republic and Vietnam. Group D includes 2006 winners Japan with Turkmenistan, Iraq and China PR.

Australian Futsalroo’s Squad
(for 2010 AFC Championships)
UZBEKISTAN, 23rd-30th May

Angelo Konstantinou (Boomerangs FS), Tobias Seeto (Lanzarote Tias Yaiza), Greg Giovenali (Salaria Sporting Village), Danny Ngaluafe (Rbac University), Peter Spathis (Sydney City), Pat Ross-Magee (Boomerangs FS), Tom Rogic (ANU FC), Adrian Vizzari (Inner West Allstars), Shervin Adeli (Inner West Allstars), Daniel Fogarty (Inner West Allstars), Dean Lockhart (Campbelltown City Quake), Simon Keith (Maccabi Futsal), Ian McAndrew (Campbelltown City Quake), Ray Miller (currently no club)

Tour Fixtures

16th May: Thai Port FC (friendly)
18th May: Thailand (friendly)
23rd May: Kuwait (AFC Championship Pool B)
24th May: Iran (AFC Championship Pool B)
25th May: Tajikistan (AFC Championship Pool B)

The Qantas Futsalroos have qualified for the 2010 AFC Futsal Championship after defeating Vietnam 4-1 in the semi-final of the qualification tournament in Jakarta with ACT Cobras players Tom Rogic, Pat Ross-Magee and Angelo Konstantinou all featuring.

After a tense start, the Qantas Futsalroos opened the scoring in the 13th minute through Fernando De Moraes who hit the underside of the crossbar with a powerful shot from the top of the D. The lead was doubled a few minutes later when Toby Seeto hit a shot from distance and placed it neatly past the unsighted Vietnamese goalkeeper.

Early in the second half, Vietnam pulled a goal back when Truong Quoc Tua was left unmarked and slotted into an empty net after the Qantas Futsalroos goalkeeper, Angelo Konstantinou, came off his line to intercept a pass.

Midway through the second half Toby Seeto scored his second goal of the matchwhen Greg Giovenali found him with a well-placed free-kick. Seeto’s deft left-footed finish restoring the Qantas Futsalroos two goal lead going into the final stages of the match. Fernando De Moraes sealed the result two minutes from time when he beat his defender out wide, cut inside and appeared to be fouled but the referee played advantage. In the process of falling De Moraes was able to get a foot to the ball and slid it past the keeper.

Qantas Futsalroos Head Coach Steven Knight was absolutely delighted that his team had achieved their goal of qualification.

“The result was what we came here for, that being qualification for the AFC Futsal Championship,” said Knight

“I have been very impressed with how the players, especially the younger ones, have stepped up at the international level and the discipline that they have shown throughout the tournament.

“We are still looking forward to playing in tomorrow’s final and the experience that we are gathering along the way will be very valuable for future tournaments,” concluded Knight.

In the other semi-final, host nation Indonesia came from a goal down to defeat Malaysia 5-3.

The Qantas Futsalroos will now face Indonesia in the final of the AFC Futsal Championship ASEAN Zone qualifiers on Thursday 25 February, whilst Malaysia will meet Vietnam in the third place play-off match.

AFC Futsal Championship ASEAN Zone qualifiers take place from 20-25 February in Jakarta with the top three teams qualifying for the 2010 AFC Futsal Championships which will be played in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 23-30 May.

The ACT’s Tom Rogic grabbed a double on his Futsalroo debut as Australia defeated Myanmar 6-1 in their opening match of the AFC Futsal Championship ASEAN Zone qualifiers in Jakarta.

Rogic restored the Qantas Futsalroos lead after capitalising on a mistake by the opposition goalkeeper to score his first goal in international colours and cancel out Myanmar’s shock equaliser.

The ANU FC player doubled his tally, shortly after Dean Fogarty had made the score 3-1, from a one-on-one chance after some smart interplay in the lead-up with Toby Seeto as the Futsalroos found top gear eventually cruising to a 6-1 triumph.

The Futsalroos made it through to the semi-finals of the competition after topping their group following a 4-1 victory over Indonesia. Pat Ross-Magee, who was voted joint winner of the ACT Football Player of the Year award in 2009, was in sparkling form and set up a simple goal for Fernando De Moraes after linking superbly with Dean Lockhart.

The Australian side was in fine form for the majority of the clash and fully deserved the comprehensive win.

Qantas Futsalroos Head Coach Steven Knight was very happy that his team were able to advance to the semi-finals stage by defeating the host nation.

“Although we missed a number of opportunities early on, the boys continued to create chances and maintain the pressure on Indonesia throughout the match,” said Knight

“In truth we had a lapse which gave them their goal, but the players worked very hard to take the lead back and then go on with the job.

“At half time I was reasonably confident that we could hold on and get the points which we eventually did.

“Over the past week, the boys have responded well to our style of play with the most positive aspect being that we are injury free and have all players available for the remaining matches.

“If we get a result against Vietnam we achieve our goal of qualification and that is what we will focus on now,” concluded Knight.

The Qantas Futsalroos will face Vietnam in their semi-finals match of the AFC Futsal Championship ASEAN Zone qualifiers on Wednesday 24 February, whilst Malaysia will meet Indonesia in the other semi-final.

Registrations for the Winter Futsal Seniors Competition are now open!

Registration pack available here (PDF)

Competitions on offer include:

Women Divisions 1 – 3: ACT Wide Competitions
Mens Divisions 1 – 5: North and South Canberra Competitions
Mixed Social Divisions 1 – 2: ACT Wide Competitions

Team registrations and individual player payments are accepted only from designated team managers and must be submitted in full before the registration deadline – 5pm Friday 26 March 2010.

ACT Football Federation
(Registered as Capital Football)
Football House
Unit 2/3 Phipps Close
Deakin ACT 2600
PO Box 50
Curtin ACT 2605

Futsal Department Direct phone line – (02) 6175 7115
Capital Football General phone line – (02) 6260 4000

www.capitalfootball.com.au

futsalleague@capitalfootball.com.au