This age group could be one of the most evenly fought of the entire competition.

Last seasons Champions the Western Raiders have been torn apart in the off season with coach and reigning Coach of the Year Sam Galiyanni moving to the Sydney City Eagles.

With a troubled off season the Eagles have had to regroup, but can still stake claim to be there abouts come seasons end with Goalkeeper of The year Blake Tuxford returning as have stars Robbie Perre and Blair Brown as well as new signing Micheal Loupis from last years double winning Hawkesbury Commodores side.

The Inner West Allstars should also be there abouts come the business end of the season.

Coach Matteo Maiorana has Daniel Paino, Vincent Giannini and Adrian Lara to call upon as well as signing former Raiders quality duo, brothers Martin and Tony Lo which should hold the Allstars in good stead to mount a run at the title..

Enfield Rovers also have their sights on a semi final position.

The signings of NSW Thunder players Franky Puliafico and Pedro Nigro as well as the double signing from the Hawkesbury Commodores in Kris and Alex Vlismas should see the Rovers jostle for a top 4 position.

Sydney Benfica have also had an eventful off season with some terrific pickups, none more so than Australian u/13 outdoor duo Liam Rose from Enfield Rovers and the very talented Bayi Antonio from the now defunct Barcelona F.C.

Another club that had struck gold in the off season are the Mascot Vipers whom have managed to sign the majority of the all conquering Hawkesbury Commodores u/12s side from last season.

Coach Ben Hussarys’ first season in Premier League will be aided by the talents of Ritchie Darko and Hylga Tanner who will again be called upon as leaders of a side hoping to replicate last seasons trophy laden campaign.

Campbelltown Quake, have gone for loyalty this campaign and have kept 5 players from last years u/14s squad and have elevated 5 players from last seasons 12s side in their quest for honours whilst the Western Raiders will need Manny Duarte to do well to give them any chance.

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This years National School Futsal Championships will be covered by ‘Pauly Tv’.

Selected games will be filmed and streamed live via the Internet around the world. This will give futsal fans from all over the globe including all the parents and supporters who can’t make it to the Championships and opportunity to watch the matches in real time. These games will have live commentating from Blanchy as well as selected comments from Viking coaches, players & staff.

A schedule of selected games will be available prior the the Championships. Some of the key events that Pauly TV will be covering include grand finals, presentation ceremonies & All Star presentations. The presentations will colminate with a Vikings Futsal documentry.

These can all be ordered and purchased Via www.thefutebolshop.com  or at selected Futebol Shops.

PAULY TV ……..Paul Van Dyk (Pauly) & Robert Blanch (Blanchy) are very different individuals, but when they get together they make this really great team.

What they have done so far:

PaulyTV.com.au provides weekly Match Highlight Packages for up to 3 games per round of the Football Brisbane “Veto League” The Match Highlights are around ten minutes long and include: Team Line-ups and News, commentated highlights of the game shot in HD (High Definition) including all the goals, saves and the stuff headed to the end of year bloopers reel. Plus interviews with Coaches and Players.

They have also got around to some midweek Canale Cup action, along with some travel as we followed the Brisbane Roar Pre Season Road Show to both local and regional matches, including trips to Toowoomba and Port Macquarie.

Recently PaulyTV.com.au also broadcast from within the Football Coaching International FCI 3rd Annual Coaching Conference.

Like the under 12 girls competition the Mascot Vipers and Sydney City Eagles should be the leading two clubs.

Rob Hill in his second year in charge of the Vipers will once again have the impressive Zoe Gomez, Emily Usherwood and Erin Hill to call upon whilst having added Lisa Meduri from the Western Raiders.

The Eagles will virtually have the same squad as last years Grandfinalists.

Player of the year Amy Harrison will be there yet again while the supremely talented Melissa Caceras will be the focal point such is her quality.

The signing of Yasmin Genc, niece of current Blacktown Demons coach Aytec will complement a team which should go close.

The Inner West Allstars won the competition without dropping a game last year and will have 3 of those players back again this year.

The team led by Lucy Metcalfe and Samantha Scarlato along with youngsters Emily Kos and Rhiannan Pollichina could see the Allstars troubling the top two.

Enfield Rovers are another team that could spoil the apple cart for the top two.

Led by the triple threat of Zoe Zaczek, Amy Dahdah and Caitlyn Murphy the Rovers also have Goal Keeper of the year Sarah Urquhart in their ranks.

This team no doubt has the ability to trouble the big guns as does Campbelltown City Quake.

Quake have goal scoring machine Ruby Tosca back in purple once again as are Dana Buttegieg and Elise Sherry add 4 players from last seasons u/12s double winning team and any side writing of the Quake girls will be in for a surprise.

Sydney Benfica will be another side who will be anything but push overs. Led by the talented Alyse Tasevski the Benfica side should also have semi final aspirations.

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There is one standout team in this age group and that is the Sydney City Eagles.

This group of Eagles have been together for a number of seasons now. Returning will be the likes of Sam Perre, Aaron Messina, Josh ibini and the irrepressible current player of the year Peter Makrillos, but it was the impressive off season recruitment of Quake duo Nico Collantonio and Daniel Vallonio which should see the trophy head to Bankstown.

Going in the opposite direction will be Bruno Antelmi.

Antelmi will need to step up if Quake is to repeat last season Grand Final victory and fill the void left by the new Eagles duo. The return from injury of Shannon Fielding will help and with Jack Mc Ging and Nathan Clissold the Quake boys+ should still make the semi finals.

The Inner West Allstars should be one of the Eagles biggest threats. Led by the supremely talented Michael Cimino and former Hawkesbury Commodores duo Keifer Dotti and Bradley Robertson the Allstars will be there abouts come finals time.

The Mascot Vipers should be another team pushing for semi finals futsal.

Vipers mainstays Jonathan Kontellis and James Demetriou will be back again in the Viper black, as will new signing Luke Clifford from the Hawkesbury Commodores.

The Vipers will also be the home to both Griffin Coles brothers with older sibling Brian also formally of the Commodores joining younger brother Harry.

The Enfield Rovers could surprise a few teams. The extremely talented and superstar in the making Daniel Ravkin will need to be at his best in the Rover goal whilst Rustem ‘Rusty” Mia will be called upon to dance his way around the opposition and lead his team past the competition stage.

The Dural Warriors will have high hopes to reach the final series, led by the inspirational Wade Giovenale and Roberto Polistina the Warriors are a team that should not be overlooked in the race to the semi finals whilst Daniel Youngquest of the Western Raiders will need to be at his best if they want to fulfil their aspirations of semi final futsal.

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We got the following email the other day. At first it came across as spam, but we checked the website out and we think it would definitely be of use to at least a few of our readers. Particularly for those who need help managing their teams, even at the social level. In fact this seems perfect for those who play Futsal at that level.

Basically its a free service that can help alert all your team members (SMS or email) about when the next game is etc, and it tracks their replies so you know who is available and who isn’t.

www.teamer.co.nz (or www.teamer.net)

The email we got is reproduced in full below :

Hi there. With the indoor sports season now in full swing I’m dropping you a quick note to see how your team organising is going.

If you haven’t utilised Teamer for your indoor cricket, soccer, netball or futsal team yet please check out the website www.teamer.co.nz

Teamer is literally saving team organisers hours every week as well as completely eliminating the costs of contacting their teams.

We now have 350, 000 players using teamer in the UK and after a short time in Australia and New Zealand we now have 25 000+ players reaping the benefits of teamer.

Please feel free to set up your team and try it out.

This is what Teamer can offer you and your team;

- No charge to use (that’s old fashioned free – no catch)

- Notify players of events with unlimited free texts and emails saving you heaps on your phone bill each month.

- Player availability responses (text and email) are captured in one place on your teampage.

- One-click cancellation of an event from web/mobile to all your player’s mobiles and email. No need to send dozens of texts or make frantic calls when a game is cancelled. Simply press one button and the Teamer website auto notifies your whole squad via text and email. Too easy!

- Appoint co-organisers and share the burden

- Includes player profiles, photo gallery and team blog. All your team pages are private and secure for your team members only.

If you need help or have any questions about setting up your team simply let us know at help@teamer.net

Please feel free to pass this information on to any other team organisers who you feel would benefit from this service.

Finally, good luck for the remainder of the season.

Yours in sport,

Cheers

Patrick Maguire
Director of operations NZ
027 840 7952

The Mascot Vipers u/16g team like there under 12s and 14s club mates start the season as one of the favourites to take out the competition.

Led by the experienced Erkin Osman, last seasons Grand final winning team returns and again in their ranks will be the supremely talented current Player of the Year Doris Osman.

Whilst the team will rely on Osman to make the big plays she will be surrounded by a supporting cast just as good as last seasons which won the title.

Cayla White returns and will be joined by Sheridan Kuiper and Madison Strutt from Quake while Alisha Wawan also joins from the Northern Tigers.

The Inner West Allstars will be one of the teams challenging the Vipers this season.

The Allstars will once again be under the watchful eyes of Zoran and Sharyn Pavlicevic.

Pavlicevic led the Allstars last season winning the Grand slam- taking the Preseason Cup, Minor Premiership, Grand final and State Championships and will have the majority of that team returning.

Charlene Borg, Jess Dominello and Kristy Pavlicevic will once again be donning the Gold and Blue whilst Jessica Martinez, Chloe Logarzo and Breanna Sampson have all come in.

One player that won’t be returning to Homebush is young starlet Sarah Yatim.

Yatim, last seasons Golden boot has made the trek to Bankstown to wear the green and black of Enfield along with another former Allstar Carla Canini.

The Rovers have also signed Lorissa Habib from Sydney Benfica.

Sydney City will be another side hoping to make the top 4 after going so close last season with a very young team.

Led by the mercurial Heidi Makrillos the Eagles have picked up another talented former Raider in Vanisha Kumur whilst the ever present Eagle duo of Carla Caligiuri and Laura Morabito should help see the Eagles taste semi final futsal.

Campbelltown Quake shouldn’t be written off.

Whilst Quake will field a young side this season with an eye on the future Sharon Walsh and Kate Hawker are back as are the Chapman twins.

The Dural Warriors will be the dark horse of the competition.

Sam Fornito will lead his young Warriors into battle and will have Sarah Ragomo leading from the front line.

Younger sister of Futsal superstar Elliot, Sarah has the same blinding pace and lightning acceleration and is looking to take the competition by storm just like her brother did in his first season playing in NSW.

Fornito will also have the returning Goal Keeper of the year Anna-Marie Acevedo in his line up.

Write of the Warriors at your peril.

Sydney Benfica also has a new coach as the merry go round in the coaching ranks continue.

Former Warrior Alex Rossi has taken charge and likes the look of his team.

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At the age of 11, Nathan Muskitta has his life all planned out. The ambitious youngster from Quakers Hill is another local footballer who has been selected for Project 22, a Football NSW initiative aimed at preparing a select group of youngsters for the FIFA World Cup in 2022.

“Yes I think I will go to the World Cup, I hope all goes to plan,” Nathan said.

Nathan also enjoys playing rugby league, Australian rules football, swimming and athletics, where he can launch a shotput over 7m.

He also plays Premier League Futsal for Inner West all stars but the outdoor football pitch is where Nathan excels, moving to Project 22 after playing for Marconi Stallions, a football club based at Fairfield with a long and distinguished history.

“It’s a good culture at Project 22, the coaches really help us out a lot,” he said.

“A big thank-you should go to Frank Lowy (Football Federation Australia chairman) because he has put a lot of money into developing our football and he has a great vision for the future of the game.”

Nathan is this week’s Rouse Hill Times Junior Sports Star nominee.

The awards are sponsored by Rebel Sport, Nash Patel’s The Good Guys and Supa Centa Castle Hill.

The Inner West Allstars start the season as favourites and rightfully so.

Once again led by Damian Baker, the Allstars will be looking to make it 3 consecutive competition wins in a row.

Baker once again has superstar and now fully capped Futsalroo Daniel Fogarty in his ranks and also returning is the deadly Shayne Ardle.

Add to that the signing of the freakish Aaron Cimitile from Sydney City, Anthony Poniris from Sydney Benfica and Miki Awad its going to take a very good team to beat this Allstar side.

One team that could hurt the Allstars are the Eagles from Bankstown.

After a disappointing season last year, the Eagles have Tony Candy returning “home” after 3 years away from the Eagles nest and along with Candy the Eagles have recruited very well.

Jamal Saliba and Chris Hanly will bring the experience as will new signing from Campbelltown Quake Michael Candy while the signings of Anthony Musumeci and Alan Kovacevic should see the Eagles and Allstar rivalry simmer all the way to the Grand final.

Mascot Vipers is one side that will not give up the fight for the top 2 that easily and nor should they.

This will be the last chance for the Vipers talented group to finally get some reward for their potential.

The Di Salvo brothers Pat and Brad along with the very talented Mitchell Stamatellis hold all the cards for the Vipers side.

On any given day this Vipers side can beat anyone they are playing including the top 2.

The Vipers are a big threat.

Benfica is another side like the Vipers sho shouldn’t give up on a top 2 position.

In Goalkeeper Wayne Estavillio, the Menai based club have in many peoples mind one of the most talented up and coming keepers in Australia.

Throw in Jason Camara, Kevin Oliveira, Stefan Giglio and a returning Luis Carniero this Benfica side shouldn’t be written off and nor should Enfield Rovers.

The Rovers made one the classiest off season acquisitions in signing the “Iranian Express” Shevin Adeli.

Only 19, Adeli now a full capped Futsalroo will look to lead the Rovers long past the competition rounds and such is the quality of the young man he could do it single handed.

But that he wont need to do, with a supporting cast of energizer bunny Jeremy Joesph, Ibrahim Kerim and Emirali Moustafa the Rovers could really make a splash in their first season in the Premier League.

For Quake, a club always renowned for their Youth teams have a look of rebuilding this season.

Stars David Von Dinklage and Manny Harihuru will be missing for most of the season due to outdoor trialling commitments and with the loss of Michael Candy to Sydney City the side could struggle but the Quake side still fancies themselves to make the top 4.

Any side under Coach Dom Helene are in with a chance. Three players remain from last season Youth side and will have two joining from the Grand final winning 16s. Helene will also welcome the return to the club of Ben Cornish and Reuben Ageyi.

Dural after last seasons Grandfinal loss on penalties is another side needing to rebuild.

Now under the watchful eye of former Futsalroo Ashley Cross, the Warriors have had to overcome the losses of club stalwarts Rhys Giovenale and Elliot Ragomo from their Youth side which will hurt. But Cross is happy with the potential in his side. Sam Bingham hopes to get back in time for the start of the season from his knee injury but Cross will rely on the experienced Zac Caruana and Blake Rosier along with the returning Nathan Niski whilst the signing of the silky skilled Micheal Figuereido from the Northern Tigers should see the Warriors more than competitive as will be the Western Raiders led by Rhys Kennedy.

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Recently the Korean National under 12 development side travelled to Tasmania for the second annual tour to the “Apple Isle”. Vikings Futsal Tasmania along with Sth Hobart Soccer Club played host to the Korean side and they played several games against select teams in both Futsal and outdoor Football.

There is the hope that Vikings Futsal will send teams away on tours to Korea in the future and we hope to hold a mini tournament in Tasmania in the future including the Korean teams in the U/12 age group.

The Futsal Tournament was dominated by the Tasmanian U/14 sides from both the South and the North West with South Tasmania taking out the trophy for the 2nd year running. It was great to see the North West side travel to Hobart and experience the culture and excitement of Korean Futsal.

Futsal Tasmania then put two All Star Futsal sides against the Korean kids in their preferred game outdoors. Tasmania was successful in both games with Lucas Targett hitting the winner for the U/12’s with a 20 yard free kick. The U/12 Tasmanian side had notable contributions all round with standouts being Sam Caswell, Xavier Castaneda and David Warren throughout.

In the second game Tasmania came from behind 3 times to win a marvellous game 4-3 with Harrison Thomas scoring 2, Ben Robinson and Luke Cooper scoring. The standout player in this game was Yosef Kolele.

Korea were fantastic opponents and we look forward to seeing them again in 2011 and beyond.

Futsal is FIFA’s official indoor football game. Futsal is a great way to improve your speed, your short passing game, and maintain your fitness. A specially designed ball helps make the style of the game feel similar to the outdoor game.

There are NO CANCELLATIONS, BUT BEST OF ALL IT’S AWESOME FUN!

Teams are 5-a-side including a goalkeeper and we recommend squads of 8 (although you may register 10 players). Games are 30 minutes with rolling subs and are played on an indoor netball sized court with marked boundaries, so no bouncing off walls. The rules are largely the same as Football with variations mainly affecting the goalkeepers. Our website has a full set of rules.

Girls (12 to 17) Spring League, starts Sept. 19th – Register Now

The Spring league will be 10 games on Sundays at 5.30pm* on September 19th & 26th, October 10th, 17th & 31st, November 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th and December 5th

* time may vary

Fees are $450 per team or $5.62 per player per game, for a team of 8 players. Fees include qualified referees for all games.

Women’s Open Grade Spring League, starts Sept. 19th – Register Now

The Women’s Open Grade has no age restrictions.

The Spring league will be 10 games on Sundays at 5.00pm* on September 19th & 26th, October 10th, 17th & 31st, November 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th and December 5th

* time may vary

Fees are $450 per team or $5.62 per player per game, for a team of 8 players. Fees include qualified referees for all games.

Register teams at www.ecisc.org.nz

Anyone who wants to play but does not have a team should contact maxpeach@value.net.nz or phone Max on 524 7757 or 021 025 63242