The following women have been selected for the Vikings New Zealand Womens Futsal Squad for a final trial weekend when the squad will be cut to 15.

Congratulations to all the Women

Mel Anngow Canterbury
Aimee Phillips Canterbury
Kirsty Butland Canterbury
Noran Abaza Canterbury (GK)
Chloe Williams Canterbury
Paige Price Canterbury
Lauren Harkerss Canterbury
Emma Proctor Canterbury
Lucy Chan South Canterbury (GK)
Tina Bosscher South Canterbury
Varian Kerr South Canterbury (GK)
Darcie Willis South Canterbury
Olivia Hodgeson South Canterbury
Sarah Cumming South Canterbury
Nikita Swarts South Canterbury
Charmaine Arras South Canterbury
Brie Barclay Otago
Grace Van Turnhout Otago
Drew Weeda Otago
Rachel Wilson Otago (GK)
Erin Shanks Otago
Charley Kerry Otago
Meisha Pyke Wairarapa
Kelsie Rutene Wairarapa
Rebecca Banfield Canterbury

All players will be contacted via email about their selection. It is compulsory for each player to attend the Training/Trial weekend March 20-21st. Program as follows

March 20th QEII Park Stadium 1-3pm
March 20th QEII Park Stadium 5-7pm
March 21st QEII Park Stadium 9:30-11:30am

The Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) General Secretary, Eddie Ngava, has conducted two tours to visit SIFF project sites in the Western and Malaita Province earlier this month.

Accompanying Ngava was architect, Francis Loboi, who is contracted to draw up the plans for the infrastructure developments at the two proposed sites.

Also in the team was Phillip Ohoto’ona who is the SIFF Special Projects Manager looking after the LEARN&play Project.

According to Ngava, the purpose of the visit was three-fold.

“The primary reason was to assess development sites which are in these two provinces and draw up specific architectural designs to be attached with final project documents for submission to the relevant funding bodies,” Ngava said.

The John F. Kennedy stadium in Gizo is earmarked for redevelopment into a regional training centre for football. The development is funded under FIFA Goal III Project.

The FIFA Goal III Project is also funding the redevelopment of the Aligegeo stadium which is about to be completed.

Further work on the Aligegeo field will be conducted this year and will see complete perimeter fencing erected around the facility.

This will be funded by the Oceania project under FIFA.

While in the Western Province the SIFF team paid a visit to Goldie College National Secondary School.

Goldie College is the partner school in the LEARN&play Project for the Western region of Solomon Islands.

At the school Loboi did assessments of the dormitories that were funded by the LEARN&play project.

Loboi also conducted similar work on the LEARN&play funded dormitory and classroom at Aligegeo School.

The group also took the opportunity to look at possible sites for the construction of Futsal courts in the two provinces.

In the Western Province a suitable site inside the JFK Stadium area has been identified. A similar site has also been looked at in Aligegeo, Malaita Province.

SIFF has held very positive discussions with a potential partner who is willing to provide funding for the development of both futsal courts.

The courts will be constructed up to international standards to accommodate national and, eventually, international competitions.

Ngava explained that the objectives for the tour have been achieved and will pave the way for quick progress on ground work on the projects targeted for Malaita and Western Province in 2010.

Contracts will be signed next week with the construction company who will be working at the JFK Stadium and hopefully work should start around March/April 2010.

Work on the Futsal courts will begin when details with the organization which is funding the project are finalized.

Results from Day 1

Australia 6 – Myanmar 1 (see the official match stats here)
Malaysia 4 – Philippines 1
Vietnam 12 – Cambodia 2

Tomorrow

Myanmar v Indonesia
Vietnam v Philippines
Cambodia v Malaysia

Comments from Ref_on_Tour from this thread :

Here’s the first half as it happened. Check http://www.the-afc.com for full time scores. I won’t be watching the second half.

1st min – Starting line up – Konstaninou, G. Giovenali, Seeto, Ross-Magee, Fogarty

1st min – Vizzari and Cua will sit it out for the Aussies

1st min – Referees Ritaga (PHI), Siva (MAS), Kim (KOR), Nobumoto (JPN)

3rd min – GOAL AUS 1-0 – Giovenali with a screamer into the top left corner from 10m.

4th min – sub – De MOraes, Downie, Keith, Lockhart replace the starting line-up over the course of a minute.

5th min – GOAL MYN (1-1) – Lockhart gives up the ball at last man and the Myanmar #19 puts Kostantanou on the ground with a feint before rolling the ball into the empty net.

6th min – De Moraes shot from almost half way narrowly misses the top corner.

7th min – sub – Rogic for Lockhart

8th min – sub – R. Giovenali for Downie and then G. Giovenali for De Moraes after the latter fires another well saved effort from 12 metres

9th min – Long range effort from R. Giovenali is stopped. Rogic pinches the rebound, but is foiled by the keeper’s outstreched leg for a corner.

10th min – GOAL AUS (2-1) From the next corner a strong shot ends with Rogic scoring on debut with a tap home.

10th min – FOUL AUS (1-0) Foggarty lashes out with a leg and collects a Myanmar defender

11th min – The changes keep rolling with Seeto and Ross-Magee back on the pitch.

12th min – GOAL AUS (3-1) G. Giovenali pinches a ball deep the Australian defence and through broken play is flanked by Seeto and Magee. The former is on hand to play a one-two before Gio finishes inside the left post.

14th min – Australia continue to pile on the pressue with seven corners for the match so far.

15th min – Downie, again from almost half-way forces another save for yet another corner. The set pieces are good but not getting a result.

15th min – Another good move down the

15th min – TIMEOUT MYN

16th min – GOAL AUS (4-1) – Rogic makes it a double with another tap in at the back post as he is first to the crumbs after a Mayanmar goalkeeper parry

18th min – TIMOUT AUS

19th min – GOAL AUS (5-1) – Keith and R. Giovenali interchange well with Fogarty becoming the next to score on debut. Another tap in but the lead up work made it possible.

HALF-TIME – Australia 5 – Myanmar 1

Final score was 6-1 with De Moraes picking up the goal for the Aussies. The result basically gives the FutsalRoos passage to the semi-finals in the three team group where the top two move on.

The Sutherland Shire Futsal Association junior development program last year had great success at the 2009 Football NSW State Futsal Championships, due to its junior development program.

The junior development program of 2010 starts off with a 10 week program each Sunday which will start in March 2010.

Each week of the Clinic will be at Endeavour Sports High School, Caringbah. Applications are now being taken. Limited places are still available.

9am – 10am, under 6 – 9s
10am – 11am, under 10s – 11s

10 weeks $150.00 per a person or $20.00 week to week.

For more information and or to register contact Jonathan Simnett 0417 042 145 or email secretary@shirefutsal.com.au

Qualified experienced Coaches will be on hand to teach kids and make sure they have fun.

Entries close Friday 26th February 2010.

The Sutherland Shire Futsal Association Incorporated Open Men’s team whom participated in the FNSW Futsal Super League 2009 – 2010 season will travel to Vanuatu for a tour to play Futsal vs. local Club teams and the Vanuatu National Futsal team.

The team will travel to Vanuatu Sunday 21st February 2010 for the 7 day tour.

The team selected to tour is as follows;

Justin Collins
Nathan Butterworth
Cameron Hooper
Mitchell Young
Dominic Young
Mitchell Wick
Christopher Bloor
Sergio Silveira
Coach; Grahame Wick

We extend our thanks to the Vanuatu Football Association for hosting the team. The Sutherland Shire Futsal Association looks forward to this event and the opportunity of players coming from Vanuatu to Australia in the future for more development opportunities.

Diego makes headlines in the Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper! Apparently his passing the ball at Rev’s in WA.

Monty finally gets a good swedish massage to take care of his groin problem.

The first week of Div 1 Mens friendlies started off at Scotch with great success!

The Womens League at Scotch is into it’s 2nd round, with plenty of talent seen out on the court.

Pure Blonde Box will be playing and using the games as warm up for the National Club Championships.

Keegan ‘Quiche’ Loraine hasn’t been seen for a while, rumor has it he is in the United States starting up a Quiche business. Good luck champ!

Evangelos Ftynogiannis apparently offered Lucious Titties a contract to join Hammond Park. It includes game fees paid each week and a free pass to hang out with the backstreet boyz when they are next in town. He hasn’t had sleep in days trying to make his decision.

Scottie and Miki have already pulled away from the Prue Blondes and have started up their own run away league but still playing in the same league. The name of their team is still not known but word on the street is they will be called the Backdoor Bandits, not bad not bad.

Daniel Cappellaro could do himself a favor and turn up to a game.

JJ’s and Red Star have approached Brian for new tactics to beat Hammond Park and Prue Blondes.

Greg Sharland is wanted by both the Pumas and the Cougars for the 2011 Nationals, who’s Greg?

Prue Blonde Box are looking to merge with Muita Calma to take on the world.

Shirash has been spotted at the arrivals lounge at the international airport scouting for better players.

We love you TELLALL!

oh you too Frodo

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

The Australian Defence Forces (ADF) will be holding a National Futsal Carnival on the weekend of 20 -21 March at NCIE Redfern.

Starting with a Men’s competition with teams from Navy, Army, Air Force and APS.

FNSW will be assisting by providing technical assistance.

More than 20 soccer officials are participating in the six-day 30-hour FIFA Futsal Referee Course that imparts the 17 laws of the game of futsal, a variation of soccer played indoors on a smaller field, with five a side.

FIFA Referee Instructor Neil Poloso, from the Solomon Islands, arrived Friday and opened the course along with officials from the Football Federation of American Samoa (FFAS) at the FFAS Headquarters in Pago Pago.

The course opened with a word of prayer and welcome remarks from FFAS CEO Tavita Taumua and FFAS Vice President Sandra Herrera.

This is the first time the futsal course is being offered in the territory, said Taumua during the opening.

Herrera welcomed Poloso and local officials on behalf of FFAS President Iuli Alex Godinet, thanking Federation staff for their assistance.

Herrera said the course is important in order to provide fair officiating of futsal as a futsal tournament is being organized.

The course, materials and ADIDAS equipment for referees are funded by the FIFA Referee Assistance Program (RAP).

During a Samoa News interview, Poloso said that an integral part of the course is teaching and training referees on the 17 Laws of Futsal.

“For me, it is an opportunity to come to this country and assist in developing futsal…officials must understand the game,” Poloso said. “It is a privilege to assist the FFAS in their cause of developing futsal.”

The course consists of classroom training and actual management of a futsal match with participants required to take quizzes on the 17 Laws and complete a fitness evaluation “to see if they are fit to ref the game or not,” said Poloso.

The class will also show officials how to position themselves on the field during games, recognizing fouls, how to use their whistles and other techniques in officiating futsal.

“Most stuff will be very new to the referees…after the course, officials will be ready to officiate futsal organized by the FFAS,” Poloso pointed out.

Poloso mentioned that the FFAS is putting together a team to represent American Samoa at the OFC Futsal Championships that will be held in Fiji August this year.

Officials he said will be key in helping develop the sport in the territory and encourages them to learn all they can.

“It’s very important they work with us on this because its all about the laws of the game…they must learn as much as they can and they must go out and practice and participate in regular training,” Poloso explained. “They must go and practice.”

Poloso spent three years as a referee in his home country of Solomon Islands and has been with FIFA three years. This is his third visit to the island. He instructs referee courses for 11 a side soccer, futsal and beach soccer all around the Pacific.

He noted that there is a local futsal instructor who completed training in Fiji July 2-7, 2009 and is qualified to run local training — Avele Lalogafu’afu’a M.

“It’s important that local referees understand the laws of the game…futsal is a new sport that we are trying to develop,” he told Samoa News. “ It’s a little bit different from 11 a side…the game is very fast…I hope the refs put in the time to learn the laws…hopefully this course will help local refs to gain more knowledge before the league starts.”

Lalogafu’afu’a points out that they are still looking for more people to help by volunteering to officiate futsal.

“We’re still looking for more people to volunteer and help the youth,” he said.

The course will close Thursday. Participants who complete the 30-hour training will receive FIFA participation certificates that will allow them to officiate local futsal games organized by the FFAS.

Poloso will leave the island Friday this week and head to Samoa to host the same course Feb. 13-19. He then visits Tonga to conduct an 11 a side referee course. After Tonga, Poloso heads home.

“Breakers FC’s reputation as a powerhouse in women’s Futsal was proven once again when, for the second successive year, all their girls teams charged into the FNSW Superleague grandfinal to be played at Dural this Saturday.

Last year the girls achieved an amazing victory when they won all 3 grand finals (u13, U16, and open) and the pressure was on to repeat this performance in the 2009/10 season.

Despite FNSW introducing another age group in the girls competition (u12’s), Breakers showed the depth of their talent by qualifying all four of their girls teams for Saturdays Grand Final.

Leading the way for the club all year has been the undefeated U16’s who finished minor premiers with an incredible 149 goals to their name and a goal difference of 142 for the season. ( U/16’s squad – Ellen Wheatley, Sarah Roger, Bella Walker, Beth Sweeny, Ariella Cabezas, Nic Drakopoulos, Sana Cook and Tess Olsen).

Equally as dominant in their age group were the u/14’s who were also undefeated, finished first and scoring 107 goals in the season. (U/14’s Sana Cook, Tess Olsen, Maddie Bart, Harley Johnston, Fede Frew, Sharna Barras, Isabella Rudolph, Georgia Thomson and Genevieve Ingham).

The babies of the Breakers outfit – the newly formed U/12’s team- ended up equal first on points, but second on goal difference. Showing tremendous courage and determination throughout the finals series, they survived two intense encounters to take their place in the final with an extra-time win over Enfield. (U/12’s – Chloe O’Brien, Hannah Dyball, Hannah Williams, Courtney Wood, Nic Simonsen, Sammy Grant, Alexia Guerinoni, Nicole Stuart and Lucy Coleman).

All that was left to complete a sensational season for the Breakers was the Open women’s heart-stopping 1-0 victory over Boomerangs FC last Saturday night, paving the way for the team’s third successive grand final appearance.

The success of the open’s side is a credit to the spirit and determination that prevails in the club, with players as young as 13 often stepping up into the Open side when the team was depleted by injuries and work commitments. (Open squad – Emily Doyle, Di Murace, Patty Murace, Imogen Carlisle, Alex Kent, Ellen Wheatley, Sarah Roger, Bella Walker, and Beth Sweeny).

Good luck to all the teams this Saturday.

GO BREAKERS!!!!!