FUTSAL

Copy that! I will do. Thanks for the tip. You don't know his proper name do you as I may already know him!

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Big kick off at the Kilbirnie rec centre for Futsal tonight ,my team is still short of a couple of players if anyones game 7pm ?
Just pm me or turn up and ask for the grumpy Scotsmans team!
SiNZ if your not lurking about in Auckland this week we need a keeper and my chq books open !!
(mind you theres no chqs left in it!)
Kiwi Jambo2007-10-02 17:09:02

I'll play if I can play in the hole and take all dead balls

Wish I hadn't agreed to go for a lager with my boss from Aus, otherwise I'd be keen.

Oh yeah, jambo, beware of Greene he never passes.
Hard News2007-10-02 17:27:32

Sorry, I'm in Auckland all week. Where's the Space Ranger?

Apparently saving himself for the 2067 Masters games in Aussie !
Oh well your loss ,well actually our loss we got gubbed 5-0!!
Kiwi Jambo2007-10-02 23:03:14

Capital City Futsal is on their way to Auckland this weekend for the first-ever National Futsal Tournament at the ASB stadium.

Forgot to mention - there is a website you can follow the progress of the boys at www.futsal.co.nz.

I certainly hope they beat the other 5 teams so good luck to them

You heard it first! Wellington and Capital City Futsal are the first National  Futsal Champions! They defeated East City (Red) on penalties after the scores were locked at 1-1

More later! Checked the website www.futsal.co.nz

Congrats guys, half the NZ squad then ?

Well Done Capital City!

You've forgotten about the other first ever Futsal Championship held at Newtown a few years ago when the Wellington Indoor Sports Team beat Canterbury in the final.

Not a bad side though with Mick Waite, Dylan Hall, Ken Cresswell, The McDonalds, Cavey and myself to name a few.

As a proper GK myself. I love 5-a-side. Back when I was working in Wellington (instead of being out of town all week as I have been for the last few years), I used to play so many games. As soon as teams find out you're a good keeper, you get asked to play all the time. I used to play 4 or 5 games a night several nights a week. After a while I adopted the use of small cricket pads down the outside of my track pants to protect my sides from diving injuries as I was getting hurt. Knee and elbow pads are also useful.

The carpet certainly does put a lot of wear and tear on gloves, and ones knees at the same time... fortunately (and I'm sure CCF will correct me if I'm wrong) most proper fustal is played on the hard court floors, which is why I have quite enjoyed playing in the competition down at the Kilbirnie Rec centre.

I think one of the things though that really suprises me is that most goalies in futsal in fact wear no gloves at all, or at the most a very thin glove with little padding. Supposedly this is to afford them more grip on the ball. For me it looks like a recipe for broken fingers....but they can pull off some amazing saves.

I too played in that futsal tournament at WISC organised by Nick Bailey. I don't think you could really call it the first ever Futsal Championship. You cannot compare the two. Auckland was an official tournament (it was supported by NZ Football) with competitors from the Nth Island. Vikings Futsal (based in the Sth Island) decided to decline the invitation. It was also national trials with the possibility of being selected for a 24 man NZ squad for the OFC qualifiers next year.

i'm keen to check out some futsal with a view to playing, either joining a team or starting one up.

I believe that it is starting up again in a week or two, either in kilbirnie or close by....

You can get some more information on the www.futsal.net.nz website, or send a message to CCFWGTN

just seen that 13 auckland players have been picked for the nz-train on squad and wellington only has 5. does this suggest some sort of bias or is it fair to say that there were some pretty good players in that auckland b team?

There were some good players in that Auckland team yes, but the key reason there are only 5 Wellington players is the quantity of players.

Due to travel costs Wellington sent 8 players, 5 made the team, 2 weren't eligible as they aren't resident/citizen's and the other player in the Wellington team is also the manager of the team who is heavily involved in the behind the scenes stuff with New Zealand futsal...so quite a good Wellington representation.

In comparison the 2 Auckland teams from the club had well 20 players or more at the tournament.

It will be interesting to see what happens when the New Zealand team (12 players I think) is picked after the coach has been found.

No. In my opinion the Auckland players made the 24 squad due to experience of competing in the last OFC qualifiers in 2004 (in Canberra). They are by no means a technically skilled outfit but what they do have is an understanding of the game and have spent many hours training in the tactical side of the game. Maybe they could spend an extra hour or two each day improving their technical skills to give them that extra edge which is pretty good advice for us all really!

im looking good to get into the south canterbury squad for a tornament next weekend in chch.i think its a U-17 tourny dont no much about it though