U12 Vikings Futsal Sarawak vs U12 Vikings Futsal Australia 2015 Sarawak Tour

MIRI: Warriors Sports Club Miri (B) restored Miri’s pride after beating the Australian national futsal team 2-0 at Miri Indoor Stadium on Friday.

The two goals were scored by Hamizan in the second half.

In an earlier, Warriors (A) were hammered 0-8 by the visitors.

The friendly matches were jointly organised by Australia Futsal Association and Vikings Futsal Sarawak.

The Aussies will continue their tour with a series of matches with teams in Mukah, Sibu and Kuching from June11-17 before competing in the MPR Junior Futsal Cup of Sports Planet in Kuching.

They will play four matches at the Mukah Indoor Stadium on June 7 at 2 pm.  Public are encouraged to witness the games. Admission is free.

Vikings Futsal Sarawak director Awang Zaifulizam Abdul Rahman Awang Mohd said the series provide one platform to encourage more youths to take up futsal.

“It is also part of our programmes to elevate futsal standard in the state.

“Among other activities are futsal clinics and the upcoming futsal league to be held in Mukah after the Hari Raya celebration,” he told thesundapost on Friday.

Meanwhile, Australian coach Vasco Grujenvski was pleased with the performance of his players despite playing for the first time together overseas.

“No doubt the players were top players from different parts of Australia but today is their first time playing together as a team, outside Australia.

“Thus they need to learn to coordinate and play as a team,” he said on Friday.

He was also amazed with the skills of the Warriors.

Team manager Rose Woodward said top players in the Australian futsal league were picked for the trips to Sarawak every June and November.

She added that different players are selected for different tours to give exposure to more players.

Via TheBorneoPost

Futsal: Sibu uji AFA buat kali ke-tiga

SIBU: Harapan membuang sikap ‘jaguh kampung’ dalam minda pemain futsal tempatan, Kelab Sukan Rekreasi Taman Rejang (KSRTR) dengan kerjasama Vikings Futsal Sarawak (VFS) menjemput pasukan luar negara untuk perlawanan persahabatan.

Jemputan itu antara lain bertujuan memberi peluang kepada pemain terutamanya remaja-remaja tempatan bersaing dengan pasukan atau pemain futsal dari luar negara khususnya dari Persatuan Futsal Australia (AFA).

Pengerusi KSRTR, Halel Mohd Ibrahim berkata jemputan itu atas minat dan kesungguhan VFS dan KSRTR melahirkan pemain-pemain futsal berkualiti selain mencungkil bakat-bakat baharu.

“Ini merupakan tahun ketiga kita mengadakan perlawanan persahabatan dengan pasukan AFA dan Sibu diwakili pasukan Chameleon Futsal Sibu (CFS).

“Pada Jun tahun ini, kita menang 5-4 ke atas AFA. Kali ini, AFA dijangka menghantar pasukan lebih kuat untuk memberikan saingan,” katanya.

Perlawanan persahabatan antara pasukan pilihan Sibu menentang AFA dijadual berlangsung pada 2 Disember ini bermula jam 3 petang di Gelanggang Futsal KPS Bukit Lima di sini.

Selain Sibu, AFA turut mengadakan perlawanan persahabatan dengan pasukan pilihan Miri, Mukah dan Kuching.

Menurut Halel, sempena lawatan dan perlawanan persahabatan itu KSRTR menganjurkan Kejohanan Futsal Remaja 12 dan 14 Tahun di Gelanggang Futsal KPS Bukit Lima pada 1 dan 2 Disember ini.

Kejohanan sempena cuti sekolah itu dibahagikan kepada dua kategori iaitu Remaja 12 Tahun (lahir selepas 2003) dan Remaja 14 Tahun (lahir selepas 2001).

“Juara dan naib juara setiap kategori menerima wang tunai, piala dan medal sementara tempat ketiga meraih piala dan medal,” jelasnya sambil menambah tarikh tutup penyertaan ialah pada 29 November ini, jam 3 petang.

Untuk keterangan lanjut dan borang penyertaan boleh hubungi Halel di talian 013-8117850 atau 084-250154 juga boleh diperolehi di TN Sports Sibu.

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Australian U12 Futsal Team & Sarawak Tour.

The Australian 12 Year’s Futsal Team travels to Sarawak Malaysia in June and November each year. The June tour is selected from the National School Futsal Championships, with the November tour selected from the National Club Futsal Championships.

Tours have been going to Sarawak, Malaysia for several years now. The teams take part in extensive training and games, as they travel down the Sarawak coast from Miri to Kuching. The tour culminates in the MPR Junior Futsal Cup.

MPR Junior Futsal Cup

Chameleon hold Aussie national team in futsal friendlies

Margaret (centre) hands over the certificate to Chameleon Academy coach Halil Mohd Ibrahim while Awang (left) looks on.

SIBU: It was all square as both the Australian National Futsal team and Sibu Chameleon Futsal Academy bagged a point each in the Boy’s Under-13 futsal friendly held at the futsal court at Sibu Trade and Exhibition Centre recently.

Chameleon Academy surprisingly won the first match 2-1 before a rejuvenated Australian side silenced the home crowd to take the second match 6-2.

The friendlies were jointly organised by Australia Futsal Association in collaboration with Vikings Futsal Sarawak.

After the Sibu match, the Aussies will next compete in the 2014 MPR Junior Futsal tournament on Dec 6 and 7.

They had earlier played a series of friendlies with teams in Miri and Mukah with splendid results.

Director of Vikings Futsal Sarawak Awang Zaifulizam said the aim was to develop futsal from grass-roots level and to push the futsal standard towards a new frontier.

He said they also aimed to get as many young players as possible to be involved in the game that was fast gaining popularity.

“One such way is to organise more programmes and activities to encourage the youngsters to take part in the game.

“The series of friendly matches with the Australia national team is one platform where we can draw more youngsters to take part in the game,” he said.

This was the third time the Australia team visited Sibu but it was the first time they took on the Chameleon Academy for the battle of the Under-13.

Awang said only affiliates of Vikings Futsal Sarawak were allowed to take part in the friendly matches.

“All in all, we have 16 affiliates in Sarawak and two affiliates in Kuala Lumpur and through our efforts, we are confident of lifting the standard of futsal to a new dimension.”

Australian National Futsal team tour leader Margaret Burly said only the top players in the Australian futsal league were picked for the overseas trip.

“Currently, we have over 220 futsal clubs and some 600,000 registered futsal players in Australia.

“The sport is getting popular in Australia and we have players from every corner of Australia.”

Margaret said they had been going on a world tour in the past few years to give the players more experience and exposure and tests of their play.

Besides Malaysia, the team had visited countries like New Zealand, US, Chinese Taipei, Brazil, England and Japan for a series of friendlies in the different age groups.

Margaret said Australia would play in the AMF 2015 Futsal World Cup in Minsk, Belarus and the country was making early preparations to face the challenges at the championship.

Australia had also recorded respectable results in other tournaments such as the Futsal Women’s World Cup in 2013 when the team qualified for the quarter-finals and also the World Games in Cali, Colombia in the same year.

VIA The Borneo Post Posted on December 6, 2014, Saturday by Philip Wong.