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IMPORTANT WET WEATHER UPDATE for Saturday 31ST July
BALMAIN HOME GAMES:
All games at Cohen Mini, Easton, Birchgrove, Callan Half 1 and 2, Callan Full Fields 1 and 2 are now closed ALL WEEKEND
BALMAIN AWAY GAMES:
SEMI FINALS AT CAMPBELL PARK ARE ON ON SUNDAY AT SAME TIMES.
(13/1 Abbotsford v Burwood at Campbell and 13/3 Abbotsford v Concord at Campbell postponed)
BENNETT PARK CLOSED SUNDAY(although the Council Wet Weather line says it is open)
Edwards Park CLOSED SUNDAY
ALL Canterbury Council Grounds CLOSED SUNDAY except for Lees Park and Croydon 2 (Semi Finals on Croydon 1 moved to Lees at same times)
ALL HENLEY FIELDS CLOSED SUNDAY
Steele Closed SUNDAY
Campbell 1 and Campbell 2 will be inspected 7:00am SUNDAY MORNING(All other Canada Bay Council grounds closed Sunday)
KING GEORGE OPEN SUNDAY
SYDNEY SECONDARY COLLEGE OPEN SUNDAY
All Tempe Reserve closed Saturday and Sunday
All Leichhardt Council grounds closed Saturday and Sunday
Lambert Park CLOSED SUNDAY
All Ron Routley fields closed Saturday and Sunday.
All Ashfield Council (ALgie, Centennary, Pratten)Grounds closed Saturday...and SUNDAY
CENTENNARY 1 and 2 CLOSED SUNDAY
All Strathfield Council (Cooke, Strathfield)grounds closed Saturday and Sunday
All Canada Bay Council except Campbell Park (Edwards,Neild,Queen Elizabeth, Ron Routley, Timbrell) closed Saturday and Sunday....Edwards closed Sunday
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Congratulations Balmain!!
As another season draws to a close we would like to wish all our teams starting their run for a Championship, or playing the last of their games to qualify for the final series, the best of luck:
In our Junior ranks the U10/2, U10/4, U10/6, U10/8, both our teams in U10Girls/1, U10 Girls/2, U11Girls/1, 11Girls/2, U12Girls/1 and 2, U13Girls/1, U13Boys/3, U14Girls/1 and 2, U15Girls/1, U17Girls/1.
In our Seniors, AA Men/2, AA Men/3, AA Men/4, AA Men/5, AA Men/6, O35/2, 35/3 and the O5/1.
Our ladies are also flyng the flag for the Club with the Women/2, Women/3 and Women/4 all playing for a Championship.
A special note of congratulations to those teams finishing Minor Premiers:
U10/6, U10Girls/1, U13Boys/3, U14Girls/2, U15Girls/1, 17Girls/1 and our O35/2.
Enjoy the last games of the season, remember our motto, play hard, play fair. If your season has finished I know you would be very welcome on the sideline by our teams fighting for a Championship. The games schedule is on the Canterbury web site. A reminder, don't forget that there are several options for keeping fit in the off season, Futsal, 6-a-side and Gala Days.
I would like to finish with a thank you from the Executive for your commitment to the Club and for completing your Ground Official Duty. A thank you to all the officials, managers, coaches and Age Coordinators who, without your help, there would be no Club. Finally, to all our players, thank you for the great sportsmanship you have shown throughout the season.
Catch you at the end of season presentations,
Jill
President
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FOOTBALL STARS OF TOMORROW:
Celebrity Challenge - BALMAIN FOOTBALL CLUB Click Here to Watch
In Episode Two, the Celebrity Challenge this week is Biggest Loser's trainer Michelle Bridges. Also attending for moral support are members of the Balmain & Districts Football Club.
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JULY FOOTBALL CAMPS WITH SYDNEY FOOTBALL ACADEMY - A WINNER!!
Balmain and Districts Football Club (DFC) and Sydney Football Academy would like thank everyone who attended and supported our inaugural football camps in the July holidays. From our informal conversations with kids and parents at the camps they seem to have been a resounding success. If you have any comments or suggestions about the camps please don't hesitate to contact us and share them. Please email at: coach@balmainfootball.com.au
As many of you will be aware, the club has been looking at a number of strategies to better develop the football ability of our numerous members and their teams.
These camps are part of the overall picture and we hope to offer them again in upcoming holidays throughout the season.
Regards
Paul Cuscuna, Dario Bicego and John Phillips
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PLAY FUTSAL IN 2010 |
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With our short 2010 Winter Football Competition drawing to a close, Summer Football Competitions are now calling………….and we are hoping Balmain members will continue their involvement with football and join their local Futsal (indoor soccer) competition. Futsal is a great skill developer and we strongly believe players can acquire and refine their technical skills needed for the outdoor season without losing the momentum that a six month (or more) break from the game of football would otherwise entail.
The game is for people of all ages but is particularly great for younger players who are at the peak of their football learning ability. Played within a small area (basketball court size) - and on a smooth surface with a low-bounce ball that won't slow down as quickly as one does outdoors on long grass, the game encourages and enhances a player’s ability to keep the ball in control and close to their feet. A four second restart rule, small playing area and unlimited substitutions makes it an excitingly fast game with non-stop action that sharpens reflexes and coordination, and improves decision making under pressure.
The basic principles like passing, shooting, and running into space are essential to master the game and should be emphasised early in a player’s development. Due to the fact that fewer players take part in each game (a goalkeeper and four outfield players), each player gets more opportunities to be involved, thereby lessening any chance of them getting disinterested in contrast to most outdoor football with it’s generally greater number of players per side.
Great Brazilian football players including Pele, Ronaldinho, Robinho, Ronaldo are amongst many many other international football superstars who grew up playing futsal (often exclusively at a young age) on the many futsal courts found throughout South America and Europe and credit futsal for many of the skills they have perfected.
If we can make a recommendation for a NSW Football endorsed competition, we suggest the two “local” competitions attached. Both will fill up fast so don’t delay. Feel free to contact us if you have any general questions – we’re hoping to put on a few sessions of “futsal basics” for kids and coaches in the weeks leading up to the start of the competitions. More details to come closer to the date.
Paul Cuscuna, Dario Bicego & John Phillips
Balmain DFC - Coaching Co-ordinators
WHY PLAY FUTSAL?
· Fair Play incorporated into games rules structure
· Fast open game played at pace
· Develops fast, quick thinking, skilful players
· Played to touchlines not walls, making players use drag backs etc to utilise space
· 4v4 outfield is the optimum number of players to enhance skill and technique whilst recreating the realities of 11v 11 football ( Manchester Metropolitan University 2004 study)
· Players have many more touches of the ball compared to 6 v 6 upwards
· Players are constantly involved in the game
· World’s most played small sided game
· More teams enter the Futsal World Cup than the 11v11 World Cup
· Increases physical and aerobic fitness
· Research confirms that to play at the top in futsal, 11v11 fitness is not sufficient
· Futsal is the basis for 11v11. Research has shown football to be a series of interconnected 4x4 games, futsal is 4x4 at its most demanding
· Futsal players naturally find moving to football easy (Ronaldinho)
· Game improves spatial awareness
· Game is safer, less injuries than ‘off the wall’ 5 aside or football
· No advantage to a player’s physical dominance
· Players from ‘futsal’ countries Brazil, Spain, Argentina, dominate professional players or leagues that don’t play futsal
ASHFIELD enquires please contact: John Phillips 0417215764 - 0417218700 or by E-mail ashfieldindoor@optusnet.com.au
GLEBE enquires please contact: john Armenakas 0409 966899 or by email innercityfut5al@optusnet.com.au
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