In this program we speak to David Lee, the Capital Football League Manager, about the full range of competition Futsal to be held in the ACT in the forthcoming 2010 / 2011 season (including the Nationals).
If you want to know how Futsal is organised this season, all the way from Under 5's to ACT Rep Teams for the Nationals, this interview is an absolute must!
I think you will be surprised to learnjust how quickly Futsal has grown in the last five years in the ACT. I asked David how many players participated last season and how many he anticipated would play this season. The Answer: 6,000 (+) players of all ages, no problem! Capital Football manages these competitions directly or through the orgainsing bodies, North and South Canberra Futsal Clubs. A massive task.
This is just enormous! Makes you think. Surely we have some real political clout if you take Football and Futsal as a whole. We dwarf every other sport. Surely there is real good reason for the ACT Government to get moving on new and additional faciltites for both games. Why are we so tame? What is the Capital Football Board doing to advance the cause, or are we going to spend another five years standing around admiring Hawker Enclosed or wishing we had something like the Mpower Dome? Get cracking you lot!
And let's not forget the one Futsal club from the ACT that gained entry to and competed in the NSW Supa League and did outstandingly well - Boomerangs FS. The experience for many of the Boomerangs players that gained selection in ACT Rep teams for the Nationals (and there were a lot of them!) helped their performances at Nationals enormously. There is no doubt that this is the club to join if you want to experience Futsal to a higher competition standard than is available week to week in the ACT.
Futsal is a big game that's getting big quickly!
Registration documentation can be obtained by reference to the following websites:
Capital Football run competitions and Nationals - http://www.capitalfootball.com.au/site/comp_futsal.php
Junior Futsal competition in the North of Canberra - http://northcanberrafutsal.com.au/public/default.asp
Junior Futsal competition in the South of Canberra - http://www.scf.asn.au/aboutus.html
Boomerangs FS for higher level competition in the NSW Supa League and local Premier League competition - http://www.boomerangsfs.com.au/index.html
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