Saturday, January 24, 2009

Good game guys and thank you all for coming down :)

Hey guys,
Thanks all for making the effort to come down. I think everyone had a good time, and I'm sure many would've loved to play alittle longer. We had a very good turn-out of 20 players. Although there were afew that lacked fitness, majority of you guys had sufficient stamina lasting for at least a half :). (We're not as old as we think :))

The score for the day was 6-3 in team Saturday Soccer Club's favour :D!! I can't really remember the scorers, I remember Sean Tan got our first goal, others that hit the target were, Dinesh, Simon, Eduard, did I miss out anyone? Our opponents, Team Trinity, made it tough for our attackers playing a high line and catching our players offside many-a-times, but it was also in my opinion cost them many goals. Whenever our attackers were not called offside, they'd be off in a flash and made it difficult for their defenders to catch up, allowing our attackers to slot home past the stranded keeper.

The first half saw some solid defending from our make-shift defender, Ling Jiahao (cause our original center backs were late :p) and Alvin Hoi, ending the 1st half at 2-0. Goals coming from Sean Tan and Dinesh in fine fashion.
The second half saw an over-haul in the team as 9 players were substituted. With original defenders, Chao and Jurgen at the heart of the defence. The lack of fitness and match awareness showed from the 2 center backs as some slack defending allowed Team Trinity to squeeze 3 goals past our otherwise brilliant keeper Benjamin Fong. But there were moments of fine plays and touches from the 2 defenders to their credit (^.^) Today's match also welcomes our debut players to team SSC, Dinesh, Kang Yang and Jeremy Yap.

All in all, it was a really good match, and many enjoyed themselves. There was however 1 casualty, in our mazy dribbling midfielder Luke Tang. Terrorizing the opponents in the heart of the midfield with his silky skills made him a player to be taken noticed of, and in an attempt to stop him, an accidental tackle caused Luke to tumble to the ground, clutching his ankle in agonizing pain.

Want to thank the following people for coming down and making the game a memorable one.
1.Benjamin Fong
2.Alvin Hoi
3.Jiahao Ling
4.Jason Wong
5.Lionel Ngooi
6.Luke Tang
7.Kang Yang Yu
8.Ian Tan
9.I-Ming Chia
10.Sean Tan
11.Dinesh
12.Jurgen Ho
13.Shawn Kong
14.Derek Ong
15.James Loh
16.Eduard Lee
17.Jeremy Yap
18.Edward Zeng
19.Simon Lim

Also to Xiang who came down but had to rush home to finish his work, appreciate the effort bro and sorry for the miscomm.

Special thanks to our ladies as well who came down to support us:
Joette Loh, Anais Lee, Sharon Liang, Jeannie Cheong and Pamela.

~chao (",)

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

New Venue confirmed as well as NEW TIMING

New venue has been confirmed. Open field beside Tampines blk 867A.
http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_3562/travel_site_83859/
Cost per team is $90 for field and referee. We've got around 15+ players if all comes down, so do the math :)
Also take note TIMING has changed. Now game STARTS at 9.30am

-chao (",)

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Possible change in venue!!

Saturday match is still ON. But their representative just emailed me to let us know the pitch might be unavailable. So check back for further updates, they will inform me of the venue asap! Thanks :)

-chao (",)