Young Shire Futsal Talent Dazzle
2-Oct-08

by J Simnett

What a fabulous result for Sutherland Shire Futsal Under 10’s at the Central Coast Mariners (CCM) gala day held at Football NSW on 28th Sept 2008.

SSFA High Performance Division has selected & developed these young players via our coaching clinics, which in turn have instantly produced amazing results for our game and our region. Sixteen (16) teams from all parts of Sydney participated in the spectacle.

Central Coast Mariners (CCM) Coaching staff and players including, Laurie McKinna, Dean Heffernan, Mark Bosnich, Mile Jedniak, Nik Mrdja, Dylan Macalister, Sasho Petrovski and many more where all inspired by the talent on display watching various games over the duration of the day, cheering on the Sutherland team at every chance.

The Sutherland boys showed true commitment and abundance of passion with silky passing and moves which dazzled spectators. The team was amazed when Laurie McKinna called out to Cameron aka ‘Chi Chi’ to rock over and show some of his silky moves to FNSW officials and CCM players. Also the likes of Sasho Petrovski watching all SSFA games because he loved the way the team moved the ball around and the spirit in the way they played.

Sutherland finished undefeated in the group stage with 7 wins. SSFA 10's was only team to go thru undefeated from all group stages. SSFA went down in the semi final to Rockdale Ilinden and finished 3rd overall.

Results were as follows; Group Stages (Petrovski Group)

Game 1 Sutherland FA 2 vs. Kellyville Colts 0, Game 2 Sutherland FA 3 vs. Penrith FC 1, Game 3 Sutherland FA 5 vs. Kenthurst FC 1, Game 4 Sutherland FA 4 vs. Kellyvile FC 1, Game 5 Sutherland FA 3 vs. CC Quake 0, Game 6 Sutherland FA 1 vs. Forest Killarney FC 0, Game 7 Sutherland FA 8 vs. Liverpool City 1, Semi Final - Sutherland FA 2 vs. Rockdale Ilinden 3, Grand Final - Rockdale Ilinden 2 vs. Fairfield Colts 0

The Sutherland Shire under 10's development squad team; Cameron Apostolovski, Mitchell Georgievski, Matthew Lemich, Thomas Papa, Jarod Dimovski, James Temelokovski, Aram Adilovic, Martin Khoury and Christian Agliozzo. Head Coach: Jim Apostolovski

Well done boys! The SSFA 10s team, coach and parents did the Sutherland Shire VERY proud.

Source: SSFA