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HAPPY NEW YEAR

To all our readers and members may we wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR. This has been a watershed year for futsal in Australia and we will only grow from here.

(see below for highlights of 2001 and 'hopes' for 2002).


OFFICE OPEN

The State office will reopen Wednesday 2nd January.



ELINEY AT LAST ARRIVES

When we had nearly given up on Eliney Melo arriving for two months to help Sunshine Coast Futsal, he suddenly received his visa and landed in Brisbane late Christmas Eve. He will start training with the mens team on Tuesday and then will spend his time working with the Sunshine coast teams, particularly in preparation for the State league finals on the 27th and 28th January. This is his second visit to Australia as he also came out in 1996, as part of a Brazilian Futsal team to play a series of games against the Australian side going to the Spain world Cup.We wish him well in his stay.


QUEENSLAND FUTSAL'S NEW YEAR SALE !!


As all the major department stores are having sales at the moment, so are Queensland Futsal. Starting Wednesday 3rd January and going through to Friday 12th we will be having a firesale on some of our indoor shoe stock.

THIS WILL ONLY BE AT STATE OFFICE(3299 LOGAN ROAD, UNDERWOOD) OR TOWNSVILLE OFFICE(20 NOWLAND STREET, CRANBROOK).

LOTTOS SIZE 10(JUNIOR) TO 4

NORMALLY $54 NOW $ 33 !!

BLACK PENALTIES SIZES 8 TO 11

NORMALLY $55 NOW $ 40 !!

MUST BE PURCHASED AT THE OFFICES ONLY !!

ENQUIRIES 32199444 OR 47739466.



HIGHLIGHTS OF 2001.


The formation of the National Futsal Commission in Australia, as a commission of Soccer Australia with the five state futsal bodies as members.

Queensland Futsal Association being accepted as an associate member of Soccer Australia and a full member of Queensland Soccer Federation.

The acceptance by FIFA, Australian Sports Commission and Queensland Office of Sport of the new structure.

The finalisation of the study to restructure the QFA, to be fully implemented 2002.

Mauricio returning home to Brazil after two years with us. Hopefully he will be back.

The Queensland Mens team winning the national titles under Mauricio's coaching. Hopefully this will continue. Unfortunately only one player from the team( and he was injured) was considered good enough for the mens team to Singapore

The birth of this newsletter.


HOPES FOR 2002.


That Queensland Futsal continues its growth rate of 28 % a year.

That a national league for men and women restarts to give our elite players a goal and a better preparation for national teams.

That those who have spent the last year criticising us from the outside, stop talking and show us how to do it.For example a comprehensive website for all clubs 9 includung a forum), school, officiating and coaching development programmes and a comparable structure to ours would be a start.

That now it has been born, the National Futsal Commission forges on with some national leadership.

That we have a new development officer in place for the Toowoomba and Ipswich districts by June.

That the people of NSW who pioneered futsal in their areas, hang in and keep the sport developing... we need you and their are people who respect you.


That our junior competitions begin to play all year round. We will not develop players for the future until we move from a training session for soccer to a sport, and that means regular weekly training in futsal.

And last, On a personal level, that I don't have such a bad year as 2001 with ill health.




HUMOUR


NUMBER ONE

Pele, the greatest star of Brazil, Beckenbauer the hero of Germany and Paul Gasgoigne of England fame were all out fishing in the middle of a lake one day.

Pele turns to the other two and says 'I wouldn't mind a BRAHMA (beer)' and gets out of the boat and walks 50 metres across the water to the store.

On his return , Beckenbauer turns around and says ' I'm thirsty now,I think I'Il go and get a stein of lager. ' and gets out of the boat and also walks across the water.

Gazza is very impressed by this and seeing himself at the same level as the other two says. ' I think I'll go and get a pint of bitter' . He gets out of the boat, takes a step and immediately falls headfirst into the lake.'

Pele turns to Franz Beckenbauer and asks ' Do you think we should have told him where the rocks are ? '


JOKE TWO

Two Manchester United fans and a Liverpool fan going out deepsea fishing one day.Getting a strong bite all three have to pull on the rod to bring in the huge catch, which turns out to be a mermaid.

'You've caught me fair and square' say the mermaid 'so you're each allowed to make one wish .'

The first Manchester fan says 'I'd like to double my intelligence.' The mermaid waves her tail and he immediately begins reciting the Works of Shakespeare.

The second Manchester lad, most impressed, says ' I'd like you to triple my intelligence. '

The mermaid waves her tail and he suddenly begins speaking in 7 different languages.

The Liverpool fan , even more impressed, says ' I'd like you to quadruple my intelligence ! '

The mermaid looks at him and ponders and says ' Are you sure about this ? It could have very big ramifications and you may not like it . '

' No ' he says ' go ahead, I want it ! '

So he turns into a Manchester United fan.


JOKE THREE

On finishing his playing career , the great Liverpool player Kenny Dalgleish decided to do a degree in psychology. On his first day the proffessor in charge asked around the room a series of questions to get an idea of the knowledge of his new students.

'Kenny' the proffessor says ' We have diagnosed a patient with symptoms of constantly walking back and forth quickly, irrationally and without warning screaming at the top of his lungs, then suddenly switching to remorse and grief and sitting in a chair crying and weeping aloud and waving his arms around. What treatment would you recommend ?'

Kenny grins and says 'That's easy ..... give up coaching Liverpool !'

PS I don't really hate Liverpool, but as I'm a Manchester supporter in a house full of Liverpool fans, I have to get my own back !

THATS ALL FOLKS...SEE YOU NEXT WEEK !!!