Soccer tourney, 4 June

Zhangde 7-aside Soccer Tournament

Hey guys just a final reminder for the upcoming tourney. It'll be on 4 June (Sun) @ Zhangde Pri Sch. Please reach the sch before 8am for registration.

Team name : Kismis Utd
Jersey : Red with white/black shorts
Manager : JonD
Players : Ah Hao, Tong, Syafiq, Syaddieq, Jacky, Kenny, Wei Chong, Ron Chan, Erwin

I think JonD also mentioned something abt booking a field tis Sat. If i m not wrong, he may want all t players to gather n train a bit. Okie... But i would also appeal to t rest of t players not playing for tis tourney to come down n help them train. Give them t Kismis Utd support, show them t Kismis Utd spirit.

Eric

Take Care Bro

Hey, man, just read BingJie's blog. Heard he was giving up soccer. He's got a pic of the X-ray of his left arm which showed the screws and metal plates, and he has decided to give up his passion for his health.

I think I would extent my sympathy on behalf of the club:

I just got to say, that is a brave thing for you to do, bro. Even if I broke my ankle like Jon David, I think I would still carry on playing, I can't let go of such a big part of my leisure life. But I agree that our health is the most important asset that we have, so I respect your decision and wish you all the best! Though we would have liked you to come for our Saturday sessions more often, you are always part of the team! Must come down and watch us play when I'm back okay? Then we can catch up over lunch!

Our team wishes you a speedy recovery! Take care of your health, and though we might not get to be team-mates on the pitch, you'll always be a friend off the field. See you around.

-Chau

Joga Bonito

Just thought I shared these clips with you guys. they are from the same website.

This one is just about free-style soccer. These guys are awesome, but they are playing on a basketball court. Remind you of some people?


And this one is just amazing. Some of the best in futsal on display.


Sorry jon, I had to post up something, couldnt wait for u to finish.

-Chau

Goal Posts

I think I have shared my idea about goalposts with a few of you already. I was thinking I don't mind getting goal posts and put them in the Kismis court. You know the kind of futsal goal-posts? According to Eric, each set could cost about $200. I'm willing to come out with the money, but I would appreciate a fund-raiser.

A few of the concerns are :
1) Would Ngee Ann Poly allow us to put them there? Can we get permission?
2) Where do we keep them when we are not using them?
3) And linked to the point above, how do we prevent others from using them?

Elaborating on point 3, I guess I wouldn't mind if others wanted to use it while we are not there, but I'm afraid they might damage them or even "ship" them out! One suggestion would be, if with permission, leave it with the guard. And maybe even "rent" it out, to earn back some capital.

Would again like to hear the persons of the club's views.

-Chau

kismis tounament

HELLO everyone... karl here. a very inactive player...hahas. well, i hve actually contacted chau and we actually cam up with a similar idea of holding a tournaments. we will do something like a $XX per team . we will also include goodie bags and stuff...this are all to be discussed at the later stage...anyone have any sponsor that can contribute or any idea of making it a more happening and well recieved event? we will first need to find
1.event venue
2.goal post
3.sponsors
4.organising members
last but not least, a good weather and a WCS(worst case scenario) planning...hope to hear views on this.
regards
karl

Proposal for Tournament

Okay, I'm really quite on about this tournament. And given the results of the poll so far, others are interested in it too. Every member's input is essential and important so likewise for JonDavid, I have taken into account the comments he made about the hassle of organising such a big event. I have thus come out with a proposal to the Kismis member to see if it is feasible. I would like to emphasize that this is a feasibility proposal and by no means the complete skeleton of the tournament structure. Please have a look through all aspects that I have covered and this time, I'm not only welcoming comments, I'm requesting for them! Haha.

-Chau

End of Year

Kismis Tournament

Proposal for Feasibility Study v1.0

By Chris Chau 02/05/06

1) The Court

- Can we use the Kismis court?

- Can we get temporary goals?

- If not, can we rent a court from say NUS? Or make use of a public court say Tiong Bahru?

- If we could get temp goals, it would be good. Because you know that that play is basically ours, we could use it the whole day and for free most probably.

- Also, we might be able to use 2 courts so can run games concurrently

2) Prizes

- Do you know of anywhere to make a trophy?

- Can we get attractive prizes? From a sponsor?

- Can we get a Queensway shop – or the like – to sponsor some old stock in exchange for advertisement during our tournament?

- Can we use the money we made to buy prizes?

- Which prizes would you consider as attractive enough to take part in a street-soccer tournament?

3) The Format

- Assuming we can get a court and prizes,

- Any age group? I suppose it should be at least 15 and above

- How many per team? 5 on the pitch + 3 subs?

- How many teams can we include? 8-12?

- If 8, then play in 2 groups, if 12, then play in 4 groups etc. before knock-out round?

- Or should just have a “league format”?

- Do we send in a team ourselves?

- I’m willing to sit out to be a pure organizer

4) The Money

- How much can we charge a team?

- $40 a team too much? Works out to be just $5 a person

- For 8 teams, we get $320, 12 teams $480

- That gives a rough estimate of budget

- Don’t expect to make too much of a profit – or even any. Might even have to dig out of our own pockets

- You might even make money selling drinks!

5) The Staff

- Any friends who are refs? I trust cards and whistles should be obtainable too

- I could be a organizer cum ref, and subsequently wouldn’t play

- We need timers + scorekeepers

- We need a score board to display all fixtures... can be easily solved with paper on a wall.

- Anyone trained in first aid? Most tournaments don’t have an official medic, but it’s good to have someone with at least minimal medical experience.

6) The Timing

- Timing is important

- Want to be after all the school exams if possible. If I’m not wrong ‘A’ Level’s finish the latest (excluding Uni and Poly)

- Early to Mid-December is reasonable?

- But early December is still monsoon period right?

- It would likely be a whole-day event, so either Saturday or Sunday

7) Advertising

- Online and in Singapore forums such as ‘Gamersquare’ where it all began.

- Can place ads on schools, places like Queensway where there is a good soccer crowd

- Schools such as Ngee-Ann Poly, NUS, NTU etc

- Advertising is cheap; you just need paper and a photocopier

8) The benefits

- Good experience in organisation

- Good experience for our players who play against all kinds of teams

- Good opportunity to scout for players

- Advertising the Kismis “brand name”

- Good on your resume that you have co-organised a tournament

- If we make a profit, could use for your chalet