Sentosa's first monorail service at 7am clearly doesn't serve the holiday makers. Instead, it serves the hardworking folk of Monsoon Touch Football Club who made their way down to help run the Beach Touch games under the U Sports Beach Games last Sunday, 25th September 2011. So there we were geared up in our finest beach togs - singlet, shorts and slippers - to outline the playing area with the latest groundbreaking (pun intended) technology of plastic tape and superior, unrivalled hammering skills (thanks Ali), setting up the registration booth and putting our happy faces on before participating teams started streaming in. That's the way Alf! The earlier half of the day saw the U20 girls, Open Men and Open Women teams battle it out, kicking sand everywhere and ruining our sturdy plastic outlines. Much appreciation goes out to the runners who kept score so referees could focus on blowing that whistle. With so much dedication and effort from everyone, it was great to see everything running on schedule.
The winners for the first half of the day are:
U20 Girls – Monchichi Open Men – We Love Hot Mums Open Women - NP Kids
The Open Mix and U20 Mix players, whose games were in the second half of the day, were in for a treat. As the players from the morning half learnt, sand is a great conductor of heat. Fans of Touch were certainly treated to some exciting action with a higher level of play displayed by more experienced players in this category. From one-handed push-ups to diving passes, these players were in it to win it. One-handed push-up. Turned out to be a drop ball.
The winners are:
U20 Mix – Explorer Open Mix – Chateureux-le-bains
As the sand got less hot, it was certainly heartwarming to see that none of the Monsoon Touch members had their energy levels down. Tired but cheery Monsoon gals. From packing up the area to doing their bit for the environment by picking up rubbish so lovingly left behind by participants, the Beach Touch Games was certainly a great success.
A big thank you to the organizers who did all the hard work of planning everything – from registration to fixtures to who-does-what, and the club members who helped carry the plans through perfectly. Until next year!
1. Selection Emails Just a reminder that receiving the selection email notification is a not a guarantee of a game in the weekend. With large squads there will be ppl who will miss out on games who are available to play.
Therefore it is important that you indicate your availability early, by Thursday at the latest. This will give me time to call up players to replace those who are unavailable.
A non response by Thursday, and I will assume you are UNAVAILABLE and ask someone else to step up. If you then decide to turn up and the team is full you WILL NOT PLAY!!!
It is not only UNFAIR but DISRESPECTFUL to your teammates to leave them wondering if they have numbers to play a game when all its takes is 30seconds of your time to read an email and click a mouse.
2. Monsoon Registrations All NEW players are required to register on the Monsoon website. If you do not register on the site then you will NOT receive the Selection notification email. If a full team has been selected for the day and you decide to turn up priority will go to those who bothered to reply not matter who you are. Its that’s simple. If you have problems registering on the website please let me know.
3. Weekend Results (Saturday 28 August) The Opening games kicked off last weekend and its was great to see the big turnout for another season of Touch Football.
Monsoon Demons v Bucks IPA (A/B Grade) The Monsoon Demons were made to work hard in the opening half and it took 20mins for the Demons to work out the rust in their game. Under new captain Tony Koh, the Demons' experience and ability shone through and they ran away winners 10-3 to finish strongly over a fading Bucks team.
Monsoon Avengers v Bro Town (C/D Grade) A tough first game for the Avengers against the 2010 STL B Grade champions. The team a mixture of old and new players led by Craig Norwood did well hang in there and go toe to toe against Bro Town but the opposition's experience won out in the end, with the Avengers going down 5-8. It was a promising start for the team and something to definitely build on after a tough and challenging STL.
4. Player Fees Fees are due. TFS fees have increased for this season so its important you pay your subscriptions!!! We still have players from last season who have not paid, don't make me go Naming and Shaming, you know who you are!!! The best way is through internet banking or if you prefer to pay cash, you can pass the money onto me. Remember No Pay, No PLAY!!!
5. Monsoon Lions Due to UWC pulling out of the C/D Grade and a number of players wishing to turning out for the most successful touch football club in Singapore, we have been able to include a 3rd WTL team this season. As the club looks to grow and develop, the objective of this team will be to bring new players to the sport of Touch and the Monsoon setup.
I will see what impact this has on the draw and get back to the respective teams. Additionally there will be a re-organization of the Avengers team.
6. Midweek Training There is mid week running and sprint training for those looking to improve their fitness Where: the fields next to Parkview Sq (Bugis) When: Wednesday nights from 7.30pm to 8.30pm Bring water and shoes/boots