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FUTSAL TOOWOOMBA HISTORY
(September 2010 – Present day)
FUTSAL Toowoomba is a FUTSAL Club run under the auspices of Football Toowoomba. Formed in 2010, the Club commenced operations as a going concern to allow FUTSAL players to be involved in the FIFA Futsal pathway. The courage of the inaugural committee to start this Club has clearly provided opportunities that will be enjoyed by their members for generations to come.
Season 1 saw 138 players operate over a 12 week season out of Harristown High School. Remarkably, this provided the opportunity for 10 players to go the FFA National Futsal Titles in Canberra.
History will show that the following players became the very first from Toowoomba to be recognised by Football Queensland as State FUTSAL players.
FUTSAL TOOWOOMBA FIRST REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS
Selected to represent Queensland in the FFA National Futsal Championships in Canberra from 11-15 January 2010.
Boys Under 13 - Matthew Williams Under 14 - Nathaniel Baker Under 15 - Alex Garden and Colin Ball Under 16 - Joshua Bowman, Thomas CaItens, Connor McBain and Martin Oyak Girls Under 13 - Alice Mason, Katlin Peterson SEASON 2
(Toowoomba expands beyond expectations)
Following the exploits of players at Nationals, a new vigour was found by the FUTSAL Family. An expanded committee was formed and the first FUTSAL Chairman, Paul Mason, took the reigns providing new leadership for the game.
The most significant development saw FUTSAL Toowoomba, secure the brand new Downlands College indoor Centre as the show piece venue for the FUTSAL Code.
FUTSAL Toowoomba also secured Funds from the Gambling Communities Benefit fund and the FFA Club Grants Program to purchase FUTSAL goals; these goals have been loaned to the Schools community to encourage children to play the game in school hours.
A new website was established which brought the information superhighway to the game. The website became the key medium for information exchanges and general inquiries.
Season 2 saw the Club introduce a media campaign to improve the affiliation numbers of the Club. Volunteers such as Claudia Posada, Steve Donald, Sue Watts, Samantha Douglas, Sharon Ballard, Lue Petersen and Nigel Fanning and numerous others working tirelessly handing out flyers, conducting sign on days and spreading the word to get the FUTSAL Club to the next level.
When season 2 commenced, 67 teams had registered with age groups from U8-Open Men’s and women’s. Competitions were run out of Downlands, Toowoomba Grammar and Harristown High School. All across town, people were talking about FUTSAL because our 450 players were in an exciting new competition at great venues across town.
Another huge development for FUTSAL Toowoomba saw representative teams entering into the Queensland Summer FUTSAL league operating out of venues in South East Queensland. 6 Regional Teams travelled over 6 weekends to various locations to compete in this prestigious event. Whilst no team became champions of their age groups, many took the position of runner up and all teams accounted themselves very well.
Season 2 also saw the introduction of the First Finals Series which culminated in a Gala Day at Downlands for all FUTSAL Finalists. A huge thank you is extended to the Volunteers and Referee’s for making the Finals a memorable occasion. The Finalist for Season 2 are listed below.
Grand Finals – Season 2
State Selections Season 2
The following players were selected into Football Queensland representative sides for the 2011 nationals.
Boys
Under 11 - Fraser Williams, Jordan Tucker
Under 14 - Matthew Williams
Under 16 - Colin Ball
Youth - Thomas Caitens
Girls
Under 12 - Tiffany Dibley, Alycia Hogan, Alice Mason, Teagan Nicholson
Under 14 - Katlin Peterson
Under 16 - Kelly Williams
Open- Tiffany Roberts
Preparations are currently under way for Season 3. Already, we have seen the introduction of a newly elected Zone Chairperson for FUTSAL to assist in the role out of the Game across the South West. This coupled with the expected expansion in Toowoomba will see the game going from strength to Strength.
Watch this website for more exciting FUTSAL developments in 2011-2012 |