I spent Friday evening ‘working’ at Tauranga’s fantastic ASB Arena. I was there to document the first evening of NZ Football’s Road Show, which was basically a full weekend of Futsal-related events. It was fun. I got heaps of photos, some decent movie clips and, along with about 450 people, watched my first game of futsal. The Futsal Whites took on the WaiBOP Federation’s Futsal National League side in an...
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Every time I visit a match I’ll take a minute long movie so readers can get a feel for the venue. In the latest in our One Minute At… series we’re at Tauranga’s ASB Arena for the NZ Futsal Road Show. In this match, the Futsal Whites played the WaiBOP National League Futsal team (June 7, 2013). The match finished 7-3 to the Futsal Whites. Here’s a match report of the game.
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I was recently appointed Communications Manager for WaiBOP Football. You might be thinking: “Big deal. So what?” And I wouldn’t blame you. But I thought it might be important to let everyone know, as my new role comes with certain limitations. Clearly, there are now areas I have to be very careful about going on this site, particularly when commenting on local football. Hopefully this won’t greatly alter my...
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I had every intention of spending my day out at Links Ave, Mt Maunganui, wandering around the ground, watching all the WaiBOP Federation’s Pre-Season Cup finals matches and then producing what would be my first impartial match report in years. Unfortunately, Matamata Swifts were playing and I discovered it’s still tough to be completely unbiased on a day when they’re playing. Enlightening. Anyway, as for what was on...
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