Dear all,
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Meeting in Manila
Dear all,
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Minutes of Meeting
- In the next weeks we will assign people to the official titles necessary for the C.F.A. and for XP in order to bring more structure in the club.( Panny will trace the official titles and names submitted to the C.F.A ).
- Decision makers( ( board of Xp Team ) will be Rodolphe ,Otto ,Panny,and in a separated meeting they will agree among each other how they divide responsibility's. Once clear they will inform all XP members about this.On every meeting they will evaluate and collect all individual opinions/suggestions/ideas.
- Tony assigned as our head coach and full responsible for matters on the field,tournaments,practice and all related matters that involves the games.Same time he has committed to be close and personally involved in the club and the players in order to do this Job like no one else could do ! Thanks Tony ,you are the best coach we could imagine !
- Panny will come up with a program for 2010 with all tournaments ,games ,competitions organised thrum C.F.A registered teams ,members, and inform XP-team on time.
- New Guest player policy ; We have agreed that guest players are allowed to join XP team for 3 games for free and after they will be given the option to become XP -member.Any player who has used his 3 free games and will not become a XP- member can not join /enter the fields anymore.Every guest player has to be informed that there is no guarantee that they will play because there is a priority given to XP-members to secure that they play.This decision will be taken by the head coach on the spot.We have agreed to have a flexible and friendly approach towards this policy in order to welcome new players and make them feel comfortable.
- For 2010 season( we try faster ) we will ask from all individual members if there is a need / will, to follow practice courses before the game or even on a different day/time.Xavier has announced to be willing to take the lead for this.I suggest if there is enough interest he will discuss with Tony how to proceed on this. Thanks Xavier !
- Board will report to the C.F.A all joint tournaments by XP team so it could be reported in the yearly reports of C.F.A and this will help the ranking of the Cebu Football association on the FIFA listing.
- C.I.S. payments will be given to Xavier who has a easy access to the school since his factory is located next to the school.After payment he will forward receipts to Otto.
- This Saturday 24 Oct no soccer at CIS. Plan b will follow thrum text message.
- Rodolphe will start in the next weeks to announce the new policy's to Guest players so in a few weeks time we can slowly make the change.
- Forgotten to discuss but still important !! Christmas party / get together will be organised by the board.Please forward any nice idea or suggestion ! Otto asked attention for a charity project of one of our most honorable members Flemming who is doing this together with his wife Elisabeth.We are thinking of coming up with a raffle during Christmas to collect money and donate ! Please give us more ideas how we could possibly raise money for this Beautiful project.For those who don't know the projects Flemming is doing we will ask a brochure of his charity organisation. Flemming; any change you can bring some brochures on the next Saturday ?
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
XP CLUB-MEMBER MEETING
we will have a meeting next tuesday, october 20, at 8pm at gustavian restaurant. Topics are the guestplayer handling, upcoming tournament, financial statement, appointment of in-charge members for certain dutys, open forum.
please guys show up. since we are in a very stabil financial situation...beer is on the club.
see you...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
TREASURER REPORT I, II and III.QUARTER 2009
here comes my financial report per September 30, 2009., the end of the III. Quarter.
Payments from regular members 127000 Peso
Downpayment 500 Peso
Guestplayer 24900 Peso
Take over from 2008 11323 Peso
Total 163723 Peso
Expenses:
Metrosport 62400 Peso
CIS 27000 Peso
Balls, Socks, Cons, etc 13974 Peso
Fees 5900 Peso
Club Outings, Parties 15123 Peso
Miscell. 560 Peso
Total 124957 Peso
Balance, Cash in hand 38.766 Peso
Outstanding is CIS payment for September 2000 Peso, outstanding payments from players are none.
Per September 30 we had 23 regular player.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
U-20 World Cup Starting
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Champions League
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Guestplayer
in responce to the comment of my dear friend Tony about the guestplayer at CIS.
a guest is first of all somebody who is invitet.. and he should be invitet from a regular member of our club. what we see lately is an uncontrolled flood of koreans. before there was 5 or 6 of them. we could handle that without mayor problems. lately we have up to 15 faces on the pitch and nobody know them. even guestplayer invite and bring along other guys. I think this goes in a wrong way. already last saturday we had a short talking that it cant go like that. Tony you was not around, the game was horrible, everybody confirmed that. There was korean kids they could not stop or controll any ball.
i believe we should select a little who play with us.. remember the 3 russians who joined us one time at timex..we sent them home for luck of skills and it was a good decision.
we are not exclusive but i think a football club is also something social to us and i think that we all more or less also good friends outside the pitch. Any new player should also fit in the social structure of our club. the guys who join lately just show up, dont talk to anybody and disappear after the game. i was asking before some of the koreans if they want to become member.. they dont like.
i dont see any problem if you invite a guest and can not come with him..just meet at the gate and go in together.
Since there are not every week new members, the list dont have to be updated every week.
we had a small meeting last monday at taproom,-Rodolphe joined via text messages- and agreed to limit the guestplayer. i think its better for the game. we have 27 member and every saturday we are enough to have a nice game. with additional 10 to 15 uninvitet guys we are simple to many and the fun of the game is realy strained.
Personal comment
I am using the blog rather than text as the following is pretty lengthy and should be of interest to all members.
Brief –
I had a message on Monday afternoon inviting to me to a meeting that evening to talk through a concern the club had about the numbers of guest players that were turning up on a Saturday afternoon unnanounced and whose quality, in terms of footballing skills, might not be great. Unfortunately I was unable to attend the meeting but commented that I would support the majority decision. I will still support that decision but feel very nervous about the direction the club is now going.
Decision –
A guest player can only join if invited by a member and has to come with that member being introduced to the team; there first game is free. A members list will be placed at the guardhouse with only those players names appearing able to play; any guest will have to enter with a member.
Personal Comment –
The above decision does not tackle the question on lack of footballing skills; a member can still invite a player that might not have the ability that some of our members are looking for; what are we going to do in this case? Is the member going to be accountable and responsible for introducing only players with acceptable skills? How will that decision be reached? Who is going to marshal this?
Personally I think we are getting in to ‘murky waters’; since when have we become an elitist group of players? I still believe and will always believe we can have a club that caters for both talented and less talented players. If we are getting the better players disgruntled because of the quality of the game let’s look at running with 2 small pitches across field let’s not look at ways to discourage players joining. By the way; who will choose who those better players are? Many times I have been frustrated by my own play and know I don’t have the same skills as some others…. but am I included because of my service (in years) to the club?
Having a list on the gate will come with its own problems, just as it did at the Timex field. You need somebody who will regularly update the list and ensure the guards are working with the latest updates. Having guests only turning up with members will mean some advance planning. I recently introduced Mark to the club but knew it was not practical to meet him in advance of the game; we thus met at the field. Now I could have got someone else to meet up with him before the game but honestly didn’t want to piss about with that process. By the way; how are we going to treat the Koreans that are not members? Are they included/excluded from the list? Some of these players have questionable skills.
We actively promote our team on the web, we take opportunities to promote the club in the paper and talk to people we meet in the everyday life plus whatever other opportunities arise so we are always going to have the potential for people turning-up unannounced or with dubious skills. Do we really want to discourage those people? What happens if one of those people happens to be pretty decent? Is it not easier for the members within XP Cebu to take the initiative and start up a conversation with those new uninvited guest players and start asking questions? What’s happened with the power of verbal communication?
OK, now the problem with everything is that it needs people to get involved; it needs people to stop putting their own personal frustrations first and think about where the club is going. If we want an elitist group of players that have great footballing skills then fine; has that decision been taken already because I am not sure it has; or are we a club open to all that will look at ways of keeping everybody involved and not introduce hurdles to climb?
Now I think we could do a few things. Xavier and the training pre-game at 4.00pm is actually a really good idea even though I know many of the members don’t feel the necessity to join. We could use this as a tool for developing those guest players whose skills are not so well rounded and a way of identifying stronger players. We could move away from the full size pitch (which I personally enjoy) and go to 2 x smaller pitches; here you could mix the stronger players with a minority of weaker players whose games need developing.
Of course all this is dependent on people willing to take the mantle and organize which is something that has always been a problem with far too many ‘vocal’ rather than ‘active’ (inflammatory I know).
Maybe the first question we need to ask ourselves is ‘What type of club do we want to be? Do we want to be inclusive or exclusive?’. The question of local players has already been asked with some sought of muddled decision reached. After we have the answer to that question maybe then the decision on players becomes easier.
All the above is my own personal thoughts; a decision has already been reached but my concern to the welfare of the club led me to capturing the above concerns. If we are all happy with the decision then no further action required.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Club Meeting - July
Our last meeting was really well supported so your continued attendance would be appreciated.
If you have anything for the agenda please let me know. See you Friday.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
TREASURER REPORT I. & II. QUARTER 2009
here comes my financial statement for the first half year 2009.
Payments from regular player for the I. and II. Quarter was 90.000 Peso
Guestplayer payments for the same period was 13.800 Peso
Advance payments for III. Quarter is 3.922 Peso
Take over from 2008 was 11.323 Peso
Total 119.045 Peso
Expenses:
Metrosport 40.800 Peso
CIS 11.000 Peso
Partic.fees, CFA 5.900 Peso
Balls, Socks, Uniformdesign etc. 12.184 Peso
Farewell Party Iranians 5.073 Peso
Championsparty Miniworld cup 4.500 Peso
XP Meeting, CDN Journalist hosting 5.550 Peso
Misc. 560 Peso
Total 85.567 Peso
Balance 33.478 Peso
We still have to pay 5000 Peso for CIS for
parts of May and for June.
There are no outstanding payments from player.
Monday, June 22, 2009
1st USP Football Festival
On a very difficult pitch that was uneven, bolder ridden and on the small side the team did particularly well in trying to get some passing movement and organization. Thanks to Otto for agreeing to go between the sticks; although not a natural keeper he made a couple of fine stops with his feet (you wouldn’t want to dive) at crucial times. He was well protected by the outstanding display of Chris and Conor whilst Horst put in some cameo performances that witnessed a great scissor kick. Edwin and Panny switched between midfield and forward; Eric and myself took up midfield duties whilst Lars and Franz took a half each upfront.
For me both defenders and Lars (3 goals) put in tremendous displays but in truth this was again an all-round great TEAM performance that was again a display of the unity and fun we are having at the moment.
Our final came against a team that we had beat 2 – 0 in an earlier game Samareno. There style of play in the final was more aggressive than previous game and some heavy challenges were given out that did not receive the punishment they deserved. Franz seemed to have scored a legal goal but the referee decided otherwise and the game ended in a 0 – 0 draw and thus to penalties.
Now we all know the history of the team on penalties which made it nice to see 3 volunteers Edwin, Eric and Lars all eager to take responsibility. The rest is history, 3 penalties and 3 goals with Samareno missing there 2nd goal and giving us the trophy. Back to the Tap Room for ‘beers on the house’ and everybody was happy.
Monday, June 15, 2009
New Futsal Schedule
at our last meeting we agreed to move the futsal on Wednesday from 8pm to 10pm and have only 1 group of players. We expect that every wednesday around 10 to 14 player will show up. Therefore we will have mostly 3 teams with 4 player playing matches 15 minutes each. after 1 round change teams. Please dont bring guest player as we are already many.
There will be no more texting and confirming, just come, there will be always more than 8 player.
See you on Wednesday
Club Meeting - 11th June
1. Damien from the Gustavian was thanked for their recent sponsorship of the XP Cebu football kit and updated with the clubs recent success stories. Damien was given the opportunity to explain about the ‘Lifestyles’ membership after which several of the team signed-up.
2. We spoke about the 1st USP Football Festival which is being held in Lahug on the 21st June and captured potential interest from players. Since the meeting we have agreed on a men’s 36+ team and no men’s open team.
3. For future tournaments Franz has agreed to organize the clubs application
4. As last year the Singapore football team will be returning to Cebu for a 11 – a – side match. Dates have yet to be confirmed so wait for further information.
5. Otto gave his finance report stating that we have P33,000 in the bank with only a P3,000 expense outstanding for the use of CIS
· It was agreed to buy 15 black socks, some more balls and cones. In addition Lars will look to his friend in Norway to bring some items for the 1st Aid Box.
6. We had an open discussion on the direction the club should go in relation to ‘local’ membership. It was agreed that we would leave the door open to local footballers but at the same time ensure that any person joining us expat or local was a ‘good fit’ for the team as a whole. In reality this is something that we already practice.
7. Xavier has agreed to take a ‘skills’ training session on a Saturday from 3.30pm until 4.00pm as a way to improve on our chances in any upcoming tournament. This is an optional choice for any players but as always your support appreciated.
8. It has been agreed to hold monthly meetings. The next meeting will be announced nearer the time.
9. Edwin/Jeremy have been tasked with organizing an ‘away’ trip to a football tournament; Pantaya was sounding fun. This will not be until 2010.
10. We spoke about potential sponsorships which has developed since the meeting. I will update as appropriate
11. There are only a few people missing from the Blog; Jeremy has been tasked on spoon feeding them on joining
12. Indoor football has been losing players recently and has begun to be a challenge texting people for commitment to play; we have now reduced the night down to 1 with Otto and Rodolphe managing players.
Monday, June 08, 2009
Club Meeting
It would be great to start on time so please make every effort to attend and get there early. Current agenda items are:
- Indoor football
- Finance Report
- Tournaments
- Saturday games
- XP Cebu meetings
- Subscriptions
- Social Events
- Visiting Teams
- Sponsors
The 3rd ECCP Soccer Cup
What a great tournament we had and an amazing send off for our very good friend Shawn. Representing ‘The Gustavian,’ our current team sponsors, it was a pleasure to see us scoring 20 goals over 7 matches and only conceding 1. With such a record it was obvious that we were going to walk away with the trophy.
OK, as coach I should have kept better records but after consultation this is how we believe the goals were spread:
Edwin x 6
Seb x 5
Panny x 4
Rodolphe x 3
Xavier x 2
There were many fine performances, indeed as a team the passing, support, enthusiasm and shooting was a joy to watch; from Warren in goal through the defense, midfield and forwards everybody contributed in the success of the team.
Panny, Edwin, Rodolphe and Xavier all made the tournaments ‘Dream 7’ but in reality we could have been nominated in every spot; the team was that good! For the records the team was:
Keeper – Warren
Defense – Jeremy, Shawn, Chris
Midfield – Rodolphe, Xavier, Eric, Mike, Panny
Strikers – Seb, Edwin
Coach – Tony
It was good to see the support for the team from other XP players and great to see the unity and fun running throughout everyone; back at the Tap Room for drinks it was evident we knew how to have a good time. Thanks for playing guys; it’s a pleasure being a part of the team and I know we can secure more trophies in the future.
Go XP Cebu
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Tournament Sunday 7th June 2009
This is the confirmed team for the ECCP Soccer Cup this weekend at CIS
Xavier Weisstroff
Warren Massey
Jeremy Chung
Shawn Woo
Rodolphe Lina
Eric Chen
Chris Ong
Sebastian Van Der Schrier
Edwin Van Der Berg
Mike Rutherford
Panny Kyriakopoulos
Tony Jarman
Assembly time is 7.00am with opening ceremony at 7.30am. I think it highly unlikely that any of us will be there so early but if you are then very good.
The first game of the day is at 8.30am whilst our schedule is as follows:
9.00am
10.15am
11.05am
1.25pm
Quaters from 2.20pm
Final at 3.15pm
Awards at 3.40pm
Please be at CIS by 8.30am. I dont have the rules for the day yet and probably wont get them now until the Sunday but it is 7-a-side and the games are 20 minutes in length.
All the best, Tony
Monday, June 01, 2009
ECCP Soccer Cup
This coming Sunday 7th June is the 'ECCP Soccer Cup'.
We are allowed to register only 14 players so I need to know who is interested to join. Can you please register your interest; Otto will be sending out a text message in support.
The game is a 7-a-side match and we will be playing as the representatives of the Gustavian; the schedule of games will not be available until Thursday.
We have been asked for passport sized photo's but will see if we can by-pass the system :-)
Please let me know if you want to play; thanks and all the best, Tony
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
June 6th. party in lioan
I want to invite my house bucause i will go back to Korea next month.
First, i want to know who will come to my house ~.
(June 6th is saturday). We will meet BTC at 1p.m.and you can bring your friends and family
email: goangma11@naver.com
cell phone: 09176262124
Tournament Invitation in Baguio
we received an invitation to an 11-a-side tournament in Baguio on May 30 and 31. It sounds very well organized. Its a mens-open with 8 to 10 teams, playtime 30 to 45 min per game.
We should decide within this week if we can bring our winning squad to the next tournament.
Guys you shoud all quit your jobs because from now on we only play football in the philippines.
see you
Monday, May 18, 2009
World Cup 2009 Photos
World Cup 2009 - Manila
The Saturday was to prove a frustrating day as the team struggled to find ‘true form’ with some misdirected passing and a high tempo game that just didn’t suit our style. This was clearly demonstrated by the 3rd game on the first day when at last the team settled, picked out some nice passes and slowed down the game to allow greater control. Indeed if it was not for Edwin being badly let down by the referee which saw him pick-up a red card instead of the opposing player picking up a yellow card then in all probability a draw or win could have been had against the England team. As it was we lost all three games which gave us entry in to the plate competition.
Day 2 was to see the true colors of the XP Cebu, Europe team as they began their first game against the Celtic Tigers a team made-up of Irish and Scottish players. Edwin, with 1 red card, was unable to play in this game and was thus asked to coach the team allowing myself the opportunity of getting a run-out on the pitch. Edwin’s first managerial decision with his starting team selection proved very successful as passing was to feet, the tempo controlled and the determination high. All players wanted to win this game badly, which was clear for everyone to see, and it was no surprise to see the team walk off the pitch as the final whistle blew with a 2 – 0 win with goals from Jordi and Jeremy.
Next up was France in the semi final and with Edwin restored to the game the coaching role was again restored to myself. A very strange game with so many opportunities opening-up for the Europe team with post, bar and French defenders all denying the opening goal. Again determination was clearly visible but it was controlled with passing so much better than what had been experienced on day one. At last the goal came through Edwin who took his shot wonderfully powering the ball in to the back of the net. But the drama of this game had not yet finished when the French took advantage of some indecision in the European defense and managed to score a very lucky equalizer. So it was that at the final whistle the dreaded penalty shoot-out was to decide the future of the two teams; do not forget that the XP Cebu team has a dreadful history of winning a penalty shoot-out so it was with nervousness that we went in to this scenario. First was Sebastian and a very cool opening goal, Edwin – goal, Vincent (our magnificent keeper) – goal, Jordi (that was scary) – goal and Xavier – goal and with Vincent making the all important save we were through to the final.
Final; Europe v Latin America
Magnificent; we had come from a beating on the first day and managed to work our way through to the final of the ‘Plate’ competition. This is where we truly belonged this is where the team became strong, where players supported each other, came with their ace game and demonstrated just how important and rich the team spirit had been over the 2 days.
The how is not important on the final game; just know that Sebastian x 3 goals, Xavier x 1 goal, took the XP Cebu, European team to a stunning and well deserved 4 – 0 win!
There are a lot of things I have missed from this report. For example Mike playing for the team on the Saturday and having to go home on the same evening. The great attitude of players asked to play in positions that would not be their own personal first choice Xavier in particular but Jordi in addition on the second day. The attitude of the team that played with spirit, that enjoyed the games, that did not moan at each other, did not walk off the pitch in disgust, the brilliance of Vince in goal and at last our ability to score goals. It was truly a pleasure being a part of this team, we had lots of fun, lots of pain, lots of stories and have walked away with a trophy. Well done to all you are a credit to the XP Cebu football team.
Finally. Thank you to our new sponsors the ‘Gustavian’, tonight from 8pm we will be at the Tap Room celebrating the clubs success. Thank you to Rodolphe for organizing the new team shirts and helping with the European entry and thank you to Jordi who will be returning to Spain on Tuesday but has bought that much needed ‘Catalan’ spirit to brighten-up our touring lives. Finally, thanks to all the players, I was proud to be your coach.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Manila World Cup May 16 & 17, 2009
The European team comes together from players working and living in Cebu. They come together to guarantee peace, freedom and security in and around Europe. They are here promoting and protecting democracy and universal rights in Europe and around the world. They play to strengthen Europe’s economy and to promote solidarity around Europe by playing in partnership. Through this tournament they make it easier for Europe’s citizens to live and work throughout the Union; they promote equality and tolerance of diversity in Europe.. They are here protecting Europe’s environment and ensuring that Europe’s voice is heard in the world. This gallant group of men are here to listen to its citizens, be accountable to them and work for them in a transparent and decentralized way.
The following stand tall and united to fight for our European identity. Go forth and conquer my good men
- Tony Jarman (UK)
- Rodolphe Lina (France)
- Jordi Aixela (Spain)
- Xavier Weistroff (France)
- Vincent Lampert (France)
- Mike Rutherford (UK)
- Panny Kyriakopoulos (Greece)
- Edwin Van der Berg (Holland)
- Sebastian Van Der Schrier (Holland)
- Jeremy Chung ( UK)
Monday, April 13, 2009
For the bohol trip.
I will go to Alona beach on Thursday end of afternoon April 30th, then back in Cebu on sunday May 3rd end of afternoon also.
I got a room in Oops bar for 1000 pesos, and get a reservation for another one at 900 pesos for whoever wants it.
Other place to stay can be:
Alona Tropical: Tel: 038 502 9024 (between 1000 to 2000 pesos)
Bohol Divers: Tel: 038 502 9005 / 502 9085 (less than 1000 pesos).
It's also possible to find room on site.
cheers
Rod
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
holy week plan
this week is holy day. (from tursday to sunday)
if you don't have plan on these day, come to my house in liloan. (i think friday is better than other day. ) you just hang out there.
First of all, just text me. i want to know how many people want to go there.
and this time you will prepare some food and drinks.
this is my cell phone number: 09176262124
happy holy week guys~!!
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U20 Opening Game - Egypt vs T&T

This could be a great start for us, or an easly lay for Egypt...hehe. I wonder if they picked us thinking we'd be easy to beat? The rest is copied from a feed I read.
FIFA U-20 World Cup 2009 groups:
Group A (Cairo): Egypt, Trinidad & Tobago, Paraguay, Italy
Group B (Cairo): Nigeria, Venezuela, Spain, Tahiti
Group C (Suez): USA, Germany, Cameroon, Korea Republic
Group D (Ismailia): Ghana, Uzbekistan, England, Uruguay
Group E (Port Said): Brazil, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Australia
Group F (Alexandria): United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Honduras, Hungary
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Bohol trip
Jordi will leave us soon. So let's celebrate ! (lol).
We plan to make a trip in Bohol May 1, 2 and 3. We can get a boat on thursday April 30th end of afternoon and back in Cebu on sunday May 3rd.
So far the guys interested are: Jordi, Xavier, Gaetano, Tony and myself.
Who else is in ?
Cheers
Rod
Monday, March 30, 2009
beach soccer
i already cancel our participation. we dont have a team to join the tournament.. there is also a problem with a Manila tournament just 1 week later..
about football in the holy week, saturday April 11 we have to checl if CIS is available..we will i form you.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Beach Football Tournament
i received an invitation to join with our team the 3. beach football tournament. It will be held this time on May 8-10 in San Remigio - north of Cebu -.
The last 2 tournaments where in Moalboal and we had a great time in joining ( 3.Place in the first year...remember..).
If you feel fit to play football at sand and you want to join please let me know as soon as possible.
see you
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Under 20 World Cup
Sunday, March 15, 2009
CIS 7-aside Tournament next Sunday
for the CIS Tournament next Sunday we want to bring a men-open team. First of all we have to register our club with the CFA. Please support Panny and give all the data he need soon as possible. Beside of the club also each and every player have to be registered.
The team can have max. 15 player. Please go in touch with Panny if you want to join. Unfortunatly we dont have a 38+ team. There would be only 6 player available for that team.
Because of that tournament there is no football on saturday at CIS. I try to get the northtown field for saturday...just to kick the ball around. I know the field is not good but no choise.
see you
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Live Goals Video Highlights
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
housewarming party
Thus, I will have a housewarming party in my house on Sunday(march 8th). I knew there is far from here. And I can’t explain clearly where it is. Therefore, if you can go there, we will meet in BTC at 2p.m. Please answer to me until Friday.
This is my cell phone number : 09176262124
(I will prepare barbecue pork, fruit, and beers. And there is swimming pool, so you need swimming suit.)
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Club Rules 2009
1. The team will be known as ‘XP Cebu International Soccer Club’.
2. The team will hold meetings as and when it is deemed necessary with notification for members given in writing utilizing the blog.
3. As a team we will adopt the ‘’no pay, no play, no say’’ ruling. This means that unless you pay your membership contributions you will not be allowed to play soccer or have a say on the XP meetings.
4. For announced periods of absence lasting longer than 2 months a special arrangement can be made with the Treasurer.
5. Membership is P2,000 per quarter for midweek and weekend games whilst P1,000 for those players just supporting the weekend game. Guests will be charged at P150 per game (first game free trial). Regular players who introduce any guests will be held accountable for settling the costs. The club reserves the right to alter membership charges after due consultation at any meeting.
6. Club positions (Treasurer and Secretary) are in place for an undetermined term. Other official positions are appointed as deemed appropriate.
7. Club membership for life. Conditions:
a. You must be leaving the Country (and organize a farewell party)
b. You must have been an active and respected player for at least one year
c. You must have contributed significantly to the ‘well-being’ of the XP Club
d. Gain approval by those present at a meeting
Lifetime membership would give you:
a. Honorable listing on the clubs weblog
b. Full access to all club resources
c. Free playing during ‘show-ups’
LAST UPDATED:
Tony - Feb 9, 2009
Playing/Practice
Saturday games will be held at CIS; please note the following:
- You are not allowed to wander around the school premises; please remain in the football field area
- You cannot smoke or drink alcohol within the schools premises
- Please use the changing facilities to get changed; not the side of the pitch
- Respect those people (guards, groundsmen etc)that work for CIS
- Do not leave litter
- Refrain from bad language and awkward scenes
During play please respect the nominated captains and the guidance they offer.
It is ADVISABLE but not mandatory to wear shin guards
Participate in the spirit of the game, we will not tolerate unruly behavior. Any incident detracting from the enjoyment of others will be dealt with accordingly
LAST UPATED:
Tony - Feb 9, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Player Conduct
The following is not an attack on any individual; please accept the following in the context of player conduct.
We have, over the last few months, seen some disturbing behavior from players within the team and chosen not to react; this will now be corrected.
We all accept that football is a passionate game, we all acknowledge the satisfaction of playing on the winning team and we all agree that football is a wonderful and entertaining sport. If you disagree then you are lying to yourself.
It is a fact that no player is equal, some of us have greater ability than others, some can run continuously for the whole game whilst others need to pace themselves. We have some talented footballers on our team just as we some very average players accept that fact and we will all get on splendidly.
At a recent meeting it was agreed that we would nominate captains who in turn would organize the players on the pitch; they would of course try and accommodate players preferences but the fact is this cannot always happen. Get use to that fact. The captain will be the arbitrator on the day; you will listen to them and comply with their wishes. Get use to that fact.
We will no longer tolerate arguments on the pitch, shouts of displeasure and leaving the pitch in protest. Grow-up, act like adults, begin to enjoy your game and give respect to those players that are fed-up with this behavior. It ruins the fun for everyone.
Ignore the above and you will be given a ban the length of which will be decided by the senior players. If you don’t like it find another team, again I reiterate you will not be allowed to ruin the enjoyment of the other players.
You have been warned!
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Foto shooting and Interviews CDN
next Saturday will be a foto-shooting and some interviews before our soccer-practice at CIS. Mrs. Kathryn Go from Cebu Daily News (CDN) will be around at CIS for that purpose. Last Friday we met here already (Tony, Eric and me) for the initial briefing about XP Soccer club.
Please be at CIS a little earlier - maybe 3.30pm - bring your white and blue XP uniform - if you have one - , take a bath and shave, so that you look gwapo.
football start at 4pm.
Franz will bring all the uniforms for the guys who dont have.
see you
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
CDN agrees to feature XP Club
Monday, January 26, 2009
XP Cebu International Soccer Club Minutes January 23rd, 2009
1. Treasury Report
Otto went over the finance report for 2008 which has been posted previously here on the blog. Everybody signed off the report as accurate and true and thanks Otto for his sterling work.
2009 was then covered with Otto making his projections for the year clear this included rental for Metro Sport and the new addition of rental for our Saturday game. An increase to subscriptions was recommended and agreed by those present. Thus quarterly fees for players of both midweek and weekend games will pay P2,000 per quarter whilst Saturday only players will still contribute P1,000 per quarter. Guest players will now pay P150.
2. Unfortunately we have lost the use of the Timex Field on Mactan; everybody understood how disappointing this news was but at the same time voiced great appreciation to Bob and Timex for there support over the last few years. There was not a single person that did not understand the reasoning behind the decision.
Fortunately, with the help of Warren, we have been very lucky in securing the football field at CIS. Both Otto and Tony expressed there deep concern that XP members showed respect for the facility this means: No alcohol, no urinating on the field, no foul language, giving respect to the guards and ground staff. Basically, remember that we cannot afford to loose this opportunity so don’t mess it up for everyone else; this is a great facility and you will enjoy playing football at Cebu best football pitch. Football starts 31st January 3.30pm until 5.30pm. Just as an add on we did also talk about the new pitch at Macro and this can be used as a back-up although will be dependant on availability.
We also covered the topic of Franz junior playing on both the midweek and weekend games and as a group agreed he was a very welcome and positive addition to the game. On a Wednesday he and dad will manage there substitutions.
Lastly Tony will talk with both Timex and CIS about the collection and storage of the small goal mouths.
3. At a previous meeting Rudolf expressed an interest in developing a more competitive team of players that could represent XP in the tournaments and perform to a better level (in terms of results) than recently. This was generally accepted as a positive step and could be operated in conjunction with those players wanting to play more for fun. As such the midweek games have been organized for those players targeted for either competition or fun whilst the weekend games will be captained by Rudolf and Otto (trial) where teams will be selected on equal merit although players must listen to the instructions given by the captain once choose e.g. you will be given a position on the field where its anticipated you will operate.
The captains will organize, control and manage any disputes during the game.
4. Jeremy has taken control of the blog; we will use this tool again in the future to capture team news; please make sure you tell people where they can find information and if they struggle to register that they can contact Jeremy for advice. Jeremy will also be cleaning up the site and has a deadline of the end of February.
5. Panny is committed to registering players with the FA; please help him by supplying your passport pictures and completing the registration document; this is required for future competitions. Franz will investigate entry to the Thirsty Cup and report. Rudolf to captain the open team, Otto to captain the over 35’s.
6. We all passed on our thanks to our wonderful Iranian friends whose time with XP Cebu is close coming to an end (months not weeks); but impressed on everyone the need to canvas for new players. Please make it part of your conversation to speak about football whenever you meet someone new…
In addition Erick will speak with the Sun Star and see if he can negotiate for some free editorial and cheap advertising space.
The meeting ended 9.54pm
Thirsty Cup 2009
Group email added
working properly.
Replies to this email will not get posted properly on the blog so I
advise everyone to click the link to the blog in the footer of this
email when replying and posting comments
If you know someone that has not received this email then they were
not added to the group email properly so have them send me their email
again please.
Looking forward to playing on the new pitch this weekend.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
FUTSAL GROUPS AND MEETING
starting next week we have a new mix for the futsal groups. We lost 1 player - Mike left for manila - but we have 2 new regular player - Eric and Shawn - and Jordi and Gaetano are back as regular player. Now we have 20 futsal player - the maximum - 10 for each group.
The tuesday group will be organized by Rodolphe, Wednesday by myself.
Tuesday group: Rodolphe,Xavier,Jordi,Gaetano, Nicolas,Ricardo,Hicham,Chris, Eric,Shawn.
Wednesday group: Otto,Franz,Panny,Edwin,Jeremy,Vince,Behdad,Rahim,Pouria,Mahdi.
Once again please confirm your play every tuesday/ wednesday so that there is no shortage of player. if you show up without confirmation it can happen that you sent home because the group is full. NO show up even you confirmed lead you to suspension from futsal.
There is a XP player meeting next friday, 23.January at 8pm for approval of new budget and contribution of 2009, sign of the 2008 statement, information about search for a football field, information about coming tournaments...thirstycup, manila, etc
the meeting is at Angelinas Restaurant, beer is on the club.
see you guys.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Uncomplete email
the blogg i wrote arrived uncomplete at your mailbox...for the full text please read at the blogg..
xpcebu.blogspot.com
Jeremy why is it like that...
TREASURER REPORT 2008
Unefected from the worldwide financial crises XP Cebu reports a record revenue and stabil financial situation....
Contribution from regular player 119.000 Peso
Guestplayer 12.300 Peso
Payment for 2007 700 Peso
Takeover from 2007 5.881 Peso
Total 137.881 Peso
Expenses:
Metrosport 80.800 Peso
Balls and Equipment 12.392 Peso
Cluboutings, Moalboal-Tournam.,X-mass Party 27.191 Peso
Participation Fees 4.000 Peso
Miscell. 2.175 Peso
Total 126.558 Peso
Balance by end of the year 11.323 Peso
We dont have any open contributions and no open bills.
By end of the year we had 22 active player from 12 different countries.
Some player will leave us in 2009 but at the moment we have already 3 new regular player joining 2009.
Everybody know that we lost the TIMEX field. At the moment we put all our effort in getting the CIS field again. It looks good that we can get it starting january 31. This time we will not get it for free anymore. It will cost us most likly 1000 Peso per saturday. In the month of the school summerbreak we will also not allowed to play there. For this time we working on the Aboitiz field, which is very expensive but our choises are limited.
The finacial situation for 2009 has changed because of this.
i introduce a proposel budget for 2009 as follow:
Contributions from regular player incl. futsal (20 Player max.) 160.000 Peso
Contributions from regular player without futsal (appr. 5 player) 20.000 Peso
Guestplayer 10.000 Peso
Takeover from 2008 11.000 Peso
Total 201.000
Expenses:
Metrosport 80.000 Peso
CIS Field 36.000 Peso
add. field - maybe aboitiz 20.000 Peso
Balls 10.000 Peso
participation fees 6.000 Peso
Cluboutings, X-mass Party 30.000 Peso
Miscell. 6000 Peso
Total 188.000 Peso
Therefore i ask the 20 futsal player for a quarterly contrib. of 2000 Peso - yearly 8000 Peso.
The non-futsal player can stay at 1000 Peso per quarter - 4000 Peso a year.
20 x 8000 = 160.000 Peso
5 x 4000 = 20.000 Peso
Total 180.000 Peso
i call for a meeting next week to approve the budget 2009
see you
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Most of the Sheriffs I see on TV get shot
We also need to look at the content of the Blog, I notice the rules, practices and instructions are out of date. Some of the links need re-working also, the road to Germany is now the road to S.Africa 2010 for instance. Maybe we can cover this at our next meeting?
Bring your stetson ( http://www.stetsonhat.com ) and spurs "Hi Ho Silver".......
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
please update the contributers...erase:
andy parrot,pieter,herve lampert,peter wood,babak,juergen,pinoy,wolfgang pichler,dazza,holger,simon timmins,matt porray.
please add:
vince,hicham,xavier,chris,behdad,pouria,rahim, mahdi, edwin,gerard.
maybe some other new player will become regular this month, than we just add them.
thanks, see you