Sunday, June 28, 2009

TREASURER REPORT I. & II. QUARTER 2009

Hi Guys
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

So Sunday June 21st witnessed the Cebu XP Football Club +36 age group taking the 1st USP Football Festival tournament title.

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

hi Guys
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

Here are the minutes from the last meeting. It was great to see such a strong turn-out; I must say I think we are beggining to generate the same enthusiasm that the club had numerous years ago under our esteemed friend Horst. Lets not take the foot off the pedal now and make sure we continue to grow and more importantly have fun.

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

This coming Thursday 11th June sees an XP Cebu Football Club meeting to be held at the Tap Room in Banilad at 8.00pm.

It would be great to start on time so please make every effort to attend and get there early. Current agenda items are:
  1. Indoor football
  2. Finance Report
  3. Tournaments
  4. Saturday games
  5. XP Cebu meetings
  6. Subscriptions
  7. Social Events
  8. Visiting Teams
  9. Sponsors

The 3rd ECCP Soccer Cup

The 3rd ECCP Soccer Cup was held yesterday June 7th, 2009 at the Cebu International School in Pitos, Cebu City.

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

Good afternoon,

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

Hi guys,

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