XP Cebu International Football Club

Treasurer Report 2010

2011-01-17T12:29:00.001+08:00

Hi Guys
Here comes me finance report for 2010. This will be my last report because i want to resign after doing this for many years. So please somebody has to take over.
Unfortunately the indoor futsal died down last year due to the lack of player. Some guys join now our japanese friends at 7 pm on wednesday.
From this coming saturday onwards, the football at CIS start at 2 pm until 5.30 pm. For the one who wants to join already at 2pm please contact Rodolphe for details...its more for the mens open player. For all the other nothing changes, football starts at 4pm.
Last year we was able to get 100,000 Peso from Mr. Lhullier as sponsorship. Very unlikely that we get it again since there is an dissapointment from Gustavians side that only a few player showed up at Gustavian or Taproom - not even for the worldcup -.
Nevertheless i will ask Mr. Lhuiller if he is willing to sponsor one or two trips to Manila for the Nomads tournaments.
At the moment we have 51,000 Peso from the last year and from this we have to spend 44,000 as payment to CIS for the first 6 month 2011.
Here now comes the numbers
take over from 2009 peso 20,320
players payemts peso 127,900
guestplayer peso 16,800
sponsorship gustavian 100,000
total peso 265,020

expenses
metrosport peso 55,200
cis peso 46,000
fees and subsidary manila tournaments peso 98,750
cfa and participation fees peso 3,200
balls and gloves peso 8,947
miscell. peso 1,720

total peso 213,817

balance, cash in hand peso 51,203

thanks for your trust over the years

I might be retired after an accident in Nov..

2011-01-13T13:50:00.003+08:00

Hi guys, happy new year and hope you had a nice Xmas.

I haven't been playing in a while because of a motorbike accident late Nov here in Toledo. I had two semi-fractures close to my knee, bruised ribs, generally bruised and three nights at Chong Hua including some surgery. Removed the cast a couple weeks ago and can walk without crutches now, although not very gracious.

I am recovering pretty good, but one month in bed without being able to bend my knee has made the leg quite stiff, so I am only able to bend it like 90 degrees. Will go to a therapist to work it out, it's improving a little every day.

Will not be able to play before the summer, and to be honest I think I might give up now. Both my achilles have broken the last few years, so I think the body says stop(but my spirit cries never!). Most of the muscles in the right leg has faded, sometimes I do a mistake taking a wee in the dark.. :-)

My reception is probably harder than my shots(as usual!). The muscles will grow back according to the doctor, once I start using them.

OK, just wanted to let you know, and it's been a while since someone posted so I thought I'd break the siilence. I'm going to Cebu this weekend, and might pop by CIS and/or Urban Cellar. Hope to see you. It's boring watching football(Liverpool) at the moment, and boring not playing..

Lars

TREASURER REPORT I, II and III.QUARTER 2010

2010-10-01T16:37:00.002+08:00

hi guys
here comes the financial statement for the 9 month of the year 2010.

Take over from 2009 peso 20320
players payment for 2010 peso 103900
guestplayer peso 10200
sponsorship gustavian peso 100000
total peso 234420

Expenses
metrosport peso 52000
CIS peso 34000
participation fee peso 2000
balls peso 8944
miscell. peso 1150
expenses for manila tournaments peso 73750

balance in cash peso 62573

out of the balance of peso 62573 an remaining amount of peso 26250 is available for the upcoming manila tournament in november. this amount will be spent as subsidy for the airfare of the players joining the manila tournament.
as of september 30 the club has no liabilities, all metrosport and cis is payed up to september 30. open payments from players is only 1000 peso.
if someone want to see the details of our cashflow, just ask me on saturday, i will have it with me.
regards
otto

ADDITION TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT

2010-07-01T08:34:00.001+08:00

guys
since i received guestplayer fees yesterday at the futsal, our balance increased.
additional guestplayer fees 600 Peso, therefore the cash balance is 74,023 Peso.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 30.6.2010

2010-06-30T10:20:00.002+08:00

HI GUYS
here comes the report of the treasurers office for the first 6 month 2010.
take over from 2009 20320
players payment for 2010 67900
guestplayer payments 7800
Sponsorship Gustavian 100000
TOTAL 196020

Expenses
metrosport 42400
cis 22000
partic.fee 2000
balls, gloves 7997
mini world cup manila 47050
miscell. 1150
TOTAL 122597

BALANCE IN CASH 73423

there are 2000 peso open from 2 players, we have no open liabilities. there are 24 active player at this time.
The board decided that with the start of July the indoor futsal will be only 1 hour again, at wednesday from 8 to 9 pm, du to the lack of player.
the fees remain the same.
see you guys

FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2009

2010-01-21T22:41:00.004+08:00

Hi Guys
Despite all the bank-bailouts our club is doing well...Here are the numbers for 2009.
Takeover from 2009 11.323
Player Payments for 2009 162.000
Guestplayer 30.300
Total 203.623

Expenses
Metrosport 80.000
CIS 38.000
Registration and Tournament Fees 5.900
Balls, Uniforms, Socks, Cons 19.289
Meetings, Farewell-,Winners-,xmass Partys 21.923
Tournament and Come-together Nomads,Manila 15.880
Miscell. 2.311

Balance 31.12.2009 20.320

Details and receipts can be seen at our next regular meeting someone the next week. Date and location will follow.

Meeting in Manila

2009-11-14T12:21:00.001+08:00

Dear all,

it was a great pleasure meeting the XP team in Manila. The above picture illustrates the full spirit and dedication of the team. It was a pity that I didn't see you guys play (busy, busy, busy of course). However, I did experience the impressive post-match coaching! Something totally different from my wonderful time with the club, when we were still wearing the beautiful blue shirts:). All the best and who knows I will show up one day in Cebu again (must have some training before though). Albert

Minutes of Meeting

2009-10-22T16:30:00.003+08:00

Posting on behalf of the "IT handicapped" Panny.

Minutes of the meeting XP- team 21-10-09.

Guys; Thanks to those who attended the meeting.

In short a overview about the most important points discussed and decided on.

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.

Small matters

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 ?

See you guys soon.

Panny.

XP CLUB-MEMBER MEETING

2009-10-14T17:28:00.002+08:00

Hi Guys
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...

TREASURER REPORT I, II and III.QUARTER 2009

2009-09-30T15:02:00.002+08:00

Hi Guys
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.

U-20 World Cup Starting

2009-09-23T20:25:00.002+08:00

U-20 World Cup starts 2am Friday. Trinidad vs Egypt.

I know, I know, don't say it I'm sure no one wants to watch with me and have me buy them free drinks every time we score. Text me if anyone does want to watch this or any other games during first round. I'm game to watch all if I can.

Italy vs Trinidad is a bit more reasonable time on the 29th. 1am. Attack, attack, attack!!! Full schedule can be viewed below at this link

http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/matches/index.html

Champions League

2009-09-15T21:25:00.002+08:00

Not sure anyone's interested but since Jordi is no longer here with the Playstation I've decided to setup a fantasy team this year. Anyone dare challenge me to a friendly club wager for who scores the most points by the end of Group Stage? Few hours left to register and pick a team.

http://en.uclfantasy.uefa.com/

Guestplayer

2009-07-29T11:48:00.002+08:00

hi guys
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

2009-07-29T10:38:00.002+08:00

Morning guys,

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.

Club Meeting - July

2009-07-07T11:41:00.002+08:00

This coming Friday 10th July sees an XP Cebu Football Club meeting to be held at the Tap Room in Banilad at 8.00pm.

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.

TREASURER REPORT I. & II. QUARTER 2009

2009-06-28T09:53:00.002+08:00

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.

1st USP Football Festival

2009-06-22T16:49:00.003+08:00

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.

New Futsal Schedule

2009-06-15T17:56:00.003+08:00

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

2009-06-15T15:54:00.002+08:00

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.

Club Meeting

2009-06-08T14:52:00.002+08:00

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:

Indoor football
Finance Report
Tournaments
Saturday games
XP Cebu meetings
Subscriptions
Social Events
Visiting Teams
Sponsors

The 3rd ECCP Soccer Cup

2009-06-08T14:44:00.002+08:00

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

Tournament Sunday 7th June 2009

2009-06-04T13:43:00.002+08:00

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

ECCP Soccer Cup

2009-06-01T17:26:00.002+08:00

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

June 6th. party in lioan

2009-05-20T21:45:00.004+08:00

hi~ guys.... i'm shawn. ^ ____________________ ^
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

2009-05-20T07:06:00.002+08:00

Hi Guys
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

World Cup 2009 Photos

2009-05-18T12:22:00.004+08:00

I have created a Facebook group for future sharing of photos and posting also. This was requested by several players. All the photos I have are up there already to view.

You can search Facebook for "XP Cebu" to join the group or add me to your friends searching Jeremy Chung and I can add you to the group myself.

Here's the link to few shots and one video for the blog.

Photos Link

World Cup 2009 - Manila

2009-05-18T12:02:00.002+08:00

The 20th Manila Soccer World Cup tournament at the Nomads Sports Club had the XP Cebu football team play in Group B under the banner heading team of Europe. The group consisted of Spain, England, Holland and Europe. Top 2 teams would qualify for the ‘Cup’ knockout tournament whilst the following 2 teams would qualify for the ‘Plate’ tournament both of which were to be held on the Sunday with a straight knockout format.

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.

Manila World Cup May 16 & 17, 2009

2009-04-24T15:46:00.002+08:00

The Manila World Cup is soon to hit us; Cebu XP has managed to put together a European team and will be challenging for some honors. Places are still available if you are European and talented. The following is the write-up for the tournament brochure, if you are bright you might recognize parts:

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)

2009-04-13T12:06:00.002+08:00

Guys,

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

holy week plan

2009-04-07T22:29:00.004+08:00

hi ~ guys. I'm shawn.
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~!!
( [^____________________________^] )

U20 Opening Game - Egypt vs T&T

2009-04-07T10:31:00.007+08:00

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.

Hosts Egypt will meet Trinidad and Tobago in the opening match of the FIFA U-20 World Cup on Thursday 24 September at the Egyptian Army Stadium in Alexandria. The Final Draw for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009, held on 5 April in Luxor, has thrown up six intriguing groups with any number of mouth-watering clashes. The leading FIFA competition for juniors takes place from 24 September until 16 October in the five host cities of Alexandria, Ismailia, Cairo, Port Said and Suez.

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

Bohol trip

2009-04-02T14:14:00.002+08:00

Guys,

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

beach soccer

2009-03-30T19:31:00.002+08:00

hi guys
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.

Beach Football Tournament

2009-03-24T10:09:00.002+08:00

Hi Guys
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

Under 20 World Cup

2009-03-18T13:37:00.002+08:00

To start off, OF COURSE I'm blogging about this because Trinidad qualified!!!!

http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/qualifiers/index.html

Regardless, there are some great teams in the Cup come end of September and 2 time defending champs Argentina look for a 3-peat. Why is it they play great in the juniors and keep disappointing at the national level...cumon Messi, 2010 baby!! Show me some Maradona magic.

Spain, England, Germany, Italy, Brazil. ooh lala, ou est l'equipe Francaise?

Its ok you guys can support Trinidad with me. Free beer for every goal we score. I'll even teach you how to make sweet Trinidadian music with a bottle and a spoon during the game. hehehe

CIS 7-aside Tournament next Sunday

2009-03-15T18:20:00.002+08:00

Hi Guys
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

Live Goals Video Highlights

2009-03-12T14:36:00.002+08:00

I've been using this site for a few weeks now to get my fix of goals for all the games I can't watch. I removed some of the old "Other Links" on the right of our blog and added Live Goals for all to use in future. There were some great games played the last few days and more this weekend.

http://www.livegoals.com. Look for the "video highlights" on the right

Shawn thanks again for a great barbeque. Next time, if there ever is a next time ;-), I will have to bring up my dj equipment.

housewarming party

2009-03-04T14:30:00.003+08:00

Hello gays~! This is Shawn. Recently, I built a new house which is located in Liloan.
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.)

Club Rules 2009

2009-02-12T17:11:00.003+08:00

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

2009-02-12T16:58:00.009+08:00

To participate in the Tuesday/Wednesday futsal you must be pre-registered as places are limited. Contact the appointed official. XP club members will be contacted predominately through the clubs weblog http://xpcebu.blogspot.com. As the preferred method of communication it is advisable that all members register on the weblog to gain detailed information on club activities/events etc whilst allowing you the opportunity to respond to any posts.

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

Player Conduct

2009-02-10T11:03:00.000+08:00

Guys,

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!

Foto shooting and Interviews CDN

2009-02-03T18:41:00.003+08:00

Hi Guys
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

CDN agrees to feature XP Club

2009-01-27T22:08:00.002+08:00

Hi guys

As promised in the team meeting, I have talked to my friends in Sun Star and Cebu Daily News about possibly writing a story about our XP Club. Thanks to my friend Kate Go who's a feature writer for Cebu Daily News, CDN has agreed to publish a feature story about us for FREE!!! In the meantime, Kate is also working on Sun Star to do the same for us.

So here is a great opportunity for this interesting group of people to be presented to the communities in Cebu. I consider this as an honor to be featured in the local newspaper and to tell the stories about this dynamic football club. I would like to call on every member of this club to make an effort to make this news article a success, which will benefit each one of us!

Kate has been a long-standing contributor for CDN and has great friends among the managing staff both in CDN and Sun Star. There are some basic requirements that she would like us to help with before she writes up the article:

1.She needs to take photos of us as a team wearing team jerseys. You are also welcome to provide old photos of the club.

2.She would like to interview as many players as possible from different countries to get a complete picture.

3.She suggests that interview and photo-taking can be arranged at our Saturday practice or at a certain venue.

I will leave it to Otto/Tony to work out how to get all the work done in a most convenient way. But I would like to stress here again (sorry it's an age thing...some of you will understand) that this will be done for us for FREE! We have 2 weeks to finish this task. It will be much appreciated if all of us make some effort to help in this club initiative!

Cheers to XP!

Eric

XP Cebu International Soccer Club Minutes January 23rd, 2009

2009-01-26T17:50:00.000+08:00

Great turn out of players at this months meeting; its good stuff to see so many of the team starting to participate in its operation.

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

2009-01-26T17:18:00.001+08:00

Hi. Franz asked me to post this information regarding the Thirsty Cup.

Dates: Feb 27 - March 1st

Venue: Cebu Sports Complex

Deadline: February 17th

For Mens Open contact Rodolphe

Over 35 contact Otto

We will have two teams from our last meeting so everyone interested in playing needs to inform them before Feb 17th. Franz also says he asked and we do NOT need to be members of the football association to play this. Contact the captains asap guys !!

Group email added

2009-01-26T11:25:00.000+08:00

Otto if you get this in your email then the group emailing should be
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.

FUTSAL GROUPS AND MEETING

2009-01-18T09:20:00.002+08:00

hi guys
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.

Uncomplete email

2009-01-16T18:20:00.002+08:00

hi guys
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

2009-01-16T17:31:00.003+08:00

Hi Guys
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

Most of the Sheriffs I see on TV get shot

2009-01-15T17:00:00.003+08:00

Mate, tks for getting me logged in, just not sure how I now merge the accounts. Any suggestions?

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".......

2009-01-06T17:13:00.002+08:00

hi Sheriff
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

New Sherif in Town

2008-12-19T14:53:00.002+08:00

Special thanks to Manolo for assisting in the recovery of his administrator account. I was finally able to gain admin access to the blog and can assist from this point on. I'll inform the guys at the Xmas party tonight.

There is a new Blog sherif in town boys!! Be on the lookout for him to add new player emails and update old ones. He's a handsome Chinese looking island boy above the chest, 100% Trinidadian below the waist, and Brazilian knees to feet.

Merry Christmas to all that can't attend the party in Cebu tonight!!!

XP CLUB-MEMBER MEETING, FUTSAL,MANILA ETC

2008-09-23T09:40:00.003+08:00

Hi guys

yesterday evening we had a players meeting at Angelinas Restaurant (beer was on the club) to discuss some topics. present was franz, otto, rodolphe,mike,xavier,chris,behdad,pouria,arman and flemming. panny,tony and ricardo are out of the country at the moment, nicolas,vince,hicham,rahim,mahdi and conor was excused, they coudnt make it because of work or studies.
first we mixed the futsal groups new.
on tuesday - organized by Franz - play
rodolph,xavier,nicolas,mike,arman,ian, hicham and franz
on wednesday - organized by me - play
ricardo, panny,vince,pouria,rahim,mahdi,chris,behdad and me.

it was also agreed again that if i player confirms and than dont show up he will be suspended for 2 weeks. for a second time he will be removed from the futsal.
Guestplayers are possible but only in agreement with the group-organizer.

The Manila Tournament at the nomads club is this year on november 22 and 23. we will sign up and send a strong team.
so far signed up for the team:
rodolph,franz,otto,panny,xavier,ricardo,nicolas,tony,jordi(he is back),Attila(he fly in in november),attilas goaly from last year,mike,behdad.
payment is 600US$ for the team, each player for manila have to put down next saturday 2500peso because deadline is end of the month. no pay - no join.
the flights and hotel can be arranged by every player by itself, but for most of us we will fligh and stay together in one hotel near to the venue.

we have plan to host a futsal tournament at metro sportsclub on october 26 or november 9 - thats both sunday - . we can only rent the field for the whole afternoon on a sunday.
the plan in detail:
6 teams (2 xp, 1 or 2 african team, 1 moalboal,1 japanese, 1 local team)
4 a side with max. 7 player per team
2 groups, round robin, each match 20 minutes
semifinals, final
participation fee per team 1000 peso
we could start at around 1pm and finish at around 6pm.
we still need the teams confirmation. xavier, rodolph and gaetano working on that.

from the treasurers office...we are healthy..at the box are 8.256 peso, everything is payed and outstanding players fee is only 1500 peso.
for the coming IV.quarter we will take around 30.000 peso, metrosport for this time will cost us around 18.000 peso.
by end of the year we should have 20.000 peso in the box.

TREASURER REPORT I. & II. QUARTER 2008

2008-06-28T18:06:00.003+08:00

Hi Guys
Here is my report for the first half year 2008. As everybody will see it was realy necessary to raise the contribution in 2008.
Take over from 2007 was 5.881
cash in 2008 for 2007 was 700
payment 2008 from regular player was 59.750
payment 2008 from guestplayer was 4000
total therefore 70.331
Expenses:
Metrosport 40.000
Participation fees 4000
Drinks at tournaments and meetings 2.194
Balls and gloves 2.222
Clubouting Olango Island 3.900
Tournament in Moalboal 11.797
Miscell. 1.475
therefore is a remaining balance of 4.743 at the end of june

Silence is deadly

2008-06-26T20:13:00.005+08:00

Hi everyone. This blog has been pretty quiet for a while, hope thats not the start of a bad trend. I just saw Jordi in Manila last weekend and watched Holland-Russia during the middle of typhoon down in "naughty town". Very disappointing performance from the boyz in orange. :-(

We spoke of Nomads and hope we can get a team together. Altho I have not lived and played in Cebu for some time I am in Manila and start training next month if anyone is keen to put together a team. Lets plan early and make an honest effort to represent strong again.

On a side note, for those with kids that play on computer check out this online game Gong the company I now work with in Manila is launching. Very fun, casual internet football game for our up and coming stars to play with friends.

Take care all and start training and saving for NOMADS !!!

CLUB-OUTING

2008-03-18T18:42:00.002+08:00

hey guys
on sunday, march 30., we arrange a club-outing for all active player. The trip goes to olango island to the talima resort of Horst. We ride the big banca of Franz, leaving the Hilton Pier in Mactan at 10.30 am. Please make shure that you there at 10am.
We will have a lunch buffet at the resort and enjoy the pool and the ocean. if you want to have a scuba dive thats also no problem.
The boat of Franz will bring us back to Hilton at around 6pm.
The trip cost 600 peso per person but the club will shoulder half of this. so its only 300 per person, even you bring your wife or girlfriend. Children are free of carge.
In your 300 peso is included all you can eat and drink and the boat-trip.
please confirm your attendance to Tony and bring your payment latest on march 26.
Player with outstanding payments for the I.Quarter please make shure that you settle this before march 30..., otherwise we are sorry...
Guestplayer are not eligible for this trip.
On March 22. - easter-saturday is regular football at timex. if there is any change we will give a short notice.
see you

SATURDAY FOOTBALL

2008-01-17T18:43:00.000+08:00

hi guys
this saturday, january 19. we are back at our TIMEX field. game start at 4pm, so please be there in time.
see you

Futsal Groups

2008-01-13T09:06:00.000+08:00

Hi Guys

the devision and organization of the futsal groups is as follow:

Tuesday Group:
Otto,Panny,Ricardo,Nicolas,Hicham,Mahdi,Ahmad,Rahim, Pouria,Mike.

Wednesday Group:
Franz,Rodolphe,Xavier,Vince,Benjamin,Ian,Youssef,Babak, Behdad,Chris.

The game starts at 8pm.

If a player cant make it on a certain day he have to inform the group organizer Otto or Franz, so that they can look for a substitute. If somebody wants to bring a guestplayer please also inform the group-head. a guestplayer cant play if the group is complete, so inform yourself if its ok to bring them.

Payment for the futsal player is 1500 per quarter, due to the increase of metrosport. so please bring asap your contribution for the I.Quarter 2008.
For the futsal devision we follow the "first show- first serve". so if somebody is not in the group but want to play please inform me or Franz than there is always a chance for short notice.

For the Football on Saturday there is no changes, next Saturday we are back in Timex. The player who play no futsal continue there payment of only 1000 Peso per Quarter.

see you

FOOTBALL TODAY

2008-01-12T10:19:00.000+08:00

hi guys
sorry for the short notice..football again at north-town today at 4pm. we just learned yesterday evening that timex is not available today, and just now we secured north-town. during entering at the gate mention the name of Sergio..

Manila Tournament 40+

2008-01-09T16:58:00.000+08:00

hi guys
on february 23. and 24. will be the 40+ tournament in manila at the nomads field. we can bring max. 12 player, 3 of them can be between 35 and 40. please let us know asap if you join. part.fee is 500 US$..
we have to register very soon..

XP MEETING, NEW IN 2008

2008-01-08T18:02:00.000+08:00

Hi Guys
at our players-meeting yesterday at Badgers we discussed and decided some new regulations on how we play futsal in 2008 and how we handle the increasing "unfair" play.
1) we split the futsal in 2 groups of max. 10 player each group. One group play tuesday from 8 -9 pm and the other group play wednesday 8-9 pm. Tomorrow everybody who opt to play futsal have to make a request for a group. after everybody voiced his wish we will review and balance it.
2) player who opt for futsal and football have to pay 1500 Peso per quarter, this is do to the increase of the metrosport bill to 800 per play. with 2 groups every week we have to shoulder 70.000 peso in 2008 only for metrosport.
3) player who only play football on saturday will continue to pay 1000 peso per quarter.
4) Guestplayer for futsal are limited to 2 player per week per group.
5) Each group select an organizer for the weekly futsal. this organizer have to be informed from a player if he dont play on a certain week. he also have to be informed if somebody brings a guestplayer.
6) player who permanently fails to inform the group-organizer get suspended from futsal.
7) futsal will be played 4 a- side with 1 sub
8) Fair-play is a must and player who dont commit to this basic rule get suspended for 2 weeks
9) For the Football on saturday is no change, everybody can invite an guestplayer without prior notice. how to bring the guestplayer inside timex should be arranged with Tony.
10) Guestplayer-fee is still 100 Peso per play

XP CLUB-MEMBER MEETING

2008-01-05T18:55:00.000+08:00

Hi Guys
This monday, January 7., we will have a meeting and all regular players are invited to join this.
There are some importend matters to discuss and to decide. like how we do it with the futsal this year, or if we accept new players at the moment., you can take a look at the spending and the bills from last year. we have to talk about the figthing last futsal and how we can avoid a increasing agression. and some more things..its an open forum.
the venue is Badgers Sportsbar in Banilad, 7.30pm.
see you.

TREASURER REPORT 2007

2007-12-23T18:49:00.000+08:00

HI Guys

since this year is in its final days and football and futsal have a rest, here comes the financial
report.
With the quarterly fees from the regular player and the guestplayer contribution our club had a income of 115.400 Peso. For the xmass-party we receiced an contribution of 4.9oo Peso.
The takeover from 2006 was 1.562 Peso.
The spending in detail: 5.500 tournament part.fees, 31.200 Metrosport futsal, 15.162 new balls, 2.600 repair of goals, 7.720 tournament with the singaporeans, 21.037 for cluboutings, beer at meetings, 21.000 christmas-party, 3.619 gifts, 2.300 laundry of uniforms, 2.593 miscell.
Therefore our cash balance is 9.131 in our box.
Outstanding is only 1000 Peso and 700 Peso Xmass-party contrib.

The quarterly fee in 2008 will not increase and stay at 1.000 peso despite Metrosport increases its rate to 800 peso weekly for 1 hour.

Lately we played for 2 hours at Metrosport on Wednesdays. Since this, the agression in playing especially in the second hour got out of controll. Therefore we will have an meeting in january to discuss this matter.

At the end of 2007 we have 3o active player in the club.
Every regular player is invited to join this meeting and discuss the matters of 2008.

Merry Christmass to everybody and a happy new year.

XMASS PARTY AND FUTSAL

2007-12-02T13:15:00.000+08:00

Hi guys
Our Xmass party will be this year at Badgers Sportsbar in Banilad on Sunday, December 16. We have a buffet and ALL YOU CAN DRINK (local beer and softdrinks). The party starts at around 7pm. All regular players are free of payment, if you bring wife,girlfriend or boyfriend..they contribute 700 peso..
Confirmation please latest until next Saturday, Dec. 8, also payment for wifes,Gf.. next Saturday.
Football at Timex will be until Dec. 22 than we will have a break until Jan. 5.

Futsal at Metrosport is until Dec. 19, than we have a break until Januar 9.
Next Wednesday we start to play for 2 hours futsal...from 8pm to 10pm and see how is the outcome. The club will shoulder the additional payments without increasing the quarterly contributions. It will stay at 1000 peso per quarter.

SINGAPORE SLING

2007-09-16T09:20:00.000+08:00

hi guys
last saturday we was hosting a little tournament with 2 teams from singapore. we had great fun with this very friendly guys and we are looking forward to see them again next year back in cebu or even in singapore. Our 2 teams won both matches and collected another trophy for our XP Cebu.
Thanks also to everybody who helped prepairing the pitch with lines and organized the tournament.

TIMEX Tournament

2007-09-06T17:58:00.000+08:00

guys

On september 15 we will host our first little tournament at the timex field. We will have 2 teams from Singapore as our guest and we will also start with 2 teams. The organisation is in full swing.

The line-up of our teams will be done by Tony and me.

There is no cost for any single player, the club will shoulder all expenses included the food and drinks for our players at the "after tournament party" at Badgers Sportsbar.

Details of the tournament will be given to every player.

More information next saturday at timex.

see you guys

MIZUNO CUP

2007-08-29T14:24:00.000+08:00

Thanks to the players who represented XP CEBU in the "mens-open" at Mizuno cup last Sunday. Our team cruised true the group stage with 2 win and and draw to finish 1st in the group. In the round of the last 16 we held on to a goal-less 0:0 and won the penalties with ease.
At the 1/4 final came the end with an unlucky goal just 30 sec. before the final whistle. Despite this team never played together at a tournament they played well. It was composed of 5 iranians, 2 french, 1 english, 1 brazilian and 1 hungarian.
This brings me to the critics about the support of our regular players. instead of having 15 players we where only 10. from this 10 player only 8 where present at the start of the games. With this attitude of support we can forget to play in upcoming tournaments. Its also a shame that we where unable to bring a team for the 36 plus competition.
guys think about it.

MANILA TOURNAMENT

2007-06-02T10:47:00.000+08:00

Hi guys
the tournament at the Nomads Club in Manila is scheduled this year for November 17 and 18.
The participation fee is 60$ per player, plus 500 peso for transportation in Manila.
We have to sign up until end of June.
Let us know soon as possible if you join our squad.

MOALBOAL

2007-05-29T17:19:00.000+08:00

Hi Guys,

In behalf of Tony i type our Moalboal Story..

Congratulations to those guys supporting the club and playing in Cebu's first Beach Soccer Tournament last weekend and brought home a trophy.

The team put on an awsome display in the qualifying league, winning all 5 games and running out as league winner with 15 points and 22:6 goals. There were so many positive performances that it would be unfair to name any single player. In the front line were scoring at will, our backs were marshalling their area and our goal keeper was commanding in the goalmouth.
So we went in to the semifinal with confidence; sure by this time we had a couple of "walking wounded", but the team had been playing well as a unit and it was an exciting game against San Roque. There were chances at both ends with shots on the bar and posts. So it was that as the final whistle went the score stood 2: 2 and the game moved in to penalties.
Everybody know what happend..as it happend always.. we lost the shootout as it seems to be a repetitive occurrence.

Going into the the match for the 3th place, were several bruised, injured and tired players who lifted there game for the last time and cruised to an 3:2 victory. The Tournament going to San Roque beating Queen City 1:0, scoring 12 sec. before the end of the match.

So what was our impressions ? we lost only again on penalties, that was heartbreaking but up to that point as a team we had played the most entertaining football of all competitors.
What we learned again from this tournament.. that we need a full team. Already only 9 player at the start after the first game we was down to 8 player. the 3th and 4th match we was only 7 player. Playing the semifinal shortly after our last league match with only 8 player, of course we was exhausted.

The event was well organized keeping to schedule, beeing well managed and above all lots of fun. This is something we need to support next year.

Congratulations to the team of San Roque and the organizer from Bon Bosco.

about our last meeting

2007-05-13T09:36:00.000+08:00

hi guys

in behalf of Tony i report about our last meeting.
it was agreed that our club needs a better form of administration in order to organize our football and futsal and keep the club alive. therefore we created an board of 5 members who will handel the matters. there will be no more regular monthly meetings because of lack of attendancy in the past. the board will meet whenever there is an topic what needs to be adressed.

Horst: Outside Communication, Contact with other teams and Tournament Organizers.
Franz: Organizing the teams for tournaments and the trips to the tournaments.
Otto: Financial management, Wednesday futsal.
Rodolphe: Caretaker of all our Equipment like balls, uniforms, bibs etc.
Tony: Internal Communication, Member-Admin., Saturday Football

If there is anything what you have to express please feel free to approach one of the board guys.
we hope that this new structure will help to improve our club so that all members can enjoy just to play football and futsal.
We also call on every member to bring in new players in order to expand our list of players. whenever you meet a new guy ask him if he wants to play with us...

see you guys next Wednesday/Saturday

attention

2007-05-02T13:51:00.000+08:00

all,

sorry for the short notice for the upcoming xp meeting. obviously not everyone can make it this week. therefore we postpone the meeting to may 10, same time, same place.

agenda: 'how to improve the current situation.'

please spread the word to those who have no access to the blog.

hope to see you

horst

xp meeting

2007-04-30T21:07:00.000+08:00

dear all,

first of all i must apologize for the long absence. after the manila tournament i had some severe health problems and couldn't play for a while and lately i am too busy with my ongoing construction to join the saturday soccer.

but obviously it is not only me who doesn't play regularly anymore. the attendance the last few weeks was very weak, not only on saturdays, but also on wednesdays at metro sports.

apparently 'xp soccer' experiences some internal and personal difficulties and we need the help of everyone to regroup or reorganize ourselves, in order to keep our footy games going.

therefore i call for a meeting this coming thursday, may 3, in 'cafe theatro' at 8.30 pm. can those who are still interested in playing soccer please come and speak up, so we can try to figure out what the problems are and how we can solve them.

if we cannot get ourselves together anymore, 'xp soccer' will soon be a fine soccer team of the past.

please all come and show your support for the club, otherwise we have no other choice than to dissolve 'xp soccer cebu' because of lack of team spirit.

see you there

horst

FUTSAL TOURNAMENT

2007-04-20T18:44:00.000+08:00

hi guys
we are invitet from USC for a futsal tournament on May 5 and 6 here in San Carlos. If you interested to play let us know until April 24. we will select 10 to 12 player for our team.
Tomorrow Saturday is regular football at Timex, lately the appearance was lousy, see you..

FUTSAL APRIL

2007-03-25T11:03:00.000+08:00

Hi guys..
i ask the players for next wednesday, march 28, to bring there payment for the second quarter, otherwise we cant pay the metrosport for april. do to high payments in the first quarter we have only a balance of 500 peso.
see you

free drinks

2007-03-13T11:50:00.000+08:00

it's time again for our monthly meeting this coming thursday, march 15.... same venue...same time.. beer is on the club again...

attila, if you can bring the CD of our matches in manila nomads veteran's cup, please let me know, so i can prepare the DVD player in our lounge.

agenda so far:

international tournament in pattaya/thailand
buy a new ball again
shorten our club's name to 'XP Soccer Cebu'

if anybody has something to contribute to make XP a better club, or if something bothers you, just let us know and come to the meeting, so that we can work it out together.

in order to know how many we are going to be, please confirm, if you can make it to the meeting

see you ...

horst

play hard - party hard

2007-03-02T00:18:00.000+08:00

in our last meeting we agreed to have a party on friday the 2nd of march after we have finished playing in the 'thirsty cup' and also in the 'veterans cup' in manila, whatever the outcome will be.

now, that all teams played pretty well and the 36ers even brought home the thirsty-cup for a third time again, we shall all have a get together at 'angelina's' . food and beer is on the club!!!

all active, inactive, junior, senior and also all former members and ex-players of XP SOCCER CEBU are therefore invited to attend tonight at 8pm.

sorry for the short notice, but we hope you all can make it anyway.

see you tonight

horst

UNBEATEN BUT UNLUCKY

2007-03-01T07:47:00.000+08:00

hi guys
an exhausted manila squad reports back..after managing to be second in our group with one win and two draw we played a strong japanese team in the 1/4 final. we hold them to a 1:1 in regular time but lost again a penalty shoutout.. the japanese later cruised into the final after beating in the semi an totaly exhausted singapore team which knockedout in the quarter the big favorite team Bondi.
we had again great fun on the pitches of nomads and burgos, everything was well organized but what we learned from this tournament is that if you are not a COMPLETE team you win nothing.
we were down to 9 players, that meant only 2 subs and the matches are 24 min. long. only with 12 fit players you can reach anything in this strong competition. every team who is going there in the future should considers this fact.

Manila squad

2007-02-27T19:59:00.000+08:00

Manila impressions

2007-02-27T19:57:00.000+08:00

MANILA SQUAD

2007-02-22T18:50:00.000+08:00

guys..
we meet tomorrow at 5 pm at the airport for the one who take the 6pm fligth.
the get together party in manila is from 7-10pm, at the oxford suites in burgos street, walking distance from our team hotel, the royal bellagio hotel, burgos street.
the tournament on saturday starts at 10.30am, our first match is at 12.30pm. we should depart from our hotel at around 10am latest. a van is ready for us. for the one who arrives on saturday morning please come straigth to the bellagio hotel, we ride together to the field.
on sunday the matches starts at 11.30am.
the organizer are well aware that we old guys need time in the morning to go out of the bed or whereas we are in.
please everybody bring his private blue and white uniform. on saturday we have 4 matches we can use the blue uniform because we have for everybody 2 sets. on sunday than the white, we have only 1 set.
see you tomorrow

Well done and good luck in Manila!

2007-02-20T21:05:00.000+08:00

WE MADE IT..

2007-02-19T07:35:00.000+08:00

guys..
for the 3th time in 4 years we made it.. our 36+ team won the Thirsty Cup at the Abellana Stadium. After a slow start with 3 times 0:0 we won the 4th match 2:0 and draw again at the last group match 1:1. that gave us 7 points and the second spot in our group. The Semifinal gave us the change to take revanche at the moalboal boys..after a scoreless o:0 again..penaltys..but this time we made it ..4:3..The final against a team from Leyhte..Einstein Soccer.. was intens, we played them before in our group a 0:0, but in the final we scored the winning goal and made a wonderful 1:0.
Our mens open team played a brillant group stage round, succeded in the 1/8 final in a penalty shoutout, but lost in a penalty shoutout at the 1/4 final. congrats also to all of them.

february meeting

2007-02-11T09:42:00.000+08:00

again XP has its monthly meeting, which will be held coming thursday, 15th of feb, at 8.30 pm in cafe theatro, crossroads, banilad. the beer is free again. it's on the club!!

all the thirsty cup players of both teams should show up in order to finalize the teams' preparations. the line ups are :

open: jordi, nicolas, jeremy, attila, rodolphe, yousef, babak, ian, mike, michael, barry, xavier

36ers: franz, lowell, riccardo, pieter, flemming, tony, holger, panny, conor, otto, nicolas, horst

i have sent the skeds of games to those players i have an email address from. the rest (yousef, ian, mike, michael, barry, xavier) can get it during our meeting.

guys, xp has won the 'thirsty cup' for the first two consecutive years. only last year we went out by penalty shoot out. therefore please come and help to win this 4th thirsty cup again.

Manila Write Up

2007-02-05T09:24:00.000+08:00

This is the write up for the Manila tournament. For simplicity and speed I have used the copy/idea from our previous tournament with some slight changes where appropriate.

The XP Cebu International Soccer Club is well represented here at the Manila Nomads Tournament. We have twelve talented guys ready to step-up to the mark and take up the challenge of lifting the silverware. They are:
Horst: Quite simply the life blood of the team. This German is our President and our rock in defense. He uses his head when all around him are loosing there way, his passing is sublime, his vision amazing.

Holger: This German boy is 'Mr Reliable'. He has the strength to hold his ground in defence and the skill and determination to drive forward when the opportunity arrises. You can try and work your way around him but you are going to have to be good!

Franz: This guy has some great touches, I have seen him do some wonderful things with the ball. Again from the ‘fatherland’ this German wizard can slice the ball through any defense; don’t let that exterior of his fool you!

Otto: The last of our Germans. This guy is not only carrying a punch but he is also a magician on the pitch. Watch-out for his head and the way he dominates the goal mouth at set pieces this guy is bringing the steadiness to the ship that the team deserve.

Attila: The defeat of England in 1953 by the Hungarians heralded a complete re-think on how football was played in the UK and now this guy will be trying to do the same for this great tournament.

Riccardo: Italian flair and attitude prevalent from this fine footballing genius. This man can run defense or control midfield. A God to the girls and a leader on the field; Riccardo will be a thorn to any team.

Nicolas: You have to love this guy for all the passion that he brings to the game. He has silky skills and a finish to boot that would impress any footballing pundit. Give this guy space and regret your marking!

Flemming: The Dutch have truely landed with the 'Big Guy' of the team. I have seen Flemming unbeatable in the goal, a shot stopper supreme. But his talents don't just stop there, move him in to defense and he can equally hold his ground. He is the dude!

Panny: Many of our sporting legends are from Greek ancestry and this guy is no different. A legend within the XP team Panny brings the finest touch and finish to the footballing game that would be at home in any professional team. This guy is hot!

Conor: English brut strength in the defense and amazing fire in his belly moving forward. This guy does not take enemies; he does not take his game lightly. Conor is here to perform stop the opposition scoring and put the ball in the back of the net. His goal plan is simple destroy, destroy, destroy!

Tony: The second of the Englishmen; don’t blink because you will miss him! The engine of the team, never stationary, always busy; this guy will harass your defense will worry your midfield and outgun your forwards!

Simon: The last of the English this guy can play in goal, defence, midfield or attack! Nothing will phaze this man, he has the vision to win and the mentality to take the game to the opposition. Do not show weakness to this man he will show you no mercy!

Manila Hotel

2007-02-05T09:18:00.000+08:00

hi guys
the hotel for the manila trip is booked. its the Bellagio Hotel in Makati, Burgos Street, Room rate is 2295 per nigth..thats a good deal.
booked are for 2 nigths..23 to 25 feb.:
horst, ricardo,holger,otto,simon,franz,panny, attila,nicolas.
for 1 nigth..24 to feb. 25:
flemming and tony.

FUTSAL NEW DATE

2007-01-29T08:35:00.000+08:00

hi guys
starting tomorrow January 30. the futsal at Metrosport starts at 8pm...since there is nobody after us we can even play a little longer than 9pm...
see you tomorrow 8 pm

Minutes January 2007

2007-01-26T08:12:00.000+08:00

Sorry guys forget about the minutes for November and December and look forward, in eager anticipation, to this years offerings.
Logo was first-up but put back into next mths discussions.
We will look to have a club party after the Manila Tournament; further details to follow
Football at Metro Sports on a Tuesday has been moved forward to 8.00pm. Please make a note in your diaries. This will start from Tuesday 30th January.
Thirsty Cup is coming up from the 16th - 18th February; we are still waiting for the schedule but the teams are as follows: Open - Jordi, Nicola, Jeremy, Darran, Attila, Vince, Rudolf, Yusof, Babak, Ian, Mike, Simon 36+ - Horst, Franz, Loel, Riccardo, Pieter, Flemming, Tony, Holger, Panni, Conor, Nichola, Otto. We are lacking passports from Loel, Riccardo, Conor and Darren
Flemming has voluntered to look at a competition held in Boroccay and will report back as appropriate
We have P12,912 in the bank with P6,000 outstanding
Manila - Otto will be booking the hotel, please read blog for flight details. The team will be: Otto, Horst, Flemming, Simon, Ricardo, Holger, Conor, Franz, Panni, Attila and Nicolas

MANILA FLIGTH

2007-01-25T08:47:00.000+08:00

hi guys
we agreed yesterday that we fly to Manila all together as a group (if possible) on Friday evening, 23.January at 6pm - arrivel in Manila 7pm -..returnfligth is individuel, some fly back on sunday evening, other on monday morning. ticket prize is 32oo peso. book your fligth now at www.cebupacificair.com.
if you cant fly on friday evening make shure that you are there on saturday morning not later than 9am. we have to ride our Van to the pitch together, you cant find the Nomads club by yourself. We depart on saturday from the club-hotel in mabini street at 9am.

Monthly Meeting

2007-01-22T21:33:00.000+08:00

hi guys
our monthly meeting - a little late - will be this coming Wednesday, January 24, at 8.30pm at Cafe Theatro. Since the finacial situation of the club recovered we can provide you again with FREE BEER for regular members. We have to decide about the Manila Hotel and other topics related to the Manila Tournament as well as the Thirtsty Cup Line-up. Jeremy will present a new logo for the club and we will also decide about this. Please also bring your passport copys for the coming tournaments. Another importend topic will be our future at Timex. So please show up and dont come with lousy excuses like work, girlfriend or beeing tired.
see you

Hotelbooking Manila

2007-01-21T08:23:00.000+08:00

hi guys
very soon we should agree where the team stay during the Manila Tournament. i was checking at the internet and i found a hotel which is reasonable and in a perfect location. its the Executive Plaza Hotel in Malate, its in Mabini Street, walking distance to LA Cafe, Adriatico Circele, Roxas Blvd. I Know the Hotel, its absolutly ok and it costs only 38 $ or 1860 peso if we book it via internet. i also found the Citadell in Hotel in Makati, it costs 32 $ per nigth and everybody know how lousy it is. beside of this the Executive Plaza is already close to Paranaque where the Normads Sportsclub is located. we would have only a short ride, not all the way from Makati.
Please everybody decide quick if he wants to stay there and how many nigths so that i can make a group booking via internet. Since we will start playing at noontime its ok if you arrive early saturday morning and stay only 1 nigth until sunday. but make shure that you there between 8 and 9 am on saturday morning. we will arrange a Van again to bring us to Normads and pick us up again.
Once again, decide it quick.
see you

Passport Copy's

2007-01-15T18:04:00.000+08:00

hi guys
please bring tomorrow 2 passport copy's. we need them for the thirsty cup and for the manila tournament. we have to submit our line-up's. you can also send them via email to me or to Horst..but please tomorrow.

Greetings

2007-01-02T16:52:00.000+08:00

Dear Soccer Friends!

Happy New Year to all of you.

Hopefully, the year 2007 will bring us bountiful adventures and challenging solutions to our everyday needs. Here's a toast to friendship and absent friends.

All the best,

Albert and family

Treasurer Report 2006

2007-01-01T10:33:00.000+08:00

dear guys
happy new year to all of you..
in 2006 we had a lot more expenses since we have to pay for the futsal at metrosport. at the end of the year our cash is only 1.562 peso.
Regular and guestplayer contributet to the club 67.700 peso in 2006. the takeover from 2005 was 955 peso.
the expenses was:
footballs and goalnets 19.257 peso, fees 3.000 peso, beer at meetings(until Sept.) 6.850 peso, metrosport 11.700 peso, cluboutings 14.850 peso, new uniforms 8.496 peso, misc. 2.940 peso.
outstanding as per today is only 500 peso from 1 player. per end of the year there are 29 regular player at the list.
beside of the 1.562 peso i am holding 10.000 peso for the manila 40+tournament. its the payment of 4 player. please pay your 2500 peso next week as we have to pay until january 5.

see you hopefulls tomorrow for futsal.

Manila Payment

2006-12-20T17:35:00.000+08:00

hi guys
for the Manila-Squad-Guys who attend the meeting tomorrow please bring 2500 peso as your share of the participation fee. We have to pay until January 5, 2007.
see you

Line up for manila 40+

2006-12-17T15:17:00.000+08:00

hi guys
finaly we are 12 brave player who will reach out to win the 40+ tournament in manila at february 24 and 25...
the 40> are:
Ricardo
Tony
Franz
Otto
Horst
Flemming
Holger
Simon
Conor
the 40<> <40)
Panny
Nicolas Ch.
Nicolas O.

If we dont win the tournament with this squad than i dont understand football..
Please everybody prepaire a copy of an ID which shows name and age (Passport or Driver Licenz) and please also prepaire 2500 peso part.fee.
as i wrote before the cost can be limited by fly in on saturday(24.2.) morning and back at sunday(25.2.) pm or early evening.

see you at our meeting on thursday 21.12.

meeting

2006-12-17T14:33:00.000+08:00

we shall hold our year end meeting this coming thursday, december 21, in cafe theatro at 8.30 pm. since we had to postpone our christmas party the other week, please all come and have a last get together for this year.

agenda:

year 2007 welcome party
thirsty cup
manila tournament
don bosco football festival

if you have anything for the agenda please let us know and feel free to add whatever topic you think needs improvement.

thirsty cup

2006-12-08T11:54:00.000+08:00

guys,

i just read in sunstar daily that the upcoming 'thirsty cup' had to be postponed to february 17/18, 2007 and that it will be held not in ayala field anymore, but in cebu city sports complex (abellana stadium). so, please take note.

we are planning to field 2 teams again: men's open and 36ers.

if you are interested to play then let us know and prepare a copy of your passport or driver's licence or any document with photo and date of birth on it.

horst

Misc.

2006-12-05T07:33:00.000+08:00

guys..
once again please return the uniforms today or next saturday. some of you will be out of the country for christmas or new-year and we dont wont to run behind the uniforms for weeks..

The 40+ Tournament will push through..but i want 2 or 3 more player to join us that we have a full team. dont miss that great fun. we have to submit our playerlist after xmass.
see you

40 + Tournament in Manila

2006-12-02T11:00:00.000+08:00

hi guys
on february 24 and 25 next year is the 40+ tournament at manila, hosted by Nomads Sportsclub. If we can bring a good team we have a chance to win this tournament..so far are in is.. Ricardo, Tony, Flemming,Franz, Horst and me...we can bring max. 3 players below 40 but above 35..so i think also Panny is in..so guys signd up for this great fun. if we are 11 or 12 players that would be perfect.
the costs can be limited to around 8000 peso if you fly in on saturday morning and back on sunday evening..but than you miss the champions-celebration.
please let me know soon as possible.

RETURN OF UNIFORMS

2006-11-29T14:39:00.000+08:00

Hi
please return the white and the blue complete uniform soon as possible to the club..
Ricardo Nr. 2, Attila Nr. 3, Franz Nr. 5, Tony Nr. 12 Blue and Nr. 6 white, Jeremy Nr. 7,
Jordi Nr. 8, Panny Nr. 9, Heiko Nr. 11 white and 13 blue. i have the spanish 1 and 15 blue.
please do it next saturday at timex.
see you