Pics From Our Recent Clinic

Poorly Attended World Class Clinic

A year ago we had the first No. 1 world ranked floorball player from Finland. His name, Jani Kukola, in Penang helping us run a clinic. This year yet again we had the opportunity to host not just one but two great players, one of them being the No. 1 world ranked floorball goalkeeper also from Finland. For those of you who missed out on being at our clinic with Jani and Jukka, all I can say is what an unfortunate loss it is for you.

Words escape me when we have such great world class players flying in to little ol’ Penang where we’re trying to (“desperately” so it seems but I guess NOT) grow floorball; and we only draw a crowd of a handful of people. The minimal charge of RM20 (the equivalent of 4 Euros)for the clinic was just too much to pay for this (which by the way was in the end waived) star-studded clinic. This shows me how small our minds are and also why our level of sports and floorball is where it’s at.

Yes, it was sort of “last minute” that we got word of their coming here to run a clinic……2 weeks notice. Yes, it was to be mainly for goalkeepers with Jani being the main attraction. Yes, Jukka was sort of an unknown to us other than the fact that he ONLY plays in Finlands Div 1.

What an embarrassing turn out with only 3 goalkeepers and 10 other people showing up to what should’ve been a no brainer to show up to. The questions that run constantly thru my mind…..are we really committed, are we really serious, are we driven by peoples hearsay….the list continues.

But for those who had a chance to be there, to take part in the clinic, their praise and gratitude unending. The wealth of information that was poured out in just the 3 hours from the years of experience, unparalleled. Could you get this type of information from going to club training…yes, to a fraction of a degree of our finite knowledge of floorball. The best 3 hours of floorball that we’ve had in a long time.

Hopefully……….next year will be different and will have more of a showing.

Floorball Clinic

Hey everyone out there. Hope all's been going well.

Just wanted to let you know that we've gotten a great opportunity. We'll be hosting a clinic in Penang at the Dalat International School gym. This is a MUST, especially for all aspiring goalkeepers and anyone else interested in playing this great game. This clinic will be open to all.

Jani Naumanen and Jukka Suomalainen will be here on the 20th of June to run this 3 hour clinic.
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm

Click on the links below to find out more details about these two players who will be coming to our very own court.

Jani Naumanen, Goal keeper

Team, Tapanilan Era

World Champion 2008

I have now seen his playing this week and can say his movement is super good!!! Definitely much to see and learn for any goalkeeper in Asia!

http://mosanomat.com/2009/jani-naumanen-player-of-the-month/

Jukka Suomalainen, forward

Team, JosBa

Super good shot, definitely harder and more accurate that anyone in Asia!!!

http://www.josba.fi/miehet.php?id=0809011109289B6C

For more details or to register, please contact Jason Selvanayagam at 0125959811.

Floorball At Its Finest.....For Us

Recently Dalat had the pleasure of hosting the Labour Day Floorball Challenge. We only had a total of six teams participate (which was a little disheartening). Many of our local teams weren't able to join this event which in the end turned out to be better than expected. If you scroll down to the some of the earlier posts you'll get to see the teams that participated.

Many people asked me why organize something when it's not going to be well attended by teams. Now if you know me, you'll know that organizing floorball games has not been about the attendance but rather all about the teams that get to play the game. A quote from Dr. Hermann Brandt - "The objective of human physical activities is not to make champions, but rather to help construct a harmonious society! " Am I saying that making champions is wrong? Absolutely not! Am I saying that without games we can't create a harmonious society? Absolutely not either, it's in playing that we grow as individuals and also as a team and gain wider perspective on people and society.

The best part about organizing the LDFC was that since it was such a short event was the fact that when teams were in between games able to stay and cheer for opposing teams that were playing their matches. It was awesome to see such camaraderie in the midst of such rivalry on the court. From the newest of teams like the St. Xavier's Floorball team that didn't win any of their games but in my opinion played the hardest all the way to the end, to the guys who took the championship - the Subang Rascals (who had some superstar players). Everyone including the referees (that were still catching their breath from playing the game before due to a lack of them) played their part and that made it an exceptionally beautiful weave of give and take and also working hand in hand to make it the best two days possible.

So, the question posed......."would I run the event again?" Absolutely YES!!! And it's all credit to the guys/ teams that played and made it a great two days and it would be for them and any others who would love to join us next year as well.

We'll see you then.

Labour Day Challenge Photo

The three winning teams from the Labour Day Floorball Challenge 2009.
In Red - Subang Rascals
In Black/Orange/White - Ztec 8cers
In Black/ Yellow - Sparx

Thank You!!

A great BIG SHOUT OUT!!! to all who helped make this tournament a great success. To all the teams that participated, the referees, the supporters and all the amazing people who helped at the table with the timing and keeping score throughout the two days of competition and to Dalat International School for allowing us to host this tournament. We couldn't have done it without you.

The Saintz FC guys did me proud the day of the tournament....they were a little on the early side coming in for the LDFC and I put them to work and without hesitation they stepped up and completed the task of setting up the boards and taking out the Futsal goalposts from the gym.

Their "never say die" attitude throughout the games would have also made their coach Jason Chan Ming Hwee very proud too. Fairly newcomers to the game of floorball, yet it never stopped them from putting their best foot forward. It was a rocky start as they faced off against giants Subang Rascals, but eventually found their footing by the end of the day when they played Ztec 8cers and only conceded two goals. Great finish guys!!

Labour Day Challenge Top Scorers

Congratulations to our Tournament Club Top Scorers

Dennis Thulin - Subang Rascals - 8
Loh Jo-Wyee - Ztec 8cers - 7
Deswyn Wan - Dalat Sparx - 4
Drew Steiert, Riley Mahoney, Norman Kiehl - Dalat Eagles - 3 each
Pheng Sheng - Ztec Phoenix - 2
Algin Tan Chun Liang - Saintz FC - 1


Also congratulations to all the rest who also scored but didn't quite make it to the "Top Scorers" table.

Labour Day Challenge - Semifinals & Finals

Day 2

Semifinal 1
8cers x Eagles 2-1

Semifinal 2
Rascals x Sparx 3-1

3rd & 4th Placing Match
Eagles x Sparx 1-2

1st & 2nd Placing Match
Rascals x 8cers 5-2

5th Place - Ztec Phoenix
6th Place - Saintz FC

Labour Day Challenge Round Robin Results

Round 1
Eagles x Ztec 8cers 0-5
Saintz x Rascals 0-10
Phoenix x Sparx 0-0

Round 2
Sparx x Saintz 2-1
8cers x Phoenix 6-1
Rascals x Eagles 1-1

Round 3
Phoenix x Rascals 0-4
Saintz x Eagles 0-10
8cers x Sparx 2-0

Round 4
Rascals x 8cers 0-1
Eagles x Sparx 0-1
Saintz x Phoenix 0-2

Round 5
Phoenix x Eagles 1-1
Sparx x Rascals 0-1
8cers x Saintz 2-0

Labour Day Challenge Teams

Saints FC (SXI)
Michael Cheah - Team Manager
Ong Ray Gan (GK)
Chung Wei Jian (C)
Howard Ooi
Ezra Lee Zhen Xiang
Tan Lip Chen
Cheong Min Young
Algin Tan Chun Liang
Daryl Ooi Joon San
Brandon Lee
Tan Eik Hong

Subang Rascals
Suresh Subramaniam - Team Manager/ Player
Alvin Lee Kuan Piaw - (GK)
Matts Dennis Thulin - (C)
Alvin Lee Jin Aun
Gan Bing Hock
Hendrik
Shawn Sparling
Connor Sparling
Ladislav Stehlik
Sathian (Snake) Gunasekaran
Sasitheran Gopalan

Ztec Phoenix
Chiam Ter Min - Team Manager
Tham Yung Ming - (GK)
Lim Teik Hong - (C)
Yang Wei Jin
Gim Hoong
Jack Lee
Hooi Chern Harng
Peng Sheng
Samuel Ong
Calvindev Singh
Daniel
Ruth Chua
Oon Ren
Yuh Ting
Daniel Boey
Kok Hui

Ztec 8cers
Chiam Ter Min - Team Manager/ Player
Oliver Cedric Dominic - (C)
Choo Choon Han - (GK)
Tio Leo Nard - (GK)
Yeoh Jun Wooi
Wong Joon Han
Mohd Hafidz
Sjaiful Annuar
Moy Wei Sern
Amos Lim
Loh Jo-Wyee
Adrian Koay
Daniel Cheah
Wong Ken Wye

Dalat Eagles
Jason Selvanayagam - Team Manager
Edwin - (GK)
Drew Steiert - (C)
Reagan Mahoney
Ben Weidemann
Michele Prestidge
Jason Kimball
Norman Kiehl
Riley Mahoney
Kyle Ladner
Kerry Mahoney
Brian Weidemann

Dalat Sparx
Jason Selvanayagam - Team Manager/ Player (C)
Kao Lin Ken - (GK)
Steve Liss
Noralea binti Adzhar
Anatasha Lee Nor binti Ibrahim
Ricky
Andy Goh
Allan Goh
David Toh
Joshua Thorne
Deswyn Wan

Dalat Floorball Carnival

Dalat International School will be hosting their first floorball tournament for the year this May.

Labour Day Floorball Challenge
1st & 2nd May, 2009
Venue: Dalat Gym

U16 4 on 4 Junior Floorball Challenge
23rd May, 2009
Venue: Dalat Gym

If you'd like more information or to register your team please jselvanayagam@dalat.org.

THE EAGLE HAS LANDED!!!

Everyone must be wondering......."boy what a joker this guy is, from weekly blogs to suddenly completely nothing." The truth is I've had my password set to auto start on my computer and when it crashed I for the life of me couldn't remember what it was until yesterday when I was rummaging thru all my junk in my office........lo and behold, I come across a piece of paper that I had scribbled on. There it was, the site name, password and e-mail link. I tried it and sure enough, were back in business.

I was looking at the last posting and nearly a whole year has gone by........10 months just short of two days. Thankfully that won't happen again. There's so many other blogs out there I was thinking that I should just discontinue this one at first but then again this is our Dalat blog and our opinion does matter. We're a minority group here on the island but we're still a voice.

Like I said earlier, we're back and if you'd like to drop us a line or story feel free to e-mail us or chat with us.

By the way, the borakborakfloorball guys have started updating scores from the APAC 2009 in Korea, so drop by their site from time to time to catch some of the game updates.

Malaysia didn't fare so well in their first game against Japan, 14-1. We haven't seen that sort of a score line since the 2004 WFC in Spain. But we still want to remember them as they represent our country and encourage them to hold their heads up high and fight even harder as they represent us. ALL THE BEST BOYS!!!