EAST IS EAST WITH FUTSAL COMMUNITY DAY
SCORE Press Release: Tuesday 20 October 2009
EAST IS EAST WITH FUTSAL COMMUNITY DAY
Leyton, London – 38 teams from across England travelled to east London last week for the annual Russian-speaking Futsal Family Day held at SCORE in Leyton in an event organised by Oleksandr Saliy, founder of the White Bear FC Futsal team who are based at the Waltham Forest venue.
A close cousin of the five-a-side game, Futsal (‘Futebol de Sala’) is played indoor with a weighted ball to reduce bounce and aims to improve close ball skills through an increased number of touches during the game. Futsal is a worldwide sport, with a FIFA World Cup and UEFA Futsal Cup alongside the annual FA Futsal Cup and FA Futsal leagues.
Oleksandr, or Alex as he is known, moved to England ten years ago and also runs the ‘Futsal Super League’ at the same venue with a new league just started.
Alex founded White Bear Futsal Club, a team set up in Hackney back in 2003 alongside other social activities that he was organising for people from the Russian-speaking minorities of former USSR countries such as Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Estonia who were living in England.
The 38 teams competing at the annual Community Day consisted of London teams made up of nationalities hailing from 15 ex-USSR countries, alongside teams representing Romania, Serbia, Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia.
Competing against the London teams were teams from Essex (T-34 – Russia), Manchester (Galitch – Ukraine), Stoke-on-Trent (Novator – Ukraine) and representative teams from the Embassies of Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaidjan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Featuring players aged 16-55 years old, the tournament is about developing Futsal skills as well as celebrating the Russian-speaking minority in England. It is also a chance for old friends and family to relax and socialise in a sporting environment.
In a keenly contested final, Moldova beat Baltic FC 1-0 to retain their title, thanks to a solitary Vitaliy Lungu strike, whilst FC Lietuva beat Latvia 3-1 in the third/fourth place play off.
Besides the final match other awards were given to the competing teams which included the ‘Fair Play Cup’ awarded to Obolon (Ukraine), Best Goalkeeper - Vladimir Tcherabaev (Latvia),
Best Defender - Nerius Smatavicius (Baltic FC – Lithuania), Best Striker - Gregoriy Badea (Moldova) whilst the overall award for Best Player went to Volodimir Andrushko (Shakhtar Ukraine).
The whole event was made possible by the hard work of Alex, alongside support from LCC Trans Sending, Gary Magan from Obolon and The New Muscovy – Ivan the Terrible vodka.
For more information on Futsal, White Bear Futsal Club or the activities SCORE can offer you call 020 8556 5973 or email neil.brown@locsp.org.
EAST IS EAST WITH FUTSAL COMMUNITY DAY
Leyton, London – 38 teams from across England travelled to east London last week for the annual Russian-speaking Futsal Family Day held at SCORE in Leyton in an event organised by Oleksandr Saliy, founder of the White Bear FC Futsal team who are based at the Waltham Forest venue.
A close cousin of the five-a-side game, Futsal (‘Futebol de Sala’) is played indoor with a weighted ball to reduce bounce and aims to improve close ball skills through an increased number of touches during the game. Futsal is a worldwide sport, with a FIFA World Cup and UEFA Futsal Cup alongside the annual FA Futsal Cup and FA Futsal leagues.
Oleksandr, or Alex as he is known, moved to England ten years ago and also runs the ‘Futsal Super League’ at the same venue with a new league just started.
Alex founded White Bear Futsal Club, a team set up in Hackney back in 2003 alongside other social activities that he was organising for people from the Russian-speaking minorities of former USSR countries such as Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Estonia who were living in England.
The 38 teams competing at the annual Community Day consisted of London teams made up of nationalities hailing from 15 ex-USSR countries, alongside teams representing Romania, Serbia, Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia.
Competing against the London teams were teams from Essex (T-34 – Russia), Manchester (Galitch – Ukraine), Stoke-on-Trent (Novator – Ukraine) and representative teams from the Embassies of Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaidjan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
Featuring players aged 16-55 years old, the tournament is about developing Futsal skills as well as celebrating the Russian-speaking minority in England. It is also a chance for old friends and family to relax and socialise in a sporting environment.
In a keenly contested final, Moldova beat Baltic FC 1-0 to retain their title, thanks to a solitary Vitaliy Lungu strike, whilst FC Lietuva beat Latvia 3-1 in the third/fourth place play off.
Besides the final match other awards were given to the competing teams which included the ‘Fair Play Cup’ awarded to Obolon (Ukraine), Best Goalkeeper - Vladimir Tcherabaev (Latvia),
Best Defender - Nerius Smatavicius (Baltic FC – Lithuania), Best Striker - Gregoriy Badea (Moldova) whilst the overall award for Best Player went to Volodimir Andrushko (Shakhtar Ukraine).
The whole event was made possible by the hard work of Alex, alongside support from LCC Trans Sending, Gary Magan from Obolon and The New Muscovy – Ivan the Terrible vodka.
For more information on Futsal, White Bear Futsal Club or the activities SCORE can offer you call 020 8556 5973 or email neil.brown@locsp.org.
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