RAIN UNITED
FOOTBALL CLUB
[ Friendly Match ]
When : 28th October 2006 / 0900 hrs
Where : Rain United Home Ground
Who : Rain United VS Church of Saint Anthony's
Final Score : 4 - 3
Please be noted on the second friendly match that has been arranged. The players for the game will also be announced after this week's game. All players are to be ready by 0830 hrs. Rain United will be in their usual red and white while the opponent will be in their blue outfit.
The players RATINGS from the game are as follows:-
Anand (5)
Razali (6)
Professor Yu (6)
Thit Lwin (6)
Chee Khin (5)
Nigel (7)
Cai Quan (6)
Kenny (5)
Tony (5)
Jia He (4)
Randy (4)
Leonard (4)
Pako (6)
Xu Siao Feng (4)
Shang Pei (5)
Thank you and kind regards
[ Friendly Match ] Shang Pei (4) All players are to turn up at the pitch by 1630 hrs.
When : 21st October 2006 / 1700 hrs
Where : Rain United Home Ground
Who : Rain United VS Campaign F.C.
Final Score : 5-1
To mark Rain United's 1st Anniversary, we will be having a friendly match with Campaign F.C.
Players who are involved are to put on their full gears accompanied either in their Rain United Jerseys or Red Top outfit.
The players RATING from the game are as follows:-
Nelson Lo (5)
Randy Zee (6)
Dr DongRui (4)
Razali (7)
Cai Quan (6)
Chee Khin (7)
Thit Lwin (6)
Kenny Lim (6)
Cao Yuan (5)
Pako (6)
Lim Jia He (4)
Leonard Tan (4)
Randy Chua (4)
Chen Qi (5)
Nigel (7)
Thank you and kind regards
[Friendship Cup]
Rain United Under 17 Team
Tournament - 7 a-side "Friendship Cup" Challenge
When - 18th November 2006 / 0900 hrs (Saturday)
Where - Woodlands
Youngstarz Under 10 Team
Tournament - 7 a-side "Friendship Cup" Challenge
When - 25th November 2006 / 0900 hrs (Saturday)
Where - Woodlands
Youngstarz Under 12 Team
Tournament - 7 a-side "Friendship Cup" Challenge
When - 25th November 2006 / 0900 hrs (Saturday)
Where - Woodlands
Guest of Honour - Mr Hairazi Daipi (Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Manpower & MP for Sembawang GRC)
With the Youngstarz' participations in the forthcoming "Friendship Cup" tournament, the tournament organizer contacted me to put up a team for the Under 17 as well.
As the annual tournament consists of teams from Football proper like Home United, Tampines, American Schools, etc, it was certainly a priviledge to be invited. However, the game must be played with the highest level of gamesmanship. Coaches, MP's, FAS match officials and parents hope to utilize the tournament to inculcate friendship and harmony among the communities.
If Rain United is able to display the true spirit of good discipline apart from playing good clean and fun football, I think the boys deserve a chance to gain exposure in this tournament.
10 players born 1989 or later will be registered for the tournament proper.
[ET Came Home]
There were all smiles on Saturday.
Lionel specifically ran towards me and told me to look afar when one of the players was walking towards our training ground. "ET came home"! Soon after, our ironman Ah Long also made his way into the field on his cool bike just like the movie "Terminator". It was home coming for both Keng Yong and Ah Long after 3 months. Ah Long has been kept busy with his army training while Keng Yong had made his way back from somewhere - Space?
Before we went on with our football, I took both Tony and Keng Yong to the middle of the field. I have explained to both that in life, we go through mistakes, lessons learnt and all should be forgiven and forgotten. KY was humble in offering his apology with Tony nobled with his accepting over racists remarks made that were uncalled for. I respected both for their well-being.
Despite the haze where the PSI reading was 150 on this day, we played 90 minutes of football. Ah Long though leaner and fitter through his military training, was dominant in his role except for his lost touch on his ball controls. I had expected KY to falter but he did not fare too badly. Once again, I would like to thank the guys for playing good, clean and fun football. It was nice when Ah Long shares his military experience with some of the friends. It was also nice when KY asked me if I was planning to blow the whistle for a throw-in he was about to take after the game. I gave KY a smiley answer. Thought those who were present and heard it had a laugh. I knew this was KY.
Max over the last three weeks has got back his football momentum, since he came back from his summer holidays. Apart from fitness, Max has brought back the performance football he is capable of. Jia He, easily the most improved player of the season demonstrated his intelligence and overall good ball skills. He has been able to adapt to multiple positions and stuck to football instructions. I was impressed with his holding midfield position when I decided to try him out. Chee Khin, on many occasions, has been singled out by most of the adults as a good player. I had told them that apart from CK's football abilities, I am looking out for something else in him. Having kept tracked on his field discipline where CK is capable of even better football if he concentrates on his focus into letting his feet do the talking, he has earned admirations from the adults. CK's football has impressed me most. I certainly hope the guys continue with their well being and not let success climb over the head. There are always new things to learn in our daily lives, be it young or old.
I invited some guys from the team to attend to a business league match against a foreign expatriate team on Sunday. This is to give exposures and the players to understand the gamesmanship and what it takes to play football the right way with the true spirit of the game. We thoroughly put our training into practice and Bernard was impressed with the players effort. With Bernard's good intentions, Rain United has been invited to put up a joint team with him for the entire season and the next. This is the ESPZEN League that I had previously talked about and had wanted to plan for Rain United when we first started. We will play the team made up from the Brazillians and Portuguese community in our next match. www.espzen.com
Time flies and Rain United will be one year old on 22nd October 2006.
[ Emperor's Cup ]
Venue : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date : 15th to 17th December 2006
Departure : 15th December 2006
Accomodation : Nova Hotel
Organiser : PKNS & Brazillian Academy
Dear Parents,
Please find the details for the above tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as follows.
It will be held in KL and jointly organised by PKNS and the Brazillian Academy. There are a total of 8 teams in each of the category for Under 10 and Under 12 respectively that we will be participating. The Malaysian teams are represented by MPPJ, PKNS and 2 teams from the Brazillian Academy. 4 teams will be from Singapore.
Date of departure will be on 15th December 2006 and the tournament proper is from 16th and 17th December. It will be played on a cup and plate format. All players must be properly geared. Jerseys will be provided. Training for the boys will comments after the "fasting" month.
Please disseminate the details quickly as I need the passport details of those that is planning the trip up. Hope for one veteran's friendly as well.
Cheers