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JYS U16 ALL STAR TEAM WINS THE ANZA INTERNATIONAL YOUTH TOURNAMENT

Posted : 07 June 2010

On the weekend of the 15th-16th May our u16 All Star team travelled to Singapore to play in the 3rd ANZA International Youth Tournament to represent JYS. This tournament caters for the age groups U8-U16, and attracted teams from Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Japan, Australia etc. In all over 1,000 players were involved.

The tournament started on a very wet note due to heavy rains the evening before, however the All Stars took this in their stride and played some very attractive football to finish top of their qualifying group undefeated.
This then placed then in the final 6 teams to play for the U16 Cup. They opened up their account in the first game against Jurongville rovers winning 3-0. This was followed by another strong performance against the Royal Selangor Club 3-1. The game against the International Soccer Academy from Singapore proved a tough encounter with neither team getting on top and the game finished 0-0.

Fortunately we were still leading the table at this stage. Our next game was a crucial match against Kuala Lumpa Youth Soccer. The game was played at a fast and furious pace and saw us edge ahead only to be pegged back twice. With minutes remaining the decisive goal was scored and we ran out 3-2 winners. This result meant that a draw would be enough to secure the cup, however a loss would see it go to Football Plus, a team out of Bandung. Both teams pressed for the win, but neither could break down the others defenses, although we had the better opportunities. The game finished in a tense 0-0 finish.

I would like to thank all the players for their commitment to the team, the coaches for the wonderful work in preparing the players to achieve the recognition they deserved. Finally I would like to thank the parents for their wonderful understanding and support of the team.

The Team
Byoung Woo Seo – Captain        Abraham Friedman             
Gabriel Honosutomo                  Ryota Suzuki
Amos Djajasaputra                    Dhiren Vaswani
Mathew Trangoni                       Jack Griffiths
Jonathan Beech                         Ricky Arifian
Bambang Surya Adipura             Rainhard Romario
Ikhwan Ciptady.M                      Gugum
James Kho                               Rizky
Michael Stone    

Coaches : Marvin Suwarso, Rudy Priambada and Ian Beech

Various Games during the tournament

Celerations Begin & Relaxing after the vistory

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