Successful 2019 Men's AOFC Cup held in the Philippines

Congratulations to Philippine Floorball Association for a successful staging of the 2019 Men's Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation Cup held in Alonte Sports Arena, Binan City, Laguna from July 7 to 12. This was a "first" for PFA and they did it with flying colors. 

Eight teams participated in the tournament including the host country, it was a historic event and will surely boost the sports' awareness in the Philippines. Our very own Team Philippines shocks the Floorball World and scored an upset versus a solid South Korean Team in their Battle for Third match with a score of 6-5.

 It was Ryan Hallden's heroics that gave the Philippines the Bronze and a better finish compared from 2017 where we ranked 8th out of 8 teams. 

And in the championship game, Team Singapore finished the tournament super-strong by staying  undefeated and demolishes Team Thailand 17 to 1. 

 

And in the lower half of the finishers, we have Japan on fifth, Malaysia, India and Pakistan. Please visit the following sites and links for a more detailed news reports:

- 2019 Men's AOFC Cup Match Results and Statistics 

- International Floorball Federation Channel 1

- Philippine Floorball Federation Facebook Page

- Official Website of Philippine Floorball Federation

Once again, congratulations to the floorball community of the Philippines! Keep playing!

Update: PFF U15 National Championship Group B Regional Elims

Team Cavite wins versus Football Association of Rizal with a score of 6-1. Playing under the scorching heat at Vermosa Sports Hub Football Field, Cavite Football Association-backed Team Cavite bounced back from a lopsided loss against the NCR Team.

This brings Team Cavite into the win column for the Group B Elimination stage of the Nationals.

Congratulations!

Scholastic Basketball Camp 2019-2020

Scholastic Basketball Camp Season 2019-2020 has began. Check this out:



And our Personalized Intensive Training Workouts continue to attract campers from all walks of life, different levels and goals but shares the same passion for fitness and basketball.

PIT Workouts Day 1

PIT Workouts Day 2

PIT Workouts with our youngest camper, James and Coach Pau

And we continue to learn and prepare for every session and every situation:

To God be the Glory for always!

Cavite Football Association's 1st Siklab Futsal Festival

Outkast FC are the Champions at  CAFA 1st Siklab Futsal Festival Girls's Open Category

(article and photos courtesy of Cavite Football Association and Cavite Football United FC)

Dasmariñas City, Cavite - Cavite Football Association (CAFA)successfully launched its inaugural futsal festival with the girl’s open category today July 7, 2019 at Philippine Christian University - Dasmariñas Futsal Court.

With 9 teams from Cavite and nearby provinces like National Capital Region, Laguna and Batangas, CAFA officially opened the tournament with its Kick-Off at 8am. Outkast FC from NCR, Aloysians FC of Sister of Mary Girls Town from Silang, Cavite; 2 teams of De La Salle Lipa from Lipa City, Batangas; Flame United Cherifer FC, Congressional Integrated High School, and Cavite Football United FC from Dasmariñas City; Canossa Academy from Calamba, Laguna; and Legions FC of Cabuyao, Laguna are the participants of the 1 day Futsal fest.

The 2 group cross over format with 10 games resulted with Aloysians FC and Outkast FC topping groups A and B respectively with De LaSalle-Lipa completing the cross-over semifinals. At the semis, the surprise Team from Silang, Cavite outhassled DLS-Lipa Team B, 5-1 while DLS-Lipa Team A held their ground only to lose to more experienced Outkast FC 0-2 with Aloysians and Outkast Advancing to the championship stage. 

DLS-Lipa A eked out a squicker 1-0 to bag 3rd place but the finals was as exciting as what was expected with the young Girls Town Lasses showing galant stand against the collection of former and current member of the national futsal team. In the end, experience prevailed and Outkast FC hoisted the inaugural crown with a 2-0 finals win. Outkasts Dai Dolino was adjudge the Most Valuable Player while team mates Let Dimson and Analou Amita where awarded Best Striker and Defender respectively. Playing Coach Airene Decena got the Best Coach and Aloysians Cecile Tepal took away the Best Goalkeeper award.

Cavite Football United FC

Cavite Football United FC

Introducing, the newest football club in the province, Cavite Football United.

The women members of CFU comes mostly from the "highlands" of Cavite. Students and alumnus from the public schools of Dasmarinas City, Cavite State University (CAVSU) and Philippine Christian University-Dasmarinas (PCU-D).

The boys come from the public schools while the college  members are from PCU, CAVSU, Emilio Aguinaldo College, General Trias City and the Town of Silang.

Current president is Ms Maria Luisa Los Pobres of PCU-Dasmarinas, secretary is Ms Maria Cielo Stelle Bernal of CAVSU who also serves in the Women's Committee Development Program with Ms Gee Espique.

Some of the members play in different leagues and clubs like Pinoy Football and Stallions Women's.

Head over to their Facebook Page at Cavite Football United FC to learn more about the rising stars of Cavite.

2nd Men's Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation Cup 2019

The 2nd Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation Cup 2019 is happening here in the Philippines and it is by far, the biggest event in the history of floorball in the country. Hosted by the City of Binan, AOFC Cup will be played at the Alonte Stadium from July 7 to 12, 2019. The NSA for floorball, Philippine Floorball Association, has been working round the clock to make sure this will leave a a good impression to all the participants and sponsors ofthe event.

Organised by the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC) and was held for the first time in 2017, participation is open to all members of the AOFC and is held for men in odd years and women in even years.  The AOFC Cup replaces the former international tournament, the Asia Pacific Floorball Championships.

In time for the coming Southeast Asian Games, AOFC Cup 2019 serves as tough training and preparation for the Philippine Men's Floorball National Team. To be participated in by eight teams, they are:

• Thailand
• Singapore
• Malaysia
• Japan
• Korea
• India
• Pakistan
• Philippines

Do check out the schedule of games I have posted here. 

We've got the full backing of the following to make this event successful:

Let's support our national team and watch the games!

CAFA Games at the U15 National Championship

Here is the schedule for Cavite Teamin the U15 national Championship:

13 Things You May Not Know About Pilipinas Floorball

What do we know about Floorball? What do we know about Philippine Floorball? And how important is the development of floorball in the Philippines?

Let's try to answer them one by one.

How important is the development of floorball in our country?

Floorball is an addition to the number of sports the people can choose to play as part of their fitness, leisure and socialization. It gives the youth an opportunity to be involved in a sport where they'll run, compete with other players.

Floorball anyone? gives you an idea of what the game is all about and I promise you, I'll share more about the game in the following days to come.

And what has been happening to floorball in the Philippines? Got any idea?

So why floorball? Floorball is a team game played with six players, including one goalkeeper. It is very much like the game of hockey minus the ice floor. A stick is used to shoot a plastic, hollow ball by players to score (in a goal).

Like what I said in my previous post, Floorball Anyone?, floorball is easy to play: a stick, a ball and a mate will get you going.

Let's get know floorball, I mean Pilipinas Floorball, with these little known facts we've found online. So what are the13 things you may not know about Pilipinas Floorball?

1.   The very first introduction (according to the official written history of the Philippine Floorball Association) of floorball in the Philippines can be traced back in early 2000s when a set of floorball equipment was given to the Ateneo de Manila High School in Quezon city.

* I wouldn't discount the fact that floorball sticks,balls and other equipment may have been sent to a relative in the Philippines by a Filipino residing in one of the "floorball countries". The recipient may have been playing them or putting them on display or something like that. Who knows right? 

2. Frederick Bergren, a Scandinavian missionary, is considered as the one responsible for introducing and teaching floorball in Metro Manila among the urban poor children. 

3. Kreative Kids, a homeschool group, was one of Bergren's group to teach with coaches Ryan Elizaga and Toti Andes helping out. They were also responsible for communicating with the International Floorball Federation for requesting for equipment and start-up materials. 

4. Sometime in 2009, floorball games were played regularly at the Greenhills Christian Fellowship. Athletes in Action, an evangelical group, introduced the sport to University of the Philippines-Diliman and University of Makati.   

5. Floorball Philippines, the national organization, was formed in April 2011 and on May 8 of the same year, was officially recognized by IFF as the 53rd member country. 

6. Floorball Philippines was changed to Philippine Floorball Association (PFA) and was as officially registered on April 10, 2015 at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a non-profit sport organization.

7. The Philippine Floorball League (PFL), the seasonal league competition of floorball clubs in the country, was launched in 2012. Floorball's growth is on a steady rise, thanks to the scholastic bases established around the country.

8.  The four founding clubs of PFA are: UP Floorball Club, University of Makati Floorball, University of Asia & the Pacific-Dragons, and the De La Salle Zobel.


9. The Philippines sent out its national teams(Men's and Women's), for the first time, in December 2014, in the 1st Southeast Asian Floorball Championships held in Singapore.

10. Floorball was included for the very first time in the Southeast Asian Games 2015 and the Philippines was represented in the men's tournament of four countries. 

11. Philippine Floorball Association is working on the inclusion of floorball in the Palarong Pambansa. It may come to reality sooner that you think.

12. There are twelve (12) regular PFA Member clubs and six (6) provisional members ranging from corporate, scholastic and community-based clubs.

13. Philippine Floorball Blog is here to spread the news.  

Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation Cup 2019

The Men's Asia Oceania Floorball Cup is happening here in the Philippines and you have the whole week to enjoy this fast-paced team game at the Alonte Sports Arena, Binan City, Philippines.

See for yourself how our Men's NT will put up a fight and protect our homecourt in the second edition of of AOFC Cup.

Check this out:

AOFC Cup 2019 Schedule

Floorball Anyone?

Hi everyone!

I'm Francis and you've arrived at my humble space where I'll be sharing about floorball. I really hope you guys will find this helpful or even interesting as we journey into this game where players uses sticks to put the ball into a net.

As you see, the first time I came across the name floorball was sometime in the 2010's. Fairly new right?

Not really because once I had this sports reported by my middle schoolers in our PE Class, under third term unit World Games,  I found out that as early as 1950's, people have been playing a variant of hockey which looked similar to how floorball is these days.

If you will ask me about the game or tell you what floorball is all about, I'll be using word association, and it would look like this:

- hockey without the ice - ball - stick - speed - fast - helmets for keeper - nets on opposite ends - rising popularity -  team game - IFF - Philippine Floorball Association - IOC - Olympics - shin guards - protectors - Freebandy - Streetbandy - Asia Pacific Floorball Championship - EuroFloorball Cup - Champions Cup - Chech Open - USA Cup - Canada Cup - NAFC - fun - exciting - fitness - For Everyone - 

Maybe I'm just excited but why not? 

Floorball anyone?