Boys 12
I just realized all the notes that I have of this division consist of one single line, Springdale winning over DBC, 1-0, with Martin Mendoza scoring the lone goal.
I like this division, this is the division, which was one of the youngest when all these football festivals started, and now they are getting really competitive.
Springdale, DBC and another team qualified outright to the semifinals, with Bright ACademy, CIS and Pepito playing for the final semifinal spot.
CIS beat Bright 1-0, Pepito beat Bright, 3-0, and the other results are lost on me.
I like this division, this is the division, which was one of the youngest when all these football festivals started, and now they are getting really competitive.
Springdale, DBC and another team qualified outright to the semifinals, with Bright ACademy, CIS and Pepito playing for the final semifinal spot.
CIS beat Bright 1-0, Pepito beat Bright, 3-0, and the other results are lost on me.
Comments
If it was played 3 or 4PM, anything can happen. A Don Bosco win is possible as much as a Springdale burying the opponent. Its not fair to both teams playing in unfavorable conditions. And both paid good harned earned registation fees (most expensive so far in a Cebu Festival)
i'm excited with this division. for most of the player12, this will be the first time they will be competeting in full sided games, and they have the Aboitiz Cup and the City Olympics to look forward to.
i just hope that CebuFA and organizers can standardize our festivals so that certain restrictions (like number of teams, playing time, etc) can be imposed so that we can be assured of quality games and optimum playing conditions from start to finish.
in a comprehensive football development plan, festivals are short-term solutions for problems such as football popularity, lack of facilities, and the initial lack of quality competition. we shouldn't base our success on how good we are at organizing and playing in festivals.
we need to look beyond our short term solutions and start to formulate a medium term program (a long-term one would be preferable but i'm willing to settle for an easily applicable compromise). if we are to expect quality football competition in high school then we need to have an effective grassroot program in place - and i'm not talking about football academies which charges thousands of pesos a month. i'm thinking more on the line of football being introduced in the public schools of municipalities outside metro-cebu, where those high school "scholarships" will be more looked forward too and needed.
we need to have more tournament or league formats. one tournament or league per division per year is not sufficient. one just has to look at our performances in regional and national tournaments. we need more full size matches to better hone our full field play. it's that simple.
we need to have more public football fields. i thought CebuFA was working on one at the Mandaue Reclamation area. guess that didn't work out. how are the status of the SRP fields ? perhaps we can have somne feedback on that.
the abovementioned needs must be prioritized by the CebuFA or whoever will be in charge after the elections. the different schools, clubs and teams can very well take care of their individual football programs.
intense competition among schools and teams is a great tool to further promote the sport, but to actually improve our overall game and our performances outside the province, we need to set up programs and facilities that we can follow and have access to.
let's not just focus on promotions - it's time we turn our attention towards formulationg and implementing a development program.
we don't have to go to all the municipalities. just the big ones with large town fiestas like Bantayan, Bogo, Badian, Carcar, Alcoy, Dumanjug, Argao, Danao, Toledo and Balamban. i know for a fact that these municipalities have public football fields inside public schools.
here's what i'm thinking. CebuFA could approach town officials and ask if they are interested to have a football festival as part of their fiesta celebration. the only cost for the town perhaps would be lunch for the players. let's keep the "CebuFA Travelling Football Show" compact - perhaps just four teams in 7 a side games round robin format. it could be mens, U19, U17, etc. even ladies. in line with the fiesta atmosphere, lets rent a Kaoshiong bus for transport at the expense this time of the CebuFA for a celebratory ambiance and not travel there by private cars. the local folks might think football is a rich man's game if they see Pajeros and Expeditions clogging up their narrow streets.
let's further encourage the CebuFA member teams and schools to support the program by exempting teams who participate from paying registration fees to tournaments organized by CebuFA. we can even have these participating teams enter for free the football festivals that asks for CebuFA sanction. CebuFA can, for example, tell Thirsty officials that they will sanction their festival if they will waive the registration fees of the four teams who represented the CebuFA Travelling Football Show to Balamban.
i feel promoting the sport within metroCebu has been achieved. i think it's time we go out to the rural side of Cebu and start discovering talent there.
I know this would involve financial resources, Does CebuFA have the capabilities to host a league type tournament that would last for a couple of months, coz players cant improve playing on and off.
Is this hard to materialize? Should they be more aggresive in looking for sponsors? coz there is no doubt cebu football is gaining popularity. It shouldnt be hard to convince the sponsors.