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Anyway, back on track...

The squad has been chosen and 2 other Melbourne teams will represent Victoria.

'The 2012 Hummel F-League is set to take off for the second year in a row as eight teams lock horns for the chance to be crowned Champions with Series 1 kicking off on 9-10 June in Melbourne.

St Albans Strikers, VIC Vipers Futsal Club and A-League club Melbourne Heart will ensure Victorian futsal will have a strong presence in 2012.

Dural Warriors, Parramatta Blues, East Coast Heat FC and inaugural 2011 Hummel F-League Champions Maccabi Hakoah will all represent NSW while ACT will have Boomerangs FS.

Matches will be played in a Series format over a weekend, all eight (8) clubs will play three games over the two days, ensuring that clubs play each other twice in the competition.

The competition will be played under the full FIFA International Laws of the Game, which includes the use of stop clock.

Series match days will be played in New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory.

Dates are as follows

Series 1 - 9th -10th June - Melbourne, Victoria

Series 2 - 23rd - 24th June - Sydney, NSW

Series 3 - 21st - 22nd July - Canberra, ACT

Series 4 - 18th - 19th August - Melbourne, Victoria

Series 5 - 8th - 9th September - Sydney, NSW'

The games in MELBOURNE will be played at the YMCA in derrimut. 2 Makland drive, derrimut.

Kick off for the COMPETITION is at 9am. (I dont know yet what time the heart games are on - i will update when i find out)

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Melbourne Heart Futsal’s Edgard Vatcky speaks to the Hummel F-League

30.04.12 09:11

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The hummel F-League recently caught up with Edgard Vatcky of Melbourne Heart to discuss this upcoming hummel F-League

F-League: Can you tell me about the Melbourne Heart and why they have got involved in Futsal?

EV: Melbourne Heart is a progressive total football club. The philosophy is simple. It embraces the community and tries to give back to the members and supporters what they want. It’s for similar reasons that most of the great clubs around the world also have Futsal teams, such as Barcelona, Benfica, Boca Juniors and many more. The response from the fans has already been overwhelming and very positive.

F-League: What are you most looking forward to in the 2012 hummel F-League?

EV: Professionalism. I think that we are now definitely on our way to having a high quality national Futsal league. Hopefully soon it can turn fully professional in the near future. I think already what it has done, is made many players start choosing Futsal over football as a real alternative.

F-League: How do you see Victorian Futsal at the moment?

EV: Futsal in Victoria has been slowly but surely improving in quality both from an administrative perspective as well as players and coaches. There is great enthusiasm for the game and there are a lot of talented players. What we do lack is the experience of playing high quality games with full FIFA rules.

Like all other states, our juniors have been getting a lot of alternatives that clash with Futsal. They are less able to choose Futsal along with outdoor football which we believe they should be able to do both. We can now however start giving some real pathways for our juniors so that they can choose Futsal as a real possibility for their future.

F-League: How do you see Futsal currently in Australia, do you think the Hummel F-League will help lift the profile of the game in this country?

EV: There are 300,000 people playing Futsal in Australia according to FFA statistics. The sport is obviously popular however it has just been lacking that elite pathway which we are now getting through the Hummel F-League. The only way Australia can start to compete in Asia and around the world is if we have more full time players. The Hummel F-League is a definite step towards this. I think we would all love to see Australia in World cups challenging some of the great Futsal nations.

The other thing holding back the sport is a lack of exposure. We are hoping to change this with Melbourne Heart having quite a large fan base and connections with media outlets.

F-League: The brand Melbourne Heart is known in the A-League as being a community club, do you think the clubs strong supporter base will get behind the Futsal team?

EV: News about the clubs involvement in this year’s Hummel F-League has been posted on some supporter’s social media and the response has been the biggest to date. The fans of Melbourne Heart are great and love that their club seems to understand them. I think we will get quite a crowd at our games. This in turn will be good for all the other clubs and the sport as a whole.

F-League: How do you think the Heart will fair in the 2012 hummel F-League?

EV: It’s hard to tell at this stage as we have not tested ourselves against the opposition. We are running trials for new players and this can turn up some interesting new players. We will definitely be in there shaking a few trees.

F-League: Can we hope to see guest appearances from any of the Hearts stars in the 2012 hummel F-League?

EV: We have spoken about it and there is some chance however we will have to wait and see over the next month what happens in terms of recruiting players and the like. We will let you know if this does happen. Some Melbourne Heart outdoor players will also be in attendance at our home games.

F-League: Thanks for your time and Good Luck in in the 2012 hummel F-League?

EV: Thanks. We are really eager for this season to kick off. Hopefully with our fan base and resources, we can raise the profile of this fantastic sport to the level it deserves.

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Chaps, we really need to get a large crew together for these matches and embrace our club's expansion into other areas than just outdoor football. The dreams of being a multi sport club could one day be realised if we show our support in other areas such as this in their initial phases.

-A great opportunity to practice singing and displays.

-Catching up over the 'off-season'.

-Fast paced exciting game to watch.

-Supporting our club 365.

Get some car convoys leaving from the city etc and make a day of it on the piss with the lads singing and having a giggle.

Its only two days of the year so lets get on it in a big way and show the club will 'follow and sing for them wherever they go'.

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Also why have St Albans ripped of half of Adelaide Utd’s Logo?

Its like China out here, copyright laws do not apply.

Pyro practice! :) Derrimut nice and close

Didnt you move out of the west?

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YMCA, Derrimut, June 9-10/

Round One

9am – Vic Vipers Futsal Club vs. Jaguars Futbol Sala Club

11am – Dural Warriors vs. East Coast Heat FC

1pm – Boomerangs FS vs. Melbourne Heart

3pm – St Albans Strikers vs. Parramatta Blues

Round Two

6pm – Dural Warriors vs. Jaguars Futbol Sala Club

8pm – Boomerangs FS vs. Vic Vipers Futsal Club

Sunday

8am – St Albans Strikers vs. East Coast Heat FC

10am – Parramatta Blues vs. Melbourne Heart

Round Three

12pm – Dural Warriors vs. Boomerangs FS

2pm - East Coast Heat FC vs. Jaguars Futbol Sala Club

4pm – Parramatta Blues vs. Vic Vipers Futsal Club

6pm – St Albans Strikers vs. Melbourne Heart (The Derby!)

Maccabi have withdrawn from the 2012 competition.

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I can't release too much information at this stage. All I can say is that the squad looks very solid with lots of local and imported talent.

We want to be as competitive as possible, however, as John Didulica mentioned in a recent interview "it’s still baby steps at every level for us".

This year will be a learning curve for us and that's why we need as many supporters as possible to stay behind our team.

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Directions: From the CBD, catch the train to Sunshine (Sydenham line). From the Sunshine station, walk to the Dickson St (Sunshine) bus stop and catch Route 400 bus towards Laverton. Get off at stop 7 (St Leonards Ave) and walk 2 minutes to the venue.

fwiw, there is no trains from Footscray to Sunshine on the 8th-9th of June apparently (rail works so there is buses). You can also get the 400 bus from Ardeer or Deer Park station, which are closer but trains to those stations are less frequent. Walking from Deer Park station is also possible but organising lifts from nearby station/city etc. would be best.

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