THE MESSAGE. BRINGING INTO FOCUS FILIPINO PRESENCE IN AUSTRALIA
www.kalatas.com.au | Volume 5 Number 1 | October 2014
SPORTS
Philippines versus Niue Rugby League Int’l
THE Philippines National
Rugby League (PNRL) Tamaraws national team will play
Niue while the Tamaraws U23
side will play Thailand at the
Ringrose Park, Wentworthville Leagues Club on October 4.
The PNRL has called on the
support of the Filipino Community to cheer on the Pinoys
in the International Rugby
League matches.
Gates open at 1pm with the
U23 game against Thailand
starting at 2pm and the International against Niue is starting at 4.30pm.
Jose Relunia Jr., President
of the Philippine Community
Council of NSW (PCC-NSW)
will do the honours for the Filipino community at the opening ceremony.
Mr. Relunia will represent
the Filipino community along
with representatives of other nations. Consular officials
from the Philippines, Thailand
and Niue will be present on the
day to cheer their respective
teams. Issei Guarin will take
pride in singing the Philippine
National Anthem before the
games.
“This is a great initiative and
I congratulate the organisers
of the event. It’s good to see
the Philippine Tamaraws making their mark in rugby league.
It’s also a great way for our
youth to have an interest in the
Philippines.” said Jun Relunia.
Other PCC affiliates participating are: Philippine Language and Cultural Association (PLCAA) and Aguman
Capampangan. There will be
cultural presentations from
the participating nations, food
stalls with native dishes will
be on sale, plus promotional
stalls with lots of activities for
the kids.
The Philippine Tamaraws
are Asia Cup title holders for
two years in a row.
Wentworthville
Leagues
Club is at 50 Smith St, Wentworthville. Entry fee is $5.00.
‘Futsal sa Fiesta’
Azkalroos take on Asian teams at Fiesta Kultura
THE Azkalroos compete in ‘Futsal sa Fiesta’, a 5-a-side football tournament with
the Aussie-Asian community teams of Nepal, Vietnam and Iraq at the Filipino
‘Fiesta Kultura’ on October 6.
THE games kick off at
10am. Mr. John Tsatsimash, CEO of West Sydney Wanderers FC, will
be at the event to present
the Cup to the winning
team.
The Azkalroos, a
team that gathers the
best Fil-Australian soccer players, had their
first training session last
month and are now looking for additions to the
squad to replace the players now playing in the
Philippines.
The Azkalroos is observing its first anniversary since its formation
at the Fiesta Kultura last
year when it ran trials for
potential Filipino-Australian footballers.
The group then competed successfully in
a Tournament held at
5Sports artificial turf
pitch in Caringbah.
In December 2013
the first group of four
Azkalroos travelled to
the Philippines to trial
for places in the Filipino
professional league, the
United Football League
(UFL).
Since their Manila
trials three Azkalroos
have been playing in the
UFL with two players,
Luis Abadia and Dom del
Rosario, playing at Kaya
FC and were selected to
play in an ASEAN tournament in Brunei with
the Philippines Azkals
U/21 team along with
Azkalroo Enzo Cheng
who progressed from the
Azkals U/19s.
The team is coached
by former Australian
Socceroo, Jim Fraser and
assisted by former Azkal
and Azkalroos Coach,
Leigh Gunn.
Meanwhile
John
Kanayama,
having
played with Enzo Cheng
in the Azkals U/19s team
was playing with eventual UFL champions, Global FC. John was also re-
cently selected in the national senior Azkals
squad for the Peace Cup
held in Manila last August.
Josh Grommen, a
member of the original
Trialists group, has recently returned to Manila
to attend trials arranged
by Azkalroos Coach,
Leigh Gunn, with Loyola
Meralco Sparks the current UFL runners up.
Josh’s trial was successful and he has now signed
a three year contract with
Loyola.
Luis Abadia will be
playing for the Azkalroos as he has recently
returned to Australia to
work with Jim Fraser andLeigh Gu