Finally we did it. Nothing is impossible. Although we had received the invitation one week before the tournament, we managed to register the SMI Old Boys as one of the participant in the Futsal Liga Alumni which was held at HTO De Futsal, USJ Subang. This tournament was held in conjunction with EURO 2008.
5 players from Ipoh and 4 players in KL were the representatives for St. Michael Institution. The SMI Old Boys was in the Group B in the men open category, where our opponents are from Kiro( MRSM Taiping), Petra FC ( SMS Tg. Muhd Faris Petra, Kelantan) and Permata (SMK Sri Permata, Petaling Jaya).
We were thrashed 6-0 in the first game against Kiro. In the second game we gave a tough fight against Permata but the opponent was better than us and we lost 3-0. Knowing that we had failed to qualify to the quarterfinal, our players gained some respect by scoring two goals although we were beaten by the representative from Kelantan, 7-2. The winner is the old boys of MRSM Taiping and the first runner up goes to STAR Ipoh.
This is our first appearance in this competition. Most of our players are from the batch of 96. Meaning to say they are reaching the age of 29. And most of our opponents fielded their young players. They are not the same person as their youth days. Next year they will be at the age of 30. Yes, we are getting older. And by next year they will be eligible to compete in above 30 years( seniors category).
We hope that by next year the team can send more than a single team. We are planning to recruit our young old boys from SMI to be part of the team and this effort is possible.
The Teams:-
1 MRSM Kuala Terengganu
2 MRSM Kuantan
3 MRSM Kulim
4 MRSM Muar
5 MRSM Taiping
6 Sekolah Sultan Abdul Halim, Jitra
7 Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, Putrajaya
8 Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Ipoh
9 SMK Seafield, Subang Jaya
10 SMK Sri Permata, Petaling Jaya
11 SMK St Michael, Ipoh
12 SMK Tinggi Setapak
13 SMS Machang
14 SMS Pokok Sena
15 SMS Tg Muhd Faris Petra, Pengkalan Chepa
16 SMS Tuanku Syed Putra, Kangar
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