We officially and warmly welcome Coach Ramesh and Coach Wee Yang to BFA family.  It is a privilege to be able to coach kids and take the responsibility for others’ children and also to educate them. Football is a key to the door of acquiring many lifelong skills and positive qualities in a person. It would either take a moment or a period of time to unlock the potential in the child or teenager so we are honoured to be a part of that.

Back to normal days.. with nothing to look forward every evening.

To be honest, most of the matches were downright boring. The pace (what pace???) … don’t get me started… for spectators who are used to the exciting BPL, La Liga and Champions League matches , the World Cup was indeed a big letdown. Apart from having an European team winning it for the first time outside Europe, a first time winner and a few outstanding finds in the tournament, the rest is probably not worth mentioning at all.

The World Cup Bug is making its round rapidly and jerseys are flying off the shelves. The upcoming tourney (13 June) will see at least 20 teams slugging it out for the Sierra Challenge Trophy in 02 categories.

West Coast Seals Minis (FRI) is going through one of its best moments, the kids are tremendously fun to train with and the new boys jumped straight into action! We welcome back Alexander (’old’ boy)! New Boys Dohyun, Abhievir and M ichael (Back from injury & Braver!!)

West Coast Seals (SUN) will see the slight increase in intensity during training. Paul, having a school break, re-exploded into the scene, picking up dribbling skills… Will we see the RETURN of former Team Captain Mervyn?

Bishan Park Cubs are going through a 2-week station tests. Results will be out soon and the winners will be awarded prizes.

For now….. the world will be focusing on one particular Cup..

The Vipers team of Hakim, Audi, Neo, Mahathir, Weizhong has qualified to the Next Round in their category. Well done! Good luck boys!

Heartiest congratulations to Ethan James for winning the title of “Golden Gloves”, fending off the challenges of Haize and Elise to save 8 shots consecutively, thus netting the award on 30 April 2010.

Junior Category – Daniel emerged a winner here with his consistent shooting, accumulating a total score of 200 points, ahead of his rivals  Brian (120), Clement (116) and Jared (90). It is the importance of participating and doing your best and not winning all the time :0)

Senior Category – Brilliant end to a tight contest that saw Shawal, Jonathan and David tied on 160 points. Shawal managed to overcome adversity and cap off a great Sunday afternoon to win with 190 points! ahead of nearest jonathan (180) and Edris (60). Usual hotshot Edris struggled to find his form on the day but i am very sure he will improve in the next shootout contest.

This is a FIRST ever workshop aimed at exposing the young players to football instruction.Three main objectives were to enable the players to take on the role of the coach and view from his/her perspective, to gain confidence in instructing fellow teammates through their planned training drills and to critic and improve overall play. Comprising of theory and practical sessions, the participating players were clearly enthused by their own answers and reaction to the quizzes, both involving the local and international football scene. One highlight was the DVD presentation of England’s victorious games from the 1990 World Cup into the New Millenium. Plenty of ‘Ooohs’ and ‘Aaahs’ before finally attempting to put what they have seen into practice during the two sided game..

As the sky darkened, the boys ran, skated and rode to the park to have a round of football action to celebrate Ethan’s birthday. The so called ‘friendly’ match was not for the faint hearted.. It would have been mistaken for a World Cup Final, as the onlooking parents would have testified. Alexander was swept off his feet from a wrongly timed tackle while on a jinking run en route to goal, and the ever gungho Elise soldiered on despite the many scratches,and an own goal was scored from an attacking corner??Although Ethan’s team lost 2-3, he scored the equalising goal and he went ABSOLUTELY delirious

A first-ever football birthday party tourney held in West Coast Park, Home of the “SEALS”, for Ray Kye.After the introductory drills and games, the highly anticipated league games followed..with 3 teams of Chelsea, Man Utd and Liverpool competing. Shenghan,an impressive talent,powered Man Utd to victory with 10 points(3 wins 1 draw), sharing the accolades with teammates Ray Kye and Luke who provided the defensive cover and ball winning abilities. Smiles all round at the burger joint and many thanks to the kind weather too, on 6 February

A pocket dynamo in training, Ruiyuan long anticipated birthday party was finally held at The Cage 27 February, where his smile and tireless running lit up the occasion and energise the crowd. Shrugging off his high fever the previous day, he even scored a brace,ending up amongst the top scorers on this special day. The day’s competition was in the round robin format where the teams played one another twice. A mini Chelsea team (Elise, Dillon, Iain) led by Birthday Boy scored 11 points to win the league, followed by by Man Utd and Liverpool with 7 and 4 points respectively.