A Balmain Rovers team has entered the annual Balmain Soccer Club summer competition, a six-a-side tournament involving local teams.

This year, the comp will be held at King George Park in Rozelle on Monday and Wednesday evenings. There are two groups of eight teams, who play each other twice. The two teams topping each group will then play semi-finals and a final. Balmain Rovers is in the Wednesday group, playing at either 6.30pm or 7.15pm each week.

Apart from the exercise and skill work this will give team members, it also affords the opportunity to get to know some of the many other players involved in the various Balmain clubs, including Balmain Tigers, Balmain Wanderers and other Balmain & District Soccer Club teams.

The Balmain Rovers team members are:

Sohail Dahdal
Andy Farmery
Sergio Fiorenza
Adam Freeman
Nik Hopkins
Richard Lyne
Ricky Onsman
Nick Vince
David Wright
Brian Yeung

This is a good mix of players from the immediate past Firsts team, Reserves team and some brand new players who've joined us this summer.

Several Balmain Rovers are also involved in an indoor competition, including Craig Brown, Andy Farmery, Matt Clementson and Paul Millard. If I had more info on what they're up to and how they're going, I'd publish it - but I don't have it. What about it, Browny?

Yet another team of Balmain Rovers is planned to enter another indoor five-a-side comp starting in mid-January at Cook and Phillip Park in College St in the city. This will involve some more new players joining the teams, including some exciting talent coming out from Europe to join us.

Meantime, the training session/kick around on Saturday mornings will continue during the summer from 10am-12noon at Field No 1, Wentworth Park, Glebe from Saturday 7 October until Saturday 16 February next year. This field is the one closest to Wattle St.

New players and guests are welcome to join us. Bring your boots and shin pads (for safety, we are not covered by club insurance) and be there from 10am-12noon. Hopefully, some other Balmain club members will join us as well.

The cost is $20 per person for the whole summer (discounts are available if you know can't make every session. The emphasis is on having a bit of fun with a soccerball and doing enough to not get totally unfit during the summer months.

All in all, there's plenty of formal and informal activity to keep impressionable Balmain Rovers' minds on their football during the summer months. If you want any further info on any of the above, contact Ricky or phone on 9660 5327.