01/04/2026
Check out the recap by Senior Boys Futsal captain Dane Van Barneveld
Our experience at SISS this year was memorable because of the performance and overall team environment. Throughout the competition, we became more confident with every game. Starting our tournament with a 12-0 win helped us set the standard for what we wanted to do throughout the tournament. Due to our start, we had very much confidence we would walk this tournament, luckily for us John McGlashan gave us a reality check beating us 3-2 in our second game. This loss made us realize it wasn’t going to be all easy.
With a relaxing afternoon at the beach that afternoon, we were all ready for day two of the tournament.
Day two we found great success, especially with our plays that these teams had never come up against before. This resulted in ending day two with three wins, 9-0 verse Bayfield, 7-2 verse Otago Boys High School B and 3-1 verse Rangiora. These three results allowed us to push on to beat top of the table, Otago Boys High School, 10-0 on the last day, us finding success through finding the highest man, holding it off and getting a shot off. Another route to success being screen setting, frustrating our opponents.
In the end we played OBHS again and won 5-1, them recognizing our game plan and doing much better with stopping our previous approach.
This tournament was such a nice way to end the futsal with a group of great lads. Finally, Thank you to Mr Gibson for your relentless hard work and dedication to making us improve as a team, and having a good time alongside it. Shout out to our team manager Debbie Jones for looking after us.
Another thank you to everyone who supported us in our fundraising!!!
