Two of our team reps attended the SASL annual meeting last week and we were officially accepted as new members of SASL! We will start our first season in the SASL on August 15th 2010. The schedule will be out shortly before that. Some significant administration will need to be done before then such as paying another $500 before June 1st with our team members full information (Name, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birth dates). But they recommended the names be sent before May. Ron, as the CFO, will be in charge of that process. He will need to make sure all names and details correspond to his fee payment schedule and he will get in touch with everyone shortly. It is really important to get this info to Ron as soon as you can. This new league is run very professionally and have deadlines and rules that they stick to!
As a reminder to everyone, we set up a new team operations group to help us manage the team more effectively involving myself, Ron, Rob, Behrooz, Tom and Jody.
This is no longer a one man show!
Ron is our CFO, assisted by Rob....all fees and payments go through him from now on.
I have still to hear from Tom about what is happening with our involvement with CARLS. That season should be starting mid April and it is our intention to play in the Spring/Summer section of that league until the new SASL league starts in August. Unlike the SASL, Tom is our sole representative and contact with that league so we will need to hear from him to know what is happening.
We are planning to have another Auger's Bar get together on Wednesday 31st March at 6pm. At that meeting we can finally tie down who is accountable for what when it comes to overall team management as we transition to a new league. As a reminder here is what we agreed to at the initial meeting last September;
http://madisonceltic.blogspot.com/2009/09/madison-celtic-bar-summit.htmlWe also have an indoor game this Thursday at 7pm against Cardiac Arrest. See you there!
For those of you that can make it we are having another one of our popular bar meetings to discuss team administration, team finance and plans for the new season. All are welcome!
Guys, as a new season is nearly upon us i decided to make a really important movie about the hero that drives us to perfection..... I hope you enjoy it!
A superb string of saves by El Gato, combined with some deadly shooting by Ruben were the hallmarks of a great Celtic 10-4 victory last Thursday night. Cardiac Arrest tried their best to pump some life into their game but every time they clawed their way back into the match Madison hit back with better and better goals. A much changed side took to the field without the striking invention of Carlos and Jorge. Luckily for the Celts they were replaced with the equally skillful Halil and Ruben who were both in sparkling form. With Dejan and Tom playing robustly in defence the Madison team had a very balanced and aggressive look to them. El Gato still had to be on his best "drug and coma " free form to make some great reaction saves. Although even he could not stop the blatant hand ball goal by "Celt on loan" player Tom "the Judge"! It was also worth noting the great form of the other on loan Celt, El Gogglito, in the Cardiac defence! The first half ended 3-3 but Madison were clearly the team on top. And after a few minutes of the second half the gap in quality between the teams really started to show. Some tough tackling and great vision by Dejan was setting up some good scoring opportunities and Ruben, Halil, Roniildo and Tom took full advantage with some great goals. Well before the end of the game Cardiac Arrest were a spent force and had lost the heart to fight any further.
I keep telling you guys that there are Celtic supporters all over the World, how about this for the latest proof?
Madison got back into great goal scoring form in this game against the Italian Nitos....yes, their name is the Nitos...or was it the Nitros? Anyway, it was a good hard fought game with some great attacking play by the Celts but a somewhat leaky defense and two penalties finally sunk their chances for a win. Through most of the game the goals were traded fairly evenly with first the Nitos edging into the lead then the Celts. Great running by Bambi and Roniildo in the midfield help to close down their fast running forwards, and Ruben and Halil up front were in the mood for scoring goals. BOR , Johnnaldo and El Gato did their best at the back, although you could argue that losing 8 goals in a game may not be one of their best defensive displays! But, it could have been worse, if not for a few great saves and blocks by The Cat. In the second half, Celtic edged into the lead and held it long enough to make you think they would win the game but Nitos kept hanging in there and then got the first of two fairly cheap penalties. This first one, after a push, levelled the game but once again the Celts got back into the lead only for a last second penalty, for hand ball, allowed the Nitos to tie the game with the very last kick of the game. A better performance than the last two games but we do have to plug the gaps in the defence if we want to take advantage of forwards hitting a rich seam of goals.
Still don't know who we are playing but the game starts at 7pm....let's hope Thumper turns up to help Bambi!
Well this game had it all; goals, shocking misses, bad tackles, red cards, arguments and a team revolt. But, in the end the Celts got the same outcome as last week when they played the same team....a big defeat!
