The 4 month campaign of The Jakarta Schools Football League came to a close last Saturday with The Greenfield’s Cup Finals and two separate Gala Awards events.
With 6 age groups to cover involving 1500 players and parents, the Awards ceremony included dancers, drummers, football personalities and a special appearance from Franco Berasi, the retired captain of AC Milan, who donated 4 signed Milan football shirts to the occasion in a Lucky Draw. It was joint-hosted by JSFA committee members and P.J Roberts from ESPN Football in Singapore.
The 5 finals brought the total match-count of the league to 630 and the goal count to 4072 for the season.
The Greenfield’s finals were all very close with the U12 match between Sekolah Tiara Bangsa and Jakarta International School going down to sudden death penalties after an equal number of misses from both sides following a 2-2 draw. Tiara Bangsa eventually prevailed and doubled-up their cup final success by also securing the Under 8 title when edging past British International School A 3-2 with a vital goal 2 minutes from time.
BIS faired better in the Under 10’s however by winning the double in cup and league when overcoming SDI Al Azhar 3-1. This was a game of two halves which saw BIS 2-0 up and comfortable early on, only to be pegged back by Al Azhar who took control of the game in the final quarter. The killer goal for BIS came from a long through-ball out of defense and a glancing header from forward Jeremy Hillock who found the opposition net to finally win the game.
The U14 final went to script when unbeaten Jakarta International School were again too strong for arch-rivals British International School A with a 2-0 victory and the same margin as their league encounter the previous week.
JIS also took the U16 trophy after beating a resolute Jombang Boys team from the B Division 3-2 on the day.
This was the fifth year of the JSFA which has grown beyond everyone’s expectations since its humble beginnings in 2005. The competition included participation from a total of 54 schools and 2000 students throughout the season. It is undoubtedly the largest competition of its kind in the ASEAN region.
League, Cup Matches in Jakarta Rewrite Record Books January 19, 2010
With 66 league and cup matches played this weekend, the Jakarta Schools Football League broke every record in the book on matches played and kids on the football field.
Despite inclement weather, six different venues were called into action and hosted close to 1,500 student footballers from 50 different schools.
The Greenfields Challenge Cup preliminary rounds for the Under-10s and Under-12s were held on Sunday morning. A hat-trick by Dwisadewo Fahmi of Sekolah Victory Plus put the team well on its way to an 8-1 triumph over Bina Bangsa School-Kebon Juruk.
Adit Aditya of Sekolah Mentari Int Bintaro emulated the feat in a 4-0 win over the all-girls team from The British International School, BIS White.
Asked if it felt any different scoring against girls, Adit said, “No, they’re a good team and it was a tough game. I was happy to score. We lost 5-0 on Saturday so it was great to win today and we get to play again next week.”
Another cup hat-trick, this time from a girl, came from the aptly named Chelsea Rock. She struck three times in the U-12 Division as British International School Blue beat the Sevilla School to go through to the next round.
League Registration Closes at 130 teams from 52 schools 2000 players December 10, 2009
The league committee has now closed the registration of teams for the 2010 season and has formally invited those schools to confirm their inclusion in the 2010 season by payment of the Rp 1.00 m per team subscription fee to the JSFA account detailed below.
When paid, the successful schools will be given access details to the player registration system to commence player registration.
BIS U10A clinched the Coca Cola league championship with a deserved 6-3 win over JIS A who could have pushed the championship to a 3 way play off with a win today.
This was again a fine advertisement for the quality of the league with another high standard game played with great skill and sporting behavior by both teams.
Match Report U14B BIS Blue v SMPIAA February 23, 2010
SMPIAA 6 - BIS Blue 2
On Sunday in their opening match in the Greenfield Cup, BIS Blues U14B probably had their best game of the season so far, surpassing even the performance against League leaders TFS the previous week.
Match Report U10A BIS v Al Azhar February 05, 2010
After three easy wins so far this season the BIS A team was put to the strongest of tests against the unbeaten and very impressive Al Azhar A team.This was a great advertisement for the JSFA U10 A league with both teams willing to attack and play a high level of football from the start.
