Forbidden City FC 故宫足球队

Dear IFFC members, supporters and friends,

Forbidden City FC and Summer Palace are proudly inviting all IFFC teams and players to the Second IFFC Team Night on Friday, 20 February 2009, from 8pm at Luga’s Villa.

Wear your team colors and enjoy a night of fun and friendship with footballers from all corners of the world.

• Where: Luga’s Villa (Sanlitun, behind 3.3 Plaza; 三里屯, 3.3 大厦后边)
• Date: Friday, 20 February 2009
• Time: 8pm
• Price: 100 RMB per person (includes Mexican buffet, soft drinks, cold draft beer /Tsingtao bottles until 11pm)

Happy hour prices for girls all night.

Luga’s Villa will also have a rock band and DJ downstairs in the bar.

Please confirm your team’s numbers by Wednesday, 18 February.

Forbidden City FC & Summer Palace
Rob Gonnella & the IFFC ExCo
Jason Muhl & the IFFC SuperCom
and
Carlo Ferrara & the IFFC DisCom

Citizens,

the new tracksuits are ready and we’ll distribute them starting from tonight. They are good quality Umbro tracksuits and the style is similar to the ones we ordered a couple of years ago, only this time it’s red top and blue bottoms.

We ordered 30 tracksuits and they are 300 RMB each, which is possible through sponsorship by Luga’s Villa Mexican Restaurant in Sanlitun.

Tracksuits will be handed out against cash only, no credit available. Different sizes are available. First come, first serve.

The following 13 players made the effort to reply to an email asking about interest in tracksuits in September and we have reserved one for them:
Alex Henderson,Glen Royce, James McKay, Jason Dorey, Jochen Tenhagen, Luca Merlone, Patrik Wilkens, Pere Torrens, Philippe Healey, Rafael Peinado, Ryan Wegner, Simon Ross, Stefan Hase-Bergen

See you tonight,
Jochen

Citizens!

Please all mark down Saturday, 6 December 2008, in your calendar as we will have our traditional X-mas party then!

The day coincides with our last league games of 2008 (Summer Palace playing Azzurri at 10am and City playing Celtics at 4pm) and no one has to play on Sunday. No excuses.

Party will likely start at 7 or 8pm. More details, including venue and dress code, will follow as the date approaches.

Cheers,
Jochen

Lads,

if you wish to leave your emergency details (preferred hospital, insurance details, contacts, etc.) with the club management to have this information readily at hand in case something happens on the football pitch, please fill in the form, available for download from Downloads/EmergencyDetails

Obviously, we hope that nothing will ever happen and this is only a precaution.

It’s no requirement to provide details, but only an offer. Reply this this email if interested; otherwise we assume that you are good as there won’t be reminders.

Cheers,
Jochen

Citizens,

update on three organizational issues.

1. Training
Training will be at the Lido pitch on 11-a-side pitch every Wednesday from 10-11.30pm, starting tomorrow. Pls be there at 9.45pm so that we can start on time

2. IFFC League Registration 2008-09
a) Registration fee will be 100RMB for everyone. No more student discounts. (the money goes to the League not the Club)
b) Players already registered last season only need to provide 100RMB and copy of passport (new requirement by the League)
c) New players joining us this season need to provide registration form (available from Patrick and myself), 2 passport photos, 100RMB, copy of their passport

3. Tracksuits
We are getting new FCFC tracksuits this season. The tracksuits will likely be Umbro and a similar style as the blue ones we got some 3-4 years ago, and likely in red. The cost should be around 300RMB per suit (price possible thanks to sponsorship from newly opened bar and restaurant Luga’s Villa in Sanlitun)

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO (very simple)
Let us know if you’d like a track suit and what size

Pls everyone bring a copy of your passport and 100RMB registration fee to training tomorrow!!!

Cheers,
Jochen

ClubFootball operate two 5-a-side leagues with short 6 week seasons throughout the year. Each Division plays on the same day each week and matches are run throughout the week and played at the artificial pitches at the East Gate of Chaoyang Park and at Lido Side Park as well as ClubFootball’s new sports venue, Xiaowuji (find location .)

Forbidden City Football Club have two teams entered, competing as Forbidden City (Gu Gong 故宫） and Summer Palace (Yuan Ming Yuan 圆明园) . These teams are not necessarily made up of our eleven a-side squad members and are designed to attract new players into our ‘family’. The Forbidden City squad generally has a large contingent of our sponsor’s employees taking part.