Futsal boys meet Internationals

Maccabi futsal club ended their first foray into the Asian club futsal scene on a high after two narrow defeats in the AFC Futsal Club Championships Qualifying stage this week. Read more

Sammi to Skate in Sweden

NSW 2010 Mick Brandon Sportswoman of the Year Award, Samantha Kadar has headed overseas to compete in the Junior World Synchronized Skating competition. Read more

Maccabi NSW secures new sports location

After years of having to cram our footballers onto any vacant inch of grass around Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs, Maccabi NSW is thrilled to announce it has secured the use of part of the brand new Waverley Oval for our football and rugby clubs this winter. Read more

Record numbers for annual swimming championships

A record 166 entrants competed at the 62nd NSW Jewish Swimming Championships last Sunday. Read more

Former Wallaby to coach Maccabi NSW Rugby

The Maccabi rugby club has pulled off one of Maccabi sport’s great coaching coups with the appointment of former Wallabies fullback and Australian rugby legend Glen Ella as coach for 2012. Read more

Queensland Maccabi Community Wants You

In 2012, Maccabi Australia’s Junior Carnival will celebrate its 30th anniversary….writes Lisa Borowick. Read more

North Shore Monash Premier League Awards

The lack of facilities was always going to play a major part in the build up and preparation for Sydney soccer team North Shore Monash,  now in the top flight of soccer, as well as the sustainability throughout the season…reports Steve Edelmuth Read more

Introducing Maccabi NSW’s new Mega Camp

Mega Camp is a new concept from Maccabi aiming to bring together all it’s sports under one roof while keeping kids entertained during their school holidays. Read more

Jackas get a Second Crack at the Grand Final

Ajax are heading to next week’s Preliminary Final against Old Camberwell, after an 8 goal defeat at the hands of a much stronger Werribee side, losing 10.8.68 to 18.7.115 at Bill Lawry Oval in Northcote on the weekend. Read more

‘Bennys Ball’ does it for their mate

Winning grand finals are always great news stories, but this one is particularly nice, as a group of friends reformed an old Maccabi team from when they were younger as a way to continue to commemorate their great mate, Benny Glattstein, who passed away earlier this year. Read more

Peace Team in Melbourne

The AFL Peres Peace Team, made up of aspiring football players from Israel and Palestine, has arrived in Melbourne, continuing their involvement in the 2011 AFL International Cup. Read more

Kogus Wins Masters Tennis

Maccabi tennis stalwart Ilan Kogus won the Masters over-65 tennis tournament at the European Maccabi Games in Vienna last week. Read more

Maccabi welcomes back triathlon club

Karp to lead Australia to Brazil

Maccabi Australia’s preparations for the Pan America Games in Sao Paolo in December have begun in earnest, with the announcement that former Australia and Melbourne Victory player Tal Karp will be the open women’s football side’s player-coach. Read more

SOLOMON – AUSTRALIA’S 400M TRACK KING

Steve Solomon might be Maccabi NSW’s incumbent Junior Sportsman of the Year, but this is a young guy who now has mainstream Australian sport talking. Read more

STEIN AWARDED LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Harry Stein has been awarded life membership of the lawn bowls club as recognition of 21 years of service. Read more

SHOCK LOSS FOR MACCABI HAKOAH IN FUTSAL FINAL

Maccabi Hakoah’s mens futsal side suffered a shock 2-1 loss to Breakers FC on Saturday night in the NSW Super League grand final. Read more

KINGS LEAD MACCABI TOUCH’S FINALS CHARGE

The Maccabi Kings have enjoyed a remarkable season in the top men’s division of Eastern Suburbs touch football.

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New generation shine at Jewish Swimming Champs

There was a changing of the guard at the 61st annual NSW Jewish Swimming Championships on Sunday, with 15-year-old Josh Blumberg taking out the 100 metre blue-ribbon freestyle event for the first time. Mikaela Rifkin won the women’s title. Read more

THE OTHER FUTSAL SUCCESS STORY …

Another popular member of Maccabi and Australia’s futsal community has enjoyed a stellar season too. Read more

‘Nothing less than the premiership will do’

After years of empty rhetoric, Hakoah-Maccabi FC is making some serious strides forward in 2011. As the club’s players returned to Centennial Park for pre-season training last week, they were greeted by former Olyroo Mark Robertson, and all 7 Federation teams have already begun playing pre-season trials. The club means business this season and Maccabi News caught up with Robertson to get the first glimpse of what to expect in 2011. Read more

Maccabi running away with NZ futsal league

Maccabi Hakoah’s trip to Dunedin produced another stunning weekend of results, with the club claiming another five wins in round 2 of the New Zealand Futsal Championship.

Here’s how NZ Futsal glowingly reported about Maccabi across the Tasman:

“Nineteen year old Jarrod Basger (see golden boot chart, right) once again starred for the Sydney-based side, scoring seven of his side’s seventeen goals. East City and Red Sox meanwhile, were the top performing New Zealand sides, while Capital City Futsal also did enough to stay in the hunt for a spot in the play offs in Auckland in March.

“Only Auckland’s East City were able to provide a true test for the unstoppable Maccabi in Dunedin.  Daniel Fulton, Denny Dutra and skipper Doron Pozniak all continued their red hot form from Series One, while the addition of Futsalroo veteran Simon Keith further strengthened the Australians as they marched to a virtually unassailable lead (10 points clear) in the minor premiership.”

John Myers singled the leadership of Pozniak and the first-team debut of 16-year-old Dylan Basger as highlights, while club president Gareth Naar praised the team’s rise in status.

“All the boys enjoyed it, it’s always great touring as a squad.

“I think its great exposure for Maccabi, and a great testament to our futsal club not only for competing, but for succeeding.

“The New Zealanders no doubt look at Maccabi as the benchmark – they love having us there. New Zealand futsal is developing at great pace through the support of the New Zealand Football Association – which is something we lack here in Australia.”

With the side now turning their attention to their NSW Super League premiership defence this weekend, the club’s first team is on the cusp of a dreamy double. They take on Northern Breakers in the grand final, coach Steve Knight’s former side.

“Look it just shows the quality of our men’s side and the quality we’ve got there,” Naar added. “Now we’ve got to try to bring that performance to the juniors, and we’re already looking towards next season and we’re going to implement changes so the longevity is there at the club beyond this team.”

A Maccabi legend calls it a day

This article was meant to come a few weeks earlier, when Beverley Bos OAM (pictured with Maccabi NSW Swimming President Anthony Goodridge) thought the Maigs swim meet would be her final involvement in Jewish swimming. Read more

Maccabi Australia Leadership Program Blog from Israel

My opening reflection – by Sinai Shaul

In the opening weeks, getting to know everyone was a major part of our group dynamics as we realised the reality of the coming 5 months. To my luck, the complete strangers from foreign parts of Australia have turned out a great bunch of individuals. I’m sure that we all agree that we have been blessed with an amazing madrich who has so far been an excellent mentor as well as an awesome friend. As well as this, the teachers and other helpers around us have been amazing.

Hadassah Neurim is an isolated but lovely village with sporting facilities and a stunning beachfront view, something like what we have back in Australia. We have also been lucky to meet a great group of Israeli youth that we have we have spent time socialising and practicing our Hebrew with.

So far, the most memorable part of the trip was volunteering in an orphanage, which I will be doing weekly. It was only the first week so we were just getting the feel for the place but so far, the kids are very friendly and open minded.

Me coming from a small town (Bellingen), it has been a great experience meeting other like minded people and I hope that our companionship will continue to flourish.

Maccabi juniors handpicked as future Socceroos

Hakoah Feds under-13 starlets, Brad Paikin (left) and Jordon Korton (right) are just like every other 13-year-old footballer; they live and breathe the game. The only difference is that they have been selected as one of the best 16 players in NSW.

Brad and Jordon have been selected for the Project 22 team – an FFA project that is dubbed the breeding ground for the next generation of Socceroos superstars. In each age group, only 16 players are selected, picked from thousands who trialled.

Project 22 players only train as a group. The individual players then play games on the weekend for their respective clubs. Despite being able to chose any any club at their disposal, Brad and Jordon both chose to play for Hakoah’s YDL side.

Their decision reinforces the camaraderie and friendship that is at the foundation of the Hakoah Feds Club.

Junior futsal report

A valiant Maccabi Tigards side lost a hard-fought grand final 1-4 to the Wild Things in the U/15 Inner City Fut5al championship. Read more

Maccabi kids mix with tennis stars

Maccabi tennis’ youngsters were chosen by Tennis New South Wales to the Medibank Sydney International Tennis tournament at Sydney Olympic Park because of the talent and potential they have shown at Maccabi.

The kids took part in an on-court demo on the Ken Rosewall Centre Court prior to the first match on January 11, before welcoming Wozniaki and world number 32 Dominika Cibulkova onto court for their match. Read more

Carnival calling for our youth leaders

A group of excited youth leaders are in Melbourne at the moment, volunteering as youth leaders for the 29th Maccabi Australia Junior Carnival.

How many readers fondly remember their carnival experience? Read more

Bon voyage to Maccabi’s young pioneers

Maccabi can be such an easy sell sometimes.

Ask Ashleigh Werner, who is one of eight budding school-leavers who left Australia bound for Israel this week to begin a six-month adventure on the inaugural Maccabi Australia Incorporated Leadership program (MAIL). Read more

Maccabi In The Swim

Maccabi has restructured its swimming program to meet contemporary needs. Read more

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