Inaugural MKS Melbourne Shield Tournament and Official MKS Melbourne Website Announced!

After eight quiet months, MKS Melbourne has announced a new tournament: the MKS Melbourne Shield, and their new website.  Although the dust has settled on the last tournament, the Champions Cup 2010 tournament, MKS Melbourne are taking into consideration feedback and are making a number of changes to the new tournament.

The most prominent change is that MKS Melbourne will now be hiring professional referees to officiate matches.  This is in contrast to past practices in which teams provided referees.  The old practice resulted in inconsistent applications of the law of the game.

As with all other tournaments, MKS Melbourne will be awarding the winners and runners-up with medals.  In addition to this, and to live up to the name of the tournament, the winning team will also be awarded a shield to commemorate their victory.


Official MKS Melbourne Website

MKS Melbourne have also announced their new and official website, which can be found at www.mksmelbourne.org.  The website contains information about the group and tournament as one would expect.  Some highlights of the website include:

1. Hall of Fame: A list of the winners and runners-up of all MKS Melbourne tournaments
2. Team Rankings: MKS Melbourne's ranking of all team that have participated in MKS Melbourne tournaments to date.
3. Tournament Results: Results and information about all MKS Melbourne tournaments
4. Tournament Videos: Videos of MKS Melbourne tournaments

MKS Melbourne hopes that the official website will provide participating team members and their fans with useful and up-to-date information.

Tournament details
MKS Melbourne Shield
5-a-side futsal tournament
Saturday 16th July 2011
0800 - 1700

Important dates
13 June 2011: Team registration open
24 June 2011: Team registration and payment deadline (early bird discount)
01 July 2011: Team registration and payment deadline

Team registration
To register your team, please use the link provided on our our Facebook page.

Team size
Team sizes are strictly limited to the following.
Minimum: 5 players
Maximum: 8 players

Team cost
By 24 June 2010: Discounted early bird team registration cost of $175.
After 24 June 2010: Team registration cost of $205

Tournament format
The exact tournament format will be confirmed at a later date as it depends on the number of teams competing. However, in general, the tournament will consist of:

1. Qualifying round - a single round robin competition. All teams will participate in this round.

2. Elimination round - a knock-out competition. Only a number of top ranked teams from the qualifying round will progress to this round.

Please note: MKS Melbourne reserves the right to alter the tournament format without notice.

Tournament Rules
The tournament rules will be follow the MKS Melbourne Futsal Tournament Rules.

Referees
MKS Melbourne will now be providing referees to officiate all matches of the tournament.

MKS Melbourne Website and Blog
Website: www.mksmelbourne.org
Blog: blog.mksmelbourne.org
Please monitor the website and blog for updates.

Enquiries
Please send all enquiries to:
infoATmksmelbourne.org
(replace "AT" with "@").

As always, MKS Melbourne is looking forward to a great and successful tournament and wishes all participating teams the best of luck!