Selwyn Times: July 11, 2017
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18 Tuesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
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The Star<br />
KidsFilmFest<br />
Remember to register your interest for<br />
the KidsFilmFest Competition before<br />
it’s too late. All submissions must be<br />
received by 5pm, Friday 14 <strong>July</strong>.<br />
Email kidsfest@ccc.govt.nz to request your<br />
submission form!<br />
Need inspiration?<br />
Film Canterbury are running<br />
Filmmaking Masterclasses<br />
at a variety of dates<br />
and locations.<br />
For more information about<br />
these exciting events go to<br />
kidsfest.co.nz<br />
• By Amelia<br />
Christensen-Rose<br />
TWO YOUNG brothers<br />
will be travelling to<br />
Palmerston North for<br />
the youth national futsal<br />
championship at the end of<br />
the school holidays.<br />
Calum and Liam Murdoch,<br />
of West Melton, have<br />
been selected to play for<br />
the Canterbury under-14<br />
and under-12 Canterbury<br />
futsal teams respectively.<br />
Something they’re both<br />
really excited about.<br />
“I was pretty happy,”<br />
12-year-old Liam said<br />
about getting<br />
in the<br />
team.<br />
This<br />
will be<br />
Calum’s<br />
third<br />
time<br />
SPORTS<br />
Brothers off to futsal nationals<br />
representing Canterbury<br />
at national level futsal. In<br />
previous tournaments the<br />
team has come second and<br />
third.<br />
But this year he’ll get to<br />
watch his little brother play.<br />
“It’ll be cool to watch<br />
[Liam] play,” Calum said.<br />
Futsal is the only FIFA<br />
and New Zealand Football<br />
approved version of fivea-side<br />
football and the<br />
world’s fastest growing<br />
indoor sport.<br />
It is a small-sided game<br />
played with a smaller, low<br />
bounce ball on a basketball<br />
sized court.<br />
World superstars such<br />
as Cristiano Ronaldo,<br />
Neymar, Pele and, Calum’s<br />
favourite player,<br />
Lionel Messi<br />
have all<br />
acknowledged<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
the role futsal played in<br />
their football development.<br />
Calum agrees saying<br />
the touch and speed of<br />
futsal has helped with his<br />
outdoor football.<br />
Both Calum, 14, and<br />
Liam, 12, have also been<br />
playing representative<br />
level football for <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
Football Club, Calum for<br />
the last five years and Liam<br />
for the last three.<br />
Parents Jo and Dave<br />
Murdoch will be joining the<br />
boys in Palmerston North.<br />
“It’s really great going<br />
up and getting to watch<br />
them both play at national<br />
level,” Mrs Murdoch said.<br />
While Mrs Murdoch<br />
is going up to watch, Mr<br />
Murdoch is the coach of<br />
the Canterbury under-14<br />
team.<br />
•The championships<br />
will be held in<br />
Palmerston North at<br />
the Central Energy<br />
Trust Arena from <strong>July</strong><br />
14 to 16.<br />
GOAL: Brothers<br />
Calum and<br />
Liam Murdoch<br />
will watch each<br />
other play<br />
at the youth<br />
national futsal<br />
championships<br />
in Palmerston<br />
North.
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