IWBSA Premiership Week 3

WKR Santos continued their unbeaten run in the IWBSA Premiership at Appley at the weekend, propelling them to the top of the table alongside Wight Stripes.
Santos enjoyed two impressive wins over Ryde Saints Rangers and Simeon Utd, while Wight Stripes kept their pressure on the title race by coming back from 6-2 down to Sandown Sociedad to win 8-6.
The Bees suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of Sandown Sociedad, Tony Kerr and Adam Tuck were on top form both scoring goals to seal an impressive 4-3 win.
Ryde Sandblasters manager Jody Ruth got his first win of the season over BSC Galaxy to move them off the bottom of the table, Scott Saunders being the Sandblasters main man as they won 8-4.
Appley All-Stars continued their impressive form with a 9-2 victory over Ryde Sports but on Sunday they lost on penalties to Ryde Tigers, who had three players sent off over the weekend.

IWBSA Premiership Week 2

SAND STARS OUT TO IMPRESS BEFORE EURO DATE!
Just like the weather, the beach soccer season is hotting up, with more than 250 goals scored in the first two league weekends.

The Bees’ fine form continued into week two of the IWBSA Premier League, with wins over Ryde Sports and Ryde Tigers.
They remain at the top of the league on goal difference but still have their most difficult games to come.

Wight Stripes and WKR Santos are the only two other league teams to have made an unbeaten start to the season.
Defending champions the Wight Stripes put away 19 goals over the weekend with an 11-2 win over Ryde Sandblasters and an 8-2 win over Ryde Sports.
Dubbed the season’s surprise package, WKR Santos continued their winning ways with an 8-5 victory over BSC Galaxy and a 5-4 win over Shanklin Sharks.

Dan Squibb and James Temple were both in fine form and looking to impress England manager Luke Kerr ahead of England’s trip to France, in July, for the Euro Beach Soccer Championships.

Simeon Utd and Shanklin Sharks both suffered their first defeats of the season at the hands of Sandown Sociedad and Santos.
 Appley Allstars recorded their first two wins of the season over Ryde Saints Rangers and Ryde Sandblasters. The Collins brothers and Adam Squibb helped the team climb into the top six.  

IWBSA Premiership Week 1

THE NEW IW Beach Soccer season kicked off in fine sunshine at the weekend despite forecasts of inclement weather, with more than 120 players taking part and more than 130 goals scored.

Simeon United’s Jamie O’Rourke claimed goal of the day with a lobbed goal kick that found the back of the opposition net, while team of the weekend were newly-formed WKR Santos.
Managed by Kevin O’Neill, the side enjoyed two wins out of two, beating Appley All-Stars 9-3 on Saturday, before going on to defeat Sandown Sociedad 3-2.

For the first time in three years, Sociedad lost both their matches, their defeat at the hands of Santos coming off the back of a 6-3 loss to Ryde Tigers.

The Bees, Wight Stripes and Shanklin Sharks all picked up where they left off last season, with back-to-back wins.
Wight Stripes defeated BSC Galaxy 7-3, before enjoying a 12-4 win over Ryde Saints Rangers. The Bees beat Ryde Saints Rangers 8-2 on Saturday and then beat Ryde Sandblasters 13-1, and Shanklin Sharks had a 10-4 win over Ryde Sports and an 8-2 win over Ryde Tigers.

See you on the Sand!

League fixtures now available 

All League Teams can view the seasons fixutres now on the IWBSA League page. For all information on the 2008 season please email info@iwbsa.com

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Team & Player Registration Forms

All Teams and Players must have their completed Team and Player Registration forms before their Kick off times handed into the Teams and Players Official Sophie Newman who will be on site at Ryde Harbour on the 31st May.

Forms can be found on the Play/ Registration page.

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Ryde Harbour goals go up!

The goals have been erected at the IWBSA league and cup site at Ryde Harbour in preparation for the 2008 beach soccer season.

Team are being encouraged to get on the sand and train on the facility in preparation for a jam packed beach soccer year.

Please respect the site and keep it clean free from any rubbish and report any damage to info@iwbsa.com or phone 07874019870 also please dont park on the area next to the pumping station.

Thank You IWBSA

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England Beach Soccer and Middle Child Productions have joined forces in creating a new beach soccer show to be broadcast on Nuts TV, Monday to Friday at 7pm & 2am, from April 7th until 3rd May. Titled “England Beach Soccer”, the show will focus on a selection of England’s recent International Matches on the Pro circuit.

Our England boys can be seen competing against some of the giants of beach soccer including Brazil (11 times World Champions – out of the 13 years the event has been running), Portugal and France (coached by Eric Cantona), in stunning locations around the world.

Dedicated fans and newcomers alike can see the best in European talent as Madger, Amerelli, and our very own GC Giancovich, demonstrating how the new beautiful game should be played.

Viewers will also be impressed by the Brazilians Buru – the recent FIFA World Cup 2007 Golden Boot winner and MVP- and Benjamin, who is widely thought of as the most naturally gifted player in the world.

For the uninitiated, the show will also feature a section on the rules of the game, and in true beach soccer style will also feature a bevy of sexy ladies strutting their stuff in bikinis on the sand.

EBS are thrilled to be introducing beach soccer to the masses and believe it will help propel the sport into the mainstream.

John Hawkins will be commentating on the show along with an as yet to be announced well known female sports personality. Hawkins said “I’m delighted that Nuts TV will be showing some of the best beach soccer matches from recent months, it will be brilliant for the beach soccer fans up and down the country to see the England team and all the other best teams in the world in full cry. Some of the action is absolutely breathtaking and watching the Brazilians is like a beach soccer masterclass everytime. I really hope the Nuts TV audience enjoy the action as much as we all have”

EBS are excited about appearing on Nuts TV. Nuts TV was launched by Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), a Time Warner company, in September 2007. Inspired by IPC Media’s number one best-selling men’s lifestyle magazine Nuts. The shows cover all the essential topics men want, across four genres: Cops & Crashes; Football; Fights & Darts; Girls. Nuts TV airs daily from 21.00 – 01.00 on Freeview channel 42 and from 19.00 – 03.00 on Digital Satellite, Sky guide 207.The channel was launched with a multi-platform strategy and short-form content is also available to view via a broadband site at www.nuts.tv  , at www.youtube.com/nutstv and www.bebo.com/nuttv

NUTS TV the perfect launch pad for beach soccer.

More details to be announced shortly. Watch this space!