2005 Asian Championships come to Manila

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2005 Asian Championships come to Manila

Authored by: Julian Clark
on Wednesday, May 18 2005 @ 06:37 pm ACST

Correction:

The 2002 Asian Championships were attended by:
Singapore (Hosts)
Indonesia
Hong Kong
and the China Blues

The China Blues busted their arses getting a team together and getting the uniforms sorted out etc.

This was a major achievement for the China Blues since they had never played outside China before and hadn't played since November 1999.

The China Blues consisted of a contingent from China, ex-Chinese residents who flew in, a couple of stragglers from the other competing teams (all pre-arranged to ensure a full team) and the roping in of ex colleagues / family friends based in and around Singapore (in some cases underwritten by China Blues players) who had not played Asian footy previously... however - we did get a team together.

When the Malaysian Warriors withdrew from the competition, they were absorbed into the China Blues squad to provide more numbers for interchange (which is of course desirable in the Singapore heat).

We are extremely grateful to the Malaysian Warriors for bolstering our numbers, and indeed to everybody that pulled on a Navy Blue jumper that day.

However - for the record...
The China Blues competed in the 2002 Asian AFL Championships

2005 Asian Championships come to Manila

Authored by: Aaron Richard
on Thursday, May 19 2005 @ 01:34 am ACST

Thanks Rooster - Dezza must have slipped up ;)

On the topic, what's the official title for the Asian championships? It'd be cool to get a decent history of it into the wiki.

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