soccer23 soccer22 soccer21 soccer20 soccer19 soccer18 soccer17 soccer16 soccer15 soccer14 soccer13 soccer12 soccer11 soccer10 soccer09 soccer08 soccer07 soccer06 soccer05 soccer04 soccer03 soccer02 soccer01 *Beach Soccer Exchange in Kansai A beach soccer exchange took place on 27 April at the Sennan Rinkai Park in Osaka. Many members of GSA Sanin Kaigan belong to one of the competing teams-PAZAMOR, and the other teams were all familiar with the Ecoplay concept from competing in national competitions. After the competition, all the event participants took part in a clean up and helped to promote Ecoplay as well as the sport of beach soccer, as we look forward to the establishment of the Kansai Beach Soccer League in 2009. Report by Kazuyuki Nishiwaki, GSA Sanin Kaigan 1st Kin-cho Mayor's Cup A beach soccer festival, the 1st Kin-cho Mayor�fs Cup, took place on Igei beach in Okinawa on 22-23 March. 400 people took part in 44 teams in Champion, Friendly and Junior divisions, in what is the nations largest beach soccer event. The Champions class is made up of the nations strongest teams that won through local heats to reach the event. The town mayor, who heads the event committee, made the opening remarks and called on participants to practice fair play and Ecoplay as part of the Ecoflag Movement. This followed an Ecoflag Seminar the previous day that was hosted by the town. Team that took part in this event were asked to write an environmental declaration on their application form as a means of raising awareness, and teams came out onto the pitch preceded by both the fair play flag and Ecoflag. Throughout the event, the DJ repeated the Ecoplay message to participants.