The Lao Elephants Football Club will take on the Thailand Tigers Football Club in tiger territory of Pattaya on June 30.

Be there, get amongst the action and see if the Phants can bring home the cup.

Game kicks-off @ 1:30pm.

See the Flyer for all the details.
Stomp Stomp…

Get around him – his trunk is up…  See you all there – 6:30pm kick-off.

NEWFLASH there is a rumour Ex-2010 Phants Coach will be at training next week to inspire the Phants herd as it stomps towards Pattaya June 30 and ultimately the Asian Cup.  More on this soon…

More details to follow…

If you’d like to participate in the touring side contact the Lao Elephants Football club now…..

SUNDAY’S GAME WILL BE HELD AT SEPON MINE ON THE XANG KHAM FIELD…

COME AND HELP SUPPORT WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY CELEBRATIONS….

• 50% OF FUNDRAISING FROM THE EVENT WILL BE DONATED TO LOCAL SCHOOLS – FOR BOOKS ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

THE EVENT SCHEDULE:

4PM:     SOCCER MATCH

• PADAN ALL STARS VS HINSOM ALL STARS

5PM:     AUSSIE RULES MATCH

• AUSTRALIA VS  LAO P.D.R.

COME DOWN TO ENJOY THE GAMES & WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY….

Michael Simcock - Vice Pres, in form

The Lao Elephants hosted a very successful INDOCHINA CUP four-nations tournament in Vientiane on November 26.

 Approximately 100 players and many spectators, including Andrew Patterson of MMG, enjoyed the event.  After an address from the Australian Ambassador and broadcast of the Lao & Aussie national anthems, the games got underway.  Every game was fiercely contested but played in great spirit, with only one very minor injury recorded for the day.

 The Elephants put in a great effort as usual.  The highlight was when Santisouk Sengdara slotted a goal from the boundary line after the final siren, drawing the game with Cambodia, 29 points each.  Chompsee Sayabounsythong was voted best on ground for the Phants by the visiting teams.  The “Kings of the Mekong” title went to Vietnam who fielded a powerful team and were deserved winners on the day.

 The club would like to thank all of its sponsors including MMG, KXN, Sticky Fingers and ALL the other Lao Elephant sponsors for enabling such a great event to be held in Vientiane.

We would also like to thank Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand for making the trip to Lao for the first event Indo China Cup held in Lao.

We need your help to make this event a success! If anyone would be willing to volunteer there time it would be very much appreciated! We need people to help assist with the running of the event, umpires, goal umpires, boundry umpires, scorer/time keeper, officials etc……

If you think can you assist in some way please contact “President Paul” at president_laoelephants@laopdr.com

Although the Warriors were twice our size, in all different ways, the Lao boys put on a show. The slick skills and quick pace on the ground was the highlight of the Lao guy’s game. Trailing by 3 goals in the first and 3 goals going into half time, the Phants were in with a realistic chance of winning the game. A third quarter burst by the warriors put the Phants behind by 7 goals going into the last. A determined Elephants squad turned in it on in the last to finish 23 points (4 goals) behind a talented Malaysian squad.

There were a number of highlights through out the day, from hard hits, great goals, super plays etc. Picking the best players for the day was extremely difficult due to the consistency by ALL players on the ground except for those who decided The Beach Club was a better option the night before.

The team was joined by the Club President – Paul Simcock who had this to say “The match in KL was my first overseas view of our team in action and despite an 80% Lao player content, the Lao guys beat the stamina of both our own expat players and killed the Malaysian Warrior expats. More player experience and player skills combined with their current stamina, will see the Lao Elephants one of the leading teams to beat throughout South East Asia in the not so distant future … ” and Vice President/Player – Michael Simcock “Great fought out match! The Lao guys were truly inspirational and exciting. The Club with its development of the Lao Nationals through great help from a handful of people is looking extremely strong going into the future”  

The Phants are now in preparation for the Asian Champs held in Bangkok, Thailand next month. With a pleasing game in Malaysia, the Phants hope to capitalise on the experience and take their game to the next level!

The Phants would like to thank their sponsors for the ongoing support and encouragement for the Lao Elephants – MMG (LXML), Boart Long Year, Bor Pen Yang Bar, Argonaut, RM Asia and Vientiane Geomatic Services (VGS). For more information regarding the Phants, please contact president_laoelephants@yahoo.com

Following the resignation of President Langas, the Lao Elephants are delighted to announce the election of Mr. Paul Simcock to the throne. Promising his reign to be one without mercy and much blood-shed President Simcock made his first address to the playing list:

“I would say i’m a bit of an animal-lover. In this way I think I will be really good for the Lao Elephants, combining compassion, and a caring and understanding nature. I will be looking to really get to know the players and understand what makes them tick. I’m really excited about this new challenge and hope i’ll be welcomed with open arms. I think we will have lots of fun together!”

While said to be unimpressed with this initial address, player power-broker Pauly Cornetto has stated he will be willing to give the new Pres a chance if he guarantess him a starting role in the ‘Phants forward line and a case of Beer Lao every month.