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TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR


SCOTT OLLERENSHAW

Ollerenshaw is a former Socceroo with 18 caps to his name. He rose to prominence in 1988 Gold Cup against both Argentina and Brazil. He was a member of the 88 Seoul Olympic team which made the quarter finals. From 1986- 1993 he played in the old NSL for St George, Sydney Olympic, Apia Leichhardt and Wollongong. This period also included some guest stints at New Zealand team Nelson United.

In 1993 he played in the English 1st Division for midlands team Walsall FC. In 1994 he joined Malaysian team Sabah and scored over 100 goals in 4 seasons. This successful period included winning the Golden Boot twice, FA Cup and Premier League titles. In 1998 he had a short 1 year stint with Malaysian club Negeri Sembilan before joining Northern Spirit in 1999 but chronic arthritis in his hip and ankle forced him to retire in 2000.

Scott is the Managing Director of Borneo Sports & Adventure Holidays and will be the tournament director for the 2010 Borneo Football Cup.
GUEST OF HONOUR


LES MURRAY
Les James Murray, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1945, is an Australian soccer broadcaster, sports journalist and analyst. He is the host of The World Game on SBS television, a Member of the Order of Australia and has been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

As the most prominent commentator and presenter of association football on Australian television, Murray is credited with playing a major role in building the rise in popularity of the sport in the country throughout the 1980s, 1990s and indeed the 21st century. Murray characteristically refers to football as The World Game, a phrase which now is the title of SBS's The World Game.
JOHN KOSMINA
John Kosmina is a former Australian football (soccer) player and manager. He was most recently the manager of Sydney FC. He is a member of the Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame. He played for Polonia and then West Adelaide, before signing for English side Arsenal in February 1978. However, he only played one first-team league game for the Gunners (as a substitute against Leeds United on 19 August 1978), along with 3 apprearances (2 as a substitute) in that season's UEFA cup. He returned to Australia in May 1979.

On his return, he went on to become one of the National Soccer League's most prolific scorers, with stints at Adelaide City, West Adelaide (for a second time), Sydney City, Sydney Olympic and A.P.I.A. Leichhardt Tigers before retiring in 1989. The most successful of these was with Sydney City, being part of their 1981 and 1982 championship winning teams, as well as being the league's top scorer in 1982.

In 2003 he became the inaugural coach of Adelaide United. Kosmina coached United to an impressive 3rd in the final season of the NSL. Maintaining his job for the inaugural season of the Hyundai A-League, Kosmina led his side to the Minor Premiership but a poor finals series saw them finish 3rd overall. The next season saw mixed results for Kosmina and Adelaide United. Finished 2nd on the table behind Melbourne Victory, Adelaide managed to reach the grand final, only to be thrashed 6-0. Kosmina's criticism of the refereeing of that match, coupled with the devasting loss and a touchline ban earlier during the season for a scuffle with Victory captain Kevin Muscat, saw him forced to resign by the Adelaide board. He was then appointed by Socceroos coach Graham Arnold as his assistant for the 2007 Asian Cup.

After the sacking of Branko Culina by the Sydney Football Club Board,Kosmina was confirmed on 24 October 2007 as the new Sydney FC Coach. Since signing with Sydney FC, Kosmina made an immediate impact, wining his first game with Sydney 3-2 against rivalss Central Coast Mariners at the Sydney Football Stadium.

Sydney FC beat the LA Galaxy 5-3 at Sydney's Telstra Stadium in a friendly, and also won a thrilling 5-4 victory against the Central Coast Mariners at Bluetongue Stadium. Following Sydney FC's poor run in the 2008/2009 season (missing the finals for the first time), John Kosmina had his contract terminated in later January 2009. He has since joined Fox Sports as a commentator and football analyst. John also co-host a weekly Internet Television show about soccer/football with Ross Aloisi, Two Up Front for AustralianLiveTV.com


EMCEE


JASON DASEY

Jason Dasey is an international broadcaster, TV interviewer, executive producer, journalist and writer, corporate host/MC and media trainer. His tevelision career includes eight years as a senior anchor/reporter with the ESPN group around the world, four years with BBC World TV and three years at CNN international. As a media trainer, Jason conducted workshops for young jounalists at ESPN/STAR Sports in Singapore and India. In 2004 and 2005, he was a judge on ESPN's Dream Job series. At the end of 2006, Jason served as a consultant and producer in Thailand for BBC World Service Trust, working on its health radio program for Myanmar.

His most recent assingments include producing and hosting the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup for Asian network ASTRO and planning for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He reported from the 2008 U.S. Open from New York and the 2008 Masters from Augusta National for ESPN. He was also host and executive producer of two ESPN specials featuring the best of his SportsCenter Conversations with sports legends. Jason also writes a weekly column for promminent Asian newspapers, The South China Morning Post and the New Straits Times.
ANDY PASCHALIDIS
Andy Paschalidis is a former football player and media personality in Australia. Being a leading expert on association football in Australia, Andy has had many successful commentating stints with various TV and radio stations, most notably Fox Sports beetween 1995 - 2003. Andy began his media career at Australian & British Soccer Weekly in 1983 before working freelance at SBS in 1984 and taking up a full-time position in October 1986. Andy also had a two-year stint with leading Sydney radio station 2GB in 1985/86.