Friday April 13 and 27 are regular practice sessions

Friday April 20 we can start at 8:30 instead of 7:30.  We will have to move lane ropes.

There are swim meets on Friday May 4 and June 8.  We have booked Monday May 7 at 8:30 and June 11 at 9:00 instead.

Friday May 18 the Underwater Hockey Nationals organisers have requested a 7:30 practice time for a Junior team training clinic.  I contacted Melanie and it is not certain whether this practice will go ahead or not.  A number of our Victoria people will be playing in the Nationals so I am not sure whether there would be a need for a practice that Friday (those not playing please respond with your interest or not).  We are leaving a decision on that date until we have more information.

We have had a week off hockey.  Lets see some good turnouts this week.

Mark

The 28th Annual Victoria Potluck UW Hockey tournament is to be held:

Pool Location: Saanich Commonwealth Place, 4636 Elk Lake Drive, Victoria
More info: http://www.gov.saanich.bc.ca/resident/recreation/scp.html

Date: Saturday February 3, 2007
Registration time: 9-9:30am
Pool Time: 10:30-5pm

Registration takes place Sat Feb 3 at 9-9:30am.

To save time that morning, please pre-register with the following info:

Name:

City, Prov or state:

Email address:

Offense or Defense:

Skill Level:
Novice: (one year or less)
Intermed: (playing for more than one year; or Experienced but joints no longer working as well)
Experienced: (played in national or international competition)
Expert: (played in national or international competition in the last 3 years)

Let Patti Kagawa know if you need directions, accommodation or any other assistance.

For post-Christmas exercise, Underwater Hockey has been moved to an earlier time slot for Wednesdays:

On Wednesday, December 27: from 7:30-8:30pm. The
pool will set up as long course but an appropriate space can be set
aside for you.

On January 3: from 7:30-8:30pm. Pool set up will be short course for this evening. (more…)

We’ve got all our photos from the weekend up now. Take a look in our photo’s under the Pacific Coast Championships section.

Last night the Victoria Underwater Hockey club was awarded the Pacific Coast Championships Sportsmanship trophy for our excellent conduct both under the water and above it. This was a little unexpected and we’re very honored to be the recipients of such an award. Way to go Brad and Patrik for setting the standard and tone for our play for the weekend.

A big hearty congratulations go to our Victoria PCC team which placed 5th overall in the mixed division. With Captain Brad and Co-Captain Patrik leading the way, the whole club played hard, and reaped the rewards. Considering this was our first PCC team in 10 years, having never played together (not enough people to play a full 10 on 10), and 1/2 our players had played only 20 games or so going into the tournament - we have definitely played our little hearts out. Well done all!

Photos from Friday are now in the photos section, with more from the rest of the weekend coming soon.

(Note: there will NOT be a face to face meeting)

First game is Friday at 8:00 pm
Last game will end at approx. 4pm on Sunday.
Banquet is at the Holiday Inn in Victoria (food at 7pm (tent.))
Referees meeting at 5:30 pm on Friday (at the pool) - all designated refs are to attend (if you aren’t in town yet, please read the document by Simon Talbot)

Wall set up will take place on Friday (11am start) - all volunteers welcome! Wall takedown will commence immediately after the final game in each pool (lots of help needed!)

12 players allowed on roster but only 10 per game, all players must be members of CUGA/USOA Roster must be submitted (to ref table or Marie-Rennee) before first game. (more…)