Underwater Hockey in Victoria, BC

February is a busy month for other events. Lets get a good turnout for the times when we still have the pool.

Wednesday, February 13th canceled in Competition pool. Teen program will still run.
Friday, February 15th canceled

Wednesday, February 20 - move training session to 9:00pm to accommodate an extra water polo request (the Great Britain Junior Women National Water Polo Team is in Victoria)
Friday, February 22 - canceled

Friday, February 29 - canceled

Wed Dec 26 - pool shuts down at 4pm - no practice

Fri Dec 28: 7:30-8:30 pm

Wed Jan 2: 7:30-8:30 pm

Fri Jan 4 - 7:30-8:30pm

Have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours!!

The 29th Annual Victoria Potluck Underwater Hockey Tournament is to be held:

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

Date: Saturday, January 19th
Registration time: 9-9:30am
Pool Time: 10:30-5pm

Registration takes place Sat Jan 19th at 9-9:30am

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

Name, City, Province (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, accomodation or have any other questions.

Just a big thanks to the Victoria Nationals team members for their efforts over the weekend. For those of you who weren’t there, the Victoria team finished second in the B division! Quite the achievement, the round robin saw us have a tough draw with Vancouver, a good win against Calgary, and a tired loss to Edmonton. Come the finals, our true colours came through and we convincingly demolished the Vancouver team (6-2) to make it through to the final against Edmonton. We played a great final, scoring the first 2 goals (some might say we should have been awarded the 3rd goal too) and we had a 2-1 lead at half time. We had them well rattled. Unfortunately their fitness won through and they took the game but I was most impressed with our dedication!

Victoria had already gained the respect of the other teams by simply fielding a team for Nationals, but when we started winning games, a lot of people sat up to take notice! I was personally impressed with how each and every team member lifted a few gears, it was incredible to notice the difference in all of you!

A few key moments from the competition…

• Yes I was the first (and only?) member to take a penalty… hey it was to save a goal!
• Vice-Captain Patrik and Big Jim combining to score a goal against Vancouver A-Division National Team!
• Patrik scoring that goal by sending a ~63 foot flick over Roger’s (Vancouver) stick (that doesn’t happen every day!)
• Patti’s ‘crushing blow’ to the ‘big guy’ on the Vancouver team (I particularly enjoyed that one)
• The birth of the “Victoria Demons” - our new team name
• … and many more

Next challenge… send a team to a competition?

Captain Brad

We’ve posted the photos from the Nationals! Thanks Stephen for the upload!

Check out the Victoria Demons!

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