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Underwater Hockey New Zealand Inter Club ChampsChampionships 2005 | |
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POST-TOURNAMENT INFORMATION Underwater Hockey New Zealand Inter Club Championships were held over the weekend of the 4th - 6th August 2005, in Wellington. Six Grades were offered, with four being filled. The finals for all four grades were well worth a watch, but the unavailability of the WRAC grandstands due to refurbishment must have detered members of the other 17 teams from watching. The Premier final did result in a dozen or so spectators taking to the water, with another 30 or so on the side of the pool. Those who didn't hang around to see the Premier final between Pakuranga Makos and Crocydylus Optimus Prime missed out, with an enthralling game tied at two all at the end of regulation play. This result continued the tight results of five draws in the round robin for the grade and three other games with one goal difference. As it was a final, there can only be one winner, so Chief Referee Vaughan Solomon announced that a golden goal playoff would ensue. This mildy disappointed some spectators and water refs who would have like to see more of the excellent play that extra time followed by a golden goal playoff if scores still tied would have given - not sure what the players wanted! The golden goal quickly occured, with Crocs' Richard Maxwell scoring on the end of some wide passing. Ollie van Rooyen, also from Crocs, maintains he would have scored the winning goal if Richard hadn't stolen the puck off him. The womens' grade final between Figjam Fluro Gluro and Going Postal Angels was a closer game than the round robin game of 9-1 to the Fluro's, with the final score being 7-3 to Fluro Gluro. In the A grade final, the QEII Beefeaters were seeking to repeat their round robin win of 4-3 (a penalty shot in the last ten seconds breaking the deadlock) over Phoenix Ra. However, it wasn't to be, with QEII having a star forward on a plane back to Christchurch and the Ra's welcoming Michael Casey back from illness. QEII threw everything into attack, and not much into defence, and a one sided final ensued, with top seed Phoenix Ra well deserved victors. The B grade final saw 2nd seed Pakuranga C take on 1st seed Tauranga. In the round robin, the two teams had drawn five all, so the stage was set for a tense final. In a close game, the experience of the Pakuranga backline enable them to come out on top with a three goals to two victory. The final results were as follows: Premier Grade
Womens Grade
A-Grade
B-Grade
Top club(Trophy not presented due to not having being returned)
Game scores have been included in the version 2.0 draw. Thanks to all those who helped by sending a woman's team and making a great woman's grade especially Lisa Burroughs and Angela Whiteman. Once again, thanks to Ben Huggins, Rob Fiest, Simon Talbot and Jane Davis whom came and volunteered their time to Pro Referee the tournament and increase the standard of play. Also thanks to the WUHA Committee, and UWHNZ Committee for their support in running the tournament and ensuring things went smoothly. Thanks to all those who participated,
Further review of the tournament can be found in the Inter Club Champs 2005 Report (MS Word 59.5 kB). DURING TOURNAMENT INFORMATION Final draw is the version 2.0 draw. This also contains the game scores so far. B grade medal games:
Womens grade medal games:
A grade medal games:
Premier grade medal games:
Seedings after the round robin: B grade:
Womens grade:
A grade:
Premier grade:
DRAFT DRAW VERSION 2 FOR CHECKING Please download the Modified DRAFT DRAW (Version 2) for the 2005 Inter Club Championships. Please note that this is not necessarily the final draw and changes can occur (and already have). The only teams the latest changes should affect are the P Grade Teams. The final draw will be inside the programme booklet which will be handed out at the Captains, Coaches and Referees meeting which will be held at 5.30pm on Thursday 4th August, at WRAC, in Meeting Room 1 & 2 (Downstairs one). Please pass onto teams and players that Pool Side changing is not allowed. Any person caught poolside changing will be asked to leave WRAC for the remainder of the day, if you are caught again you will be banned from WRAC for two months. WUHA and UWHNZ fully supports this rule and will support WRAC if any player disregards this or any other rule set by WRAC Management. Please note that we will be playing with 3 Water Referees, and 1 Chief Referee as per international rules. We will try and ensure that there is at least one Pro Referee in each court during the games. We will also be playing with the NZ Puck. Player Passes will be handed out at the Meeting and these must be used for the duration of the tournament. If a player loses their pass, then they will have to pay each time s/he exits and then reenters the Pool Complex. Finally, the Prizegiving will be held at the Brentwood Hotel, in Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington. The Venue will be open from 6.30pm, but if people are earlier there is a lounge area. Dinner will be served from 7.30pm and with the Evening finishing at 12 - 12.30pm. (Rugby at 1am). Many thanks and see you Thursday. Michiel Reuvecamp PRE-TOURNAMENT INFORMATION Underwater Hockey NZ is committed to growing the size of the Inter-Club Championships. It is our goal to increase the number of teams from 30 to 40 in the next couple of years. Aided by new pools that are being developed and the growth of Underwater Hockey in secondary schools, we predict that this will happen sooner rather than later. Your support in sending as many teams to this tournament as possible helps us to achieve these goals.
The value of this tournament continues to increase as experience gained at the Tournament has significant benefits to the development of players. Teams that are attending the tournament for the first time will notice a significant increase in their standard of play. The entry pack will be available in approximately a week containing information regarding rules, venue, and further prizegiving information. The reason WUHA is sending out these forms separately is to allow clubs to apply for funding as soon as possible and so hopefully increase their chances of being successful. Please note that the Final Entry date is Friday 10th July 2005. Entries received after this date will not be accepted. Also note that we have made avaliable both a Womens 'A' and 'B' grade. Please try and support the growth of womens hockey in NZ by entering teams in these grades. If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact me via email or on the number below. Regards,
COMPETITION DETAILS When: 6 PM Thursday 4th August –7 PM Saturday 6th August 2005
ENTRY FORM Download the entry form (PDF, 82 kB) TOURNAMENT INFORMATION PACK Download the Tournament programme (MS Word, 6.7 MB) |
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