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| Pick me Pick me..... IIHF DIV3 to be hosted in Cape Town 2013 |
19 May 2012 |
Only days ago the IIHF announced that Cape Town will be hosting the Division 3 World Championships for Senior Mens from 15 - 21 April 2013.
The host country, South Africa, will be coming up against DPR Korea, Luxembourg, Ierland and 2 of the 4 coutries taking part in the Div3 qualifying tournament being held prior to the tournament (14 - 17 October 2012) in the United Arab Emirates. Those team are Greece, Mongolia, United Arab Emirates and Georgia.
With Cape Town having hosted the tournament last year already and a tremendous "job well done", this Championships is surely set to be bigger and better and TEAM SOUTH AFRICA definately has their desires set on the GOLD medal.
As only the winning team now moves up to the next division, coaching staff (Ronnie Wood and Bob Mancini) will be looking to ensure 5 wins and use this tournament as part of their preparation for the 2014 Div2 tournament.
More information to come..... |
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| Need kit? Want kit? Well we got what you need!!! |
17 May 2012 |
| Vice Chairman, Jason Cerff, has secured a shipment of various 2nd hand kit ranging from stickblades to helmets. This kit is to assist development players, try-out members and is also for sale to those who are in need to various pieces of equipment. Below is a list of the items available: |
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- Complete goalie kit (no helmet)
- Junior replacement stick blades
- Cover socks & practice jerseys
- Skates
- Protective pants
- Chest pads
- Gloves
- Neck guards
- Under Armour clothing
- Helmets with grids and half face visors |
| For more information about obtaining kit and kit purchases, please contact Jason Cerff via 082 571 6864 |
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| Influx of players |
17 May 2012 |
This past Sunday morning's junior/intermediate practice saw a huge increase of players on the ice. This is a great sign and we hope that this trend keeps on the up, well done to those who have put in the effort to spread the word about ice hockey in Cape Town.
We look forward to having more and more players on the ice soon! |
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| PointStreak Scoring System |
17 May 2012 |
The SAIHA (South African Ice Hockey Association) has adopted the PointStreak Scoring System as the official "management" tool to run all leagues in the country. This system offers amazing features such as league setup, player profiles, automated stats, live online viewing of game scores including play-by-play, etc. The system will be merged with the WP Ice Hockey website for all players and spectators to view.
More infomation to come... |
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| 2012 Season is underway |
18 April 2012 |
This past Monday night the Penguins and Storm teams battled it out for the first games of the seasons running through the age groups: Juniors, Intermediate and Seniors. A great turn out all round and we are sure that it is just going to get better and better. The Penguins franchise seemed to have the edge on the evening with 3 wins (scores to be updated soon) but this is just what was needed to give the Storm team a wake up call.
Please note: The changerooms will unavailable for the next two weeks as the ice rink is upgrading that side of the arena. |
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| Starting hockey? Wonder what kit you need? |
28 February 2012 |
Have a look at the below picture, this shows you exactly what equipment is needed for ice hockey practices and games. Included is off ice gear for warming up before games.
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| Local Hockey update for the month of February |
27 February 2012 |
The month began rather swiftly with all players young and old flocked to the rink for the commencement of the 2012 pre-season training. Parents stood with mouth's wide open as the team of WP coaches went to work running a seemless practice for close to 60 kids, with ease and great success.
Putting into practice what they had learnt at the USA hockey level 1 and 2 course, they divided the rink up into 6 sections, with each section focusing on a different element of the game such as skating, shooting, puck control, passing, fun & more fun. Each group has between 8 and 12 skaters and drills are layed out in such a way that they are kept active within the drill until it is time to move onto the next drill. This ensures that all skates receive a well-rounded training session and are kept enthusiastic and keen to learn + always adding in that element of fun!
WP assistant coaches work under the guidence of head coach Ronnie Wood. Marc Giot and Deen Magmoed have been coaching for many years now and have recently been accompanied by Mich Joubert, Klyde Stevens, Quintin Kotze and assisted by Cheslyn Cassiem, Jerry McAmbo along with various upcoming national team players.
At the moment all the hype surrounds that national teams preparing for their international tours. The ladies are heading to Korea and both U18 & Mens Senior teams are heading to Bulgaria. Both the U18s and ladies have had team training camps in Jhb & the Mens team will be commencing with their training camp this coming weekend both at the Kollonade & Kempton arenas.
The Senior Men will be traveling to Romania prior to their IIHF tournament where they will be playing 2 warm up games against the Steaua Rangers, a top-level team from the Romanian league.
This past Monday also saw the first of the Playoffs League take off to a decent start of the senior season with Team Storm vs The Penguins. A week of marketing and preparation saw a couple hundred eager spectators that were witness to a 4 - 2 win in favour of the Penguins. Although very early in the season and many of the regular athletes not yet returned to the ice, a great game was played with end-to-end action for the majority of the 60 minutes including some rough stuff to keep the crowd on the edge of their seats.
All in all a great start to the 2012 season and we guarantee its going to get better and better!!!! |
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| USA Hockey's Level 1 and 2 coaching course comes to Cape Town |
04 February 2012 |
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This past January, ex NHL Oilers Development Director and current USA Hockey Development Director, Bob Mancini, hosted the USA hockey level 1 & 2 coaching course in Cape Town at the Strand Towers Hotel (host hotel of last years IIHF Div3 athletes).
Bob arrived on the Friday late evening, just in time for the commencement of the seminar starting bright and early Saturday morning at 9am. The attendance was made up of Cape Town's core players and officials, who were looking to further develop their coaching & management skills.
Day 1 was a 6 hour intense focus lecture on the USA level 1 covering topics such as Overview, Role of the coach, Comunication, Creating a World Class Hockey Program at 8u and Ice Utilization, ending off with a Q&A session which always seemed to be rather informative and comical.
Bob was then guided through the V&A Waterfront by two of the players where he learnt about Cape Town and more about local hockey, which Bob found rather facinating as it is varstly different from hockey in the States.
Day 2 began with a morning skate, before heading back to the hotel for another 6 hour lecture however level 2 was alot more interactive and 5 minutes into the session everyone was paired up and working on drill development and presenting their ideas to the rest of the class.
Level 2 focused on Creating a World Class Hockey Program at 10u/12u, Communication, Goaltending, Checking and Teaching through small area games. Overall a great success and Bob was pleased with the past two days.
As Bob will be joining the Mens national team as an assistant coach, he joined them on the ice both Monday and Tuesday night working on various elements and restating systems and plays from head coach Ronnie Wood.
This weekend Bob and Ronnie are currently in Gauteng hosting the same level 1and 2 course and working with the rest of the Mens national team in preparation for the upcoming IIHF tournament.
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| WP's Jade Johnson raises the SA flag in Canada |
04 January 2012 |
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Recently turned 18 years of age, the SA blackbelt karate martial-artist and hockey player left for Canada December 2011 to persue his hockey career. Jade made good friends with u18 coach in Mexico, Macky Reineke, who he is staying with and showing the ropes with an offer to play for the IceBoks just days after arriving overseas.
The IceBoks are a team of all South African players that currently stay in Canada who for the first time, took part in the Canadian Multicultural Hockey Championships where they beat Korea in the finals to win the tournament.
We wish Jade the best of luck with his Canadian adventures and hope to see him in the future back on the ice in Cape Town and holding the SA flag high in the national team.
Picture right: Jade Johnson after the win against Korea (4-3) with the CMHC cup. |
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| 2012 Hockey Shop - Buy and Sell online |
03 January 2012 |
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As you can see on the left hand side, the screen shot shows you a quick look at the online hockey shop.
This allows you to click on the kitted player on the left (NHL's Alexander Ovechkin) and depending on the area you have selected, it will then show the equipment that is for sale. Hope that this feature offers all those in the local sport to buy and sell hockey kit as needed.
To view the online shop click here (it will open in a new window) and to sell your kit click here (to email your equipment list for sale) |
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