Hello Parents & Swimmers of the Tier 4/Regional Groups!
The swim club has purchased 20 tickets for the Tier 4 & Regional swimmer to attend the World Sledge Hockey Challenge that is going to take place in Charlottetown next week in Charlottetown. We are going to get to see one of the most exciting games....Team Canada vs. Team USA!! Here are the details and some additional information on the sport of sledge hockey.
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Game Time: 7:00 PM
Location: MacLauchlan Area A at the CARI Complex
We will meet at 6:45 PM in the lobby (in front of the pool windows) at CARI. I will pass out the swimmer's tickets then. Parents, brothers and sisters...if you are interested in attending, you can let me know in advance and I can reserve tickets for you OR you can purchase tickets at the door. Cost for a ticket is $6.00.
Tanya Tynski has volunteered to take her van and can drive 6 people. Thank-you Tanya! If anyone else can assist with drives can you please contact Tanya Tynski by e-mail @ tmtynski@pei.sympatico.ca or by phone and she will coordinate travel arrangements for the team.
Hope to see as many people there as possible to cheer on Team Canada!! If you have never seen this sport played, I highly recommend that you check it out!! It is AMAZING!!
Coach Tracy
Sledge Hockey Information
Sledge Hockey is the Paralympic version of the ice hockey and since its debut on the Paralympic program at the 1994 Paralympic Winter Games, it is quickly becoming one of the most popular sports.
Sledge hockey is fast paces highly physical and played by male athletes with a physical disability in the lower part of the body. It is played exactly like ice hockey except players sit in a sled with blades on the bottom and they move across the ice by pushing themselves with picks. The picks double as hockey stick blades when flipped around.
For more information on the event, check out the CARI website at www.caripei.ca
