USA Underwater Hockey Schedule

Underwater hockey photo from world's in June of 1998 at San Jose California click here for full size France versus South Africa  Photo by Rick Rickman

Harry Hsiung's website contains links for underwater hockey

Date of Event	Calendar of events for Underwater hockey in US for annual calendar: http://www.uwhockey.org/tournaments (Stephan Hack's website)
	WARNING this website is now at http://www.underwater-society.org/usuwh/index.html Newer easy to remember http://www.usuwh.org now points to this site.  The old website at http://www.teleport.com/~hlhsiung/ is no longer being maintained so update your saved links..  my new email address has changed tomailto:hsiung1@attbi.com  Please update USA only: for pools with USOA insurance (risk waiver form) : risk Wavier form in Word format (for all particpants not just tournament players) fill out and mail back to Carol Rose
April 6, 2002	Timing is Everything in This Breathless Sport NPR interview of Washington DC club members by Peter Breslow NEW For the hockey diehards, just thought you'd find it fun that George Mason University in the Washington DC area has approved the 1 credit course: PHED 158- Underwater Hockey.  This couse will begin in Spring 2003.  Many thanks to all those that reponded a few months back to my request for information to help put the class together.  Special thanks go to Sean Avent for putting together a great syllabus and Carol Rose for providing supporting documentation. Sun, David  mailto:David Sun1@davidsun.com
March 29-31, 2002	CALGARY EASTER INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT      Calgary Alberta Canada Further details regarding specifics can be found on the Cuga Website at: http://www.cuga.org Bunny Division (better known as A Division): 1) Team Vancouver / Montreal / Ontario / with a little Australia thrown  in for spice 2) USA 1 3) US Mens Masters Spring Chicken Division (better known as B Division): 1) Seattle 2) Calgary 3) Edmonton
Sat April 20th	Champaign Spring Tournament                                    Champaign Illinois (Univ. of Illinois) We are having a tournament to celebrate "Huff Hall's Last Hurrah: Champaign Spring Tournament 2002" on Saturday April 20th, 2002.  Make sure you attend, it will be the greatest event since Uncle T's Birthday Tournament 2000.  Pool time is as usual: around 10-8 on Saturday, early birds come for practice on Friday 6:30-8:30, possible pool time on Sunday. Banquet will be Saturday night at 9pm (it's confirmed this time) at the Lake House in Urbana followed by FoohahPalooza back at the Champaign HockeyHouse. Costs are not yet determined, crashing space is available, and everyone is welcome to come!!! Out of towners, look for tickets now: Fly into Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Willard Airport in Champaign  [CMI], or Bloomington IL [BMI].  More info soon.... look for our website http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/uwhockey Renata
May 10-12th	Canadian National Underwater Hockey Championships         Guelph, Ontario Reasons to Go: Great pool with a fast, flat bottom. Fantastic banquet & prizes (No Death Metal entertainment this time, sorry guys). The most nutritious poolside buffet anywhere. On deck massage therapists. Venue: University of Guelph Athletics Centre, Guelph, Ontario. Divisions: Open A, Open B, Women, Junior(u19) Registration: Fees are $1100.00/team & $800.00/junior team. Fees are based on 10 players per team. If you plan on bringing 11 or 12, let us know & we can make arrangements. Registration is due by April 15th, 2002. All fees not recieved by 04/15 are subject to a 25% increase, NO EXCEPTIONS. Fees cover pool time, t- shirt, banquet & poolside food. All players must be members of their respective National organisation (CUGA, USOA, etc.) Cheques are payable in Canadian funds to-     Canadian Underwater Games Association, 4010 Stanley Rd SW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. T2S 2P4. Restrictions: A limit of 6 teams per division is being set . More may be allowed, provided there is pool time available. Teams must be comprised ENTIRELY of Canadian Residents in order to qualify for medals. Exhibition teams from abroad will be allowed in limited numbers.  Send all enquiries to  natsreg2002@hotmail.com  More info will be available soon, including hotel & rental car info etc. Thanks & I hope to see you there.  Jeff Stanhope uwhspicoli@hotmail.com
May 17-19th Thursday, May 16  Practice/Set up  (5:30 to 7:00 pm) Friday, May 17 Tournament play 9am-7pm Saturday , May 18 Tournament play 9am-7pm Sunday , May 19 Tournament play 9am-7pm Banquest Monday, May 20 Canoe Trip on the  Ichetucknee River  or Crystal River  Boat Trip	US National Underwater Hockey Tournament           Gainesville, Florida Announcing the 2002 US National Underwater hockey Tournament to be held in Gainesville, Florida! This tournament will be an USOA sponsored event and so USOA memberships need to be current.  Please let me know of your team’s intention to enter the tournament ASAP via e-mail. The tournament dates are Friday May 17, Saturday May 18th, and Sunday May 19th. The banquet will be held on Sunday night following end of play. As play will start early Friday am, the level 1 course will be Thursday nite -  I need to know anyone wanting to take it for credit or no credit. Thank  you!!! And see you there  Carol Rose On Monday, May 20th, there will be either a canoe trip down the Ichetucknee River or a boat trip on the Gulf of Mexico near Crystal River (to be decided).  This is a spring fed river that is crystal clear.  The underwater visibility is typically 50 ft or more.  Also there are numerous local springs (Ginnie, Blue, etc.) that are great snorkeling locations and offer some of the best cave diving in the world.  The Atlantic Beaches & Jacksonville are 1.5 hours from Gainesville.  The Gulf of Mexico is 45 minutes away (Cedar Key, as in the Jimmy Buffett song).  Tampa and Orlando are 2 hours away.  There is an airport in Gainesville but it is usually much cheaper to fly into Jacksonville, Orlando, or Tampa. Venue: The tournament will be held in the Dwight H. Hunter Municipal  Pool.The pool is flat, has a fast fiberglass bottom and is 7 ft. deep.  Two playing areas will be available. Tournament participation cost per person is $500/team (excludes mandatory USOA membership).  The banquet cost on Sunday is $20 per person.  Individual players will be assigned a team from a list of extra players.  Payment of tournament fees and 2002 USOA membership sign up have to occur before start of play.  For the banquet, if there are any dietary  equirements, Please let me know.  Paid tournament registration fees are due no later than May 1st. Send checks to: Christopher Niezrecki 105 NW 99th Terrace Gainesville, FL 32607 For Information Call: 352-331-2740 Specific questions regarding format and rules can be addressed to Kendall Banks (KendallCTV@aol.com). Chief refs: Carol Rose & Woody Lee Accommodations: A block of rooms has been reserved for the Underwater Hockey National Tournament at two hotels that are across the street from each other.  Holiday Inn – West $59.00/ night Phone: 352-332-7500 Web site: www.hiwgainesville.com E-Mail: info@hiwgainesville.com Days Inn – Newberry Rd. $46.00/night Phone: 352-332-3033 Floor space is extremely limited and is offered on a first-come-first serve basis.  There is also tent space available in the back yard and woods.  For other hotels check the web.  Anything near exit 75 or 76, off of I-75 will be fine.  There are plenty of hotels to choose from. Directions to Pool From Jacksonville (North): Take 301 S from I-10.  Go through Starke and Waldo.  Please note that the section of road between I-10 and Gainesville is notorious as being one of the worst speed traps in the country!  If the speed limit is 35 mph don’t travel 36!  Take route 24 south (Waldo Road) to Gainesville.  Once in Gainesville, take a right on 8th Avenue (the numbers will go down).   Then take the first right onto NE 14th St.  The pool is approximately 500 yards on the LHS. Directions to Pool From South: Take I-75 N to Exit 76 (Newberry Rd.)  Head East (right) towards Gainesville.  In approximately one mile, take a left onto 8th Ave.  Follow 8th Ave for 5-6 miles.  You’ll pass from the NW section of town into the NE section of town.  After Main St. the street names will have a NE on them.  Once you pass Main St., the street numbers will start to increase.  Take a left on NE 14th St.  The pool is approximately 500 yards on the LHS.  If you cross Waldo Rd. (route 24) while traveling on 8th Ave., you have gone too far. Directions to (Chris & Amy’s): From the pool get back onto NE 14th St. and take a right onto 8th Ave going west.  Follow 8th Ave until it ends.  Take a right onto Newberry Rd.  Go under I-75 (exit 76) and continue west on Newberry Rd. Take a left on NW 91st Street.  Go about a mile and then turn right onto SW 1st place (into Fort Clark Forest).  Follow the road until the stop sign.  Then take a right and go to the end of the court. Our house is the brown house (second from the end on the RHS), 105 NW 99th Terrace.  Call 352-331-2740  (Cellular: 352-246-9505) if you get lost. update 4/11/02  US Nationals players: 1. The deadline to register a team for the tournament is May 1st!  Checks received after May 1st will be assessed a $50 late fee. Tournament participation cost per person is $500/team (excludes mandatory USOA membership).  The banquet cost on Sunday is $20 per person.  Individual players will be assigned a team from a list of extra players.  Payment of tournament fees and 2002 USOA membership sign up have to occur before start of play.  For the banquet, if there are any dietary requirements, Please let me know.  Paid tournament registration fees are due no later than May 1st. Send checks to: Christopher Niezrecki 105 NW 99th Terrace Gainesville, FL 32607 2. Individual players or groups of players also need to register by May 1st. The cost is $50 per player ($55 after May 1st).  Individual players will be combined to form teams.  Any team may request individual players to play on their team in order to complete their roster.  Ultimately the placement of the individual players will be determined by the organizing committee. 3. The block of hotel rooms reserved for you will soon expire.  Please make reservations at one of the two hotels that is recommended in the attachment ASAP! 4. I need to determine a head count for the banquet on Sunday May 19th. Please let me know if you are planning on attending ASAP. 5. I need to determine who is planning canoeing on the Monday after the tournament.  We recently free dived one of the springs at the location we are going to.  It's a 35 -50 ft spring fed cave that has multiple rooms. The water is crystal clear and the cavern is amazing.  One of our hockey players recently submerged in the cavern for over 3 minutes without SCUBA. You can also SCUBA dive this cavern if you wish. 6. Currently I have verbal confirmation from the following teams: FULL TEAMS 1. Gainesville/Vero Beach 2. Denver, CO Agnes Debrunner    adebrunn@mines.edu 3. Virginia Tech 4. West Palm Beach, FL  Pat Partington, patpix@earthlink.net 5. Charleston, SC Greg Appling   gregory_uwh@yahoo.com 6. Colorado State University   Missy Kehoe   missy-k@juno.com  Dave Wiles davewiles42@hotmail.com 7. Seattle, WA  Pat Carboneau   pcarboneau@email.msn.com (that's a maybe not confirmed yet) 8. Club Puck A 9. Club Puck B 10. Champaign HALF TEAMS Charleston 4 players    ericasmith22@HOTMAIL.COM Texans brady.watkins@dcaa.mil MAYBE: Chicago, MN, Cape Cod, Houston, Dallas, DC, CT  (Can the Maybes please let me know if they are coming or not!) Christopher Niezrecki Assistant Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Florida P.O. Box 116300 Gainesville, Florida 32611-6300 niezreck@ufl.edu Phone: 352-392-8494 (W) Phone: 352-331-2740 (H) Fax: 352-392-1071
July 15-28th 2002	2002 World Underwater Hockey Championships in Calgary Alberta Canada Calgary Crocodiles local Calgary UWH club http://www.angelfire.com/ab2/uwhcalgary/ Official website for worlds http://worlds2002.net/ UPDATED Puck will be the "Oreo" puck. Bottom will be sport court.  See website
Washington Underwater  Hockey Practice Schedule	Drawing by Beth Anderson
Sat 6pm - 8pm Tues 8pm - 9:30pm $6/practice or $40/session adv pay 10 weeks Newcomers are free first practice	Seattle Underwater HockeyAt Seattle University Connolly center located at Cherry and 14th Street ( I-5 exit James St in downtown Seattle, go up hill then down and it becomes Cherry) contact Pat Carboneau at (206) 217-0792 mailto:pcarboneau@msn.com or  Harry Hsiung at mailto:hsiung1@attbi.com Seattle and Bellingham Team members Connelly center website phone(206) 296-6441 (across from soccer field and tennis courts)  Connolly Center bldg 7 on the map Northwest Underwater Hockey mailing list: Post message: mailto:NWUnderwaterHockey@yahoogroups.com Subscribe:  mailto:NWUnderwaterHockey-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: mailto:NWUnderwaterHockey-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com URL:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NWUnderwaterHockey
Friday 8:30pm - 10:00 pm  at Hazen High School $5/practice	Hazen High school in Renton Washington  Practice is in a 4-6 foot pool every friday. This is  good practice for beginners.Check with Dennis Murray for schedule dmurray@telisphere.com 253-839-6952 Directions(coming from south of Seattle or Renton): take I-5 to 405 (toward bellevue).  Exit on sunset(Exit 5 highway 900). Turn right and go up the hill. Go through lots of   lights and past several strip malls. When the road curves right into a residential area turn right onto Hoquian (just past 142 st where the road changes to 2 lanes). Pool  is on left side of the high school building near the back. Hazen High School:  1101 Hoquiam Ave NE,  Renton, WA 98059        pool phone no. 425-204-4230 map location Hazen High school Check with Dennis to make sure there is practice.
Thurs. night 8 - 10pm Sun 10am - noon $5/practice	Bellingham Underwater Hockey                               at Western Washington Univ. Carver Gym  Located west of  I-5 90 minutes north of Seattle( look for exit 252 for Western Washington Univ or Samish way ). Go west, at stop light with Burger King on corner turn left. Turn right into University. Go around the Tennis courts to the right past the hand sculpture. Carver Gym is behind the 1st set of buildings.  contact Joel at mailto:jscarlson@earthlink.net  or James Luce at jluce@cob.org   phone(360)733-6069 Restart practices on Thurs. Jan 10th from 8-10pm and Sun 10-noon.
Mon and Wed  7pm - 8:30pm	Oregon Underwater Hockey                                at Osborn Aquatic Center in Corvallis  1940 NW Highland Dr.,          Corvallis,  Oregon 97330 Phone: (541)752-6236 Contact Kim Garbutt at  mailto:tkgarbutt@home.com
Saturdays noon-2pm Starting 9/8/01	Oregon Underwater Hockey                                     in Hillsboro Oregon  New team starting up in Portland Oregon area. Please contact Kimberly Zayas at mailto:kimberly.g.zayas@intel.com Practice in Hillsboro Aquatic Center
Tu Thr19h15 to 21h00 7:15pm - 9pm	Chico State UWH practice                                        Northern California The best way to confirm playing times is to call Jeff Young @ 916.345.6478. or mailto:jyoung@calwater.com
M Tu Thr 8pm-9:30pm Sat 4:30 - 6pm	San Diego UWH practice San Diego plays Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 8:00 - 9:30pm. Also, Saturday from 4:30 - 6:00pm. First time is free!Tuesday, beginners night, is free! Normal rate is $5.00. We play at the Plunge (Frog's Health Club) in Belmont Park (Giant Dipper Roller Coaster) in Mission Beach. Directions: http://www.giantdipper.com/directions.html
	Sitka Alaska Mighty Fighting Humpies contact Beau Bauder at mailto:beau@searhc.org or Liz Brown at mailto:lizunalaska@hotmail.com
Mon 8:30pm-10:30pm  Thurs 8:00pm - 10:00pm	The Houston UWH team plays: Mondays 8:30 - 10:30pm and Thursday 8:00 - 10:00pm      First time is free! Normal rate is $6.00 We play at the Sugarland First Colony Pool, on Austin Parway Blvd. Directions: Hwy 59 South to Hwy 6, turn left (East). Go about 6 or solights, turn right on Austin Parkway Drive. Turn left at the first Stop sign, then immediately go right into the parking lot for the First Colony Pool.
	Canadian Clubs
April to Aug. schedule Wed & Fri  9pm - 10pm Saanich Commonwealth Pool Fri. 7:30pm - 8:30pm Univ. of Victoria Pool ?	Victoria, British Columbia Canada Underwater Hockey  Practice at two pools: Near Victoria on Vancouver Island Saanich Commonwealth Place,  4636 Elk Lake Drive, Saanich 727-5300 close to Hwy 17 and Royal Oak Dr University of Victoria Pool Contact: Patti Kagawa 250-478-2419         or   Pat Mendria 250-568-0515 email: Patti.Kagawa@gems4.gov.bc.ca Annual potluck at Victoria Saanich pool is usually in Feburary.
Tues and Thurs 9-11pm	Calgary Underwater Hockey jmg@netcom.ca posted Wed, 19 May 1999  "Come out and practice your swimming, puck handling and team skills from 9-10 pm, Tues and Thurs at Lindsay Park in Calgary. We play from 10-11pm and for new members or visiting players, admission and equipment is provided free." Alisdair Galbraith CUHC

Club Puck's World's UWH tournament website Results from Worlds 1998 in San Jose(scores and rankings) VIDEO TAPES of 98 Worlds available ordering website or email Patrick Partington

11th CMAS Underwater Hockey World Championships in Tasmania Australia Website:2000 World Championship Official Web Site Final Standings    April 22-29th 2000    Elite Men Elite Women Masters Men Masters Women 1. Australia 2. France 3. Canada 4. South Africa 5. Netherlands 6. New Zealand 7. Great Britain 8. USA 9. Colombia 10. Slovenia 11. Italy 12. Argentina 13. Yugoslavia 14. Turkey 15. Moldova 1. Australia 2. Canada 3. South Africa 4. USA 5. France 6. Netherlands 7. New Zealand 8. Great Britain 9. Argentina 10. Yugoslavia 11. Turkey 1. Australia 2. South Africa 3. New Zealand 4. USA 1. South Africa 2. Australia 3. New Zealand 4. Great Britain 5. USA wins/losses by team

Pacific Coast Championships    Sept   1-3 2001               Honolulu Hawaii Pictures    Open Division Mixed Division Vancouver (won in overtime sudden death; 36 minutes total game time) Club Puck San Diego Seattle Married with Phins Quebec Wai Ku Kai (Hawaii) Kapakahi (Hawaii) 1. Seattle 2. Married with Phins 3. Quebec      this year all teams played in a round robin but mixed teams played with 3 women in the water for their matches.

2001 USA Underwater Hockey Nationals      San Jose State Univ. CA  Link to pictures from US Nationals 2001   A Division B Division C Division 1. Champaign 1 2. VT / Florida 3. Club Puck 4. Club Puck 5. Club Puck 6. San Diego 7. Cape Cod 8. Seattle (SeaBees) 1. Denver 2. Livermore 3. Texas Torpedos 4. Chicago ?.  ?.  7. Dallas Puck Pirates 8. Champaign 2 Note: Charleston and San Francisco finished 5 and 6th, just not sure of who where. RBHS V RBHS Alumni Livermore 2 RBHS JV

Hockeynet How to get the latest news on Hockey Net Hockey net is an automated email service provided by the Underwater Society of America.   Sean Avnet at San Francisco University is the administrator. If you subscribe to this mailing list you will receive a copy of all email messages anytime someone sends a message to the email address: mailto: underwater-hockey@topica.com I know this may disgruntle some of you, but the hockeynet has once again been moved. The changeover is automatic and people already subscribed to hockeynet at the mailinglist.com address will not have to do anything but send future messages to the new topica.com address - details below. Although I tried to keep the list at the same address so that everyone would know where to find us. Unfortunately, our service provider is selling out to a free service (Topica.com) that will put a couple lines of text at the bottom of each message. Fortunately though, we are now able to take advantage of more options with the new service including: - selecting a digest or non-digest version - a choice of reading messages on the web rather than having them emailed - a searchable archive of messages (although I have had trouble with this feature) Please let me know if you have outstanding thoughts on this service or if you are having trouble with any of the features. And if you have posted instructions about how to subscribe or unsubscribe to the mailinglist.net address on a web page, please change it. I will be searching for the old instructions and emailing the webmaster of those pages separately as well to remind them.  The new address for posting messages is: underwater-hockey@topica.com The new address for subscribing is: underwater-hockey-subscribe@topica.com The new address for unsubscribing is: underwater-hockey-unsubscribe@topica.com You may also subscribe, unsubscribe, set personal features, etc, at: http://www.topica.com/lists/underwater-hockey Thanks for the patience, Sean R. Avent (Hockeynet Demagogue) savent@underwater-society.org Chicago now has a mailing list for underwater hockey news. To subscribe send mail to Midwest_UWH-subscribe@topica.com mediated by Dave Kennedy (dmkenndy@students.uiuc.edu)  USOA website: http://www.underwater-society.org/