Feb 16 - 18, 2008
SITE ACCOMMODATIONS REGISTRATION
BANQUET, ACTIVITIES & LIST OF EVENTS
Calgary is once again proud to host this Zone level Underwater Hockey Tournament, which has been a standard in Calgary for over 30 years.
The
Site of the 2007 tournament will be the
Talisman Centre, which was the host facility to the 2002 World Underwater
Hockey Championships. The Talisman Centre, formerly called "Lindsay Park Sports
Centre," a full service fitness facility and sporting complex. The centre
features two 50 metre swimming pools, a teaching pool, a diving tank with diving
boards and platforms, two tracks, over 16,000 sq. ft of weight & cardio
equipment, five gyms, and much more.
Pool layout as follows:
1 playing surface
Court 1 - 12.5m x 21 m x 2.6m depth
Out of Water end subbing (off to one side)
18" Hard Wall Barriers on one side, full pool walls on other three sides.
Warm up in non playing area.
Puck will be the Oreo Puck.
Pool Times: Times are now final - we may be finishing earlier on Saturday. The clinic is tentative at this time. If any group wants to book time let me know.
Thursday: Barrier install in pm
Saturday: 12 noon - 3 pm (in shallow pool) 3pm - 10 pm
Sunday: 10 am - 5 pm
Monday: 7 am to 2 pm (Open Clinic) - TBA - at this time I need to know if anyone wants the pool time or will have to cancel it.
Pool times now confirmed. Banquet - Mother Tuckers' Food Experience at 6:30 on Sunday.
Format - Schedule will be posted on Wed.
Please use the back gated entrance that overlooks the pool to gain access to the locker rooms.
The host hotel is the Days Inn on Macleod
The Hotel is the Days Inn at 3828 Macleod Trail S
Room rate is $104.00 per room, for 2 people plus tax. Additional people are 5.00 each. (As breakfast is included this is what they are charging).
When you call to make reservations, please call the hotel directly and state you are with UHAA or the Underwater Hockey Association of Alberta.
To book a room call (403) 243-5531
Book early Cut Off Date is Feb 8, 2008
Hotel provides:
Early deadline is by Feb 4. Fees are $60.00 for CUGA members, $75.00 for non- members. After this date the fee goes up 25.00 per person, no exceptions. If I do not have it in my mailbox on Feb 4 then you pay the extra fee.
Canadian players, I need address, phone, email from everyone. If you do not want to be signed up on Canada hockey net, please indicate this with your contact info (however canada hockey net will be the primary source of information for members)
If you only play one day, you pay full price. Sorry, but pool time remains the same cost even if you play both days or not.
Registration dues include:
Fees may be paid by:
US funds are at par - try to use Canadian funds when using credit card as you get the better bank rate.
When sending in registration - Canadian players must send in complete information including name, address, phone number, and email address (We are updating the CUGA directories).
US players - please send in full names of team members or individual members.
Cheques/Money Orders are payable to: UHAA
Mail payments to: UHAA
4010 Stanley Rd SW
Calgary, AB
Canada, T2S 2P4
Email: margaretlfrancis@cs.com
BANQUET
Mother Tuckers Food Experience -345 10 Avenue SW (403) 262-5541 Get directions
All you can eat buffet with Prime Rib etc. They are well known for their large and varied salad bar.
Adults - $21.95, Kids 10 and under $8.95, Seniors 65 and over $15.95. TIP WILL BE ADDED SO FINAL COST IS 25.00, 10.50 AND 18.50
REFEREE CLINICS
Referee mini refresher - Saturday 10 - 12 LEARNING ROOM (POOL LEVEL TURN RIGHT FROM LOCKER ROOMS AND GO TO THE END OF DIVING AREA)
Full referee clinic - Monday 10 - 2. CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF RESPONSE
To get to the hotel from the airport you can:
Take a taxi (fare is about 35.00) - they will allow 4 people in the taxi. Taxi cues are on the arrivals level to your left as you exit. There also is limousine service with flat rates you can inquire about on the arrivals level. All taxis are standardized in fares. Some of the larger cab companies are: Yellow, Associated
Take the bus - there is a bus that leaves directly from the airport. It is route 57, that leaves from Bus Bay 20 on the arrivals level. You must transfer at the Whitehorn station to the Light Rail transit going to City Centre, get off at the Olympic Plaza Station downtown, walk across 7th ave (the avenue that the trains run up and down), turn left and go to the City Hall Station. Get on the Somerset/Bridlewood (Southbound) train (not the Whitehorn). You get off at the 39 ave LRT station and turn right. Walk half a block up the alley, and you arrive at the hotel on your left. Bus fare is 2.25 and they take exact change only. Save your ticket as you may be asked for proof of fare on the LRT. For further transit info such as times etc. Go to the Calgary Transit website: www.calgarytransit.com
Getting about Calgary:
To Pool and Back
LRT
The LRT stops about 2 blocks from the pool. Get on the northbound (Dalhousie) train at the 39 ave station. Get off at the next stop (Erlton/Stampede). Cross Macleod Trail at 25 ave and turn right. The pool is a couple of blocks on your left.
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