The San Francisco Sea Lions Underwater Hockey Club is proud to
announce the 3rd Annual San Francisco Regional Tournament, to be held
on March 27 at the City College pool in San Francisco.

This will be a potluck event and players of all experience and skill
levels are encouraged to attend. This event is especially meant to
give players with NO tournament experience the opportunity to play a
whole day of high level games with outstanding teammates. You're
having fun at practice, now is your chance to taste competitive hockey

Even potluck teams will be created by a random system that accounts
for player skill levels. Skill levels will be assigned before the draw
based on your self-rating and input from fellow players. Please rate
your skill level on the registration site. Teams will be announced
when you arrive at the pool on Saturday morning.

Find everything and more at http://sfuwh.org/tournament

We are searching for a forward-minded woman player to join the 2010 US Women’s national team. Qualifications for this position include:

• Fast swimming speed, allowing a quick gain of the puck during faceoffs
• Great pass, to distribute puck to Wings
• Great in-motion shot allowing scoring or delivery while going full speed
• Quick mid-water drop and to the bottom to receive pucks while in forward motion
• Excellent pick abilities to steal puck from opponents
• Strong wall play, with the ability to shoulder-pinch opponents
• General skill to navigate through scrums and deke opponents

We expect the candidate to be physically fit for high-level competition and willing to train hard for the next 10 months to reach World-level competition fitness.

We invite interested candidates to join us for an audition at our San Jose, Calif. training camp, 27-28 February 2010. Candidates attending this event will be provided with individual feedback and notified immediately of their selection.

 Upcoming events required for successful candidates will include:

• Training tournament in April or May 2010 (possibly ACCs)
  
• Possible event in late summer, or training in Miami on the way to Worlds
  
• Worlds in Medellin, Colombia, 13-21 August 2010

If you are interested please send an email detailing your interest and a brief summary of your experience to:

wuwhselection@gmail.com

SDUHC,

• There is no underwater hockey practice Thursday, November 26th or Saturday, November 28th.
• Saturday, December 5th will be the last Saturday practice that starts at 5:30pm.
• Starting Saturday, December 12th, Saturday practice will be from 4:30PM - 6:00PM.
• The Plunge will be closed from December 24th through January 4th for maintenance.  We will likely start up again on January 7th.

Monday, November 30th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thursday, December 3rd, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Saturday, December 5th, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Monday, December 7th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thursday, December 10th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Saturday, December 12th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Monday, December 14th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thursday, December 17th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Saturday, December 19th, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Monday, December 21st, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Thursday, January 7th, 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Colorado Underwater Hockey is pleased to announce the Battle @ Altitude 2010, along with a new pre-tournament tournament!

WHEN:
Tournament dates will be January 9 and 10, 2010.
Play will start bright and early Saturday morning and end Sunday ~5pm.

Optional pot-luck tournament too!
Optional 1-day pot-luck tournament, Friday January 8. Join us for even more hockey and some great prizes, while you get your lungs used to altitude.
Play will start at noon.

Also, show us your guns in our regular- and inside-flick contests!

WHERE:
The tournament will be held at the Carmody Recreation Center at 2200 S. Kipling St, Lakewood, CO. This is our normal pool. See below for more information regarding the playing area.

HOW MUCH:

Tournament entry fee:
Up to 8 team entries will be taken on a first-paid, first-in basis.

Before Dec. 11 = $600/team + $5/person
Dec. 11–Dec. 25 = will be $650/team + $5/person
After Dec. 25 = $700/team + $5/person.

Pot-luck fee:
$15/person

HOTEL:
The official tournament hotel will be the Lakewood Holiday Inn (same remodeled hotel as last year). Group rate is $69.95/night plus tax. King rooms and double-queen rooms are both available, with occupancy up to 5 people/room. The hotel will provide shuttles to the pool, as they have done for us in the past. To make your reservation at the group rate, mention ‘Denver underwater hockey tournament’

Holiday Inn Denver Lakewood
7390 West Hampden at Wadsworth
Lakewood, CO 80227

Hotel Reservations: 888.737.5253
Online: http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/denlw
Front Desk: 303.980.9200

SKI-O-RAMA:
Let's hit the slopes! Let us know when/where you want to ski/ride and we’ll make it happen. Many of us have season passes to various resorts, so we can get you heavily discounted buddy-pass lift tickets. We can do trips both before and after the tournament, so plan your travel accordingly.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
The Carmody pool is 6.5-7.5 feet, surfaced with Oyster Quartz (a fine-grained aggregate finish). The lane-lines, center spot, penalty shot, and 5-and-2 markings are done in 2-inch tiles, and the interfaces between the tile and the Oyster Quartz are flush and smooth. Our brass pucks are positively “lively” on this bottom.

All standard USOA-sanctioned tournament rules will apply (ear/mouth-guards, Minnesota rule, etc.). All 2010 USOA dues and waivers should be taken care of through USOA *prior* to your arrival in Denver. There will be a $10 late fee for paying/signing at the tournament. The 2010 USOA waiver is currently available for download from the USA UWH website: http://www.usauwh.com/ . For USOA payment questions, please contact Wendy Okafuji at Wendy_Okafuji@usauwh.com

WEBSITE:
For regularly-updated tournament information, go here:
http://www.uwhockey.org/colorado/BaA.html

Questions, comments, etc, please email me: teulberg@gmail.com

Please forward this message along to your local club lists and anybody who might otherwise miss it.

Thanks. See you all in January!

-Tyera Eulberg
B@A Coordinator

On Tuesday, September 29th, 8pm-9:30pm, SDUHC will host a Tryout for the California Team Tournament in San Jose on November 7th.  Rhett "Duke" Perkins will select a team of 12.  All level players are welcome to attend the Tryout!!!  A few spots on the team will be allocated for "development," so if you're new, please don't miss this opportunity to take your game to the next level.

To tryout, no need to register, just show up ready to play and have your checkbook!  After the tryout, no player will be accepted to the team without upfront payment for tournament registration.  Fees are estimated to be between $25 and $40 per player plus optional banquet costs.

See ya on the bottom,
Greg

The California Team Tournament will take place at the San Jose State University pool on Saturday November 7th.

The pool time will start at 10am and run to around 8pm.

Greg Appling has generously offered to host the banquet afterward.

Please note this is NOT going to be a potluck tourney; it will be a competitive, California-only team tournament. Clubs can register multiple teams; however, registration will be capped at 6 teams.

Team registration is estimated between $300 and $400 per team + banquet fees.

All players should be currently living in California and should have practiced with the club they intend to represent. Non-Californians can play with a California club if he or she had previously been a member of that club.

On June 26th, the San Diego Underwater Hockey Club's "Team Evil" will head to Minneapolis for US Nationals.  SDUHC has assembled its top talent to compete for Gold!  The team includes former members of USA Elite Teams, three Masters World Champions, and the goalie of the Colombian Underwater Rugby Team.  The team is strong, fit, and ready to dominate!

:: Captain ::
Greg Fitzgerald
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

USA Nationals 2001, Gold
USA Elite Team 2004
USA Elite Team 2008

Dimitri Deheyn
San Diego