TORHS AMERICA NEW YORK BOUND
IN 2003 FOR NATIONALS; SET TO BE HELD
JULY
10-16, 2003
ATLANTA, Georgia - TORHS America is
pleased and proud to announce the
location confirmation for the 2003
Nationals, which are set to be held at
the ESL Sports Centre in Rochester,
New York.
The state of the art facility will
have four surfaces to play on, and will
include air conditioning for the
Nationals. Before now, four floors at
a
roller tournament series Nationals has
been un-achieved, TORHS will have the
four Spidercourt floors in place to
allow for a more expedited Nationals as
well as a shorter stay for teams.
With the addition of another floor, it
will allow for more teams and
therefore more games to be played in a
shorter
amount of time.
"We are very excited about the
facility, the location, and the
addition of
the floor, it truly is going to be
great," said TORHS America President
Tony
Abate. "We hope that with the
additional floor, teams will be able
to play
more games in a shorter time period
and truly enjoy the experience."
The surroundings of Rochester will
also allow for close hotel
accommodations
to the facility, numerous places to
eat, and several local attractions to
see in teams down time between games.
The ESL Sports Centre is no stranger
to major events being held in their
facility. In the past, the rink has
had
such events as the World Games,
numerous Ice Hockey tournaments, NHL
exhibition games, and other major
attractions staged at their venue.
At this years Nationals much has
already gone into the planning of the
event, which will be held July 10-16,
2003. In fact the actual planning and
setting up of the Nationals is an
intricate process handled very
carefully.
Locating a facility large enough to
hold such a large tournament, as TORHS
that also includes all of the needs
which TORHS requires is difficult. And
as anyone or any tournament does,
mistakes of the past are considered,
learned from, and corrected for the
future. An air conditioning consultant
was brought to Rochester before final
confirmation was accepted by TORHS to
bring the Nationals there.
"We are thrilled to have such a
prestigious event as TORHS come to our
facility," said General Manager of the
ESL Sports Centre Ray Maluta. "We
have hosted many events here but none
as large or as well known as the TORHS
Nationals. We are committed to making
this year's event everything that the
staff at TORHS envisions and the
patrons of the event expect. We are
looking
forward to hosting some of the most
highly competitive roller hockey that
North America and the world has to
offer."
This years Nationals will also feature
the finals for the Spidercourt/TORHS
PRO Series, which is worth $75,000.
With eight qualifiers for $4,000 prize
money at each qualifier. The top two
teams will qualify for the National
Championships. The winner of the
championship game at the Nationals will
receive $40,000, and the runner up
will walk away with $10,000.
Information regarding the finals will
be posted on the TORHS web site
shortly and if you should desire more
information regarding the final or
TORHS in general, contact us by
e-mail at torhs@bellsouth.net.
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