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Tokyo Street Hockey Association
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The TSHA has 127 members as of September, 2010!
Thank you for visiting the Tokyo Street Hockey Association web site! Here you'll find out everything you need to know about our group, and how you can get in on the action! Click the appropriate tab at the top to find out what you need to know. Be sure to check out scenes from our games and the people who play in our pictures section !
We play almost every Sunday, so go to our join section, and find out how to get in touch! Please check out our info section to find out everything you need to know about what we do and how we do it, like where to buy sticks and where we play . And if after you search our site exhaustively and still have questions about what to do, then write in and ask !
We now have a ball hockey league at Amazing Square . Sign up and come play.
Latest TSHA Street Hockey Report
The TSHA Street Hockey Report goes out by email every Monday (or thereabouts) to keep members informed about how games went and also any news and information relevant to TSHA members. It's also part of our regular email RSVP system used by the TSHA for members to sign up for games and know when and where our next game is. In other words, you can read it here, but if you want to be sure to know if you should head on down to the park to play next Sunday, sign up on our Join page .
If you want to read previous reports, you can check out the TSHA Street Hockey Report Archive .
Street Hockey Report for Monday 30th August 2010
1. Sunday Hockey (by Dave Gutteridge)
Another warm Sunday afternoon with full court for pretty much the whole day. By "warm" I mean that you will die without four litres of water.
Pro tip: buy your water the day before and leave it in the freezer overnight. They'll melt quickly and you'll have ice cold water almost all afternoon.
The teams were as even as they've been every week recently. Each game was closely fought, and everyone had their share of both spectacular plays and spectacular failures.
Chad proved to be the deciding factor in the last game. He was away from the playing area for the first fifteen minutes of the game, and his team was down 8 to 1 at one point. By the time he was on the ice, the score was a little better at 9 to 3. After that, his team rocketed back to win 13 to 12.
We did some suicide drills (which were almost actual suicide for me), and then called it a day.
2. Yamato Cup Teams Still Being Decided (by Dave Gutteridge)
All the ballots are in, and there's nothing to do but the math. Chad says he'll get the results out directly to the people who applied within this week, and I'll put the results in next week's report.
3. Yamato Cup Volunteers (by John La Cara)
The tournament is 7 weeks away and we can use some volunteers to help get things going. The task list is on Google Docs. Just send me an email you are interested in helping and I will add you to Google Docs access. The task are small in nature and you can do as many as you have time for. The key thing for this year is to promote ball hockey and looking for someone to work magic in the local media.
4. Kimchi Cup October 2nd (by John La Cara)
Korea is having their tournament on October 2nd. If anyone is interested in taking charge of trying to get a team to Korea, please let me know and I will send you details. We have over 100 members so would be nice if we can get 10 guys to make the trek. I know it’s one week before the Yamato Cup.
5. Tokyo Ball Hockey League (by John La Cara)
The TBHL will be running again in October. A new facility is being built and should be ready by then. Chad will be taking over the TBHL while I concentrate on the JSBHF. For those who do not know, the Japan Street and Ball Hockey Federation is the governing body for ball hockey in Japan. The goal of the JSBHF is to promote ball hockey all over Japan and provide avenues for elite players in Japan to play internationally.