SOME CHANGES ARE CURRENTLY BEING MADE TO VENUES, AND IN THE CASE OF U13′S A POSSIBLE DATE CHANGE…..WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE INFO…

The NRHA confirmed that NCRHA had agreed to host the National Cup Playoffs and the tournaments would be as follows :

Under 15’s – May 17th @ Middlesbrough
Under 17’s – May 18th @ Manchester
Under 13’s – May 31st @ Middlesbrough
(Seniors & U20’s to be confirmed in the next 48hrs)

Middlesbrough and Manchester both came forward and agreed to host these events on behalf of the NCRHA, putting club money towards the costs. The Manchester Arcadia, with a proud history of Roller Hockey that can be traced back to the 1920’s will host the Under 17’s on the same day as a Premier League fixture. “The NRHA has sanctioned a later Start Time for Manchesters’ Premier League game versus Letchworth” said Tony Czifra (Competitions) “so that the U17’s can get away earlier on the day, or stay to watch a top level match between 2 of the top teams in the country.”

Middlesbrough will be hosting the other playoffs, possibly at the brand new purpose built rink @ Albert Park, where the club played from 1947 to the 1980’s, having previously played at The Olympia skating rink in the early 1900’s. “This is now one of the finest outdoor rinks in Europe” said Kos Galtos during one of his U17’s England Schoolboy sessions that he held there last year.

For full details of teams entered, playing schedule, start times, venues, maps etc, go to the ‘Downloads’ page of PRH – full details will be posted there in the next 4 days. Also, the Competitions will be uploaded to the Competitions page of PRH so full details will be available there too over the next week.

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Reporter: Tony Czifra