Dumfries are hosting the Women’s Ice Hockey championship
Written by author on October 24, 2013
It’s going to be a big season for Dumfries Ice Bowl in 2013.2014 Ice Hockey – they’re hosting not one, but two World Championship tournaments over the year.
It’s a bit of a coup for British Ice Hockey and follows on from the very successful Women’s Under-18 World Championship Division 1 qualification tournament in October 2012. It’s going to push the sport further into the public consciousness in the UK and is likely to attract a wide audience, media attention and plenty of interest.
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The Under 20 World Championship (Division 1B)
This exciting Under 20 World Championship Ice Hockey tournament is up first at Dumfries. It takes place from 9 to 15 December 2013 and Great Britain is hosting teams from all over the world. The teams who will be playing are from France, Japan, Italy, the Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
The play is going to be very exciting with some young, fresh players ready and able to fight for the title and it’s likely to attract a lot of interest in the sports betting world, as well as with ice hockey fans.
If you are looking to have a flutter on the tournament then check the odds at Freebets before making your final decision – you never know what information you could turn up to help you place the best wager.
Spring 2014 World Championship
After Christmas is done and dusted and we start to feel the coming of Spring, then Dumfries will be back to hosting duties on behalf of Great Britain with the Under-18 World Championships (Division 2A).
This will be running from 24 to 30 March 2014 at the Dumfries Bowl and will see Great Britain taking on teams from Romania, Netherlands, Korea, Croatia and Lithuania.
Great news for British Ice Hockey
The secretary of the Ice Hockey UK board, Andy French, was quoted as saying: “This is fantastic news for British ice hockey to host two prestigious tournaments. To get one of the two would’ve been fantastic but to get both is truly amazing. We are thrilled to be going back to Dumfries. We had so much backing and support there in 2012 and the IHF were very impressed with the tournament.”
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Great news for Dumfries
As welcome as this news is to the IHUK, it’s also very important to the people of Dumfries. With two events of such a high calibre being held in their vicinity it will help to put Dumfries on the international map.
Councillor Findlay Carson who backed the bid for the championships at Dumfries and Galloway Council confirmed: “This is fantastic news and I’d like to congratulate everyone involved in the bid. Hosting these two World Championship events will bring significant economic benefit to our region.”
