PUERTO RICO

Contact Person:
Hector Motta Rios

Role in NA:
President

When:
24 May 2008

Where:
Roberto Gotay Hockey Center, San Juan, PR  (Synthetic Surface = Polytan)

Target group:
Boys and Girls up to 12 years, especially from new clubs that participated in the Kids Category this year for the first time.

Number of participants:
50

Number of spectators:
About 100 people

Program:
One Day Round Robin Kids Tournament with the teams of  Athletics HC “A”, Athletics HC “B”, Hato Rey HC, CH Deportivo Nacional. PUR National Junior Team participated as umpires of the event.

Aim of the event:
Involve Hockey Clubs in Puerto Rico, who don’t have Kids Teams. The Puerto Rico Hockey Federation made a new rule this year that every club is compulsory to participate in the Kids Tournament (Under-12).

Result of the event:
1. Athletics HC “A”, 2. Hato Rey HC, 3. Athletics HC “B”, 4. CH Deportivo Nacional. Top Scorer: Bryan Marquez (Athletics HC “B”), Best Goal Keeper: Luis Ocasio (Athletics “B”).

Hato Rey HC, the Club with the most Mens National Champs (17) in Puerto Rico played for the first time played in Kids Category.  CH Deportivo Nacional, a new Club in Puerto Rico (established in 2007), was represented for the first time too.

Follow up:
In September we schedule our Kids National Championship, with all clubs in Puerto Rico participating. 

Organized by:
Athletics Hockey Club

TV and Media Coverage:
We sent the result of the event to all Newspapers on the island

The Local Sport Magazine covered the activity. Internet: results and photos are on the Athletics HC Blog Page