INTERNATIONAL MASTERS HOCKEY CLASSIC SINGAPORE 2011

-Preserving Traditions, Honouring Hockey

114 Days to go

Sanction Letter from FIH

Key Dates• Opening Games Friday 28 October 2011

to 5 November 2011

• Managers & Captains meeting cum opening cocktail Friday 28 October 2011

• Official Dinner Friday 4 November 2011

• Final Games Saturday 5 November 2011

Official Accommodation

• As you would know the costs of hosting any tournament not just this one can be very high.

• As such we have managed to work with some hotels here to help us defray some of the costs.

• In exchange I would like to will all of you to choose to stay with these hotels during your stay here for the tournament.

• How to go about booking the rooms and all will be revealed shortly as the Hotel people will give us a proper reservation avenue.

• Please see the list of hotels as attached on the next slide.

Official Accommodation5 Star option

Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel W/O Breakfast Including Breakfast Superior 340.00 363.00 Deluxe 375.00 398.00

Rooms come with free internet4 Star options

Orchard Hotel W/O Breakfast Including Breakfast Superior or Deluxe 311.00 334.00 Copthorne Kings Hotel W/O Breakfast Including Breakfast Superior 281.00 305.00 Deluxe 328.00 351.00 Studio M W/O Breakfast Including Breakfast Studio Loft na 281.00 M-Hotel W/O Breakfast Including Breakfast Superior 305.00 328.00 Deluxe 340.00 363.00

Rooms come with free internet3 Star option

Hotel Royal W/O Breakfast Including Breakfast Twin sharing/Double bed na 175.00 Triple sharing (limited rooms) na 225.00

Internet charges applies

Entry Fees• Each team per Category/Tournament:

– S$300/team• Official Dinner

– S$900 for a team of 18 members (S$50 per pax)• Additional dinner tickets can be bought at S$50 per ticket when you arrive here

• Package collection– To make planning and money matters easier to handle, we are going to ask

teams to pay S$1,200 – Payment must be made before 31 August 2011 (Will send you SVHA bank a/c details via email)

• On behalf of IMHA– Affiliation fees

• We understand that there are new rates• IMHA officials will advise on this to all affiliates and participating teams

TOURNAMENTS• International Masters Hockey Classic 2011

– Over 35s Women (Born on 1976 or before)– Over 35s Men (Born on 1976 or before) Scratched– Over 40s Men (Born on 1971 or before)– Over 45s Men (Born on 1966 or before)– Over 50s Men (Born on 1961 or before)– Over 55s Men (Born on 1956 or before)

• Merlion Cup– WGMA Event for Men over 60s (Born on 1951 or before)

• Asian Cup– WGMA Event for Men over 60s (Born on 1951 or before)

35s Women

• 4 teams• Singapore• Singapore-Dutch• Hong Kong• The Netherlands

35s MenDue to poor response this category has been scratched from this edition of the IMHT

40s Men

• 10 Teams• Singapore• Hong Kong• Australia• Ireland

• Scotland• Germany• Austria• New Zealand• Singapore-Dutch• England

45s Men• 7 teams• Singapore• Italy• Hong Kong • Scotland• Australia• New Zealand• England

50s Men

• 8 teams• Singapore• Hong Kong• Malaysia• Australia

• New Zealand• England• Austria• Scotland

55s Men• 6 teams• Singapore• Malaysia• Scotland• Australia• New Zealand• England

Merlion Cup• 4 Teams• Australia• England• Scotland• New Zealand

Asian Cup

• 4 Teams• Korea• Japan

• Hong Kong• Malaysia

Format for each category

• I will send this out, after I have cleared them with the IMHA competitions manager and other relevant authorities

• Let’s target 100 Days to go update!• In the meantime, please see our FIH Sanction

document to get more information about all things pertinent! Next slide please

If you need more information or want to participate kindly contact the people below:

• Kanan Packrisamy (IMHC Singapore 2011 Host Nation Organising Committee Chairman) kanan1071@yahoo.co.uk Mobile: +65 90217012

• Amarjit “World Cup” Singh (IMHA Asia Vice President) worldcupsingh@hotmail.com Mobile: +65 97214544

• Neil Greene (IMHA Administration Manager) nggreene@ihug.co.nz

• Kenji Hamanaka (WGMA Vice President) kenji-hamanaka@sakai.zaq.ne.jp

• John Watts (WGMA Vice President) jbw3126@hotmail.com

There are still 114 days to go We can’t wait to welcome you to our bustling country!

On behalf of the Singapore Veterans Hockey Association

Thank You!