USA Rink Hockey

2010 Copa America
By: Tom Hughes
With the end of the 2010 Open International Copa America Tournament getting closer, the competition is starting to really heat up. The Ladies got the day off without any game scheduled, but the Men played a close, exciting game against South Africa. The two Teams battled back and forth running up [...]

2010 Copa America
By: Tom Hughes

The competition gets better each day of the 2010 Open International Copa America Tournament as the Teams start to settle down and get to playing hockey.
Our Ladies played Germany this morning and were holding everything together, keeping the score very close at the end of the first half, but then they [...]

2010 Copa America
By: Tom Hughes
The second day of the 2010 Open International Copa America Tournament was even more exciting than the first. Due to a major lack of sleep, jet lag and a tremendous amount of commotion in my room, I said that the ladies would be facing Uruguay today when in fact they played [...]

2010 Copa America
By: Tom Hughes

The 2010 Open International Copa America Tournament got underway today with some very exciting games and the Opening Ceremonies. The Tournament is being held for the first time ever in Spain. The week long schedule of International Rink Hockey matches will run through June 27th at the Pavello’ Castell d’en [...]

FYI:
Pan Am Championships, April 24th – May 1st, 2010 in Puebla City, Mexico
USARS will be notified soon about which sports will be included. This information will be posted as soon as it is received.

Comité Internationale de Rink-Hockey
Head Office
Muensingerstrasse 2
72535 Heroldstatt / Germany
Heroldstatt, 23.11.2009
Circular 36 /2009
10th LADIES ROLLER HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 25th September till 2nd October 2010 in Alcobendas, Spain
Dear Sirs and friends;
CIRH wants to communicate that RFEP will organize the 10thLadies Roller HockeyWorld Championship in the city of Alcobendas (nearby Madrid), from 25th September till 2nd October 2010.
CIRH [...]

Here is a link to the better copy of the updated rules:
Rules Of The Game (Thanks to Nelson)
This is something that everybody will definitely need to read through. There are some major changes that will need to be communicated multiple times because the rules are changing. To read about some of the changes, and [...]

Here is a link to the just released/updated Rules Of The Game Of Rink Hockey. I’m not to excited about the quality of the presentation, but it’s better than nothing. Hopefully I will find a higher quality version soon.
Link to rollersports.teamusa.org where the PDF file can be found:
Rules Of The Game Of Rink Hockey

UPDATE: the information below has yet to be confirmed by CIRH so it may or may not be correct. Additionally, the month of October is still speculation so do not take it as fact. The information that is listed below my comments can be found at http://fep.es/website/noticias.asp?any=2009&qui=noticia&idnoticia=4557&modalidad=14
Here is an official letter confirming the 2010 [...]

Here’s the official poster for the 2009 Mexico Friendship Tournament:

As you can see, the US will be represented by two teams: Rebels I and Rebels II. Good luck guys and have fun.