15/05/05 "Tournament a great success" -Colin Crayford, Tournament Director
On Sunday evening, the curtain came down on another European Club Challenge Tournament. This year's edition was won by the Serbian team Trikotex MB followed in second place by Partille SC of Sweden. Rabat Depiro HC, the host team of this tournament finished in 3rd place. Aker HC of Norway finished up in 4th with Kecioren Belediye SC of Turkey in 5th. During the presentation of trophies, Tournament Director Colin Crayford deemed the tournament a great success and showed his appreciation at the high level of organisation of the tournament.
14/05/05 Tournament Director visits Juniors' Tournament
On Saturday morning, the Tournament Director Mr. Colin Crayford will visit a Juniors tournament organised by Qormi Hockey Club at the Qormi Sports Complex. In this tournament there are going to be teams competing from all the local Clubs in Malta. The teams in the tournament are going to be set up on the day with players from different teams playing together. Apart from the Tournament Director, all the official umpires of the European Club Challenge will attend to officiate some of the matches. After that, all the players taking part in this tournament will go to Kordin to support local Club Rabat Depiro HC in their game against Partille SC which starts at 14.30. Before the game there is going to be live entertainment from local DJ Joe Tanti and also various activities organised for children.
| 07/05/05 Final Umpire List Rabat Depiro Hockey Club are for the second consecutive time, hosting the European Hockey Championship Challenge 2 for Men between the 12th and 15th of May. Following last year's success, the European Hockey Federation has chosen the local Champions to host this tournament. Besides Rabat, the champions of Serbia & Montenegro (MB Tricotex), Sweden (Partille HC), Norway (Aker HC) and Turkey (Kecioren Belediye) will also be participating. There will be two matches on Thursday 12th and Saturday 14th and three matches on Friday 13th and Sunday 15th. Check out these local TV channels for info on the European Club Challenge II Super One - Kalamita Wednesday 11th May from 1.15 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. Net TV - Siesta Thursday 12th May from 2.15 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. TVM - Ghada Nibda Zgur Thursday 2th May from 6.45 p.m. to 7.10 p.m. Officials Tournament Director: Colin Crayford (WAL) Neutral Umpire: Sayed Abd EL RADY (EGY) National Umpires: Paul BRINCAT (MAL) Farooq Anjum BAIG (NOR) Mikael MATTSSON (SWE) Tarkan TUZCUOGULLARI (TUR) Aleksandar PAVLOVIC (SCG) Reserve Umpire: Reno CREMONA (MAL)
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| EUROPEAN CLUB CHALLENGE II Rabat Depiro Hockey Club MALTA May 2005 |
| For 2 consecutive years Rabat Depiro have hosted the European Hockey Championship Challenge 2 for Men the last one was held between the 12th and 15th of May 2005. Following the previous year's success, the European Hockey Federation has chosen the local Champions to host this tournament. Besides Rabat, the champions of Serbia & Montenegro (MB Tricotex), Sweden (Partille HC), Norway (Aker HC) and Turkey (Kecioren Belediye) have participated. |