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Floorball Promoted in the Globe and Mail

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Toronto - June 9, 2010

Toronto-based floorball entrepreneur and Canadian Floorball pioneer, Juha Mikkola, took questions in a live-chat on the Globe and Mail website today.  Click here to read the article about Juha and his company or here to view the transcript from the chat session.

Way to go, Juha and thank you for all the work you are doing.

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Women’s National Team Open Tryout

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Floorball Canada will be holding an open tryout for the Women’s National Team on May 18th from 11am-3pm at the Tait MacKenzie Centre at York University.  Click here for directions. 
 
The organizers of the Canada Cup Floorball Championships have gratiously made the gym space and equipment available at no cost, but have requested assistance from each of the tryout attendees to help with the take down efforts after the tryout.
 
The tryout is open to women who are Canadian citizens and will be at least 16 years old by December 31st, 2009.  This tryout is open to women from across Canada who are interested in being considered for the National Team that will be competing at the Women’s World Floorball Championships “B” Division from December 5th-12th, 2009 in Vasteras, Sweden. 
 
The tryout includes a shooting school session with World-famous Floorball shooting guru Patrik Lönell at 11am.  For more details on the shooting school, please visit http://salmingacademy.eventbrite.com .  The cost for the shooting school portion of the tryout is $10 per person.  We strongly recommend that all field players attend this unique opportunity to learn from one of the top Floorball instructors in the world. 
 
Official registration and selection criteria details will be provided at this tryout and will be made available on the Floorball Canada website following the tryout.  Depending on the interest levels, individual Provincial tryouts will be organized by the Provincial Federations.  For more details about dates and times for the Provincial tryouts, please contact your Federation.  All players selected to the National Team must be registered members of their Provincial Federation and are expected to cover their costs of attending the World Championships.
 
We hope see as many of the Canadian Team hopefuls as possible there.
 
For more details, please contact:
 
Paul Charbonneau
Chair, National Teams Committee
Floorball Canada
paul@floorballcanada.ca
647-588-80008

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Registration now open for Canada Cup 2009

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

The Canada Cup is North America´s biggest floorball tournament. It takes place in Toronto from Friday 15th May to Sunday 17th May 2009. Last year the tournament gathered 39 teams and 600 players from all around the world. This year the organizer is expecting 50 teams to participate in the Canada Cup 2009.

The clubs can register for the following divisions:

  • Adult Elite (10 teams, played on 15th - 17th May) for European and competitive North American teams
  • Adult Intermediate (14 teams, 16th - 17th May) for semi-competitive teams
  • Adult Recreational (6 teams, 16th May) for teams new to competitive floorball
  • Adult Ladies (6 teams, 17th May) for women´s teams of all levels
  • High School (10 teams, 15th May) for high school teams
  • Bantam (6 teams, 17th May) for players born 1994 - 1995
  • Atom & Peewee (8 teams, 16th May) for players born 1996 - 1999

Canada Cup 2009 online registration system

For more information: www.thecanadacup.com
or contact The Canada Cup Organizing Committee Mr. Juha Mikkola

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Canada Cup on Rogers TV

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Rogers LogoCatch the final of the Canada Cup Floorball Championship on the Rogers Network this Sunday, April 6th at 2 PM. The final features one of Canada’s top ball hockey teams, Montreal Red Phoenix, take on the Finnish-Canadian team FC Lemmings. For more information or to check your local listings, visit the Rogers website.

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Canada Cup Floorball Championship

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

The Canada Cup Floorball Championship, North America’s largest floorball event, is taking place at York University’s Keele Campus March 21-23, 2008. This year, the tournament has attracted a record 39 teams from Canada, the USA, Finland and Switzerland. Come enjoy floorball at its best - free admission all weekend.

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For more information about the Canada Cup, visit the Canada Cup Floorball Championship website.

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