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2007 World Championships InLine HOCKEY - BILBAO, Spain.

February 24, 2007

Lincoln NE USAby CIRILH - George PICKARD

Bulletin #3 - Men Events : July 1 to 7, 2007 - Women Events : July 8 to 14, 2007. Food & Accomodations Information and Registration.

SPECIAL NOTICE: Food and accommodations for the 2007 FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP in the Bilbao, Spain has been reserved by our Spanish Organizing Committee is offered to National Teams at considerable savings over the normal tourist rates. All hotel prices are shown in European EURO’s. The required World Championship team registration fees, that are to be paid directly to CIRILH, the FIRS Inline Hockey Committee, are to be paid in USA dollars, which will be the same as last year’s fees - $750 US. All transfer fees must be absorbed by the applicant team. Payment can be made by bank cashier’s check, business check or by wire transfer. For those federations who prefer to make payment via wire transfer, please contact CIRILH headquarters email address for its bank wire instructions at: Pickard.cirilh@alltel.net. Because of dishonest people using internet information, it is no longer safe to openly display bank code numbers. CIRILH experienced several instances of such attempts last year.

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2007 FIRS INLINE ROLLER HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - SPAIN

Event dates:

Men: Practice Day July 1, 2007 Scheduled by team

Round Robin July 2 - 4, 2007 Four pools (see below)

Quarter Finals July 5, 2007 Includes Cup Games

Semi Finals July 6, 2007 Includes Cup Games

Gold Medal July 7, 2007 Includes Cup Finals

Women: Practice Day July 8, 2007 Scheduled by team

Round Robin July 9 - 11, 2007 Three pools (see below)

Quarter Finals July 12, 2007 Includes Cup Games

Semi Finals July 13, 2007 Includes Cup Games

Gold Medal July 14, 2007 Includes Cup Finals

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS – BILBAO, SPAIN

These are the proposals from the Organizing Committee of Spain for the Accommodation of all the National Teams during the 2007 Inline World Championship that will be held in Bilbao. All the Hotels can be visited through the

Web site: www.hockeylineabilbao.com See attachment of hotel photographs.

�� Albergue Villa de Bilbao:

o A minimum of 104 hotel vacancies divided in 2 single rooms, 11 double rooms,

4 triple rooms and 17 quadruple rooms.

o Price per person with Full Pension: 52 € per day

�� Hotel NH Deusto

o A minimum of 30 double Rooms and 10 single Rooms

o Prices are:

�� Single Room in B&B: 78 €/day

�� Double Room in B&B: 58 €/day

�� Extra Charge for Full Pension: 33 € per day

�� Residencia Universitaria Deusto:

o A minimum of 70 hotel vacancies in single rooms.

o Prices are: 62 € Full Pension per day

�� Hotel Novotel Baracaldo:

o A minimum of 30 double Rooms and 10 single Rooms

o Prices are:

�� Single Room in B&B: 78 €/day

�� Double Room in B&B: 54 €/day

�� Extra Charge for Full Pension: 34 € per day

Viajes Ikea is the Official Travel Agency of the Worlds, established by the Spanish Federation. All the bookings and special requests must be directed to the attention of Jose Ramon Lanz at the following email address: mundialhl07@viajesikea.com

Telephone: 94 423 06 57 Fax: 94 424 49 70

Real Federación Española de Patinaje (National Federation of Spain)

Albasanz, 52 – 1º. Izqda.

28037 MADRID

Telephone: 91 327 00 62 Fax: 91 304 31 10

Email: mad@fep.es Web Site : www.fep.es

Attention to: Xavi Moyano for Spanish and English

SEEDING FOR ROUND-ROBIN POOLS

For the Senior World Inline Hockey Championships, FIRS will continue to use the same seeding plan as initiated during this past year, with the top 8 teams for 2006 going into Group 1 and the remaining teams into Group 2 (two pools for each consisting of 3 games maximum for Group 1 and the possibility of 4 games in each pool for Group 2, dependant upon maximum entry of 18 teams). Seeding of teams into pools will proceed according to the serpentine method by last years placement, conforming to published procedures. The lowest finishing team in each of the individual pools of 4 for Group 1 will drop down into Group 2 for the FIRS NATIONAL TEAM WORLD CUP competition (with medals), and the top teams from each pool of Group 2 will join Group 1 for World Championship play. This formula keeps the less experienced World Championship teams apart from the strongest, yet every team that enters the FIRS World Inline Hockey Championship is on a direct course toward the World Championship Gold Medal. If you have questions concerning this procedure, please email me and I will send you a complete description of the procedures.

LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF MEN’S TEAMS

Because of arena time constraints, the Men's FIRS World Inline Hockey Championships for 2007 must be restricted to no more than 18 teams. An substantial increase in men's team participation over what was experienced in 2006 (13 teams), does not appear to be overly optimistic, since the last World Championship in Spain in 2001 consisted of 16 men's teams. CIRILH is in receipt of indications from Asia as well as Europe of much greater interest in future world championships for inline hockey. All national men’s teams that participated in the 2006 world championship in Detroit will be given first priority for entry provided they register and file the required $750 US team fee to assure appearance by a deadline of 1 May 2007. After that date they will be accepted in order of receipt with the new teams registering. New teams (those not participating in the 2006 FIRS Championship) may register at any time and will have their entry fees returned if the limit of 18 teams is reached before receipt. New team entries will be assigned to the world championships according to the order of their confirmed and paid applications. All entries for the 2007 World Championship must be established no later than 1 June 2007. It does not appear to be a potential scheduling problem with accepting all interested National Women team entries, however all entries must observe the final registration deadline of 1 June 2007.

CIRILH – 2007 World Championship Team Registration and Fees:

According to the CIRILH rules, team size shall consist of no more than 16 players, to include 2 goalies. The minimum age of a player is 14 years by January 1, 2007. The 2007 World Championships are open to In-line Hockey Teams from all the National Federations affiliated with the FIRS, provided that they confirm their entry prior to 15 May 2007. Payment of the $ 750 USA Dollars entry fee must be received by this deadline date to assure acceptance and an accurate count of the number of teams placed in the games schedule. All participating team members will be required to prove appropriate nationality and age at the Championship Assembly on the day prior to the scheduled games by means of a valid passport issued from the country being represented.

The entry fee to the World Championships is to be paid directly to the CIRILH by each participating national team in the amount of $750 USA Dollars. This fee may be submitted by bank check or wire transfer. It benefits all teams when we insist that a firm commitment for appearance is made by 15 May 2007, prior to the formulation of a games schedule. Seeding will be by revised formula as previously published.

Address for team registration

George Pickard, CIRILH President

3020 Prescott Avenue

Lincoln, NE 68502-5944 USA

Phone: 1-402-489-1550