Bantams is the next age division up from Pee Wees in NSW Ice Hockey. Bantams is for teenagers (boys and girls) aged 14 and 15 years as at 31st December each year. The Bantams play to full-contact rules.
Bantam-aged players have the opportunity to tryout for the NSW state team to participate in the DeFris National Tournament. State team tryouts are announced on the IHNSW website. This year the DeFris will be held in Melbourne on 21 – 24 July 2010.
Training will take place at Macquarie Ice Rink on Tuesday evenings from 6.30pm to 7.30pm during school term. The ice will be shared with the Midgets.
Draw
Ice Hockey NSW will issue a draw for the season. A copy of the draw will be circulated to you. Contact your team manager to confirm game times.
Ice Hockey NSW may amend the draw during the season. Whilst every effort will be made by the Club, Coach and Team Manager to notify players, you should check www.nswicehockey.com.au periodically to verify game times.
Information
If you have any questions please first refer to the Sydney Bears website www.sydneybears.com.au. If that doesn't help, you should contact any member of the Bears Committee or your team manager for assistance.
Contact
Your team manager is the primary point of contact for the team.
Team News
There is an area on the website for team news. Denis Woodward is our website content manager. Coach, manager and/or parents may wish to email Denis with regular updates on their team. These might be regular game reports, photos, anecdotes etc. Denis will organise for them to be inserted into the website
