STORM BLITZ ISSUE #35 Monday 24 March 1997 Storm Blitz is currently sponsorless. To sponsor and help secure the future of this bulletin, e-mail inter.the.storm@poboxes.com If you have any comments on Storm Blitz, please feel free to e-mail inter.the.storm@poboxes.com any time. --------------------------------------------------- In this issue : * Storm set to enter Europe again next season * The Superleague Web site * GB U-19s * Thunder & Lightning Play-off special review * T & L Web site gone * Next on TV & Radio * Get back issues of Storm Blitz * How to unsubscribe to Storm Blitz --------------------------------------------------- > STORM SET TO ENTER EUROPE AGAIN NEXT SEASON Storm may be back in Europe next season joining Cardiff Devils in a re-vamped European Hockey League. The European Cup has been scrapped in favour of an improved EHL - and the UK could have two teams - Cardiff for being Superleague champions and Storm for having the best attendances! > THE SUPERLEAGUE WEB SITE I have visited the Official Superleague Web site at http://www.cwtc.co.uk/isl and there is very little information there except the Play-off tables and information about the four semi-finalists - hardly a mention of the rest. There is a page that tells us how wonderful the Superleague is and not much more. I am sure it will develop next season! > GB U-19 In winning their Gold medal in the Pool C European Junior Championships, Great Britain U-19s beat Estonia 8-0, Romania 5-2, Holland 3-1 and Latvia 4-3. > NORMAN DE MOSQUITO ANNOUNCES The Superleague final between Sheffield Steelers and Nottingham Panthers will have Norman de Mosquito as the announcer. It isn't clear whether he will announce the other two finals. > THUNDER & LIGHTNING PLAY-OFF SPECIAL REVIEW There was a special Play-off edition of the popular Storm fanzine written by The Thundergirls and produced by WayneJayne promotions of Bolton. For a review of other fanzines, see the Fanzine Review page on INTER THE STORM at http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/3859/fanzine.html. Still priced at 1.50 but with 44 pages (not including the cover) it provided a good read around the matches. The main feature of the fanzine is the double page review for every Superleague team and this part is quite amusing if a bit predictable after a bit. There are a few picture jokes thrown in as well as lots of Steelers jokes and other similar things. Overall another good effort. Favourite bit - team reviews. MARKS OUT OF 10 : Content : 8 Humour : 8 Design : 9 Readability : 8 Value For Money : 8 TOTAL (Out Of 50) : 41 > T & L WEB SITE GONE The Thunder & Lightning Web site announced with the previous issue no longer exists. The site was there for a short time but the pages were encoded in some way and so not viewable, but the pages have since been replaced by a soccer team's pages. > NEXT ON TV & RADIO WED 26 MAR - BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD 104.1FM - Ice Line - Phone-in about Sheffield Steelers with some Steelers players in the studio - 7.00-8.00pm THU 27 MAR - BBC RADIO LANCASHIRE 95.5/103.9FM - Grass Roots - Interview/feature on Blackburn Hawks along with other sports - approx 7.45pm FRI 28 MAR - BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD 104.1FM - Weekend Preview - Preview of Sheffield Steelers clash with Nottingham Panthers in the Superleague Final - 7.00-8.00pm SAT 28 MAR - GRANADA TV - Battles on Ice - Highlights of one (or both) of the Superleague semi-finals (Sheffield v Cardiff & Nottingham v Ayr) - expected 2.50-3.50pm SAT 28 MAR - BBC RADIO 5 LIVE - 693/909AM - Sports Report - Preview of the Superleague Final along with other sports results - 5.00-6.00pm SAT 28 MAR - BBC RADIO SHEFFIELD 104.1FM - Live full commentary of the Superleague Final between Sheffield Steelers and Nottingham Panthers. Commentating with be Dave Simms and either Gareth Hampshire or Jamie van der (Crazy) Horst, so expect a massive Steelers bias - 7.30-11.00pm SAT 28 MAR - SKY SPORTS - Ice Hockey LIVE - Live coverage of the Superleague Final between Sheffield Steelers and Nottingham Panthers - 8.00-11.00pm SAT 28 MAR - BBC RADIO 5 LIVE - 693/909AM - Full live commentary on the Superleague Final between Sheffield Steelers and Nottingham Panthers (NOTE : coverage could be delayed if the England v Mexico game over-runs as this is due to finish at 7.50 - this is then followed by the Lottery result before the action switches to the Nynex) - 8.10-11pm SAT 28 MAR - BBC RADIO 5 LIVE - 693/909AM - Report on the Superleague Final and the night's other ice hockey results along with all the other day's sports news and results - 11.30pm-12.00 > DOWNLOAD BACK ISSUES OF STORM BLITZ All previous issues of Storm Blitz are still available. 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