STORM BLITZ ISSUE #42 Thursday 22 May 1997 If you have any comments on Storm Blitz, please feel free to e-mail simon.sm@poboxes.com any time. --------------------------------------------------- In this issue : * Player News * Season Ticket pricing * Storm players in RHI * Less Superleague fixtures - more cups * Leeds Arena gets underway * 1998 Pool B venues announced * Get back issues of Storm Blitz * How to unsubscribe to Storm Blitz --------------------------------------------------- > PLAYER NEWS Nick Poole is doubtful for a return to Manchester Storm next season as he has not heard if he is in Kurt Kleinendorst’s plans or not. Earlier he had verbally agreed terms with John Lawless for a return, but the coaching change has nullified that agreement. Meanwhile Brad Turner has turned down the chance of joining Vienna to return to Storm next season. > SEASON TICKET PRICING I was sent an e-mail regarding obtaining a season ticket and it would be useful to let everyone know about it. The story comes from a Storm Blitz reader from Prestwich: I received my credit agreement today from Ogdens for the season tickets. After I'd sat and filled the thing in, I looked again at the price per month as it seemed to be a bit on the high side. When I worked it out, it appeared that Ogdens had decided to charge an extra 20 pounds; bringing the price of the ticket to 220 UKP. I telephoned the contact number and was told that this was because the original finance company had pulled out and the last minute replacement was not giving as good a deal. Later on, I went to the box office and actually had a word with Andy Yates (I think it was he!). I conveyed to him my disappointment at being charged an extra 20 quid and the covering letter not mentioning anything about it, and asked to whom I should write regarding the matter, after which I left. Later on I got a call from Andy who said that after my telling him it was 20 quid dearer he'd looked into the figures and the finance company had supplied the wrong details. He gave me an amended figure that works out just under the 200 pounds mark. Since then, Nynex have written to everyone (presumably) giving the correct prices as 33.22 per adult ticket and 22.44 per junior ticket (per month for 6 months). > STORM PLAYERS IN RHI Some of last season’s Storm squad are playing in the US for Roller Hockey teams through the summer. Jeff Sebastian is playing for Sacramento River Rats, Mike Morin for the San Jose Rhinos, Jeff Lindsay for St. Louis Vipers and Eric Raymond will be playing for Anaheim Bullfrogs. The games begin on June 1. The players are in squads of 30, but aren’t guaranteed a place in the 17-man squads that will be running by the time the season starts - with the exception of Jeff Lindsay who is on the St. Louis Vipers protected list. > LESS SUPERLEAGUE FIXTURES - MORE CUPS The Superleague seems set to approve a new schedule for next season which involves clubs playing each other only twice home and away instead of three times. The reduced number of games is expected to be made up by a new cup competition which will take place after the B&H Cup. To give the new cup contest added interest it is proposed to invite clubs to compete from Belgium, France and Holland. > LEEDS ARENA GETS UNDERWAY The final go-ahead has been given for the building of the arena to host Leeds Lasers games situated next to Leeds United FC’s Elland Road football ground. The building work is unlikely to start until January 1998 and so there are doubts whether Leeds Lasers will start the 1998/99 season. The team launch may be put back a season to the 1999/2000 season if an alternative venue for early season games cannot be found. > 1998 POOL B VENUES ANNOUNCED The 1998 Pool B Championships that Great Britain applied to host, will actually take place in Slovenia it is reported, meaning that GB’s application to host the games has been turned down. > DOWNLOAD BACK ISSUES OF STORM BLITZ All previous issues of Storm Blitz are still available. If you didn't get them, or want them again, you can now download them from the Internet in a .zip file. The URL of these will be confirmed soon. If you don't have web access, I can e-mail you the .zip files. > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE TO STORM BLITZ Easy! Send an e-mail to simon.sm@poboxes.com telling me that you don't want Storm Blitz any more. Also use this address if you wish to change e-mail addresses or if you have any comments. *** END OF STORM BLITZ ISSUE #42 *** INTO THE STORM can be accessed at: http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/3859/storm.html