Blackburn Falcons are probably this seasons most improved team, turning a last place finish and zero points in 2010 into a plate victory in this seasons playoffs, congratulations to Blackburn.

As one of the organisers of the Summer Cup, I would like to personally thank all teams for taking part. Just over 150 players took part in the competition and I hope you have all enjoyed the Summer Cup and trust it has put some ‘edge’ and competitive nature into your games.

I believe the competition is getting more competitive each season as seen by the standings in this years ‘league’ stage. Furthermore the Playoff final and Plate Final has seen four different teams winning over the last two seasons and all six teams have made the playoffs over the last two seasons.

I would like to thank each teams’ game coordinator for both the hard task of arranging fixtures and the prompt submission of game sheets for stats and discipline.

I would also like to thank Andy Daintith for his work on the Summer Cup committee.

Finally I would like to thank John Freeman, for making the playoff final’s day at Ice Sheffield a success and his work on the Summer Cup committee.

Going forward five of the six teams taking part have already expressed an interest in taking part next season.

A couple of other teams have also inquired about taking part next year; over the last few months of 2011 we will firm up numbers and be in touch before the new year about next seasons plans.

One of the things we wish to do is keep the league stage as one league and also make sure teams taking part are able to commit to taking part in ALL games home and away.

As always if you have any feedback (good or bad) on the running of this years competition or ideas for next year, please feel free to leave a comment on this article.

Mike Roddy
Summer Cup Committee

Semi Final 2 - Whitley Bay Islanders vs Solihull Vikings – 12.15

Plate Final – Loser Semi 1 vs Loser Semi 2 – 15.45

Cup Final – Winner Semi 1 vs Winner Semi 2 – 18.00

Semi Final 1 – Kingston Cobras vs 4th place (see below) – 10.00

Semi Final 2 - Whitley Bay Islanders vs Solihull Vikings – 12.15

With fourth spot still up for grabs here is how it all can pan out:

If Kingston beat Grimsby – Blackburn make the playoffs

If Grimsby beat Kingston and Blackburn beat Bradford – Blackburn make the playoffs

If Grimsby beat Kingston and Bradford beat Blackburn – Grimsby make the playoffs

If Grimsby beat Kingston by four goals and Bradford beat Blackburn in overtime – Grimsby make the playoffs on goal difference

If Blackburn and Grimsby end up tied on points, goal difference and goals scored; Blackburn currently have the decider, which is penalty minutes. Blackburn have been assessed 236 penalty minutes, Grimsby have been assessed 338 penalty minutes.

Following the match penalty in the game vs Grimsby the following suspension is to be served:

Chris Hogarth – 1 Summer Cup game

Andrew Serell – 2 Summer Cup games

Times will be as follows:

Semi Final 1 – 1st place vs 4th place – 10.00

Semi Final 2 - 2nd place vs 3rd place – 12.15

Plate Final – Loser Semi 1 vs Loser Semi 2 – 15.45

Cup Final – Winner Semi 1 vs Winner Semi 2 – 18.00

can you please ensure that in filling out gamesheets you put the names of netminders in the netminder column. Otherwise if two netminders are dressed, I can’t add stats for them
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