Olympic Winter Games: February 12 to 28, 2010

On July 2, 2003, the International Olympic Committee selected Vancouver as the host city for the 2010 Olympic and Winter Games. Athletes and spectators from around the world will gather in Vancouver and the alpine resort of Whistler in February and March 2010 to celebrate winter sporting excellence. The Games, along with the region's spectacular natural playground and its vibrant venues, will put Vancouver in the spotlight as a premier sporting destination.

Vancouver will host the following Olympic and events in February 2010:

• Opening and Closing ceremonies (BC Place Stadium)
• Ice hockey (Canada Hockey Place and UBC Thunderbird Arena)
• Figure skating (Pacific Coliseum)
• Speed skating and short track speed skating (Richmond Olympic Oval and Pacific Coliseum)
• Freestyle skiing (Cypress Mountain)
• Snowboard (Cypress Mountain)
• Curling (Vancouver Olympic Centre)

Click here to view a PDF of the full Olympic Games competition schedule.

Quick facts about the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games:

• Number of Olympic athletes and officials: 5,500
• Countries participating in Olympic Winter Games: 80+
• 2010 Olympic Winter Games events tickets available: 1.6 million
• Estimated number of media representatives: 10,000
• Estimated number of Games volunteers: 25,000

Visit: www.vancouver2010.com for more information.

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African Nations Cup - 5 Teams for 2010

With the postponing of the African Nations Cup last year which was scheduled between 3 countries, South Africa, Algeria and Morocco. The organisers are busy working with the other countries and teams to set up and confirm dates for the event to take place.

In addition, there has been interest from numerous other countries to take part in this tournament. For more information about the African Nations Cup please go to their website www.africa-nations-cup.co.za

Team SA - Battle it out in Armenia, IIHF World Championships, 2010

The IIHF Senior World Championships are being held in Armenia later this year in April. The SA team that is made up of athletes from Durban, Gauteng and Cape Town have been under vigorous training since the beginning of the year and with 3 training camps scheduled (1 already taken palce) this should see TEAM SA in great running for a GOLD medal in Armenia.

To view the team announcement made by SAIHA at the beginning of the year please view the NEWS HEALINES below.

The next training camps are scheduled for the end of February & March as the team depart on 9 April. They will be playing in a warm up game against Georgia (2011 IIHF qualifier for Georgia). The tournament sees TEAM SA take on Armenia and Mongolia and then tackle Korea (who last beat RSA 6 - 0 in 2008). After studying the video of their previous encounter, head coach Ronnie Wood is confident that they will have what it takes to beat the Korean team.

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TEAM SOUTH AFRICA - TRAINING CAMP

The second training camp for TEAM SOUTH AFRICA taking part in IIHF Division III in Armenia is taking place at Grand West ice arena from 27 February - 1 March 2010.

For more information about the training camp including an All Star game between TEAM SA and Invitational team [made up of locals and imports from Namibia, Russia and America]

ICE HOCKEY SCHEDULE ON SUPER SPORT - WINTER OLYMPICS

Thanks to Ronnie Wood, Super Sport has emailed us the following details for the viewing of the ice hockey highlights from the Vancouver Olympic Games taking place from Fabruary 13 until March 2 2010.

Click here to see the entire viewing schedule.

New Year's Eve was not only the day that most of us celebrated the end of 2009 and looking forward to a glorious 2010, but was the day that the SAIHA released the team list for the SA Senior National Team that is going to be traveling to Armenia later this year.

Ronnie Wood has resumed the positon as head coach and is underway with an intense training program for this young national team. Players being selected from Cape Town, Durban and Gauteng will be groomed for this IIHF World Championship Tournament...