Post by sabrevirginia on Mar 4, 2017 11:12:39 GMT -5
As the President of the World Table Hockey Association, I want to personally invite you to join, become a member of our community, attend and support our upcoming table hockey events, which will include Innovative Concepts in Entertainment, Incorporated's (ICE) Chexx, SuperChexx, "Bubble Hockey" table hockey games.
On behalf of the WTHA, I have been invited to present a speech to promote table hockey in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, on March 20, 2017. I will be the guest of the Canadian Sports Tourism Alliance (CSTA) at their annual Sports Events Conference. While there, I will endeavor to promote table hockey with representatives from towns and cities across Canada who are eager to host table hockey events. You can learn more about me at my Bio for the event.
On a personal note, when I last attempted to get this off the ground, i.e. tournaments and events, we had a death in the family, which caused a domino effect that spanned all of 2016. To those who I've conducted interviews to publish on Apple iTunes and similar media worldwide, we will publish your interview this year.
Best Wishes,
Gregory Scoma
Invitation
I want to invite Chexx fans over to the World Table Hockey Association's website. The WTHA's mission is to "preserve, educate, develop and promote table hockey worldwide...one person, one community at a time."
All Board Types / Manufacturers
That includes all table hockey board types, manufacturers, models, players, competitors, collectors, historians, casual fans and to welcome the general public to table hockey.
Chexx News, Future Events and Archive of Past Events and HOF
We will include a link from our website over to this board specific to the Chexx community. One our site, we will have a Chexx News area. If you would like to write and submit an article and photos, let us know at info@wtha.com. We also seek to build out an archive of past table hockey events, to include Chexx, as well as a Hall of Fame (with voting criteria) in the coming year.
Non-Profit / Charitable Sports Incorporation and Olympic-Model
The WTHA is set up on the Olympic model with a parent international organization, legally incorporated in Washington, DC and has been approved as a nonprofit/charitable institution by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under chapter 501(c3)(c).
Table hockey is a reduction of ice hockey. Table tennis is a reduction of tennis, and after 35 years of pursuing became an Olympic sport. Table soccer, "foosball", is built on the Olympic-model with headquarters in Nantes, France.
While becoming an Olympic sport is part of our stated vision, our more immediate vision is that table hockey be perceived by the public, in particular the sports public, as a competitive sport.
Tournaments and Exhibitions
Coming in next hockey season, 2017-18, we will establish tournaments and exhibitions (vendor sales, and more) in the northeast USA possibly stretching into the mid-west, and up in Canada along the northeast US border. We will likely not have tournaments in big cities, but rather target small towns and cities.
In line with our mission, Chexx will be included and promoted by the WTHA. We welcome you to our events.
Increasing the Number of Players, Fan-Base
At these events it will not just be the WTHA introducing new players to table hockey, but you as well. We ask experienced and top Chexx players to not focus solely on winning or stick to yourself or existing friends, but rather to reach out to the new players and, in particular, children. To welcome them to the sport, show them tips and tricks about Chexx, where they can learn more, how they can find Chexx games at an affordable price, and more.
The idea being to grow the sport. Kinda hard to have tournaments if no one shows up for you to play against. We want to increase the number of people interested in Chexx and table hockey, in general.
Our Affiliations and Supporters
The WTHA is a member of the National Association of Sport Commissions (NASC), the Canadian Sports Tourism Alliance (CSTA), and the International Sports Heritage Association (ISHA).
On behalf of the WTHA, I have been invited to present a speech to promote table hockey in the capital of Canada, Ottawa, on March 20, 2017. I will be the guest of the Canadian Sports Tourism Alliance (CSTA) at their annual Sports Events Conference. While there, I will endeavor to promote table hockey with representatives from towns and cities across Canada who are eager to host table hockey events. You can learn more about me at my Bio for the event.
On a personal note, when I last attempted to get this off the ground, i.e. tournaments and events, we had a death in the family, which caused a domino effect that spanned all of 2016. To those who I've conducted interviews to publish on Apple iTunes and similar media worldwide, we will publish your interview this year.
Best Wishes,
Gregory Scoma
Invitation
I want to invite Chexx fans over to the World Table Hockey Association's website. The WTHA's mission is to "preserve, educate, develop and promote table hockey worldwide...one person, one community at a time."
All Board Types / Manufacturers
That includes all table hockey board types, manufacturers, models, players, competitors, collectors, historians, casual fans and to welcome the general public to table hockey.
Chexx News, Future Events and Archive of Past Events and HOF
We will include a link from our website over to this board specific to the Chexx community. One our site, we will have a Chexx News area. If you would like to write and submit an article and photos, let us know at info@wtha.com. We also seek to build out an archive of past table hockey events, to include Chexx, as well as a Hall of Fame (with voting criteria) in the coming year.
Non-Profit / Charitable Sports Incorporation and Olympic-Model
The WTHA is set up on the Olympic model with a parent international organization, legally incorporated in Washington, DC and has been approved as a nonprofit/charitable institution by the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under chapter 501(c3)(c).
Table hockey is a reduction of ice hockey. Table tennis is a reduction of tennis, and after 35 years of pursuing became an Olympic sport. Table soccer, "foosball", is built on the Olympic-model with headquarters in Nantes, France.
While becoming an Olympic sport is part of our stated vision, our more immediate vision is that table hockey be perceived by the public, in particular the sports public, as a competitive sport.
Tournaments and Exhibitions
Coming in next hockey season, 2017-18, we will establish tournaments and exhibitions (vendor sales, and more) in the northeast USA possibly stretching into the mid-west, and up in Canada along the northeast US border. We will likely not have tournaments in big cities, but rather target small towns and cities.
In line with our mission, Chexx will be included and promoted by the WTHA. We welcome you to our events.
Increasing the Number of Players, Fan-Base
At these events it will not just be the WTHA introducing new players to table hockey, but you as well. We ask experienced and top Chexx players to not focus solely on winning or stick to yourself or existing friends, but rather to reach out to the new players and, in particular, children. To welcome them to the sport, show them tips and tricks about Chexx, where they can learn more, how they can find Chexx games at an affordable price, and more.
The idea being to grow the sport. Kinda hard to have tournaments if no one shows up for you to play against. We want to increase the number of people interested in Chexx and table hockey, in general.
Our Affiliations and Supporters
The WTHA is a member of the National Association of Sport Commissions (NASC), the Canadian Sports Tourism Alliance (CSTA), and the International Sports Heritage Association (ISHA).
