The Silver Cup is a tournament series we developed at Puckhandlers Roller Sports Stadium, we saw a need for a regular tournament that targeted the average player rather than the state/national players. Most tournaments cater to the elite players, we designed the Silver Cup for the average player rather than that top percentage. The rules eliminate state players from playing in their respective age groups and therefore present an opportunity for the next tier of players to step up and be the dominant players in clutch situations. This is an important part of developing as an athlete, being presented with difficult competitive situations and digging deep within yourself to rise to the occasion as part of a team attempting to win the game. All with the help and along side each one of your team mates.
The Silver Cup started three years ago with eight local teams playing for the cup in one senior division, the teams were reasonably disorganised and we had players playing in three different teams due to lack of numbers. The Silver Cup series now has four dates per year (2 Sr, 2 Jr), is now a National competition and has divisions of U10, U12, U14, U16, Senior Silver, Senior Bronze and the next tournament will include a Gold division for the top senior players. We have also introduce the Pro Tournament which will run in conjunction with the Jr Silver Cup in the future with prize money ($4,000 - $10,000) for the winning team. In 2001, 91 teams and nearly 1000 players will have competed in the Silver Cup and the teams/players have travelled from Launceston, Hobart, Canberra, Hamilton, Mansfield, Sale, Bairnsdale, Adelaide, Sydney, Shepparton, Moe, Brisbane, Bahmera, Berri, Lilydale, Coolangatta to play in the series this year.
There is no better way to improve than to play effectively the better part of a season in one week on the way to trying to win a championship. It is also a great bit of fun meeting and competing against other players from around Australia and also watching players in other age groups competing for the Silver Cup crown. Not to mention great value for $60 - $70 entertainment during the holidays!! The Pro Tournament will also add a whole new element to the Jr side of the draw and we hope the Gold division of the Sr draw will make it a bit more interesting as well.
Hope to see you at the next SILVER CUP!

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