The 2013 Pacific Rim Tournament was recently held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Hosted by Broomball Victoria a member of Broomball Australia, they were tasked with the hosting and running of the tournament. The event took place close to the CBD at the Medibank Icehouse making for an easy tournament to play broomball as well as see some of the sights that Melbourne has to offer. Teams and players came from across the world and across Australia for this event with the girls from North West Territories (The Rebels) having to travel the furthest. Others came from Ottawa, Canada as well as a number from Japan.
The host city for the next IFBA World Championship of Tomakomai was well represented and many had plenty of questions relating to the event being held at the end of next year. The event also had two representatives from the IFBA present, both who took to the ice as players as well as officials at various times during the week. The tournament commenced on the Tuesday night with three exhibition games where players were allocated to teams outside of their normal teams for the night Promoted as an exhibition of the game it did not take long to see that the skills and standard on show was equal to that seen at the bi-annual IFBA Worlds events. Games proper commenced early Wednesday morning and continued through to the finals on Saturday.
Mixed in were several ‘Masters” games that also featured a very high standard of play. At tournaments end the presentation dinner highlighted and rewarded those that shone throughout the week.
MENS Division Champions: Queensland Cyclones Runners-Up: NSW Blue Third-place: NSW Orange Victoria Cup: Victoria Thunder
Mens All-Star Team Goaltender: Jamie Adams (SA Sharks) Defenders: Craig Barrett (SA Sharks), Jaben Sergeant (QLD Cyclones) Centre: Julian Luco (QLD Cyclones) Forwards: Andrew Causby (NSW Blue), Rohan Golding (QLD Cyclones)
Most Valuable Player: Julian Luco (QLD Cyclones)
Top Points Scorer: Shane Martin (ACT Flames) Victoria Cup Final
MVP: Ryuhei Hososaka (Victoria Thunder) Bronze Final MVP: Tim Booth (SA Sharks) Gold Final MVP: Julian Luco (QLD Cyclones)
WOMENS Division Champions: NWT Rebels Runners-Up: NSW Sliders Third-place: ACT Phoenix Womens All-Star Team Goaltender: Kayo Hososaka (SA Sharks) Defenders: Tracy Allison (ACT Phoenix), Natalie Olsen (SA Sharks) Centre: Sherry Connors (NWT Rebels) Forwards: Jenny Crawford (NWT Rebels), Chantelle Piva (QLD Cyclones)
Most Valuable Player: Jenny Crawford (NWT Rebels)
Top Points Scorer: Jenny Crawford (NWT Rebels)
Bronze Final MVP: Michelle Ramirez (ACT Phoenix)
Gold Final MVP: Tina Locke-Setter (NWT Rebels)
MASTERS Division Champions: Rusty Joints Runners-Up: M’Oldies
Most Valuable Player: Chris Lucas (Rusty Joints)
Top Points Scorer: Shane Martin (Rusty Joints)
The IFBA and member association Broomball Australia would like to congratulate and offer thanks to all those that took part in the 2013 tournament.
With the positive feedback received on the event thoughts are already moving toward 2015 and another event downunder.
