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January 13th, 2011 | 
Author: Two teenagers are proving they are anything but ordinary Neel. Nik Berimore, 14, of Driffield, and Patrik Walaes, 12, Beeford, are preparing to face international competition as part of the Great Britain roller hockey team.
The will travel with the national squad – the Great Britain Pee Wees – to Canada and the United States for two tournaments.
The players, who shoot pucks for the Driffield Flames, need to raise sponsorship of ?2,500 each to jet off to Ontario for the Global Championships and Florida for the North American Roller Hockey Championships.
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The rules surrounding Olympic ice hockey are obviously strictly reinforced so we’ve summarised them below along with some other useful information:
How it works
The men’s Olympic event involves 14 teams. The top six finishers from the last Games automatically qualify for the final
round. The other eight teams must play a preliminary round, a two-group round-robin format from which the top team in each
group qualifies for the final round. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a tie and none for a defeat. The final round
also follows the round-robin format. No teams are eliminated from this stage but the final group order will decide fixtures
in the quarter-finals, the first of the knockout rounds. In the event of a tie in one of the knockout rounds, a 10-minute
sudden-death overtime period is played (20 minutes in the final). If the game is still tied, penalty shots take place. The
women’s competition has eight teams, with a preliminary round, semi-finals and final.
In late May, I packed my clothes, food and gear into my buddy’s car and busted out of Boulder. Nearly six hours later, we rolled into Lander, Wyoming, and life as a road tripping rock climber became a reality for me. My trip began in Sinks Canyon, most notable for its swooping Killer Cave – a wickedly steep expanse of limestone riddled with amazingly good pockets that serve as handholds and footholds. The cave’s lengthy routes sap climbers’ arm strength like it’s their job. On my previous trip to Sinks, the cave’s sheer intimidation factor kept me from attempting any routes there. A few days into this adventure, however, I decided to give the cave a go.
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