5th Annual Ladies
   Recreational
   Hockey Tournament

10 minutes and 15km north of Calgary is the small city of Airdrie, Alberta, Canada, with a population of about 20,000 people. The Airdrie Nutty Housewife League (NHL) womens ice hockey team makes this fine city home.

April 5-7, 2002 are the confirmed dates for the Airdrie Nutty Housewife League Tournament planned to be played at the Twin Arenas in Airdrie. Saturday night post game activities will feature a dinner and entertainment.

Tournament Update:
It looks like the tournament has now gone officially to 12 teams, and not only inter-provincial with teams from as Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, but also international with two teams coming from the United States.

The returning Rebels and the hosting Airdrie Nutty Housewife League are two of the twelve sign teams for this tournament. Here is the current list, in alphabetical order, of the other ten participating teams.

Returning teams from the 2001 Tournament

Boomerangs, Edmonton, AB
Cobras, Fox Creek, AB
Lightning, Forestburg, AB
Oakridge Shooters, Calgary AB
Cranbrook Shooters, Cranbrook, BC

New teams for the 2002 Tournament

Babes on Blades, Regina, SK
Family Dental Extractors, Swift Current, SK
Tom Bast Sports, Red Deer, AB
Wanna Bee's, Whitecourt, AB
     and a second team from the United States
Spitfire, San Jose, CA

Recommended accommodations are:

Super 8 Motel

East Side,
815 East Lake Blvd., Box 3237, Airdrie, AB, Canada, T4B 2A2
1-800-800-8000, central reservations or (403) 948-4188
It is across the parking lot (can walk with equipment to rink) from Twin Arena. Close to Wendy's, Tim Hortons and other restaurants.

Best Western Regency Inn
- http://www.bestwestern.com/ca/regencyinn

West Side,
121 Edmonton Trail, Airdrie, AB, Canada, T4B 1C2
1-800-558-4844 or (403) 948-3838
You would need transportation to rink. Has its own restaurant and is close to McDonalds, A&W, KFC and Our Flames Restaurant.

Also, check out the local Calgary/Airdrie weather conditions at this website: http://www.weatherpoint.com