D2 Interregionals?

[Kevin Smith]

Was hoping to put together a sick D2 Interregional this year. Any ideas? Which teams would be down to travel and play? Colorado is always a good option with the number of D2 teams there and the central location for WCRHL, MCRHL, SCHL and Great Plains teams.

Kevin Smith
University of Arizona Roller Hockey

[islanderfan]

Our on campus rink is scheduled to be completed late this year or early in 2013. As a result, we are planning an inter-regional event for Feb 9-10 at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. We are 400 miles from St. Louis and roughly 500 miles from Denver and Dallas. We have traveled extensively over the years and are hoping that other regions will be able to join us in christening our olympic sized rink in February. The inline rink is a part of a $22.5M expansion project of our rec center that was approved and funded by the students 4+ years ago. Construction has been ongoing for the past year+. We are really looking forward to its completion.

Coach Jerry Remsbecker
KSU Inline Hockey Club
Faculty Adviser & Coach

[Kevin Smith]

Our on campus rink is scheduled to be completed late this year or early in 2013. As a result, we are planning an inter-regional event for Feb 9-10 at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. We are 400 miles from St. Louis and roughly 500 miles from Denver and Dallas. We have traveled extensively over the years and are hoping that other regions will be able to join us in christening our olympic sized rink in February. The inline rink is a part of a $22.5M expansion project of our rec center that was approved and funded by the students 4+ years ago. Construction has been ongoing for the past year+. We are really looking forward to its completion.

Coach Jerry Remsbecker
KSU Inline Hockey Club
Faculty Adviser & Coach

What's a reasonable way for long distance teams flying in to get to Manhattan? It's kind of in a remote location. Just curious because we'd be flying in from Phoenix/Tucson if we go so it'd be tough to keep expenses down.

[Bthumme]

I'm really making a push to have us make an inter-regional this year. An on-campus event would be very sick, but would probably only make me super jealous.

Kevin - just loooked really quick - manhattan and topkea both have airports.

[Kevin Smith]

I'm really making a push to have us make an inter-regional this year. An on-campus event would be very sick, but would probably only make me super jealous.

Kevin - just loooked really quick - manhattan and topkea both have airports.

I took a little time and this what I figured out for costs, thought this might help other teams that would be flying in..

Interregional Info
January 2013? (Hopefully.. just not Jan. 13 or MLK Weekend!) in Manhattan, KS (Kansas State University)

Round Trip Flight from TUC to KC at $260/person + Bags = $285

Van Rental--
$105/day (24 hr period = 1 day) (with 200 free miles/day) = $250 / 12 = $21/person
Hotel at $80/night for two nights is $40/person
GAS (230 miles) (20 Gallons at $3.80) = about $8/person

Total: $355/person

Now I have no idea if this is doable for us but at least we know what we'd be dealing with here.

[islanderfan]

Sorry I didn't get back to you right away, but I've been on vacation and working on my house... Manhattan has an airport and a few daily flights. The other option would be Kansas City ( about 2 hour drive ) The inter-regional should be February 9-10, not January. There have been some construction delays along the way, but the February dates still look good at this point. I will keep everyone appraised of the situation. I am still counting on being able to do this.

Coach Jerry