Friday, March 4, 2011

BRANDON LOOKS TO LAND WORLD JUNIOR 'A' CHALLENGE

An official bid for hosting rights to the 2012 World Junior 'A' Challenge has been submitted by a group in Brandon, Manitoba.

Bid Chairman Darryl Wolski says the hub will be the Keystone Centre in Brandon; but MJHL centres in Portage and Dauphin would receive two games each.

Wolski says the venue, the Keystone Centre, has taken measures in the last two years to make itself a world class building; with the main ice surface (Westman Communications Place) having a seating capacity of 5500.

Brandon hosted the Memorial Cup in 2010 and has also hosted marquee events such as the first ever Men's and Women's Olympic Curling Trials in 1997.  They were a satellite host city for the World Junior Hockey Championships in 1999.

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