Thursday 20 August 2015

Training Camp Schedule



ROYALS ANNOUNCE 2015 TRAINING CAMP SCHEDULE
Camp opens Wednesday, August 26th with all on-ice sessions open to the public.

For Immediate Release
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Victoria, BC- The Victoria Royals today announced the schedule for their 2015 draft, rookie, and main training camps set to take place at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre.

The Royals are honouring three individuals from Victoria’s local media who have dedicated their careers to covering local sports. Jeff King, Cleve Dheensaw (DEAN-saw) and Steve Duffy have all been pillars in the Victoria sports media and the Royals are honouring their hard work and dedication by naming the rookie and main camp squads after them.

Team King is named after current CHEK News Sports Director Jeff King, who has been with the television company since 2001. Team Dheensaw pays homage to Royals’ beat reporter Cleve Dheensaw who is a writer for the Times Colonist newspaper and has covered sports in Victoria for the past 34 years. Team Duffy is named after Steve Duffy, who for the last 40 years has been a radio broadcaster throughout Vancouver Island and is now with CFAX 1070.

Main camp will be made up of returning players from the club’s 2014-15 roster, free agent invitees born from 1995 – 1998 and selected players from this year’s draft and rookie camps. The players will be divided into three teams for on-ice sessions that begin on Monday, August 31st and run through Tuesday, September 1st.

The Royals’ Training Camp opens on Wednesday, August 26th with a draft camp for players selected in the 2015 WHL Bantam Draft. The draft camp will be the first chance for fans to watch Victoria’s 2015 draft selections, including first round pick Eric Florchuk.

Rookie camp begins on Friday, August 28th and concludes on Sunday, August 30th.  The rosters are comprised of players born in 1999 and 2000, skaters who have been drafted or listed by the Royals and free agent invites.

DRAFT CAMP:

Wednesday, August 26th

11:00 a.m. – Ice Session

ROOKIE CAMP:

Friday, August 28th

8:45-9:45 a.m. – Goaltender Session
10:00-1:30 p.m. – Team Practices
2:15-3:45 p.m. – Team Duffy vs. Team Dheensaw
4:00-5:30 p.m. – Team Duffy vs. Team King
5:45-7:15 p.m. – Team King vs. Team Dheensaw

Saturday, August 29th

8:45-9:45 a.m. – Goaltender Session
10:00-11:30 a.m. – Team King vs. Team Duffy

12:00-2:00 p.m. – Victoria Royals Garage Sale

3:00-4:30 p.m. – Team Duffy vs. Team Dheensaw
4:45-6:15 p.m. – Team King vs. Team Dheensaw

Sunday, August 30th
8:15-9:45 a.m. – Team Duffy vs. Team Dheensaw
10:00-11:30 a.m. – Team King vs. Team Duffy
11:45-1:15 p.m. – Team King vs. Team Dheensaw

MAIN CAMP:

Monday, August 31st

9:00-11:45 a.m. – Team Practices
12:30-1:30 p.m. – Goaltender Session
2:00-3:30 p.m. – Team King vs. Team Dheensaw
3:45-5:15 p.m. Team Dheensaw vs. Team Duffy
5:30-7:00 p.m. – Team Duffy vs. Team King

Tuesday, September 1st

9:30-11:00 a.m. – Practice
12:30-1:30 p.m. – Goaltender Session
2:00-3:30 p.m. - Team Dheensaw vs. Team King
3:45-5:15 p.m. – Team King vs. Team Duffy
5:30-7:00 p.m. – Team Duffy vs. Team Dheensaw

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