Listen to Learn more about Each of These Upcoming Events

More information may be added to this page in the coming days.

In the meantime, listen to the podcast and go to each event’s respective websites to register to play!!!

The Old Ellicott Cup

Bubble Hockey Tournament

If you live in the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia area, you should register and attend Shawn’s Smith’s “bubble hockey” tournament, at the B&O Railroad Station Museum.

• The event is 2-10 PM, Saturday, 24 September, 2022.

To learn more about the event, details and to register go to: https://theoldellicottcup.com/

The Detroit Cup

Bubble Hockey Tournament

If you live in Michigan or surrounding areas, you should register and attend Anthony “Tony” Peake’s “bubble hockey” tournament at the Detroit Beer Exchange.

• Friday Night Social “Meet & Greet,” 07 October, 2022.
• Saturday, tournament round robin and then playoffs.

Please register now and no later than Friday, 07 October.

To learn more about the event, details and to register go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/detroit-cup-bubble-hockey-championship-tickets-402638922857

Time Line of Subjects Covered by Peake, Smith, and Scoma

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Events

Classic Auction

Classic Auction’s of hockey memorabilia is going on right now and ends September 20, 2022.

Listen to this podcast to learn why we enjoy Classic Auctions.

Go to Classic Auctions to buy, sell, learn more about, or just enjoy looking at the photographs.

Marc Juteau, Founder and Owner, Delson, Quebec, Canada.

The Old Ellicott Cup Bubble Hockey Tournament, 2022

Saturday, September 24, The Old Ellicott Cup Bubble Hockey Tournament

Event by Shawn Smith, Ellicott City Bubble Hockey League, and WTHA (Maryland), USA with support from Ken Schmid and Gregory Scoma,

Who:  Open to the public, but you must register in advance!

To Register Now: click here

Venue: Baltimore and Ohio RailRoad Station and Museum, Old Ellicott City, Maryland

Hotel: Stay at the Residence Inn by Marriott Columbia, Old Ellicott City, Maryland

When: Saturday, September 24, 2-10 PM (8 hours)

Why: The team at TOEC welcomes you into historic Ellicott City for the first edition of The Old Ellicott Cup. This first foray will see some serious bubble action using SuperChexx Pro games with both young and old alike competing for the right to be considered the best in the Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) mid-Atlantic region.

Go to the World Table Hockey Association’s website and read, “World Table Hockey Association Goes to Old Ellicott City, Maryland!” to learn more about this event.

1st Annual Detroit Cup Bubble Hockey Tournament, 2022

Friday & Saturday, October 7 & 8

Event Presented by Anthony-Kristin Peake and Metro Detroit Bubble Hockey Association

Who:  Open to the public. Please register in advance!

Host Venue: The Beer Exchange, Grand River Ball Room – 1260 Washington Blvd. Detroit, Michigan

Register Now:Click here to register

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/438078550535494/permalink/782293996113946

When: Friday Night Social, October 7 — Free Play Meet & Greet, 6pm to 10pm

When: Saturday Tournament, October 8 — 10am – 6pm Round Robin to Playoffs

Interview with Shawn Smith, Founder of The Old Ellicott Cup

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Season 2, Episode 1 – Interview with Rick Benej

Episode run time 30 minutes

This episode pays homage to Rick Benej, founder and manfacturer of the “Benej” table hockey game. It is part one of five parts (1 of 5 parts).

The other four parts of the interview will be spread over the 2022-23 ice and table hockey season.

After close to 40 years, Rick has retired. As he wrote on the main page of his website, www.TableHockey.com, “If any company is interested in my design, making wonderful games, please contact me.” —Rick @ TableHockey (dot) com .

Podcast Notes for Kick Off of Season 2, Episode 1 (THS_004)

Notes from the Introduction

Eight years have elapsed since the last episode of the Table Hockey Show.

Thank You’s:

• John Fayolle, SoHo Table Hockey LLC, Manhattan
• Carlo Bossio, Quebec
• Patrick Cote, Quebec
• Jeremy Davis, Connecticut
• Shawn Smith, Maryland
• Anthony & Kristin Peake, Michigan
• Ron Marsik, Illinois,
• Reggie Stefaniszcyn, Edmonton, Alberta
• Ajit Sarma, Anaheim, California
• Sukhdev Raj, India

And, the communities and members of the:

• Sports Events and Tourism Association (USA) 
• Sport Tourism Canada

The World Table Hockey Association is the Events Rights Holder in the USA and Canada.

Value

The Table Hockey Show’s goal this season, 2022-23, is to provide you, our listeners, with value.

How so?

Collectors & Preservation

If you collect table hockey or ice hockey items…whether jerseys, books, posters, et cetera we will provide you with information and/or experts who can explain how to preserve those items. For example, how to stabilize paper.

Collectors & Investing

What should you consider when collecting or investing in table or ice hockey items? Is it autographed? Is is a reproduction of an autograph? Is it a jersey or item you had signed by, for example, an NHL player? Or is it an item an NHL player wore during a game? Was it autographed? What is the quality of the autograph? All of this factors into the price and future potential value of the item.

Interviews – for this season

• Rick Benej, Creator and Manufacturer of what is affectionately known as the “Benej” Table Hockey Game. www.TableHockey.com
• Jeremy Davis, SuperChexx “Bubble” Hockey Champion over many years. 
  • Most recently, Champ of the Washington Capitals’ Bubble Hockey Tournament this past Spring 2022, brainchild of Lee Seiler, Hilton Hotel — “Hotel of the Washington Capitals” Downtown Washington DC. Read more at WTHA.com
• Edgars Caics, Stiga’s International Champion. Read more at WTHA.com
• Carlo Bossio, custom Coleco and now SoHo Classic Champion over many years. Read more at WTHA.com
• Olga Dolonina, influential and an ambassador of the sport in the Ukraine. Read more at WTHA.com

Over the course of this season, we will have guests including players, collectors, event organizers, manufacturer’s and craftsmen. Or, in some cases, we may not interview but focus the show on such people as Stan Fischler.

Stan Fischler

A multi-TV Emmy winner, last fall inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame (where I was present), writer of 100+ books on ice hockey, known by everyone who knows ice hockey especially in the greater NYC area, the “maven” Stan Fischler…has uniquely spanned ice hockey and table hockey for 50+ years. He first had table hockey tournaments in his and his late-wife Shirley’s home in Manhattan beginning in the late 1960s. Later, he authored a column about table hockey in Actions Sports magazine in the 1970s. More recently, he’s guided the MSG+ TV to table hockey events in NYC (NYCTHL) and just in August 2022 did the introduction the SoHo Table Hockey’s Championships on ESPN 8 “The Ocho”…ESPN 2.

Olga Dolonina

My first degree is International Affairs (and my job involves security), so I follow world news closely. I also enjoyed playing ice hockey and table hockey.

Well, I intend to provide you with an interview a woman who spans all of those areas and more. She caught my attention a few years back, Olga Dolonina, Ukraine. She mentored with the NHL, partnered with the US State Department and brought table hockey games and joy to children and families of the Ukraine.

You should look forward to that interview.

Sports Events Tourism Assn & Sport Tourism Canada

We will also Introduce you to members of the USA-based Sports Events Tourism Assn and Sport Tourism Canada, so you can learn more about sport tourism, events, what stakeholders are looking for and more…

As well as interviews with members of the International Sport Heritage Association, which includes members from, for example, curators and preservationists from Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, Hockey Hall of Fame, and Baseball Hall of Fame.

Upcoming Events:

2022-23

• Annual Meeting of the World Table Hockey Association, Aug 31 end of Fiscal year and Sept 1, the beginning of the WTHA’s new fiscal year.
• SuperChexx, Ellicott City, Maryland, Sat 24 Sept 2022
• SuperChexx, Detroit, Friday October 7, 2022

• Tentative are: 
  • Buffalo, NY
  • Edmonton, Alberta, and in 
  • Greater Washington, DC (Virginia) for this season 

2023-24

• Greater Saint Louis, (Edwardsville, Illinois), September 2023.  Yes, next year.

Podcast Notes and Time Stamps of different subjects discussed in our first interview with Rick Benej.

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NEWS – Congratulations to:
Maxim Borisov for winning the International Table Hockey Federation’s (ITHF) 2013-2014 season tour of tournaments. He played in five tournaments and won four of them. Jun 2014.

Reggie Stefaniszyn for winning the Canadian Nationals tournament, Montreal, Canada. In 2nd place was Eric Desjardins (Canada) and in 3rd place Kent Richter. ITHF world tour. June 2014.

Reggie Stefaniszyn for winning the US Open, Chicago, Illinois. In 2nd place was Eric Davis (USA) and in 3rd place Jerry Wikstrom (Sweden). ITHF world tour. July 2014.
Tournament Organizers: Jim Rzonca & Eric Krol

For more information go to:
www.ITHF.info
www.LemontTableHockey.com
www.USTHA.com
www.CTHA.CA

Upcoming Events:
Scandinavian Open, August 9, 2014
World Table Hockey Association (Czech, EU)
For more information go to: www.billiard-hockey.com

Classic Auctions – Ice hockey and Table Hockey memorabilia of historic value. Marc Juteau and staff will be in Toronto, Buffalo, Cleveland, and Detroit, 28 July – 4 August. For more information go to: www.ClassicAuctions.net

The National Sports Collectors Convention, July 30 – August 3, Cleveland, OH,
www.nsccshow.com

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HOST AND CO-HOSTS: Gregory Scoma, Washington, DC; Ronald Marsik, Chicago, Illinois; Ajit Sarma, Anaheim, California.

DISCUSSED ON THIS WEEK’S SHOW (SHOW NOTES):

1. Topics
2. People Mentioned on the Show
3. Past Tournaments Mentioned
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1. Topics
* First Table Hockey Game, Childhood Memories
* Past Tournaments – History, Experiences and Notable People
* Musicians and Top Table Hockey Players
* Inventors of the Game
* The Rise of the Internet and the Re-Discovery of Table Hockey
* The EBay Connection
* Collectibles
* Table Hockey: Fierce Competitors on the Game, Lifetime Family of Friends Off the Game
* Discussion of Table Hockey Board-Types and Manufacturers
* Why the 40 Year Strong Johnny Good Guy Tournament No Longer Allows Winners to Take Trophies Home?
* Problems and Solutions for Table Hockey
* The National Association of Sports Commissions (NASC)
* Closing Comments

2. People Mentioned on the Show
Ajit Sarma, Ronald Marsik, Gregory Scoma, Kevin Reardon, Jeffrey Scoma, Mike Wheeler, Grant Ainsley, Mike Pope, Jim Rzonca, Rick Sorci, Dr. Lou Marinoff, Kenny Dubois, Art Krantz, Graham Barber, Inventor Bill Kobayashi, Mark Oblick, John Power, Roger Owens, Bob Cuozzo, Len Mecca, Peter Moulton, the wives and women of the Johnny Good Guy Tournament, Jeremy Davis, John and Ursula Fayolle, and Dr. Kevin Rafferty.

3. Past Tournaments Mentioned
* Burlington, Ontario, Canada; Mike Pope, Organizer, 1976.
* 2nd Burlington, Ontario, Canada, Mike Pope, Organizer, 1977/8.
* Johnny Good Guy, Brampton, Ontario, Canada; Peter Moulton, Organizer, 2005.
* Lemont, Illinois, USA; Jim Rzonca, Organizer, 2006/7.
* Breezy Point, New York City, USA; John Power, Organizer, 2006.

“THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!”

— If you have a question or want to share a story, please call us at 1-855-500-9842 (WTHA)
— If you have mementoes or photographs of you playing table hockey with your Dad or family, your first game or of interest, please email us at info@TheTableHockeyShow.com

“See You Next Week!”

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CORRECTIONS to the Show’s Discussion, JULY 26, 2014
1. The “Breezy Point Tournament,” Long Island, New York was in September, not “November” of 2006.

2. Two weeks later, Gregory Scoma, Washington, DC, first met Ajit Sarma, Anaheim (adj. Los Angeles) in late September of 2006 in Montreal, Canada at the Hockey sur Table Quebec (HSTQ) tournament.

3. The New York City Table Hockey Association (NYCTHA) opened the 1st week of October 2006.

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Your host: Gregory Scoma

Location: Washington, DC

Date: 25 June 2014

Mission statement: to serve as a multimedia means to educate, preserve, develop and promote table hockey – one person, one community, one nation at a time. Worldwide!

About the show. Its format. How to contact us to provide feedback and ask questions. Call us at 1-855-500-9842 and ask one question per voice mail.  Leave your name, the episode you are calling about, where you are from and your question.

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