Accessible World

Kalamazoo Goalball Tournament Live Online March 1st & 2nd, 2008

Hi all,

I am delighted to announce that the Audio Network will begin this year's "road to Beijing 2008" with our first live broadcast of the season this weekend, The 24th Annual USABA Midwest Regional Goalball Tournament, coming from the WMU Student Resource Center in Kalamazoo Michigan.

The tournament, known also as the John Bakos Memorial Tournament, features fifteen of the finest men's and women's goalball teams in the USA, playing not only for championship glory, but for qualification for the US National Tournament in Utah later this year, and of course, hoping to catch the selector's eye for the US national teams bound for the Paralympics in Beijing in September.

We will be bringing you live action from start to finish, courtesy (as usual) of our friends at the accessibleworld.org

We will be online live from 9am EST (2pm GMT, 6am Pacific) on Saturday March 1st, with the whole day's round robin action, and then we will be back on Sunday from around about the same time, right through to the crowning of the champions in the early afternoon.

The actual schedule has yet to be finalized at the time of writing, but you can keep in touch, and find out how to listen live by going to the following address.

http://sports.pressakey.net/k2008

You will be able to listen to the entire event, live, and free of course, by pressing number 1 from this page, or clicking on the visual link below the audio player. This will take you to the accessible world auditorium. Whilst in the auditorium, during the event, you will hear the commentary, and also be able to text chat with others listening in. When you enter the room, it asks for your name and a password - you do not have to put a password in, just add your name and leave the password blank.

If you have not used the auditorium before, you must first download a small plugin on your computer. This is available on the page when you press number 1 on your keyboard. It is a small, unobtrusive little program that makes the whole thing work. You only have to go through this operation once. If you have any problems, send an e-mail to us by pressing number 2 on your keyboard.

The team lineups have been announced, and also this page, during the event, will include a full schedule of games, including results and reports on the games, keeping you right up to date with all that is happening.

Women's teams competing - Colorado, Kentucky, New Jersey, GLASA, Illinois, WMU, Kalamazoo

Men's teams competing - Kentucky, PABA Venom, GLASA, Illinois, Ontario, WMU Red, WMU Black, NE Florida

Please pass this on to as many people as possible!

See you in Kalamazoo!

Bill

The Audio Network
bill@pressakey.net