Anka Sports Club, Turkey

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The Anka Sports Club, Varkaus Eagles and World Hockey Association have formed an affiliation Agreement.

"This is something that is really exciting," said Keith McAdams, General Manager of the Varkaus Eagles. "We will working with Anka and other organizations around the world to pool resources and create program to enhance our programs. For the Eagles our goals are to create opportunities for our players and additional sponsorship. The Eagles are look forward to working with Anka Sports Club, Red Star-Sofia and the WHA.

The vision of the World Hockey Association is to create opportunities for players to play in North America, “said Rick Smith, President WHA.”There is definitely interest from players from around the world to play in the WHA. We are thrilled about the opportunity to work with Anka Sports Club, Red Star-Sofia and the Varkaus Eagles."

"This is a great opportunity for our players and coaches to work with the WHA & Varkaus Eagles," said Anıl Uyar, Head Coach of Anka Sports Club. "The goals for the program are to get our coaches and players experience in North America and Finland. We are looking forward to setting up an exchange program, joint training camp and tournaments in the near future."

The Anka Sports Club, Red Star-Sofia, Varkaus Eagles and World Hockey Association will be formulating a long term plan over the next few months. Additional information will be released in August.

Contact Information:

Keith McAdams, General Manager Varkaus Eagles: KeithMcAdams@VarkausEagles.com

Ricky Smith President WHA: smith@officialwha.com
Gary Scott, Vice President of Operations: (gssports@shaw.ca)

Plamen Galabov, Program Director of Red Star: coach@redstarsofia.com
Anıl UYAR, Program Director Anka Sports Club: hockeycoachh@hotmail.com

Web Sites:

Varkaus Eagles: (USA & Finland) www.varkauseagles.com/

Red Star-Sofia :( Bulgaria) www.redstarsofia.com/

World Hockey Association: (Canada) www.officialwha.com/

Anka Sports Club: (Turkey) www.ankaspor.org