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unusual facts about FIRS


Phil Hamer

Hamer is also an accomplished Inline Hockey player and he was a FIRS World Champion in 2008 at Under 18 level, whilst playing for Great Britain.


American Inline Hockey League rules

While the rules of the American Inline Hockey League (AIHL) follows the general rules of inline hockey, it differs slightly from those used in international games organized by the International Committee of Inline Roller Hockey (CIRILH), an organization and discipline of the International Federation of Roller Sports (FIRS), such as the Inline Hockey World Championships.

Carlos Guzmán

He was loaned out to Toros Neza for six months where he made six appearances in the Apertura 2012 Copa MX for the club, but didn't make any league appearances during his loan stint.He was later send out on loan to Atlético San Luis were he had more playing time and earn the trust of firs division club Puebla F.C. who sing him for the 2014 tournament.

Ernst Sprockhoff

From 1935 to 1945 he was the firs director of the Romano-Germanic Commission in Frankfurt and, from 1947, professor of European Pre- and Early History at the University of Kiel.

Hellesdon

Hellesdon was the home of the old Firs raceway (home of the Norwich Stars and of Ove Fundin, who was World Speedway Champion on a number of occasions in the early 1960s).

Matthew Knight Arena

The floor was designed by Tinker Hatfield, Nike's VP of Creative Design, who intended to design an "iconic television presence possible for the University of Oregon" and honor the "Tall Firs", the nickname of the 1938–39 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team, winners of the inaugural NCAA basketball championship.

Norwich Stars

Speedway racing was staged in Norwich both before and after World War II at The Firs Stadium in Aylsham Road, Hellesdon.

Planoise

Planoise, while urban, has a rich environmental heritage and a lot of wooded space, and urban trees, particularly beeches, firs, Aesculus, and birches, are present on all streets.

Stefan Grogg

On the inline rink, Grogg went to the 2006 XII FIRS Inline Hockey World Championship (Detroit MI) with the Swiss National Team (LNA).

Stratfield Mortimer

The Lockram Brook flows through the middle of the parish and there is much woodland in the area, including Starvale Woods, Wokefield Common and Holden Firs.

The Firs

Chancellors Hotel & Conference Centre (formerly named The Firs), a Grade II listed mansion in Fallowfield, Manchester, England


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