As part of the plan to give Conference sides more competitive games the U11 series began in Dumfries in November where the South East came out on top. There will be a third installment in early March ahead of the full Conference Tournament in late May.

Saturday’s action at Ice Sheffield on the main Bauer Arena pad will see the five Conference sides play a round robin tournament with ten games. Matches are 3×15 periods with the first two periods running clock, stop clock in period three.

Admission for spectators is free for the u11 Conference Series while there will be programmes and merchandise available to purchase.

247 TV are filming the event and games are available to watch online at www.247.tv/live with full commentary from rinkside.

Official photographs are being taken by My Team Photo and they will have a stand on the concourse for anyone wishing to purchase framed montages on the day, while an online gallery will be published after the event.

JLMC event manager Gordon Douglas said: “It promises to be another packed day of junior hockey with the very best players from across the UK at this age group. The first event in Dumfries set the standard and I’m sure the players and coaches from the Conference teams want to maintain or improve on that.

“We’re excited by the Conference Series and grateful to 247 for the webcast and My Team Photo giving us some fantastic images from our events.

The games begin at 7am on Saturday morning running through to a close of play around 6.30pm.

SCHEDULE
Game 1 7.00am North v South West
Game 2 8.05am South East v Scotland
Game 3 9.20am Midlands v North
Game 4 10.25am South West v Scotland
Game 5 11.40am South East v Midlands
Game 6 12.45pm Scotland v North
Game 7 2.00pm South West v Midlands
Game 8 3.05pm South East v North
Game 9 4.20pm Scotland v Midlands
Game 10 5.25pm South West v South East