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Roller Hockey in England
Known at International level as Rink Hockey

Items of interest concerning roller hockey that come to the attention of
the British Roller Sports Federation will be posted to this page.

The discipline of roller hockey is administered within England by
the National Roller Hockey Association of England (NRHA)
website : www.nrha.co.uk

To access a list of NRHA clubs across England click here
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Veterans Roller (Rink) Hockey in Europe
click here

From: Loughborough Roller Hockey Club

Monday, 22 February 2010

Roller Hockey in Loughborough?
Moves to establish a new Roller Hockey club in Loughborough

Expressions of Interest Sought

A group of Roller Hockey players in Loughborough
are gathering together with a view to re-establishing
Roller Hockey in the area.

This group is looking to recruit former players, and recreational skaters
looking to progress their skating towards a specific roller sport.

Competitive Roller Hockey, which is known in Europe and Internationally as Rink Hockey is played on quad skates using a cane somewhat similar to a field hockey stick with a solid ball weighing 155 gm & 7.2cm(2¾") diameter. Whilst competitive roller hockey is played on quad skates, at a recreational level it can be played on inline skates.

Initially the team will be holding practice sessions in a local leisure/ sports centre in or near Loughborough, the longer term objective is to take part in inter-club competitions.

If you are modestly competent on quad skates, would like to take part in a team activity, with a view to taking part in competitive inter-club games, please contact Sergio Gomes on 07850 100 785, or by email (here)

to download the flyer for printing as a poster click here

From: Herne Bay United Roller Hockey & Skating Club

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Herne Bay United
Roller Hockey & Skating Club

A Christmas Roller Dance & Social Skate
followed by an International Hockey Match
and the evening closes with a Roller Disco

Saturday 19th December 2009

The Pier, Herne Bay, Kent

An International Roller Hockey Match between
Herne Bay United & AFP Giovinazzo (ITA)
This is the return leg of the first round of the Comité Européenn de Rink Hockey, European Cup series.
The first leg is to be played in Italy on 21 November 2009 at the AFP Giovinazzo home venue.

The evening commences at 5:00pm with 2½ hours of social roller skating, which will include alternate sessions of recreational roller skating and sessions of roller dancing designed to bring back memories of a former era of roller skating.
It will be recalled that a similar event was run at The Pier as recently as 1st August this year,
which proved to be a tremendous success with many requests for similar events
to be arranged in the future (see here). This event is to meet that demand.

At 7:30 there will be a display by a local Modern Dance Troupe,
which then leads into the Roller Hockey teams introductions.

At 8:00 the match of two 25 minute halves commences.

After the match at 9:30 pm The Pier will become the venue
for a Roller Disco, closing around about 10:30.

Admission to the Social Skate alone is £2.00.
Admission to the hockey match alone is £4.00 per adult
(£2.50 for children & OAP's)
Admission for the whole evening is £5.00 per adult
(£3.00 for children & OAP's)

click on the poster opposite to obtain a printable version

link to Herne Bay United website here
link to AFP Giovinazzo website here
link to National Roller Hockey Association website here
link to Comité Européenn de Rink Hockey website here

From: Herne Bay United Roller Hockey Club

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Local Roller Hockey Derby Filmed for Regional Television

Herne Bay & Herne Bay United feature in Meridian TV Evening News story

Meridian TV were in attendance at the Pier Pavilion on Saturday 31 October
to film the local derby match between Herne Bay vs Herne Bay United.

A 3' 30" news item which included interviews with a number of club officials,
the two team capitains and some shots of the game in progress
was broadcast on Meridian TV's evening news program on Wednesday 4th November.

This news report is currently available for viewing on the Meridian TV website (here) The story is accompanied by a short introduction:

It was invented here and has been played in our region for more than one hundred years. Roller hockey games used to fill the stands and, despite dwindling crowds, the sport is still going strong. The skating rink on the pier at Herne Bay in Kent is the spiritual home of the game but there isn't just one team in the town, there's two. But, do they see eye to eye?

It is not known how long the clip will remain available, but try the link and watch an interesting clip.

The following links open new windows:
Connect to the Herne Bay RHC website here
Connect to the Herne Bay United RHC website here
Connect to the National Roller Hockey Association of England website here

From: (NRHA) Committee of Roller Hockey Referees

Thursday, 22 October 2009

Vacancy for Referee Appointer ~ Roller Hockey

National Roller Hockey Association
Committee for Roller Hockey Referees

The Committee for Roller Hockey Referees has announced a vacancy
for the post of Referee Appointer and are inviting applications for the post.

It is requested that clubs bring this vacancy to the attention of as a wide an audience as possible

Duties
To work with the Committee for Roller Hockey Referees (CRHR) Chairman, the CRHR Secretary, CRHR Treasurer, CRHR Discipline Officer & CRHR Details Collator,

Who Can Apply
Any interested person, who may not necessarily be an active referee, also nominations from third parties will be accepted, as long as the person being nominated has agreed to their nomination,

Commencement of Duties
1st January 2010 - 28 February 2010, working in tandem with Mike Richardson
1st March 2010 - Working alone,

Where to send Applications/ Nominations
crhr@sky.com

Closing Date for Applications
31 October 2009,

Should more than one application/ nomination be received, an email election will be held, commencing on Sunday, 1 November and closing on Saturday, 14 November, with the result being published on Sunday 15 November.

This is an ideal opportunity for any interested person within the sport to play an active part in the work of the Committee for Roller Hockey Referees.

Further Enquiries
Can be directed to CRHR Chairman, Derek Bell by email crhrchairman@sky.com

From: Spen Valley Flyers Roller Hockey Club

Wednesday, 21 October 2009

click this image to access the Spen Valley RHC website

Spen Valley Flyers Roller Hockey Club

Granted a Sport England Lottery Award

Residents of Kirklees and surrounding areas will soon be able to try roller hockey for free
- and play for their local club -
thanks to a new National Lottery-funded project.

Spen Valley Flyers Roller Hockey Club will be holding ten 'come and try' sessions over a series of forthcoming weekends at the Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre - a few minutes from M62, J26 - commencing at 17:00 on Saturday 7th November 2009.

Whilst the sessions are primarily intended to attract younger people to the club, skaters and learner skaters of all ages are welcome to attend these sessions. Basic roller skating skills tuition will be available at every session.

This new sporting opportunity for the Kirklees district of West Yorkshire has been made possible by a £10,000 grant from Sport England, which is working with local communities to get people playing more sports.

The Spen Valley Flyers Roller Hockey Club has also received help from Kirklees Active Leisure, Kirklees Council, the Northern Counties Roller Hockey Association (NCRHA) and The National Roller Hockey Association (NRHA).
>> >> >> to read the rest of this story, click here

to view a larger version of the poster which includes a list of "Come and Try" dates and contact details for the Spen Valley Flyers Roller Hockey Club click the poster alongside.

to see a map for the Whitcliffe Mount Sports Centre click here
to connect to the Kirklees Active Leisure website click here
to connect to the Kirklees Council website click here
to connect to the Northern Counties Roller Hockey Association website click here
to connect to the National Rink Hockey Association website click here
to connect to the Sport England website click here

From: National Roller Hockey Association

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Roller Hockey Referees

Referee Seminar Feedback Request

Now that the first two "New Rules Seminars" have been completed,
the course tutor is looking of feedback from those referees and others
who have attended the seminars.

New Rules
At last years Committee International de Rink Hockey Congress, a document titled
Rules of the Game of Rink Hockey 2008 was accepted by the assembled congress.
These new rules of the game will come into to effect,
for European International competitions on 1st September 2010 and
for the rest of the world on 1st September 2011.

The National Roller Hockey Association of England have agreed to adopt these new rules for use in the English domestic roller hockey environment for the forthcoming 2009/2010 season commencing this coming September.

To assist the course tutor to incorporate any suggestions that may be offered, it would be appreciated if attendees could send an email in respect of the headings listed below:

What are your thoughts on the first two courses?

Was there a difference between the Saturday and Sunday sessions?

Was it useful? Informative? Better or worse than expected?

What questions were not answered from your perspective? as coach/ referee/ timekeeper/ player.

How can we improve on the next two presentations?

Please email replies to these addressees

Aileen Barker
General Secretary,
National Roller Hockey Association

From: NRHA, Committee for Roller Hockey Referees

Wednesday, 27 May 2009

Roller Hockey Referees

New Sponsor for Referees Shirts

It is with pleasure that we can announce that for the season of 2009 – 2010,
and for the remainder of this current season the National League referees
will be “shirt” sponsored by rail company NORTHERN
and as such all national league referees shirts will carry the company’s logo.

One of these shirts, will be issued as part of the training package to all those that attend, the rules seminars
(It will be important to attend given the changes to the rules that will be made).

The shirts will also be available to purchase, via Committee for Roller Hockey Referees, and at cup finals day via Slapshot, (they can of course be worn at regional events unless a region already stipulates their own shirts).

A further pale blue shirt will also be produced, being unveiled at Cup Finals Day, for use in National Premier League matches along with all national cup competitions. (Using the black as the change shirt). These will be issued to the referees who will be asked prior to the season beginning or as the season progresses, to officiate in National Premier League games.

to read the rest of this story click here

From: NRHA, Committee for Roller Hockey Referees

Monday, 4 May 2009

Roller Hockey Referees

Training for the New Rules of the Game

At the CIRH Congress, held in Japan at the World Ladies Championships last year,
new rules proposed by the European Technical Committee were approved.
They are to be introduced internationally in 2010.

In order for us to be ready for them, the NRHA have decided to adopt them
domestically for season 2009-10.

Over the weekends of the 16/17 May and 20/21 June, we will hold training sessions regarding the new Rules of the Game.

The sessions will be held at the Bushfields Sports Centre, Peterborough (map)

These sessions are open to Referees, Time-keepers, Coaches & Players.

There is no charge for attendance at the sessions.

To read the rest of this story click here

CIRH: Comité International de Rink Hockey, a technical committee of the Fédération International de Roller Sports
CERH: Comité Européene de Rink Hockey, a technical committee of the Confédération Européenne de Roller Skating

websites: FIRS | CIRH | CERS | CERH | NRHA

From: NRHA, Committee for Roller Hockey Referees

Saturday, 25 April 2009

Roller Hockey Referees

Traditional Roller Hockey
also known as
Rink Hockey

Roller Hockey Referees

This notice has been published on the BRSF website as it is believed that there are a number of active
and formerly active Roller Hockey Referees, who for any number of reasons might have fallen out of sight
of the National Rink Hockey Association's normal communications network
and may not visit the NRHA website on a regular basis.
Therefore this notice is an attempt to reach those referees via visitors to this website.

Since the autumn of 2008 the National Rink Hockey Association of England
have been looking to contact all active and formerly active Roller Hockey Referees,
be they attached to clubs or independent and working as regional or national referees.

An initial announcement advertising the project and seeking details of all known referees was land mailed to clubs and posted to the National Roller Hockey Association website on 17 October 2008.

Subsequently a paper giving background details of the project and calling for nominations for the position of chairman of the newly formed Committee for Roller Hockey Referees (crhr) was published on the National Roller Hockey Association website on 7 November 2008.

On 2 December 2008 the names of three referees who had agreed to their names being included in the poll were published on the National Roller Hockey Association website. see here

On 20 December 2008 it was announced that Derek Bell had been chosen by his peers to be their committee chairman. see here

Any readers of this notice who are currently active, or formerly active Roller Hockey Referees, and did not know of this project, could you please use the mailto link below to contact the Secretary of the NRHA's Committee for Roller Hockey Referees.

Similarly, if other readers of this notice know of any currently active, or formerly active Roller Hockey Referees, could you please ask those referees if they are aware of this project and if appropriate, ask them to make contact with the Secretary of the NRHA's Committee for Roller Hockey Referees.

The details required by the NRHA's Committee for Roller Hockey Referees are as follows:

Name -
Address -
Phone -
Email address (for speed of information) -
Club -
Current grade -
and should be sent to the CRHR Secretary preferably using this email link

This information will be used to:

contact the referees to ascertain their current involvement,
to notify appointments to premier league matches, where appropriate - as is currently happening,
to inform referees of coaching courses and of assessment courses and additionally
to keep individual referees up to date with general items of news to do with refereeing.

to connect to the NRHA website click here

From: Herne Bay United Roller Hockey Club

Sunday, 8 February 2009

click here for Herne Bay United RH club website

European League Roller Hockey at The Pier, Herne Bay

Herne Bay United v Bassano, Italy

Saturday 14 February 2009

One more chance to see top level roller hockey in the UK.

Sat 14th February top Italian team Bassano54 come to the Pier Pavilion to play the penultimate match in the Group stage of the European League.

They are sitting in 1st place in the Pool because of goal difference with Spanish side Reus Deporteu who are level on points. Reus will be at the Pier on 14th March so another 'super star' team to come and see. Put it in your diary and get your ticket in advance!

As at the previous matches there will be a Team Shirt Raffle which will be presented to the winner at half-time .. .. ..

The Referees appointed to officiate on the 14th are both Spanish and one is the top female Ref - Teresa Martinez .. .. ..

The pre-match programme on this occasion will be two matches by Under 13 teams selected by Carlos Amaral .. .. ..

To read the rest of this news item click here

From: Middlesbrough Roller Hockey Club

Thursday, 23 October 2008

Middlesbrough Roller Hockey Club
Interviewed for Senata Sport TV

To be broadcast Friday & Saturday 24/10 & 25/10

This news story was originally published on TalkRollerHockey and
additional information has been provided by Dan Palmer

After a disappointing weekend away in Germany, ^{(note 1)} Boro’s sprits were lifted on Monday afternoon when Setanta Sports contacted Daniel Palmer stating that they want to film the hockey club playing a little bit of roller hockey and interview players about the sport.

Setanta wanted to make a promotional news video about our sport and link it with the coverage of the Middlesbrough Vs Blackburn game (soccer) this weekend live on Setanta Sport.

The news video should be appearing on Setanta Sports News Channel through out Friday (24/10) and Saturday (25/10).

Due to the late notice the filming took place at Whitcliffmount Sports Centre on Tuesday as the reporter was in Leeds and would not be able to make it up to Middlesbrough.

Thank you to all the players that help out with the Video hope to see you on television.

Mikey Ablson, Owen Stewart, Greame Stewart, Matt Radcliff, John Jones, Daniel Palmer.

Note 1
Middlesbrough RHC had flown out to Germany to play Walsum in the first round of the CERS Cup.
(CERS: European Confederation of Roller Skating)

To connect to the Middlesbrough RHC website click here

Sentanta Sport News is Channel 518 on Virgin Cable.

From: National Roller Hockey Association of England

Tuesday, 22 July 2008

International Roller Hockey

European Roller Hockey Championships

Oviedo, Spain

England Senior Men are currently attending the European Championships in Ovideo, Spain.

For daily news reports please connect to the

National Roller Hockey Association of England website

To read an article setting the scene click here

To read the Roller Hockey stories for 2007 click here

The Roller Hockey stories for 2006 & 2005 have been archived

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