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From: British Sledge Hockey Association Monday, 01 March 2010
The British Sledge Hockey Association
Give it a Go Session

Simply Skate, Rotherham ~ Saturday, 6th March 2010

The British Sledge Hockey Association ~ Give it a Go Session

On Saturday 6th March BIPHA will be holding a 'Come and Try' Sledge Hockey Session at Simply Skate in Rotherham.

The first session will be held from 10.00am till 11.00am
followed by an England v Scotland Sledge Hockey Match
there will then be another free session from 12.00pm till 13.00pm.

All Are Welcome
~ newcomers to roller skating ~
~ skaters of the many roller disciplines ~
can come and try this new exciting sport, all the sessions are free, so come along and give it a go.

BIPHA is actively helping to promote this new exciting sport. It is open to any player of any ability and BIPHA would like to encourage both regions and clubs to look at ways to offer this to existing and new members.

Sledge Hockey is a variant of ice hockey using sledges to allow participants to move about the rink at high speeds whilst controlling and hitting a puck. Players sit in adapted sledges, propelling themselves with sticks adapted to allow propulsion in a manner similar to skiing. As players are strapped to a sledge everybody has the same restrictions, regardless of whether or not the player has a disability.

Based on Ice Sledge Hockey, Inline Sledge Hockey is played to the same rules as Inline Puck Hockey (essentially ice hockey played off ice using inline skates) and has been made possible by the design and manufacture of in inline sledges by RGK, Europe's premier sports wheelchair maker.

Inline Sledge Hockey
Inline Sledge Hockey is going from strength to strength.
All BSHA members are insured to play Inline Sledge Hockey.
We are also talking to the MoD about injured service personnel being given
the opportunity to play Sledge Hockey.

To read the full story connect to the:
the BIPHA website and/ or the BSHA website

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		  

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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: British Sledge Hockey Association Thursday, 18 February 2010
Sledge Hockey Festival

Grimsby & Kingston Upon Hull

Saturday 27 February 2010

Inline Sledge Hockey Taster Sessions

Grimsby Leisure Centre

Inline Sledge Hockey is a recently introduced variant of Ice Sledge Hockey which has been in existence for many years and for which there are many references on the Internet via the various search engines.

As Inline Sledge Hockey is a new sport here is a thumbnail description of the sport
Sledge Hockey is a variant of ice hockey using sledges to allow participants to move about the rink at high speeds whilst controlling and hitting a puck. Players sit in adapted sledges, propelling themselves with sticks adapted to allow propulsion in a manner similar to skiing. As players are strapped to a sledge everybody has the same restrictions, regardless of whether or not the player has a disability.

Roller Sledge Hockey Taster Sessions
The British Sledge Hockey Association have extended an invitation to sports enthusiasts of all roller disciplines as well as other sports followers to visit the main dry sports hall at Grimsby Leisure Centre (map) on Saturday 27 February, from 14:00 to 16:00 and take part in one of the taster session of inline sledge hockey. >> >> >> >> more

From: Roller Sport South Africa Thursday, 14 January 2010
Roller Sport South Africa
The National Governing Body for South African Roller Sports

South African Open Speed Roller Skating Championship 2010



Roller Sport South Africa is proud to announce the 2010 South African Open Speed Roller Skating Championship. With financial assistance from the National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund we are in the position host this exciting event. The 33rd annual South African Championships, open to international participation, will take place in Mandela village, Hammanskraal 19 to 21March 2010.

South Africa’s best skaters will face tough competition from world medal winners who have already confirmed their participation in the event. Local teams from Eastern Cape, Central Gauteng, North West, Northern Gauteng, southern Gauteng, and Western Cape will battle it out to become South African champions.

The championship will have 2 days of racing on the 400m road circuit followed by a 3rd day of long distance racing on the roads of Hammanskraal.
to read the full story including a list of events, entry fees and accommodation offers click here

Roller Sport South Africa website here

Why this event is being publicised on the BRSF website?

It will be recalled that at both the CERS Congress of September 2008 and the FIRS Congress of February 2009 all National Governing Bodies were requested to assist and support the promotion of all roller sports on the African Continent.

This then is the first roller event which has come to the attention of the British Roller Sports Federation
and we are very comfortable to give this international event appropriate publicity.


From: Herne Bay United Club Reporter Tuesday, 29 December 2009
A Report on a Christmas Roller Extravaganza

A Social Skate and Dance,
an International Hockey Match &
Roller Disco

During the late afternoon of Saturday 19 December The Pier at Herne Bay was taken over by the local roller skating community for the second time in recent months for a multi discipline Roller Skating Extravaganza.

In addition to Roller Hockey, the HBU club has an active artistic skating section and there are also a number of other roller skating clubs in this part of Kent.

In spite of appalling weather - with many parts of the UK being 'snowed in' and reports of traffic mayhem and even trains being stranded inside the Channel Tunnel - the well advertised skating event commenced in the early evening with a two and a half hour social skate based as previously on the principal of the former "Afternoon Tea-Dance" which was attended by just short of 300 people, which included the Rink Hockey club AFP Giovinazzo, with some twenty supporters travelling from Italy. The local Da Vinci Dance Troupe also provided a display of Modern Dance prior to the start and in the half-time break.

It was pleasing to note that a considerable number of people who attended the Social Skate then stayed on to see the European Roller Hockey (CERS CUP) >> >> more

From: British Sledge Hockey Association Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Inline Sledge Hockey

World Launch Exceeds all Expectations

Inline Sledge Hockey, World Launch Exceeds all Expectations

It’s rare for a new sport to be created. It’s even rarer for it to immediately generate support and a fan base. But after the launch of Inline Sledge Hockey at Bisley on the weekend of the 19th December 2009 its clear that a Inline Sledge Hockey is going to be the future of inclusive sport.

Based on Ice Sledge Hockey (the Paralympic version of Ice Hockey), Inline Sledge Hockey is played on a sports hall using custom made sledges with wheels, using rules adapted from inline puck hockey. The game is as fast and as furious as Ice Sledge Hockey but with the advantage that it can be played anywhere and by anyone.

Three games were played over two days, the first two being between the Hull Stingrays and the Grimsby Redwings and the third being between a combined Stingrays/Redwings team and a number of Ice and Inline Hockey players, including current GB Inline Hockey players. This final game saw the Stingrays/Redwings team comfortably win by a 7 – 0 margin and demonstrated to any sceptics that Inline Sledge Hockey is a genuine physical, contact sport and not just a token nod to allowing the disabled and able bodied to play together.
>> >> >> to read the rest of this report click here

From: British Sledge Hockey Association Monday, 7 December 2009
Inline Sledge Hockey

WORLD LAUNCH

Lord Roberts Centre, Bisley, Surrey ~ Saturday 19 December 2009

The Ultimate Inclusive Team Sport
Inline Sledge Hockey Launch: 19th December 2009

In partnership with RGK, Hull Stingrays Elite League Ice Hockey team and the British Inline Puck Hockey Association, the British Sledge Hockey Association (BSHA) is proud to announce the world launch of Inline Sledge Hockey at Lord Roberts Centre, Bisley Camp, Woking, Surrey.

Sledge Hockey is a variant of ice hockey using sledges to allow participants to move about the rink at high speeds whilst controlling and hitting a puck. Players sit in adapted sledges, propelling themselves with sticks adapted to allow propulsion in a manner similar to skiing. As players are strapped to a sledge everybody has the same restrictions, regardless of whether or not the player has a disability.

The BSHA are committed to delivering a fully inclusive community and team development programme which will allow abled bodied and disabled people to learn and compete together on equal terms in a fast and furious full contact sport. The BSHA have a number of sledges (both Inline and Ice) which can be lent out free of charge to clubs, groups and schools to allow them to experience Sledge Hockey.
>> >> >> to read the rest of this story click here


From: Fédéation International de Roller Sports, Website Saturday, 28 November 2009
to connect to the FIRS website click this image Fédération International de Roller Sports
Notes of the Executive Board Meeting
Freiburg, Germany 20 & 21 November 2009

The following Editorial News Story has been posted on the
Fédération International de Roller Sports website

Dear friends of rollersports.org

As you know, together with the Figure Roller Skating World Championships on the 20th and 21st November the meeting of the FIRS Executive Board took place in Freiburg . I do not hesitate to say that this was an historical Executive Board both for the discussed topics and for the importance of the decisions.

First of all, I wish to underline that it was repeated in a firm and shared way the role of FIRS: the International Federation is one and only one, with one government providing the necessary support to all disciplines. Too often in the past, FIRS has been interpreted as a multi speed motor, but this last meeting of the Executive Board reaffirmed the role of the International Federation: an example, in this regard, was the decision to make every headquarter of the Continental Confederations as FIRS HQ, to reinforce the representative role of the Confederations at continental level.

Another important discussed topic was the quality of the image of our sport, beginning from the Organisation of the World Championships. It was fundamental, in this way, the decision to reaffirm the need for FIRS Departments to have maximum control over the communication, protocol and organization of the Worlds. For this reason an assigning book of the World Championships and an organisation book will be realized in addition to the communication handbook already presented at the meeting of the Executive Board held in Gold Coast in 2007.

>> >> >> to read the rest of this story on the FIRS website click here

From: Hallamshire Hornets Inline Hockey Club Friday, 27 November 2009
click this image to access the Hallamshire Hornets website HALLAMSHIRE HORNETS HONOURED AT AWARDS CEREMONY

South Yorkshire Sports Awards 2009
Held at The English Institute of Sport, Sheffield,
on Wednesday, 18 November 2009

Hallamshire Hornets, Senior Men's Inline Hockey Team
have recently been nominated along with Sheffield Hatters, a ladies basketball team, and
Sheffield Steelhawks, an Under 18's Ice Hockey team,
for the South Yorkshire Sports Awards 2009, as potential Senior Team of the Year.

At this years event Hallamshire Hornets were selected as Senior Team of the Year 2009
Dave Birch of Hallamshire Hornets said
"A major factor in us being selected for the award was that we had succeeded in a major European Championship tournament".

The South Yorkshire Sports Awards is a prestigious event held each year in South Yorkshire, involving a panel of sporting experts selecting finalists from categories of individuals and/ or clubs that have contributed to the success of all sports across the county during the previous year. The categories include, Coach of the year, Young coach of the year, Unsung Hero, and many more.

To read the rest of this story click here


From: British Inline Puck Hockey Association Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Veterans Christmas Inline Hockey Tournament
Players to be 30 years and older on the first day of the tournament

Saturday 19th December 2009 & Sunday 20th December 2009
Lord Roberts Centre, Bisley, Surrey, GU24 0NP

The veteran age group is the fastest growing age group in the UK
and we are hoping that entry to this will encourage veteran inline hockey players
to dust of their skates and become active again.

The tournament is open to veteran teams from all inline hockey clubs
regardless of affiliation.

The GB Veteran Team will be entering, as will hopefully, the French National Veteran Team.

We are looking for other veteran teams to join them in an exciting Christmas Tournament.

For full details of this Christmas Veterans Tournament please connect to this page


From: Herne Bay United Roller Hockey & Skating Club Wednesday, 11 November 2009
click this image to access the HBU website 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

click on this image to access a printable version 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
click the image to access the website Local Roller Hockey Derby Filmed for Regional Television

Herne Bay & Herne Bay United feature in Meridian TV Evening News story		 click the image to access the website

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: British Inline Puck Hockey Association (BIPHA) Saturday, 7 November 2009
Updated Tuesday, 16 February 2010
click the image to access the BIPHA website BRSF Level 2, Coach Education Course
(Generic roller skating for learners)

Swindon, January & February 2010

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The British Inline Puck Hockey Association is continuing to deliver
BRSF Level 2 Coach Education courses across England.

As has already been announced the British Inline Puck Hockey Association (the BIPHA)
have been successful in obtaining a substantial grant from Sport England
to assist with the cost of training every coach in every BIPHA club in England.

Level 2 Coach Education Courses are being organised at a number of locations across England during the next twelve months. These courses are being organised primarily for the benefit of BIPHA club coaches, any vacant places will be made available at discounted costs to club coaches from any BRSF affiliated discipline, to staff of Sports and Leisure Services departments and to staff of educational establishments, on a first come, first served basis.

Courses have already been arranged for:

Rotherham (November 2009) (details here)
Swindon (January 2010) (details here).
Swindon (February 2010) (details here). Course cancelled due to insufficient numbers booking

As further venues and dates are confirmed they will be advertised on this website.

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