I have just heard the sad news from a fellow ex Herne United Roller Hockey player, Ian “Syd’ Horton, today, that former Ex-England and Herne United Goalkeeper, Robert “Bob” Scrivens, died on Thursday 19th May after a short illness.
Known to everyone as Bob, his playing career spanned from the mid 1950’s until he [...]

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The final squad has been announced to participate in the Group A World Championship which takes place in San Juan, Argentina from 24 September till 1 October 2011.
Dan Milne (Gk) – Cambridge
Ian Morrison (Gk) – Areces (Spain)
Craig Gibson – Letchworth
Grant Zaccarias – Middlesbrough
James Taylor – Bassano (Italy)
Karl Smith – HBU
Marc Waddingham – Grimsby
Michael Ableson – [...]

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As part of NRHA Development Plan we traveled to Santa Maria da Feira, from 20th to 25th February 2011 to run training sessions and to play some friendly games. On this trip I took a Ladies Under 18’s team along with an Under 11’s team; there were 34 people in total.

Ladies U18’s Team
Anne-Marie Lindsay(Gk), Kasia [...]

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The selection of the final squad for this event is to take place on the 22nd April 2011.
This Sunday, 17th April 2011, the second Open Session is taking place at the Bushfields Sports Centre at Peterborough between 4pm and 7pm.
If any Senior Roller Hockey players wish to be considered to be part of this final [...]

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Photo by Alan Jones
As part of the trips to Feira for the development of our players and teams, various local Clubs have been very accommodating to arrange games for us in their sports centres. One of these clubs is ACR Gulpilhares. As part of our gratitude for this, I presented a plaque to the Coaching [...]

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Photo by Alan Jones
Five years ago the NRHA signed a protocol with Santa Maria da Feira agreeing their support for the development of English Roller Hockey.
This Protocol was signed by the Sports Co-ordinator of the town, The Feira Viva Director, the President of Club Academico da Feira and myself. This support involves transportation from and [...]

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Photo by Jeremy Pembrey
Tuck shop, cake stall, raffles, monthly 100 square draw and table top sale, along with some extremely understanding and generous support from parents and players of all age groups attending National Training, has resulted in us being able to make our first purchase in presenting the 2011 Schoolboys reduced squad with their [...]

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England’s 2011 Under 17 squad are proud to announce that they have secured a tracksuit sponsorship deal with Powerpro UK. The schoolboys will wear the familiar Nike red & navy tracksuit supporting the powerpro UK logo for all forthcoming events up to and including this year’s European Championships in Geneva, Switzerland. The [...]

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Photo by Gordon Morrison

Free taster sessions in Roller Skating, Roller Hockey and Roller Derby on 5th and 6th March.
Arcadia Sports Hall, Levenshulme, Manchester.
For more information call 0161 224 0938 or e-mail info@manchesterarcadians.com
Download the A5 poster

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Herne Bay United Kings had their first European cup game at the weekend playing Lloret of Spain from the Spanish top division. A capacity crowd filled the Pier and were treated to an exciting match where HBU Kings scored first against the visitors. However Lloret’s professional players levelled and then capitalised on opportunities going into [...]

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