Roller Hockey Photos

Around 100 fans watched Saturdays CERS Cup first round match at the pier pavilion. Viareggio (Italy) were always going to be a tough nut to crack for Bury St Edmunds but when the Italians arrived you could feel the tension in the air when they walked through the middle of the home team spectators in the reception area of the pier.

Bury had a young team which was evident at the line up at the start of the match and Viareggio’s professional team stood tall against the our boys in green. The match started well and on the whole Bury played well against the Italians with Carlos Amaral jr. scoring the only goal for Bury in the second half of the match. The power of the visitors took its toll on the home team giving the final score of 1-13.

Bury will travel now travel to the Mediterranean town of Viareggio for their return match on 17 November.

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Bury meets Viareggio (Italy) in the first round of the CERS Cup this Saturday (20^th October start 7.45pm) at the Pier Pavilion, Herne Bay. This is one of the four big matches to be held at the pier in the coming months. Herne Bay Utd. are away in Portugal on the same day to play FC Porto in their first round match of the European League. The 17^th November will see Herne Bay Utd at home to C P Vic (Spain) and Bury will be away in their return match in Viareggio Italy. So mark your diary and don’t miss this opportunity to see some good International roller hockey.

Geneva is a very beautiful city with its cathedral, coffee shops and one of the highest fountains in the world rising 459 ft. above lake Le Man. Spending the morning walking around the old town, taking in the sights then a boat trip around the lake in the afternoon this was the ideal day before going to a roller hockey match in the evening.

Geneva were playing Voldemwald in one of the Swiss premier league (LNA) matches being played on that day. After arriving in a taxi from the town center we discovered a well lit rink with approx 200 seats, ideal for taking photos or just watching the match. With the match under way Voldemwald put the pressure on from the start and scored the first goal, Geneva were in no hurry to take the lead but after a disallowed goal the home team “got their act together” and finalised the score at 7 – 1.

The match finish at around 8.35pm giving us time to jump into the prearranged taxi taking us straight to Geneva airport. As we had previous checked in online we went straight through to security and then on to the plan with the other 24 passengers. I’ve seen more people on a bus. With the one hour time difference we were home by 10.30pm. A grand day out.

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Andy McCullugh’s funeral will be held at Teesside Crematorium Acklam Rd, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS5 7HD on Wednesday 17th October at 1pm if anyone would like to attend or send messages. Messages can be channeled to his family and the Club via Graeme Stewart on 07960 441046, MRHC Secretary Dave Fothergill or Tony Czifra.

Andy’s family have asked that the 17th be a celebration of Andy’s life, rather than a sombre ‘black tie’ day so his family have indicated that the dress code would not include black suits and ties. Finally, rather than flowers, please feel free to make a donation to a charity supporting African education (where Andy recently spent some time helping out in schools).

It is with deepest regret to inform you all that Andy McCullagh senior player of Middlesbrough Roller Hockey Club suddenly passed away on Saturday 6^th October. This devastating news has shocked our Roller Hockey community and our hearts and thoughts go out to has family.

Andy was a member of the Middlesbrough Roller Hockey Club for ten years as a player and coach of the clubs young members. He was a polite and friendly young man on and off the rink, his dedication was admired by many and his enthusiasm shown through the loyalty to his club.

We will miss you good friend and you will always be in our thoughts.

Over the next three months I will be travelling to the south east of England, Northern Spain and South West Switzerland to photograph matches from the CERS Cup, European league and top European National leagues. This is the time of year for rich pickings of matches to photograph, as all of the national leagues start and the preliminary matches of the CERS Cup and the new format European League begin. Teams from all over Europe will travel to foreign lands to compete, some trying to win these prestigious awards and others just taking the opportunity to play some of the great teams.

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Carlos Amaral, NRHA National Coaching Director has announced the following programmes for October’s National training sessions at Bushfields Sports Centre, Peterborough.

SATURDAY 20th October

09:30-12:30 UNDER 13 & UNDER 11 *
12:30-15:30 UNDER 15
15:30-18:30 SCHOOLBOYS & JUNIORS

* Please note that I have booked one additional rink to ensure the younger players have special attention.

SUNDAY 21st October

09:30-12:30 DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
12:30-15:30 LADIES
15:30-18:30 JUNIORS & SCHOOLBOYS

Please can you let me know whether you will be attending or not.
This will enable me to plan the training sessions according to the numbers attending.

Carlos Amaral
NRHA Coaching Director