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Carlos Amaral NRHA National Performance Director has announced the final 10 to represent England in the 2010 Under 17 European Championships in Northampton in ten days time. Congratulations to the successful players and we all wish them good luck.

Final Squad:
Goalkeepers
Peter Hunt – Peterborough
Reuben Alam – Farnham
Outfield Players
James Neville – Cottenham
Josh Taylor – Kings Lynn
Liam Conroy – Bury
Michael Carter – Peterborough
Oliver Johnson – Peterborough
Sam Norris – Bury
Sam Norton – Bury
William Smith- Middlesbrough
Management
Head Coach – Carlos Amaral
Manager – Joe Wheatley
Assistant Coach – Arthur Corr
Physiotherapist – Pedro Lourenço

Tickets for the Under 17′s European championships are now available, domestic sales can be purchase from Michaela Parfitt and International sales are available online.

Tickets are priced at £50 for a weekly family ticket which admits 2 Adults and up to 3 under 17 children and £20 for a weekly single ticket.
Daily tickets are currently available at £5 for Monday and Saturday and £3 for the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Sales are expected to brisk for finals day on the Saturday so be sure to buy your tickets sooner rather then later.

If I were to say Monjos beat Areces 5-4 on the 8th May in Spain you may well ask what is that to do with us in the UK. I can tell you that both of these Spanish National Div1 teams have English players playing for them and have done so for years. Andrew Ashurst (Monjos) and Ian Morrison (Areces) have been friends for many years and this is the first season their clubs have competed in the same league.

Areces were at home for this match and Ian Morrison their first goalkeeper has been playing for the team based near Oviedo for four years out of his ten years he has been playing Spain. Ian want out to Spain to join the Division of Honour club Vic (equivalent to the premier league) and in 2001 won a CERS Cup medal. Since then Ian has played for several Spanish clubs and has now settled in Northern Spain with his Spanish girl friend.

Andrew Ashurst went out to Spain with his parents twenty years ago at the age of twelve to play Roller Hockey and of course finishing his education and hasn’t looked back since. Andrew is now married with a little girl and the couple are expecting a new addition to the family in October. Andrew and his mum are successful proprietors of an English school which is based south of Barcelona.

Andrew had an injury for this match and didn’t play but he still travelled in one of the team cars for seven hours for the match. Roller Hockey in Spain at the top levels mean long distances to travel and for the bigger clubs this could be a flight to play their game.

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At the beginning of September 2010 the European 2010 Male under 17 Roller Hockey Championships will be held here in the UK and the NRHA made a decision back in the later part of last year to host this prestigious event in Northampton. The 2010 Euro Championships is planned to take place at the Benham Sports Arena Kings Park Road, Northampton from 30th August – 4th September. Englands National Performance Director Carlos Amaral is currently putting our young hopefuls through selection and is hoping to stage some demonstration matches at Benham in the summer. The Under 17 Euro Championships is the first International debutees will compete in Roller Hockey with many going on to represent their countries in years to come.

The championships official website www.euro2010nrha.co.uk is now online and as part of raising the awareness of the tournament, a promotional video is available to see via the championship website. Preparations are also underway to raise the sponsorship needed to host these championships and if any of our members are aware of any potential backers it would be good to hear from you.

Matches to be played on Saturday 20th February 2010

Results are from a third party source.

Matches to be played on Saturday 16th January 2010

Results are from a third party source.

Matches to be played on Saturday 19th December 2009

Results are from a third party source.

St Omer v Mataró SEE THE PICTURES

Results are from a third party source.

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There’s always a different atmosphere at the end of a Euro Ladies Roller Hockey competition, the competitive spirit has gone. Camaraderie takes its place with team against team melting away and friendships starting to grow. To celebrate this unity here at Roller Hockey Photos we produced a of set three images to use as wallpaper/screen savers for your home computer. Pictures of the top three teams have been produced to download in time for the festive season.

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2009 European Ladies Champions

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Six teams including England have come together this week in St Omer france to complete for the European womens bi-annual championships. Germany current champions will defend their title from a very strong Spain, Portugal and France with France strong favorites to take this years title. You can see all the action here in the best photos at Roller-hockey photos.

Girls from all over the country have attended the NRHA’s National Training weekends in Peterborough and Carlos Amaral NRHA’s National Performance Director has made his final selection.
Good luck to all the members in the final team selection participating in Ladies Seniors European Championship which takes place in St. Omer (France) 27th – 31st October 2009. ………………………………………………………………………….

The European bi-annual ladies championship will be held this year in St Omer France. SCRA St Omer are the french national league one winners and will play host to the six nation senior womens teams entered England, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. The clubs venue is well known and supported in the town so i’m sure we will see that support relected in these championships.
You can see all the reports and results on the official website set up by the organising committee in addition to this we will be covering the championships with pictures from all the matches.