Roller Hockey Photos

Teams from all over the country competed in the 2011 knockout rounds of the Knockout Cups, at the Ross Peers Sports Center, Soham today and you can see all the results from the days games listed below. The NRHA would like to congratulate Plymouth, HBU, Invicta, Ely, Peterborough and Bury for winner their matches and who will compete in their respective age groups on Cup Finals day on 23rd July.

U11 HBU 11-0 Grimsby
U11 Herne Bay 1-2 Plymouth
U11 HBU 24-0 Bury
U15 Invicta 3-1 Bury
U15 Ely 2-1 Herne Bay
U20 Middlesboro 3-4 Peterboro
U13 HBU 4-3 Ely
U13 Invicta 6-1 Spen Valley
U17 Peterbro 2-1 Invicta
U17 Ely 4-5 Bury

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Euro League roller hockey is not for England but you could see it if you take a day trip on the tunnel to St Omer France, yes it is a long day but with a bit of shopping a french meal and an evening of quality roller hockey at the town’s rink its a day you wouldn’t forget.

Last Saturday SCRA St Omer played their January Euro League match against Italy’s premier league winners Follonica. The visitors took the first goal of the match much to the disgust of the 600 home grown spectators, the home team soon rallied and made the score even with everything to play for. Follonia took the match with a final score of 1-2 but it could have gone either way.

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SCRA St Omer took on the mighty Barcelona to a packed house at their rink in Chemin du Brockus last Saturday. The french 2010 National League winners fought hard throughout the match to score but coming up against a strong defence from the spanish meant a clean sheet for the catalunians. Some familiar faces from the world champion spanish national team were included in the Barcelona side giving a spectacular display of skill.

St Omer players performed very well against some of the big names and must be congratulated for holding the loosing final score down to 0-5.

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Spain took gold againthis year at the Euro under 20′s in Darmstadt, Germany. Teams from Spain, France, England, Switzerland and Germany all competed at the four day championship which concluded in the following final placings.

1 Spain
2 Germany
3 England
4 Switzerland
5 France

We must send our congratulations to the organising committee for a spectacular opening and closing ceremony along with the all the volunteers that made these championships a success.

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The 10th Ladies World Roller Hockey Championship opened today in Alcobendas, near Madrid Spain. All the participating counties attended a spectacular opening ceremony accompanied by an award winning group of artistic skaters. After the opening ceremony the host nation took on Japan in the first match of the championships which will be played to the old rules, each day will have eight matches for the remainder of the tournament. But as the CIRH has an assembly no matches will be played on the Wednesday.

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The England ladies team will be travelling to Alcobendas (north of Madrid) at the end of this week to compete in the 10th Ladies World Roller Hockey Championships from 25th September to 2nd October. The sixteen teams competing are from Germany, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Spain, USA, France, India, England, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa and Switzerland.

Congratulations to the players below for making our team representing England

* Emma Russell (GK)
* Rachel Joy (GK)
* Beth Cook
* Chloe Stevenson
* Claire Currey
* Emily Rawlinson
* Emily Sheppard
* Kirsty Ingham
* Lucy Rivers
* Ruth Russell
We will be covering the Championships with a small selection of pictures being added to our gallery during the competition.

The 49th Senior European Roller Hockey Championships started this week in Wuppertal Germany. Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, England and Germany have all entered teams in this Bi-annual event. Pictures of the matches will be available to in our photo gallery throughout the championships.

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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

Ladies from around the country came together on Ladies day to play competitive roller hockey on Sunday 1st August. 33 players of all ages made up five teams in a round robin competition at the Bushfields Sports centre. Organised by Kirsty Ingham, Lucy Rawinson, Lucy Rivers and Michaela Parfitt the day raised money from entry fees, a raffle and a cake stall in preparation for impending World and European championships.

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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.