Junior players from the Great Britain Women’s programme will once again take part in the IIHF’s Global Girls’ Game this year. The Global Girls’ Game is a worldwide ice hockey event where women’s games take place across the world on one weekend. It’s being held this year on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th March and…
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BOOK YOUR PLACE NOW As part of the IIHF’s World Girls’ Ice Hockey Weekend, a very special event will be taking place at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham this Friday (22nd October) from 7pm until 9pm. Last week, GB Women inspired the nation with their performances at the Olympic Qualifiers and now, who knows,…
Josie Lamey has been named as assistant coach of Great Britain Under-16s Women. The 42-year-old, who represented GB and England as a player, iced over 375 times for Guildford Lightning. In 2019, she began coaching with The England National Team Programme (ENTP). “The female game has changed so much for the better since I first…
A three-day Great Britain camp in Sheffield began today with on and off-ice sessions for the under-18 and under-16 women. The teams had two on-ice practices each at Ice Sheffield and also off-ice fitness activities, including strength and conditioning. GB captain Saffron Allen, who is part of the under-16 women’s coaching staff, gave a talk…
Today is International Women’s Day. We are very proud of our women athletes and can’t wait to see them back on the ice very soon. Take a look at some photos below from the past few years, thanks to our photographers Karl Denham and Dean Woolley. #LionessRoar #InternationalWomensDay We are very proud of our women…
Ice Hockey UK and the GB Programme Board are thrilled to announce a new three-year deal with Bauer Hockey. It means Bauer will continue to supply Great Britain’s national teams – men and women at all levels – with off-ice clothing and equipment. Great Britain Programme Board chairman, David Hand, said: “We have a long-standing…
By Andy Potts The abrupt curtailment of the 2019-20 hockey season has left players all over the world waiting impatiently for a chance to get back into meaningful action. Within the professional game, the hiatus brings challenges: clubs face financial problems, with some already reporting that they won’t be able to compete next season and…
John Russell has been named as netminder coach for Great Britain Under-16 Women. The 37-year-old was goalie coach for SNL side North Ayrshire Wild last season, which involved coaching netminders from aged 10 upwards. Russell has also spent the past two years coaching netminders in the Scotland National Conference set-up. “I’m honoured and proud to…
Ice Hockey UK and the Great Britain Programme Board are inviting applications for the position of team manager of Great Britain Under-16 Women. The closing date for applications is 11th September 2020. Please send your CV with a covering letter to IHUK general secretary Andy French via email to andy.french@icehockeyuk.co.uk.
Nicci Wardell has been named as the new head coach of Great Britain Under-16 Women. Wardell has worked for four years with the England programme, spending a year as coach of U14 boys and three years as coach of the U14 and U16 girls. She will be assisted by Monica Petrosino who made 10 appearances…
Ice Hockey UK and the GB Programme Board have made three new off-ice appointments as Aimee Baldwin, Laura-Jo Bowler and Emma Sanders join the Great Britain Women’s set-up. Sanders will take up a Sports Rehabilitator role with Great Britain Women alongside Robyn Crebbin, while Bowler and Baldwin take-up the Sports Therapist role with GB Under-18 Women…
Ice Hockey UK have made four equipment manager appointments across the Great Britain junior set-up. Lee Panks will undertake the equipment manager role with Great Britain Under-16 Women. Panks is currently senior skate technician for Ice Locker and has also worked with Sheffield Steelkings para ice hockey team. Charles Humphreys has been named as equipment…