The new relationship between England and Great Britain for women and girls hockey was confirmed last month, building a single pathway for young female players to transition towards Great Britain teams. This past weekend in Sheffield almost 60 girls – split into u13 and u16 groups – took part in a two-day camp in Sheffield…
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Great Britain Women will participate in a new EIHA Under-20s cup competition next season. The games – against six men’s U20s sides – will form part of the national side’s preparations for the 2018 Women’s World Championship Division II Group A, being held in Dumfries in April 2019. GB Women will be joined by Billingham…
Last month, the England and Great Britain women programmes announced that they were working together to develop a pathway for young female players from under-13 right through to full international levels with GB U18 an GB Women. The first UK Women’s Development Camp takes place this weekend in Sheffield with three groups of players taking…
This summer the IIHF published their new rule book for the four-year cycle 2018-2022. Last month we published a guidance note on the new rules to help players, coaches and spectators understand the changes. Now Ice Hockey UK in conjunction with the English and Scottish associations has produced its in-house rules document for the new…
Following the appointment of Martin Grubb as head coach of GB U18s, Ice Hockey UK are advertising the position of assistant coach for Great Britain Under-20s. The successful candidate will be a strong, communicative person to assist the men’s U20 head coach in executing the overall strategic direction and delivery of the Great Britain U20…
Ice Hockey UK Referee Section held their second National Referee Conference in Nottingham last weekend, with over 230 officials from across the UK attending the two-day event. The group were together for several keynote addresses including Kim Pedersen from the Denmark federation who went from IIHF Pool C in 1996 to hosting the elite World…
Trials for this season’s Great Britain Under-18s Women’s roster will take place at the end of this month. The one-day open trial will be held at the Bauer Arena at Ice Sheffield on Friday 31st August. Players must be at least 14 years of age to attend the trial. For further details please register via…
Great Britain Supporters’ Club (GBSC) have reported “unprecedented interest” in the national side following GB Men’s promotion to the top flight of the World Championship. GB won promotion to Division I Group A with a gold medal in Belfast in 2017 and head coach Pete Russell secured a promotion double as GB upset the odds…
Martin Grubb has been appointed as the head coach of Great Britain Under-18s. The 42-year-old moves from his current GB role as assistant coach for the under-20s where he won a bronze medal in Division II Group A in Budapest last year. This will be Grubb’s second stint with GB U18s after previously being assistant…
Head coach Pete Russell says a “fantastic opportunity” awaits Great Britain at next year’s World Championship in Slovakia. GB will make their first return to world ice hockey’s top flight since 1994 next May following their dramatic promotion in April in Budapest. The schedule for the 2019 World Championship was announced yesterday and GB start…
The schedule for the 2019 World Championship in Slovakia has been announced with Great Britain starting their first campaign in the top flight for 25 years against Germany. GB are in Group A which is based in Kosice and games are taking place at the Steel Arena. Britain and Germany go head to head on…