Roller Hockey Photos

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Final Positions

1. Spain
2. Portugal
3. France
4. Germany
5. Italy
6. Switzerland
7. ENGLAND
8. Andorra
9. Holland

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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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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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Germany were victorious in Alcorcon at the 2007 Ladies European Championships during this week of 18 – 22 September. England finish sixth with their young team and are hopeful of success at the Ladies World Championships next year in Japan.

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The 2007 England ladies team

Last year our girls traveled to Santiago Chile to compete in the Ladies World Championships a month before Christmas, of course being in the southern hemisphere they enjoyed the summer sun during the breaks in the competition. The sixteen National teams (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, France, Germany, India, Italy, Macau, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and USA.) competed in this five day
tournament. The England ladies can hold their own but they had a poor start in the first phase of the championships but came back fighting beating India 5–0 and South Africa 10-0 to finish 13th overall.

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The spectacular Ladies European Rollerhockey Championships arrives in Alcorcon, Madrid. The best female players in Europe competing for a title in sporting history.

The website www.eurohockey07.com (with English language option) will provide information about the IX Ladies European Rollerhockey Championships which will take place from the 17th to the 23rd of September, 2007 in Alcorcon, Madrid. The website will also provide information about the area and about our club CP Alcorcon.

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SPAIN, WINNERS OF THE 2007 COUPE DES NATIONS

Easter weekend saw Spain win the 62nd Coupe des nations in Montreux Switzerland. Eight teams from Europe and South America competed for the title at the Pierrier Hall in Montreux-Clarens. The competition is held bi-annually approx. two months before every senior world championships so teams competing in worlds top senior championships are always keen to receive an invite to this prestigious competition.

The seven national teams who attended last weekend were particularly pleased because the Pierrier Hall in Montreux-Clarens will host the 2007 Men’s senior world roller hockey championships in June. This tournament was also a good practice run for the organising committee to iron out any potential problems.

England are one of the sixteen teams competing in Switzerland in June after qualifying in San Jose USA in August 2005. The team lead by NRHA coaching director Carlos Amaral plan to travel to this years world championships several days early to enable the teams to get some last minute training in at a nearby rink.

Click here to see the complete set my pictures taken over last weekends exciting competition.

Final positions of the 62nd Coupe des Nations

1 Spain
2 Portugal
3 Switzerland
4 France
5 Angola
6 Germany
7 Montreux (Host club)
8 Chile