Giving you a clearer picture of roller hockey
Houghton Regis hosted their home National Division one tournament last Sunday. Farnham, Norwich, Halifax and Cambridge all traveled to the Bedfordshire town with the first match starting at 8.30. Houghton came out top of the days tournament table with maximum points, carry on like this lads and you’ll take the league trophy.
Matches in the Spainish Premier league are always worth a visit to see a fiesty style of play. The game on 15th November C.P. Areces Elecinco v C.P. Alcobendas was no exception, Areces are currently fighting to gain points to lift them clear of the relegation zone. Areces who have their home venue in Grado 25km from Oviedo finished in the top six last season and for some time were in the running for promotion to the Division of Honour.
After fast counter attacks Alcobendas exhibited a strong finish with two exceptional goals, a delight to watch and the whole match was end to end and well worth the entrance fee.
Final score C.P. Areces 2 – 5 C.P. Alcobendas
Roller Hockey in Switzerland is alive and well. Last Saturday was a treat for me to photograph not only a top level match Geneva v Montreux and two matches of the Swiss Vets tournament in Montreux. Teams from the clubs of Thunerstern, Juventus, Weil, Roller Gordola and Geneva all took part in the two day Vets. event which brought together players of the past to pitch their witts against each other or just exchange stories of past games.
In my evening session in Geneva I was able to feast the camera on some “LNA” (Swiss premier league) roller hockey full of action and skill. Geneva and Montreux provided the food for the lens in an exciting match displaying the talents of the individual players in a team environment. No match report but you can see snippets of roller hockey from Switzerland.
Photo courtesy of Jan Cook 
This years England under 19 ladies team has now been selected. They will travel to Cestas, France to compete in the 2nd Under 19 Ladies European Championships from 30th October to 1st November. Four teams (Germany, France, Spain and England) will go head to head in this round robin championships starting on Thursday 30th October at 8pm with England v Spain . The team is:-
1 Rachel Milne -Cambridge RHC
2 Yazmin Magaby – Manchester RHC
3 Anna Russell – Plymouth RHC
4 Beth Cook -Middlesboro RHC (Captain)
5 Emily Rawlinson – Bury RHC
6 Chloe Stevenson – Middlesboro RHC
7 Emily Sheppard -HBU RHC (Vice Captain)
8 Francesca Baker – Bury RHC
9 Rebecca Lawrence – HBU RHC
10 Kasia Parfitt -Kings Lynn RHC
Head Coach – Carlos Amaral
Manager – Dave Fothergill
Physio – Kirsty Ingham
Congratulations to the players for making the final ten and good luck at the Championships.
This weekend had three English teams playing in two European competitions. Herne Bay United took on 2007 CERS Cup winners CP Tenerife in the first round of the European Champions League, Bury RHC took on Baisca (Switzerland) and Middlesbrough RHC played RESG Walsum (Germany) in the preliminary round of the CERS Cup.
Listed below are Saturday nights scores, plus you can see the pictures from Herne Bay United’s match with CP Tenerife.
HBU 0 – 10 CP Tenerife
RESG Walsum 12 – 1 Middlesbrough RHC
Roller Baisca 8 – 1 Bury RHC.
Forthcoming matches on 15th November are:-
Herne Bay United will be away to Bassano Roller,
Middlesbrough will be at home (Eston Sports Academy, Middlesbrough) to RESG Walsum and Bury RHC will meet Roller Baisca at the Pier Pavilion Herne Bay.
Match Schedule and Results
| Sunday | ||||
| 5/10/08 | Chile | 9 – 0 | South Africa | |
| 5/10/08 | Japan | 1 – 11 | France | |
| 5/10/08 | Argentina | 32 – 0 | Macau | |
| 5/10/08 | Spain | 13 – 1 | India | |
| Monday | ||||
| 6/10/08 | Macau | 0 – 31 | Germany | |
| 6/10/08 | USA | 10 – 1 | India | |
| 6/10/08 | Chile | 9 – 0 | England | |
| 6/10/08 | Portugal | 3 – 1 | Japan | |
| Tuesday | ||||
| 7/10/08 | England | 5 – 1 | South Africa | |
| 7/10/08 | Spain | 7 – 1 | USA | |
| 7/10/08 | Germany | 0 – 0 | Argentina | |
| 7/10/08 | France | 4 – 0 | Portugal | |
| Wednesday | ||||
| 8/10/08 | CONGRESS | No | Matches | |
| Thursday | ||||
| 9/10/08 | Chile | 1 – 2 | USA | |
| 9/10/08 | Argentina | 3 – 2 | France | |
| 9/10/08 | India | 0 – 4 | Japan | |
| 9/10/08 | South Africa | 5 – 0 | Macau | |
| 9/10/08 | Spain | 13 – 0 | England | |
| 9/10/08 | Portugal | 3 – 2 | Germany | |
| Friday | ||||
| 10/10/08 | Macau | 0 – 22 | Japan | |
| 10/10/08 | India | 5 – 0 | South Africa | |
| 10/10/08 | Chile | 2 – 1 | Germany | |
| 10/10/08 | England | 0 – 8 | France | |
| 10/10/08 | USA | 1 – 9 | Portugal | |
| 10/10/08 | Spain | 2 – 1 | Argentina | |
| Saturday | ||||
| 11/10/08 | India | 7 – 0 | Macau | |
| 11/10/08 | South Africa | 0 – 3 | Japan | |
| 11/10/08 | Germany | 8 – 0 | England | |
| 11/10/08 | Chile | 1 – 7 | France | |
| 11/10/08 | USA | 1 – 8 | Argentina | |
| 11/10/08 | Portugal | 1 – 3 | Spain |
| Final | Positions |
| 1 | Spain |
| 2 | Portugal |
| 3 | Argentina |
| 4 | USA |
| 5 | France |
| 6 | Chile |
| 7 | Germany |
| 8 | England |
| 9 | India |
| 10 | Japan |
| 11 | South Africa |
| 12 | Macau |
Hamm Herringen in Germany will host this years under 20 European Roller Hockey Championships from 29th September to 4th October. Seven teams will compete for this bi-annual title, Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and England. England will play the first match against Italy on the first day at 17.30 BST+1. Our boys will play every day except the final day in this round robin competition and are looking for a successful result. See the results and pictures here on Roller-Hockey Photos.
Match Schedule and Results
| Monday | BST +1 | |||
| 29-09-2008 | England | 1-11 | Italy | Fotos |
| 29-09-2008 | Spain | 4 – 0 | Germany | Fotos |
| 29-09-2008 | Portugal | 5 – 0 | Switzerland | Fotos |
| Tuesday | ||||
| 30-09-2008 | France | 1 – 4 | Portugal | Fotos |
| 30-09-2008 | Germany | 6 – 0 | England | Fotos |
| 30-09-2008 | Spain | 2 – 2 | Italy | Fotos |
| Wednesday | ||||
| 1-10-2008 | Switzerland | 1 – 4 | France | Fotos |
| 1-10-2008 | England | 0-18 | Spain | Fotos |
| 1-10-2008 | Portugal | 3 – 0 | Italy | Fotos |
| 1-10-2008 | Switzerland | 6 – 0 | England | Fotos |
| 1-10-2008 | Spain | 2 – 1 | France | Fotos |
| 1-10-2088 | Italy | 4 – 3 | Germany | Fotos |
| Thursday | ||||
| 2-10-2008 | England | 1 -14 | Portugal | Fotos |
| 2-10-2008 | Germany | 0 – 2 | Switzerland | Fotos |
| 2-10-2008 | France | 3 – 5 | Italy | Fotos |
| Friday | ||||
| 3-10-2008 | France | 8 – 1 | England | Fotos |
| 3-10-2008 | Portugal | 7 – 1 | Germany | Fotos |
| 3-10-2008 | Switzerland | 1 -13 | Spain | Fotos |
| Saturday | ||||
| 4-10-2008 | Switzerland | 3 – 2 | Italy | Fotos |
| 4-10-2008 | Germany | 5 – 1 | France | Fotos |
| 4-10-2008 | Spain | 1 – 2 | Portugal | Fotos |
PORTUGAL WINNERS 2008 UNER 20 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Six teams will be competing in this years Allen Mezzanines League Cup, Letchworth, Herne Bay United, Bury, Houghton Regis, England Ladies and Middlesbrough. This annual two day event being held at the Bushfield Sports Centre on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September will start at 10am with Letchworth v Herne Bay United.
Over the next seven days we will be covering in photos the Mens Senior European Championships in Oviedo Spain. The Competition starts on Monday 21st July and runs for six days starting with Switzerland v Germany.
Watch this website to see all the best photos of the tournament with all the up to date results.
