CEO HENRY STAELENS ON HIS FIRST FOUR MONTHS IN THE ROLE
Ice Hockey UK CEO Henry Staelens has been in his new job just over four months, so we sat down with him to find out how everything is going and hear some of IHUK’s plans for the future. How have your first few months been as Chief Executive Officer at Ice Hockey UK? It’s been […]
FUNDING OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED BY UK SPORT
The funding for Ice Hockey UK and Great Britain ice hockey has been officially confirmed by UK Sport. IHUK will receive £900,000 of funding as part of UK Sport’s major investment being spread across Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports for the Milan-Cortina cycle ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. It’s the biggest-ever investment […]
IMPORTANT TWO-DAY CAMP FOR MEN’S JUNIOR TEAMS IN ICE SHEFFIELD
A combined men’s under-16s, under-18s and under-20s camp took place in Sheffield last week. Over 130 players, coaches and support staff attended the two-day camp at Ice Sheffield. It was an excellent opportunity to get the three junior teams together to work on their plans for the 2023-24 international season. GB Men’s Head Coach Pete […]
FOUR GREAT BRITAIN OFF-ICE APPOINTMENTS CONFIRMED
Great Britain would like to confirm the additions of four members to the off-ice staff. Sam Kelvey has been appointed GB Programme Head of Specialist Sports Science & Medicine, as well as being Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach with GB Women. Pamela Ibarra has taken up the role of Lead Nutritionist with GB Women and […]
SMP EUROPE ANNOUNCES £28,000 FUNDRAISING FOR CHARITY
Great Britain and Ice Hockey UK’s main team sponsor SMP Europe has announced it has raised an outstanding £28,000 for charity following a superb partnership between the two organisations. As principal sponsor of Ice Hockey UK and the GB teams, SMP Europe have changed their corporate colours on all GB-related clothing and merchandise to pink, […]
REST IN PEACE ALEX GRAHAM
Great Britain and Ice Hockey UK would like to send our condolences to the family and friends of Alex Graham who passed away at the weekend. Alex played for both Great Britain Under-18s and Under-20s and the news has come as a huge shock to everyone in UK ice hockey, including all of his team-mates. […]
FIRST CAMP OF SEASON FOR GREAT BRITAIN UNDER-20S
Great Britain Under-20s completed a two-day camp at Ice Sheffield this week. It’s the start of the selection process for the Men’s U20 World Championship, which takes place in Dumfries later this year. GB will be joined by Lithuania, Netherlands and Spain, along with promoted China and relegated Korea for the six-team tournament from 11th […]
IIHF ANNOUNCE 2024 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENTS AND VENUES
The IIHF have confirmed the venues for next year’s World Championship tournaments. The schedule for 2024 was rubber-stamped at the annual Congress, taking place this year in Finland. Great Britain Women will travel to Riga for the World Championship Division I Group B from 31st March to 6th April 2024. They’ll face Italy, Poland and […]
