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23/6/08
Congratulations go to Denise, Jubby and all the Senior players on an outstanding performance this weekend in wining the BIPHA Senior Nationals. They did it the hard way as well, having to play during the course of the weekend all the teams that reached the semi-finals. The wins over Hornets in the semi and Warriors in the final were especially sweet. Well done guys, you have done the club proud. Well done o Nathan Finney for finishing Top Points scorer after yet another outstanding display.

23/6/08
This thursdays 8pm - 9pm is open to any U14/U16?/U18 player. With most of the U18 away on International duty in the USA, this session has been opened up to any of these players.

23/6/08
Everyone at the club wishes good luck to all the players that are off to the USA for the FIRS Junior World Championships and the AAU Junior Olympics.

13/5/08
Everyone at Norton wish U16 player Jake Tinker a speedy recovery after breaking his hand at the weekend. We also wish young Declan O'Mara a swift recovery from his similar breakage. Whilst not strictly a Norton player, Dec was a major player in the highly successful UK Cyclones team that played in NARCH this year.

7/5/08
The monthly fees will be increased from 1st September to £20. This applies to all age groups from U12 upwards. Please ensure that your Direct Debits are altered to account for this increase.

7/5/08
A revised BISHA Senior fixture list has now been put on the BISHA page.

11/4/08
The U10's are having a series of friendly matches against Blackhawks over the next few weeks in the Norton Friday night training seesion and the Blackhawks monday night training session. These games are an ideal way for new players to sample inline hockey without the pressure of the "game" situation.

8/4/08
New revised Senior BISHA Ball fixtures are now on the BISHA Senior page.

5/4/08
With the BISHA Ball season about to get underway for the Youth and Peewee players, remember that all players must have proper body armour, not the Tour vest, a neck guard and a manufactured rubber butt end. Netminders must have a goalie neck guard.

1/4/08
Leasowe Sharks have joined the BISHA Senior League so expect some fixture changes.

1/4/08
BISHA are holding a Ref's course at Skate Central on the 26th April. Anybody who is interested in going on this course please contact either Sue Cross or Steve Faulkner for more details.

31/3/08
IMPORTANT INFO FROM SKATE CENTRAL

We are trying to improve our facilities generally and it seems that for every step forward we are taking two steps backwards because of the attitude of players, their managers and parents.

We are constantly having to repair damage done by players who continue to practice in the changing rooms and around the outside of the rink and to my total amazement in front of their managers and parents.

This sort of behaviour has to stop and it is for this reason that we areadopting a zero tolerance approach to this behaviour and the offending players will be asked to leave the rink even if they have games to play

I will be posting notices around the rink and on match days every player will be given a leaflet explain the consequences if they are caught playing hockey of any description, anywhere off the rink.

I sincerely hope that you will support us with this problem, because if we cannot solve it, we may have to consider not having any hockey at the rink in future.
Nigel Thompson

30/3/08
Peewee, Youth and Junior BISHA League will now be run out of Virtual Ice not Skate Central. Fixtures are now on the relevant pages. Norton SHC are entering 2 teams each at Youth and Junior age groups.

9/3/08
 Senior BISHA fixtures are now on the relevent page. .

24/2/08
The Senior ball team started the BISHA season off with a fine win in the season opener tournament. Wins over Pinegrove Pythons,West Coast Wasps and Cardiff Panthers in the final set the scene for what should be an entertaining season. New boy Tom Hunt, between the pipes, also walked off with the Top Netminder Award, Richard Tilley and Ryan Shelton made the Dream Team and Richard Tilley was Top Points winner.

21/1/08
Confirmation has come through today that Skate Central will remain at Queens Rd for the foreseable future and contrary to rumours will not be returned to an ice rink. All in all its good news for inline hockey.

11/1/08
The latest supply of Norton Hoodies and Sweatshirts are now available from Sarah Finney for those of you that have ordered them.

11/1/08
Nice to see Ryan Gee back with us after his stay in the USA. Rumours that he was staying in Guantanamo Bay Hotel are grossly exaggerated. America's gain is Norton's loss, or should that be the other way round? Anyway, welcome home Ryan.