Carolyns Winning Angels & Devils

from left to right, Lauren, Tom, Ted, Carolyn, Shamim, Victoria,  Max, Ellen and Aimee

Goal scoring duo Ted & Tom Allen

Carolyn with some angels (cough) and devils

Winners!

Congratulations!

The team Captains and Assists for this season were announced today, they are as follows;

Pee Wee Captain - Aimee Wakelin
Assists (half a season each) - Shamim Capel & Max Spivey

Youth Captain - Jack Abbott
Assist - Alex Ryder

Junior Captain - Ricci Capel
Assist - Harris Turner

Senior Assist - Dave Ballaam

Huge congratulations to all of you, I'm sure you'll make your club (and your families) incredibly proud.

GO BULLDOGS!

#Hot off the press#

LEAGUE STARTS SUNDAY 3 MARCH, 09:15 at Farnborough Leisure Centre
* 8 games per week with the last face-off at 15:05
* No matches Easter Sunday or May Bank Holidays
* 2 weeks allocated for the Regionals (June 2nd and June 9th)
* Final games before summer break are on July 14th

LEAGUE RESUMES SUNDAY 1 SEPTEMBER,
12:30 at SPICEBALL LEISURE CENTRE, Banbury . . . Hurrah!
* 5 games per week with the last face-off at 15:50
* Final weekend of the season is October 20th, with the presentations at 15:00,
ALL players should be present for this please because
My crystal ball predicts lots of medals, trophy's, Regional Players and Dream Team Players
coming our way this season! 

THE SASH LEAGUE TEAMS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

PW1 Banbury Bulldogs
PW2 Chippy Trixsters Red
PW3 Ash Avalanche A
PW4 Oxford Storm
PW5 Chippy Trixters Black
PW6 Ash Avalanche B

YTH1 Banbury Bulldogs
YTH2 Chippy Trixsters
YTH3 Ash Avalanche Thunder
YTH4 KSF
YTH5 Oxford Tornadoes
YTH6 Swindon Flames
YTH7 Ash Avalanche Lightning

JNR1 Banbury Bulldogs
JNR2 Swindon Flames
JNR3 Ash Avalanche Typhoon
JNR4 Oxford
JNR5 Ash Avalanche

SNR1 Banbury Bulldogs
SNR2 Brighton Street Stormers
SNR3 KSF
SNR4 KSF Vipers
SNR5 Ash Avalanche
SNR6 Oxford Blues
SNR7 Reapers
SNR8 Heyford Phantoms

All teams will play each other twice.
All teams will get two games on the days they are playing (unless they opt out).

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

GO BULLDOGS!

Not so much on the beaches but at Spiceball

Get some bulldog spirit and get down to Spiceball today for training!

Street Hockey 1:30 - 2:30, no experience necessary, we provide all the kit, including skates, first session is free, £3.00 per session thereafter, for ages 5 - 12

Pee Wee & Youth Training 2:30 - 4:00

Junior & Senior Training including Youth players invited to play up 4:00 - 5:30

GO BULLDOGS!

Get your skates on!

Absolutely delighted are we by the turn out for Saturdays 'Street Hockey' session, it was great to see so many new faces, even better was seeing so many kids getting into it and really enjoying themselves . . . job done!
I did have a chuckle at the '3 amigos' who came to just watch (uhuh) but after 5 minutes were getting kitted up desperate to have a go, just brilliant! 
For those who don't yet know Banbury Bulldogs Skater Hockey Club have recently started a one hour 'street hockey' session at Spiceball Leisure Centre on Saturday afternoons 1:30 - 2:30. The age group for this is up to 12 years, no experience is necessary AND we provide all the kit, including skates, that the kiddys need . . . because we're nice like that lol, ahem . . . 
Anyhoo skating on, the first session is free then it's £3.00 per session thereafter. A veritable bargain.
As a club we are trying to promote skater hockey locally, not necessarily at club level but as a sport that both girls and boys can equally take part in and most importantly, once introduced to the game, will enjoy!
Also as we provide all the equipment, parents can breathe a sigh of relief at not having to find the spare cash for sports kit, a big bonus we think given we're all watching the pennies.
See you at the next session!
Go Bulldogs!

And on the 7th day, Carol baked some cakes and all was good!

#NEWSFLASH#

Tomorrow's cakes, baked as always by the lovely Carol Wakelin (Mum to number 42 x 3), are . . . . wait for it . . . . 

BLUEBERRY MUFFINS!!!

Roll on tomorrows training is all I can say and I for one will be taking a foody container along to transport the 4 I'm bringing home in. Diets are for wimps!

Now as Carol doesn't blow her own trumpet, bugle or recorder I shall do it for her.
Last year Carols cakes (and the teas and coffees etc) added over £300 to club funds which is amazing! She buys all the ingredients, gives up her time (like she isn't busy enough eh?) just so's the rest of us get to stuff our faces with the most delicious of cakes.
Thank you Carol, the Bulldog salutes you!

P.S Put me down for an extra 3 to eat at training!

Come in number 42, your times up . . . .

Aimee Wakelin (42) Pee Wee Captain 2012 pictured doing what she does best, scoring!

The Bulldog caught up with Aimee, the out-going Pee Wee Captain, at last nights presentation and awards evening . . . I spoke to her at the start of the evening, well before the countless bottles of downed coke sugar rush took its effect and babble mode kicked in . . . . ah yes, the Bulldog is wise!

So number 42, the answer to life, the universe and everything . . . you've had a pretty impressive year but as Captain what was the one thing you were most proud of?

"Being Captain to the hero's of the Pee Wee team, Max, Mim, Reece and Ellen who turned up every week for training and who turned up for every league match even though we sometimes only fielded 4 players which is really tough going. Their commitment and dedication to the team and the club is what I'm most proud of, they're just awesome."

And your proudest moment?

"Getting picked for the SASH Dream Team, I was really surprised and yeah really proud".

So was the club Aimee!

Well done and thank you.

You've been pretty magic, Magic . . .

Magic Wakelin (42) Junior Captain 2012

At last I managed to catch up with this years Junior Captain, Magic Wakelin.

Nice tattoo . . . always impressed with stupidity and bravery!

Anyhoo, the Bulldog wanted to know,

What would you say has been your proudest moment this year as Junior Captain?

"I'm really proud of how the younger youth players stepped up and played for the junior team this season, they worked really hard for the me and did a brilliant job".

And your proudest personal moment would be . . . ? I asked already knowing the answer but there you go . . lol,

"Most definitely it would be winning a bronze medal at this years Europeans as GB junior captain, representing the junior team and also representing the country was an absolute honour, my dad was pretty proud of me too which doesn't happen too often . . . lol".

Alls that's left to say is well done Magic, yes you've been magic, your achievements with Team GB have done the Club proud, you are most definitely one of Banbury Bulldogs stars!


Thank you for all your hard work as Junior Captain, keep up the outstanding work!

A club full of unusual names . . . ?

The Bulldog was asked today if it was necessary to have an unusual name or one unusually spelt to join the club . . . . 
Ummmm no.
But the Dog can see where they're coming from . . . 
Magic
Zach
Jez
Jai
Juan
Harris
Ricci
Mim
Aimee
Oz
Becca . . . . . 
Maybe there's something in it, is it the norm we wonders . . . 

Words of Wisdom from Jai

Jai Robinson (81), 2012 Captain of the Bulldogs Youth Team

The Bulldog caught up with the retiring Youth Captain last night at training . . . 

In your role as Youth Team Captain, what was your proudest moment this season?"Leading the Youth Team out at the Youth National Championships."
And best personal moment for Jai the hockey player?"Scoring an awesome penalty at the Youth National Championships against Stanstead Hurricanes." 

There were nods of agreement all round, it really was a mighty fine penalty!

Alls that's left to say is thank you Jai for being an outstanding Captain this year. 
The Youth Team say you've done a brilliant job and everyone at the club I'm sure will agree that you've been, as always, a fine ambassador not just for the club but for the sport itself.

Good luck in the Junior team for 2013 . . . keep scoring awesome penalty's!