Now the fun really starts . . . .

LEAGUE MATCHES - Sunday 3rd March 2013 @ Farnborough Leisure Centre (GU14 7LD)

10:05 - Juniors v Swindon Flames
10:55 - Pee Wee v Oxford Storm
13:25 - Junior v Oxford
14:15 - Pee Wee v Ash Avalanche Freeze

Please can you confirm your availability to your Managers ASAP:
Pee Wee - Carolyn Capel 
Junior - David Robinson 

Please also remember to arrive 1 hour before your match for kitting up, kit check, warm up and team talk . . . 

Good luck!

GO BULLDOGS!

Angels & Devils . . .

A sneak preview and a 'hot off the press' scoop maybe of the Pee Wee Managers exciting new team logo . . . Carolyn is officially 're-branding' the Pee Wee team as 'Carolyns Angels & Devils' . . . Yes, we like! 
Question . . . ? What if you've got angels that are, in reality, more akin to devils . . . ?

I for one, needn't look too far away to see a prize example of this in action. LOL.

We're not boasting . . . oh yes we are!

Ricci Capel, Jai Robinson and Alex Ryder have been asked to join the GB Junior Team today for trials.
Outstanding!
Having already done the Club proud, we hope today they make themselves proud . . .  mind you, as all three of them are amazing players and all-round very nice chaps of course they will, it goes without saying!
We wish them GOOD LUCK!

GO BULLDOGS!

Jousting Bulldog style

Apparently it's called bum jousting . . . 
It was the funniest bout of mayhem I've seen in a long while . . . 
I just wish I'd started filming it sooner but it was just so funny to watch that I forgot . . . hey ho 

Watch a snippet of it here . . . 
bum jousting bulldog style

ENJOY!

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!

Robbed of 3rd by a sloe blue elephant . .

In true Bulldog spirit the 'Banbury Bulldogs Quiz Team' (yes we do have one . . . of sorts), Wilf, Darren, Carolyn, Martin and Fiona took on other intelligent teams, 'Quizzy Rascal', 'Horse Burgers' 'Norfolk and Hope' to name but a few, at tonight's 'Curry and Quiz Night' held at Chenderit School, organised brilliantly by the fabulous School Association bods . . . 

Anyhoo, if it hadn't of been for a 'sloe blue elephant' we'd have come 3rd, as it was we came a more than respectable, joint 4th.
Uhuh, the rest of the team were very clever!

But oh, don't some people go on . . . . and on . . .
Typical of Darren, if he mentioned the sloe blue arrrrggghhh elephant once, he mentioned it a million times, on a loop akin to a broken record . . .  he's never ever going to let it drop that if it hadn't been for the 'sloe blue chuffing elephant' that ultimately cost us 3 stupid chuffing points, yeah yeah blah blah blah joint 4th, yawn, whatever . . 
And before anyone else starts, NO 3rd place wouldn't of won us a prize . . . or have got us a certificate so hello? Does it chuffing matter . . . ?!!!

Stupid sloe blue sodding elephants to one side, it was a really good evening, everyone enjoyed themselves even though the hateful sloe chuffing blue dumb elephant cost someone not too far away a round of drinks as penance . . .  Shamim got us a point (yay) and he wasn't even there, the bar almost ran dry and the food was lovely. 
Fantastic!

P.S If I hear one mention of the sloe blue elephant tomorrow Darren, so help me I won't be responsible for my actions . . . 

#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!

And don't do it again!

So, our coach isn't the only one to dish out push-ups as a form of 'punishment' . . .
I do believe yesterdays 'hit the floor and give me 10' was metered out for not responding to an instruction quickly enough (you sloth's!).
Anyhoo, Rhode Island Police dish out the same to naughty teenagers . . . as 'did' a boss in Milan to his staff if they made a mistake, I say 'did' because I think he's now languishing in prison, no doubt doing lots of push-ups, for being a bit OTT where his staff were concerned . . . 

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!

Any other business . . .

Just in case anyone was wondering what happens at our committee meetings . . . . I can report that lots of clever things are discussed and lots of coffee downloaded . . . to start with anyhoo.

I'm not one to gossip but, from what I gathered Darrens got cones (painful), Carole will only do a semi naked photo shoot when the weather warms up, the treasurers report would look better without the yellow background and I don't know the first thing about Mr Poly..

As I said lots of clever things were discussed . . . 

Only joshing guys! lmao.

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!

Badboyz eh?

Very much worth checking out and 'liking' is https://www.facebook.com/pages/Badboyz-InlineRoller-Hockey/141121976040803


In their words, they're looking for info to help ALL INLINE HOCKEY IN THE UK especially;
Events happening in 2013 / 2014 / 2015
League News
Team News
Association News
Tournament News
Updates, Updates and yet even more Updates . . . 

Please email to news@badboyzhockey.com

Once they have enough info their website can go live but with no info there's no website . . . 

We Bulldogs 'like' them.

So wrong, wrong on every level . .

Yes it's Christmas, but why?
How could anyone do THAT to a British Bulldog, for goodness sake, the dog has "I'm so ashamed" written all over his wrinkly chops . . . . . 

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas Bulldogs!

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!