Open training sessions & 2012/13 trials

Our open training sessions will be starting again on Tuesday 12 June and will be running each Tuesday from 8.15 – 9.30pm. Please note there is a charge of £10 per session.  Sessions were originally starting on 5 June but that day is a Bank Holiday, so please note this change. While all are welcome [...]

New site unveiled!

After some two months involving several hours of work most days, the new Lee Valley Lions site is unveiled. The database-driven site has fully-integrated features and all the forum topics/posts have been imported successfully. If you had a forum user name and password for the previous site, you should find that your login details still [...]

Presentation evening postponed

Our presentation evening has had to be postponed because the Princess of Wales pub is currently undergoing refurbishment which may not be finished until around 25 May. As the pub is one of the team’s sponsors we don’t feel it right to switch to another pub, so once a new date for the presentation evening [...]

Lions awarded points from unplayed Slough game

I’ve been informed today that we will not be playing the Slough away game and that, as a result, we have been awarded the two points.

Presentation evening

Our end-of-season presentation evening is going to be held on Friday 18 May at 8pm, at the Princess of Wales pub which is just across the road from the rink. Everyone is welcome!

Congratulations to Richard and Sarah

I’ve just received the news that Lions’ #26, Richard Hodge, became a father to a 7lb 8oz baby boy named Blake at 9.25am today. Congratulations from everyone at the club to Richard and his partner, Sarah.

Dave Richards Snr

I found out tonight that the Lions’ ex-coach, legendary Dave Richards Snr, passed away earlier today. Dave was an extremely well-known figure in British ice hockey and there are many out there who played alongside him, were coached by him or were otherwise fortunate to know him. Dave was a true character. Our thoughts are [...]

Pro Hockey News article on Blair’s departure

Streatham player, Dave Carr, has written a great article about Blair’s departure from Lee Valley and his time with other clubs in British hockey. You can find it at on the Pro Hockey News website.

Farewell and thanks to Blair

On behalf of everyone involved with the Lions, I would like to say a massive thanks and farewell to our coach and team captain, Blair Dubyk. Blair has made the decision to relocate back to his native Canada and he will be sorely missed at the Den. Under his leadership the Lions have seen definite, [...]

Website changes

The more observant among you will have noticed that I have made a few changes to the home page, swapping the Junior Lions’ logo to their current one and adding in adverts for our numerous sponsors (in no particular order). Manager Beverly Irish is arranging for both the senior and junior teams to have full-colour [...]