Many thanks to everyone involved in buying me the Christmas present. It was a lovely gesture and a big surprise. I had no idea, so sorry I missed Paul’s speech but nature called! I thought I was being asked to the changing room because someone wanted to know why I’d been stopped from taking photos!
Author: Julianne
New player ready for Romford game
We are pleased to announce that we have the services of Stas Prokofiev in time for tomorrow’s away game against Romford Spitfires. Stas is a promising young player who’s previously played at both Lee Valley and Slough at junior level. Welcome on board, Stas.
Lions part ways with Mark Saunders
By mutual agreement the Lee Valley Lions and Mark Saunders have agreed to part company.
“It is sad that we have lost Mark’s services but we wish him all the very best with his future hockey” – Deryk Beeson, Manager.
Fridays in local press call
Paul O’Neill arranged for the local press to capture the moment when property lawyers, Fridays, handed over £500 in team sponsorship. Paul was on hand, as was James Hatfull, Deryk Beeson and Simon Seaton of Fridays. The papers sent along their own photographers for the event, but I was also there to take a few snaps for the site.
Thanks to everyone for taking time out of their busy schedules to attend yesterday.
PDF articles both old and new
Today I’ve uploaded a number of articles in PDF format, both about the current team and the original Lions.
The match report from last week’s game against Peterborough has been published in the Hackney Gazette with a photo of Paul O’Neill. They managed to say that Paul is the skipper (despite the visible A on his shirt?!) and that we played on Sunday!
Many thanks go to Sam Alcock who has kindly provided me with a number of articles about the Lions of the 90s that were published in British Engine’s staff newsletter. Steve James had his critics, but if you read the articles you’ll get just a small idea of just how much time and hard work he spent on the club. The British Engine articles are on the Lions in Print page of the History section (halfway down the page).