Lee Valley Lions Player Profile

James Hatfull – Defence

Full Name: James Hatfull

Date of Birth: 08/08/77

Place of Birth: London

Height: 6’2″

Weight: 18 1/2 stone

Colour of Eyes: Blue

Shoe Size:10

Nickname(s): None that I know of

Profession: IT Manager

Family/Marital Status: Living with girlfriend

Current Home: Woodford Green

Pets: None

Favourite Food: Nando’s

Favourite chocolate/sweets: Dark chocolate with coffee

Worst Food: Cheese – the stinky blue kinds

Favourite Drink: Beer (Gambrinus from the Czech Republic)

Hobbies: Going to Czech as often as possible and trying to speak it (badly)

Favourite room in the house and why: Living room – PS2, decks, Sky, stereo, DVD player, computer etc

Favourite TV programmes: Films, don’t really watch TV

TV switch-off: Reality stuff

Favourite film: Swordfish

Favourite music/band: House/garage/hip-hop compilations

Last CD you bought: Renaissance – Faithless Collection

First record/CD you ever bought: Probably something like Now 4

Most admired female: My Mum, of course!

Best thing that’s ever happened to you: Meeting the missus, of course!?!?!?!

Former clubs: Haringey, Chelmsford, Toronto MLGs and way back, Lee Valley

Favourite hockey player: Alexander Ovechkin

Favourite rink: Lee Valley (when Dennis Ryder etc looked after the ice it was like a sheet of glass!)

Worst rink: Gosport

Best ever game: First game played at Maple Leaf Gardens

Worst ever game: Not answered

Worst injury: Broken ankle that I played on for about 3 months before realising

Favourite shirt number: 14

Best thing about hockey: The people

Worst thing about hockey: Unfortunately a lot of the time inconsistent refereeing and the zero tolerance rules

Which other sportsman would you most like to be? Not answered

If someone gave you £100,000 tomorrow what would you do with it? Move to Czech and buy a rink

If you were on Mastermind what would your specialist subject be? Beers of the world