More than seventy years have now elapsed since the Nottingham Panthers won their first, two, English Championships, under the erstwhile guidance of Barnsley-born, visually impaired, Olympic Gold medallist, Archibald ‘Archie’ Stinchcombe. Born less than a couple of years before the outbreak of the First World War, Stinchcombe would become a winger in the British game…
The beautiful city of Nottingham is set to welcome the best of Europe’s sitting volleyball players later this month as the UK’s first, international tournament, since London 2012, takes place next weekend (19-21 May) at the University of Nottingham. Described as being “A fast, exciting sport often played by amputees and individuals with limb difference,”…
Team GB Ice Hockey were well beaten by Denmark in front of 6,000 fans at the Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham yesterday afternoon. The Danes eventually winning most comfortably 8-0, were much too strong for a GBR side who included a number of familiar names in their roster. Netminder Jackson Whistle these days of Belfast Giants, a…
The Nottingham Panthers have issued a statement of positivity and hope for some of their players after almost twelve months off the ice for many of the teams ice-hockey stars whilst others have been loaned out to pastures new and across Europe to get much needed game time. The club say that they are now…
A weekend of exciting international ice hockey at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena ended in heartbreak for Great Britain as they failed to progress to the next stage of qualifying for the 2022 Winter Olympics, losing their winner-takes-all game against Hungary on Sunday afternoon. Team GB and Hungary were joined by Romania and Estonia in Group J…
A fantastic weekend of International Ice Hockey starts in Nottingham today as team GB aim to qualify for the Winter Olympics along with Romania, Hungary & Estonia. The action starts at the Motorpoint Arena at 3:30pm as Hungary take on Estonia before Great Britain faces off against Romania tonight at 7:30pm. After a rest day…
