Young blood…the future of RAF ice hockey
At the end of last year, the RAF Ice Hockey Association held its most comprehensive development camp to date. Two of the Association’s rising talents shared their ice hockey journey in a recent interview.
The Coach
At the beginning of the summer, the Vulcans appointed Joe Mann as their new head player coach, Joe brings with him a wealth of hockey expertise and shared his vision for the club in a recent interview.
Glory for the Vulcans as they take Lossie’s crown
As the summer holidays draw to a close, I made the long trek north of the border to photograph my second ice hockey tournament of the year. I absolutely love the buzz of photographing ice hockey, it is a real passion of mine and tournaments have such a fantastic atmosphere. The RAF Championships is one of the great highlights of […]
2019 UK Armed Forces Ice Hockey Tournament
‘If Carlsberg did ice hockey tournaments…’ The first week in June brings the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ – the UK Armed Forces Ice Hockey Tournament! 2019 marks my sixth time as tournament photographer; I consider it a real privilege to be a part of this prestigious military competition, which just gets better every year. Teams from across the […]
UK Winter Classic 2018
Four years ago, Hockey Tutorial introduced the first outdoor ice hockey tournament in the UK, giving players the chance to experience pond hockey. I really love to photograph ice hockey and it’s always great to get the opportunity to photograph the sport outdoors. This year’s Winter Classic was held in Mansfield.
‘Hockey’s coming home…’
As the summer holidays draw to a close, it’s that time of year again for my annual trip north of the border for the RAF Ice Hockey Championships; always one of the great highlights of being the RAF Ice Hockey Association photographer.
2018 UK Armed Forces Ice Hockey Tournament
At the beginning of June, I travelled to Sheffield to photograph the annual UK Armed Forces Ice Hockey Tournament. This was my fifth year as tournament photographer; I consider it a privilege to be a part of this prestigious military competition, which seems to get bigger and better every year. Teams from across the three Services compete against each other […]
UK Winter Classic 2017
Anyone who follows my work will know how much I love to photograph ice hockey; a real photographic challenge filled with high speed action! It’s always a real treat to photograph an outdoor pond hockey tournament – different rules to a usual ice hockey game and always the hope that the sun may shine and there will be a bright […]
Victory for the Vulcans as they take 2017 RAF Champions title
One of the great highlights of being the RAF Ice Hockey Association photographer is the annual RAF Championships which takes place at the end of summer each year in Dundee. RAF teams based across England and Scotland come together to compete for the highly coveted RAF Champions trophy. So with my kit bag all packed and lots of layers to […]
2017 UK Armed Forces Ice Hockey Tournament
At the beginning of June, I travelled to Sheffield to photograph the annual UK Armed Forces Ice Hockey Tournament. This was my fourth year as tournament photographer. I am incredibly passionate about my ice hockey photography and I consider it a privilege to be a part of this prestigious military competition, which sees teams from the British Army, Royal Air […]
Get back in the game
Competing in the Overseas military ice hockey tournament in Garmisch, Germany is just one of the exciting things planned for the coming year for the US Airforce Warbirds Ice Hockey Team. I was lucky enough to get to do the promo shoot for the launch of the club’s new kit – a striking blue, white and red design incorporating The Warbirds’ […]
UK Armed Forces Ice Hockey Tournament
At the beginning of June, I spent a week at Ice Sheffield photographing the annual UK Armed Forces Ice Hockey Tournament. Four days packed with hockey, which saw teams from the British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy compete in a round-robin competition for the Tri-Service Cup, Plate and Bowl. Each evening, the Royal Navy Destroyers, RAF Aces and British Army […]
2015 UK Winter Classic
I was thrilled to be asked to photograph the 2015 UK Winter Classic outdoor pond hockey tournament. This winter’s tournament took place in Great Yarmouth and saw teams from across the UK compete for the UK Winter Classic trophy. A thrilling final saw the Cambridge Hockey Tutorial Team take the trophy.
