The Oxford Blues Skater Hockey Club is particularly interested in bringing younger players into the sport, to keep the sport and our club alive! For new players it would be best to come along to a training session, talk with some of the parents, coaches, managers and arrange for a couple of taster sessions using our beginners kits.

Street sports:
Many younger players may have had a taste of what the sport is like through the street sports program run throughout the summer holidays, around oxford. See <Street Sports> for details of this programme.

Club training

Under 8s (Minnows)
5:00-7:00 at Northway sports centre on Monday afternoons.(£2:00 an hour)
3:00-4:00 at Marston Ferry sports centre on Saturday afternoons(£2.50 an hour).

Under 12s(PeeWee)
4:00-6:00 at Marston Ferry sports centre on Saturday afternoons(£2.50 an hour).
6:00-8:00 Oxford Community School Tuesdaty evening

Under 15s(Youth)
4:00-6:00 at Marston Ferry sports centre on Saturday afternoons(£2.50 an hour).
7:00-9:00 at Blackbird Leys sports centre on Friday evenings. (£2.50 an hour)

Under 18s(Junior)
5:00-6:00 at Marston Ferry sports centre on Saturday afternoons(£2.50 an hour).
7:00-9:00 at Blackbird Leys sports centre on Friday evenings. (£2.50 an hour)

You will be warmly welcomed if you want to turn up at any of these sessions to see what goes on. Probably the Marston ferry session on Saturday afternoon would be the best to see most of the age groups represented.

RollerMania.
Every Saturday Night is RollerMania at Wheatley park sports centre. Adults go free when accompanied by children. This is 7:00-8:30. Price ??? per child.Click for details

RollerMania allows beginners to practice their skating, amongst others who also find it difficult locating their centre of gravity!

At 8:30 the big boys come on for full contact skater hockey. This needs full kit, but is open to players from all clubs. In theory, any one with full kit can have a go, but don’t expect the players to go easy on you!

Equipement
The club has some brand new sets of equipment for players who haven’t yet bought their own. These kits are available for hire. They are £20 deposit and £1 per session.

If you decide to carry on, then the kit can be purchased, with a discount equal to the amount of rental paid. These are good quality kits that we bought at a discount using grants specifically for this purpose. This makes the whole deal VERY good value.

Please make contact with someone in the club to arrange for this kit to be available.

Skates:
We do not hire out skates. If you want to play, you must equip yourself with skates. Buying cheap recreational skates is not a good investment. Ask around if anyone has some second hand(foot) skates in your size. An old pair of good hockey skates will be better than a cheap pair of new ones.

See Buying KIT for further equipment information.

Please e-mail the relevant club manager/committee member for further details, or contact me richard@oxskate.com.