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Skate for Heroes

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April 6, 2010

On a lovely sunny Sunday morning, 19 fundraisers (skaters & non-skaters) took up the challenge and skated three minutes for every British soldier killed in Afghanistan so far…..non stop.  That’s nearly 900 minutes in total & it was a big achievement for a lot of the participants. The event was organised by Lindsey Fox from [...]

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Riverside Rink to be rebuilt at Beamish

Riverside Rink to be rebuilt at Beamish

Beamish, the world-famous open air museum telling the story of the people of North East England has announced exciting new plans to commemorate a key period in the history of the region. Already bringing the 1820s and 1910s to life, the museum is set to bring 1980s Durham back to life by reconstructing and restoring [...]

Dragons: Still alive and kicking in Durham.

Dragons: Still alive and kicking in Durham.

For an ice hockey club that have had no home-ice to call their own for  thirteen years, it’s a remarkable achievement that Durham Dragons can still proudly claim to be ‘The only team to survive the closure of the Riverside Rink’. The nomadic recreational side, formed in the 1990s have seen them move from rink-to-rink [...]

Young Durham Star to Head to the States with GB team

Young Durham Star to Head to the States with GB team

Josh Nimmins is a talented 14 year old roller hockey player from Durham City, so talented in fact that he is soon to be crossing the Atlantic to play for his country in a tournament in the United States. A major ambition of his however is to play ice hockey for his home town club. [...]


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