Welcome to Herne Bay United's website
Well done to Herne Bay United
Senior National Cup Winners 2008
Herne Bay United 3 - 2 Middlesbrough
Under 11's National Cup - Runners Up
Herne Bay United 4 - 5 Kings Lynn
Under 13's National Cup - Runners Up
Herne Bay United 1 - 7 Kings Lynn
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End of Season Garden Party
Saturday 12th July
Tickets available now
Adults: £5, Children: £2.50
Whitstable Summer Training
30 July, 31 July and 1 August at Whitstable Sports Centre
9am to 3pm, £10 per day
Joint venture with Herne Bay Roller Hockey Club
Prizes, T shirts, hockey equipment
Beginners to Under 15's of 'selected ability range'
Forms now available from Debbie
Club History
Do you have any old photos, newspaper reports, or any other items relating to the history of our club for both Roller Hockey and Artistic Skating, as we are trying to produce some pages on our website to show off our long history.
If so please email them to Mark Botting or hand any item or information to Mark at the club training session on Friday evenings.
Help wanted
Can you identify the unknown faces in the photo below taken on a visit to Portugal in maybe 1982? So if you know the actual date of when the photo was taken or the unknown people, please email
Mark.
Back row: Father Miguel, Nick Barton, Kurt Holmes, Steven Salkind, Unknown, Danny Sutcliffe, Scott Parker, Michael Foreman and Ron Barker.
Front row: Gary Keen, Dave White, Richard Blyth and Paul McVey.
They were a 'select team' from the three Herne Bay Clubs who went to Estoril for training at the Salesiana School under the coaching of Father Miquel. They were there for at least a week.
Father Miquel is a very famous person in the history of Portuguese Roller Hockey as a coach of many famous players. He taught maths and art at the school and he designed and drew plans for many rinks in Portugal including the one at the school and also in Macau, Angola and Mozambique too. He came to Herne Bay a few years after this visit.
The boys all stayed with families and had a great time on and off the rink. This was also the very first time English boys had ever done such a thing but of course now it happens all the time.
Do you have any further information? If so please email it to
Mark.
Roller Hockey Latest News
National Cup Under 11s and Under 13sHerne Bay United under 11's Adders team played against Kings Lynn in the final of the National Cup at Bisley on Saturday. The team had the majority of possession throughout the game and continuously took their chances to score. However, although the majority of shots were on target the Kings Lynn goalkeeper was equal to everything United could send his way. The teams remained in deadlock until halfway through the first half when Alex Mount opened the United scoring. Kings Lynn then [
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SECRHA Under 11sThe final Southern Counties league tournament of the season took place on Sunday with teams from Herne Bay United and Herne Bay taking part. The first game was between HBU Adders and Herne Bay. Adders secured most of the possession although Herne Bay were able to take advantage of lapses in defence to attack the Adders goal. First half Adders strikes by [
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Premier League: Herne Bay United 3 - 0 BuryHerne Bay United clinched the Premier League title from arch rival Bury in their final league game of the season. HBU went into the game 2 points behind Bury, knowing they had to win to retain their title. A crowd of close to 400 witnessed an absolutely absorbing display of roller hockey, played by two teams at the top of their game. HBU started the game strongly and controlled the [
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ECRHA Under 13'sThe opening match of the tournament was HBU v Ely; after a slow start in which Ely had lots of shots at goal, but some good saves by Joe kept Ely at bay. HBU then found their rhythm and started to open up the scoring. Alex 3, Lewis 1 and Ashley 2; final score HBU 7 - 1 Ely. HBU's second match was arguably the most important of the day, due to a scheduling problem earlier in the season this was being played for double points to even up the schedule. This was a very tough match against [
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Artistic Skating Latest News
British ChampionshipsSeveral of our skaters have recently taken part in this year's British Championships. The Espoir Championships took place in Beaumont Leys in Leicester. Krystyna Wale was our only skater and she came 4th out of 21 skaters, narrowly missing 3rd place which would have automatically put her in the squad to go to the Cup of Europe in Italy. However, she is a reserve should anyone drop out. The Cadet Championships took place at Mote Park, Maidstone. Bethany Wale was our only skater [
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Artistic TestsSix of our skaters took their artistic tests at Herne Bay High School on Tuesday evening. It was a successful session as they all passed: Charlie Botting, Connor Botting and Sophie Stannard - Grade 6 Basic Skills; Bethany Wale and Krystyna Wale - Elementary and Preliminary; Kirsty Wale - Inter-Silver. Well done everyone.
Kent Artistic Roller Dance CompetitionSeven of our skaters took part in the Kent Artistic Roller Dance Competition held on 26/27 January at Mote Park. They competed in 11 events and the results are as follows: Event 21b - OSP up to Preliminary : Bethany Wale - 2nd. Event 21b - OSP up to Preliminary : Krystyna Wale [
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Medway Cups CompetitionSix of our skaters took part in the Medway Cups Competition held on 21 October at Mote Park. They competed in 7 events and the results are as follows: Event 1a - Newcomers Solo Dance : Charlie [
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