Durham: Hockey Town?
Muhammad Schuster
2025-04-15 01:19:23
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Durham University does not have an ice hockey team, and Whitley Bay is quite a distance away. This journey would cost approximately 10 pounds with railcard. Should you decide to attend Durham University, you would be best off picking up another sport. And no, ice hockey is not really a thing in the UK. There are no school teams, and only a few club teams which are not the standard you would expect in Canada/USA.
Lue Schuster
2025-04-14 22:46:26
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His third at Durham was only a short distance along the River Wear from where in June 1939 his dream of an ice rink became a reality. The rather bizarre place nevertheless soon attracted local skaters, with some playing a form of ice hockey. Urged on by his referee son, he agreed to support ice hockey on a regular basis, his only proviso being that the core of the team should be local players, unlike most others in the country. At the start of the 1947-48 season, 2,500 people turned up to watch Durham Wasps play Kirkcaldy Flyers in the first of 32 challenge games. The Wasps went on to be an influential force in the game until the rink closed in 1996.
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