Sport In Profile UK Issue 01 | Page 34

NEWCASTLE COYOTES NEWCASTLE COYOTES Newcastle Coyotes are a recreational Ice Hockey team that play out of Whitley Bay Ice Rink in the North East of England. They are an EIHA registered team playing full contact hockey although they are available to play non-contact games if this is better suited to the opposition. Sport in Profile Magazine caught up with Club Representative Sean Ryan to find out more, starting by telling us about his involvement, saying, “I have been a member of the Coyotes for about 4 years now, I previously played hockey briefly in my late teens in Oxford. As a player manager the most challenging part is the arrangement of games, it has become increasingly difficult to coax teams to travel north to play us at Whitley Bay Ice Arena. The most rewarding part of my job would have to be seeing the guys faces light up when the whistle goes at the end of a really tough match and we have ground out a win. It’s difficult to put into words the vast array of emotions that course through your veins when playing hockey but nothing feels better than knowing that you’ve bled, sweated and pulled together as a team.” As a club we only have a couple of young guys as we are quite an accomplished club. We don’t directly turn anyone away without a trial session but some of the young guys that have asked to play for us just weren’t of a suitable skill and maturity for a club of our nature.” Atmosphere “The mood at the club is great at the moment; we are riding high after finishing 5th out of 15 teams at the annual EIHA rec fest tournament held in Sheffield. We are a very tightly knit bunch of players who have been together for some time now. This year we’ve had a few new faces appear and they have really added a positive spin on things and fitted in from the first drop of the puck. Things are looking very good from my position.” Youth “I think that Youth Development is very important not just to our club but to all the clubs at Whitley Bay and the sport in general. Rec hockey exists so that those that weren’t good enough to become professional athletes are able to keep playing after they turn 18 up to the age of 70. The young players today will be the rec players of tomorrow. JR Wood Electrical Contractors serve the North Tyneside and Newcastle area, for all commercial, industrial, domestic electrical work. As electrical contractors we pride ourselves on our reliability and the excellent quality of our workmanship with work from data cabling to electrical repairs. We can help with any and all electrical repairs and electrical inspection, whether you are looking for a domestic electrician or a commercial electrical contractor. We can assist with all kinds of data cabling and network cabling and commercial electrical work. No job is too big - or too small - for our courteous and professional team of electricians. Mobile: 07970 553 627 Telephone: 0191 280 7200 102 Solway Avenue, North Shields, NE30 3BA 34 ISSUE 01