NEWCASTLE
COYOTES
Community
“I think that we have the potential to be a community
club but with the large number of teams playing at
the same venue it’s hard to really get a core following
from local people. We are however a very family
orientated club; we encourage all of our players to
bring their wife’s, children and other relatives to home
games whenever possible so that they can share in
the experience of the sport we all love. The highlight
of most home games is taking over 3 or 4 tables in the
foxhunters pub for food afterwards this really makes
everyone feel part of things.”
Commercial
“We do have 2 sponsors who were kind enough to
pay for new strips. These are Gary Wood of JR Wood
Electrical and George Young of Smart Office Solutions.
Both of these gentlemen are players and local
businessmen so we advertise their companies on our
website.”
Challenges
“I think that the biggest challenge that all the local clubs
could face in the next 5 years is rink closures, the local
councils are not supporting these types of venues.
Our ambitions including winning the EIHA rec festival,
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playing a tournament in a foreign country, attending
a BOBIHC hockey camp as a team, recruiting 2 or 3
more good level players in there 20’s to give us a little
more speed at times and to make sure that everyone is
always having a good time.”
The highlight of most home games
is taking over 3 or 4 tables in the
foxhunters pub for food afterwards
this really makes everyone feel part
of things.”