halifax roller
hockey club
Challenges/Ambitions
“Our biggest challenge is youth
development. Or more specifically - youth
recruitment. We can’t develop young
players if we don’t have any. We have
already seen another club in Yorkshire
virtually cease to exist because of their
lack of youth players.
Halifax has been around for nearly
35 years and while the current crop of
senior players is very good they simply
can’t play forever, so to ensure the club
continues we need to recruit new players
to the sport. Finance is another big issue.
We are fortunate that we have three
sponsors for the 2015/16 season but
attracting sponsorship to cover the cost of
kit, travel and hotels can be a challenge.
We are always keen to hear from local
or national companies interested in
sponsoring the club.
At senior level we’d like to become an
established Premier League team and
to do that I think we need to be in the
league for at least three years (this being
our second year). While our ambitions at
junior level are to grow each age-group
squad and eventually bring them through
into the senior teams.”
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