Letchworth RHC at CBBC’s Skate Nation

Over this year’s Easter bank holiday weekend Letchworth Roller Hockey Club were invited to attend a ‘Skate Nation’ event organised by the CBBC children’s television programme. The event was held in Rickmansworth & aimed at getting mixed teams of children & some adults together from skating disciplines to learn a different skating style & compete in a mini tournament. The kids were from many different styles of roller sport clubs including figure, inline, street hockey, roller disco & speed skating.

CBBC's Skate Nation

The Letchworth coaches first put on a surprise demonstration game with two players & a goalie in each team for five minutes to show what our style is like & how fast it can be.

After the demo it was time to get the teams kitted up in field & goalie gear, show them the basics & explain just the rules they needed to know. The kids really enjoyed all the tuition & after a couple of hours or so they were ready to compete for a trophy that Keith Allen had got made especially for this event.

The games were great fun to watch & everyone enjoyed themselves with the CBBC presenters Mark & Sam fooling around & interviewing. We did have to use a soft ball in all but the final game for safety reasons, as a lot of the kids had soft booted skates and the teams only had 3 players on the rink, with the oldest member of the team or a parent going in goal.

The street hockey team were the final winners in the end but only just as it was very close.

All the film, sound, technical & presenting crew said what a fantastic day it had been & that Letchworth RHC had been a credit to themselves & the club with the way it was all professionally put together at such short notice.

The programme will be put out on a Saturday morning sometime in June or July yet to be advised.

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