Bracknell Queen Bees Bracknell Queen Bees IHC is a ladies ’ ice hockey club based in Bracknell , Berkshire , England . They are located at the John Nike Leisuresport complex in Bracknell . Their home ice rink is affectionately know as the Hive . The club operates three teams that compete in the English Ice Hockey Association ( EIHA ) women ' s leagues : The Queen Bees , competing in the EIHA women ' s Premier division , The Fire Bees , competing in the EIHA women ’ s Division 1 South , The Ice Bees , a team of junior girls competing in the EIHA women ' s U16 South Division The Queen Bees club was founded November 1987 , when the rink at Bracknell opened . It has supplied players for the GB ice or inline / skater hockey teams in most years since . The Firebees team was formed later as a development squad in September 2005 , entering division 1 for its maiden season in 2006 after 6 friendlies . In 2007 the Ice Bees were formed . A team specifically for girls under the age of 16 years old . All teams play in the same strip . Previously the Queen Bees played in black and gold ( away ) or black and white ( home ) horizontal stripes . To conform with new league rules the strip was altered in 2006 , but the club colours of black and gold remain the same . The teams are coached by Canadian John Hubbell and assistant Paul Burton . Hubbell is an ex - Olympic figure skater and World Championship hockey player . History . The Queen Bees . 1988 - 89 The Queen Bees first season . They entered the Capital League and finished in 3rd place . Great Britain Representatives : Julie Biles , Rachel Cotton and Claire Pannell . 1989 - 90 The Capital League was changed to the Southern Division . The Queen Bees finished in 3rd place . 1990 - 91 A change again introduced the inaugural season of the EIHA Women ' s Premier Division ( WPL ) with the top two teams from each division from the 1989 - 90 season were invited to form this league . Chelmsford Cobras , however , who finished 2nd in our division , declined to move up to the Premier Division and the Queen Bees were offered the opportunity instead and took it . In the WPL the Queen Bees finished 2nd to Oxford City Rockets . Claire Pannell finished 5th in the leading Scorers table and Karen Hare finished as 2nd leading netminder . With this new higher division formulated the playoffs set - up was changed to the format that exists today . The first playoff final was between the Queen Bees and the Oxford City Rockets . Unfortunately Oxford beat the Queen Bees 5 - 1 , to secure the double , achieving both League and Playoff Champions . Great Britain Representatives : Julie Biles , Rachel Cotton , Kathy Nike and Claire Pannell . 1991 - 92 The Queen Bees again finished 2nd to Oxford City Rockets in the WPL . and again faced Oxford in the playoff final . At the end of regulation time and sudden death overtime the score ended 1 - 1 . The final went to penalties and after 2 rounds of penalty shots the final result to Oxford 3 - 1 . 1992 - 93 The Queen Bees finished 2nd in the WPL and for the third year running faced Oxford City Rockets in the playoff final . Oxford went onto beat the Queen Bees 4 - 0 . 1993 - 94 This season saw the Queen Bees crowned league champions . In the playoff ' s the Queen Bees became double champions beating beat the Slough Phantoms 7 - 2 . 1994 - 95 The Queen Bees finished 3rd in the WPL Netminder Karen Hare was top goalie in the league . Great Britain Representatives : Rachel Cotton , Lisa Davies , Jeanette Mountjoy and Kathy Nike . 1995 - 96 The Queen Bees finished 2nd in the league . Great Britain Representatives : Becky Bowles , Rachel Cotton , Lisa Davies , Jeanette Mountjoy , Kim Strongman and Claire Pannell . 1996 - 97 The Queen Bees finished 2nd in the league . In the playoffs the Queen Bees lost to the Sunderland Scorpions ( score unknown ) 1997 - 98 The Queen Bees finished 2nd in the WPL . In the playoffs the Queen Bees lost to the Sunderland Scorpions ( score unknown ) Great Britain Representatives : Verity Boome , Vicky Burton , Laura Byrne , Rachelle Kyffin and Kim Strongman . 1998 - 99 The Queen Bees finished 3rd in the WPL . In the playoffs the Queen Bees finished 4th losing to Slough in the semi finals and then Guildford in the Bronze medal game . 1999 - 2000 This season unfortunately , began with the Queen Bees losing three of their international players for most of the season . Kim Strongman emigrated to Canada , Claire Pannell fell pregnant and Laura Byrne was also went to Canada . The Queen Bees finished 5th in the WPL and for the first time did not qualify for the playoff finals . Great Britain Representatives : Vicky Burton , Laura Byrne and Sam Cheetham . 2000 - 01 Our 13th season , the team grew immensely with new senior players and an influx of younger ones , with ages in the team now ranging from 6 years to 30 years . The Queen Bees finished 2nd in the WPL . In the playoff finals the Queen Bees finished in 3rd beating Sunderland Scorpions 3 - 1 in the bronze medal game . Great Britain Representatives : Vicky Burton , Laura Byrne , Heather Brunning and Amy Johnson . 2001 - 02 The Queen Bees finish 4th in the WPL . In the playoff finals the Queen Bees finished 3rd beating Cardiff Comets in the bronze medal game . In the Swindon Tournament the Queen Bees finished 2nd losing to Cardiff on penalty shots in the final . Great Britain Representatives : Vicky Burton , Laura Byrne , Heather Brunning . Queen Bees players selected to the newly formed England squad : Sam Bidmead , Rhian Hayes , Claire Pannell and Laura Stark . Queen Bees players representing Wales : Sam Cheetham and Heather Brunning . GB Roller / Skater / Inline representatives : Sam Bonathan , Heather Brunning , Sam Cheetham and Laura Stark . 2002 - 03 The Queen Bees finished 6th in the WPL . In the inaugural EIHA Knockout Cup competition the Queen Bees reached the final and beat the Swindon Topcats 4 - 1 to claim the silverware . In the Swindon Tournament the Queen Bees finished 3rd Great Britain Representatives : Vicky Burton and Heather Brunning Wales representatives : Sam Cheetham and Heather Brunning GB Roller / Skater / Inline representatives : Sam Bonathan , Heather Brunning , Sam Cheetham and Laura Stark . 2003 - 04 The Queen Bees finished 7th in the WPL In the EIHA Knockout Cup competition the Queen Bees reached the Quarter - finals losing to Solihull Vixens on penalty shots . In the Swindon Tournament the Queen Bees finished as tournament champions beating Swindon 3 - 0 in the final . Great Britain Representatives : Heather Brunning Wales representatives : Sam Cheetham and Heather Brunning . GB Roller / Skater / Inline representatives : Sam Bonathan and Laura Stark . 2004 - 2005 The Queen Bees finished 3rd in the WPL . The Queen Bees became the playoff champions beating Sunderland 1 - 0 in the final . In the EIHA Knockout Cup the Queen Bees became double champions beating Swindon 8 - 2 in the final . In the Swindon Tournament the Queen Bees finished 2nd losing to Cardiff on sudden - death penalty shots in the final . Wales representatives : Sam Cheetham and Heather Brunning . This season the EIHA set up a Southern Conference team . Queen Bees representatives were Sam Bonathan , Sam Bidmead , Jenni Jones , Lydia Westcombe , Dani Summers , Amy Lack , Chrissy Newman , Laura Stark EIHA U16 ' s School of Excellence : Dani Summers GB Roller / Skater / Inline representatives : Sam Bonathan and Laura Stark . 2005 - 2006 The Queen Bees finished 2nd in the WPL In the playoffs ( renamed - The Bill Britton Memorial Cup ) the Queen Bees finished 3rd beating Slough Phantoms 8 - 0 The Queen Bees were EIHA Knockout Cup competition Semi - finalists In the Swindon Tournament the Queen Bees finished 2nd losing to Cardiff Comets on sudden - death penalty shots in the final . Wales representatives : Sam Cheetham and Heather Brunning . England Senior team representatives : Sam Bonathan , Alex von Haselberg - Palyvou , Lydia Westcombe , Jenni Jones , England U16 team representatives : Natalie Aldridge ( U16 ) , Amanda Carr ( U16 ) Southern Conference representatives : Sam Bonathan , Natalie Aldridge ( U16 ) , Jenni Jones , Lydia Westcombe , Dani Summers ( U16 ) , Amy Lack , Chrissy Newman , Laura Stark , Amanda Carr ( U16 ) , Alex von Haselberg - Palyvou GB Roller / Skater / Inline representatives : Natalie Aldridge , Sam Bonathan and Laura Stark . Queen Bees set up a development squad for the first season . This new team accepted to play in Division One South as the Fire Bees for 2006 - 2007 season 2006 - 2007 The Queen Bees finished 2nd in the WPL . In the playoff ' s ( Bill Britton Memorial Cup ) the Queen Bees became champions beating the Newcastle Lady Vipers 2 - 1 in the final In the EIHA Knockout Cup the Queen Bees became double champions beating Solihull Vixens 5 - 0 in the final In the Swindon Tournament the Queen Bees finished 3rd Great Britain representatives : Alex von Haselberg - Palyvou Great Britain U18 representatives : Natalie Aldridge , Amanda Carr , Dani Summers Wales representatives : Sam Cheetham England representatives : Natalie Aldridge , Jenni Jones , Amy Lack , Alex von Haselberg - Palyvou GB Roller / Skater / Inline representatives : Natalie Aldridge , Laura Saunders and Laura Stark . 2007 - 2008 The Queen Bees finished 3rd in the WPL In the playoff ' s the Queen Bees finished 3rd beating Guildford 10 - 4 . In the British Women ' s Ice Hockey Friendship Tournament the Queen Bees became champions beating Slough Phantoms 4 - 2 in the final Great Britain representatives : Alex von Haselberg - Palyvou , Amanda Carr 2008 - 2009 The Queen Bees finished 4th in the WPL In the playoff ' s the Queen Bees were champions beating Guildford Lightning 6 - 0 In the British Women ' s Ice Hockey Friendship Tournament the Queen Bees were runners up losing to Guildford Lightning on a ' sudden death ' penalty shootout . Great Britain representatives : Alex von Haselberg - Palyvou , Amanda Carr , Chrissy Newman and Leanne Ganney The FireBees . 2006 - 2007 The FireBees finished 10th in the South Division 1 League 2007 - 2008 The FireBees finished 9th in the South Division 1 League 2008 - 2009 The FireBees finished 4th in the South Division 1 League In the British Women ' s Ice Hockey Friendship Tournament the FireBees finished 10th The Ice Bees . 2007 - 2008 The Ice Bees finished the women ' s U16 Southern Division Champions The Ice Bees were runners up in the U16 North v South play off losing to Kingston 5 - 2 EIHA U16 ' s School of Excellence : Ellie Ranson , Louise Adams , Gemma Dale , Katherine Gale , Coral Backhurst , Meghan Sullivan , Jerrika Jentsch , Hannah Byrom 2008 - 2009 The Ice Bees finished the women ' s U16 Southern Division Champions The Ice Bees became national champion in the playoff final beating Kingston 3 - 2 EIHA U16 ' s School of Excellence : Ellie Ranson , Gemma Dale , Katherine Gale , Coral Backhurst , Hannah Byrom , Samantha Bolwell , Monica Petrosino , Jessica Curtis