Northumbria Kings

Northumbria Kings	Northumbria Kings
 	
League 	British Universities Ice Hockey Association
Divisions 	Division 2 Northern
Division 3 Northern
Founded 	2001 as Northumbria Flames
History 	2001–present
Arena 	Whitley Bay Ice Rink
University 	Northumbria University
Team colours 	Red, black and white
Website 	http://www.northumbriaflames.co.uk
The Northumbria Kings formerly the Northumbria Flames are an ice hockey club under the British Universities Ice Hockey Association, with teams entered into division 2 and 3. They represent Northumbria University at home, away and national games.
==History==
The club's aim has always been to help players develop while enjoying their hockey. With a little work, they also developed into an unstoppable force and won every match in the 2006-07 season to take the Northern League title - proving that the formula works.
The Northumbria Flames were originally part of a larger squad comprising students from both Newcastle and Northumbria universities. In 2001, due to financial disagreements between the two institutions the club split and the Flames were born.
In the early days the Flames traditionally played the underdogs to the league's top teams, but always turned in healthy performances against local rivals Newcastle Wildcats and at the end-of-season nationals tournament. As new players joined, the standard of play gradually improved and the numbers swelled until we were able to launch a B team (division 3) in 2006. We're now able to focus on pushing for glory with the A team and welcoming and developing rookies in the B team, ranging from roller hockey veterans to complete beginners.
==2008 Club Reshuffle==
Over the summer of 2008, it was decided that from the following season, depending on the amount of new players, a third team is to be introduced. This third team will be another entry into Division 2, and will be named the B team. The B team of previous seasons is to be renamed the C team. The Northumbria Flames will then have two teams entered into Division 2, and one team in Division 3.
==Club Structure==
===A team (Div 1)===
Season 	Coach 	President 	Captain 	Assistant C 	Assistant C
2009/10	Chris Willey 	Johnny Tulip 	Shane Hewitt	Ian Simpson 	Drew Cooney
2008/09	Chris Willey 	Kyle McCormack	Shane Hewitt	Kyle Mccormack 	Stephen Brown
2007/08	Chris Willey 	Kyle McCormack	John Shreeve	Kyle McCormack 	Stephen Brown
2006/07	Lewis Kirkbride	Steven Taylor 	John Shreeve	Kyle McCormack 	Stephen Brown
2005/06	Lewis Kirkbride	Mark Ashley 	John Shreeve	Jonathan Nicholson	Andrew Lowin
===B team (Div 2)===
Season 	Coach 	President 	Captain 	Assistant C 	Assistant C
2009/10	Chris Willey	Johnny Tulip 	Mick "Tang" Dowling	Steve Brogden 	Andrew Lawson
2008/09	Chris Willey	Kyle McCormack	Johnny Tulip 	Mick "Tang" Dowling	Stu Pendleton
===C team (Div 3)===
Season 	Coach 	President 	Captain 	Assistant C 	Assistant C
2009/10	Chris Willey 	Johnny Flowers	David Jeffs 	D.E. Jeffs 	Dave Amazing Jeffs
2008/09	Tom McTaggart 	Kyle McCormack	Harry Atkinson 	David 'Anus' Walton	Bradley Davison
2007/08	Lewis Kirkbride	Kyle McCormack	Mick "Tang" Dowling 	Johnny Tulip 	Colleen May
2006/07	Lewis Kirkbride	Steven Taylor 	David "Killer" Miller	Mick "Tang" Dowling	Lauren McLaughlin
==External links==
*Northumbria Flames website
*British Universities Ice Hockey Association
*Northumbria University
Category:British ice hockey teams