Finally, hockey in Bristol!

I’m pleased to finally be able to announce the first session of the revived Bristol Freaks unicycle hockey club. For those of you near other Bristols around the World, this is the one in the south west of England.

8:30pm, Wednesday 25 October, at the St Pauls Community Sports Academy on Newfoundland Road. http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.4624&lon=-2.5805&scale=10000&icon=x

The cost for this session will be GBP4.00 per person, though this may be reduced for subsequent sessions, depending on the level of attendance. In fact, the venue and time slot may also vary from week to week, as it’s not possible to make a regular booking until January.

Unicycles used in the hall must have clean, non-marking tyres (I’ll bring a rag to clean them in case of rain), and plastic-ended pedals and saddles (I have a couple of spare pairs of plastic saddles I can lend).

I know there are a lot of unicyclists in and around Bristol who don’t read this list, so please spread the word to anyone who might be interested. Please also bring spare hockey sticks if you have them, as I’m hoping to recruit some new blood on the Bristol to Bath ride this weekend.

Might be worth cross posting this to Rec.juggling as a lot of bristolians read that and although they only ride casually it might encourage a few of them.

Plumsie

Probably better still to post it to the bristol_jugglers mailing list. Are you on that list, Pete, or shall I post it?

I’m not, so if you wouldn’t mind. Thanks.

I’m not on that list either so you should post it Danny

Pete

Done. And in a few weeks I may be able to get a colleague along. I discovered at lunchtime that one of our support staff has bought a unicycle in order to get fit. When I suggested giving hockey a try once he starts to get the hang of riding, he seemed very keen.

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The next session will be at 8:30pm, Wednesday 1 November, at the St Pauls Community Sports Academy on Newfoundland Road. http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=51.4624&lon=-2.5805&scale=10000&icon=x

The cost for this session will be GBP4.00 per person, though this likely be reduced for subsequent sessions, depending on the level of attendance. In fact, the venue and time slot may also vary from week to week, as it’s not possible to make a regular booking until January.

Unicycles used in the hall must have clean, non-marking tyres (I’ll bring a rag to clean them in case of rain), and plastic-ended pedals and saddles (I have a couple of spare pairs of plastic pedals I can lend).

If you’re interested, please join the club’s mailing list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bristol_freaks/, which also has a calendar of upcoming meetings and events.

I’ll be there. I’ve joined the group as well.