I’m back on after a while with a lot of news to update on. Hockey Algeria has organised three fixtures in Laval, Canada. There was a series of two games against Morocco and an exhibition game against Lebanon in the Bell Centre. The Morocco series ended 1-1, Morocco won the first game and Team Algeria won the second game 2-1. The game against…
In my last post all the way back in January I listed some of the things I wanted to achieve in 2017. So in May I got out to Algeria after a long time. It was a visit generally for non-hockey purposes but I did manage to have a meeting with American ambassador to Algeria, Joan Polaschik, at the American…
This week two new videos came out relating to Algerian and North African ice hockey. The first is a long video from a North African conference in Montreal, where a panel discuss North African sport. The panel included our goalie Hichem Bourebrab along with players from Morocco and Tunisia. If you can understand French it gives a good insight into…
British television channel ITV sent me around 2 hours raw footage of my team training and playing at the African Club Cup, this weekend I had a chance to edit a bit and upload it to YouTube. The first of a few vids is some GoPro footage of one of our training sessions. Harond Litim was wearing the GoPro camera…
Growing up around Islington and Hackney areas of London it always means a lot when the local newspapers recognise my achievements and want to discuss my accomplishments. Earlier in the year I was in the Hackney Today newspaper, and this week there’s an article in Islington Gazette, a newspaper thats been around for over 100 years and I remember it growing…
This week I received a large package in the post from Sweden, a company called Marsblade sent some special frame kits. I’m particularly interested in this product, with the lack of ice facilities in Algeria it’s really important to find off-ice alternatives. There have been many people using rollerblades in Algeria for many years, it’s nothing new and there’s some really…
Following numerous synthetic and temporary ice rinks around the country, a permanent ice rink was finally opened in Algeria this year in Park Mall in the city of Setif. It’s a small rink, only 400 m2, and with boards not particularly good for hockey. Still, it’s a start, and is definitely good enough for kids to learn to skate and…
I’ve achieved quite a lot so far in my life, but this is possibly my biggest achievement. For those of you that follow this blog you’ll be aware that I’m the creator and owner of Algeria’s first ever hockey team, HC Alger Corsaires. So following our participation in the first ever African Clubs Cup, this week my team’s jersey has…
My African Clubs Cup 2016 captured in photos, some on the ice some off the ice. Looking back I wish I took a few more pics and vids and did some vlogs but it was all pretty hectic playing and managing the team, great times all the same.
Usually with an article I’d just put a link up on here and share across my social media, but with this one I’ve had to create a post for it because I’m particularly proud of it. It’s not the biggest or most indepth article I’ve featured in but it’s definitely up there with proud moments, maybe because it’s a large…