The press release: La Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace (IIHF) a attribué au Maroc l’organisation de la deuxième édition de la Coupe d’Afrique en 2017, a annoncé la Fédération royale marocaine de hockey sur glace (FRMHG). Cette décision a été prise par l’IIHF lors de son congrès ordinaire semi-annuel tenu les 8 et 9 septembre à Paris, a déclaré…
A behind the scenes look at our visit to the beautiful Algerian embassy in Morocco, click the gallery images to enlarge. Thank you to Ambassador Mr Benyamina, Premier Secretary Hamid Mekki and all the embassy staff for the kind hospitality.
I intended to blog and vlog on a daily basis while in Morocco but I initially had no internet and when I finally did get a Moroccan sim with some data I was then too busy playing and managing the team to write more than a little tweet or facebook status update. As I’ve said before I’m not much of…
So as you may or may not be aware, in July there will be the first ever African Club Cup tournament, in Rabat, Morocco. This competition will feature teams from Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria. The Algerian club involved will be Corsaires d’Alger, this is my team, my creation. I’ve wanted to create an Algerian hockey club for a while…
The Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation have released the following announcement: Rabat, May 16th Mai , 2016 The Royal Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation is proud to announce that it will be organizing the first African ice Hockey Cup. The tournament will be held in Rabat (Mega mall), Followed by an all star showdown in Casablanca (Morocco Mall) from the 24th until…
In the latest edition of French hockey magazine ‘Slapshot’ there is an article on Maghreb (North west Africa) hockey. Myself and Algeria get a mention, and it touches on a potential game between Algeria and Tunisia in France. Click the image below to see a larger readable version of the article (in French).
I can exclusively reveal that in July 2016 Morocco will host the first ice hockey African club cup tournament. So far it’s looking like there will be two teams from Morocco, two from Egypt and one each from Tunisia and Algeria. There was initially talk of South Africa and Kenya sending teams but in the end they decided not to…