After long discussion with the sports ministry, the director of sport for Setif and directors of Park Mall Setif, it has been agreed to base Algeria’s first ever ice hockey school in Park Mall, in the city of Setif. Setif is quite a fitting city to have ice hockey, in winter it’s very cold and often snows a lot. It’s…
When I started the whole Algerian hockey project the dream was of course to create a national team and play for this national team and put this national team into competitions such as the World Championships and more unrealistically the Winter Olympics. That was the idea, the dream, but whilst making this dream a reality it became clear that this…
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…
Good news! a new ice rink has opened in the Algerian city of Setif this week. It’s only 400m² and it’s in the middle of a new mall so not suitable for hockey but it will give the kids of Setif an opportunity to learn to skate and maybe even get a stick in their hands and learn the basics….