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Tearing Down The House – Roller Hockey Club

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010. Published in Archives, Skateboarding by

It has been on the cards for a while now but finally yesterday the old Roller Hockey Club House at Southsea Skatepark was torn down. It had become unstable and hadn’t been used for a while. I was lucky enough to gain entry back last year and took a few photographs. If anybody has any old photographs of the club house seen in better times then please let us know.

The Old Days - Roller Hockey Club
Free Art and Live Painting Event at Southsea Skatepark


Lots of exciting plans at the Skatepark so watch this space.

This photo of Cody taking a leap of faith form the club house roof has always been a winner in my book.

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5 Comments to Tearing Down The House – Roller Hockey Club

  1. Looks so strange without it

    Paul Gonella on October 13th, 2010

  2. Had some great partys in there back in the early 80′s!

    Hope they put the space to good use.

    Steve on October 13th, 2010

  3. Hey, good to see an article on SHRC. We still just about play and are currently struggling to find decent venues in portsmouth. Would you believe the majority of places turn us down because we use roller skates?

    If you want some pictures ask simon – he runs the southsea skate park website i believe.

    tom maisey on October 15th, 2010

  4. email david.evans@portsmouthcc.gov.uk at the council. He is Seafront manager and there might be someplace to use behind his offices which is behind the tennis courts?
    Let me know how you get on.

    claire sambrook on October 15th, 2010

  5. Sadly the clubhouse went into decay when we lost access to the rink for roller hockey. Ramps that were too big to move easily was the start

    There was also a lot of vocalised bad feeling from other park uses about our using the rink, including one occasion (which appeared to be condoned by the club manager at the time) when we were verbally abused over the tannoy system

    What most current users dont realise is that prk is only there now because the roller hockey club ran it during the 90′s when the council weren’t interested and wanted to close it.

    At the same time we also kept an eye on the fabric of the place and taking action if repairs were needed

    Current plans mooted for the park don’t sound encouraging in terms of roller hockey returning to the park

    Peter on October 19th, 2010

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Features

The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.






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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.

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