You don’t need any previous skating experience or to have passed any Skate UK grades to join our Skate Hockey programme.
Skate Hockey is open to anyone aged 4 to 16 years old*
*Age five and under must have passed Tots Skating Lessons grade 2.
Skate Hockey
Levels 1 – 6
Equipment Required: Helmet, throat guard (under 18s only), gloves, hockey skates and stick
You can access the following:
Barrier Hockey (child only)
Junior Ice Hockey Clinic (child only)
Adult Ice Hockey Clinic
Junior Scrimmage (child only)
Adult Scrimmage
121 Skating Lessons
Public Skating Sessions
Play Hockey
Levels 1 – 3
Equipment Required: Helmet with face mask, throat guard (child), shoulder pads, elbow pads, hockey shirt, gloves, hockey shorts, hockey leg guards, hockey jock (boys) or pelvic protector (girls), hockey socks, hockey skates and stick
You can access the following:
Barrier Hockey (child only)
Junior Ice Hockey Clinic (child only)
Adult Ice Hockey Clinic
Junior Scrimmage (child only)
Adult Scrimmage
121 Skating Lessons
Public Skating Sessions
Resident Club
(should you be accepted after observation)
NIHC will notify you of the training day/time
Full ice hockey equipment is required.
You can access the following:
Barrier Hockey (child only)
Junior Ice Hockey Clinic (child only)
Adult Ice Hockey Clinic
Junior Scrimmage (child only)
Adult Scrimmage
121 Skating Lessons
Public Skating Sessions
If you are not accepted into the NIHC following observation, you can re-enrol onto Play Hockey or carry out additional training, then try for the club again after another course.