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 PENGUINS HOPE TO STAR ON TV!!! On Wednesday the 19th March, a few of the Penguins have been invited to the outdoor ice rink which has now moved to Cambridge. They will also have the chance to meet dancing on ice star Linda Lusardi along with her skating partner Daniel Whiston.
All the action kicks off around 12 mid-day so keep an eye out on the tv for us! (however we're not sure where and when this will be yet!)
 
PENGUINS @ COVENTRY they were without Captain Jo Knell and Michelle Beaney both due to knee injuries. Catch up on all the action from the match report.
  NEXT MATCH is away at Nottingham on Sunday 27th January. This is followed the next week with a home match against Blackburn. If you are unable to make either matches then the period scores will be updated on the left hand side of the site.
 FIRST MATCH for rookie Sara Dawson who will travel to Nottingham for her first ever match after only taking up the sport in December.
EVENING TELEGRAPH - MONDAY 7th JANUARY Peterboroughs local paper is featuring an article on the Penguins. If you cant get to a paper, then go to their website.
 CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY FOR THE PENGUINS The Penguins festivities began on Sunday 23rd after a trip up to North Wales to take on the Flintshire Furies. The Penguins took the lead early on and were able to hang on for 60mins to record their first win in the Northern League! Everyone had a great game and deserved their efforts to be rewarded!!!!
 PENGUINS XMAS MEAL took place on the 18th December. It was held at the Fragrance Chinese restuart and photos from the night can be viewed now on the site.
PENGUINS SCORE AT THE SQUAWS PLACE On the 16th December the Penguins travelled to Whitley Bay to take on the Squaws for the second time the season. With Emma Wildman and Jen King returned for the next couple of matches, it gives the Penguins a much needed boost.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR FROM THE PENGUINS! There will be no training over the festive period and will be back on 2nd January!
 PENGUINS AT THE END OF AN ERA Coach Amanda after nearly ten years with the Penguins steps down as Coach.
Amanda took on Coaching duties several years ago when the Penguins were without. She combined playing and coaching and then stayed on once she retired from playing. Amanda has given alot to the team both on and off the ice and she will be missed. The team wishes her well for the future but leaves the door open for any comeback!?!? :)
SCARY BEING THIRTY!- Congratulations to Claire "Scary" Woodthorpe" (right) who will hit the big "three o" this week.
PENGUINS ON THE ROAD IN DECEMBER - Two long distances road trips are the EIHA's gift to the Penguins just before Christmas with a trip up to Whitley on the 16th and Flintshire on the 23rd.
Scores from the match will be wappied through to the website if you are unable to join us.
 SHEFFIELD were the Penguins opponents Sunday 11th and saw the Penguins holding their hosts to a 0.0 score till half way through the match.
WHITLEY BAY were the Penguins first opposition of the new season. The Squaws will be travelled down to Peterborough for the match where rookie netminder Simone didnt a great job!!!
 CONGRATULATIONS to Jenni and Ian on their Wedding. The team wishes them all the best for the future.
 END OF SEASON 2007 - The photos of Activity World and the continued EoS bash at Amanda's are now online! (As are the very long awaited photos from last year...)
PENGUINS IN PRINT There is a new book available titled "Women's Ice Hockey Yearbook" this is available from Amazon and features the womens season for 2005/2006. The book forlast season is in hand and will be out in due course.
HAPPY FEET - Penguins have found their mascot (right) for the fortch coming season!!!!
JUNE = BIRTHDAYS!!!! This month sees several Penguins celebrating  another year older - these include:
So best wishes from the team to all who celebrate!
NEW ARRIVAL - Assistant Coach and Player Sharon has given birth to Dominic. We think he'll make a great stick boy for us! :)
CLOSED SEASON - The Penguins will be having their closed season during the month of June. So will finish on the 30th May and start up again on the 4th July.
LAST MATCH OF THE SEASON is Saturday 19th in Billingham. This will see us say goodbye and good luck to netminder Angela who is retiring to new pastures, also known as field hockey! :)
 FINAL HOME MATCH of the season was against Whitley on the 12st May. A big squad on the bench, meant it was time for a team photo! Click to see the other photos from the match.
CAPTION COMPETITION on the Penguins forum!
MEMORIAL CHARITY GAME Peterborough Predators memorial game is on the 20th May. Bid to be Dwayne Newman or Jesse Hammill's Assistant Bench Coach. Bid on the Charity Sports Memorabilia Auction.
CHARITY CALENDAR If you can make the match but wish to do your bit you can buy an 18month calendar from the Ice Rink Shop or Penguins very own Suse Freeland who does also feature with strategically placed gloves!
GOALIE WANTED - No experience required, kit and coaching can be provided. Just come and see if you like it, you never know you could like it?!?! :) Please contact one of the Penguins for more details.
PENGUIN MERCHANDISE - is still available and up for grabs, Just talk to Suse to put in your reguests. If you have any ideas for any other merchandise you would like to see. Then mention it to us and we'll see what we can do.
 PENGUINS played Billingham Wildcats but with goalie Ang' injured we knew it was gonna be tough. But Claire "Scary Mary" Woodthorpe, (right) was the one to step into the void, and despite not even been in goal before she did us proud!!! But we do wish Ang' a speedy recovery :)
   PENGUINS SUPPORT ENGLAND!!! Emma the travelling Penguin currently living in St. Lucia has been hob-nobbing / stalking the England Cricket team. Hope she gives them some Penguin tactics on how to win?!?! :)
PENGUINS v BLACKBURN will be the next encounter for the 'boro birds! This will this weekend on Sunday 18th March, 6pm. When these two teams met early on in the season it ended a draw so if you're not doing nowt please come done and cheer us on to hopefully another point or two?!!?
  VARSITY - Fancy supporting Cambridge University Women's ice hockey team against Oxford as part of the oldest hockey rivalry in the world? Come and join us at this year's Varsity match, Friday 9th March at Peterborough Planet Ice, Face-off 10.30pm! Tickets cost £5, and can be bought on the door or in advance from Chloe at clar2@cam.ac.uk. Come and support them in their annual battle against the Dark Side…
PISTE PENGUINS the Penguins are not only known for their skating prowess on the ice they also have talents on the snow and many Penguins this month and last have been off on the slopes, some more successfull than others!!! :)
AND VAL MAKES THREE - The Penguins injury list continues as we have now suffered the third broken wrist of the season. Val went down doing a "good" job with it. We wish her the best for a good recovery.
TRAINING CANCELLED!!! - No training this week (21st Feb) Due to the Phantoms playing Slough at home. Traning continues as normal next week. 
PENGUINS AT HOME - This Saturday sees the Penguins finally have a home match, it will be against Wrekin Raiders, who we played a couple of weeks ago with a short bench as we were hit with last minute illness etc. So this time we are looking for a better result with a full squad. Why not come and watch, Entry is free and all support is welcome.
GOODBYE GRACE - Today sees Grace Pold fly back home to the States. Grace has been with us since the summer last year whilst over her on a year out and flew over with goalie pads looking for a team. We wish Grace all the best for the future.
ACCIDENT PRONE PENGUINS - The Penguins are fragile creatures with over the past coupl eof months having a couple of broken wrists, a coach with a broken elbow, and the most recent is DMan Clare missing the match at the weekend due to injuring her ankle. We wish all those injured a speedy recovery and all those who are still in tact - hope it stays that way!!!! :)
 PENGUIN HOODIE - Hot off the Penguins catwalk!?!? You are now able to buy a Penguins Hoodie (left) along with a selection of other items with the Penguin branding. With the optional extra of having your favourite players name and number included in the design.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! The New Year sees the Penguins with a point and looking positive.
2007 sees the Penguins now facing a steady stream of matches and a chance to try and improve their league standing. Up until not they have not faced too many matches due to cancellations etc.
THE FIRST MATCH OF 2007 sees the Penguins travelling to Telford on the 21st Jan to take on the Wrekin Raiders. You will be able to keep an eye on the Penfguins progress as the period scores will be wapped through to this site and can be seen in brackets under the fixture name on the left.
PENGUINS TRAVEL NORTH - Blackburn is the destination of the Penguins match. Its a 6:15pm face off, and you can keep tabs on the period scores by seeing them updated in the left hand column via wappy technology!
PENGUINS WENT TO THE STEEL CITY - See how the Penguins got on in there last match, which was against Sheffield Shadows.
MATCH RESCHEDULED!!! - The Penguins were due to play Flintshire Furies on the 5th November, the replacement date has now come through as 16th December, 6pm.
PENGUINS SEASON BEGINS! - The Penguins had their first league match of the new season on Saturday 7th October. Its was at home against Coventry Phoenix. A great performance was had by both teams and they were only let down by the ice as a hole forced the match to be abandoned with four minutes to go and the Penguins about to have a 3 on 5 Powerplay.
CONGRATULATIONS Liz For exllent GCSE results!!!!
END OF SEASON BASH- The Penguins had a great EoS Bash and the lucky winners of the annual awards were, Val Hover, Nana Masada, Robin Stein and Maggie Morley. Piccies from the event will be coming soon. Click here to see who's won it previously.
WORLD CUP 2006 - Prediction Challenge - the lucky Winner is Eric Audsley. The results after every stage has been added. Thank You to you if you took part.
CARBOOTING ON BANK HOLS - Thank you to all those who purchased from the Penguins who were raising addition funds by doing a carboot stall on Sunday 28th May. Monies raised will go towards to match fees for the team next season.
END OF THE SEASON - The Penguins made the trip to Blackburn for the first time. The Penguins followed this the next day by travelling to Coventry for their final match of the season. An excellent peformance in both matches saw a very short Penguins bench put up an excellence fight (metaphorically speaking) against their hosts.
 BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALI - Hope you had a great day!
 HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAPTAIN JO! - who celebrates her birthday this Saturday. She obviously started celebrating a week earlier as she was photographed last week by the local newspaper whilst on on the town!
PENGUINS ROAD TRIP - The May Bank Holiday weekend saw the Penguins make the long journey up the A1 for matches against Whitley Bay Squaws and Billingham Wildcats. The Penguins went with a very short bench but they were sure they were gonna go and have some fun. Catch up on the matches by veiwing the reports for Saturday and Sunday and seeing the piccies for the weekends frolics!
GOODBYE EMMA! - Penguins loose their leading goal scorer and merchandise model for the second time in as many seasons, this time she is now heading off to Bahamas for a year. The team wishes her well!
 MAKE MONEY - from unwanted items and help raise some funds for the Penguins too. Its never too early to start spring cleaning and decluttering out your things!
 GOODBYE LIANA - Our resident American Airforce Penguin (left) is returning back to the states on the 7th February. She came over here for a stint in 2000 but we are hoping we wont have to wait that long till she's back here again!
TELFORD CAME TO TOWN - The Wrekin Raiders came to Peterborough on the 28th January. After a two hour delay we finally managed to play.
CONGRATULATIONS - To Penguins defenceman Jenni Brown who gave birth to Baby Elizabeth on Friday 16th December, 7lbs 10. Mother and Baby are doing well. Photo is of Baby Elizabeth 11 days old.
PENGUINS IN THE PRESS - French on Friday is the local news column in the local paper (Evening Telegraph) on a Friday. See what Saucy things they did to get in there.
WELCOME BACK!!! Liana Hammersley returns to the Penguins line up whilst she is over here with the RAF. Liana played with the Penguins several seasons ago.
A GREAT COMEBACK but it was not quite enough. Saturday 19th November saw the Penguins take on Blackburn Thunder for their first home match of the season. It was the debut match for many new players and saw a welcome return to Penguins colours for some.
TRAINING CANCELLED next Wednesday, 16th November for rink maintenance. Training is also cancelled in December, on the 14th.
 AT LAST!!! The season is back underway, after a long break since our first two matches the Penguins started up again this Sunday with a match against Premier side the Bracknell Queen Bees. The Penguins were not surprised with the result of the match, especially as they only had 9 players available and that included dressing one of the goalies as an outfield player!!!
 COMING HOME This weekend see the Penguins take on Blackburn Thunder for their first home match of the season. These two teams met for the first time back in May at the MK tournament which the Penguins won 1-0. So this match looks to be a good 'un!!!! All supporters are welcome and as always entry is free!
HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY SOPHIE One or our newest players is celebrated her 17th birthday on Wednesday 9th November. She will also be taking part in her first Penguin match on Saturday against Blackburn.
A GREAT PERFORMANCE!!!! The first league match for the Penguins was against the Wrekin Raiders. The Penguins made the journey to Telford to play their first match in the Northern League with one of the shortest benches ever. But a great effort by the team even resulted in some goals!!! Including the first for Tiffany Young which was current holds the record for being the most bizarre!!! Read the report to find out more.
BELOW: Some of finally honed athletes that make up Penguins tucking into a well deserved post match burger! :)
  
  PENGUINS OUT "GRRRRR" THE BEARS This was the first match of thee season and a Knockout Cup draw against the Basingstoke Bears saw a trip down south for the Penguins. A great performance from the whole team saw the be rewarded with the first win of the season and through to the second round where they will meet Bracknell Queens Bees. Read the match report for more details.
 EBAY - Penguins are trying to boost their club funds for the forthcoming season by selling items on ebay. If you would like to help you can either donate something to sell and we'll go 50/50 with any profits raised or you could buy something from us.
 CONGRATULATIONS SHARON (& SAMI)!!! On Friday the 29th July Sharon gave birth to baby Jennifer who weighed 8lb and 13oz, length 55cm!!!. Mother and baby are well and the team is looking forward to seeing their new recruit on the ice?!?!?
PENGUINS v BEARS The Penguins may of moved into the Northern league but they will still be playing the Basingstoke Bears as they have been drawn away against them in the Knockout Cup. This match is this Sunday and the Penguins will make the trek down south for possible the one and only time this season. Scores will be updated (hopefully) at the end of each period and will appear on the left.
PENGUINS MOVE NORTH - The Penguins have been moved along with Coventry Phoenix to the Div 1 North for the forthcomng season. The playoff weekend saw confirmation that the Northern League will consist of Blackburn Thunder, Billingham Wildcats, Coventry Phoenix, Nottingham Vipers, Peterborough Penguins, Sheffield Shadows, Whitley Bay Squaws, and Wrekin Raiders.
NEW FEATURE!!! on the website, click to see the team over the years. Now when you go to The Team/Players you now not only get the current seasons line up but you can see how the team was made up of years gone by. We are still trying to track photos down for all the players, so if you have any to donate please send them to me.
Training on Wednesday 27th July is on!!!! Despite the hickups with the ice etc last week it is looking like everything is fixed and back to normal and a guest coach will be in place as a stand in for Amanda.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 30TH JENNI - D-man Jenni (left) celebrates her 30th birthday today, the team wishes her a good 'un!
TRAINING HAS STARTED!!!! After a month off the Penguins have resumed training at their new day and time on Wednesday 6th July, 6:30 - 7:30pm. See you there! |
