Solway Sharks
Encyclopedia
The Solway Sharks are the only senior ice hockey
club in South West Scotland or Cumbria and play out of Dumfries Ice Bowl, King Street, Dumfries
, Scotland
This season we will be playing in the English National League North Division 2 and in the Northern Cup. Our home games will be played at Dumfries Ice Bowl on Saturday evenings with a 7pm face-off.
The Sharks were formed in 1998 and in their lifetime have won a host of trophies including two Northern League championships, one Northern League Play-Off title, six St. Andrew's Cups and two Scottish Cups to name but a few.
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| Gary Russell
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| align=center|2008
|Glasgow
, Scotland
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| Chris Rae
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| align=center|2009
|Dumfries
, Scotland
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| align=center|31
| align=center|
| Kieran Hobbins
| align=center|
| align=center|2011
|Dumfries
, Scotland
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|align=center|2
|align=center|
|Jamie Kerr
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|Dumfries
, Scotland
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|align=center|6
|align=center|
|Aaron Greger
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Kirkcaldy
, Scotland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|13
|align=center|
|Craig Johnston
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Dumfries
, Scotland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|15
|align=center|
|Michael McKay
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Kirkcaldy
, Scotland
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|align=center|19
|align=center|
|Alan Crane
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| Scotland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|21
|align=center|
|Frazer Goldie (A)
|align=center|
|align=center|2008
|Kilmarnock
, Scotland
|-
{| width=100%
!colspan=7 |Forwards
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
!width=5%|Number
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!!width=15%|Player
!width=8%|Shoots
!width=9%|Acquired
!width=37%|Place of Birth
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|align=center|7
|align=center|
|Bob Chalmers
|align=center|
|align=center| 2009
|Dumfries
, Scotland
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|align=center|10
|align=center|
|Mark Gallagher (C)
|align=center|
|align=center|
|Bellshill
, Scotland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|11
|align=center|
|Alan Gibson
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Irvine
, Scotland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|12
|align=center|
|Ross Murray
|align=center|
|align=center|2009
|Dumfries
, Scotland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|14
|align=center|
|Stephen Adams
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Belfast
, Northern Ireland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|17
|align=center|
|Terry Robertson
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Dumfries
, Scotland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|18
|align=center|
|Lewis Gold
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Broxburn
, Scotland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|27
|align=center|
|Calum Henderson
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Dumfries
, Scotland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|44
|align=center|
|Adam Reynolds (A)
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Peterborough
, England
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|align=center|51
|align=center|
|Struan Tonnar
|align=center|
|align=center|
|Dumfries
, Scotland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|91
|align=center|
|Nathan Salem
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Wallsend On Tyne, England
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|93
|align=center|
|Aidan Fulton
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Irvine
, Scotland
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|?
|align=center|
|Calum Adamson
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Scotland
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|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|--
|align=center|
|Martin Grubb
|align=center|Head Coach
|align=center|
|Kirkcaldy
, Scotland
|-
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|align=center|--
|align=center|
|Simon Leach
|align=center|Assistant Coach
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|align=center|
|Scott Houston
|align=center|Equip. Manager
|align=center|
|Dumfries
, Scotland
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Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
club in South West Scotland or Cumbria and play out of Dumfries Ice Bowl, King Street, Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
This season we will be playing in the English National League North Division 2 and in the Northern Cup. Our home games will be played at Dumfries Ice Bowl on Saturday evenings with a 7pm face-off.
The Sharks were formed in 1998 and in their lifetime have won a host of trophies including two Northern League championships, one Northern League Play-Off title, six St. Andrew's Cups and two Scottish Cups to name but a few.
Honours
- Northern League Champions: 2008/09, 2009/10
- Northern League Play-off Champions: 2009/10
- Scottish First Division champions: 1998-99, 1999-00
- Scottish Cup winners: 1998-99, 1999-00, 2003–04
- Spring Cup winners: 2003-04, 2005-06
- Autumn Cup winners: 2004-05
- St Andrews Cup winners: 2001-02, 2002-03, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11
- Dumfries Tournament Winners: 2005–06, 2009-10
- Dumfries and Galloway Sports Personalities of the Year: 1998/99
2011-2012 Roster
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| Gary Russell
| align=center|
| align=center|2008
|Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align=center|31
| align=center|
| Chris Rae
| align=center|
| align=center|2009
|Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| align=center|31
| align=center|
| Kieran Hobbins
| align=center|
| align=center|2011
|Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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|align=center|2
|align=center|
|Jamie Kerr
|align=center|
|align=center|
|Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|6
|align=center|
|Aaron Greger
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. The town lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth; SSE of Glenrothes, ENE of Dunfermline, WSW of Dundee and NNE of Edinburgh...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|13
|align=center|
|Craig Johnston
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|15
|align=center|
|Michael McKay
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. The town lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth; SSE of Glenrothes, ENE of Dunfermline, WSW of Dundee and NNE of Edinburgh...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|19
|align=center|
|Alan Crane
|align=center|
|align=center|
| Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|21
|align=center|
|Frazer Goldie (A)
|align=center|
|align=center|2008
|Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock
Kilmarnock is a large burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, with a population of 44,734. It is the second largest town in Ayrshire. The River Irvine runs through its eastern section, and the Kilmarnock Water passes through it, giving rise to the name 'Bank Street'...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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{| width=100%
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|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
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!!width=15%|Player
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!width=9%|Acquired
!width=37%|Place of Birth
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|7
|align=center|
|Bob Chalmers
|align=center|
|align=center| 2009
|Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|10
|align=center|
|Mark Gallagher (C)
|align=center|
|align=center|
|Bellshill
Bellshill
Bellshill is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, 10 miles south east of Glasgow city centre and 37 miles west of Edinburgh. Other nearby towns are Motherwell , Hamilton and Coatbridge . Since 1996, it has been situated in the Greater Glasgow metropolitan area...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|11
|align=center|
|Alan Gibson
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Irvine
Irvine
-Places:Canada*Irvine, Alberta*Irvine Inlet, NunavutUnited Kingdom*Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland*Irvine Valley, Ayrshire, Scotland, an alternative name for Loudoun*River Irvine, ScotlandUnited States*Irvine, California**Irvine...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|12
|align=center|
|Ross Murray
|align=center|
|align=center|2009
|Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|14
|align=center|
|Stephen Adams
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|17
|align=center|
|Terry Robertson
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|18
|align=center|
|Lewis Gold
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Broxburn
Broxburn
Broxburn is the name of more than one place in the United Kingdom:*Broxburn, East Lothian, Scotland*Broxburn, West Lothian, ScotlandIt is also the name of a place in Australia:*Broxburn, Queensland, Australia...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|27
|align=center|
|Calum Henderson
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|44
|align=center|
|Adam Reynolds (A)
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Peterborough
Peterborough
Peterborough is a cathedral city and unitary authority area in the East of England, with an estimated population of in June 2007. For ceremonial purposes it is in the county of Cambridgeshire. Situated north of London, the city stands on the River Nene which flows into the North Sea...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|51
|align=center|
|Struan Tonnar
|align=center|
|align=center|
|Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|91
|align=center|
|Nathan Salem
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Wallsend On Tyne, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|93
|align=center|
|Aidan Fulton
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Irvine
Irvine
-Places:Canada*Irvine, Alberta*Irvine Inlet, NunavutUnited Kingdom*Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland*Irvine Valley, Ayrshire, Scotland, an alternative name for Loudoun*River Irvine, ScotlandUnited States*Irvine, California**Irvine...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|?
|align=center|
|Calum Adamson
|align=center|
|align=center|2011
|Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
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|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|--
|align=center|
|Martin Grubb
|align=center|Head Coach
|align=center|
|Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy
Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. The town lies on a shallow bay on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth; SSE of Glenrothes, ENE of Dunfermline, WSW of Dundee and NNE of Edinburgh...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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|-bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|--
|align=center|
|Simon Leach
|align=center|Assistant Coach
|align=center|
|-
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|--
|align=center|
|Scott Houston
|align=center|Equip. Manager
|align=center|
|Dumfries
Dumfries
Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh within the Dumfries and Galloway council area of Scotland. It is near the mouth of the River Nith into the Solway Firth. Dumfries was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire. Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South...
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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