Wanganui Lightning United Inline Hockey Club

KIHL is happening in Whanganui this weekend! Come on down, see the action and support the teams 🏒🏒

Full weekend schedule below.

Stats - KIHL - Kiwi Inline Hockey League Official website of the KIHL. KIHL is NZ's first and only national Inline Hockey draft league featuring 5 franchises competing in 2 divisions.

And that's a wrap.

Senior Nationals 2023 has come to a close and what a tournament it was.

Our Premier side walked away with a hard fought bronze medal after falling to defending champions Capital Penguins Inline Hockey Club 7-3 in the Semi Final.

Lightning was able to secure 3rd place with a 7-4 win against Northland Stingrays Inline Hockey and walk away with a medal. Not the sort of finish our team was looking for, however it is always a great feeling finishing a tournament with a win.

A big congratulations to Mt Wellington Panthers, who took out gold in the premier grade in what was one of the best games we have watched in a very long time.

The vibes in the stadium were absolutely electric!

To Andrew Tripe - Mayor of Whanganui - Thank you for joining us for our ceremonial puck drop. We hope we have added another supporter to both our local club and our sport in general.

Thank you to Inline Hockey New Zealand for giving our club the opportunity to host the most important tournament on the NZ Inline Hockey Calendar.

We also wanted to take the time to thank and congratulate everyone, from players, teams and clubs, through to coaches, managers, team officials and supporters for taking the time to come to our little corner of the country and hope you all enjoyed everything that Whanganui had to offer - both on and off the rink!

Special mention to all of the volunteers who made this possible. From Referees, to Score bench and Penalty box officials, our stream commentators, to everyone who helped with our canteen, and cleaners. We were overwhelmed with offers of help from different individuals and clubs - and it's moments like that where we realize how special and tight knit our amazing inline community is.

Lastly, a big shout out to Wanganui Lightning United Inline Hockey Club President
James O'Donnell and (First Lady?) Nadine for the countless hours and late nights spent meticulously planning every action point down to the last detail. James litterally put his back out by putting the club on his shoulders (excuse the pun).

Hoping we can build on what was a successful 2023 season!

Thanks to support from New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) , Whanganui & Partners , Harrisons Hiremaster , Splash Centre Whanganui and Sport Whanganui for providing funding, activities and general support across our 9 days of Hockey.

Until next time..

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National cups back in their rightful place.... 😉

Our Premiers have a chance to lock the gold cup away - Their Semi Final game kicks off at 12.40pm.

3rd and 4th playoff will be played at 6.30
Premier Grand Final will be played at 7.40pm tonight.

Come down and watch live at the Jubilee Stadium or catch the stream on the official Inline Hockey New Zealand YouTube page.

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Big day yesterday with some very entertaining hockey.

Our Premier team played a hard first game against a very strong Capital Penguins Inline Hockey Club side. The good guys fell 6-3, however had some positive building blocks for our following must win game.

Our last round robin game had us facing off against the Waihi Miners Inline Hockey premier side. With our team riding a 3 game losing streak, the team come out firing and hungry to finish the round robin strong. Our side won 12-1, securing us 4th seed and into the semi finals.

Saturdays game times will be updated here to keep you all informed, along with the official link.

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Fridays results:

Can Ice Packs please be returned to the Canteen. We have handed out 8 so far today and have not received any back.

Thanks all

Live link for Day 3 of the Senior National Hockey Championships.

Catch our Prems team at 12pm and 7.40pm tonight

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IHNZ Senior Nationals 2023 Day 3 Livestream from IHNZ 2023 Nationals Day 3

Tough day today for our Premier side, opening the day with a 7-6 loss against the Northland Stingrays Inline Hockey with what looked to be a thrilling come back.

The second game of the day resulted in a 7-3 loss against the Mount Wellington Panthers. The team put in a big effort however fell short in what was a very intense game played at a high level.

Tomorrow is another day and we turn our focus to defending champions Capital Penguins Inline Hockey Club where the team will be hungry to get back into the win column. The game will be played at 12pm sharp.

Our last round robin game will be played at 7.40pm against Waihi Miners Inline Hockey. Both of these teams will be wanting to end their Round Robin on a strong note with a big 2 points and in the win column. Makes for exciting hockey.

Come down to the Jubilee Stadium to watch live, or tune into the live stream which can be found on the IHNZ YouTube channel.

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Now that things have somewhat calmed down we thought we would take a minute to reflect over the successful Junior Festival of Hockey tournament

Thank you to Inline Hockey New Zealand for allowing us to host here at the Jubilee.

To all the Clubs, Teams, Players, Supporters and most importantly the volunteers - thank you for your continued commitment to our sport. We hope you all have had an enjoyable time both on and off the rink.

So good to see our next generation of players come through, and what exciting games they were!!

Thanks to New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT) , Whanganui & Partners , Harrisons Hiremaster , Sport Whanganui and Splash Centre Whanganui for all the support throughout the Junior Festival.

Just an update to teams - we are running about 45 mins behind on our usual schedule due to a serious injury.

If you can't make it down to the Jubilee to watch in person, link to the live stream is attached.

Our Premier Grade plays at 12.10 and 4.20pm. See you there!!

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IHNZ Senior Nationals 2023 Day 2 Livestream from IHNZ 2023 Nationals Day 2

Hi All

Please see attached the remaining draw for the remainder of the Inline Hockey New Zealand Senior National Tournament.

See you at the Jubilee Stadium

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Our Boys (and Grace) open their Nationals 2023 Campaign with a close 4-3 win against the New Plymouth Ravens.

Next game is tomorrow at 12.10pm against the Stingrays

Tomorrow is a double header for our Prem Team and the second game is at 4.20pm against the Mt Wellington Panthers.

If you are around Wanganui, drop in to the Jubilee Stadium tomorrow and come say hi and see our best Inline hockey players go head to head