Raiders look back, and move forwards

Earlier today a brief link was posted on the Raiders site in respect of the combined response of the National League teams after the Spring Cup had completed. That earlier note mentioned we would be adding some of our own words to that general announcment and so here goes. Some of what is necessary here

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National League announcement

A note from the National League management committee can be found here↓ https://www.nihl-national.co.uk/game-on-for-september/ We would like to add our brief thanks here also, with a more comprehensive list of credits later today for those responsible for bringing a very welcome oasis in the hockey desert.

Spring Cup finale!

It is game day at the Sapphire and the arrival of the Telford Tigers signals the final home game of the return to play Spring Cup. Raiders will be planning on repeating the success of last Saturday as they finally overcame the Swindon Wildcats with a 6-3 scoreline. Previous games vs the Tigers have been

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This weekend it’s “Live for Five!”

Thanks to all our fans and visitors that have joined us for this streaming series. We have learnt a lot, had a lot of stress and plenty of fun along the way and here we are the final weekend of the Streaming Spring Cup. It’s a late 6-00pm face off on Saturday as the Kebab

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The Sapphire is Streaming today!

Just two weekends remain of the Spring Cup and our return to play action is live tonight from 3-30pm as we face again the Swindon Wildcats in this live streamed event. Raiders have shown some great promise these last few weeks when faced with some seriously boosted NIHL opposition and even-handed, games have been very

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Its game day in the sunny Sapphire!

It is game 3 of the 3 game weekend as your favourite team (or favourite second team) host Wiltshire’s finest Wildcats. The weekend started well enough with a 5-3 victory against the Bees but yesterday the Raiders legs needed the first period to get going as they drew 3-3 with the Wildcats. Nobody is counting

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