Our Team

All

Coach

Defender

Forward

Netminder

Carl Sanger

#77

Davina Hall

#72

Andy Hazelden

#63

Allan Sargeant

#48

Giz Lee

#28

Alysha Atkinson

#22

Lucy Smith

#19

Anya Ball

#17

Heather Bolton

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Freddie Stallebrass

#15

D-Jay Hall

#1

Gary Farmer

#13

Stacey Quirk

#8

Callum Shakespeare

#40

Jamie Hutchcraft

#27

Ian Offers

Head Coach

Ali Amini

#23

Graham Kimber

#16

Carl Sanger

#77

Davina Hall

#72

Disability: Below Knee Amputee

Live: Peterborough

I have a rbk (right below knee) amputation, since Dec 2023, and so am very new to disability sports.

I live in Peterborough, and was introduced to Para Ice Hockey through my son who had seen the team training at the Ice Rink on a Friday night.

It took awhile for me to pluck up the courage to go and see what it was all about, but from that moment on I was in love with the game and I am now training to be a netminder.

Everyone at the club made me feel so welcome when i started coming to training and they are a great group of people.

I would say to anyone who may be thinking about trying the sport, ‘give it a go’, it’s both fun and a great workout at the same time.

Andy Hazelden

#63

Allan Sargeant

#48

Giz Lee

#28

Alysha Atkinson

#22

Disability: Multiple Sclerosis

Lives: Leighton Buzzard

I come from a background in skiing and have Multiple Sclerosis. It was through my contacts in Disability Snowsports UK, that I heard GB we’re looking for ladies to form a brand new team. So I decided why not and was shocked when I was accepted.

This in turn lead me to finding my local club to train at, which is Peterborough Phantoms.

Being part of Phantoms is like being in a big family. The game has given me a new lease on life. The freedom of gliding across the ice is second to none, the adrenaline rush in the game is immense.

I’m so glad I decided to try ice hockey, it’s a fully inclusive sport and I have made so many new friends since joining.

It doesn’t matter what standard you are, you can still have plenty of fun and laughs.

Lucy Smith

#19

Disability: None

Live: Peterborough

I have watched ice hockey since I was 9 years old and followed Peterborough Phantoms as a season ticket holder. My friend, Graham, plays on the sledge team and invited me to training to try it out.

It was challenging but so much fun, and everyone on the team were so encouraging and positive. It was the perfect environment for me to learn a new element of the game of ice hockey.

I used to play ice hockey and referee as a Level 1 official in my teens, but I caught COVID in March 2020 and got lung damage and struggled to pick it back up as my lungs did not function properly for a long while.

I’ve dipped into a bit of tennis with my partner over the previous two years, but I missed hockey too much! My recent lung function tests show positive signs of recovery and I’m ready to get back into hockey again!

Anya Ball

#17

Heather Bolton

Freddie Stallebrass

#15

My name is Freddie and I am the youngest member of the team at nearly 15 years old.

I have been training with the Phantoms for nearly 18 months and love coming to the rink to train each week and get out onto the ice.

I play Para Ice Hockey because my disabilities stop me from skating so I have to use a sled and it’s great fun.

My favourite part of the training is when the coach lets us play Bulldog ate the end of the session!

I enjoy playing sports and as well as Para Ice Hockey I also play Cerebal Palsy football, adapted hand cycling, disability all inclusive pool, disabled football and boccia.

D-Jay Hall

Gary Farmer

#13

Disability: Single leg amputee

Live: Derby

I have played Para Ice Hockey since 2001, where I was stopped in the street by someone who already played.

I love the aggressive nature of the sport and team environment.

I have met some amazing people along the way and would recommend the sport to anyone.

Stacey Quirk

Callum Shakespeare

#40

Disability: Paraplegic & Double Amputee

Where you live: North London

In 2008, at 21, I severed the spinal cord and was paralysed from the waist down. A year later I found myself at the Inter-Spinal Unit Games, at Stoke Mandeville, and was introduced to “Sledge Hockey”. (Apparently I had some talent for the sport.)

Through 2011 I worked on the National Governing Body – BSHA to help recreate the league in the UK and joined the Peterborough Phantoms – where I remain today.

Jump forward again to Oct 2022 and I came to the end of a long journey, going into hosptial for a “Bi-Lateral Through-Knee Disarticulation”, leaving me a below knee double amputee, which means that I had a bit of a “hard reset” in the sport. I no longer “turned like a battleship” on the ice, but instead had the nip and zip to be a decent winger for the team.

All this rambling, is to come to the point that getting back on the ice in December 2022 reminded me why I play – freedom.

Moving on ice is like no other sensation. It is freedom from the confines of the chair, even if I am an (over)active chair user. The sledges level the playing field and it is on skill alone, whether you are a single amputee, paralysed, able bodied, old, young… whatever. Everyone is in the same… er… sledge.

It’s hard, fast, and physical and that appeals to me, but it is also so different to anything else in my life. Being part of a team can be like having another family, with all that entails, but I know one thing, the Phantoms are my home, and I might be “The OG Phantom”, but I’m also #40 and that gives me purpose.

Jamie Hutchcraft

#27

Ian Offers

Head Coach

Disability: None

Lives: Whittlesey

Head Coach Ian Offers, has been involved in the sport of Ice Hockey since 1999 when he watched his first game in Finland, whilst working for Nokia.

After years of watching Football, the speed and skill of the sport grabbed his attention. He started working for the Peterborough based Pirates, later to become the Peterborough Phantoms, running their website as well as working on their supporters club and even driving the player’s bus to away games for a number of years.

When he was given the opportunity to try the sport his initial foray lasted 2 weeks before he fell and broke his wrist! Once recovered he was back on the ice, signing up to play for the Peterborough Predators.

After a few seasons of playing he sat his Level 1 Coaching Qualification as he wanted to give something back to the sport and help new players. After helping coach the Junior clubs Learn To Play sessions, where he taught children aged 4-9, he moved to help with the Under 18s team for 2 seasons.

After taking a break from coaching for a few seasons, he returned as Head Coach of the newly formed Peterborough Flyers. The Flyers were an adult Learn To Play team, formed from new players to the sport. At the same time, he was also asked to help with the Peterborough Phantoms Para Ice Hockey team.

Initially, he said no to Para Ice Hockey, as the sport was alien to him, but after watching a few training sessions he agreed to join the club. When the then Head Coach left the club, Ian took over what is now the most successful Para Ice Hockey club in the country over the past few years.

The Phantoms Para Ice Hockey Club won the League title in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. They have also taken the Play-Off Tournament trophy for the past 3 years that it has been contested.

In 2015 he became assistant Coach for the Great Britain Para Ice Hockey Team and also returned to coaching Ice Hockey after accepting an invite to coach Cambridge University’s Women’s Team.

In early 2016 he became the Head Coach of the Great Britain Para Ice Hockey Team and his first International tournament was taking the GB team to Japan in November 2016 for the IPC World Championships. He also coached them at the World Championships in 2019 (Berlin), 2022 (Bangkok) and 2023 (Astana).

In 2019 Ian alongside Peggy Assinck started working on setting up a GB Womens programme, at the request of World Para Ice Hockey, and when the team was created Ian took on the role as the Assistant Head Coach. He coached the women at the World Para Ice Hockey Womens World Challenge tournaments in Green Bay, USA, in 2022 and 2023.

He remained with the GB programmes until December 2023 when he stepped down to focus on club Para Ice Hockey and Ice Hockey as he now one of the owners of our parent team the Peterborough Phantoms Ice Hockey Club.

How he has the time for all of this, and a full-time day job, no-one knows, but everyone is grateful that he does !

Ali Amini

#23

Disability: Polio

Lives: Peterborough

I got into Para Ice Hockey after my wife got bored of me complaining about the lack of disability sport within Peterborough.

At the time I was travelling to Lincoln regularly to play Sitting Volleyball. My wife looked online and found Inspire Peterborough, and after a quick email to them I was invited to an Inclusive Skating session on a Friday at Planet Ice in Bretton, which I really enjoyed.

I was then invited to practice with the team on a regular basis and haven’t looked back since.

I have played various sports before but I am hooked on Sledge Ice Hockey, I just wish I had found the sport earlier.

Graham Kimber

#16

Disability: Stroke

Lives: Holbeach

I became involved with the club around 2014, through a local event in the Town Park, where Peterborough Phantoms Sledge Hockey was promoting their club and sport. I decided to give it a try there and then and I have been hooked ever since.

I suffered 3 major strokes around 7 years ago, which caused me to lose the use of my right side, I lost my speech as well as causing some loss of eyesight. It has been a long road and although I will never fully recover physically to who I was before, the club has been patient and supportive in helping me to get to where I want to be.

Para Ice hockey is highly addictive, and I love being part of the club. I used to play in defence in football for 15 years before my stroke, however I would rather play Para Ice hockey any day and the only team for me is Peterborough Phantoms!

My nickname is the Tank because I’m big and slow, but most importantly I get in the way and tend to “take people out” so others can score!