Ice Hockey: Skater boy Matthew is inline to fly the flag; THE FRIDAY FEATURE GARETH BICKNELL learns all about inline hockey from rising star Matthew Batterbee.(Sport)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: July 13, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: GARETH BICKNELL

WHEN a nine-year-old Matthew Batterbee first got the hockey bug after watching the film Mighty Ducks, he could hardly have imagined he'd be playing for his country just seven years later.

Now 16, Matthew will make his debut for Great Britain today in their opening game of Slovenia's Ljubljana Open, an inline hockey tournament involving senior teams from the best hockey-playing nations in Europe.

The Rhyl teenager, who plays for Deeside Predators, is a member of the Great Britain Academy. While the side he is a member of in Ljubljana is a UK ...

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