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For the full history of the sport go to inlinehockey.co.uk/articles. Its a detailed account of how the sport first emerged and the sport's first National Championships.
1986: Tolworth Terminators formed in June 86 playing in WHT / RED & BLK (which was the initial colour inspiration for KSF).
1988: K.S.F. was born as the Tolworth Terminators B team. The Terminators had too many players so a second team was formed named the "Kingston Street Flyers". Richmond Flyers Ice Hockey Club were the influence for the different name and first winged logo. Many skater teams in the 80's used the word "Street" in the middle. Oddly though Kingston was the only one to have their name abbreviated by the league and their opposition, it stuck and forever since the team has largely be known as just K.S.F.
1989: A comic team drawing (notice the original logo illustrated on the players tops!). It dated 6/10/89 and is all that has been found of the team for their first competitive season!
1990: Achieved 2nd in the West London League
1991: Moved to the South Eastern League (S.E.S.H.A.) and achieved 5th place.
The team entered the National Championships (named the Hyper Shield) finishing 4th and winning 'Most Sporting Team'.
K.S.F. formed a ladies team named the 'Kingston Thunderbirds'
1992: The league changed venues from Tunbridge Wells to Horsham.
The 5 skater + GK rule was replaced with 4 skater + GK to open the game up for more skillful players.
K.S.F. finished 5th in the Kaarst Crash Eagles Cup (Germany).
K.S.F. finished 3rd in the National Championships.
The Kingston Thunderbirds won Most Improved Team and Most Sporting Womens Team in the "Bauer Team Awards".
1993: The infamous "Naked Skaters 93" incident happened in which some of the players skated naked through the streets of Sutton at night. This made national News!
SNRs finished 3rd in the S.E.S.H.A league.
SNRs finished 5th in the S.E.S.H.A tournament.
The Kingston Cup took place with the SNRs, Ladie's and a JNR team which was newly formed.
1994: SNR team finished 2nd in league.
JNRs won the S.E.S.H.A league.
1995: JNRs won B.I.S.H.A. National Championships
JNRs won the S.E.S.H.A league.
JNRs won the S.E.S.H.A Tournament
K.S.F. did not enter a senior team this year due to a lack of players.
1996: JNRs won B.I.S.H.A. National Championships for the second year running becoming the first team to do so at junior level.
3rd in JNR League.
7th in JNR S.E.S.H.A. Tournament.
1997: After a 2 year absence K.S.F. re-entered a completely new senior team and ran 5 teams under the "Sutton Skater Hockey Club". Colin Whiston #69 was Chairman and Coach of the club which included K.S.F., K.S.F.2, Sutton Storm, Sutton Road Runners and Sutton Road Runners Select.
JNRs came 8th at the Nationals and won Fair Play Award.
6th in JNR S.E.S.H.A. Tournament.
1998:"Kuzak and Franklin" sponsored the team briefly
SNRs came 2nd in S.E.S.H.A. Tournament.
SNRs came 5th in League.
1999: From this date onwards, K.S.F. only entered a senior team.
Entered the Essen Tournament (Germany) Guesting Tony Wright (Maulers) and Martin Townsend (Maulers).
2nd in S.E.S.H.A. League
2000: 1st place in S.E.S.H.A. League
2001: 1st place in S.E.S.H.A. League
2nd in S.E.S.H.A. Tournament.
The Iconic "flying F" appeared along with a new strip and colour scheme of Blue-White-Silver.
2002: Barry Skene #9 was voted in as Captain.
Shane Lynch #10 became Assistant Captain.
Employed the coaching services of Ricky Skene (Ice Hockey professional coach and player)
2nd in S.E.S.H.A League.
1st in S.E.S.H.A Tournament.
3rd in the Danielle Carter Cup guesting Simon Weeks (Adur Animals).
3rd in the National Championships.
2003: Ray Harding was assigned as Bench Coach.
K.S.F. decided to move to the highly competitive L.E.S.H.A League and finished 2nd due to goal difference.
Justin Beattie #68 became an additional Assistant Captain
6th in John Spight memorial tournament
9th in the Karrst International Tournament guesting both Glen "Smurf" Evans (Basildon Titans) and Ricky "Dirty Skenechez " Skene (Guildford Flames).
7th at National Championships
K.S.F. also entered the GB Inline (puck) League this year under the name of "Road Runners" though the team were fairly unsuccessful with the transition from ball to puck.
2004: Finished 5th in the league not quite qualifying for the Nationals.
Kieren Pinkney #88 replaced Shane Lynch #10 as Assistant Captain.
In the John Spight Memorial Tournament, Lewis S.White (GK, All-stars) and Colin Whiston (Sutton Vipers) guested for K.S.F.
2005: K.S.F. moved leagues and registered with S.A.S.H. (Southern Association of Skater Hockey) based in Farnborough.
2nd in League Division.
9th in the John Spight Memorial Tournament guesting Ian Gunn (Reading Rhinos) and Adam Williams (Sutton Vipers) as Bench Coach.
7th in the National Championships.
2006: Adam Williams was assigned as Coach.
Justin Beattie #68 became Captain.
Andy White #24 and Barry Skene #9 became Assistant Captains.
6th in the John Spight Memorial Tournament guesting Andrew Window (Sutton Vipers) and Tom Warner (GK, Reading Rhinos) .
Finished 5th in the League just missing qualification for the Nationals.
2007:
Club Merger Between Sutton Vipers and K.S.F. took place adding another senior team and a whole youth development structure to the K.S.F. organazation.
Click to see the original hand drawn logo for KSF which finally made it onto the shirts in 2007, almost 20 years after it was first designed!
Above is the very popular programme produced by the team for every game.
A cartoon from the KSF programme of the infamous "NAKED SKATERS 93"
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One of the very smart team jackets worn in the 90's
Click above to zoom in and see the logo that appeared on the strip in the early 90s. The small winged F on the helmet became the next main logo nearly a decade later but their similarity was a complete coincidence.
Click the above image to see the limited edition pin badge that was made for the Kingston Cup.
Above are the 5 teams that were within the Sutton Skater Hockey Club in the 90s
Click above to read the article
The iconic Flying F that appeared in 2000. Click on the image to see the original drawing.
KIT HISTORY
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1986
Tolworth Terminators
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1989
The very first K.S.F. kit
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1991
Above was the Women's team top the 'Kingston Thunderbirds'
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1992
The 2nd K.S.F. kit included the logo
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1995
The JNR National Championship winning top.
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1996
The JNR K.S.F. 2 team
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1996
Sutton Storm, Youth
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1997
The JNR Sutton Road Runners top
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1997
The newly reamerged K.S.F. SNR teams's top
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1998
Simple and Sponsored
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2000
The last Sutton Road Runners top
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2000
The K.S.F. image was radically changed in the new Millennium
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2003
The 1993-2003 10th anniversary jersey for the re-emerged K.S.F.
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2005
The 05 design was dynamic but in keeping with the image.
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2008
The club merger in '08' saw 2 shirts introduced above is the K.S.F. Vipers using their infamous Green and below is the original K.S.F. team's shirt with their traditional Red.
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