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New Committee and Captains

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Following a club Annual General Meeting (AGM), held online for the first time in club’s history due to the pandemic, we are pleased to announce our new committee and captains for the 2020-21 season. 


Incoming Committee:

President – Aneel Brar (St John’s) 

Vice President – Emma Walker-Silverman (Lincoln)

Treasurer – Sabrina Wang (Mansfield)

Secretary – Owen Sinclair (St Anne’s)

Men’s Blues Captain – Joe Ghoussoub (St Peter’s)

Women’s Blues Co-Captains – Hildie Leyser (Hertford) and Kim Slessor (Brookes)

Vikings A Captain – Robert Koivula (OCDEM)

Vikings B Co-Captains – Alex Carmichael (Pembroke) and Abi Owen (Jesus)


Outgoing Committee:

President – Eric Budgell (Linacre)

Treasurer – Michael Newsome (St Catherine’s)

Secretary – Cas Widdershoven (St Edmund Hall)

Men’s Blues Co-Captains – Joe Ghoussoub (St Peter’s) and Will Andrews (Corpus Christi)

Women’s Blues Co-Captains – Tiffany Duneau (Balliol) and Othilia Brækkan (Brookes)

Vikings A Captain – Ben Duvieusart (St Peter’s)

Vikings B Captain – Mihai Zamfirescu (Somerville)


We wish the incoming committee success in running the club for the 2020-21 season and look forward to icing with them.

OUIHC Member nominated for award

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OUIHC are pleased to share the news that our club member, Nathan Tree, has been nominated for the Oxford University Sport’s ‘Contribution to Sport Award’ in their annual sport awards. 

Nathan joined OUIHC in 2018 and has played a huge role in the locker room and on the ice for the Vikings B this season, using his experience to help coach new and developing players. However, Nathan’s contribution to the sport of ice hockey goes far deeper, as he is also the founder of Blind Ice Hockey UK. It is his enthusiasm that has seen the sport played in the UK for the first time, in Widnes in September 2019, before being played at Oxford Ice Rink in October, supported by OUIHC. 

We wish Nathan luck for the awards (date to be confirmed following the Covid-19 pandemic), and thank him for his work in OUIHC with the Bikings, and for what he has done for the hockey community. 

[Photo: Nathan celebrates scoring in the 2018 Vikings B Varsity.]

New Website and Season Review

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Welcome to Oxford University Ice Hockey Club’s new website, we hope you like it!

The 2019-2020 season ended abruptly for us, as for all UK sports teams, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope that all our fans and players past and present are safe and well at this time. Despite the abrupt end to the season, it was another record breaking one for ice hockey in Oxford, with the club membership reaching it’s largest size ever, with 92 players registered with the BUIHA and several other non-BUIHA eligible players training with us. It is clear that the future is bright for Dark Blue hockey!

We have also been delighted by the success of our club member Nathan Tree, in setting up Blind Ice Hockey UK, which held its first ever session in the UK in Widnes in September 2019. Since then, the sport has been played twice more in the UK, both times at Oxford Ice Rink, in partnership with OUIHC. The club would like to thank the Oxford University Sports Federation for their support with this programme.

Stay tuned for some big updates ahead of the 2020-21 season and sign up to the alumni mailing list for our latest news (through the ‘Alumni Network’ menu).