Ice hockey

Bracknell Bees probe racist abuse allegation

By Hugh Fort
October 22, 2012

Bosses of Bracknell's ice hockey team have launched an investigation into allegations a fan racially abused players and threw an item at the players at the game last night.

The allegations were made after Bracknell Bees' emphatic 8-1 win over the Sheffield Steeldogs at The Hive.

The complaint is being investigated by the club's rink management team and the club is asking for anyone who saw or heard anything to come forward.

Owner Katie Eleftheriou said: "Please remember that although passions may run high on the ice, we expect our supporters not tarnish the excellent name of the club or bring the sport into disrepute and we would like to thank the fans and players from both teams for the way in which they professionally and respectfully acknowledged each other at the end of this tough battle."

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I was at the Game on Sunday night. I did not see or hear anything. Yes it was a heated game to say the least, but this is a rare event in an Ice Hockey Match. The sport is sold as a "Family" sport. There are numerous announcements about foul and abusive language. The first I heard of this is when the announcer started saying that this would not be tolerated. I then found out about the food being thrown. Please remember this is a ISOLATED incident. I have been a fan for a number of years and I cannot remember anything like this happening at a hockey match. I hope that the Bees Management find the culprit and deal with them appropiatly.

Lets not put a dampener on an excellent 4 yes 4 point weekend for the Bees, with wins against the Swindon Wildcats and the Sheffield Steeldogs. After last season we need to shout about these from the rafters.

GO GO BLACK AND GOLD

Bees_Rule, Bracknell
24/10/2012 at 08:01

I didn't hear anything of that nature at the game and I was close to the area where the food was thrown from.

If I had heard something I would have reported it. I hope they find the fan that threw the food as they are not the sort of people we want at the games.