Hockey On A Sledge

The Phoenix club this season have set up both a women's team, and a sledge team, and I was asked a couple of weeks ago to photograph both teams during training for the MPCSF website. 

The sledge hockey training is no problem, but when it comes to the woman's team...well, it would be kind of hard to photograph and train at the same time. I could have photographed the woman's team earlier in the month when I was out for a week after getting a head hit and a virus, but I was banned from training by the coach!

The sledge team is made up of both able and disabled. The Phoenix team have a few GB team members on the squad too.

Players sit in a sledge and use their stick to move themselves along the ice. Sledge hockey is also full body checking too, and sometimes it can get really rough out there!

The head coach of both teams, Pete, and one of the sledge players, Steve, are doing a 100-mile walk from Altrincham ice rink to Coventry ice rink. This is all in aid of the MPCSF and a charity called Stick n' Step. They're doing it over a week.

The Manchester Phoenix Community Sports Foundation helps introduce sport to disabled and underprivileged children in the North West. While Stick n' Step provide free education and support to children with cerebral palsy, along with their families and careers.
If you would like to donate, it doesn't have to be a lot...as they say, a little goes a long way, you can donate here:
www.everyclick.com/charitywalk 

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Second Instalment

The second instalment of the project started back in 2012 is here!

The recipe book for Cooking With The Phoenix is now out and available to buy.

The book took some putting together! We had to get the whole team to tell us two things that they like eat. It could have been something their mum made, they make themselves or something that they always order when eating out.

The only problem we had was that quite a few of the team liked steak, and they liked to eat steak with some form of sweet potato, so a number of steak suggestions dropped into my inbox. Obviously we told them they had to pick something else otherwise it would turn out to be a book about how to cook steak in many different ways.

As well as researching the recipes that the team had sent in, I photographed finished meals and individual ingredients. This was a new challenge, I'd never really photographed food before and I was having to think about how to light it to make it more interesting.

The most challenging food to photograph was chocolate pudding with thick chocolate sauce. I had to try and light it so that the sauce didn't look fake or have too many hot spots. I managed to do it, just! The results of which can be seen in book.

The recipe book is packed with sweet and savoury recipes.from white chocolate cheesecake to traditional Czech dishes like Pečená kachna. It is jam packed and well worth a look! I've made a handful of recipes from the book so far, and all of them have been delicious!!
So pop on down to the White Magic Shop and buy your copy today for only £8 and cook like your favourite Phoenix players!

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