The British delegation posing with the Fair Play Award whic was given to their ice hockey team(Image courtesy of FISU)

BUIHA, GBU and TASS are three acronyms that did not exist a decade ago but are now supporting the emerging hotbed of ice hockey success.

Since 2003, The British Universities Ice Hockey Association (BUIHA) has organised its Cup Competition and annual National Championships for its 600 student members and has recently parted from the English Ice Hockey Association (EIHA) Recreation Section to create the unique EIHA Universities Section. This is a bold move for the BUIHA, who will continue to organise the three Divisions of its Cup Competition and three Tiers of its National Championships. The BUIHA are also working towards attaining BUCS (British Universities & Colleges Sport) status for the sport. BUCS is the national organisation for university sport in the UK and affiliation will enable university ice hockey clubs to earn points for their academic institutions, encourage funding and recognition and hopefully represent their university, the BUIHA and BUCS at the newly created annual European Universities Sports Association (EUSA) Ice Hockey Cup.