A group of young "underdogs" rolled to gold at the weekend after winning the British Inline Puck Hockey Association under eight finals in Rotherham.
Brothers, Oscar, and Max Phillips, aged six and eight respectively, from Prestwich, are part of the team who won despite the odds being stacked against them.
The duo, who go to St Margaret's CE Primary School, are part of The Devils Junior In-line Hockey Club, based in Wigan, which is a sport similar to ice hockey but played on in-line roller skates rather than ice skates.
Their mum Louise Phillips said: “What a game it was, it was like a rollercoaster.
“We were down and in the last 20 seconds they scored so it went to 4-3, it was incredible and we have all been buzzing since, we cant calm down.”
Max started roller skating after he was bought a pair of skates in lockdown.
He went out, and despite looking “like bambi” at first, he soon got the hang of the sport and joined The Devils.
Graham Shaw, coach of the Devils, said: “Max played for devils in the first season that I was involved in and just his maturity has come on leaps and bounds, he's a completely different player.
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“He looks after Oscar on the pad, and it is really nice to see a group of kids go from strength to strength and ended up getting a national championship as a result of that work.”
Adding that he is still “buzzing” from the win, Graham described the win as a “proper underdog story”.
He said: “Our kids have worked so hard for the past few years and to have beaten the teams we did is unbelievable because the level these kids play at at their age and the level of competition in nations is just unreal.”
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Graham's son, Jacob Shaw, also played in the match as the net minder and has been praised by parents for his incredibly brave and hard work.
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Graham said: “It may sound daft but getting a kid to concentrate for 20 minutes at a time can be really challenging and any lapse in that concentration can cause a goal.
“Jacob pulled out all the stops and some of the shots he saved were brilliant, he couldn’t wait to go into school on Monday to tell everyone all about it.”
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