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Mark Ritchie

Name: Mark Ritchie
Nicknames: Sick Note, Waterboy, Markopoly
DOB: 11.08.71
Previous Clubs: University of Leicester
Honours: North 2W Champions, NW1 Champions, NW2 Champions, Twice Cheshire Plate Winner
Occupation: Lecturer for Adults with Learning Disabilities
Position: Centre Back
Number: 5
Highlight in hockey: Captain of team that won two successive league titles & two successive Cheshire Plates
Low time (EBB) in hockey: Last two years troubled by serious injuries e.g. two operations etc.
Position in fantasy league 05/06 season: no idea, but didn’t trouble the top of the table.

Favourite Book: The Lord of the Rings – bit of a geeky choice, but an incredible read.
Fave food: Cazz’s roast beef dinner
Fave quote: ‘It’s a liger…a mix of lion and tiger…bred for its skills in magic.’ Napoleon Dynamite
Fave and worst movies seen: Fave = The Burbs (always puts a smile on my face) Worst = The Blair Witch Project (absolute steaming dog dirt)
Funniest moment in hockey: Steve Bowyer – he is a walking, talking, continuous funny moment.
Sportsperson most admired: Sir Steve Redgrave – no one harder, tougher or more commited.
Hockey and sporting goals: get fitter, stronger….play longer & better
Weaknesses: muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons etc.
Hockey phone a friend: my Dad…he has a brain the size of a small planet.
3 choice dinner guests: Michael Palin, Ray Mears & Billy Connolly