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Yaqub Barnwell selected for first competitive Pakistani national team in major US tournament
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Billingham-born forward Craig Thurston joins the Fire for the 2025-26 season
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Young Player of the Year William Thurlbert re-signs for a second season
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Player-Coach Elis Sheppard back for two more seasons with the Cardiff Fire
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Awards Night: End of Season Celebration – Friday 9th May
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Player-Coach Elis Sheppard back for two more seasons with the Cardiff Fire

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Congratulations to Yaqub Barnwell and @pakistanice Congratulations to Yaqub Barnwell and @pakistanicehockey on their Division 2 Bronze Medal win at the 2025 @dreamnationscup in New Jersey 🇵🇰🥉🙌

Well done to Yaqub who scored his first senior international assist in the tournament. The team beat Mexico comfortably 12-1 in the round robin and only narrowly lost to Brazil and the Caribbean. They went on to book themselves a place in the bronze medal game to beat Mexico once again, this time an impressive 10-2 👏

What an amazing experience for Yaqub, as the Pakistan national team now look ahead to their next competition in August where they will be competing in the LatAm tournament in the sunshine state of Florida 🏒
Happy Pride Month to everyone in the #FireFamily c Happy Pride Month to everyone in the #FireFamily celebrating ❤️‍🔥

In our family, everyone is welcome. The Cardiff Fire are proud to show our support and stand with the LGBTQ+ community this month and all year long 🌈

#HockeyIsForEveryone | #Pride2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Coach Shep and Amy have tied the knot 💍🤵👰 Coach Shep and Amy have tied the knot 💍🤵👰

Everyone in the Fire Family would like to congratulate Elis Sheppard and his new wife Amy on a beautiful wedding yesterday 👏💒🥂

We hope you had the most wonderful day with all your friends and family, and wish you all the happiness together ❤️
Hands up if you're growing a mullet this May for c Hands up if you're growing a mullet this May for charity 🙋‍♂️ Goalie 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀 is taking part in 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘆-𝗵𝗲𝗺 to raise funds for @macmillancancer 👏 Swipe to see Brochan's progress ⏪

Brochan is on the final stretch and only £50 away from his target. If you can, help Brochan reach his fundraising target for this great cause by making a donation at the link below! Diolch 🙏

➡️ https://mulletmayhem.macmillan.org.uk/users/brochan-evans
𝗬𝗮𝗾𝘂𝗯 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗦 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 🏒🏆👏

Congratulations to 18 year-old defenceman Yaqub Barnwell who has been selected to play for the first ever competitive national @pakistanicehockey team competing in the @dreamnationscup in New Jersey next week, and you can watch all the action live on YouTube for free!

📰 Read more and find the live stream link at cardiff-fire.com 👉 Follow the link in our bio.

Everyone at the Cardiff Fire would like to wish Yaqub all the best in this historic moment in his career and good luck in his first tournament of many for Team Pakistan ❤️‍🔥

📸 @jamesassinder
𝘾𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙂 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙄𝙏𝙎 𝘾𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙂 𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙈𝙄𝙏𝙎 𝙏𝙊 𝙁𝙄𝙍𝙀 🔥💪
Billingham-born forward 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 is Cardiff Fire's newest addition for the upcoming 2025-26 season and you can now read the story and hear from Coach Shep on Craig's signing 📰 Read the full story on our website 👉 Follow the link in our bio.
𝙒𝙀𝙇𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝙒 𝙒𝙀𝙇𝘾𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝘽𝘼𝘾𝙆 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝙇 🔥🙌
Cardiff Fire's Young Player of the Year 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 is back for a second season and you can now read the story of Will's signing and hear from Coach Shep on our website 📰 Follow the link in our bio!
𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗜𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 🔥✍️
Following the exclusive announcement at Friday's awards night, we are delighted to reveal the signing of 29 year-old Billingham-born 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 for the 2025-26 season!

Craig brings a senior presence to the team with experience in the Elite League and National League divisions.

Welcome to the Fire, Craig #95 #FireFamily
𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗘-𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗥𝗘-𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 🔥✍️
Following the exclusive announcement at Friday's awards night, we are thrilled to reveal the re-signing of 19 year-old forward and last season's Young Player of the Year 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 for the 2024-25 season!

Welcome back to the Fire, Will #11 #FireFamily
𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝟮 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰-𝟮𝟱 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 🏆🎉
Congratulations to all our winners at Friday night's awards celebration 👏

#FireHockey | #FireFamily ❤️‍🔥
𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗔 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰-𝟮𝟱 🔥🏆
We hope you all enjoyed Friday night's end of season party at the Curve Bar at Steinbeck & Shaw 🤩

There was a fantastic turnout, so we'd like to extend a big thank you to everyone that joined us for an evening of awards and celebrations with the Fire Family ❤️‍🔥👏

If you weren't able to make it, the winners of the awards and the exclusive announcements will be posted soon! 👀
𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥-𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗥 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥-𝗖𝗢𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗥𝗘-𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 🔥✍️
We are delighted to announce that Elis Sheppard returns to the Fire line-up and will continue in his role as Player-Coach for the next two seasons. Welcome back Coach Shep!

📰 Read the story on our website 👉 Follow the link in our bio.

#FireFamily #FireItUp #FireHockey
Which of this bunch is your Fire fan fav of last s Which of this bunch is your Fire fan fav of last season... Voting closes at 7️⃣PM tonight! 😆

Don't forget to join us at this Friday's awards party to find out all the winners and some exclusive announcements 🤩

🗳️ Vote on our website 👉 Follow the link in the bio.
𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 🔥🏆
Cardiff Fire would like to invite all our Fire Family fans to join us for a celebration at our end of season Awards Night 🎉

Find all the details on our website 👉 Follow the link in our bio.

🗓️ Friday 9th May
⏰ 7pm till late
🏟️ The Curve Room @steinbeckcardiff
📍 Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3DP
🎟️ Entry is FREE!

Here's what you can look forward to:
🏆 Awards presentations
🤩 Exclusive announcements
👕 Own & loan presentations
🎵 Music from DJ Dave
🥂 After party in the bar
🎉 Celebrate with the team
👔 Smart casual dress code

We look forward to enjoying the evening with all our Fire fans! #FireFamily ❤️‍🔥
Hands up if it’s your birthday today 😁🙌 P Hands up if it’s your birthday today 😁🙌

Penblwydd Hapus / Happy 19th Birthday to our #98 William Thurlbert! We hope you have an amazing day, Will 🥳🎂🎈

#HappyBirthday | #FireFamily 🔥
Penblwydd Hapus / Happy Birthday to Fire’s numbe Penblwydd Hapus / Happy Birthday to Fire’s number 1 fan and match night volunteer Chloe Phillips ☝️

From all of us at the club, thank you for your support at home and on the road this season! We hope you had a fire-tastic day 🎈🎂🥳

#HappyBirthday | #FireFamily 🔥
𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙚 𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨 ❤️‍🔥✍️📸
Thanks once again for joining us after our final home game of the season! It was great to see so many of our Fire fans mingle with the team, get jerseys signed and pose for photos 🤩

#FireFamily | #FireItUp 🔥
Happy birthday to the very heartbeat of the club @ Happy birthday to the very heartbeat of the club @the.jamesdavid @jamesassinder. We are grateful for such a talented person within our organisation. Have a great day James!

P.S don’t give shep the log in details!
Penblwydd Hapus / Happy Birthday to DJ Dave Howell Penblwydd Hapus / Happy Birthday to DJ Dave Howell from everyone at the club 🥳

From match night DJ, to back-up announcer and interviewer, to occasional drummer on the road, thanks for all your fire-tastic support again this season! We hope you've had a great day 🎵🎙️🥁🕺🏻

#HappyBirthday | #FireFamily 🔥
Hands up if it was your birthday on the weekend 😛🙌

Penblwydd Hapus / Happy Birthday to our #️⃣2️⃣7️⃣ and top points scorer Carter Lloyd! We hope you had a great day, CJ 🥳

#HappyBirthday | #FireFamily 🔥

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