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Slough Ice Arena is the home of the Slough Jets, one of the top ice hockey teams in the country. They were formed in 1986 and joined the first division of the British League.

 
Slough Ice Arena, home to the Slough Jets. 1992
Slough Ice Arena, home to the Slough Jets. 1992

It did not take long for them to make their mark, winning the London cup in 1989. They followed this up by winning the Southern Cup and the British League Division One the following season, but they lost the final of the promotion play-off and so did not move up to the Premier Division.

 

The Jets were runners-up in Division One for three of the next four seasons, before winning the Division and the promotion play-off in 1995, thus moving up to the Premier Division.

After a brief settling-in period, the Jets won more silverware in 1998, capturing the Benson & Hedges Plate, also finishing second in the Southern Premier League the same year.

The following season, 1998-99, was the most successful in the club's history, as they won the British National League for the first and, so far, only time. They were also runners-up in the British National League Playoffs, losing to Fife Flyers on penalties.

The club were beaten finalists in the Benson & Hedges Plate in 2000, and this was also the year that one of their greatest players, Gary Stefan, was elected to the Great Britain Hall of Fame.

The next few years were to be a fallow spell for the club, who were actually disbanded in 2002 due to tax problems, but were re-formed the same year.

In 2004 the Jets reached the final of the English Premier League playoffs, so hopefully it is only a matter of time before more silverware comes their way.

 
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