EIHL Tweets of The Week: 05/11-11/11

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After an action-packed week on Twitter last week, this week was somewhat quieter, the main focus on the adventures of the Team GB team as they travelled to Japan for their pre-Olympic qualification tournament. This week’s Tweets of the Week brings you entries from a plane, as well as from London, Cardiff, Belfast and Japan. Truly multi-national.

However I can’t let this edition of Tweets of the Week pass by without first commenting on the frankly bizarre activities of Monday 5th, as after being lost in the fallout from the second bout between Adam Keefe and Benn Olson at the Skydome in Coventry the night before, Keefe’s elbow pad mysteriously appeared on Twitter, and proceeded to converse with its owner, as well as other players on the Giants team.

The surreal activity began with a plea from the pad and a response from its owner…

…and continued via a protracted exchange with Daryl Lloyd, concerned for the elbow pad’s safety.

The missing elbow pad remains at large, stranded in Coventry. Will it ever find its way home? Watch this space!

Meanwhile, in the Team GB camp: hockey players and their diets come under further scrutiny.

Didn’t Rob Farmer’s Mum ever tell him to eat his vegetables? I’m betting he doesn’t have hairs on his chest. On the way back to Belfast, Rob Sandrock scares Adam Keefe unnecessarily. Here he recounts the conversation:

A good captain there, always worrying about his players dying. Thankfully this time, all Giants remain unhurt.

On the flight to Japan, the newest member of Team GB makes himself known to one of his teammates.

Next up, another from Rob Sandrock, and there really can’t be a more cracking clean insult than this.

Great image there. Meanwhile, down in London, the Nottingham Panthers appear to have mistaken a London landmark as a form of transport.

Ah, North Americans. What do they think this is, Mary Poppins? Anyway, wouldn’t a Panther riding a lion be sort of… weird? Over in Belfast, the Giants take advantage of their time off to go and watch some wrestling at the Odyssey Arena. It’s an eye-opener for one of them.

Joking or not, that’s a hat-trick of Tweets of the Week for Robby. Step forward and collect your award, Mr S! (NB – there isn’t an actual award. But there should be! Editor?!) – Ed: That’s a battle between Rob Sandrock and basketball’s Chris Bigley!

All the way from Japan, the GB team Tweet about their activities on the first day of their adventure.

Ben Bowns there, raising questions amongst those back home as to whether Japanese ice rinks are in fact commonly situated in jungles. Jonathan Weaver struggles with much more modern issues.

It’s unclear whether Jono made it out with the hot beverage of his choice. Or even with all his limbs intact.

The Coventry Blaze team met with a hostile reception following their game in Hull against the Stingrays this weekend.

Benn Olson. He’s all heart. NHLer Paul Bissonnette has been entertaining his followers with his experiences out and about in Cardiff City Centre – but it seems to have fallen to team-mate Devin DiDiomete to show his team-mate the sights – via a less than conventional mode of transport.

And finally, all that remains to be said is a huge congratulations to Tony Hand and his GB side who qualify for the next stage of pre-Olympic qualification. Veteran David Longstaff, who picked up an impressive 100th cap whilst in Japan, sums it up succinctly:

Join me again soon for more Elite League Tweets of the Week!