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Giants weekend matches postponed

Steve Thornton
Giants player-coach Steve Thornton is part of the British squad

Belfast Giants' two games scheduled for this weekend have been postponed because six of the team's players will be on Great Britain duty.

Player-coach Steve Thornton and five other Giants personnel are at the Olympic qualifier in Poland.

Stevie Lyle, David Phillips, Graeme Walton, Paul Sample and Colin Shields are also part of the Britain squad.

The Giants were scheduled to play Basingstoke Bison away on Saturday and host Hull Stingrays on Sunday.

A new date for Sunday's postponed game has not yet been determined but all tickets already sold will be valid for the rescheduled date.

The away fixture against Basingstoke has been rescheduled for Sunday 1 March.

In addition, the Giants' home match scheduled for Friday 20 February 20 against the Sheffield Steelers has been moved to Wednesday 21 January.

This is because the Kaiser Chiefs concert at the Odyssey Arena on 20 February.

All tickets purchased for the 20 February match will be valid on 21 January.



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