Ryan Hellyer

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  • Front yard rink

    Well what else do you do when it’s -15 degrees outside and you have an itch to play hockey? The idea of the rink came about one day when my roommate (flatmate) Gregor and I were sitting round talking about how his old roommate had built a rink in their backyard. So I was like “dammit, I’m buildin’ us a rink today!”, so I googled as many things as I could on rink building to figure out the best plan of attack. You can build them by building a snow wall and spraying water directly on to the ground, but this apparently messes up the lawn and takes longer to freeze, so I headed to Walmart and picked up a rink liner for $10 (big sheet of plastic) and filled it up with water. A day and a bit later and we had a fully functioning ice rink in our front yard 🙂

     

    Me (Ryan Hellyer) watering my new rink

    Getting the ice surface smooth is no easy task. I tried leaving hose on it for a while, but it just created a nice big lump on one side of the rink 🙁 Buckets of hot water did the trick, but it took quite a few to cover it.

    Our font yard ice rink

  • Silver medal

    The Otago University Falcons inline hockey team won a silver medal in the 2003 New Zealand University Games held in Palmerston North. We were beaten in the finals by Massey University.

    Clockwise from top left: Ryan Hellyer (me), Simon Lovatt, Kyle Matthews, Daniel Jang, Andrew Sykes, Kerry Perkins, Mark Eatherly (goalie), John Thomsen and David Mason.

    Otago University Falcons 2003

    Otago team hanging out with the third placed AUT team. From top left: Kyle Matthews, Kerry Perkins, Mark Eatherly , AUT goalie, Simon Lovatt, random AUT player, Tenille Lynn, Casey Redman, Daniel Jang, Ryan Hellyer (me), random AUT player and random AUT player.

    Otago University Falcons inline hockey team with the AUT team in Palmerston North


    Download video 1


    Download video 2

    Download event report from Simon Lovatt here

  • Videos of Dunedin Aces in Nelson, New Zealand

    Here’s some videos of the Dunedin Aces senior team playing in Nelson (South Island of New Zealand) in 2003. We got totally thrashed, but it was a good trip. I’m number 27 in white with black pants with bright blue stripes.

    And last of all … here’s a video interview with the team by Daniel Jang. I managed to avoid Dan while he was doing the interview 🙂

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  • Dunedin Aces

    The Dunedin Aces are an inline hockey club which was started initially by Daniel Jang and within weeks myself, Kerry Perkins and a bunch of others were recruited to help run the club. We eventually got our own uniforms and headed off to the South Island Regional Inline Hockey Championship where we were promptly gobbled up and spat out for breakfast by the Christchurch and Nelson teams. We thoroughly enjoyed the experience though and some of my toughest games were played for the Dunedin Aces.

    Ryan Hellyer (me) chasing the puck

    Stu McLennan trying to get the puck off a Redback

    Ryan Hellyer (me) with the orange wheels swooping in on a Redback player

    Ryan Hellyer (me) wearing number 27

    Ryan Hellyer (me) with the orange wheels. Vincent Giblin in the background.

  • George St school

    This was where I learned to play hockey! A random question by someone at the staff club one night about making a chemistry inline hockey team prompted me to go buy a stick, a pair of inline hockey skates and the rest is history! A life long (so far) obsession with hockey was born and I haven’t looked back since.

    I’m the guy hunched over in the blue uniform about to take the faceoff.

    Ryan Hellyer: George St school inline hockey

  • BSc Graduation

    Ick, graduation, the most BORING experience ever. I was graduating for my Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry. Here’s some pics of Michelle and I at my graduation dinner.

    MSc Graduation - Ryan Hellyer and Michelle

    MSc Graduation - Ryan Hellyer and Michelle

    I can’t remember who gave me the photos, but thanks to whoever it was!

    I graduated in absentia for my Master of Science degree so no photos for that one sorry.

  • SHM/SMM group at Kings High School

    Group room pictures from Kings High School. I just copied these from the kingshigholdboys.co.nz website. Since they didn’t ask my permission to post them, I’m not asking permission to share them 😛

    SHm 1993

    SHM  Group Teachers: Miss S.E. Hume, Mrs C.O. Merriman
    Row 3: Anthony Henderson, Nathan Johnston, Russell Grant, Neal Kaler, Bruce Hurrell, Rodger Hallberg, Scott Fergus, Philip Hutton
    Row 2: Miss Hume, Nathan Harris, James Frood, Brandon Faigan, Derrick Chu, Angus Geary, Carl Fraser, Mrs Merriman
    Row 1: Ryan Hellyer, Frank Lin, Michael Kay, Jamie Jensen, Andrew Graham, Simon Hendry, Duane English, Jared Gee, Blair Eagle
    Absent: Rohan Jarvis, Lee Flockton, Clinton Lin

    SHm 1994

    Row 3: Ryan Hellyer, Blair Eagle, Brian Kim, Jun Huh#, Tom Kaewkhampa#, Michael Imparato, Jared Gee
    Row 2: Richard Lim, James Frood, Simon Hendry, Michael Kay, Scott Fergus, Jamie Jensen, Andrew Graham, Anders Johanssop#, Phillip Hutton, Angus Geary  ,
    Row 1: Miss S.E. Hume, Lawrence Gardner, Rhyan Letman, Shane Kiriau, Duane English, Paul Hoffman, Lee Flockton, Carl Fraser, Rohan Jarvis, Richard Lord, Campbell Lilly
    Absent: Jon Forsberg, Glenn Coleman*, Rodger Hallberg*, Bruce Hurrell*, Frank Lin*, Brandon Faigan, Nathan Johnston

    SHm 1995

    Row 3: Blair Eagle, Shane Kiriau, Lee Flockton, Brandon Faigan, Rohan Jarvis, Carl Fraser, Jeff Kerr
    Row 2: Duane English, James Frood, Michael Kay, Andrew Graham, Jamie Jensen, Daniel Little, Simon Hendry (to SGy), Patrik Simberg
    Row 1: Nigel Hamilton, Campbell Lilly, Alex Hughes, Michael Imparato, Paul Hoffman, Gareth Gorham, Stephen Gould, Daniel Keen, Mrs Merriman
    Absent: Ms Hume, Laki Manutulila, Tony Legg, Vanna ‘Kuy, Lawrence Gardner, Rhyan Letman, Jared Gee, Ryan Hellyer, Tom Kaewkhampa, Brian Kim, Jun Huh, Anders Johansson, Richard Lim, Hee Sung Yii, Jin Woo Park, Daniel Little

    SMm 1996

    Row 3: Blair Eagle, Shane Kiriau, Lee Flockton, Brandon Faigan, Rohan Jarvis, Carl Fraser, Jeff Kerr
    Row 2: Duane English, James Frood, Michael Kay, Andrew Graham, Jamie Jensen, Daniel Little, Simon Hendry (to SGy), Patrik Simberg
    Row 1: Nigel Hamilton, Campbell Lilly, Alex Hughes, Michael Imparato, Paul Hoffman, Gareth Gorham, Stephen Gould, Daniel Keen, Mrs Merriman
    Absent: Ms Hume, Laki Manutulila, Tony Legg, Vanna ‘Kuy, Lawrence Gardner, Rhyan Letman, Jared Gee, Ryan Hellyer, Tom Kaewkhampa, Brian Kim, Jun Huh, Anders Johansson, Richard Lim, Hee Sung Yii, Jin Woo Park, Daniel Little

  • Before glasses, after glasses

    Before glasses
    Before glasses

    After glasses
    After glasses

    I now wear contacts most of the time.

  • Black eye

    Dang nabbit this hurt! Andrew Wiffen and I had a miscommunication during a baseball game and we collided. Unfortunately he put his elbow up to protect himself and took out my eye in the process! Mum decided it wasn’t painful enough already and tortured me further by taking photos of it.

    Ryan Hellyer with black eye

    Black eye
    Black eye
    Black eye

    Me and Jamie Harvey
    Me and Jamie Harvey

  • Cub Scouts

    Corey Potter and me
    Corey Potter and me
    Me and Jamie Harvey
    Me and Jamie Harvey
    Dad and I
    Dad and I
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    Playing a stupid game at Cubs. Colin Harvey on the right, me just to he left of him. I think it's Cary Troy I'm playing with. Kieran Freeman is facing me.