decisions had to be made, including the mid-season release of head coach, Gareth Cox, replaced by his assistant, Lukas Smital, who became player coach. Shortly after, import forward, Kamil Tvrdek, who signed from MK Lightning in the summer, was released and the decision was taken to complete the season with just three imports, with the goal being to make the play-offs. Helped by the strong emergence of youngsters, Harvey Stead and Vanya Antonov, Bees achieved this goal on the penultimate weekend of the season. In a repeat of the previous season, Bees played Manchester in the quarter finals and after winning the first leg, went down in the away leg to the newly crowned champions. The big plus of the season was the increase in crowd sizes, helping to put Bees in a strong position for the next season 2014/15 season was a big struggle, with Bees winning just 7 of their 48 league games, finishing bottom of the league. The positive part of the season was the emergence of several young prospects. Vanya Antonov, in his first full season was the team's top British scorer, while youngsters Josh (Tiger) Tetlow, Tom Relf, and Ziggy Beasley got their chances on two way contracts, as Bees looked to development for the future Red Hockey Ltd Acquires Significant Shareholding It was announced in March 2015, that Red Hockey Ltd, the company which also owns the Telford Tigers, had purchased a significant shareholding of 49% in the Bracknell Bees from Precision Sports Marketing. However, the major shareholding of Bracknell Bees will remain under the control of Precision Sports Marketing, led by Ben Beeching and Andrew Cross. Save the Bees In March 2016 PSM made the decision to discontinue its ownership of the Bracknell Bees license. A supporters-based ownership started by Lukas Smital (Head Coach) was proposed. Lukas approached the support & services of Matt Fettel and Carol to make up the trio who would approach the Nike Group for the license of the Bracknell Bees and look to seek re-entry into the Premier Division. The campaign was supported by local media including Heart FM, BBC, BBC Berkshire, Bracknell News, Reading Chronicle and the Wokingham Paper. In June 2016, the supporters' trust raised enough revenue to commence the season and was granted entry into the EPL The Directors were keen to point out that it is thanks to fans, volunteers, sponsors and partners that