{"id":5740,"date":"2022-07-06T05:56:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T04:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/?p=5740"},"modified":"2022-07-06T05:57:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T04:57:14","slug":"andy-whitehouse-back-again-for-12th-season-as-a-baron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/2022\/07\/06\/andy-whitehouse-back-again-for-12th-season-as-a-baron\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy Whitehouse back again for 12th season as a Baron"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Phil Lee has inked the first Barons contract deal of the 2022-23 season and it should come as no surprise to the Barons faithful to know that the man with the name on the first set of papers is the ever dependable and phenomenally consistent Andy Whitehouse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andy is second only to Phil himself in terms of games played as a Baron and has been a core part of Solihull set-ups for over a decade with an industrious and disciplined approach to the game. \u00a0Primarily a centre with a strong face-off game, he showed flexability through 21-22 by covering defensive roster slots left vacant through player injury.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5459\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5459\" src=\"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B8167209-56B5-4978-8748-B409A0474664-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B8167209-56B5-4978-8748-B409A0474664-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B8167209-56B5-4978-8748-B409A0474664-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B8167209-56B5-4978-8748-B409A0474664-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B8167209-56B5-4978-8748-B409A0474664-128x85.jpeg 128w, https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B8167209-56B5-4978-8748-B409A0474664-32x21.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B8167209-56B5-4978-8748-B409A0474664-272x182.jpeg 272w, https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/B8167209-56B5-4978-8748-B409A0474664.jpeg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Whitehouse gets in the way (S Crampton)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"s4\">For Phil Lee the return of the versatile Whitehouse was an obvious first signing :<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><span class=\"s4\">\u201dI am pleased to have acquired the services of Andy for the next season. Andy is a centreman but can also play defence so is more of a utility player. He has a good game awareness for hockey situations. He does most of his hard work in the defensive zone, but can contribute <\/span><span class=\"s4\">in<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> the offensive zone by adding goals &#8211; a very capable two way player. I would like to welcome Andy back to the team.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5213\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5213\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5213\" src=\"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D0DCC586-5375-486C-A1D0-073EFC8349C0-1024x730.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D0DCC586-5375-486C-A1D0-073EFC8349C0-1024x730.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D0DCC586-5375-486C-A1D0-073EFC8349C0-300x214.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D0DCC586-5375-486C-A1D0-073EFC8349C0-768x547.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D0DCC586-5375-486C-A1D0-073EFC8349C0-128x91.jpeg 128w, https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D0DCC586-5375-486C-A1D0-073EFC8349C0-32x23.jpeg 32w, https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/D0DCC586-5375-486C-A1D0-073EFC8349C0.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Whitehouse spent a significant amount of 21-22 on the Barons D (J&amp;K Davies)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile for Whitehouse a return to the Barons under Phil Lee was always going to be an easy decision :<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cHope you are all well and staying safe.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cWhen Leepy asked me to come back for another year it was a no brainier. It will be good to work with Leepy again, he has a lot of experience that will help us build a successful team.<br \/>\nLast year we struggled with a lot of injuries hopefully this year we will all stay fit and fight for some silverware.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u201cStay safe and hopefully see you all soon !<\/p>\n<p><b>Stay tuned and keep following our social media for news of more signings as we look forward to the 2022-23 season starting in only 2 months !<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>#COYBARONS<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Phil Lee has inked the first Barons contract deal of the 2022-23 season and it should come as no surprise to the Barons faithful to know that the man with the name on the first set of papers is the ever dependable and phenomenally consistent Andy Whitehouse. Andy is second only to Phil himself in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5740"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5757,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5740\/revisions\/5757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}