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Well there is an World Championship aquahockey tournament going on in Vancouver, Canada this year in the summer, to be more exact, July 13-July 28. I hope to go as part of the Great Britain youth squad and there are 5 other teams playing in that division, Moldova, USA, Canada, Australasia, Hungary and New Zealand. Have a look at the site for the championships here.

I know we have a few sports fans and Canadians here so if any of you are Vancouver over the period come and have a look at the sport, you may like it!

Originally posted by Nippy
Well there is an World Championship aquahockey tournament going on in Vancouver, Canada this year in the summer, to be more exact, July 13-July 28. I hope to go as part of the Great Britain youth squad and there are 5 other teams playing in that division, Moldova, USA, Canada, Australasia, Hungary and New Zealand. Have a look at the site for the championships here.

I know we have a few sports fans and Canadians here so if any of you are Vancouver over the period come and have a look at the sport, you may like it!

Aquahockey? Is this some form of synchronized swimming?

Re: Re: All Sports Fans...

Originally posted by VoodooDali


Aquahockey? Is this some form of synchronized swimming?

LOL, no, no, no. Try doing a search on google, you will find some vids and pics of the sport...

*pictures a team of six each side, rowing around on lielows, with a big paddle to hit a bouy somewhere close between two marked posts, protected by a guy with a mean expression floating on a different coloured lielow* Sorry - correct me if I am wrong!....

Originally posted by Yshania
*pictures a team of six each side, rowing around on lielows, with a big paddle to hit a bouy somewhere close between two marked posts, protected by a guy with a mean expression floating on a different coloured lielow* Sorry - correct me if I am wrong!....

LOL! I wish! We have to swim on the bottom of a pool with a heavy puck and come up for air occasionally!

You were right about six a side though...

We use bats to push the puck and throw it around.

Originally posted by Nippy


LOL! I wish! We have to swim on the bottom of a pool with a heavy puck and come up for air occasionally!

*eek* so what happens in extra time? do you dare come up for air?

Originally posted by Nippy

You were right about six a side though...

We use bats to push the puck and throw it around.

Blimey!! I got summat right?

Originally posted by Yshania


*eek* so what happens in extra time? do you dare come up for air?

I'm a back so I can't anyway! Seriously though, it's my job in extra time to grab the puck and swim towards the enemy goal and not to stop...

Originally posted by Yshania


Blimey!! I got summat right?

I know! Have a look at some of the websites, here is a link to the finals we are going to the front page shows the puck we are using.

That's not a puck - that is a cheesecake!

Aquahockey

I used to think that was some sports exercise devised by my old sports teacher. I thought he was going insane. The bad memories are slowly returning...

Originally posted by Yshania
That's not a puck - that is a cheesecake!

Before the picture had loaded I saw the word Oreo, I thought we were going to play with an American cookie!

Trust me, when that thing hits you, it won't splatter like a cake...

Originally posted by Tamerlane
Aquahockey

I used to think that was some sports exercise devised by my old sports teacher. I thought he was going insane. The bad memories are slowly returning...

Playing this game doesn't give bad memories, it's great fun!

We did aquahockey whilst learning how to scuba dive at school. A recreation game he said...

We never heard of it before, so we thought our teacher was trying to kill us or something. Staying underwater so long.

Yes we did have a few enjoyable moments, but the first few days . A bit hair raising.

Originally posted by Tamerlane
We did aquahockey whilst learning how to scuba dive at school. A recreation game he said...

We never heard of it before, so we thought our teacher was trying to kill us or something. Staying underwater so long.

Yes we did have a few enjoyable moments, but the first few days . A bit hair raising.

It's the same for everyone until you get past that first stage of being afraid to go underwater and lying on the bottom of a pool. Now I play it four times a week!

Hey the Aussies might be going.

I'll keep an eye on these championships.

Hope you get in Nippy, good luck.

Originally posted by Tamerlane
Hey the Aussies might be going.

I'll keep an eye on these championships.

Hope you get in Nippy, good luck.

Yep, the Aussies and Zealanders have always got good teams for this sport.

So do I! Seriously thought, thanks very much!

Slightly off-topic...

But since this thread is full of sports fans I may get the help I need.
For the last 5 years I´ve been looking for a good soccer UK anecdote site or book. Why?
Somewhere in the UK, between March and July of 1997, a referee punched a player after an argument, and in a conscience crisis, showed himself the red card and walked away from the game.
I saw this on the TV news and told my friends about it, and of course they did not believe it. It won several "Forrest Gump Awards" (prizes for best/worse urban legends told); but I want to find a proof that the story is real and not invented as my friends say.
Have anyone heard of this story? Know of a site/book that has it documented so I can clean this stain on my credibiliy? This story is harder to proof than the jumping great white sharks one!

@Leonardo - I have searched for a site, but can't even find a mention of this ref. However, I do not doubt you Try Johnny Isaacs, and the game was Wolves/West Ham - that is all I know - sorry