Left alone, any bunch of guys will eventually create a new sport. This one is called Underwater Hockey -- it's billed as the only sport in which the players are not able to breathe. They seem to think that's a good thing. Exactly the same would be true for spectators, of course, which is probably why there ain't none!"The idea of the game is to use the pusher to push, pass or flick a 1.3kg (3lb) puck between team mates to get the puck into the opposing team's 3 metre long goal (called a "gully") at the end of a 25 metre pool."
"There are 10 people in a team, but only six are allowed in the water at one time. This results in fast substitutions which resemble tag wrestling. The idea is to work quickly, and then get out to recover. This increases the speed and exhilaration of the game."
It is probably superfluous to add that all this originated in England.
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Amazing...and I thought cow chip tossing was the weirdest sport in the world.
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this actually looks like fun! my guess is that if you are older than 19 it would be deadly.
THIS IS A POST FROM BEN HELLER -- the system froze as I was answering it and the original disappeared.
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Where the puck do you get these stories Jim ?
That's better than our other sports, and I include Cheese Rolling, and Village Fennel of which I sometimes still play.
My team The Old Clevians play Four Fields Farm on Sunday. They beat us 14 - 4 last time out with an excellent performance from Jimmy Tetrad who had the Chervil down for a Fennel before we knew what had hit us.
Tempers frayed and a dispute was ended when The Reverend John Smyth-Liphook had to be escorted off the field of play.
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for some reason, I thought you more of a bog snorkeller or shin kicker than a cheese roller! It's an island, I guess you folks have to find some way to amuse yourselves. I tried to find people here interested in hot penny throwing but they just hit me with sticks. I assume that you grind and smoke the fennel.
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