Inline Hockey in Africa

[RichardGraham]

Hey Folks,

Check it out:

<A HREF="http://allafrica.com/stories/200608230044.html" target="_new">http://allafrica.com/stories/200608230044.html</A>

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[RichardGraham]

Hi Folks,

Here's a follow-up story from the same event. "Interesting" claim on where Namibia stands in international play, and a pretty outrageous game-winning goal.

<A HREF="http://allafrica.com/stories/200608300145.html" target="_new">http://allafrica.com/stories/200608300145.html</A>

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[johnny2suede]

Rich, That's a great find but I almost went to snopes to check to see if the report was bogus. Nambia?

A little google found the site for the Coastal Pirates and it's way better than most roller web pages. Using the glove for their departments was very clever. Here's the link:

http://www.coastalpirates.in.na/

[RichardGraham]

Hi johnny2suede,

You're right. It is an excellent web site. Maybe if the sport continues to grow in other countries, it will help give North American inline hockey a shot in the arm.

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[WestSide]

Inline hockey has a great advantage over ice hockey throughout the temperate climates. Enjoyed the website thanks for the link Richard. Everyone should take a look at this site.


Mike Jones

[RichardGraham]

Hi Mike,

You make a great point about inline hockey's advantage in temperate climates. I remember that when I was at Triathlete magazine, the sport was dominated by Americans. That changed as athletes from different countries came into the sport. I wonder if we'll ever see teams from non-ice hockey countries eventually win an inline hockey world championship.

Thanks for your post.

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[WestSide]

Being in Williamsport PA and having the chance to see kids come from all over the world to play baseball, I see that the countries do have made the sport their own (as Japan did post WWII, Latin America), although the U.S. Military seeds many of the leagues/teams from Europe/Middle East.
It starts with the seed though. Since hockey is so equipment driven, it will certainly take a driven group to make it happen (ala Namibia). Soccer certainly has the advantage there - the World's current sport. All you need is a ball (wrapped up rags if nothing else). Oh for the days of pick-up school yard hockey on steel wheeled quads with sticks that didn't cost more than my first used car!

Mike Jones

[wolves89]

awesome website, it seems as though roller hockey draws more spectators there for a tournament that we can here for PIHA games, or even Narch or Torhs Pro games..

i can tell you that it would be pretty cool to go over there and play in one of those tournaments and see the atmosphere

i'm not slow, i'm patient