Whats in a name??

I don't know who is responsible for the new naming of our sport but surely we can come up with something more fitting than "Aqua Challenge"? At least "Underwater Hockey" gives some sort of description of the sport and when you tell someone that's what you play although they normally respond with "What the??" they may get the jist of what we are talking about.

I thought we should be able to come up with a few ideas that can be put forward to the new body? We may already be too late, I don't know. Can WTD provide any feedback here?

How about "Apnea Hockey" or "SubAqua Hockey" or "Underwater Court Sport"??

I just thought I'd throw it out there to see what we can come up with. Once we've got a name I'm sure there's plenty of design talent around to come up with a decent logo to rival the pornographic mermaid!

I think you're right Gav!

Has to be a better name than Aqua Challenge!!!

What can everyone here come up with? All 'G' rated suggestions gratefully accepted.

I agree. I thought Aqua challenge was going to be a name for the replacement Tournament - I don't think it is a good name for uwh. I doubt if anybody would call it anything else anyway. Is this just a labelling issue (ie just for posters/logos/letter heads)? If it's a trademark problem, can they claim that name considering underwater hockey can be seen as descriptive (there are laws about these things)?

Octopush..... Underwater Hockey..... Push

Aqua Challenge seems a little disrespectful and mildly arrogant towards all other water sports... as if they are not challenging to their own participants. It better suits a water based 'event'.

I consider the name PUSH, worthy of contemplation and consideration by whoever are the descision makers.

Reasons being:
1. Octopush was the founders name for the sport in 1954 and PUSH stil carries a line of respect to this history (whilst eliminating the changes/adaptation/evolution over time of the Octo bit). This Octo bit was got from Octopus... they were divers, you may know, and the name reflected the push action of the pool game, yet stil kept them happy with an 'undersea connection'.

2. People, general armchair, pubgoing public (at the moment) cannot discuss our game... they are unlikely to have seen a story-told game, that they can watch, knowing the rules, knowing the goodies and badies... and so be able to shout at the TV to spur their team on. BUT SOON THIS WILL CHANGE!
Therefore a name does/will not have to be a fully descriptive name... such as containing the word underwaterwater.... people will have seen it, and not quickly forget the unusual medium/arena in which the game is played out (this arena, they were 'taken' to by the camera systems that would have brought them, the armchair, pubgoing, said spectators, the game).... our game.

3. PUSH is catchy. It is also a respectful name and not quirky, as some of the other names suggested are. Quirky names may be (and often are) funny at a local or close-friend level, but on a world stage, on world TV, next to and mixing it with other world TV coverage - quirky looses its funnyness, and undermines the professionalism that the heads of those athletes participating should be held high to, and the onlookers should be able to respect - not given an inch of reason to chuckle at.

My vote/suggestion to the descission makers would be PUSH
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push :wink:

Stephen

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Welcome Stephen ,

intelligent points.

Split the difference "AQUA PUSH"

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