worlds 2008

Maybe you should try Underwater Hockey?
Anyways
Back to it!
Any updated on worlds 2007?
Dates?
South Africa?
etc?
PS, It would be great to get some south africans on the site so we could get some info on Durban as a tourist?
It would be a great opportunity to travels around and check the sites
I think J-Bay is a must!
How deep is durban?
What countries will be there?
Cheers
belle

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Underwater Hockey Rules!

Worlds 2008 even Belle!
It would be great to know the depth of the pool, what puck we will be using, if there are any new rules we need to consider etc, etc

Heart attack
2008 I men't, yeh
Cheers
belle

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Jellyfish, er, I mean, uh, Aqua Challenger, you slay me. Just a good thing I read this above water or I may have drowned while laughing so hard.

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Just in case you weren't sure, it's official -- CMAS sucks.
Oh yeah, and now they're broke.

Jellyfish, er, I mean, uh, Aqua Challenger, you slay me. Just a good thing I read this above water or I may have drowned while laughing so hard.

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Just in case you weren't sure, it's official -- CMAS sucks.
Oh yeah, and now they're broke.

The last international comp held at the Durban pool was the 2005 Southern hemispheres. Its a great venue, however my most burning memory of the pool was the amount of bird poo in it from the pigeons nesting in the rafters above. It ended up in the same place as sand does when you're at the beach - not pleasant!

Apart from that, it was a great venue with lots of good meeting spots. They had little stalls around the pool deck as well, selling anything from indigenous jewellery to dive gear. I imagine if the stands were filled with athletes and supporters it would be an electric atmosphere.

Maybe we could have a retrospective report from a player who attended the 96 Durban Worlds - was it at the same pool? What was it like?

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Thought I would respond to each person in turn:

Atapene,
The only thing positive to come out of lightsabre duels was George Lucas's bank balance. Luke lost a hand, Obi One suicided and countless families of the Empire were left fatherless. And while it is true that Darth Vader wore a snorkel (of sorts) he was also consumed by the dark side. He only came good after he took it off.

Belle,
I did try underwater hockey a couple of times but was put off by people’s reactions when I told them what I was doing. Their first reaction was usually one of mild curiosity but this was quickly followed by distain. I haven't got this reaction from anybody when I have mentioned Aqua Challenge. Their usual response is "Wow! That sounds really interesting. Do you have any associated literature or promotional material? Perhaps I could subscribe to your magazine."

Duck,
Your species is semi-amphibious, laughing underwater should hold no fears for you.

Durban as I rember has very fast tiles and loads of pool space for warming up, think there is an outdoor pool as well!
The public dose not use this pool much
The pigins are there, but friendly!
Heaps of grand stands and the market is cool around the side of the pool.
Cheers
Belle

PS My expereince on telling people that I play underwater hockey is ''Man you must be able to hold your breath of a ages'', then I follow with a long winded explination of what I do. Not sure this post belongs here, maby you can make a new thread on ''How to explain underwater hockey in less than 10 words'' That would be cool, may start that 1 myself! Myself, I have never really cared what people think of me or the fact that I play UWH, If I did I would have quit long time ago!! Mag is a great Idea, we can start an online 1 for our members of UWHW, actually this is an online mag but better!

Back to the 2008 worlds thread, maby Aqua Challenger can post in other threads relavant to the topic.

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Ok, no more political discussions here thanks.

This thread is back on topic "Worlds 2008"

I've created 2 new threads that deal with the issues of the "CMAS split" and the proposed name change.
So politicians can wander over that way.

Aqua Challenger - it's unlikely that a new player who wanted to experience the game would a) care less over the name b) want to voice a political opinion or c) call out World Champion players.

But - if you must go to the other threads.

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There was talk of a Australian UWH magazine at the AGM last year. Pretty sure I was allocated to do something about that....ooops.....

I'd be keen to be part of an online mag...with my journalism skills and what not.