Doh! Silly me. It's amazing what we take for granted. You're referring to field hockey. I was referring to ice hockey. Not surprising that you dropped the "field", just as us Canadians don't bother to mention the word "ice". Of course, there's also roller hockey and street hockey...
But you're correct about soccer/football. Besides the field, all one needs to play is a ball. The fields are HUGE, but the equipment outlay is next to nothing. Soccer/football can be played in any open park. No wonder it's the most popular game in the world. I think we'd all like to hear more about donkey cart racing. It can't be any more disturbing than www.chessboxing.com. Traffic on the list here is very SLOW and ANYTHING is better than nothing. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of asad ishaque Sent: December 18, 2008 6:40 AM To: vw mailing list Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Super gear box?? :) Ahhh yes!! They still play hockey. However it has been largely sidelined by cricket as being the number one sport. Hockey is the official National Sport but strangely it has not been promoted as it should have been. Pakistan used to be the World champions years ago. My observation and belief is since Hockey needs a proper ground/playing field and comparitively more quipment, hockey sticks, goal posts n nets and what not, its quite difficult to get the ideal circumstances for a game. Sadly the country largely lacks proper open spaces, stadiums, clubs etc to provide a favorable atmosphere. In contrast, cricket is easier to play. Anyone with a couple (or even one!) of bats and a ball can play. Sticks, stones or even chairs can be improvised to represent the wickets. Thus its a popular street sport, played in every city town and village even in cramped places. Nearing the World Cup or a series, budding cricketers mushroom in almost every street, irrespective of the social class they are from. While on this subject, let me mention that the country has immense potential in football/soccer too. Sadly again this sport is not promoted, maybe due to political reasons......the best football players are from a minority ethnic background whose forefathers were interestingly slaves of African origin bought into the country via ships in the early ports in the province of Balochistan, a backward and under developed area of the country. These people settled down and took up fishing initially. They have interesting customs and traditions including wild hula hula dances which are a must see! Ah! reminds me of another sport this minority has. Donkey cart racing!! Sorry for the non VW content but I just could not hold myself from this short writeup. Hope it makes interesting reading for all who are fond of travelling and want to discover the rainbow of life. Best regards and 'Salam' to all, Asad Karachi, Pakistan. > From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:25:33 -0800> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Super gear box??> > Which brings up the obvious question: do they play hockey in Pakistan? :-P> > -----Original Message-----> From: [email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill May> Sent: December 10, 2008 7:16 AM> To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List> Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Super gear box??> > > no,> the input is the one clutch disc slides onto. the nose cone-front mount > area is where hockey stick is in.> > _______________________________________________> vintagvw site list> [email protected]> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _________________________________________________________________ Send e-mail faster without improving your typing skills. http://windowslive.com/Explore/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_speed_1 22008 _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
