UWH in Singapore

Posted on 07/01/11 by zoe No Comments
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Hi, I’m Cheoh Pin. I was formerly a basketball player but had to stop playing competitively due to a knee injury. When I was first introduced to Underwater Hockey in Singapore in 2005, I had already been inactive in sports for about 2 to 3 years. It was this exciting and unique water sport that checked [...]

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UWH in China

Posted on 05/18/11 by zoe No Comments
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Hi. I’m Isacc. I organise, coach and play uwh in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. I have been playing uwh for about 3 years. We play 2 times a week but now there is uncertainty. The thing I enjoy most about uwh is that it is ’A uncontact  team game in water, thus more enthustic than single exercises and [...]

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From swimming newbie to starting a new UWH club: Underwater Hockey in Indonesia

Posted on 05/12/11 by zoe No Comments
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a story by Christianto Sahat  The beginning I was not really able to swim before I started playing UWH. Before that, I learned to swim from video and watching people. Beginning of 2008, I started looking for a sport, a team sport, that involve swimming, to improve my swimming skill. Well, exercising alone in a pool [...]

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Hi, I’m Louise

Posted on 04/19/11 by zoe No Comments
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Hi.  My name is Louise and I love underwater hockey. I started to play hockey with my dad and a bunch of his old uni friends after swimming training, back in the days when I lived in South Africa. We started off playing in a dramatically sloping 33m long concrete bottomed pool with the tiles [...]

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UWH in Vancouver

Posted on 03/29/11 by zoe No Comments

Player profile: Melanie Johnson I started playing underwater hockey in 1991 when I was attending at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada.  At that time, there were no women playing regularly at this location.  Vancouver had previously had many female players but by the time I was introduced to the sport, most [...]

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Hi. I’m DJ

Posted on 03/09/11 by zoe No Comments

Hi. I’m DJ These are memorable moments of my playing UWH. 2005 – Learn to play UWH 2006 – First competition with Philippines Pesta Sukan 2006, played for Singapore 2007 – Australian Nationals in Perth, played for Singapore 2007 – 1st Asian Underwater Hockey Championship in Singapore, played for Singapore 2008 – 2nd Asian Underwater [...]

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Czech UWH need a coach

Posted on 02/28/11 by zoe 3 Comments
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Hi I’m Jitka Jezberova. I play uwh for Serrasalmus in Ceske Budejovice in Czech Republic and I’ve been playing uwh for 10 years. I’m a halfback and play uwh twice a week. The thing I enjoy most about uwh is: people, fun when swimming and moving like a fish! How would I describe uwh in [...]

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Review – Technisub Micro mask

Posted on 02/22/11 by Bubbles 1 Comment
Technisub Micro mask

Technisub Micro – small by name, sturdy by nature. This is has got to be my favorite hockey mask by far! I’ve always gone for the low volume masks and have owned several Spheras and Falcos (like the Sphera but with glass lenses) over the years. I stumbled on the Micro by accident in an Auckland [...]

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Portuguese bid validated

Posted on 02/21/11 by Bubbles No Comments

The CMAS BOD has validated the Portuguese Bid for the next world championship the dates of 16th to 27th of August 2011 more information will be coming from the FPAS Congratulations to everyone working hard to get international UWH back on track!

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Promotional video for the Asian Underwater Hockey Competition

Posted on 02/17/11 by Bubbles No Comments
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Fiona Borres has just released this fantastic video promoting underwater Hockey and the Asian Underwater Hockey Competition held in Manila, Philippines this November I didnt know UWH could look so cool in slow motion!

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