The hockey sticks we brought over as a piece of luggage stayed under the bed for many months. But when the weather got cooler, we took them out and introduced a new sport to the boys of Mpungu. They love it and never seem to get tired of it! An empty classroom at our school has become the floor hockey arena (“S-goat-ia Bank Place”). We play 2 on 2 or 3 on 3, and they are high-scoring games – one got up to 64-62! Sometimes we play with the long sticks, and sometimes with the mini-sticks. Sometimes we play outside and the goals are the gates at our house and the one across the road at the circuit office. It’s a bit dusty, but there’s not much traffic! A few sticks have gotten broken, but we are having a good time! (As long as everyone keeps their stick on the sand.)
Jake.
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- empty classroom is perfect ‘rink’
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- sandy floor slippery as ice
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- fast-paced action
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- road is dusty, but traffic is light
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- hockey night in Mpungu
AWESOME!!
Now you have left a SO Canadian legacy Mpungu. I wonder how this game is going to evolve there and what it will bring.
If you guys ever go back to visit I would like to go.
Javier