Field Hockey

Yesterday, Jaime, Alaina, and I played field hockey with a few of the girls from Currie Hall. We played 2 games against the other colleges on campus, St. Catherines and Trinity. We felt like we needed to play because the sports rep was having a hard time finding participants, so we hesitantly agreed. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. None of us had touched a hockey stick before that morning and it was only 2 days earlier that we had even known what it looked like. We decided that it would get us out for the morning and we could say we attempted to play a sport that they play here in Australia. It was a very interesting attempt indeed. We didn't have any gear (shin guards, socks, etc.) but they said it was fine to play anyways. Luckily none of us were hurt (some of these girls were really into it).  Since I don't even know the rules of ice hockey, I don't know if the rules of field hockey are different. All I know is that the stick is much different than an ice hockey stick. The field hockey stick looks like a half candy cane. Instead of a long "foot" like in ice hockey it has a little nub on the end of it... which makes it very difficult to hit the ball. Currie Hall didn't score one run against either team but we had a lot of fun anyways. It was nice because the girls on our team didn't know much about the sport either. We didn't mind losing. We are playing again next Sunday so I will be sure to bring my camera and take more pictures. In 2 weeks we are playing volleyball so I am very excited for that.