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Wednesday night floorball starts again for 2012

Daniel Clay — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:10:24 +0000

Our Wednesday night floorball sessions have begun for 2012 after a holiday hiatus. All the details are the same as they were last year; Wednesday 6:30-7:30pm at the Sports Hub at the University of Wollongong. Your first time is free and it’s $8 every time after that. We can supply the equipment, all you need is to come along with clothes and shoes suitable to run around in. Hope to see you there!

Wednesday night Floorball is back

Andrew Clay — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 04:52:37 +0000

Exam period is over and as such Wednesday night Floorball is back to its normal schedule. Floorball is played at the URAC building at the Wollongong University every Wednesday night from 6:30-7:30pm with a cost of $8 and everyone is welcome to join in.

Closed For Exams

Andrew Clay — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:34:29 +0000

Wednesday night Floorball will not be on tonight and for the following weeks as The University of Wollongong uses the venue to host exams.

Floorball will return back to normal, Wednesday nights 6:30-7:30, once the exam period is over and we hope to see you all then.

First Games of the Season

Andrew Clay — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:14:18 +0000

Last weekend (29th Oct) marked the first games of the NSW Elite and Mixed series competitions. This year, the Gong Scorpions and the Peninsula Floorball Club joined together to form teams to enter into both competitions. Due to the fact that both these teams are fairly new to the sport, these games marked the first elite level game for many players. Our Elite Series team was narrowly defeated by Bondi 6-7, this is a very promising result for the team. However, one of our most experienced players ( who is also one of the webmasters for this website) Daniel Clay, injured his knee and had to retire early in the game. Our mixed team won the game against the Bondi mixed team 2-0. Both these results are very promising as it proves that our newly formed team can hold its own against more experienced and seasoned teams.

Concerning Daniels knee injury

The injury Daniel sustained during the game was much more serious then previously thought. Daniel has damaged his ACL ligament in his knee. This is one of the worse ligaments to damage and his injury may have to result in surgery. It is likely that Daniel will be unable to play for the remainder of this season. We wish Daniel all the best and a speedy recovery.

Asics targeting floorball players

Daniel Clay — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:06:54 +0000

The sport brand Asics has recently become one of the principal sponsors of the IFF. Along with this they have created some new advertisements featuring Swedish national team player Magnus Svensson in an effort to increase their visibility in the floorball market. Check out them out.

Champions Cup on WebTV

Daniel Clay — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:49:46 +0000

The Champions Cup starts today in the Czech Republic with the first match between womens’ teams Djurgårdens IF from Sweden and Rubene from Latvia.

The Champions Cup is a new tournament that has only been started this year after a decision by the IFF. The tournament grew from previous years’ European Cup as a way to have a competitive tournament for both developed and developing floorball nations. The championship winning club teams from the developed floorball nations play for the title of the Champions Cup whilst championship winning teams from developing floorball nations play for the European Cup. The winner of this year’s European Cup will be promoted and be able to play in next year’s Champions Cup, whilst the last placed team from this year’s Champions Cup will be relegated to playing for the European Cup next year. In all there are 12 teams in the Champions Cup, six in the mens’ section and six in the womens’ section. You can follow the teams, schedules, standings and statistics at the tournament’s official website or at the IFF website.

All of the matches are broadcast live on the internet and can be watched here for free, the first match is already underway (7pm East Coast Time). One of the really good aspects of the recent tournaments organised in the Czech Republic is that not only are the matches broadcast live on the internet but they are also archived online so that they can be watched later. This is great for us who live in Australia or other timezones that are a long way from Europe, the heartland of floorball. All the archived matches can be watched at link above.

The final and semi-finals or both the mens’ and womens’ sections should be good matches but there should also be some good matches in the group stages. Some of the best matches should be Mlada-Boleslav (CZE) against Wiler-Ersigen (SUI), Storvreta (SWE) against Tatran Stresovice (CZE) and SC Classic (FIN) against Red Ants Rychenberg (SUI). Mlada-Boleslav will be interesting to watch as they are playing on home turf (the tournament is being held in the city of Mlada-Boleslav) and also because of their physical style of play, which can be seen in one of our previous posts.

Thrilling opening to the SSL

Daniel Clay — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 04:44:44 +0000

The first match of the highest mens’ league in Sweden was played on Tuesday between FC Helsingborg and Pixbo. Pixbo’s Peter Runnestig scored three airhook goals in the match, the last of which levelled the score and sent the match into overtime. FC Helsingborg ended up winning the match in overtime, with the sudden death goal being scored by Linus Nordgren. Here are some highlights from the match.

Floorball and advertising-Oxdog

Andrew Clay — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:40:51 +0000

Recently, a new Floorball brand has come to light, Oxdog. I for one have never used their equipment so I can’t comment on that, but one thing that I can comment on is their advertising campaign. The YouTube hosted adds feature well drawn comic style movies that I think are pretty cool. Have a look for yourself make your own judgement.

The newest latest addition to the series can be found at the Oxdog YouTube channel and their website can be found here

Floorball development for the Olympics

Andrew Clay — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:52:03 +0000

There is an interesting article over at Observer news about floorball with a interview with professional hockey coach Dave Beaudin, who has recently been involved in coaching floorball. The article is a pretty interesting read but one particular quote grabbed my attention. Make of it what you will:

“We have been asked by the North American International Hockey Federation to train men and women for the first U.S. Olympic team in this sport,” he said. “Speaking on behalf of Floorball Florida, USA Floorball and the International Floorball Federation we would like to engage in an ongoing development partnership. We see the potential of Freedom Harbor being a leading host facility for floorball events in North America. Globally, floorball is the fastest growing team sport and we are seeing a very encouraging trend to hosting large scale open championships that bring in players, coaches, volunteers and spectators.”

For the full article click here

This article was brought to my attention from the guys at Floorball Central who are doing a great job in posting a variety of floorball related news, check them out.

Change to Wednesday night Floorball times.

Daniel Clay — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:08:22 +0000

Wednesday night Floorball will be changed from 2 hours to just 1 hour in length and will now start at 6.30pm instead of 6pm. These changes will be effective starting tonight. The location remains the same; URAC Sports Hub at the University of Wollongong.

Floorball creeping into the NHL

Andrew Clay — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:09:30 +0000

This is a video from the NHL website posing the question on peoples opinions of penalty shots to end the game. However, the most interesting part of this video (in my opinion) is the little skit at the end. You can watch the whole clip or skip to about 0:50 to see what I’m talking about.

Swedish Final went down to a shootout

Daniel Clay — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 06:30:56 +0000

The final of the SSL (Swedish Super League), which was played back in April between Storvreta and Warberg, went down to sudden death penalty shots after the score was even at the end of extra-time. It took sixteen penalty shots to settle it and the whole of Malmö Arena was on the edge of their seats as they watched. Here is what it looked like:

When things get rough

Andrew Clay — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 05:39:36 +0000

A lot of people tend to think that floorball is a less rough version of ice hockey. Although this may be the case on the majority of occasions, this does not mean that Floorball lacks physical play. The next video demonstrates some of the rough play involved in floorball, its highlights of SSK future vs. Billy Boy Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic). Please keep in mind that this is a very rough game and that you will not experience this sought of play in our social comp.

Now you know

Andrew Clay — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 08:55:24 +0000

For those of you out there thinking that Floorball is a sport played in empty stadiums:

Now you know better

IOC Recognition of Floorball

Andrew Clay — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 06:49:52 +0000

In the 123rd IOC session, the International Olympic committee has given IOC recognition to the IFF. This extract was posted on the Olympic website:

The IOC Session also granted full IOC recognition to the International Floorball Federation (IFF) on 8 July. Based in Helsinki and established in 1986, the IFF is composed of 52 national member associations on five continents, with a total 280,000 licensed players

For a full write up on the 123rd IOC session click here