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A 2014 underwater hockey tournament in Coetsenburg, South Africa. Originally called "Octopush" (and still known locally by that name in the United Kingdom), the original rules called for teams of eight players (hence "octo-"), a bat reminiscent of a tiny shuffleboard stick called a "pusher" (hence the "-push"), an uncoated lead puck called a "squid", and a goal known at first as a "cuttle" but ...
Underwater hockey, otherwise known as Octopush, is slowly becoming popular among those who enjoy hockey and swimming. Underwater hockey is the one sport you never knew about but want to play Skip ...
Underwater hockey is govererned nationally in Great Britain by the British Octopush Association (BOA) and has been since 1976. They were recognised as the official governing body for the sport a year later by the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC), governing body for all sub-aqua sport in the United Kingdom, who also still govern the sport but to a limited extended.
It is the association representing British Octopush Association (BOA) clubs based in Wales. Underwater Hockey Wales is affiliated to the Welsh Association of Sub Aqua Clubs – the national governing body for underwater sports in Wales, comprising scuba diving, underwater hockey, and snorkelling. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Strangely, the 2009 edition was called the "Underwater Hockey World Game". [21] A full world championships, with masters and youth tournaments, did not occur until 2013. [22] In 2008, the year of the WAA World Championship, CMAS held their European Championship tournament, which under the normal two year competition cycle would have been in 2007.
The Underwater Hockey European Championships is a biennial tournament in underwater hockey organised by the sports global governing body Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS). The first event was held in the United Kingdom in 1985.
British Octopush Association ... Prior to the creation of the BOA, underwater hockey competitions had been conducted since the 1950s under the auspices of the BSAC ...
As far as underwater hockey goes this event was poorly attended, in part due to it being 'out of synch' with many affiliated federations' training calendars and budgets. The following year - the 'normal' world championship year - the WAA organised their 'rival' 1st World Championship event in Durban , South Africa .