![]() ![]() In addition, for the first time ever, the club is proud to be able to compete at under 12 level, with its junior squad of enthusiastic and talented young girls in the distinctive red and green, led by Aine Loane. Despite the 1st XI being relegated, the 2nd XI secured promotion into Junior 1, the top-flight league for second teams while the 3rd XI came a noteworthy fourth place in Junior 8, the highest achievement for a Knock 3rd team in many years. Founded in 1909, this is an exciting time and a source of great pride for the club, which plans to ensure that its successes over the last 100 years will be duly recognised and celebrated. Knock Ladies Hockey Club, one of the oldest in Ireland, is proud to celebrate its centenary anniversary next season. I would guess that most sets were purchased by schools, camps, and other institutions where they had to give kids something to do.HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY KNOCK LADIES HOCKEY CLUB! It was a perfect game for rainy days: action, competition, easy to learn. I first encountered in at summer camp in the early 60s. The ability to shoot the puck even when it was guarded by the “goalie” block was essential to be successful. Indeed, a game between two good players would have each of them shooting with the puck in their goal area much of the time. Players quickly learned that if the puck was touching one of the walls, you could slap it down the side to the corner, where it would bounce, hit the “goalie” and slip into the goal.ĭespite how impressive that shot looked, to win the game you had to master all angles to find the spot on the side that allowed the puck to slip into the goal. And the “goalie” also was tilted at a 45-degree angle. You see, in the four corners of the board, there was a piece of wood at 45-degree angle. ![]() And there was one more thing to make it difficult: a square wooden block that acted as “goaltender,” making it very difficult to score a goal without banking it off one of the walls.īut there was also a trick – a shot that looked amazing to beginners, but was surprisingly easy to make. There was a small cut-out about twice the size of the puck that was the goal. Players quickly learned how to shoot so that the puck would be in their opponent’s zone, so it became a case of the two of you taking turns.* The official rules let you fight for the puck in the “center ice” section of the board, but this rarely happened after you played for a while. You could not shoot a puck that was in the other team’s defensive area. There was a face-off at the beginning, then the players would shoot the puck. The sides had wooden walls to keep the puck from flying out of the playing area. It was played on a wooden playing surface divided into thirds. It was just a puck, two game-sized hockey sticks, and a goal. Whereas the usual table hockey sets had a full team of six players per side, all run by rods controlled by each participant, Nok Hockey didn’t bother with players and realism. The game was successful because it simplified the sport. They started out in 1889 and by 1942, when Nok Hockey was introduced. Nok Hockey was introduced by Carrom, which was a maker of games played on wood boards. Some were ridiculous (e.g., Electric Football), some were successful (Strat-O-Matic Baseball), and some became standards in game playing in the schools – Nok Hockey. By Chuck Rothman of Great But Not Forgotten Blog:īefore computers, there were many attempts to turn sports into games.
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