Sledge!

[newschick]

It's that time of year again - Sledge Hockey day! Some of you may remember this from last year. It's a heck of a lot of fun, although terribly hard on the body. The kids we play against are rough, and love making fools of us radio folk. I can't remember how many times some tiny little kid knocked me over last year, leaving me flailing away trying to get upright again.

Comments

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

What the hell is Sledge Hockey?

[newschick.livejournal.com]

It's hockey for disabled kids, basically. Five people per team, they strap you down onto these little sleds, about long enough for your legs (well, for my legs anyway), give you the ends of hockey sticks (like the blade part and about a foot of stick) with spikes in the handle end to ski yourself along. It's hard as hell!

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

That sounds incredibly bizarre.

[newschick.livejournal.com]

bizarre but fun - we always have a blast. Last year the online newspaper guy showed up and took some pictures - if he does that again this year, I'll let you know!

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

Yayy!

[newschick.livejournal.com]

Here's last year's article:
http://cktimes.ca/news/view_story.asp?StoryID=937

[epi-lj.livejournal.com]

You look funny on the sled. :) *hehe* It sounds like fun, but it sounds totally hard.