I Played my first game of Broomball in Canberra, Australia in June 1990 after the then Australian Captain, Mark Heinrich, asked a bunch of us at the National Library of Australia to try out this new sport which involved playing a cross between Ice Hockey, Field Hockey & Soccer on ice WITHOUT skates !
It sounded like a pretty stupid thing to do, so we all jumped at the chance.
I've played almost every Sunday since (over 650 games including Nationals & Internationals). Within 4 months I played in my first Nationals in Bendigo, Victoria as Captain of the A.C.T. Men's Team & signed up to go on a five week tour of Canada culminating in the First World Broomball Tournament in Victoria, British Columbia in 1991. In 1995 I was named Captain of the Australian Men's Broomball Team for a two week tour of the U.S.A. leading up to Broomball Mania 8. We won our first five games on tour, a best ever performance by an Australian Men's Team!
Please send any comments and/or suggestions to: shane (at) broomball.com.au
Last updated 14 July 2008.
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