WELCOME TO LONDON LADIES OCTOPUSH CLUB!
WELCOME TO LONDON LADIES OCTOPUSH CLUB!
1. What is Octopush?
Octopush is a team game played with a puck on the bottom of the swimming pool!
The aim is to score goals in the gullies placed at each end of the pool (see
below). There are 6 in the team with up to 4 substitutes - each player has a
position: forward, mid-field, defence, and yes, there is even a goalie! Substitutions
can be made at anytime and as often as required, but one player must leave the
water completely (including the long fins) before the sub gets in.
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Players wear a mask, snorkel and fins. |
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One team wears white hats and uses white sticks, the other black. |
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The stick is used for moving the puck across the bottom of the pool, and for flicking
it through the water. |
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A glove is worn on the stick hand for protection. |
2. When was this brilliant game invented?
Over 40 years ago! Unfortunately it’s not so brilliant for spectators and so
it’s never become very popular. It was in 1952 that a diver in the Southsea British
Sub-Aqua Club devised the game to keep club members ‘diving fit’ through the
more inactive winter months - the Octopush season still runs from September to April.
Today, the game is played by as many non-divers as divers, but unfortunately not by as
many women as men.
3. What do you need to join us?
Ideally to be female!! But we do have players of the wrong sex - we’ve never had to
turn any away (yet!). You should enjoy swimming, and preferably be able to snorkel - some
tuition will be available.
You need to bring a mask, snorkel and fins (if you have none,
ask for a spare set to be brought for you). Most people like to wear a pair
of socks with fins and if you’ve got an old gardening glove bring that
too!
4. WHERE? Friday Nights, Acton Pool, Salisbury Street, London W3, from 9pm
to 10pm
Be there early, about 8.45pm to get started by 9pm. The session costs �4.00.
5. THEN WHAT?.....To the pub!!
We go to the Red Lion and Pineapple on the corner of Gunnersbury Lane.On special
occasions we go on to the RedBack night club.
6. Club Contacts
Liz Newton: (07889 425698 (mobile),
Email [email protected];
