Cricket...

Gwen, I would not be surpriced if we bumbed into one and other at that time, I was visiting my brother for the Summer, and we went to swim in the new pool they had build specially for those games.

Els

Using an apple basket, by James Naismith, I think.

Katherine

Hi Els,

I just looked up the information about LaCrosse and here it is for you. :o) "The Six Tribes of the Iroquois, in what is now southern Ontario and upstate New York, called their version of the game "baggataway" or "tewaraathon". It was much more organized than in most areas of the country. There were 12 to

According to most accounts, the first Europeans to see baggataway being played were French explorers who thought the stick resembled a bishop's crozier--la crosse, in French--so the sport was given a new name."

Peace!

Gemini

I stand corrected. ;o)

Peace! Gemini

- popping in briefly again

That *is* interesting, Gem. Thanks for sharing. I knew some of it, but by no means all. I learn something new every day!

Katherine

The Mayans played a game where they had to get a ball through a vertically mounted hoop. The only problem is one of the teams, and they are not sure if it was the winning team or losing team, was then sacrificed to the Gods. As this was a great honour, it was probably the winning team. There are still courts in Mexico and central America. Here is an image.

Oooh how horrid. I'll stick to netball I think!! Love Christine

Thank you, Roger! Yes, on 'Survivor' (Guatamala) it's a vertical hoop, and actually played ON a net rather than a 'solid' surface, with 3 players per team. No 'traveling', just like basketball. On Survivor, they sacrificed a LOSER (via having to vote one off at Tribal Council) Noreen

It takes a LOT more than a correction or difference of opinion to p*ss me off! ;o)

Peace! Gemini

Els, what a shame we did not know that - we could have had such fun. We stayed in Nanaimo - with a lovely couple we had met on a ferry going to Prince Edward Island in 1991 and who , typically Canadian, insisted that if we came back to the games we had to stay with them. We had a wonderful time with them and are still firm friends with Pat but her husband passed away the year after the games. you could kind of reverse that, as Melbourne is hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2006 in March so you could come to see them !!! I am not going down to see them as we had the games here in Brisbane in 1988 and we all went to them, so I will just go to see the girls as usual in January. God Bless Gwen

Christine - it just came to my mind that i have been very silent about that haven't I God Bless Gwen

Actually basketball was invented by James Naismith who was Canadian, but it was while he was teaching phys ed at Springfield University in Springfield, Massachusetts, which is in the U.S.

Lucille

That is correct, Lucille. He was Canadian, but working in the States at the time. "Under orders from Dr. Luther Gulick, head of Physical Education at the School for Christian Workers. James Naismith had 14 days to create an indoor game that would provide an "athletic distraction" for a rowdy class through the brutal New England winter. "

Katherine

I just looked it up and this is what I found....

"The legend of Dr. James A. Naismith and his two peach baskets is fairly well known. In 1891, Naismith was given an assignment to devise an indoor game for a group of students at the International YMCA Training College in Springfield, Massachusetts.

After drawing up 13 rules-many of which are still in effect-he organized the first game on January 20, 1892. He nailed two peach baskets on opposite ends of the YMCA balcony, 10 feet high, and divided up the 18 students into two teams of nine each. With the aid of a soccer ball, the first basketball game was played.

And sports history was made.

Although Naismith was born and educated in Canada, basketball is the only major game created in the U.S. without roots deriving from another sport. At the turn of the century, basketball was well on its way to becoming popular."

Peace!

Gemini