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When the wiffle ball hits the floor, it’s off to the races. Or, more appropriately, the net. The net, after all, is where players for the South China Taipans Floorball Club aim to dump the aforementioned, extraordinarily bouncy and always unpredictable wiffle ball.
It’s a game that mirrors ice hockey in many ways, albeit with no ice, a lot less contact (no stick checks allowed) and a plastic ball with holes instead of a puck. It’s a fun sport to watch and even more fun to play, if the rave reviews of South China Taipans players are any indication.
Founded sometime around 2007, the organization is a drop-in program for floorball, hockey and field hockey enthusiasts in Guangzhou.
Matches take place at 7pm on Thursday nights at Panyu’s Clifford International School, where participants are divided into two or more teams (depending on how many people show up) before trying to outrun, outpass and outshoot each other. Partaking in the action will run you RMB50, which covers your equipment and the gym rental.
Although the weekly meetups are recreational and open to floorball players of all skill levels and genders, the South China Taipans do participate in slightly more competitive endeavors – namely, the China National Floorball Tournament. The event has been previously held twice in Guangzhou, as well as in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai on numerous occasions. The tourney is returning to South China this year, with Guangzhou set to host the event on May 19.
For more information on the South China Taipans Floorball Club, contact Brett Blamer on WeChat (ID: ‘bblamer87’).
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