![]() ![]() The ancient, delightful, and exciting game of Hurley can be played on open fields in its native Ireland all year round. Illustration of early Kings College Winter The Dutch play a game on ice using a small ball and clubs, called Kolf, not to be confused with Ice Hockey. Camp, in its infant form thus became the parent of hurley and the grandparent of Ice Hurley and Ice Hockey. With the introduction of sticks, the game was altered and became the forerunner of all the common stick-ball games including, rounders, baseball, tennis, shinty, bandy, hurley, ground hockey and cricket. ![]() The action gave rise to the first street game and eventually was refined to Soccer, Rugby, Football and Association (meaning those who agreed to be interested in playing). Neighbors, likewise not wanting the Normans around, would kick the object back to where it came from. The book “Traditional Games of England” tells of a game played in the streets of towns and villages as early as 1066 at the time of William the Conqueror and the Norman Invasions.The game was played first by kicking a rock, and later a ball, and was symbolic of the townspeople kicking out the unwanted Norman soldiers from their streets. They were all derived from the same basic ancient game known as CAMP. Considering the many ball and stick-ball games represented in the present day Olympics, one has to wonder how they all originated. ![]()
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