May 26 2009
Hurling
We made our way over to the local High school in Thurles and the 5th year hurlers (17yo) taught us some of the techniques and rules of the game, apparently a very toddler version of the game. We had some stand out as true athletes like Charles, Leah and Allyson. Scoring very high once the rules were changed to ‘only the Americans can score’. We were intertwined on each team and it allowed a fun game to go on instead of a massacre. It is very much like American Hockey and I was just glad we only came out of it with a few knocked knuckles. A time or two we almost took each other’s heads off but ‘almost’ is a long way away. When we finished they wanted us to teach them some american football. This was hilarious because they really did not have a concept of “Play over” and without a whistle it resembled more of a rugby match. They were a bit shocked how these american girls were beating them though, thanks to all those trick plays we learned watching UT football (No I am not being facetious).
