[Ansteorra] Saracen Head Soccer? Cambok

[LWright740 at aol.com]

In Atlantia we had something called Cambok.  It was a very heavy ball  
slightly larger than a soccer ball.  It was attacked with sticks,  but the ball 
could be carried by certain players.  It was a challenging  often violent 
cross between soccer, football, and hockey.  I have no idea  if it was 
documented in period or just something made up in the 90's for the  SCA.  It fell 
out of practice as the young men became older and more prone  to emergency 
room visits.
 
Regards,
Lora Leigh
 
 
In a message dated 2/1/2010 9:42:01 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
lrdwayland at aol.com writes:


For  those of you who weren't able to make it out to Coastal Invasion, you 
missed a  new game that everyone seemed to enjoy.
I'm sure somebody may have done  this before, somewhere but I've never 
heard of it so let me know if you  have.
I introduced it as ancient Irish soccer, but I think Saracen  Head Soccer 
may be a more fitting title...(open to suggestions)
Two  9-person teams of heavy fighters armed with their choice of weapons 
(we had  archers for the goalies) kicking around a severed head, trying to 
score a goal  while not losing their own heads. When a fighter was killed, he 
had to run  back to his own goal to ressurect & rejoin the game. It was a 
great cardio  workout, that had participants and marshalls laughing the whole 
time. 
Hmm  you see what kind of madness develops when Flossie doesn't show up to 
an  event??? I doubt this will ever replace Ogre Ball, but it sure was a  
blast!

Wayland
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