Have you ever heard of "broomball?"I never did before. Another discovery from looking around Vermont. The following video clip is from the 1980s and is a championship match - I believe Australia /Canada. I thought it best showed what broomball could be. It seriously is wearing shoes and using a stick with a flat plastic-like broom.
The Central Vermont Women's BroomballLeague took to the ice at the Central Vermont Memorial Civic Center Sunday night. Broomballisn't for the timid. It's a tough, competitive sport that brings a whole new meaning to the word "broom."Kyle Martel/Times ArgusMONTPELIER – The only cleaning up these ladies use brooms for is sweeping up the competition.They play broomball, eight teams of women who use a hockey-stick-like "broom" to bash a hard leather or plastic ball down the ice and into a goal. They don't skate; they run in shoes with rubber soles that grip the ice, occasionally falling to their knees and sliding into a play.Broomball is rough. Broomball is competitive. Broomball is not for the faint of heart.Click to Continue
