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07.04.2005
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Size of cows becomes talking point
• Ice
hockey
hockey By Adrian Seconi
They anticipated seeing a lot of sheep in New Zealand but the Iceland women’s ice hockey team did not expect the cows to be so big.
Twenty players and a sixstrong management team travelled from the top of the globe to the bottom to compete in the women’s ice hockey division four world championships in Dunedin.
Coach Sveinn Bjornsson said his team arrived in Dunedin late on Thursday night but had less than a day to shake any jetlag before its first match against Korea yesterday.
“It’s a long trip. It took us two days to get here and 25 hours on a plane so it is quite hard.”
Bjornsson said ice hockey was a minority sport in his country with only about 50 women playing the sport.
He said it had taken a lot of fund raising to make the trip possible, plus the women had to contribute a significant amount themselves.
The team had not had much of a chance to look around yet, but captain Hulda Sigurdardottir said she did catch a glimpse of our livestock.
“We all knew about the sheep but we didn’t expect the cows to be so big. They are huge.”
In the first match of the tournament, New Zealand beat Romania 3-0.
Sheree Haslemore, the youngest member of the squad, opened the scoring for the Ice Fernz when she beat the the goaltender.
Less than a minute later the home side scored again through Susan Green.
Rachel Gabbard made it 3-0 half way through the second period when she rebounded her own shot on goal and scored.
The final period was goal-less with Romania denied on several occasions only by the fantastic goaltending of Jenny Haskell.
In the other game yesterday, Korea beat travel-weary Iceland 8-2.
hockey team did not expect the cows to be so big. Twenty players and a sixstrong management team travelled from the top of the globe to the bottom to compete in the women’s ice
hockey division four world championships in Dunedin. Coach Sveinn Bjornsson said his team arrived in Dunedin late on Thursday night but had less than a day to shake any jetlag before its first match against Korea yesterday.
“It’s a long trip. It took us two days to get here and 25 hours on a plane so it is quite hard.”
Bjornsson said ice
hockey was a minority sport in his country with only about 50 women playing the sport. He said it had taken a lot of fund raising to make the trip possible, plus the women had to contribute a significant amount themselves.
The team had not had much of a chance to look around yet, but captain Hulda Sigurdardottir said she did catch a glimpse of our livestock.
“We all knew about the sheep but we didn’t expect the cows to be so big. They are huge.”
In the first match of the tournament, New Zealand beat Romania 3-0.
Sheree Haslemore, the youngest member of the squad, opened the scoring for the Ice
Fernz when she beat the the goaltender. Less than a minute later the home side scored again through Susan Green.
Rachel Gabbard made it 3-0 half way through the second period when she rebounded her own shot on goal and scored.
The final period was goal-less with Romania denied on several occasions only by the fantastic goaltending of Jenny Haskell.
In the other game yesterday, Korea beat travel-weary Iceland 8-2.
PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH
Black ice . . . Rachel Gabbard, of New Zealand, and Alina Meluta, of Romania, take a tumble during their division four world championship match at the Dunedin Ice Stadium yesterday. Below left: Iceland coach Sveinn Bjornsson (left) discusses strategies with assistants (from left) Birna Baldursdottir, Flosrun Vaka Johannesdottir and captain Hulda Siguroardottir before their match with Korea at the Dunedin Ice Stadium yesterday.
Black ice
. . . Rachel Gabbard, of New Zealand, and Alina Meluta, of Romania, take a tumble during their division four world championship match at the Dunedin Ice Stadium yesterday. Below left: Iceland coach Sveinn Bjornsson (left) discusses strategies with assistants (from left) Birna Baldursdottir, Flosrun Vaka Johannesdottir and captain Hulda Siguroardottir before their match with Korea at the Dunedin Ice Stadium yesterday.