Does anyone remember the original rules for hyperball, also the field sizes and anything else from the original hyperball events would be really useful. thanks
Does anyone remember the rules to the original Hyperball event ?
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I played in both the events but I'm not sure as to which rules you are talking about here; there were certainly no one-for-one rules in play but apart from that, I can 't really remember too much about the event.
I played in both the events but I'm not sure as to which rules you are talking about here; there were certainly no one-for-one rules in play but apart from that, I can 't really remember too much about the event.
Hi, can't you be a little more specific in telling us what particular rules you want info on, it's a little difficult for us to try and think back to the mid nineties and remember all the rules that were in place at those two events... It might help knowing why you would want to know ... just a thought !
Bri. I don't even know who was there i haven't seen any one old enough to be there since the subject was brought up. who was there ?
Robbo. Sorry i should have been more clear earlier. It sprung from a conversation with Ged in the pub just before Christmas. We have an established event that we run every year and Ged wondered if it might be possible at this event to put up as showcase/exhibition games using the original hyperball concept and format as close as we could get it to the original
So any help with. Field Size. Game time limit. Penalties (you have already said no 141's). 2 flag ?. scoring system. i think from the videos it looks like round robin with s semi and a final does this sound correct ?
Robbo. Sorry i should have been more clear earlier. It sprung from a conversation with Ged in the pub just before Christmas. We have an established event that we run every year and Ged wondered if it might be possible at this event to put up as showcase/exhibition games using the original hyperball concept and format as close as we could get it to the original
So any help with. Field Size. Game time limit. Penalties (you have already said no 141's). 2 flag ?. scoring system. i think from the videos it looks like round robin with s semi and a final does this sound correct ?
I think what's important here is not so much the details of those past events but the spirit in which they were played; Ged oversaw a revolution in our game and became the precursor for the modern game ....
If I were you I'd just use common sense, it was ten man then I think with all the rules of the woodland game imposed upon this new format.
It was a straight flag grab game with points allotted for individual kills and flag grabs but to get max points you had to eliminate all the opposition and get the flag back home.
Details are academic here because it wasn't so much the trivialities of the rules and regs of that game, it was that cutting-edge feeling we all had when playing it ... The atmosphere was nothing like any of us had been used to; as I remember there were fairground rides there, a tattooist, music blaring out and the stands were full, they also had a tannoy system with a guy who used to work at WDP back then and he was really good at whipping up the crowd and commentating on the games as they played I think..... there was just so much going on at those events, it was impossible to not come away with the feeling we were all on the cusp of something big.
I think field sizes were probably something like 50 yds long and about 40 yds wide but don’t quote me here because it’s just a memory guess.
I hope you guys get it together anyway .. good luck, we need Ged back in the front line of our sort, he was a true visionary, that’s for sure.
If I were you I'd just use common sense, it was ten man then I think with all the rules of the woodland game imposed upon this new format.
It was a straight flag grab game with points allotted for individual kills and flag grabs but to get max points you had to eliminate all the opposition and get the flag back home.
Details are academic here because it wasn't so much the trivialities of the rules and regs of that game, it was that cutting-edge feeling we all had when playing it ... The atmosphere was nothing like any of us had been used to; as I remember there were fairground rides there, a tattooist, music blaring out and the stands were full, they also had a tannoy system with a guy who used to work at WDP back then and he was really good at whipping up the crowd and commentating on the games as they played I think..... there was just so much going on at those events, it was impossible to not come away with the feeling we were all on the cusp of something big.
I think field sizes were probably something like 50 yds long and about 40 yds wide but don’t quote me here because it’s just a memory guess.
I hope you guys get it together anyway .. good luck, we need Ged back in the front line of our sort, he was a true visionary, that’s for sure.