Month: October 2020

Juego de Pelota Mesoamericano Ulamaztli Championship 2017

Report

Reintroduced to Belize in 2015 by the Native Maya there, Yo Creek Village from the the Orange Walk District of Belize, won the Juego de Pelota Mesoamericano Ulamaztli Championship in Teotihuacan, the ancient capital of the Aztec Empire in April 2017. The tournament was a precursor to the Mesamerican Ball Game Competition in Guatemala in October 2017 – the Ulama World Cup basically.

About Ulama

Ulama is the ancient Ball Game of Central America – the Native Aztecs (Mexica) and Maya in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras have played it since 1400 BC. It is played by two teams using their hips to try to propel the ball past the opposing team.

Maya ball court found in Uxmal. This ball court is part of the Mayan culture found all over Yucatan’s archeological sites. Uxmal is in Yucatan and it used to be a huge populated city.
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By Leon Rafael

References

websites

[1] Con Murphy / Live and Invest Overseas (2018) A Definitive Guide to the World’s Oldest Sport – Ulama [Internet] Available from: http://www.liveandinvestoverseas.com/infocus-belize/a-definitive-guide-to-the-worlds-oldest-sport-ulama/ [Accessed 28 June 2019]

Images

[2] Live and Invest Overseas (2018) People-playing-Ulama [Internet] Available from: https://www.liveandinvestoverseas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/People-playing-Ulama.jpg [Accessed 30 October 2020]

[3] Live and Invest Overseas (2018) Teotihucan-Ballcourt [Internet] Available from: https://www.liveandinvestoverseas.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Teotihucan-Ballcourt.jpg [Accessed 30 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kimmage Development Studies Centre @ The Holy Ghost College, Dublin 6W.

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 30 October 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

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FJSTNV Championnat Choule Crosse Normande 2019

Jeux Tradi Normandie Logo [Reference: 1]

Classement

TeamPtsViquets
Choule Hâot Cotentin64116
Val De Risle- la chouque3557
Exo Nourmaundie Choule3440
Choule Hâot Cotentin 22041
1066 CAEN46
Choule en Caux38
FJSTNV Championnat Choule Crosse Normande 2019 [Reference: 2]

Report

Choule Hâot Cotentin won the Championnat Choule Crosse Normande 2019 with 64 Points. It is interesting to note a team called 1066 CAEN, 1066 A.D. being the year the Normans invaded Britain, an event commemorated in the Bayeux Tapestry.

Choule match at Crosse in Normandy [Reference: 5][Picture Credit: Fédération de Jeux et Sports Traditionnels Normande et Vikings]

About

The Fédération de Jeux et Sports Traditionnels Normande et Vikings runs competitons in the Traditional Sports of Normandy (North France) and the Vikings who settled there.

From Wikipedia: “La soule, later choule or sioule, is a traditional team sport that originated in Normandy and Picardy. The ball, called a soule, could be solid or hollow and made of either wood or leather. Leather balls would be filled with hay, bran, horse hair or moss.”

References

[1] Fédération de Jeux et Sports Traditionnels Normande et Vikings (2014) logotradinormandiedetoure [Internet] Available from: https://jeuxtradinormandie.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/logotradinormandiedetoure.png [Accessed 23 October 2020]

[2] Fédération de Jeux et Sports Traditionnels Normande et Vikings (2020) Councours/Championnats (challenges et contest) [CHAMPIONNAT CHOULE CROSSE NORMANDE 2019] [Internet] Available from: http://jeuxtradinormandie.fr/ [Accessed 23 October 2020]

[3] Fédération de Jeux et Sports Traditionnels Normande et Vikings (2020) DESCRIPTIF DES JEUX [Internet] Available from: http://jeuxtradinormandie.fr/ [Accessed 23 October 2020]

[4] Wikipedia (2020) La Soule [Internet] Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_soule [Accessed 23 October 2020]

Images

[5] Fédération de Jeux et Sports Traditionnels Normande et Vikings (2020) 11181806_668958876542486_2900937163927614507_n [Internet] Available from: https://jeuxtradinormandie.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/11181806_668958876542486_2900937163927614507_n.jpg?w=341&h=256 [Accessed 23 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dervla Mulcahy & Nora Mulcahy

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 23 October 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.