6 Factoids | Volume 7
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The Manitoba Sports
Hall of Fame has 18,000
artifacts, memorabilia
and game-day jerseys
and equipment covering
72 sports that document
the province's sporting
life for the past 125
years. At any given time,
about 10 per cent of the
collection is on display.
Spongee is an adaptation of road hockey and originated
in Winnipeg in the 1950s. Originally a tennis ball was
used and players wore winter boots. Today, it is played
on outdoor hockey rinks, and players wear soft-soled
shoes. The game gets its name from the soft sponge
puck used. Spongee is a cult sport played almost
exclusively in Winnipeg by thousands of players in
dozens of leagues.
Winnipeg company, Asham Curling
Supplies is the only company in Canada
that manufactures curling shoes, which
they distribute worldwide.
Winnipeg-born
Clara Hughes, a cycling and
speed skating Olympic competitor,
made history by becoming one
of only four athletes in history to
earn multiple medals in both the
summer and winter Olympics. *
Photo
courtesy
www.xinhuanet.com
*
Photo courtesy
www.asham.com
