6 Factoids | Volume 8
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The Manitoba Sports
Hall of Fame has 18,000
artifacts, memorabilia
and game-worn jerseys
and equipment covering
72 sports that document
the province's sporting
life for the past 125
years. At any given
time, about 10 to 15 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.
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Photo
courtesy
www.xinhuanet.com
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Photo courtesy
www.asham.com
