So, as I mentioned in the previous article, I'm looking at recruiting more Octopush players in York. Having started playing again a few months ago with the new formed York University Octopush Club (aka Yorktopush, and also on Facebook), it's reached that time of year when all the undergraduates clear off home for the summer. However, there's a few people playing with the club who are either post-grads or local residents, and quite frankly, we can't live without a fix of octopush until October!

As a result, we've started playing again. Unfortunately, there were only five of us last night, which resulted in a rather exhausting 3-on-2 game (along the full length of the pool!), and sharing the pool hire costs across 5 of us makes it a bit steep. What we really need is more players!

So, if you've played before, moved to York and have been disappointed that there's no local club, or if you've heard about octopush and always wated to give it a go please come along an join us.

Sessions are currently 7 to 8 pm on Sundays. Contact me for further information (eg leave a comment, or click on "Kev" immediately below this article).

We're also hoping that we may be able to get enough non-university players together to start a separate team. We'll probably still maintain close ties with the Uni team, but it could mean two training sessions a week in York, the opportunity for local friendly matches, and we'd be looking at joining the Yorkshire league and/or the new northern (or north-eastern) league that's getting up and running.

So, please, don't wait, get in contact today and come along next Sunday! (We should even be able to provide masks, fins and snorkels if you don't have them.)