With active members from several countries: Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Belgium, South Africa, Portugal, Netherlands, Australia, Germany and the UK, SUHC is easily one of the world’s most international underwater hockey clubs. SUHCers range in age from sixteen-year-old teens to seniors in their fifties, and the group consists of a relatively high proportion of female players (around one-out-of-three are women).
SUHC has engaged its UWH neighbors Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Philippines in friendly competition, topping things off by hosting the first Asian Underwater Hockey Championships (the AUHCs) in 2007 in Singapore.
Underwater hockey is played in a 25m x 15m pool that is between 2 – 4 m deep. The game consists of 15 minutes halves and a three minutes half time. Each team is allowed one 60 seconds time out per half. The game clock stops for any infringements in the lasr 2 minutes of the game. Each side has 12 players, 10 of who can play in any one game. During the game 6 players are in the pool with 4 interchange players on the side who can sub at any time.
The players wear large fins, a diving mask and snorkel and a thick glove made from latex to protect the hand from the pool bottom and the puck. The top players can flick the puck well over 3m and it comes off the bottom enough to go over another player.
