THE FLYING HOPPERS (SWITZERLAND)
“THE FLYING HOPPERS” is the SOCIAL travel team of the Grasshopper-Club Zurich’s hockey section.
Hockey at Grasshopper-Club started in 1924 and in recent years the team has established itself among the top teams in Switzerland.
The FLYING HOPPERS are the travel team side with focus on HAVING FUN when on tour. Founded in 1995, FLYING HOPPERS make big tours in 3 year cycles, i.e.
1996: | TOKYO/HONG KONG/SINGAPORE TOUR |
1999: | SOUTH AFRICA TOUR |
2002: | SINGAPORE/AUSTRALIA TOUR |
In between the big tours, other participations are keenly persued and THE FLYING HOPPERS are eagerly looking forward to participating for the first time in Hong Kong’s Mixed 9’s EASTER TOURNAMENT.
Among the usual suspects that are likely to make this tour are
One Head Coach: | Roland, flying-in from Singapore |
One Assistant Coach: | Thomas also from Singapore |
Two ladies: | Irena, Marion |
Two Goalies: | Frank, Reinhard |
Four cracks: | Willy, Patrick, Sacha & Stefan (all ex Swiss-Internationals) - Patrick from New York! |
Assorted others: | Coen, Marcel, Patrick, Retus |
| Lone Supporter: | Vladina |
| Lone local chocolate supplier: | Walter |
In case you are really interested, you can also have a look at: www.flyinghoppers.com!