So is it a league now? Or just plain shit. It sounds like some world league where any skater can represent any franchise. If that's the case, Dubai Camels, Azerbaijan Goats, Qatari Oryx and Uzbek Leopards should be on the way 

won the bid for 2031 Pacific Games with 12 votes, according to Pita Taufatofua social media.

GSOC HearingLife Tour Challenge Women’s Quarterfinals  Team Gim v.  Team Fujisawa  Team Wranå v.  Team Einarson  Team Constantini v.  Team Lawes  Team Homan v.  Team Kim

Team Lawes defeats Team Tirinzoni 5-3 in the C-qualifier, for a second win against them at this event! With that, another shocker as Tirinzoni also misses out on the playoffs 

Ah, hadn't seen the arrow to go to page 2. I assume that means they make a 'nickname' thingy for every country that has at least a single athlete participating...   Ice spiders and wolves and eagles and lions and hussars and vikings and then there's the Singapore....Gazelles  

There’s two pages of those by the way.

I wonder under which name the many athletes who aren't from one of these 14 nations will race?

More of the new national idenities have been added to the website, or I just noticed them for the first time 

Team Retornaz, currently the title holder of the Challenge, lost in the qualification bracket and isn't even in the top 8

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