(Doha) By his own admission, Charles Fullerton was never a great hockey player. “I stopped playing minor hockey when I was 14,” he told me. Today, this Canadian expatriate is the leading scorer in the Qatar International Hockey League.
what Hockey in Doha?
Yes. The league started small in 2003, with an inadequate playing surface. “A rimless mirror, circular in shape. The construction of a regulation-sized ice rink in a renovated courtyard in a shopping center with replicas of the canals of Venice, has improved playing conditions, the league has a maximum of more than 100 players, in 8 teams, spread over 2 divisions. However, there are only four clubs left this season due to many reasons. The league is on a mandatory break until the end of the World Cup; Its only ice is needed for figure skating performances.
The quality of hockey has gone down. Earlier I was a second line player. Now I am the best counter.
Charles Fullerton, Canadian expatriate and top scorer in the Qatar National Hockey League
“We have a lot of guys who can skate, like two former Hungarian national team players. There are also airplane pilots. Sometimes the pilots are there. Other times, no. It depends on their flight schedule. »
– And the Qataris?
– Not many. I think there are only six left. Last year their…
