Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Im sure many of you will be familiar with Sealand.
For those that are not, it is an old sea fort off the coast of England that some people took over in the 1960s and declared themselves an independant nation.
As it was outside UK waters they still have the claim though noone recognises it.
Anyway, what has this to do with cricket I hear you all ask?
Well, according to their wiki page the national sports teams are just groups recognised by the Sealand 'government'.
Nothing serious but a bit of fun
For those that are not, it is an old sea fort off the coast of England that some people took over in the 1960s and declared themselves an independant nation.
As it was outside UK waters they still have the claim though noone recognises it.
Anyway, what has this to do with cricket I hear you all ask?
Well, according to their wiki page the national sports teams are just groups recognised by the Sealand 'government'.
I propose that if a real CW XI ever gets around to playing cricket friendlies ie at meetups (as I hope they will) then we approach to also represent Sealand as the national team.Sealand said:Sealand has official national athletes, including non-Sealanders. These athletes take part in various sports, including pole-dancing, mini-golf and football.[42] Sealand is actually a member of the Nouvelle Fédération-Board, a football sanctioning body for non-recognized states and states not members of FIFA.
Sealand's first official athlete was Darren Blackburn of Oakville, Ontario, Canada, who was appointed in 2003. Blackburn has represented Sealand at a number of local sporting events, including marathons and off-trail races.[43] Sealand's official U-20 National Football team is coached by American high school soccer coach Rory Miller and is mostly composed of players from his current and recent past roster at Muhlenberg North High School in Greenville, Kentucky. Mountaineer Slader Oviatt carried the Sealandic flag to the top of Muztagh Ata in 2004.[44] Since 16 December 2007, the Yorkshire-based airsoft team "SART" (Sheffield Armed Response Team)[45] represents the Principality at airsoft games as its national team. Also in 2007, Michael Martelle represented the Principality of Sealand in the World Cup of Kung Fu, held in Quebec City, Canada; bearing the designation of Athleta Principalitas Bellatorius (Principal Martial Arts Athlete and Champion), Martelle won two silver medals, becoming the first-ever Sealand athlete to appear on a world championship podium.[46]
The Principality is also represented at the Destination ImagiNation Global Finals by the team from Dobbs Ferry High School in Dobbs Ferry, New York. The team members carried the Sealand flag in the 2007 DI Global Finals Opening Ceremony, and plan to do so again at the 2008 event.
Nothing serious but a bit of fun