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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 12 — 2012
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Sports | Muddy!
Mýrarbolti (Mee-rar-bowl-ti) is the
European championship in Swamp
Football (or soccer). It has taken place
in the small town of Ísafjörður in the
westfjords of Iceland since 2005. Dur-
ing the bash, the town gets dubbed
Íbizafjörður, as it’s the biggest party
weekend of the year. Last year, the win-
ners were even accused of not being
drunk, hung-over or tired in the annual
accusations, which take place during
the closing ceremony.
This year an estimated 1.200 people
(including a Grapevine spy) partici-
pated in the competition with a record
number of women taking part. Native
Ísafjörður girls, the Pamelas of Team
Hasselhoff, took both overall and wom-
en’s titles while Bert and the He-man
Hunters won it for the guys division,
taking the title from local champions
Aðskilnaðarsamtök Vestfjarða (“The
Westfjords Secession Organisation”).
With nipple twisting, hair pulling
and even groin grabbing, the Mýrar-
bolti women’s division is not for prin-
cesses—at least not the boring ones.
And winners Team Hasselhoff cer-
tainly didn’t hold back, getting their
fair share of black cards (punishable by
two minutes with a black sack over the
head). Of course I would have liked to
win, but it was also nice to let the mud
dry and drink the rest of my beer. Won-
derful weather, crazy
nightlife and competitive sport—this is
what three-day weekends are made for.
Winners:
Overall and women’s division: Team
Hasselhof
Men’s division: Bert and the He-man
Hunters
Fouls:
Yellow card: for mild infractions, you
get a verbal warning
Pink card: for mildly hurting another
player, you must kiss their boo-boo
Black card: for something mildly worse,
you must put a black sack, which is usu-
ally wet and muddy, over your head for
two minutes
Playing Dirty In Ísafjörður The Mýrarbolti
European Championship 2012
Words and photos by Álfrún Gísladóttir.